| Wakefield and Rothwell | |
|---|---|
| Borough constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Boundaries since 2024 | |
 Boundary of Wakefield and Rothwell in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| County | West Yorkshire |
| Major settlements | Wakefield andRothwell |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2024 |
| Member of Parliament | Simon Lightwood (Labour) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from |
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Wakefield and Rothwell is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons in theUK Parliament.[1] Following the completion of the2023 review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the2024 general election.[2] It is currently represented bySimon Lightwood of theLabour Party, who served as MP for Wakefield from a2022 by-election until 2024.
The 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Simon Lightwood | Labour Co-op | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Simon Lightwood | 17,773 | 43.7 | +4.2 | |
| Reform | David Dews | 8,427 | 20.7 | +17.5 | |
| Conservative | Arnold 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-opgain fromConservative | Swing | −6.7 | |||
| 2019notional result[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||