Boundaries
Following the review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England revised the boundary of the Wakefield constituency, removing all the areas from Kirklees and adding wards from the abolished Normanton constituency.
At the 2010 General Election the Wakefield parliamentary constituency covered three-quarters of the West Yorkshire city of Wakefield and a number of villages to the west and south-west of the city. The constituency is made up of six electoral wards of the City of Wakefield: Horbury and South Ossett; Ossett; Wakefield East; Wakefield North; Wakefield Rural; and Wakefield West. Wakefield has returned Labour MPs since 1932 and for many years has been considered a safe Labour seat, but as of the 2010 general election is somewhat more marginal.
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