Wakefield and Rothwell (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2024 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wakefield and Rothwell is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Following the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
Wakefield and Rothwell | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Wakefield and Rothwell |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Simon Lightwood (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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The nascent constituency is composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following areas:[4]
Wakefield prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Simon Lightwood | Labour Co-op |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Simon Lightwood | 17,773 | 43.7 | +4.2 | |
Reform UK | David Dews | 8,427 | 20.7 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Arnold Eric Craven | 7,322 | 18.0 | −26.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton | 3,249 | 8.0 | −2.9 | |
Green | Ash Routh | 2,389 | 5.9 | +4.9 | |
Workers Party | Keith Mason | 705 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Yorkshire | Brent Hawksley | 606 | 1.5 | +1.0 | |
SDP | Nicholas Sanders | 185 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,346 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,656 | 54.2 | −12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 75,067 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | −6.7 |
2019 notional result[7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 22,022 | 44.9 | |
Labour | 19,396 | 39.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5,361 | 10.9 | |
Brexit Party | 1,586 | 3.2 | |
Green | 490 | 1.0 | |
Others | 238 | 0.5 | |
Turnout | 49,093 | 66.4 | |
Electorate | 73,968 |
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