Changes to parliamentary constituencies
There has been changes to parliamentary constituencies in our district. A constituency is the name given to an electoral area and identifies which MP you can vote for in a General Election.
The Parliamentary Boundary Review 2023, means the Wakefield district will now be covered by four new constituencies instead of three.
These changes affect everyone. Some people will now live in a different constituency and for others, it will just be the name of your constituency that has changed.
One constituency will include a ward within Leeds City Council and one will include wards within the Kirklees Council area.
The new constituencies don’t apply yet, but they will as soon as the next General Election is called. Until then your MP and constituency remains the same.
To find out what changes have been made to your parliamentary constituency, you will need to know which ward you live in. You can do this by checking Where I Live - Wakefield Council and entering your postcode.
Here is a list of wards and their new constituencies:
| Your ward | Your constituency |
| Airedale and Ferry Fryston Altofts and Whitwood Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Knottingley Pontefract North Pontefract South |
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley |
| Denby Dale Horbury and South Ossett Kirkburton Ossett Wakefield Rural Wakefield South |
Ossett and Denby Dale |
| Rothwell Stanley and Outwood East Wakefield East Wakefield North Wakefield West Wrenthorpe and Outwood West |
Wakefield and Rothwell |
| Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton Crofton, Ryhill and Walton Featherstone Hemsworth Normanton South Elmsall and South Kirkby |
Normanton and Hemsworth |