Dewsbury and Batley (UK Parliament constituency)

Dewsbury and Batley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, represented since 2024 by Iqbal Mohamed, an Independent.^[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.^[2] The constituency is located in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire.^[3]

Dewsbury and Batley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Dewsbury and Batley in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	West Yorkshire
Major settlements	Batley Dewsbury Kirkburton Thornhill
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Iqbal Mohamed (Independent)
Seats	One
Created from	Dewsbury (majority) Batley and Spen (minority)

Boundaries

The constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Kirklees wards of Batley East; Batley West; Dewsbury East; Dewsbury South; Dewsbury West; Kirkburton (polling districts KB04, KB07A, KB07B and KB10).^[4]

It comprises the following areas of Kirklees:^[5]

Areas	Kirklees Wards	Former Constituency
Batley	Batley East, and Batley West	Batley and Spen
Dewsbury	Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, and Dewsbury West	Dewsbury
Flockton / Grange Moor	Kirkburton (minority)	Dewsbury (plus 30 voters from Huddersfield)

Members of Parliament

Dewsbury and Batley & Spen prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Iqbal Mohamed	Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Dewsbury and Batley^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Iqbal Mohamed	15,641	41.1	N/A
	Labour	Heather Iqbal	8,707	22.9	–36.2
	Reform UK	Jonathan Thackray	6,152	16.2	+12.8
	Conservative	Lalit Suryawanshi	4,182	11.0	–17.7
	Green	Simon Cope	2,048	5.4	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Edward Rossington	1,340	3.5	+1.0
Majority			6,934	18.2	N/A
Turnout			38,070	53.1	–12.5
Registered electors			71,685
	Independent gain from Labour

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	27,241	59.1
	Conservative	13,232	28.7
	Others	2.395	5.1
	Brexit Party	1,565	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,156	2.5
	Green	512	1.1
Turnout		46,101	65.6
Electorate		70,226

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
2. "Batley and Spen MP ignores safe seat advice as constituency is split". BBC News. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
3. Marlow, Abigail (10 November 2022). "Kim Leadbeater slams new Kirklees boundaries that will split up Batley". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 9 Yorkshire and the Humber region.
5. "New Seat Details - Dewsbury and Batley". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
6. "Dewsbury and Batley - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
7. "Election results for Dewsbury and Batley". Kirklees Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
8. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Dewsbury and Batley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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