List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

The English ceremonial county of West Yorkshire is divided into 22 parliamentary constituencies: 12 borough constituencies and 10 county constituencies.

2017 constituenciesEdit

†Conservative ‡Labour ¤Liberal Democrat

(part) signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency.

Name^{[nb 1]}	Electorate^[1]	Majority^{[nb 2]}
Batley and Spen CC	80,161	8,961	Tracy Brabin ‡	Ann Myatt†
Bradford East BC	70,389	20,540	Imran Hussain‡	Mark Trafford†
Bradford South BC	67,752	6,700	Judith Cummins‡	Tanya Graham†
Bradford West BC	67,568	21,902	Naz Shah‡	George Grant†
Calder Valley CC	79,045	609	Craig Whittaker†	Joshua Fenton-Glynn‡
Colne Valley CC	84,387	978	Thelma Walker‡	Jason McCartney†
Dewsbury CC	81,343	3,321	Paula Sherriff‡	Beth Prescott†
Elmet and Rothwell CC	80,291	9,805	Alec Shelbrooke†	David Nagle‡
Halifax BC	71,224	5,376	Holly Lynch‡	Chris Pearson†
Hemsworth CC	71,870	10,174	Jon Trickett‡	Mike Jordan†
Huddersfield BC	67,037	12,005	Barry Sheerman‡	Scott Bentley†
Keighley CC	71,429	249	John Grogan‡	Kris Hopkins†
Leeds Central BC	89,537	23,698	Hilary Benn‡	Gareth Davies†
Leeds East BC	65,950	12,752	Richard Burgon‡	Matthew Robinson†
Leeds North East BC	70,112	16,991	Fabian Hamilton‡	Ryan Stephenson†
Leeds North West BC	68,152	4,224	Alex Sobel‡	Greg Mulholland¤
Leeds West BC	67,955	15,965	Rachel Reeves‡	Zoe Metcalfe†
Morley and Outwood CC	76,495	2,104	Andrea Jenkyns†	Neil Dawson‡
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford CC	81,641	14,499	Yvette Cooper‡	Andrew Lee†
Pudsey BC	72,622	331	Stuart Andrew†	Ian McCargo‡
Shipley CC	73,133	4,681	Philip Davies†	Steve Clapcote‡
Wakefield CC	70,340	2,176	Mary Creagh‡	Antony Calvert†

ResultsEdit

1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017

Changes proposed in 2016Edit

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposed in 2016 the Boundary Commission for England proposed the following constituencies covering the area across West Yorkshire.^[4]

Covering the City of BradfordEdit

Covering CalderdaleEdit

Covering KirkleesEdit

Covering City of LeedsEdit

Covering City of WakefieldEdit

1997-2010 constituenciesEdit

Historical representation by partyEdit

Data given is for the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1983. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918Edit

Areas currently in North YorkshireEdit

Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	1886	1892	1895	1900	05	1906	Jan 1910
Barkston Ash	Gunter					Andrews	Lane-Fox
Ripon	Harker	Wharton					Lynch	Wood
Skipton	M. Wilson	Morrison	Roundell	Morrison	Thomson		Clough

Areas currently in West YorkshireEdit

Conservative Independent Labour Independent Liberal Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	86	1886	88	1892	92	93	93	95	1895	96	97	99	1900	02	04	05	1906	06	07	08	09	Jan 1910	Dec 1910	11	15	16	18
Wakefield	Green				Charlesworth					W. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam					Brotherton									Marshall
Leeds Central	Balfour																	Armitage
Leeds East	Dawson		Gane						Leuty					Cautley				O'Grady
Bradford East	Holden		Reed		Caine					Reed	Greville							Priestley
Bradford West	Illingworth									Flower								Jowett
Leeds North	Jackson														R. Barran
Otley	Fairbairn		J. Barran							Wyvill				Duncan
Halifax	Stansfeld									Arnold				Crossley				Parker
Halifax	T. Shaw						W. Shaw					Billson		Whitley
Pontefract	Winn						Reckitt	Nussey																Booth
Bradford Central	Forster	Shaw-Lefevre								Wanklyn								Robertson									Hill
Shipley	Craven				Byles					Flannery								Illingworth								Partington
Colne Valley	Beaumont		→		Kitson															Grayson			Leach				Mallalieu
Huddersfield	Leatham		Summers				Crosland			Woodhouse									Sherwell
Pudsey	Priestley													Whiteley							Oddy		Ogden
Sowerby	Crossley				Mellor											Higham
Dewsbury	Simon			Oldroyd											Runciman
Spen Valley	Woodhead				Whittaker
Elland	Wayman												Trevelyan
Osgoldcross	Ramsden	→	Austin										→					Compton-Rickett
Leeds South	Playfair					Walton															Middlebrook
Keighley	Holden									Brigg															Buckmaster	Smith		Somervell
Leeds West	Gladstone																						Harvey
Morley	Gaskell				Hutton																		France
Normanton	Pickard															Parrott	Hall					→

Areas currently in South YorkshireEdit

Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist

Constituency	1885	88	89	1892	94	1895	97	99	1900	02	1906	08	09	Jan 1910	10	12	14	15	16	17
Doncaster	Shirley	H. Wentworth-FitzWilliam		Fleming		Fison					C. Nicholson
Rotherham	Dyke Acland							Holland							Pease					Richardson
Barnsley	Kenny		Compton				Walton
Sheffield Attercliffe	Coleridge				Langley								Pointer				Anderson
Sheffield Brightside	Mundella						Maddison		Hope		Walters
Sheffield Central	Vincent											Hope
Sheffield Ecclesall	Ashmead-Bartlett									Roberts
Sheffield Hallam	Stuart-Wortley																		Fisher
Hallamshire	Mappin										Wadsworth			→				→
Holmfirth	H. Wilson															Arnold

1918 to 1950Edit

Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Coalition National Democratic & Labour Common Wealth Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Labour National Liberal (1931-68) Speaker

Constituency	1918	19	21	1922	23	1923	1924	25	28	1929	29	30	31	1931	32	33	34	1935	38	39	40	41	42	44	1945	46	47	49
Barkston Ash	Lane-Fox													Ropner
Ripon	Wood							J. Hills												York
Sheffield, Ecclesall	S. Roberts					Harland				S. Roberts jnr								Ellis							P. Roberts
Sheffield, Hallam	Vickers			Sykes					L. Smith											Jennings
Skipton	Roundell						Bird									Rickards								Lawson	Drayson
Pudsey and Otley	Barrand			Fawkes		Watson				Gibson															Stoddart-Scott
Leeds North	Farquharson			Butler		Beckett				Peake
Leeds North East	Birchall																				Craik-Henderson				Bacon
Sheffield, Central	Hope									Hoffman				Boulton											Morris
Bradford North	Boyd-Carpenter					Rea	E. Ramsden			Angell				Ramsden											Nichol
Leeds Central	Armitage			Willey	Wilson					Denman			→												Porter
Sowerby	Barker			Simpson-Hinchliffe		A. Williams	Shaw			Tout				McCorquodale											Belcher			Houghton
Elland	G. Ramsden			Robinson		Kay	Robinson			Buxton				Levy											Cobb
Leeds West	Harvey			→		Stamford								Adams											Stamford			Pannell
Huddersfield	Sykes			Marshall		Hudson								Mabane											J. Mallalieu
Halifax	Whitley		→						Longbottom					Gledhill											Brook
Bradford East	Loseby			Jowett			Fenby			Jowett				Hepworth											McLeavy
Shipley	Rae					Mackinder						Lockwood						Creech Jones
Wakefield	Brotherton			Ellis		Sherwood	Ellis			Sherwood				Hillman	Greenwood
Sheffield, Park	Stephenson			→		Deans				Lathan				Benn				Lathan					Burden
Rotherham	Kelley					Lindley								Herbert		Dobbie
Bradford Central	Ratcliffe			Leach			Gadie			Leach				Eady				Leach							Webb
Keighley	Clough			Lees-Smith		Pilkington	Lees-Smith							Harvie-Watt				Lees-Smith					Bulmer-Thomas					→
Pontefract	Compton-Rickett		Forrest	T. Smith			Brooke			T. Smith				Sotheron-Estcourt				A. Hills				Barstow
Sheffield, Hillsborough	Neal			Alexander										Braithwaite				Alexander
Sheffield Attercliffe	Casey			Wilson										Pike				Wilson						Hynd
Sheffield, Brightside	Walters			Ponsonby								Marshall		Russell				Marshall
Penistone	Arnold		Gillis	Pringle			R. Smith							Glossop				McGhee
Leeds South	Middlebrook			Charleton										Whiteside				Charleton							Gaitskell
Doncaster	R. Nicholson			W. Paling										Molson				Short	Morgan			Walkden					→
Barnsley	Joseph Walton			Potts										Soper				Potts	Collindridge
Batley and Morley	France			Turner			Forrest			Turner				Wills				Brooke		Beaumont								Broughton
Bradford South	Willey			Spencer			Hirst							Holdsworth					→						Titterington			Craddock
Dewsbury	Pickering			Riley		Harvey	Riley							Rea				Riley							W. T. Paling
Colne Valley	F. Mallalieu			Snowden									→	E. Mallalieu				Marklew		Hall
Don Valley	James Walton			T. Williams
Hemsworth	Guest													Price			Griffiths									Holmes
Leeds South East	O'Grady						Slesser				Milner
Normanton	Hall															T. Smith											Sylvester
Rother Valley	Grundy																	Dunn							Griffiths
Rothwell	Lunn																						Brooks
Spen Valley	Whittaker	Myers		Simon									→								Woolley				Sharp
Wentworth	Hirst															W. Paling
Constituency	1918	19	21	1922	23	1923	1924	25	28	1929	29	30	31	1931	32	33	34	1935	38	39	40	41	42	44	1945	46	47	49

1950 to 1983Edit

Conservative Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931-68) Social Democratic

Constituency	1950	50	1951	52	53	54	1955	56	59	1959	60	62	63	1964	1966	68	1970	73	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	76	78	1979	81
Leeds North	Peake
Barkston Ash	Ropner													Alison
Leeds North West	Kaberry
Harrogate	York					Ramsden													Banks
Pudsey	Banks									Hiley									Shaw
Ripon	Stoddart-Scott																	Austick	Hampson
Sheffield Hallam	Jennings									Osborn
Shipley	Hirst																Fox
Skipton	Drayson																						Watson
Leeds North East	Bacon						Peake	Joseph
Sheffield Heeley	Roberts														Hooley		Spence		Hooley
Bradford North	Taylor													Ford
Doncaster	Gunter		Barber											Walker
Halifax	Brook						Macmillan							Summerskill
Bradford Central / Brad W (1955)	Webb						Tiley								Haseldine		Wilkinson		Lyons					→
Keighley	Hobson									Worsley				Binns			Hall		Cryer
Brighouse and Spenborough	Cobb	Edwards									Shaw			Jackson			Proudfoot		Jackson				Waller
Huddersfield West	Wade													Lomas									Dickens
Sowerby	Houghton																		Madden				Thompson
Colne Valley	Hall												Duffy		R. Wainwright		Clark		R. Wainwright
Barnsley	Collindridge		Schofield		Mason
Batley and Morley	Broughton																						Woolmer
Bradford South	Craddock																Torney
Dearne Valley	W. Paling									E. Wainwright
Dewsbury	W. T. Paling									Ginsburg														→
Don Valley	Williams									Kelley													Welsh
Hemsworth	Holmes									Beaney									Woodall
Huddersfield East	J. Mallalieu																						Sheerman
Leeds South	Gaitskell												Rees
Leeds South East	Milner			Healey			Bacon										Cohen
Leeds West	Pannell																		Dean
Normanton	Brooks		Roberts
Penistone	McGhee								Mendelson													McKay
Pontefract / & Castleford (1974)	Sylvester											Harper										Lofthouse
Rother Valley	Griffiths																Hardy
Rotherham	Jones												O'Malley								Crowther
Sheffield Attercliffe	Hynd																Duffy
Sheffield Brightside	Winterbottom															Griffiths				Maynard
Sheffield Hillsborough	Darling																		Flannery
Sheffield Park	Mulley
Wakefield	Greenwood					Creech Jones								Harrison
Bradford East	McLeavy														Lyons
Leeds East							Healey
Leeds Central	Porter
Sheffield Neepsend	Morris	Soskice

1983 to presentEdit

Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats Respect

Constituency	1983	1987	90	91	1992	94	96	1997	99	2001	2005	2010	12	2015	16	2017
Shipley	Fox							Leslie			Davies
Calder Valley	Thompson							McCafferty				Whittaker
Colne Valley	Wainwright	Riddick						Mountford				McCartney				Walker
Keighley	Waller							Cryer				Hopkins				Grogan
Pudsey	Shaw							Truswell				Andrew
Elmet / Elmet and Rothwell (from 2010)	Batiste							Burgon				Shelbrooke
Leeds North West	Hampson							Best			Mulholland					Sobel
Leeds North East	Joseph	Kirkhope						Hamilton
Batley and Spen	Peacock							Wood						Cox	Brabin
Dewsbury	Whitfield	Taylor									Malik	Reevell		Sherriff
Halifax	Galley	Mahon									Riordan			Lynch
Bradford North / Bradford East (from 2010)	Lawler	Wall	Rooney									Ward		Hussain
Morley and Leeds South / M & Rothwell (1997) / M & Outwood (2010)	Rees				Gunnell					Challen		Balls		Jenkyns
Bradford South	Torney	Cryer				Sutcliffe								Cummins
Bradford West	Madden							Singh					Galloway	Shah
Hemsworth	Woodall	Buckley		Enright			Trickett
Huddersfield	Sheerman
Leeds Central	Fatchett								Benn
Leeds East	Healey				Mudie									Burgon
Leeds West	Meadowcroft	Battle										Reeves
Pontefract and Castleford / Normanton, Pont & Castleford (2010)	Lofthouse							Cooper
Wakefield	Harrison	Hinchliffe									Creagh
Normanton	O'Brien										Balls

NotesEdit

^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

ReferencesEdit

^ "2015 Electorates".
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
^ Revised Proposals for Yorkshire and The Humber Boundary Commission for England

External linksEdit

Boundary Commission for England: West Yorkshire Boroughs

[1] BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

[3] The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

[2] "2015 Electorates".

[4] "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.

[5] Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007

[6] Revised Proposals for Yorkshire and The Humber Boundary Commission for England

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