Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Huddersfield | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Huddersfield in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 65,917 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Huddersfield, Kirkheaton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Harpreet Uppal (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Huddersfield East Huddersfield West |
1832–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Huddersfield East Huddersfield West |
Huddersfield is a constituency[n 1] in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Harpreet Uppal of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
[edit]1983–2010: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Almondbury, Birkby, Dalton, Deighton, Newsome, and Paddock.
2010–2024: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Almondbury, Ashbrow, Dalton, Greenhead, and Newsome.
2024–present: The Borough of Kirklees wards of: Almondbury; Ashbrow; Crosland Moor and Netherton; Dalton (polling districts DA01, DA02, DA03, DA04, DA05, DA07 and DA08); Greenhead; Newsome.[2]
Changes to the constituency enacted by 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies described as following: In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, the Crosland Moor and Netherton ward will be transferred from Colne Valley. To partly compensate, a small part of the Dalton ward, including the village of Kirkheaton will be transferred to the re-established constituency of Spen Valley.
Constituency profile
[edit]This constituency covers the urban centre and east of the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield, the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. The town grew out of the former woollen industry, and is now a primarily residential market town with some light industry remaining in the town such as Syngenta and Cummins, and a growing number of students at the University of Huddersfield. The town is economically diverse with some deprived inner-city council estates, such as Deighton, and better-off areas on the outskirts, such as Fixby, some exclusive detached stone houses in leafy roads.
However, the town’s western suburbs such as Crosland Moor, Netherton, Golcar, and the middle-class suburb of Lindley are actually in the neighbouring Colne Valley constituency.
Apart from four years tenure as MP by Geoffrey Dickens for Huddersfield West (1979-1983), the area (including its divided halves for the 33 years to 1983) has returned a Labour Party MP since 1945.
The constituency is currently held by the Labour Party, although the Liberal Democrats made inroads by coming second in the 2005 general election, and in the 2010 general election Karen Tween of the Conservative Party narrowed the incumbent's lead to a relatively average 4,472 votes and the new Liberal Democrat candidate slipped into third place. There are currently Green Party councillors in Newsome, and some Tory and Liberal Democrat councillors in Almondbury, but the remaining wards are safely Labour. The Dalton ward also includes the village of Kirkheaton, separated by a green buffer, and the Almondbury ward includes the small village of Lepton, West Yorkshire.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harpreet Uppal | 15,101 | 37.6 | −13.8 | |
Green | Andrew Cooper | 10,568 | 26.3 | +22.5 | |
Conservative | Tony McGrath | 6,559 | 16.3 | −20.1 | |
Reform UK | Susan Laird | 6,196 | 15.4 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jan Dobrucki | 1,741 | 4.3 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 4,533 | 11.3 | –3.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,165 | 51.6 | –13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 77,795 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[20] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 25,386 | 51.4 | |
Conservative | 17,945 | 36.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,449 | 5.0 | |
Green | 1,884 | 3.8 | |
Brexit Party | 1,696 | 3.4 | |
Turnout | 49,360 | 64.9 | |
Electorate | 76,044 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 20,509 | 49.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ken Davy | 15,572 | 37.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | James Wilkinson | 2,367 | 5.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Andrew Cooper | 1,768 | 4.2 | ![]() | |
Brexit Party | Stuart Hale | 1,666 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,937 | 11.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 41,882 | 63.9 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 26,470 | 60.4 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | Scott Benton | 14,465 | 33.0 | +6.2 | |
Green | Andrew Cooper | 1,395 | 3.2 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 1,155 | 2.6 | −3.2 | |
Yorkshire | Bikatshi Katenga | 274 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Marteen Thokkudubiyyapu | 75 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,005 | 27.4 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,834 | 65.5 | +3.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 18,186 | 44.9 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Itrat Ali | 10,841 | 26.8 | −1.0 | |
UKIP | Rob Butler | 5,948 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Green | Andrew Cooper | 2,798 | 6.9 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 2,365 | 5.8 | −18.9 | |
TUSC | Mike Forster | 340 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 7,345 | 18.1 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,478 | 62.0 | +0.9 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 15,725 | 38.8 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Karen Tweed | 11,253 | 27.8 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Blanchard | 10,023 | 24.7 | +0.6 | |
Green | Andrew Cooper | 1,641 | 4.0 | −0.6 | |
BNP | Rachel Firth | 1,563 | 3.9 | +0.9 | |
TUSC | Paul Cooney[27] | 319 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,472 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 40,524 | 61.1 | +4.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 16,341 | 46.8 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Emma Bone | 7,990 | 22.9 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | David Meacock | 7,597 | 21.7 | −3.2 | |
Green | Julie Stewart-Turner | 1,651 | 4.7 | +1.2 | |
BNP | Karl Hanson | 1,036 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Theresa Quarmby | 325 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,351 | 23.9 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,940 | 56.6 | +1.6 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 18,840 | 53.2 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Paul Baverstock | 8,794 | 24.9 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Bentley | 5,300 | 15.0 | −2.2 | |
Green | John Phillips | 1,254 | 3.5 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Judith Longman | 613 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Graham Hellawell | 374 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | George Randall | 208 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,046 | 28.3 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 35,383 | 55.0 | −12.0 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 25,171 | 56.5 | ||
Conservative | Bill Forrow | 9,323 | 20.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Beever | 7,642 | 17.2 | ||
Referendum | Paul McNulty | 1,480 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Green | John Phillips | 938 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,848 | 35.6 | |||
Turnout | 44,554 | 67.0 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 23,832 | 48.7 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | JM Kenyon | 16,574 | 33.9 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | AE Denham | 7,777 | 15.9 | −5.6 | |
Green | Nicholas Harvey | 576 | 1.2 | −0.1 | |
Natural Law | M Cran | 135 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,258 | 14.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,894 | 72.4 | −3.1 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 23,019 | 45.9 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Nick Hawkins | 15,741 | 31.4 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | John Smithson | 10,773 | 21.5 | −3.3 | |
Green | Nicholas Harvey | 638 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,278 | 14.5 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 50,171 | 75.5 | +4.4 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 20,051 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | John Tweddle | 16,096 | 33.2 | ||
Liberal | Kathleen Hasler | 12,027 | 24.8 | ||
Independent | H Hirst | 271 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 3,955 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 48,445 | 71.1 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 33,362 | 48.3 | +9.1 | |
National Liberal | William Mabane | 24,496 | 35.5 | −25.3 | |
Liberal | Roy Harrod | 11,119 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,866 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 68,977 | 78.4 | +5.2 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +17.2 |
General Election 1939–40:
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: William Mabane
- Labour: Joseph Mallalieu
- Liberal: Elliott Dodds
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | William Mabane | 37,009 | 60.8 | −9.3 | |
Labour | William Pickles | 23,844 | 39.2 | +9.3 | |
Majority | 13,165 | 21.6 | −18.6 | ||
Turnout | 60,853 | 73.2 | −10.1 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | -9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | William Mabane | 47,056 | 70.1 | +38.5 | |
Labour | James Hudson | 20,034 | 29.9 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 27,022 | 40.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 67,090 | 83.3 | −2.8 | ||
National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +23.5 |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Hudson | 25,966 | 38.3 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | William Mabane | 21,398 | 31.6 | −0.1 | |
Unionist | Enoch Hill | 20,361 | 30.1 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 4,568 | 6.7 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 67,725 | 86.1 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 78,635 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Hudson | 19,010 | 36.3 | −0.4 | |
Unionist | Enoch Hill | 16,745 | 32.0 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Arthur Marshall | 16,626 | 31.7 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 2,265 | 4.3 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,381 | 88.5 | +6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 59,176 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Hudson | 17,430 | 36.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Marshall | 17,404 | 36.6 | +2.6 | |
Unionist | Charles Tinker | 12,694 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 26 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,528 | 81.9 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 58,029 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.3 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Arthur_Harold_Marshall.jpg/120px-Arthur_Harold_Marshall.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Marshall | 15,879 | 34.0 | +5.3 | |
Labour | James Hudson | 15,673 | 33.5 | +1.0 | |
National Liberal | Charles Sykes | 15,212 | 32.5 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 206 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,764 | 83.1 | +13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 56,243 | ||||
Liberal gain from National Liberal | Swing | +5.8 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Sir_Charles_Sykes.jpg/120px-Sir_Charles_Sykes.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | National Liberal | Charles Sykes | 15,234 | 38.8 | N/A |
Labour | Harry Snell | 12,737 | 32.5 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Ernest Woodhead | 11,256 | 28.7 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 2,497 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,227 | 69.8 | −20.7 | ||
Registered electors | 56,200 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Arthur Sherwell
- Unionist:
- Socialist: Harry Snell (candidature not approved by Labour Party National Executive)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Sherwell | 6,458 | 37.5 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Joseph Henry Kaye | 5,777 | 33.5 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Harry Snell | 4,988 | 29.0 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 681 | 4.0 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,223 | 90.5 | −4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 19,021 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Sherwell | 7,158 | 39.8 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Harry Snell | 5,686 | 31.6 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Harold Smith | 5,153 | 28.6 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,472 | 8.2 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,997 | 94.6 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 19,021 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Sherwell | 5,762 | 36.0 | −2.2 | |
Labour | T. Russell Williams | 5,422 | 33.8 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | John Foster Fraser | 4,844 | 30.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 340 | 2.2 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 16,028 | 91.2 | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 17,568 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Woodhouse | 6,302 | 38.2 | −15.4 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | T. Russell Williams | 5,813 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Foster Fraser | 4,391 | 26.6 | −19.8 | |
Majority | 489 | 3.0 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,506 | 94.0 | +6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 17,568 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Woodhouse | 7,896 | 53.6 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Hildred Carlile | 6,831 | 46.4 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 1,065 | 7.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 14,727 | 87.8 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 16,770 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Sir_James_Woodhouse.jpg/120px-Sir_James_Woodhouse.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Woodhouse | 6,755 | 47.5 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 5,868 | 41.3 | −7.8 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Russell Smart | 1,594 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 887 | 6.2 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,217 | 89.8 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 15,832 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 7,068 | 50.1 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Joseph Woodhead | 7,033 | 49.9 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 35 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,101 | 90.7 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 15,550 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.0 |
- Caused by Summers' death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Summers | 7,098 | 50.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 6,837 | 49.1 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 261 | 1.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,935 | 90.1 | +8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 15,466 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Summers | 6,210 | 50.8 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 6,026 | 49.2 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 184 | 1.6 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,236 | 81.6 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 14,991 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Leatham | 6,960 | 52.9 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 6,194 | 47.1 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 766 | 5.8 | −16.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,154 | 87.7 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 14,991 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Leatham | 7,008 | 61.0 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay[37] | 4,486 | 39.0 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 2,522 | 22.0 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 11,494 | 85.9 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,386 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Leatham | 5,668 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Brooke[38] | 4,985 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 683 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,653 | 89.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,917 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Leatham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,242 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Leatham | 1,111 | 58.5 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | William Campbell Sleigh | 789 | 41.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 322 | 17.0 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,900 | 88.9 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,138 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Crosland's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Crosland | 1,019 | 56.4 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Leatham | 787 | 43.6 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 232 | 12.8 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,806 | 84.5 | −8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,138 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.0 |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Leatham | 779 | 50.6 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Edward Akroyd | 760 | 49.4 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 19 | 1.2 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,539 | 92.7 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,660 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Akroyd | 823 | 58.2 | +6.8 | |
Radical | Richard Cobden | 590 | 41.8 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 233 | 16.4 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,413 | 91.0 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,552 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Robinson | 675 | 53.2 | +1.8 | |
Radical | Joseph Starkey[15][39] | 593 | 46.8 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 82 | 6.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,268 | 89.6 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,415 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.8 |
- Caused by Stansfield's election being declared void on petition due to bribery and treating which "prevailed to a great extent".[40]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | 625 | 51.4 | −0.4 | |
Radical | William Willans[41][42] | 590 | 48.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 35 | 2.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,215 | 89.1 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,364 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | 525 | 51.8 | N/A | |
Radical | John Cheetham (Huddersfield MP) | 488 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 37 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,013 | 88.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,142 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,003 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | 323 | 51.8 | −17.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Oastler | 301 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 22 | 3.6 | −34.2 | ||
Turnout | 624 | 78.0 | +25.8 | ||
Registered electors | 800 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Ellice | 340 | 54.0 | −14.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Oastler | 290 | 46.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 50 | 8.0 | −29.8 | ||
Turnout | 630 | 78.8 | +26.6 | ||
Registered electors | 800 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
- Caused by Blackburne's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Blackburne (Huddersfield MP) | 241 | 68.9 | +5.5 | |
Radical | William Augustus Johnson[43] | 109 | 31.1 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 132 | 37.8 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 350 | 52.2 | −16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 671 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Blackburne (Huddersfield MP) | 234 | 47.8 | −15.6 | |
Tory | Michael Thomas Sadler | 147 | 30.0 | N/A | |
Radical | Joseph Wood | 108 | 22.0 | −14.6 | |
Whig | John Charles Ramsden | 1 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 87 | 17.8 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 490 | 81.1 | +12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 640 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.5 |
- Caused by Fenton's death. While Ramsden was not a candidate, a local spirit merchant, Paul Hirst, voted for him.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Lewis Fenton | 263 | 63.4 | ||
Radical | Joseph Wood | 152 | 36.6 | ||
Majority | 111 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 415 | 68.3 | |||
Registered electors | 608 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)
Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Mabane's exact party label was confused for much of his time in the Commons before becoming Lord Mabane (first Baron). His local Liberal association was affiliated to the official Liberals until 1939, but Mabane was frequently listed as being a National Liberal, which he repeatedly sought to deny, despite supporting the National Government when the official Liberals ceased to. However the authoritative F.W.S. Craig volume and the contemporary Times Guide to the House of Commons have him as a National Liberal
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External links
[edit]- Huddersfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Huddersfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK