The placeConstituency · Unknown · 2010 boundaries

Dewsbury.

Conservative and Unionist Party MP Mark Eastwood holds the seat.

Member of ParliamentMark Eastwood · Conservative and Unionist Party
Boundary set2010
ONS codeE14000666
Electorate · 2024
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

No voting record, no speeches on record, and no committee memberships -- Mark Eastwood is among the least visible MPs in the current Parliament. He has held the Dewsbury seat since 2019, but the available data contains no evidence of votes cast, parliamentary speeches delivered, or rebel activity of any kind. This is not a case of a low-profile MP doing quiet work behind the scenes; it is an absence of recorded parliamentary engagement across every available measure.

Dewsbury's local news over the past 90 days has been dominated by serious issues -- a machete brawl in the town centre, a food bank targeted twice in four weeks, and a toddler death linked to hospital failings -- but none of the 20 articles tracked mention Eastwood responding to, engaging with, or even commenting on these events. His average news score across all coverage is zero, meaning no article could attribute any relevant action or statement to him. A town centre regeneration project, the Dewsbury Arcade, also featured in local coverage without any reference to the MP.

The data picture here is unusually sparse, and two caveats apply. First, parliamentary activity before the 2024 general election falls outside the current dataset's scope, so this briefing covers only recent months. Second, some MP work -- constituency casework, local meetings, written correspondence -- does not appear in Hansard or press coverage. What can be said is that on every public measure currently available, Eastwood leaves no traceable footprint.

§ 06Election history.4 contests · created on 2010 boundaries

2019 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Mark EastwoodWONCon26,17946.4
Paula SherriffLab24,61843.7
John RossingtonLD2,4064.3
Philip JamesInd1,8743.3
Simon CopeGrn1,0601.9
Archibald StantonInd2520.5

Turnout 56,389

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2017Paula SherriffLab51.0
2015Paula SherriffLab41.8
2010Reevell, SimonCon35.0
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2010 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission