†Conservative ‡Labour ¤Liberal Democrat signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency. Speaking after the result, he said: "I’ll reflect and think about what to do next but I still want to play a part in Yorkshire politics, and also in the future direction of the Labour party. Dislike of Corbyn and betrayal of Brexit in WakefieldWakefield: City 'taken for granted' by Labour says new MP'Disastrous night for Labour' says ousted Wakefield MP The English ceremonial county of West Yorkshire is divided into 22 parliamentary constituencies: 12 borough constituencies and 10 county constituencies. Labour lost its Wakefield seat to the Tories after 87 'Pig's ear' of a campaign says Conservative candidate “Many people may have already written the election off as a Labour victory, but as we can see from the four new Conservative constituencies in West Yorkshire, it … ... (Yorkshire Party) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote. "Mr Khan's Wakefield seat was one of four Conservative party gains in West Yorkshire, the others were Dewsbury, Keighley and Colne Valley.All 61 results are now in from across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and the big winner locally is the Conservative party, just as it has been across the country.In total, Boris Johnson's party has gained ten seats in the region from Labour.A number of ousted Labour candidates, including Caroline Flint and Mary Creagh, blamed the party's failure to listen to people's views on Brexit for their demise.Imran Ahmad-Khan has been elected as the MP for Wakefield, beating Labour's Mary Creagh by 3,358 votes.The Conservative Party overturned a 2,176 vote majority to take the formerly Labour-held seat.Peter Wiltshire of the Brexit Party came third and Liberal Democrat Jamie Needle came fourth.Voter turnout was down by 1.7 percentage points since the last general election.More than 45,000 people, 64.1% of those eligible to vote, went to polling stations across the area on Thursday, in the first December general election since 1923.Three of the six candidates, Jamie Needle (Liberal Democrat), Ryan Kett (the Yorkshire Party) and Stephen Whyte (independent) lost their £500 deposits after failing to win 5% of the vote.Labour's Mary Creagh has told the BBC it's been a "disastrous night" for her party after losing her Wakefield seat to the Conservative's Imran Ahmad-Khan:Imran Ahmad-Khan has been elected as the Conservative MP for Wakefield, taking the seat from Labour.It seems that voter turnout could be high in Wakefield, according to the BBC reporter at the count.Kevin Larkin, BBC Radio Leeds' political reporter says he's been told of "very full ballot boxes" and "huge amount of postal votes".Three constituencies will be counted in Wakefield tonight - Wakefield, Hemsworth and Normanton, Ponefract and Castleford - and it could be at the centre of some tight battles.Radio Leeds's Political Reporter Kevin Larkin with the rumours from the count. Contents 1 2015 constituencies
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