Zionism Is Not Racism

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council · West Yorkshire

Wakefield councillors

The 63 councillors on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, of every party, and where each stands on the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion. 2 have endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism.

Reform UK 55Liberal Democrat 2Independent 2Labour 1Conservative 1Green 1SDP 1

Email the councillors of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Ask the councillors of other parties to endorse the campaign, and the Green councillors to sign the pledge. Email everyone still to ask, one party, or one person with the Email button beside their name. It opens in your own email app, and you can change every word.

Already endorsed, so not emailed: Cllr Rhys Carr and Cllr Gilly Womack. There is no need to ask them again.

Wards 22

Questions and answers

Who are the councillors on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council?

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council has 63 councillors: 55 Reform UK, 2 Liberal Democrat, 2 Independent, 1 Labour, 1 Conservative, 1 Green Party and 1 SDP. Each is listed on this page, ward by ward, with a page of their own saying where they stand on the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion.

Which councillors on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council have endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism?

Cllr Rhys Carr (SDP) and Cllr Gilly Womack (Reform UK) have put their name to it: "Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion."

Did any Green councillors on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council back the "Zionism is Racism" motion?

None of the 1 Green councillor on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council is named in the party's printed lists of the motion's supporters.

How many wards does Wakefield Metropolitan District Council have?

22: Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton - Ward 1, Airedale and Ferry Fryston - Ward 2, Altofts and Whitwood - Ward 3, Castleford Central and Glasshoughton - Ward 4, Crofton, Ryhill and Walton - Ward 5, Featherstone - Ward 6, Hemsworth - Ward 7, Horbury and South Ossett - Ward 8, Knottingley & Ferrybridge - Ward 9, Normanton - Ward 10, Ossett - Ward 11, Pontefract North - Ward 12, Pontefract South - Ward 13, South Elmsall and South Kirkby - Ward 14, Stanley and Outwood East - Ward 15, Wakefield East - Ward 16, Wakefield North, Wakefield North - Ward 17, Wakefield Rural - Ward 18, Wakefield South - Ward 19, Wakefield West - Ward 20 and Wrenthorpe and Outwood West - Ward 21. Each has a page listing its councillors.

How can I email the councillors on Wakefield Metropolitan District Council?

Use "Email the councillors of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council" on this page: write to everyone still to ask, one party's councillors, or one councillor, from your own email app. Councillors who have already endorsed the campaign are left out, as there is no need to ask them again.

What is the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion?

On 4 October 2026 the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism". It brands as racism the belief, held by around nine in ten British Jews, that the Jewish people have the right to a homeland of their own, and binds the party to treat that belief "as any other form of racism". Councillors and MPs of every other party are being asked to say, in public, that Zionism is not racism.

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