🗳️ UK Parliamentary by-election

Wakefield constituency by-election

This election was held on Thursday 23 June 2022.

15 candidates stood in the Wakefield constituency by-election.

Ballot Papers Issued	27,466
Spoilt Ballots	62
Turnout	40%

• Simon Lightwood

  🌟 Elected

  Labour Party
  13,166 votes

  

• Nadeem Ahmed

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  8,241 votes

  

• Akef Akbar

  Independent
  2,090 votes

  

• David John Rowntree Herdson

  Yorkshire Party
  1,182 votes

  

• Ash Routh

  Green Party
  587 votes

  

• Chris Walsh

  Reform UK
  513 votes

  

• Jamie Luke Needle

  Liberal Democrats
  508 votes

  

• Ashlea Simon

  Britain First
  311 votes

  

• Mick Dodgson

  Freedom Alliance- Integrity, Society, Economy
  187 votes

  

• Sir Archibald Stanton

  The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
  171 votes

  

• Paul Bickerdike

  Christian Peoples Alliance
  144 votes

  

• Thérèse Hirst

  English Democrats
  135 votes

  

• Jordan James Gaskell

  UK Independence Party (UKIP)
  124 votes

  

• Christopher Jones

  Northern Independence Party
  84 votes

  

• Jayda Fransen

  Independent
  23 votes