Halifax (UK Parliament Constituency)
Boundaries
1918–1983: The County Borough of Halifax.
1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth, Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, St John's, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.
2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, Park, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.
2024–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf; Ovenden, part of the Ryburn (polling districts MB, MC, and MD), Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.
This constituency covers the large town of Halifax in West Yorkshire and includes the smaller town of Sowerby Bridge which adjoins Halifax but until 1974 was a separate Urban District.
History
The parliamentary borough was granted in the Great Reform Act 1832 and returned from that year until 1918 two members. A county borough recognized the density of the developed area in 1888 which provided most functions for inhabitants, retaining the West Yorkshire ceremonial county. The municipal or county borough was under a mayor, five aldermen and 45 councillors and had an area of 13,967 acres (56.52 km).
At the time of the Norman Conquest, Halifax formed part of the extensive manor of Wakefield, which belonged to the king, but in the 13th century was in the hands of John Earl de Warrenne aka. Earl of Surrey (1231–1304). The prosperity of the town began with the first woollen products workshop established here in 1414, when there are said to have been only thirteen houses, which before the end of the 16th century had increased to 520. Camden, about the end of the 17th century, wrote that "the people are very industrious, so that though the soil about it be barren and improfitable, not fit to live on, they have so flourished ... by the clothing trade that they are very rich and have gained a reputation for it above their neighbours." The manufacturing standards and trade were improved by the arrival of certain merchants and clothworkers driven from the Spanish Netherlands by the persecution by the Duke of Alva.
Halifax was a borough by prescription rather than a medieval parliamentary borough, its privileges growing up with the increased prosperity brought by the cloth trade, but it was not incorporated until 1848. From 1832 until 1918 the town's property-qualifying residents paying scot and lot returned two members to parliament.
Constituency profile
As of 2001, the town in the Pennines was relatively affluent, not afflicted by the high levels of unemployment, underemployment and crime seen in a few wards of the Yorkshire and Humber region but most constituents had modest incomes and there was some social housing in certain wards. Since 1987 the MP has represented the Labour Party; before that date for four years it was held by a Conservative MP, but generally since the Second World War it has been a Labour seat.
Prior to the 2017 general election, the Conservative Party launched its election manifesto at Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, and targeted the seat fairly heavily, for two years earlier the Labour majority in the constituency had fallen to just 428 votes, or 1% of the total vote. However, Lynch increased her majority by almost 5,000 votes, giving Labour its biggest majority in Halifax since 2001.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1918
MPs since 1918
Representation reduced to one member, 1918
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Dearden | 14,135 | 35.1 | -10.5 | |
Conservative | Hazel Sharp | 7,866 | 19.6 | -22.1 | |
Reform UK | James Griffith-Jones | 7,811 | 19.4 | +13.5 | |
Green | Martin Hey | 4,133 | 10.3 | +8.3 | |
Workers Party | Shakir Saghir | 2,543 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Jackson | 2,359 | 5.9 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Purveen Hussain | 1,367 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 6,269 | ||||
Turnout | 40,363 | 52.1 | -12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 77,516 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Holly Lynch | 21,496 | 46.3 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | Kashif Ali | 18,927 | 40.7 | -0.9 | |
Brexit Party | Sarah Wood | 2,813 | 6.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | James Baker | 2,276 | 4.9 | +2.7 | |
Green | Bella Jessop | 946 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,569 | 5.6 | -5.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,458 | 64.6 | -3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Holly Lynch | 25,507 | 52.7 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Chris Pearson | 20,131 | 41.6 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Mark Weedon | 1,568 | 3.2 | -9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Baker | 1,070 | 2.2 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 5,376 | 11.1 | +10.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,375 | 67.9 | +5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Holly Lynch | 17,506 | 40.0 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Philip Allott | 17,078 | 39.0 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Liz Phillips | 5,621 | 12.8 | +11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Ilyas | 1,629 | 3.7 | -15.4 | |
Green | Gary Scott | 1,142 | 2.6 | New | |
Respect | Asama Javed | 465 | 1.1 | New | |
Christian | Trevor Bendrien | 312 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 428 | 1.0 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,753 | 62.1 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Linda Riordan | 16,278 | 37.4 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Philip Allott | 14,806 | 34.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elisabeth Wilson | 8,335 | 19.1 | +1.2 | |
BNP | Tom Bates | 2,760 | 6.3 | -0.3 | |
Independent Voice for Halifax | Diane Park | 722 | 1.7 | New | |
UKIP | Jay Sangha | 654 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,472 | 3.4 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,555 | 61.9 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Linda Riordan | 16,579 | 41.8 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Kris Hopkins | 13,162 | 33.2 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Taylor | 7,100 | 17.9 | +3.3 | |
BNP | Geoff Wallace | 2,627 | 6.6 | New | |
National Front | Tom Holmes | 191 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,417 | 8.6 | -6.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,659 | 61.1 | +3.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 19,800 | 49.0 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | James Walsh | 13,671 | 33.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Durkin | 5,878 | 14.6 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Helen Martinek | 1,041 | 2.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 6,129 | 15.2 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,390 | 57.8 | −12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 27,465 | 54.3 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Light | 16,253 | 32.1 | -10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edgar Waller | 6,059 | 12.0 | -0.7 | |
UKIP | Constance Whittaker | 779 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,212 | 22.2 | +21.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,556 | 70.5 | -8.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 25,115 | 43.5 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | TR Martin | 24,637 | 42.7 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian R. Howell | 7,364 | 12.7 | −2.7 | |
Independent Nationalist | Ron Pearson | 649 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 478 | 0.8 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 57,765 | 78.7 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 24,741 | 43.4 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Roy Galley | 23,529 | 41.3 | +0.4 | |
SDP | Laurence Cockcroft | 8,758 | 15.4 | -6.3 | |
Majority | 1,212 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,028 | 77.7 | +2.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Galley | 22,321 | 40.9 | ||
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 20,452 | 37.4 | ||
SDP | F. Cockroft | 11,868 | 21.7 | ||
Majority | 1,869 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,641 | 75.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 21,416 | 43.79 | ||
Conservative | J. Ford | 20,182 | 41.27 | ||
Liberal | Allen Clegg | 6,853 | 14.01 | ||
National Front | B. Wadsworth | 455 | 0.93 | New | |
Majority | 1,234 | 2.52 | |||
Turnout | 48,906 | 76.69 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 20,976 | 44.27 | ||
Conservative | S.R. Lyons | 16,798 | 35.45 | ||
Liberal | Allen Clegg | 8,693 | 18.35 | ||
Powellite | R.S. Pearson | 919 | 1.94 | New | |
Majority | 4,178 | 8.82 | |||
Turnout | 47,386 | 74.55 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 20,970 | 40.93 | ||
Conservative | S.R. Lyons | 17,967 | 35.07 | ||
Liberal | Allen Clegg | 12,300 | 24.01 | New | |
Majority | 3,003 | 5.86 | |||
Turnout | 51,237 | 81.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 24,026 | 49.33 | ||
Conservative | G Anthony Turner | 23,828 | 48.93 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Alistair Graham | 847 | 1.74 | New | |
Majority | 198 | 0.40 | |||
Turnout | 48,701 | 73.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 25,391 | 50.28 | ||
Conservative | G Anthony Turner | 19,689 | 38.99 | ||
Liberal | Derek Arthur Carlin | 5,423 | 10.74 | ||
Majority | 5,702 | 11.29 | |||
Turnout | 50,503 | 80.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 23,143 | 43.76 | ||
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 22,085 | 41.75 | ||
Liberal | James Francis Crossley | 7,664 | 14.49 | New | |
Majority | 1,058 | 2.01 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,892 | 82.06 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 29,212 | 52.25 | ||
Labour | Peter Shore | 26,697 | 47.75 | ||
Majority | 2,515 | 4.50 | |||
Turnout | 55,909 | 83.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 28,306 | 51.39 | ||
Labour | Dryden Brook | 26,771 | 48.61 | ||
Majority | 1,535 | 2.78 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,077 | 80.15 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dryden Brook | 30,433 | 50.63 | ||
Conservative | Charles Henry Lucas | 29,670 | 49.37 | ||
Majority | 763 | 1.26 | |||
Turnout | 60,103 | 84.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dryden Brook | 28,800 | 47.70 | ||
Conservative | Charles Henry Lucas | 20,456 | 33.88 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Pickles | 9,573 | 15.85 | ||
National Liberal | R.H. Blackburn | 1,551 | 2.57 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,344 | 13.82 | |||
Turnout | 60,380 | 85.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
- Blackburn was a vice-president of the Bradford Conservative Association. He was nominated after the Conservative and Liberal associations in the division had failed to reach agreement on the proposal for a joint anti-Labour candidate.
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dryden Brook | 25,605 | 46.5 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Gilbert Gledhill | 14,824 | 26.9 | -17.5 | |
Liberal | Arnold Gelder | 14,631 | 26.6 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 10,781 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,060 | 77.4 | +0.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.3 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gilbert Gledhill | 24,103 | 44.4 | −21.3 | |
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 21,471 | 39.5 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Ashley Mitchell | 8,736 | 16.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,632 | 4.9 | −31.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,310 | 76.9 | −3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gilbert Gledhill | 36,731 | 65.7 | +36.0 | |
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 16,601 | 29.7 | −12.5 | |
Independent Liberal | Frank Sykes | 2,578 | 4.6 | New | |
Majority | 20,130 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,910 | 80.5 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +24.2 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 23,776 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Unionist | Gilbert Gledhill | 16,713 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Elliott Dodds | 15,823 | 28.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,063 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,312 | 81.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 69,301 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 17,536 | 42.8 | New | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 12,585 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Unionist | Francis Crossley, 2nd Baron Somerleyton | 10,804 | 26.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,951 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,925 | 78.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 52,013 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 22,136 | 84.6 | +51.2 |
Socialist Labour | Arthur McManus | 4,036 | 15.4 | New | |
Majority | 18,100 | 69.2 | +53.3 | ||
Turnout | 26,172 | 53.4 | −33.6 | ||
Registered electors | 49,017 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 8,778 | 33.4 | −7.3 | |
Labour | James Parker | 8,511 | 32.3 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | John Herbert Lacy Baldwin | 4,602 | 17.5 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | James Galbraith | 4,420 | 16.8 | +6.6 | |
Turnout | 26,311 | 87.0 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 15,528 | ||||
Majority | 4,176 | 15.9 | −4.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.3 | |||
Majority | 3,909 | 14.8 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 9,504 | 40.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | James Parker | 9,093 | 38.9 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | James Galbraith | 4,754 | 20.4 | −1.2 | |
Turnout | 23,351 | 92.6 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 15,528 | ||||
Majority | 4,750 | 20.3 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Majority | 4,339 | 18.5 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 9,354 | 40.1 | −14.0 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | James Parker | 8,937 | 38.3 | +22.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | 5,041 | 21.6 | −8.0 | |
Turnout | 23,332 | 93.0 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 15,316 | ||||
Majority | 4,313 | 18.5 | +7.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −18.0 | |||
Majority | 3,896 | 16.7 | N/A | ||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +15.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | 5,931 | 29.6 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 5,543 | 27.6 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Billson | 5,325 | 26.5 | +3.5 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | James Parker | 3,276 | 16.3 | −4.2 | |
Turnout | 20,075 | 86.7 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 14,879 | ||||
Majority | 606 | 3.1 | −3.2 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Majority | 2,267 | 11.3 | +4.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Billson | 5,664 | 43.8 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | 5,252 | 40.7 | +11.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Tom Mann | 2,000 | 15.5 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 412 | 3.1 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,916 | 90.4 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 14,290 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.9 |
- Caused by Shaw's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Arnold | 5,475 | 29.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | William Rawson Shaw | 5,085 | 27.2 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | James Booth | 4,283 | 23.0 | −13.3 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Lister | 3,818 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 12,169 (est) | 87.9 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,844 | ||||
Majority | 1,192 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Majority | 1,267 | 6.7 | −3.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Rawson Shaw | 4,620 | 38.9 | −34.5 | |
Conservative | Alfred Arnold | 4,252 | 35.7 | +9.1 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Lister | 3,028 | 25.4 | New | |
Turnout | 11,900 | 89.4 | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,317 | ||||
Majority | 368 | 3.2 | −6.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −21.8 |
- Caused by Shaw's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 6,481 | 37.1 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 6,361 | 36.3 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Alfred Arnold | 4,663 | 26.6 | +1.6 | |
Turnout | 11,056 (est) | 83.9 | +10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,177 | ||||
Majority | 1,698 | 9.7 | −2.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 5,427 | 37.7 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 5,381 | 37.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Alfred Morris | 3,612 | 25.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,769 | 12.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,055 | 73.8 | −8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,269 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as President of the Local Government Board.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 6,269 | 38.4 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 6,053 | 37.1 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Alfred Morris | 3,988 | 24.5 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 2,065 | 12.6 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,144 | 82.7 | −1.2 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 12,269 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Hutchinson's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 6,392 | 39.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | John Dyson Hutchinson | 6,364 | 39.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | William Barber | 3,452 | 21.3 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 2,912 | 18.0 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,844 (est) | 83.9 (est) | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,728 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dyson Hutchinson | 5,750 | 61.3 | -12.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Wilson Gamble | 3,624 | 38.7 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 2,126 | 22.6 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,374 | 79.9 | -3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,737 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.5 |
- Caused by Crossley's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Crossley | 5,563 | 37.2 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 5,473 | 36.6 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Charles McCrea | 3,927 | 26.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,546 | 10.4 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,445 (est) | 83.7 (est) | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,282 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Crossley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Crossley's appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 5,278 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Akroyd | 5,141 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Lib-Lab | Edward Owen Greening | 2,802 | 21.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,339 | 17.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,012 (est) | 85.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,328 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Edward Akroyd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as Civil Lord of the Admiralty.
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as Secretary of State for India.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,521 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Francis Crossley | 830 | 37.8 | +4.6 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 714 | 32.5 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 651 | 29.7 | −0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,423 (est) | 95.6 (est) | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,488 | ||||
Majority | 116 | 5.3 | +2.3 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Majority | 63 | 2.8 | +1.5 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | 592 | 53.0 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 526 | 47.0 | +16.8 | |
Majority | 66 | 6.0 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,118 | 91.8 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,218 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +0.9 |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as President of the Board of Control.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | 596 | 34.5 | +3.7 | |
Radical | Francis Crossley | 573 | 33.2 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 521 | 30.2 | −0.8 | |
Chartist | Ernest Charles Jones | 37 | 2.1 | −14.9 | |
Turnout | 1,106 (est) | 92.1 (est) | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,200 | ||||
Majority | 23 | 1.3 | −8.3 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Majority | 52 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.2 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 511 | 31.0 | +2.2 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 507 | 30.8 | −3.6 | |
Radical | Edward Miall | 349 | 21.2 | −15.6 | |
Chartist | Ernest Charles Jones | 280 | 17.0 | New | |
Turnout | 824 (est) | 80.6 (est) | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,022 | ||||
Majority | 162 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Majority | 158 | 9.6 | +4.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Edward Protheroe | 409 | 36.8 | −1.6 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 383 | 34.4 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | George Sinclair | 320 | 28.8 | +4.9 | |
Turnout | 704 | 88.2 | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 78.3 | ||||
Majority | 26 | 2.4 | -12.2 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Majority | 63 | 5.6 | −8.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Edward Protheroe | 496 | 38.4 | +6.1 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 487 | 37.7 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | James Stuart-Wortley | 308 | 23.9 | −8.5 | |
Turnout | 793 | 81.8 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 970 | ||||
Majority | 188 | 14.5 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Majority | 179 | 13.8 | +10.9 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | 336 | 35.3 | −21.7 | |
Conservative | James Stuart-Wortley | 308 | 32.4 | +11.6 | |
Radical | Edward Protheroe | 307 | 32.3 | +10.1 | |
Turnout | 601 | 92.7 | ±0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 648 | ||||
Majority | 28 | 2.9 | −3.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −13.4 | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Rawdon Briggs (politician) | 242 | 28.9 | ||
Whig | Charles Wood | 235 | 28.1 | ||
Radical | Michael Stocks | 186 | 22.2 | ||
Tory | James Stuart-Wortley | 174 | 20.8 | ||
Majority | 49 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 492 | 92.7 | |||
Registered electors | 531 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)