| Batley and Spen | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:BatleySpen2007Constituency.svg) 2010–2024 boundary of Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:EnglandWestYorkshire.svg) Location of West Yorkshire within England | |
| County | West Yorkshire |
| Population | 107,899 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 80,110 (December 2019)[2] |
| Major settlements | Batley, Cleckheaton, Birstall, Birkenshaw |
| 1983–2024 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
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, elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat had returned Labour MPs since the 1997 general election.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes which will entail the loss of the town of Batley to the new constituency of Dewsbury and Batley. As a consequence, it was renamed Spen Valley, and first contested in the 2024 general election.[3]
- ^ "Batley and Spen: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – Yorkshire and the Humber | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2023.