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Wakefield — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Wakefield was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 3,358 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Wakefield from 1832 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1832–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Daniel Gaskell (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1835 Daniel Gaskell (Radical) 277 55.7% William Saunders Sebright Lascelles (Conservative) 57 (11.5 pts) 80.6%
1837 William Saunders Sebright Lascelles (Conservative) 307 52.2% Daniel Gaskell (Radical) 26 (4.4 pts) 83.8%
1841 Joseph Holdsworth (Whig) 328 52.2% William Saunders Sebright Lascelles (Conservative) 28 (4.5 pts) 83.7%
1847 George Sandars (Conservative) 392 60.3% George William Alexander (Radical) 134 (20.6 pts) 95.3%
1852 George Sandars (Conservative) 359 52.4% William Henry Leatham (Whig) 33 (4.8 pts) 89.4%
1857 John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 William Henry Leatham (Liberal) 406 50.2% John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth (Conservative) 3 (0.4 pts) 91.7%
1865 William Henry Leatham (Liberal) 507 52.6% John Charles Dalrymple-Hay (Conservative) 50 (5.2 pts) 88.8%
1868 Somerset Archibald Beaumont (Liberal) 1,557 50.7% Thomas Kemp Sanderson (Conservative) 45 (1.5 pts) 84.6%
1874 Edward Green (Conservative) 1,779 52.6% Robert Bownas Mackie (Liberal) 179 (5.3 pts) 86.9%
1880 Robert Bownas Mackie (Liberal) 2,194 55.0% Thomas Kemp Sanderson (Conservative) 398 (10.0 pts) 90.1%
1885 Edward Green (Conservative) 2,374 53.7% Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont (Liberal) 325 (7.3 pts) 92.1%
1886 Edward Green (Conservative) 2,253 53.7% John James Cousins (Liberal) 307 (7.3 pts) 87.5%
1892 Albany Hawkes Charlesworth (Conservative) 2,582 54.2% Thomas Young Strachan (Liberal) 404 (8.5 pts) 90.3%
1895 Viscount Milton (Liberal Unionist) 2,864 56.5% Henry Smithson Lee Wilson (Liberal) 699 (13.8 pts) 87.5%
1900 Viscount Milton (Liberal Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Edward Allen Brotherton (Conservative) 2,285 40.8% Stanton George Coit (Labour) 217 (3.9 pts) 88.5%
Jan 1910 Edward Allen Brotherton (Conservative) 3,121 54.5% Stanton George Coit (Labour) 519 (9.1 pts) 90.5%
Dec 1910 Arthur Harold Marshall (Liberal) 2,837 51.7% Edward Allen Brotherton (Conservative) 186 (3.4 pts) 86.8%
1918 Edward Allen Brotherton (Unionist) 9,128 52.3% Albert Bellamy (Labour) 3,246 (18.6 pts) 72.1%
1922 Robert Geoffrey Ellis (Unionist) 10,416 51.5% Albert Bellamy (Labour) 618 (3.1 pts) 84.4%
1923 George Henry Sherwood (Labour) 7,966 39.9% Robert Geoffrey Ellis (Unionist) 621 (3.1 pts) 80.9%
1924 Robert Geoffrey Ellis (Unionist) 11,086 52.1% George Henry Sherwood (Labour) 894 (4.2 pts) 84.8%
1929 George Henry Sherwood (Labour) 13,393 48.8% Robert Geoffrey Ellis (Unionist) 3,213 (11.7 pts) 85.6%
1931 George Brown Hillman (Conservative) 15,881 57.4% George Henry Sherwood (Labour) 4,107 (14.8 pts) 85.5%
1935 Arthur Greenwood (Labour) 15,804 56.0% Alfred Ernest Greaves (Conservative) 3,404 (12.1 pts) 84.9%
1945 Arthur Greenwood (Labour) 14,378 54.8% Harry Watson (Conservative) 6,110 (23.3 pts) 80.3%
1950 Arthur Greenwood (Labour) 25,996 55.4% Harry Watson (Conservative) 10,071 (21.4 pts) 87.3%
1951 Arthur Greenwood (Labour) 27,100 58.3% Maurice Grant (Conservative) 7,702 (16.6 pts) 85.3%
1955 Arthur Creech Jones (Labour) 28,180 60.5% Denton Hinchcliffe (Conservative) 9,745 (20.9 pts) 77.9%
1959 Arthur Creech Jones (Labour) 29,705 59.6% Thomas Michael Jopling (Conservative) 9,591 (19.2 pts) 82.0%
1964 Walter Harrison (Labour) 26,315 55.5% John Deane Spence (Conservative) 11,930 (25.1 pts) 78.0%
1966 Walter Harrison (Labour) 28,907 65.4% Ron Benson (Conservative) 13,608 (30.8 pts) 73.4%
1970 Walter Harrison (Labour) 27,352 58.1% Dale Smith (Conservative) 11,684 (24.8 pts) 72.8%
Feb 1974 Walter Harrison (Labour) 27,032 51.3% Eric Jan Leendert Koops (Conservative) 11,418 (21.7 pts) 79.8%
Oct 1974 Walter Harrison (Labour) 25,616 54.8% Eric Jan Leendert Koops (Conservative) 12,806 (27.4 pts) 70.2%
1979 Walter Harrison (Labour) 27,124 50.9% John Stuart Woodward Sheard (Conservative) 7,553 (14.2 pts) 75.6%
1983 Walter Harrison (Labour) 19,166 40.4% Norman Joseph Hazell (Conservative) 360 (0.8 pts) 69.3%
1987 David Hinchliffe (Labour) 24,509 46.6% Norman Joseph Hazell (Conservative) 2,789 (5.3 pts) 75.6%
1992 David Hinchliffe (Labour) 26,964 50.6% David Fanthorpe (Conservative) 6,590 (12.4 pts) 76.3%
1997 David Hinchliffe (Labour) 28,977 57.4% Jonathan Peacock (Conservative) 14,604 (28.9 pts) 69.0%
2001 David Hinchliffe (Labour) 20,592 49.9% Thelma Karran (Conservative) 7,954 (19.3 pts) 54.5%
2005 Mary Creagh (Labour) 18,802 43.3% Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative) 5,154 (11.9 pts) 59.3%
2010 Mary Creagh (Labour) 17,454 39.3% Alex Story (Conservative) 1,613 (3.6 pts) 62.9%
2015 Mary Creagh (Labour) 17,301 40.3% Antony Calvert (Conservative) 2,613 (6.1 pts) 61.1%
2017 Mary Creagh (Labour) 22,987 49.7% Antony Calvert (Conservative) 2,176 (4.7 pts) 66.0%
2019 Imran Ahmad Khan (Conservative) 21,283 47.3% Mary Creagh (Labour) 3,358 (7.5 pts) 64.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Gaskell Radical Unopposed Yes

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Gaskell Radical 27755.7% Yes
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles Conservative 22044.3% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles Conservative 30752.2% Yes
Daniel Gaskell Radical 28147.8% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Holdsworth Whig 32852.2% Yes
William Saunders Sebright Lascelles Conservative 30047.8% No

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Sandars Conservative 39260.3% Yes
George William Alexander Radical 25839.7% No

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Sandars Conservative 35952.4% Yes
William Henry Leatham Whig 32647.6% No

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth Conservative Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Leatham Liberal 40650.2% Yes
John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth Conservative 40349.8% No

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Leatham Liberal 50752.6% Yes
John Charles Dalrymple-Hay Conservative 45747.4% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Somerset Archibald Beaumont Liberal 1,55750.7% Yes
Thomas Kemp Sanderson Conservative 1,51249.3% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Green Conservative 1,77952.6% Yes
Robert Bownas Mackie Liberal 1,60047.4% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Bownas Mackie Liberal 2,19455.0% Yes
Thomas Kemp Sanderson Conservative 1,79645.0% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Green Conservative 2,37453.7% Yes
Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont Liberal 2,04946.3% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Green Conservative 2,25353.7% Yes
John James Cousins Liberal 1,94646.3% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Albany Hawkes Charlesworth Conservative 2,58254.2% Yes
Thomas Young Strachan Liberal 2,17845.8% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Viscount Milton Liberal Unionist 2,86456.5% Yes
Henry Smithson Lee Wilson Liberal 2,16542.7% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Viscount Milton Liberal Unionist Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Allen Brotherton Conservative 2,28540.8% Yes
Stanton George Coit Labour 2,06836.9% No
Thomas Snape Liberal 1,24722.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Allen Brotherton Conservative 3,12154.5% Yes
Stanton George Coit Labour 2,60245.5% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Harold Marshall Liberal 2,83751.7% Yes
Edward Allen Brotherton Conservative 2,65148.3% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Allen Brotherton Unionist 9,12852.3% Yes
Albert Bellamy Labour 5,88233.7% No
Arthur Harold Marshall Liberal 2,44814.0% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Geoffrey Ellis Unionist 10,41651.5% Yes
Albert Bellamy Labour 9,79848.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Henry Sherwood Labour 7,96639.9% Yes
Robert Geoffrey Ellis Unionist 7,34536.8% No
Eric John Lassen Liberal 4,64023.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Geoffrey Ellis Unionist 11,08652.1% Yes
George Henry Sherwood Labour 10,19247.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Henry Sherwood Labour 13,39348.8% Yes
Robert Geoffrey Ellis Unionist 10,18037.1% No
Leonard Parish Liberal 3,87514.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Brown Hillman Conservative 15,88157.4% Yes
George Henry Sherwood Labour 11,77442.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Greenwood Labour 15,80456.0% Yes
Alfred Ernest Greaves Conservative 12,40044.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Greenwood Labour 14,37854.8% Yes
Harry Watson Conservative 8,26831.5% No
George Leonard Jack Oliver Liberal 3,61313.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Greenwood Labour 25,99655.4% Yes
Harry Watson Conservative 15,92533.9% No
Stanley Jack Berwin Liberal 5,02210.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Greenwood Labour 27,10058.3% Yes
Maurice Grant Conservative 19,39841.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Creech Jones Labour 28,18060.5% Yes
Denton Hinchcliffe Conservative 18,43539.5% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Creech Jones Labour 29,70559.6% Yes
Thomas Michael Jopling Conservative 20,11440.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Harrison Labour 26,31555.5% Yes
John Deane Spence Conservative 14,38530.3% No
John M Collins Liberal 6,75314.2% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Harrison Labour 28,90765.4% Yes
Ron Benson Conservative 15,29934.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Harrison Labour 27,35258.1% Yes
Dale Smith Conservative 15,66833.3% No
Beatrice Seear Liberal 4,0718.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Harrison Labour 27,03251.3% Yes
Eric Jan Leendert Koops Conservative 15,61429.7% No
Antony Fussey Liberal 10,00919.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Harrison Labour 25,61654.8% Yes
Eric Jan Leendert Koops Conservative 12,81027.4% No
Antony Fussey Liberal 8,30417.8% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Harrison Labour 27,12450.9% Yes
John Stuart Woodward Sheard Conservative 19,57136.7% No
Norman Robert Collins-Tooth Liberal 6,05911.4% No
Tony Cooper National Front 5301.0% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Harrison Labour 19,16640.4% Yes
Norman Joseph Hazell Conservative 18,80639.6% No
David Carlton Social Democratic Party 9,16619.3% No
Violet Parker BNP 2950.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Hinchliffe Labour 24,50946.6% Yes
Norman Joseph Hazell Conservative 21,72041.3% No
Lutfe Rabbi Mustafa Kamal Social Democratic Party 6,35012.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Hinchliffe Labour 26,96450.6% Yes
David Fanthorpe Conservative 20,37438.3% No
Tim Wright Liberal Democrat 5,90011.1% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Hinchliffe Labour 28,97757.4% Yes
Jonathan Peacock Conservative 14,37328.5% No
Douglas Dale Liberal Democrat 5,65611.2% No
Simon Shires Referendum Party 1,4802.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Hinchliffe Labour 20,59249.9% Yes
Thelma Karran Conservative 12,63830.6% No
Dale Douglas Liberal Democrat 5,09712.4% No
Sarah Greenwood Green 1,0752.6% No
Janice Cannon UKIP 6771.6% No
Abdul Aziz Socialist Labour 6341.5% No
Mick Griffiths Socialist Alliance 5411.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mary Creagh Labour 18,80243.3% Yes
Alec Shelbrooke Conservative 13,64831.5% No
David Ridgway Liberal Democrat 7,06316.3% No
Grant Rowe BNP 1,3283.1% No
Derek Hardcastle Green 1,2973.0% No
John Upex UKIP 4671.1% No
Adrian McEnhill English Democrats 3560.8% No
Mick Griffiths Socialist Alternative 3190.7% No
Linda Sheridan Socialist Labour 1010.2% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mary Creagh Labour 17,45439.3% Yes
Alex Story Conservative 15,84135.6% No
David Smith Liberal Democrat 7,25616.3% No
Ian Senior BNP 2,5815.8% No
Miriam Hawkins Green 8732.0% No
Mark Harrop Independent 4391.0% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mary Creagh Labour 17,30140.3% Yes
Antony Calvert Conservative 14,68834.2% No
Alan Hazelhurst UKIP 7,86218.3% No
Finbarr Cronin Liberal Democrat 1,4833.5% No
Rebecca Thackray Green 1,0692.5% No
Mick Griffiths Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2870.7% No
Elliot Barr Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 2830.7% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mary Creagh Labour 22,98749.7% Yes
Antony Calvert Conservative 20,81145.0% No
Lucy Brown The Yorkshire Party 1,1762.5% No
Denis Cronin Liberal Democrat 9432.0% No
Waj Ali Independent 3670.8% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Imran Ahmad Khan Conservative 21,28347.3% Yes
Mary Creagh Labour 17,92539.8% No
Peter Wiltshire Brexit Party 2,7256.1% No
Jamie Needle Liberal Democrat 1,7723.9% No
Ryan Kett The Yorkshire Party 8681.9% No
Stephen Whyte Independent 4541.0% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1835: Radical margin 11.5 pts 1837: Conservative margin 4.4 pts 1841: Whig margin 4.5 pts 1847: Conservative margin 20.6 pts 1852: Conservative margin 4.8 pts 1859: Liberal margin 0.4 pts 1865: Liberal margin 5.2 pts 1868: Liberal margin 1.5 pts 1874: Conservative margin 5.3 pts 1880: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 1885: Conservative margin 7.3 pts 1886: Conservative margin 7.3 pts 1892: Conservative margin 8.5 pts 1895: Liberal Unionist margin 13.8 pts 1906: Conservative margin 3.9 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 9.1 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 3.4 pts 1918: Unionist margin 18.6 pts 1922: Unionist margin 3.1 pts 1923: Labour margin 3.1 pts 1924: Unionist margin 4.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 11.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 14.8 pts 1935: Labour margin 12.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 23.3 pts 1950: Labour margin 21.4 pts 1951: Labour margin 16.6 pts 1955: Labour margin 20.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 19.2 pts 1964: Labour margin 25.1 pts 1966: Labour margin 30.8 pts 1970: Labour margin 24.8 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 21.7 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 27.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 14.2 pts 1983: Labour margin 0.8 pts 1987: Labour margin 5.3 pts 1992: Labour margin 12.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 28.9 pts 2001: Labour margin 19.3 pts 2005: Labour margin 11.9 pts 2010: Labour margin 3.6 pts 2015: Labour margin 6.1 pts 2017: Labour margin 4.7 pts 2019: Conservative margin 7.5 pts 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Wakefield has been contested at 48 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Radical, Conservative, Whig, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Wakefield in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Wakefield in 2019 with 21,283 votes (47.3%), a majority of 3,358 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Wakefield since 1832?

Since 1832, Wakefield has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Wakefield?

The closest result on record for Wakefield was 1859, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 3 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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