2022 Wakefield by-election

2022 Wakefield by-election
Wakefield constituency
Registered	69,601
Turnout	39.1% ( 25.0 pp)
MP before election; Imran Ahmad Khan; Conservative	Elected MP ; Simon Lightwood; Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Wakefield was held on 23 June 2022.^[1]^[2] It was triggered by the resignation, on 3 May 2022, of Member of Parliament (MP) Imran Ahmad Khan, who was elected as a Conservative at the 2019 general election and resigned following a criminal conviction for child sexual assault. Ahmad Khan was subsequently jailed for 18 months.

The election was won by Simon Lightwood of the Labour Party, and was the first by-election gain made by Labour since 2012.^[3] It was held on the same day as the Tiverton and Honiton by-election in Devon,^[4] which the Conservatives lost to the Liberal Democrats.^[5] This marked the first time since the 1991 Kincardine and Deeside and Langbaurgh by-elections that the UK government had lost two seats at two by-elections held on the same day.

^ O'Donoghue, Dan (17 May 2022). "Wakefield by election confirmed as government formally calls the vote". YorkshireLive. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Wakefield Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
^ Airey, Tom (24 June 2022). "Wakefield by-election result: Labour defeat Tories to retake seat". BBC News. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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^ Walker, Peter (24 June 2022). "Tories lose two key byelections on same night in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2022.