UKConstituencies / England
Wakefield and Rothwell: MP, 2024 result & majority
Last updated: 3 Oct 2026
Current MP
Simon Lightwood
Labour (Co-op) · MP since 23 Jun 2022
2024 result
Lab Gain
Labour
Majority
9,346
23.0% of votes cast
Turnout
54.2%
40,656 of 75,067 electors
How close is it?
Wakefield and Rothwell was won in 2024 by Labour (Lab Gain) with a majority of 9,346 votes, 23.0% of votes cast. That ranks it 484 of 650 seats from the closest: a safe seat by 2024 margins.
Majority as a share of votes cast; ranking by 2024 majority only. This is not a forecast for the next election.
National context
UK-wide voting intention, not a local poll
As of: 2 Oct 2026 · Method: Average of the last 5 polls · Source: BMG Research, Find Out Now, More in Common, Opinium, Survation, YouGov · Constituency-level polling or MRP is only shown when published by a named pollster.
Polls are snapshots, not forecasts.
Polls are snapshots, not forecasts.
More in Yorkshire and The Humber
Closest 2024 results first
Sources: UK Parliament Members API (MPs, 2024 results), postcodes.io (nation and region).
