Knottingley is an electoral ward of the City of Wakefield district used for elections to Wakefield Metropolitan District Council.^[1]

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Knottingley
Knottingley Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	City of Wakefield
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Dialling code	01977
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.705°N 1.249°W / 53.705; -1.249

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The ward is one of 21 in the Wakefield district and has had the same boundaries since the 2004 Council election. As of 2015, the electorate stands at 12,495 of which 96.2% identify as "White British" and 69.4% of who identify as Christian.^[2][3]

Notable parts of the ward include Knottingley and Ferrybridge with notable landmarks including Ferrybridge Power Stations, Kellingley Colliery and Willow Garth Nature Reserve.^[2][4]

Like all wards in the Wakefield district, Knottingley has 3 councillors, whom are elected on a 4-year-rota. This means elections for new councillors are held for three years running, with one year every four years having no elections.^[5]

The current councillors are the Liberal Democrats' Tom Gordon and Adele Hayes.^[6] Knottingley is the only ward with a Liberal Democrat councillor in Wakefield Council since 2011, winning the seat after not standing a candidate in the ward since 2003.^[7]

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2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Girt	1,504	50.6	-3.6
	Labour	Paul Green	1,216	40.9	+12.0
	Conservative	Roger Kirby	254	8.5	-5.3
Majority			288	9.7
Turnout			2,974	28.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	7.8

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The boundaries were changed in the 2004 election resulting in all three positions becoming vacant.^[8]

• Wakefield Metropolitan District Council elections