Socially distanced counting took place at Thornes Park throughout Friday. Labour still retained its overall control of Wakefield Council, but has seen its majority cut to 11. They now have 43 of the council's 63 seats, with the Tory opposition's six gains boosting their numbers to 17. The Conservatives won Ossett, Pontefract South and Wrenthorpe and Outwood West from Labour. The Conservatives won Pontefract South from Labour. They later took big scalps in the Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton and Crofton, Ryhill and Walton. Both were won by painfully narrow margins after recounts in the early hours of Saturday morning. The council's Cabinet member for health, Faith Heptinstall, lost her seat in Crofton, Ryhill and Walton.