Dewsbury and Batley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, represented since 2024 by Iqbal Mohamed, an Independent. It was created following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, and first contested in the 2024 general election. The constituency is located in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire.
The Dewsbury and Batley constituency is located in West Yorkshire within the borough of Kirklees. It covers the connected towns of Dewsbury and Batley as well as a rural area to the south, including the villages of Thornhill and Flockton. The area forms part of the Heavy Woollen District, a region of West Yorkshire that was traditionally reliant on the textile trade. The constituency has high levels of deprivation, with parts of both towns falling within the 10% most-deprived areas in England.
House prices in the constituency are amongst the lowest in the country, and residents have low levels of income, education and professional employment compared to nationwide averages. The constituency has a significant Muslim community of predominantly Indian and Pakistani origin who made up 44% of the population at the 2021 census. The Muslim population is concentrated in the neighbourhoods of Savile Town (where they made up 90% of residents) and Batley Carr. Most of the constituency is represented by Labour Party and independent councillors at the local council, with some Conservative representation in the rural south. An estimated 55% of voters in the constituency supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum compared to 52% nationwide.
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following areas of Kirklees:
Dewsbury and Batley & Spen prior to 2024