LOCAL ELECTIONS: Labour lose power in Wakefield for first time since 1974 as Reform UK sweep up
Leeds is now under No Overall Control, with Reform and the Greens shaping up to be the big winners from the local elections
Last updated 10th May 2026
Labour have lost power in Wakefield for the first time since the local council was set up in 1974, with Reform UK sweeping the board in local elections.
Wakefield Council's leader Denise Jeffery was an early casualty for Labour, losing her Castleford Central and Glasshoughton to Reform UK.
In Leeds Labour have lost ground to both The Green Party and Reform UK, with the City Council now falling to no overall control.
Earlier the authority's Deputy Leader Jonathon Pryor lost his Headingley and Hyde Park seat to the Green Party.
In Bradford Reform are the largest party, while the previous Labour Council Leader Susan Hinchcliffe has lost her seat.
Her Windhill and Wrose ward will now been represented by three Reform UK councillors.
Reform are also the largest party in Kirklees and have won control of Calderdale Council.
All local authorities in West Yorkshire were previously Labour led, with the exception of Kirklees where no party had an overall majority.
What are the results?
Bradford
LABOUR LOSS TO NO OVERALL CONTROL
Labour - 17 (-33)
Conservatives - 18 (+3)
Reform UK - 29 (+29)
Green Party - 9 (-1)
Liberal Democrats - 1 (no change)
Other - 13 (+2)
Calderdale
LABOUR LOSS TO REFORM
Labour - 8 (-25)
Conservatives - 0 (-11)
Reform UK - 34 (+34)
Green Party - 7 (+4)
Liberal Democrats - 2 (-4)
Other - 3 (+2)
Leeds
LABOUR LOSS TO NO OVERALL CONTROL
Labour - 48 (-12)
Conservatives - 7 (no change)
Reform UK - 10 (+8)
Green Party - 11 (+6)
Liberal Democrats - 6 (no change)
Other - 10 (-2)
Kirklees
NO OVERALL CONTROL
Labour - 0 (-34)
Conservatives - 9 (-6)
Reform UK - 29 (+29)
Green Party - 12 (+8)
Other - 14 (+8)
Liberal Democrats - 5 (-5)
Wakefield
LABOUR LOSS TO REFORM UK
Labour - 1 (-56)
Conservatives - 1 (-2)
Reform UK - 58 (+58)
Green Party - 1 (+1)
Liberal Democrats - 2 (-1)
Other - 0 (no change)