Voters across West Yorkshire have gone to the ballot box in the general election 2024. New Members of Parliament are being elected in constituencies across the county including Bradford East, Bradford South, Bradford West, Calder Valley, Colne Valley, Dewsbury and Batley, Halifax, Huddersfield and Keighley and Ilkley.
Other West Yorkshire constituencies are Leeds Central and Headingley, Leeds East, Leeds North East, Leeds North West, Leeds South, Leeds West and Pudsey, Leeds South West and Morley, Normanton and Hemsworth, Ossett and Denby Dale, Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Shipley, Spen Valley, and Wakefield and Rothwell. READ MORE: Follow the latest news and updates on the general election Each of these constituencies will elect a new MP to represent the area in the House of Commons.
The shock summer general election was called by Rishi Sunak on May 22, with elections taking place in all 650 seats across the UK.
Since the 2019 general election major boundary changes affecting 90% of Parliamentary constituencies have come into force. Ahead of the election, a Conservative government had been in power in Parliament since 2010.
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