Batley and Spen

Batley and Spen is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the Yorkshire and The Humber region of England. The seat was last held by Kim Leadbeater (Labour) between 1 July 2021 to 30 May 2024.

2016-10-20 Batley and Spen By-election

The 2016-10-20 Batley and Spen By-election was held on 20 October 2016. A total of 10 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
16,537
Electorate
79,781
Turnout
25.6%

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Tracy Brabin
Labour
17,506 85.8% 85.8%
Therese Hirst
English Democrats
969 4.8% 4.8%
David Furness
British National Party
548 2.7% 2.7%
Garry Kitchin
Independent
517 2.5% 2.5%
Corbyn Anti
Independent
241 1.2% 1.2%
Jack Buckby
Independent
220 1.1% 1.1%
Henry Mayhew
Independent
153 0.8% 0.8%
Waqas Ali Khan
Independent
118 0.6% 0.6%
Richard Edmonds
National Front
87 0.4% 0.4%
Ankit Love
One Love Party
34 0.2% 0.2%