Wakefield and Rothwell
ConstituencyCentral Yorkshire and The Humber. About 111,112 people in 61 square kilometres.
MP for Wakefield and Rothwell
Simon LightwoodLabour (Co-op)MP since
They won by 9,346 votes on a 54.2% turnout.
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Majority 2024 by constituency
UK Parliament election results · July 2024
The winner in Wakefield and Rothwell had a majority of 23.0% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
2024 general election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon LightwoodElected | Labour and Co-operative Party | 17,773 | 43.7% |
| David Dews | Reform UK | 8,427 | 20.7% |
| Arnold Cravan | Conservative | 7,322 | 18.0% |
| Stewart Golton | Liberal Democrat | 3,249 | 8.0% |
| Ash Routh | Green Party | 2,389 | 5.9% |
| Keith Mason | Workers Party of Britain | 705 | 1.7% |
| Brent Hawksley | The Yorkshire Party | 606 | 1.5% |
| Nicholas Sanders | Social Democratic Party | 185 | 0.5% |
- Electorate
- 75,067
- Turnout
- 54.2%
- Majority
- 9,346 (23.0%)
- Valid votes
- 40,656
- Rejected ballots
- 112
Polling day . Shares are of valid votes; turnout is valid votes as a share of the electorate. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: House of Commons Library, UK Parliament election results. The result from the House of Commons Library
How Wakefield and Rothwell compares
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Every constituency ranked: population and aged 15 to 64.
What is the population of Wakefield and Rothwell?
Wakefield and Rothwell had 106,029 usual residents at the census.
Wakefield and Rothwell is the 209th most populated of 650 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Wakefield
Most of Wakefield and Rothwell lies in Wakefield. These figures are published for the whole of Wakefield, not for constituencies, so they describe the council and not Wakefield and Rothwell itself. See Wakefield
Wakefield and Rothwell in brief
The winner in Wakefield and Rothwell had a majority of 23.0% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
Turnout in Wakefield and Rothwell at the general election on 4 July 2024 was 54.2%.
Wakefield and Rothwell had 106,029 usual residents at the census.
64.7% of residents in Wakefield and Rothwell were aged 15 to 64 at the census.