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.

2019 General Election

The 2019 General Election was held on 12 December 2019. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
3,358
Electorate
70,192
Turnout
64.1%

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
Imran Ahmad Khan
Conservative
21,283 47.3% 2.3%
Mary Creagh
Labour
17,925 39.8% -9.9%
Peter Wiltshire
The Brexit Party
2,725 6.1% 6.1%
Jamie Needle
Liberal Democrat
1,772 3.9% 1.9%
Ryan Kett
The Yorkshire Party
868 1.9% -0.6%
Stephen Whyte
Independent
454 1.0% 1.0%