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Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950 and 2024 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Spen Valley is a parliamentary constituency in the valley of the River Spen in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Spen Valley | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Spen Valley in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Major settlements | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Kim Leadbeater (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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1885–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Batley and Morley, Brighouse and Spenborough and Dewsbury |
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Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, formed primarily from the (abolished) constituency of Batley and Spen.[1]