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Elmet and Rothwell

Elmet and Rothwell
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Elmet and Rothwell in West Yorkshire.
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Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County West Yorkshire
Electorate 77,994 (December 2010)
Major settlements Rothwell, Garforth, Wetherby
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of parliament Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Elmet, Morley and Rothwell
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European Parliament constituency Yorkshire and the Humber

Coordinates: 53°49′05″N 1°24′14″W / 53.818°N 1.404°W / 53.818; -1.404

Elmet and Rothwell is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its creation in 2010 by Alec Shelbrooke, a Conservative. In the 2015 General Election, Elmet & Rothwell recorded the largest turnout of any seat in West or South Yorkshire, with nearly 58,000 electors casting a vote.

The constituency includes rural hinterland to the east of Leeds, including the historical market town of Wetherby and former coal mining towns and villages like Garforth and Kippax. The area is undergoing a transition from old mining communities to more affluent commuter and dormitory towns for the Leeds conurbation to the west. There is no town of Elmet: the name refers to an ancient Celtic kingdom in the area.

Following its review of parliamentary boundaries in West Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England created this constituency for the 2010 election which principally contains the three towns of Garforth, Rothwell and Wetherby.


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