Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Wakefield
|parliament = uk
|image = File:Wakefield2007Constituency.svg
|caption = 2010–2024 boundary of Wakefield in West Yorkshire
|map2 = EnglandWestYorkshire
|map_entity = West Yorkshire
|map_year =
|year = 1885
|abolished = 2024
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous =
|next = Ossett and Denby Dale, Wakefield and Rothwell
|electorate = 70,509 (December 2019){{cite web|url=https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/parliament-and-elections/elections-elections/uk-elections/constituency-data-electorates/|title=Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library|date=15 June 2020|publisher=Parliament UK|access-date=22 July 2020}}
|mp =
|party =
|region = England
|county = West Yorkshire
|european = Yorkshire and the Humber
|year2 = 1832
|abolished2 = 1885
|type2 = Borough
|previous2 = Yorkshire
|next2 =
|elects_howmany2 = One
}}
Wakefield was a constituency in West Yorkshire, England. It was created as a borough constituency in 1832 and reformed as a county constituency in 1885.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Its area was split between the new seats of Wakefield and Rothwell and Ossett and Denby Dale, first contested at the 4 July 2024 general election.{{Cite web |title=The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber {{!}} Boundary Commission for England |url=https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/2023-review-volume-one-report/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-one-report-yorkshire-and-the-humber/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk}}
Boundaries
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1885-1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the parish of Sandal Magna as lies to the north-east of the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, being the portion known as Belle Vue.{{cite book |author= |title=The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog/page/n113/mode/2up |location=London |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |pages=111–198 |date=1885 |chapter=Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 }}
1918–1950: The County Borough of Wakefield.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Wakefield, the Urban District of Horbury, and part of the Rural District of Wakefield.{{Cite legislation UK |type=act |year=1948 |chapter=65 |act=Representation of the People Act 1948 |schedule=1 |accessdate=23 July 2023 }}
1955–1983: The County Borough of Wakefield, the Urban Districts of Horbury and Royston, and part of the Rural District of Wakefield.{{cite book |author= |date=1956 |title=Statutory Instruments 1955 |series=Part II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TDyAAAAMAAJ |chapter=The Parliamentary Constituencies (Wakefield and Hemsworth) Order 1955. SI 1955/175 |location=London |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |pages=2177–2178 |isbn=}}
1983–1997: The City of Wakefield wards of Horbury, Wakefield Central, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural, and Wakefield South.
1997–2010: The City of Wakefield wards of Wakefield Central, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, and Wakefield Rural, and the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Denby Dale and Kirkburton.
2010–2024: The City of Wakefield wards of Horbury and South Ossett, Ossett, Wakefield East, Wakefield North, Wakefield Rural, and Wakefield West.
=2010 boundary changes=
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which altered this constituency for the 2010 general election, removing all three rural wards from the neighbouring borough of Kirklees that reached far to the south-west{{#tag:ref|The wards of: Denby Dale and large parts of Almondbury, and Kirkburton|group= n}} and instead adding wards from the abolished Normanton constituency to the immediate west. Since 2010 the seat comprised three-quarters of the City of Wakefield along with Ossett, Horbury and small outlying settlements.
The far eastern suburbs of the city and its southern part fell within the Wakefield South ward, which was in the Hemsworth seat. Its largest towns were, by a small margin, the towns of South Elmsall and South Kirkby, which form a contiguous settlement {{convert|7|mi}} to the east.[http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm70/7032/7032_iii.pdf 2010 post-revision map Greater London and metropolitan areas of England][http://gridreferencefinder.com/ Grid Reference Finder] distance tools
=2024 boundary changes=
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which dissolved this constituency for the 2024 general election. The constituency was split between newly created Ossett and Denby Dale and Wakefield and Rothwell constituencies, with latter receiving wards of Wakefield.
History
=Predecessor seats=
Electors of the area, since five years before the Model Parliament of 1295 until 1826 had entitlement to vote for the two representatives for Yorkshire, the largest county in the country. Parliament legislated for, from an unusual disfranchisement in 1826 of a Cornish rotten borough, two additional MPs.{{#tag:ref|This Cornish seat was a 19th-century byword for corruption, Grampound.|group= n}} From April 1784 until September 1812, one of the two members elected was William Wilberforce, internationally recognised as a leading figure in abolitionism (the anti-slavery movement). The large county was given far greater representation by the Reform Act 1832: Belle Vue's electors until 1885, alongside other Forty Shilling Freeholders non-resident in the Parliamentary Borough of Wakefield itself but owning such property in any part of the county division could elect the two members for that division: this became the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1832 until 1865 (which had its polling place in this city), after which, the relevant county subdivision became the Southern West Riding until 1885.
=Creation=
Wakefield became a county division under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, drawing in, as an extension, the Belle Vue area of the parish of Sandal Magna.Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Schedule 5. Contents and Boundaries of Boroughs with altered Boundaries
=Summary of results=
Wakefield returned Labour MPs from 1932 to 2017. The size of majority had fluctuated between absolute and marginal.{{#tag:ref|The Labour majority in 1966 was the greatest at 30.8% of the vote; that in 1983 was the narrowest since 1932, at 360 votes, see incumbent MP Walter Harrison (Lab) who did not stand for re-election in 1987.|group= n}} The 2015 result gave the seat the 27th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |title=Labour Members of Parliament 2015 |website=UK Political.info |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929214847/http://www.ukpolitical.info/labour-mps-elected-2015.htm |url-status=live}} In 2019, Wakefield lost the Labour majority and returned the first Conservative MP in 87 years.
The seat was represented from 2019 to 2022 by Imran Ahmad Khan, who was elected as a member of the Conservative Party. Ahmad Khan was found guilty in 2022 of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in 2008 serving an 18 month jail term{{cite web |date=11 April 2022 |title=Imran Ahmad Khan: MP guilty of sex assault on 15-year-old boy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-61026348 |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=BBC News}} resulting in his resignation as an MP. This triggered a by-election. His resignation became effective on 3 May 2022, when he was appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.{{cite web |first1=David |last1=Hughes |first2=Sam |last2=Blewett |last3=Prest |first3=Victoria |date=3 May 2022 |title=Disgraced Imran Ahmad Khan formally quits as Wakefield MP |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/disgraced-imran-ahmad-khan-formally-23853541 |access-date=8 May 2022 |website=YorkshireLive}} A by-election was held on 23 June to replace him. Looked on as a key "Red Wall" seat, Labour regained the constituency with a substantial 12.7% swing.
=Opposition parties=
From 1923 until 2019 the runner-up candidate was a Conservative. Six non-Labour candidates stood in 2015 of whom two, those which were Conservative and from UKIP won more than 5% of the vote, keeping their deposits.
=Prominent frontbenchers=
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood was succeeded by Clement Attlee as leader of the Opposition in 1945, a few months before the party's landslide election victory. He had been from 1929 to 1931 the Minister of Health in the Second MacDonald ministry. In this role he successfully steered the Housing Act 1930 through both Houses of Parliament under the minority government, which expended more significant subsidies for slum clearance, allowing more affordable, spacious housing to be built for residents of slums. When the wartime coalition government was formed, Winston Churchill appointed him to the British War Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio in 1940. He was generally seen in such a role as of little wartime legislative effect, but in May 1940 he emerged as Churchill's strongest and most vocal supporter in the lengthy War Cabinet debates on whether to accept or reject a peace offer from Germany.Jenkins, Roy, Churchill: A Biography (London, Macmillan, 2001), page 601 Without the vote in favour of fighting on by Greenwood and Clement Attlee, Churchill would not have had the slim majority he needed to do so.Marr, Andrew: A History of Modern Britain (2009 paperback), page xvii
Rt Hon Arthur Creech Jones was Secretary of State for the Colonies from October 1946 until February 1950, appropriately given that in June 1936 he pressed the Government, who were encouraging Colonies to set up memorials to King George V, to follow the example of Uganda and set up a technical educational institution."Parliament", The Times, 18 June 1936. The Labour Party nominated him to the Colonial Office's Educational Advisory Committee in 1936, on which he served for nine years. In 1937, he was a founding member of the Trades Union Congress Colonial Affairs Committee, and in 1940 he founded the Fabian Colonial Bureau.
Mary Creagh held various shadow cabinet posts between 2010 and 2015.{{cite web |title=Parliamentary career for Mary Creagh |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1579/career |website=UK Parliament |access-date=24 April 2022}} She resigned her post following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour party leader.{{cite news |title=Andy Burnham and John McDonnell get top jobs in Corbyn's shadow cabinet |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/11862774/andy-burnham-shadow-home-secretary-jeremy-corbyn-cabinet.html |access-date=24 April 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 September 2015}}
= Abolition =
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election, with its contents split in two:
- The urban areas of Wakefield itself (Wakefield East, Wakefield North and Wakefield West wards) to be included in the newly created constituency of Wakefield and Rothwell
- The majority of the electorate, comprising the outlying towns and rural areas (Horbury and South Ossett, Ossett and Wakefield Rural wards) will be part of the new constituency of Ossett and Denby Dale
Constituency profile
The constituency contained a rolling landscape with villages surrounding the city of Wakefield which is well connected to West Yorkshire, in particular Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield, however also via two junctions of the M1 to the west, to South Yorkshire such as Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield. The small city itself has a large central trading and industrial estate, a central park, Clarence Park which includes a national athletics training squad, a Rugby League major team, Wakefield Trinity and its own Cathedral. Wakefield Europort employs approximately 3,000 people, a major rail-motorway hub for Northern England imports and exports with EU countries. Horbury and Ossett and towns in the low foothills of the Pennines. In the far west of the constituency, there was the National Coal Mining Museum for England, on the site of the old Caphouse Colliery.
Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 slightly higher than the regional average of 4.9%, at 5.3% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian, which is also higher than the national average of 3.8%.[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] The Guardian
Of the council wards, the Wakefield East and Wakefield North areas regularly return Labour councillors, whereas the others are marginal. The Ossett ward is particularly unpredictable, and has elected Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP councillors since 2005. The other wards are contested between Labour and Conservative. Between 1997 and 2010 the constituency included the wards of Denby Dale and Kirkburton, generally Conservative-voting suburbs of Huddersfield in the neighbouring Kirklees borough. These joined Dewsbury, in the same borough, in 2010.
=Turnout=
Turnout in general elections since 1918 has ranged between 54.5% in 2001 and 87.3% in 1950.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member{{rayment-hc|w|1|date=March 2012}} | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |
| 1832 | Radical{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA171 |via=Google Books |access-date=21 December 2018}} | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1837 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| 1841 | Whig{{cite news |title=The General Election |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/26th-june-1841/6/the-general-election |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=The Spectator |date=26 June 1841 |page=6 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |title=Election Prospects |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18410616/022/0006 |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=Morning Post |date=16 June 1841 |pages=5–6 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1842 by-election | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1847 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1857 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1859 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1862 by-election | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1865 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1868 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1874 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1880 | Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1885 by-election | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1892 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1895 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1902 by-election | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1918 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1922 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1923 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1924 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1929 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1931 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1964 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1987 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 2005 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|2019 | rowspan=2 |Imran Ahmad Khan | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Labour | ||
| | 2024
| colspan="2" | Constituency abolished |
Elections
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=Elections in the 2020s=
{{Election box begin|title=2022 Wakefield by-election{{cite web |title=Wakefield Constituency Parliamentary by Election – Thursday, 23 June 2022 |url=https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/elections/wakefield-constituency-parliamentary-by-election |publisher=Wakefield Council |access-date=24 June 2022}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Lightwood
|votes = 13,166
|percentage = 47.9
|change = +8.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nadeem Ahmed|votes=8,241|percentage=30.0|change=−17.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Akef Akbar|votes=2,090|percentage=7.6|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Yorkshire Party|candidate=David Herdson|votes=1,182|percentage=4.3|change=+2.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Ashley Routh|votes=587|percentage=2.1|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Chris Walsh|votes=513|percentage=1.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jamie Needle|votes=508|percentage=1.8|change=−2.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Britain First|candidate=Ashlea Simon|votes=311|percentage=1.1|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Freedom Alliance (UK)|candidate=Mick Dodgson|votes=187|percentage=0.7|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=Sir Archibald Stanton Earl 'Eaton|votes=171|percentage=0.6|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Christian Peoples Alliance|candidate=Paul Bickerdike|votes=144|percentage=0.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=English Democrats|candidate=Therese Hirst|votes=135|percentage=0.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=UKIP|candidate=Jordan Gaskell|votes=124|percentage=0.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Northern Independence Party|candidate=Christopher Jones|votes=84|percentage=0.3|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jayda Fransen|votes=23|percentage=0.1|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority|votes=4,925|percentage=17.9|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=27,466|percentage=39.5|change=−24.6}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +12.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2010s=
{{Election box begin|
|title=General election 2019: Wakefield{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001009 |title=Wakefield Parliamentary constituency |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=4 December 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Imran Ahmad Khan
| votes = 21,283
| percentage = 47.3
| change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mary Creagh|votes=17,925|percentage=39.8|change=−9.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Brexit Party|candidate=Peter Wiltshire|votes=2,725|percentage=6.1|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jamie Needle|votes=1,772|percentage=3.9|change=+1.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Yorkshire Party|candidate=Ryan Kett|votes=868|percentage=1.9|change=−0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Stephen Whyte|votes=454|percentage=1.0|change=N/A}}
{{Election box majority|votes=3,358|percentage=7.5|change=N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=45,027|percentage=64.1|change=−1.7}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +6.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2017: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}{{cite news| title = Wakefield| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14001009| publisher = BBC News| access-date = 13 May 2015}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mary Creagh|votes=22,987|percentage=49.7|change=+9.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Antony Calvert|votes=20,811|percentage=45.0|change=+10.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Yorkshire Party|candidate=Lucy Brown|votes=1,176|percentage=2.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Finbarr Cronin|votes=943|percentage=2.0|change=−1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|Independent|candidate=Wajid Ali|votes=367|percentage=0.8|change=New}}
{{Election box majority|votes=2,176|percentage=4.7|change=−1.4}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=46,284|percentage=65.8|change=+4.9}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2015: Wakefield{{cite news|title=Wakefield parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 – BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14001009|publisher=BBC News|access-date=11 June 2017}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mary Creagh
|votes = 17,301
|percentage = 40.3
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Antony Calvert|votes=14,688|percentage=34.2|change=−1.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=UK Independence Party|candidate=Alan Hazelhurst|votes=7,862|percentage=18.3|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Finbarr Cronin|votes=1,483|percentage=3.5|change=−12.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Rebecca Thackray|votes=1,069|percentage=2.5|change=+0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition|candidate=Mick Griffiths|votes=287|percentage=0.7|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol|candidate=Elliot Barr|votes=283|percentage=0.7|change=New}}
{{Election box majority|votes=2,613|percentage=6.1|change=+2.4}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=42,973|percentage=60.9|change=−1.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +1.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2010: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e84.stm|title=UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Wakefield|date=7 May 2010|work=Election 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 May 2010}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mary Creagh
|votes = 17,454
|percentage = 39.3
|change = −4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Alex Story|votes=15,841|percentage=35.6|change=+9.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=David Smith|votes=7,256|percentage=16.3|change=−2.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=Ian Senior|votes=2,581|percentage=5.8|change=+2.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Miriam Hawkins|votes=873|percentage=2.0|change=−1.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mark Harrop|votes=439|percentage=1.0|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,613|percentage=3.7|change=−8.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=44,444|percentage=62.7|change=+1.3}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −6.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 2000s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2005: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mary Creagh
|votes = 18,802
|percentage = 43.3
|change = −6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Alec Shelbrooke|votes=13,648|percentage=31.5|change=+0.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=David Ridgway|votes=7,063|percentage=16.3|change=+3.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=British National Party|candidate=Grant Rowe|votes=1,328|percentage=3.1|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Derek Hardcastle|votes=1,297|percentage=3.0|change=+0.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=John Upex|votes=467|percentage=1.1|change=−0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=English Democrats Party|candidate=Adrian McEnhill|votes=356|percentage=0.8|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Party (England and Wales)|candidate=Mick Griffiths|votes=319|percentage=0.7|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Linda Sheridan|votes=101|percentage=0.2|change=−1.3}}
{{Election box majority||votes=5,154|percentage=11.8|change=−7.5}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=43,381|percentage=59.3|change=+4.8}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −3.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 2001: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hinchliffe
|votes = 20,592
|percentage = 49.9
|change = −7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Thelma Karran|votes=12,638|percentage=30.6|change=+2.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Dale Douglas|votes=5,097|percentage=12.4|change=+1.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Sarah Greenwood|votes=1,075|percentage=2.6|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United Kingdom Independence Party|candidate=Janice Cannon|votes=677|percentage=1.6|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Abdul Aziz|votes=634|percentage=1.5|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Alliance (England)|candidate=Mick Griffiths|votes=541|percentage=1.3|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=7,954|percentage=19.3|change=−9.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=41,254|percentage=54.5|change=−14.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1990s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1997: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hinchliffe
|votes = 28,977
|percentage = 57.4
|change = +6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jonathan Peacock|votes=14,373|percentage=28.5|change=−9.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Douglas Dale|votes=5,656|percentage=11.2|change=+0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Referendum Party|candidate=Simon Shires|votes=1,480|percentage=2.9|change=New}}
{{Election box majority||votes=14,604|percentage=28.9|change=+16.6}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=50,486|percentage=68.9|change=−7.3}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1992: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}{{cite web|
url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 December 2010}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Hinchliffe
|votes = 26,964
|percentage = 50.6
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=David P. Fanthorpe|votes=20,374|percentage=38.3|change=−3.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Tim J. Wright|votes=5,900|percentage=11.1|change=−1.0}}
{{Election box majority||votes=6,590|percentage=12.3|change=+7.0}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=53,238|percentage=76.2|change=+0.6}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +3.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1980s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1987: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=David Hinchliffe|votes=24,509|percentage=46.6|change=+4.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Norman Hazell|votes=21,720|percentage=41.3|change=+1.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party (UK)|candidate=Lutfe Kamal|votes=6,350|percentage=12.1|change=−7.2}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,789|percentage=5.3|change=+4.9}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=52,579|percentage=75.6|change=+6.3}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1983: Wakefield{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Harrison
|votes = 19,166
|percentage = 40.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Norman Hazell
|votes = 18,806
|percentage = 40.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = David Carlton
|votes = 9,166
|percentage = 19.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = V Parker
|votes = 295
|percentage = 0.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 360
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,433
|percentage = 69.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1970s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1979: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Harrison
|votes = 27,124
|percentage = 50.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = J Sheard
|votes = 19,571
|percentage = 36.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = N Collins-Tooth
|votes = 6,059
|percentage = 11.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = A Cooper
|votes = 530
|percentage = 0.99
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,553
|percentage = 14.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 53,284
|percentage = 75.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election October 1974: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Harrison
|votes = 25,616
|percentage = 54.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = EJL Koops
|votes = 12,810
|percentage = 27.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = A Fussey
|votes = 8,304
|percentage = 17.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,806
|percentage = 27.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,730
|percentage = 70.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election February 1974: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Harrison
|votes = 27,032
|percentage = 51.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = EJL Koops
|votes = 15,614
|percentage = 29.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = A Fussey
|votes = 10,009
|percentage = 19.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,418
|percentage = 21.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 52,655
|percentage = 79.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1970: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Harrison
|votes = 27,352
|percentage = 58.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dale Smith
|votes = 15,668
|percentage = 33.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Nancy Seear
|votes = 4,071
|percentage = 8.64
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,684
|percentage = 24.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,081
|percentage = 72.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1960s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1966: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Harrison
|votes = 28,907
|percentage = 65.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ron Benson
|votes = 15,299
|percentage = 34.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,608
|percentage = 30.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 44,206
|percentage = 73.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1964: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Harrison
|votes = 26,315
|percentage = 55.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Spence
|votes = 14,385
|percentage = 30.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John M. Collins
|votes = 6,753
|percentage = 14.23
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,930
|percentage = 25.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,453
|percentage = 77.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1950s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1959: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Creech Jones
|votes = 29,705
|percentage = 59.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Jopling
|votes = 20,114
|percentage = 40.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,591
|percentage = 19.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 49,819
|percentage = 81.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1955: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Creech Jones
|votes = 28,180
|percentage = 60.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Denton Hinchcliffe
|votes = 18,435
|percentage = 39.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,745
|percentage = 20.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,615
|percentage = 77.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election 21 October 1954: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Creech Jones
|votes = 21,822
|percentage = 58.14
|change = −0.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maurice Macmillan
|votes = 15,714
|percentage = 41.86
|change = +0.14
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,108
|percentage = 16.28
|change = −0.28
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,536
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1951: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Greenwood
|votes = 27,100
|percentage = 58.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maurice Grant
|votes = 19,398
|percentage = 41.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,702
|percentage = 16.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,498
|percentage = 85.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1950: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Greenwood
|votes = 25,996
|percentage = 55.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Watson
|votes = 15,925
|percentage = 33.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanley Berwin
|votes = 5,022
|percentage = 10.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,071
|percentage = 21.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 46,943
|percentage = 87.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Election in the 1940s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1945: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Greenwood
|votes = 14,378
|percentage = 54.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Watson
|votes = 8,268
|percentage = 31.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Leonard Jack Oliver
|votes = 3,613
|percentage = 13.76
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,110
|percentage = 23.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,259
|percentage = 80.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1930s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1935: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Greenwood
|votes = 15,804
|percentage = 56.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = AE Greaves
|votes = 12,400
|percentage = 43.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,404
|percentage = 12.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,204
|percentage = 84.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1932 Wakefield by-election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Greenwood
|votes = 13,586
|percentage = 50.6
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = A. E. Greaves
|votes = 13,242
|percentage = 49.4
|change = −8.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 344
|percentage = 1.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,828
|percentage = 83.0
|change = −2.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1931: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Hillman
|votes = 15,881
|percentage = 57.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sherwood
|votes = 11,774
|percentage = 42.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,107
|percentage = 14.86
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 27,655
|percentage = 85.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1920s =
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1929: Wakefield British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sherwood
|votes = 13,393
|percentage = 48.8
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Ellis
|votes = 10,180
|percentage = 37.1
|change = −15.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Leonard Parish
|votes = 3,875
|percentage = 14.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,213
|percentage = 11.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 27,448
|percentage = 85.6
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +7.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1924: WakefieldBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Ellis
|votes = 11,086
|percentage = 52.1
|change = +15.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sherwood
|votes = 10,192
|percentage = 47.9
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 894
|percentage = 4.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 21,278
|percentage = 84.8
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +3.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1923: Wakefield British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sherwood
|votes = 7,966
|percentage = 39.9
|change = −8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Ellis
|votes = 7,345
|percentage = 36.8
|change = −14.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric John Lassen
|votes = 4,640
|percentage = 23.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 621
|percentage = 3.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 19,951
|percentage = 80.9
|change = −3.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +3.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1922: WakefieldBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Ellis
|votes = 10,416
|percentage = 51.5
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Bellamy
|votes = 9,798
|percentage = 48.5
|change = +14.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 618
|percentage = 3.0
|change = −15.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 20,214
|percentage = 84.4
|change = +12.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = −7.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1910s =
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1918: WakefieldBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Brotherton
|votes = 9,128
|percentage = 52.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Bellamy
|votes = 5,882
|percentage = 33.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Marshall
|votes = 2,448
|percentage = 14.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,246
|percentage = 18.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 17,458
|percentage = 72.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser =Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Arthur Marshall
- Unionist: Edward Brotherton
File:Arthur Harold Marshall.jpg
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election December 1910: WakefieldBritish parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Marshall
|votes = 2,837
|percentage = 51.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Brotherton
|votes = 2,651
|percentage = 48.3
|change = -6.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 186
|percentage = 3.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,488
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election January 1910: WakefieldBritish parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Brotherton
|votes = 3,121
|percentage = 54.5
|change = +13.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stanton Coit
|votes = 2,602
|percentage = 45.5
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 519
|percentage = 9.0
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,723
|percentage = 90.5
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1900s =
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: WakefieldBritish parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Brotherton
|votes =2,285
|percentage = 40.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Representation Committee (1900)
|candidate = Stanton Coit
|votes = 2,068
|percentage = 36.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Snape
|votes = 1,247
|percentage = 22.3
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 217
|percentage = 3.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,600
|percentage = 88.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,326
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1902 Wakefield by-election{{cite newspaper The Times |title=Election intelligence |date=26 March 1902 |page=10 |issue=36725}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Brotherton
|votes = 2,960
|percentage = 59.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Representation Committee (1900)
|candidate = Philip Snowden
|votes = 1,979
|percentage = 40.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 981
|percentage = 19.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,939
|percentage =80.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,103
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin| title=General election 1900: Wakefield{{cite newspaper The Times |title=Election intelligence |date=21 February 1902 |page=8 |issue=36697}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1895: Wakefield{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam
|votes = 2,864
|percentage = 56.9
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Smithson Lee Wilson
|votes = 2,165
|percentage = 43.1
|change = −2.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 699
|percentage = 13.8
|change = +5.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,029
|percentage = 87.5
|change = −2.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,748
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1892: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Albany Charlesworth
|votes = 2,582
|percentage = 54.2
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Young Strachan{{cite news|url=https://login.thetimes.com/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Farchive%2Fpage%2F1892-07-01%2F6.html|access-date=30 June 2020|work=The Times|date=1 July 1892|page=6|title=Strachan, Thomas Young}}
|votes = 2,178
|percentage = 45.8
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 404
|percentage = 8.4
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,199
|percentage = 90.3
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,274
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1886: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Green
|votes = 2,253
|percentage = 53.7
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John James Cousins{{cite news|title=Yesterday's Nominations|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18860702/028/0003|access-date=14 December 2017|work=London Evening Standard|date=2 July 1886|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,946
|percentage = 46.3
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 307
|percentage = 7.4
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,199
|percentage = 87.5
|change = −4.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,801
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = 0.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1885: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Green
|votes = 2,374
|percentage = 53.7
|change = +8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Wentworth Beaumont{{cite news|title=Liberal Meeting at Wakefield. Adoption of Candidate|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001638/18851031/228/0008|access-date=14 December 2017|work=Barnsley Chronicle|date=31 October 1885|page=8|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 2,049
|percentage = 46.3
|change = −8.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 325
|percentage = 7.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,423
|percentage = 92.1
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,801
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +8.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election, 4 July 1885: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Green
|votes = 1,918
|percentage = 53.6
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Hartley Lee{{cite news|title=Summary of News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000181/18850703/004/0002|access-date=14 December 2017|work=Sheffield Independent|date=3 July 1885|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,661
|percentage = 46.4
|change = −8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 257
|percentage = 7.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,579
|percentage = 88.9
|change = −1.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,026
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +8.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Caused by Mackie's death.
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1880: Wakefield {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Bownas Mackie
|votes = 2,194
|percentage = 55.0
|change = +7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Kemp Sanderson
|votes = 1,796
|percentage = 45.0
|change = −7.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 398
|percentage = 10.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,990
|percentage = 90.1
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,430
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +7.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election, 6 May 1874: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Kemp Sanderson
|votes = 1,814
|percentage = 52.7
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Bownas Mackie
|votes = 1,627
|percentage = 47.3
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 187
|percentage = 5.4
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,441
|percentage = 88.5
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,889
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Caused by the previous election being declared void on petition, on account of corruption.{{cite news|title=Wakefield Election Petition|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/18740425/023/0002|access-date=21 January 2018|work=Londonderry Sentinel|date=25 April 1874|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1874: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Green
|votes = 1,779
|percentage = 52.6
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Bownas Mackie
|votes = 1,600
|percentage = 47.4
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 179
|percentage = 5.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,379
|percentage = 86.9
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,889
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +3.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1868: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Somerset Beaumont
|votes = 1,557
|percentage = 50.7
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Kemp Sanderson
|votes = 1,512
|percentage = 49.3
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 45
|percentage = 1.4
|change = −3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,069
|percentage = 84.6
|change = −4.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,627
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −1.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1865: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Leatham
|votes = 507
|percentage = 52.6
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Dalrymple-Hay
|votes = 457
|percentage = 47.4
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 50
|percentage = 5.2
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 964
|percentage = 88.8
|change = −2.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,086
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election, 28 February 1862: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Dalrymple-Hay
|votes = 455
|percentage = 51.6
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Smethurst{{cite news|title=Wakefield Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000176/18620228/050/0008|access-date=21 March 2018|work=Nottinghamshire Guardian|date=28 February 1862|page=8|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 426
|percentage = 48.4
|change = −1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29
|percentage = 3.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 881
|percentage = 85.5
|change = −6.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,086
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
- The writ, which had been suspended on 27 July 1859 with Leatham unseated due to being guilty of bribery via his agents,{{cite news|title=Imperial Parliament|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000094/18590730/023/0007|access-date=21 March 2018|work=North Wales Chronicle|date=30 July 1859|pages=6–7|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} was restored and a by-election was called.
=Elections in the 1850s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1859: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Leatham
|votes = 406
|percentage = 50.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Charlesworth
|votes = 403
|percentage = 49.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 809
|percentage = 91.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 882
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1857: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Charlesworth
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 906
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1852: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sandars
|votes = 359
|percentage = 52.4
|change = −7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = William Henry Leatham{{cite news |title=The Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000193/18520710/009/0003 |access-date=15 July 2018 |work=Leeds Intelligencer |date=10 July 1852 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 326
|percentage = 47.6
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 33
|percentage = 4.8
|change = −15.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 685
|percentage = 89.4
|change = −5.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 766
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −7.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1840s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1847: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Sandars
|votes = 392
|percentage = 60.3
|change = +12.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = George William Alexander{{cite news |title=English Cities and Boroughs |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18470820/003/0001 |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=Globe |date=20 August 1847 |page=1 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |title=Leeds Intelligencer |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000193/18470731/094/0005 |access-date=21 December 2018 |date=31 July 1847 |page=5 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 258
|percentage = 39.7
|change = −12.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 134
|percentage = 20.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 650
|percentage = 95.3
|change = +11.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 682
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +12.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
On petition, Holdsworth was disqualified due to also being the returning officer at the election, and Lascelles was declared elected on 21 April 1842.{{cite news |title=Election Committees |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000178/18420429/007/0002 |access-date=21 December 2018 |work=Royal Cornwall Gazette |date=29 April 1842 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1841: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Joseph Holdsworth
|votes = 328
|percentage = 52.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Lascelles
|votes = 300
|percentage = 47.8
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 28
|percentage = 4.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 628
|percentage = 83.7
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 750
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
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=Elections in the 1830s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1837: Wakefield
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Lascelles
|votes = 307
|percentage = 52.2
|change = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Gaskell
|votes = 281
|percentage = 47.8
|change = −7.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26
|percentage = 4.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 588
|percentage = 83.8
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 702
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Radicals (UK)
|swing = +7.9
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=General election 1835: Wakefield
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Gaskell
|votes = 277
|percentage = 55.7
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Lascelles
|votes = 220
|percentage = 44.3
|change =
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{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 57
|percentage = 11.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 497
|percentage = 80.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 617
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=General election 1832: Wakefield
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Gaskell
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{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 726
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{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13432.html Wakefield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- [https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/65733.html Wakefield UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
{{Wakefield, West Yorkshire}}
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Category:Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire (historic)
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2024