Wakefield and Rothwell

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Current MP

Name: Simon Lightwood
Party: Labour
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2029 election

No candidates have been declared for 2029 yet.

Projections

Projection	Projected result	Description
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR October 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 48.0%; Lab: 37.0%
YouGov September 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 33.0%; Lab: 26.0%; Cons: 12.0%; Green: 11.0%; LD: 11.0%
More in Common September 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 38.0%; Lab: 24.0%; Cons: 14.0%; LD: 12.0%
More in Common July 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 37.0%; Lab: 28.0%; Cons: 16.0%; LD: 13.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR June 2025	Likely Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 42.0%; Lab: 27.0%; Cons: 12.0%
YouGov June 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 32.0%; Lab: 29.0%; Cons: 14.0%; Green: 11.0%; LD: 11.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR April 2025	Lean Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 35.0%; Lab: 25.0%; Cons: 19.0%
More in Common April 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 33.0%; Lab: 28.0%; Cons: 19.0%; LD: 10.0%
ElectoralCalculus/PLMR Feb 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 32.0%; Lab: 30.0%; Cons: 16.0%
Focaldata Jan 2025	Toss-up Ref	Vote shares: Ref: 35.0%; Lab: 32.0%; Cons: 16.0%
More in Common Dec 2024	Safe Lab	Victory chances: Lab: 99.4%

2024 results

Winning party: Labour
Majority: 9346 (22.98%)

Candidate	Party	Votes
Simon Lightwood	Labour and Co-operative Party	17773
David Alan Dews	Reform UK	8427
Arnie Craven	Conservative and Unionist Party	7322
Stewart Golton	Liberal Democrats	3249
Ash Routh	Green Party	2389
Keith Mason	Workers Party of Britain	705
Brent Hawksley	Yorkshire Party	606
Nicholas Sanders	Social Democratic Party	185

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2019 notional results

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Winning party: Conservative
Majority: 2626 (5.34%)
Turnout: 66.4%

Party	Votes
Conservative	22022
Labour	19396
Liberal Democrats	5361
Reform UK	1586
Green	490
Other	238