Wakefield and Rothwell

England PCON E14001560

Sitting MP

Simon Lightwood Labour (Co-op) Elected 2022-06-23

2024 General Election result

Labour Winner

43.7% Winning share

23.0pp Majority over Reform UK

40,656 Valid votes cast

Vote share by party

Labour 43.7%

Reform UK 20.7%

Conservative 18.0%

Labour 43.7%
Reform UK 20.7%
Conservative 18.0%
Liberal Democrats 8.0%
Green Party 5.9%
Workers Party 1.7%
Yorkshire Party 1.5%
Social Democratic Party 0.5%

Personal Independence Payment

8,212 PIP claimants · Jan 2026

Source: DWP Stat-Xplore, PIP Monthly New. Constituency totals only. No demographic breakdown is published at constituency level.

Demographic snapshot

Aggregated up from the 2 of 2 constituent local authority profiles, weighted by share of constituency postcodes and 2021 population. Indicative only: a constituency that takes the dense core of an LA but a small share of its postcodes will be misweighted. For direct Census observations, use the local-authority pages linked below.

83.1% White British 2021 (derived)

51.9% -31.2pp White British 2051 projected (derived)

11.0% Foreign-born 2021 (derived)

35.7% Foreign-born 2051 projected (derived)

Method: each constituent local authority contributes the product of its postcode share within the constituency and its 2021 population. Underlying figures from Census 2021 (ONS custom dataset) and the Hamilton-Perry projection model. See the methodology page for the projection's limitations and validation.

Local authorities in this constituency

By share of postcodes from the constituency that fall in each LA.

Wakefield Leeds