Wakefield and Rothwell

7:12am on 5th July

Labour Party GAIN / provisional
Elected: Simon Lightwood

Candidates

Photograph of Simon LightwoodLab / 43.7%
Simon Lightwood
Photograph of David Alan DewsReform / 20.7%
David Alan Dews
Photograph of Arnie CravenCon / 18.0%
Arnie Craven
Photograph of Stewart GoltonLD / 8.0%
Stewart Golton
Photograph of Ash RouthGreen / 5.9%
Ash Routh
Photograph of Keith MasonWorkers Party of Britain / 1.7%
Keith Mason
Photograph of Brent HawksleyYorkshire Party / 1.5%
Brent Hawksley
Photograph of Nicholas SandersSocial Democratic Party / 0.5%
Nicholas Sanders

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 106000

Households: 45200

Housing tenure type for Wakefield and Rothwell

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 0.8%
Owned outright
Percentage: 29.6%
Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 30%
Private rented
Percentage: 16.4%
Social rented
Percentage: 23.2%

Age demographic for Wakefield and Rothwell

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 19%
Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 9.2%
Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 14.2%
Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 20.3%
Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 19.8%
Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 17.5%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Conservative and Unionist Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.