UK general elections › 2024 › Wakefield and Rothwell
Wakefield and Rothwell — 2024
Simon Lightwood (Labour Party) was elected with 17,773 votes— 43.7% of 40,656 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,656
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Lightwood | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 17,773 | −6.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | David Dews | Reform UK | 8,427 | — | ||
| 3 | Arnold Cravan | Conservative Party | 7,322 | — | ||
| 4 | Stewart Golton | Liberal Democrats | 3,249 | — | ||
| 5 | Ash Routh | Green Party | 2,389 | — | ||
| 6 | Keith Mason | Workers Party of Britain | 705 | — | ||
| 7 | Brent Hawksley | The Yorkshire Party | 606 | — | ||
| 8 | Nicholas Sanders | Social Democratic Party | 185 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.