Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral area in West Yorkshire, England, represented in the UK House of Commons by a single Member of Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
boundaryType borough constituency ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county West Yorkshire ⓘ
created 1918 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting system ⓘ
electorateSize approximately 70,000–80,000 voters (varies by election) ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
hasByElections Wakefield by-election, 2022 ⓘ
hasElectionResult 1950 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1951 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1955 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1959 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1964 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1966 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1970 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1974 United Kingdom general elections in Wakefield ⓘ
1979 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1983 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1987 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1992 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
1997 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
2001 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
2005 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
2010 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
2015 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
2017 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
2019 United Kingdom general election in Wakefield ⓘ
hasElections UK general elections ⓘ
knownFor long-established parliamentary representation ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
majorSettlement Wakefield ⓘ
MPAsOf2024 Simon Lightwood ⓘ
numberOfMPs 1 ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf UK parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire ⓘ
predecessor Wakefield (UK Borough constituency) ⓘ
previouslyRepresentedBy Imran Ahmad Khan ⓘ
previousMPParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
previousType county constituency ⓘ
reclassifiedAsBoroughConstituency 1950 ⓘ
region Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
representedBy Simon Lightwood ⓘ
representedByParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wakefield → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) → predecessor → Wakefield (UK Borough constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency)
Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency) → previousConstituency → Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: Hemsworth
Shipley (UK Parliament constituency) → previousConstituency → Wakefield (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ