Wakefield Council

Wakefield Council, also known as the City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, is the local authority of the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield has had a council since 1848, which has been reformed on several occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority since 2014.

The council was under Labour majority control from the 1974 reforms until 2026, when Reform UK won an overwhelming majority. It meets at County Hall and has its main offices at Wakefield One.