Wakefield and Rothwell | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Wakefield and Rothwell in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Wakefield and Rothwell |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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Wakefield and Rothwell 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 will first be contested at the 2024 general election. [2]
The constituency will be composed of the following wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the following areas: [4]
Wakefield prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | TBC | TBC |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arnold Eric Craven | ||||
Reform UK | David Dews | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton | ||||
Yorkshire | Brent Hawksley | ||||
Labour | Simon Lightwood | ||||
Workers Party | Keith Mason | ||||
Green | Ash Routh | ||||
SDP | Nicholas Sanders | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors |
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