Wakefield and Rothwell is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
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The constituency will comprise the following areas:
The urban areas of the City of Wakefield, representing just under half the electorate of the current constituency of Wakefield - the remainder will be incorporated into the new constituency of Ossett and Denby Dale The communities of Outwell, Stanley and Wrenthorpe, currently part of Morley and Outwood (to be renamed Leeds South West and Morley) The town of Rothwell, transferred from Elmet and Rothwell, which is to be abolished