2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election

The 2023 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Wakefield Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 21 of the 63 seats up for election, being the usual third of the council.

Labour retained its majority on the council.

Overview
Labour increased its majority by taking four seats from the Conservatives. After the election Labour had 49 councillors. The Conservatives lost all four seats they were defending, leaving them with seven seats. The Liberal Democrats held the one seat they were defending in Knottingley, leaving them with three councillors overall after the election. Both the independent councillors who were standing re-election were defeated, leaving four independent councillors after the election.

Results by ward
An asterisk (*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election. Changes with 2019.

Airedale and Ferry Fryston
''Comparison for the Wakefield District Independents for this ward are comparing to the Independent candidate in 2019 due to them being of the same grouping, but now formalising this arrangement. However, as a by-election was held in 2021, this seat remains a Labour hold rather than a Labour gain.''

Altofts and Whitwood
Comparison for the Wakefield District Independents for this ward are comparing to the Democrats and Veterans candidate in 2019.

Wakefield South
Karl Jones had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in February 2023 to join the Wakefield District Independents.