Dewsbury and Batley is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election. [2] The constituency will be located in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire. [3]
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It will comprise the following areas of Kirklees: [5]
Areas |
Kirklees Borough Council
Wards |
Former Constituency |
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Batley | Batley East and Batley West | Batley and Spen |
Dewsbury | Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South and Dewsbury West | Dewsbury |
Flockton / Grange Moor | Kirkburton (minority) | Dewsbury (plus 30 voters from Huddersfield) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Javed Bashir [6] | ||||
Reform UK | Jonathan Thackray [7] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |