Back ويكفيلد (دائرة انتخابية في المملكة المتحدة) Arabic Wakefield (etholaeth seneddol) Welsh Wahlkreis Wakefield German Wakefield (circonscription britannique) French Collegio di Wakefield Italian Okręg wyborczy Wakefield Polish 域菲 (英國國會選區) Chinese
| Wakefield | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Wakefield2007Constituency.svg) 2010–2024 boundary of Wakefield in West Yorkshire | |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:EnglandWestYorkshire.svg) Location of West Yorkshire within England | |
| County | West Yorkshire |
| Electorate | 70,509 (December 2019)[1] |
| Major settlements | Wakefield, Ossett |
| 1885–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Replaced by | Ossett and Denby Dale, Wakefield and Rothwell |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Seats | One |
| Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
| Created from | Yorkshire |
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.[2]
- ^ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2023.