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Both were lower than usual turnout
With the Wakefield one it’s not straight forward, Labour have been 1/100 to win it at the bookies for weeks, that tends to mean people for and against Labour are less likely to turn out as it seen as a done deal.
Labour won the seat by 18%, the last time they did that they were winning elections, it’s very much been a marginal constituency since the Tory’s have been in government.
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Both were lower than usual turnout, but for his statement in those tweets to be true (we only lost because our voters didn't come out to vote) would (I think) have to assume that everyone who didn't vote, would have voted Tory. Which I doubt.