Wakefield

Wakefield 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 Simon Lightwood (Labour) between 23 June 2022 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
1,613
Electorate
70,812
Turnout
62.8%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

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
Creagh, Mary
Labour
17,454 39.3% -4.8%
Story, Alex
Conservative
15,841 35.6% 9.1%
Smith, David
Liberal Democrat
7,256 16.3% -2.5%
Senior, Ian
British National Party
2,581 5.8% 5.8%
Hawkins, Miriam
Green Party
873 2.0% 0.0%
Harrop, Mark
Independent
439 1.0% -6.6%