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.

01-July-2021 By-election

The 01-July-2021 By-election was held on 1 July 2021. A total of 16 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
323
Electorate
79,373
Turnout
47.5%

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
Kim Leadbeater
Labour
13,296 35.3% -7.4
Ryan Stephenson
Conservative
12,973 34.4% -1.6
George Galloway
Workers Party of Britain
8,264 21.9% 21.9
Thomas Gordon
Liberal Democrat
1,254 3.3% -1.3
Corey Robinson
The Yorkshire Party
816 2.2% 2.2
Therese Hirst
English Democrats
207 0.5% 0.5
Jack Thomson
UK Independence Party
151 0.4% 0.4
Howling Laud Hope
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
107 0.3% 0.3
Mike Davies
Alliance For Green Socialism
104 0.3% 0.3
Paul Bickerdike
Christian Peoples Alliance
102 0.3% 0.3
Jonathan Tilt
Freedom Alliance
100 0.3% 0.3
Anne Waters
The For Britain Movement
97 0.3% 0.3
Andrew Smith
Rejoin EU
75 0.2% 0.2
Oliver Purser
Social Democratic Party
66 0.2% 0.2
Jayda Fransen
Independent
50 0.1% 0.1
Susan Laird
Heritage Party
33 0.1% 0.1