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Simon Lightwood

Simon Lightwood MP

Labour (Co-op) · Wakefield and Rothwell · WF1 2JX

Key facts

Party Labour (Co-op) (Lab)
ConstituencyWakefield and Rothwell
First elected23 June 2022
ResultLab Gain
GenderM
Emailsimon.lightwood.mp@parliament.uk
Websitehttps://www.simonlightwood.org.uk

Election results

Results for Wakefield and Rothwell at the most recent general election.

Simon Lightwood
Labour 17773 43.7%
David Dews
Reform UK 8427 20.7%
Arnold Cravan
Conservative 7322 18.0%
Stewart Golton
Liberal Democrat 3249 8.0%
Ash Routh
Green Party 2389 5.9%
Keith Mason
Workers Party of Britain 705 1.7%
Brent Hawksley
The Yorkshire Party 606 1.5%
Nicholas Sanders
Social Democratic Party 185 0.5%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) 9 July 2024 Present

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Minister (Transport) 27 September 2022 30 May 2024

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] 11 January 2023 17 January 2023
Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] 13 March 2024 19 March 2024
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 24 June 2025 Present

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Wakefield and Rothwell Present
Wakefield Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 23 June 2022 Present