An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Wakefield, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Mary Creagh with a majority of 2,176 - 4.7% - on a turnout of 65.8%.
Candidates
| Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
| CREAGH, Mary | Lab | 22,987 | 49.7% | 9.4% |
| CALVERT, Antony | Con | 20,811 | 45.0% | 10.8% |
| BROWN, Lucy | Yrks | 1,176 | 2.5% | - |
| CRONIN, Denis | LD | 943 | 2.0% | -1.4% |
| ALI, Waj | Ind | 367 | 0.8% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 70,340, having a valid vote count of 46,284 and an invalid vote count of 112.
Result declared at 04:55 on 9 June 2017.