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Simon Lightwood
MP
Official portrait of Simon Lightwood MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Local Transport
Assumed office
9 July 2024
Assumed office
23 June 2022
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Wakefield

20222024
Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament
for Wakefield and Rothwell

2024–present
Incumbent