Ossett and Denby Dale | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Ossett and Denby Dale in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Ossett, Denby Dale, Sandal Magna |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Jade Botterill (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
Ossett and Denby Dale is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election. [2]
The constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It covers the following areas: [4]
In the City of Wakefield:
In the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees
Wakefield and Dewsbury prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Jade Botterill | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jade Botterill | 17,232 | 39.3 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Mark Eastwood | 12,690 | 28.9 | −25.0 | |
Reform UK | Sandra Senior | 9,224 | 21.0 | +15.9 | |
Green | Neil Doig | 2,132 | 4.9 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Wilkinson | 1,785 | 4.1 | −0.8 | |
Yorkshire | David John Rowntree Herdson | 810 | 1.8 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 4,542 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,873 | 60.7 | −7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 72,312 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.6 |
2019 notional result [7] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 26,177 | 53.9 | |
Labour | 15,150 | 31.2 | |
Brexit Party | 2,484 | 5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,400 | 4.9 | |
Others | 1,795 | 3.7 | |
Green | 602 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 48,608 | 67.9 | |
Electorate | 71,595 |
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