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Batley and Spen was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The most recent MP was Kim Leadbeater, a Labour politician, who waa elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat had returned Labour MPs since the 1997 general election.
Batley and Spen has been represented by a Labour MP since 1997. [9] [10] Elizabeth Peacock has been the constituency's only Conservative MP, serving from 1983 to 1997.Brabin had held the seat since the 2016 Batley and Spen by-election, which was called after the murder of Jo Cox, the seat's incumbent MP.
Elsewhere, Batley and Spen, and Dewsbury were realigned to form Dewsbury and Batley, and Spen Valley, and Leeds West and Pudsey were abolished, with parts of each forming Leeds West and Pudsey. Leeds Central effectively became Leeds South and a new constituency named Leeds Central and Headingley was created.
Tory MPs and ministers will have been eyeing the by-election amid the fallout surrounding Matt Hancock, who quit on Saturday.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election, formed primarily from the (abolished) constituency of Batley and Spen. [1] The seat is currently represented by Kim Leadbeater who previously represented Batley and Spen from 2021 to 2024.
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On 20 October 2016, a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Batley and Spen. It was triggered by the murder of the incumbent member of parliament (MP), Jo Cox, on 16 June 2016. [1] The Labour candidate, Tracy Brabin, won with 85.8% of the vote. Four parties with parliamentary representation did not enter candidates, out ...