Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Shipley in West Yorkshire.
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Location of West Yorkshire within England.
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County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 68,129 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Shipley, Bingley, Baildon |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Philip Davies (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Shipley is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Davies, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
- 1 Boundaries
- 2 History
- 3 Members of Parliament
- 4 Elections
- 4.1 Elections in the 2010s
- 4.2 Elections in the 2000s
- 4.3 Elections in the 1990s
- 4.4 Elections in the 1980s
- 4.5 Elections in the 1970s
- 4.6 Elections in the 1960s
- 4.7 Elections in the 1950s
- 4.8 Election in the 1940s
- 4.9 Elections in the 1930s
- 4.10 Elections in the 1920s
- 4.11 Elections in the 1910s
- 4.12 Elections in the 1900s
- 4.13 Elections in the 1890s
- 4.14 Elections in the 1880s
- 5 See also
- 6 Notes and references
- 7 Sources
Boundaries
1983-2010: The City of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Rombalds, Shipley East, and Shipley West.
2010-present: The City of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Shipley, Wharfedale, and Windhill and Wrose.
History
1885-1970
This seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Until 1923 the seat was almost exclusively represented by elected Liberals and Arthur Creech Jones was Secretary of State for the Colonies (1946-1950) during most of the Attlee Ministry.
MPs since 1970
Shipley was for a long time the seat of ex-Chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, Sir Marcus Fox. He held the seat for almost 30 years between the 1970 and 1997 general elections.
At the 1997 general election, the young Labour candidate Chris Leslie won the seat from Fox, becoming the youngest MP of that parliament. He held the seat at the 2001 election and went on to become a junior minister. A number of traditional Labour supporters considered Leslie to be an ardent Blairite, though he was in fact equally close to Gordon Brown, one of whose staff he married, and whose campaign for election as Labour leader he helped run.[2]
Leslie narrowly lost the seat in the 2005 election, when the Conservative candidate Philip Davies scored a narrow victory and won by 422 votes, then to be re-elected with an increased majority of nearly ten thousand votes in the May 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Davies | 25,269 | 50.0 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Steve Clapcote | 15,645 | 31.0 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Waqas Khan | 4,479 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
Green | Kevin Warnes | 2,657 | 5.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Martin | 1,949 | 3.9 | -16.2 | |
Yorkshire First | Darren Hill | 543 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 9,624 | 19.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,542 | 71.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Davies | 24,002 | 48.6 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Susan Hinchcliffe | 14,058 | 28.4 | -9.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Harris | 9,890 | 20.0 | +4.8 | |
Green | Kevin Warnes | 1,477 | 3.0 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 9,944 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 49,427 | 73.0 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Davies | 18,608 | 39.0 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Chris Leslie | 18,186 | 38.2 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Briggs | 7,018 | 14.7 | +3.8 | |
BNP | Tom Linden | 2,000 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Green | Quentin Deakin | 1,665 | 3.5 | +0.5 | |
Iraq War. Not In My Name | David Crabtree | 189 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 422 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 47,666 | 80.0 | +13.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Leslie | 20,243 | 44.0 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | David Senior | 18,815 | 40.9 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Helen Wright | 4,996 | 10.9 | −4.2 | |
Green | Martin Love | 1,386 | 3.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Walter Whitaker | 580 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,428 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,020 | 66.2 | −10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Leslie | 22,962 | 43.3 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 19,996 | 37.8 | -12.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Cole | 7,984 | 15.1 | -4.9 | |
Referendum | Stephen Ellams | 1,960 | 3.7 | ||
Majority | 2,966 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 52,902 | 76.3 | -5.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Fox | 28,463 | 50.4 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Annie Lockwood | 16,081 | 28.5 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Cole | 11,288 | 20.0 | -6.3 | |
Green | Colin Michael Harris | 680 | 1.2 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 12,382 | 21.9 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,512 | 82.1 | +2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Fox | 26,941 | 49.5 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | William John Lawrence Wallace | 14,311 | 26.3 | -1.4 | |
Labour | Christopher Robert Besrest Butler | 12,699 | 23.3 | +1.7 | |
Green | Colin Michael Harris | 507 | 0.9 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 12,630 | 23.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,428 | 79.2 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Fox | 25,866 | 49.7 | -2.8 | |
Liberal | William Wallace | 14,421 | 27.7 | +14.5 | |
Labour | Martin Leathley | 11,218 | 21.6 | -11.6 | |
Ecology | S Shepherd | 521 | 1.0 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 11,445 | 22.0 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,026 | 77.0 | -3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Fox | 22,641 | 52.5 | +8.5 | |
Labour | P R Ward | 14,281 | 33.2 | -3.6 | |
Liberal | G G Roberts | 5,673 | 13.2 | -6.0 | |
Ecology | D R Pedley | 486 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 8,360 | 19.3 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,081 | 80.5 | -0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Fox | 18,518 | 44.0 | +0.9 | |
Labour | M J Wedgeworth | 15,482 | 36.8 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | G G Roberts | 8,094 | 19.2 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 3,036 | 7.2 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,094 | 81.0 | +6.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Fox | 19,439 | 43.1 | ||
Labour | M J Wedgeworth | 15,284 | 33.9 | ||
Liberal | G G Roberts | 10,158 | 22.6 | ||
Independent Democratic Alliance | C G Campion | 192 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 4,155 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 45,073 | 87.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marcus Fox | 20,938 | 50.37 | ||
Labour | N. Free | 16,161 | 38.88 | ||
Liberal | A.M. Micklem | 4,468 | 10.75 | ||
Majority | 4,777 | 11.49 | |||
Turnout | 82.42 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 18,466 | 46.47 | ||
Labour | J. Collins | 16,966 | 42.70 | ||
Liberal | J.P. Heppell | 4,304 | 10.83 | ||
Majority | 1,500 | 3.77 | |||
Turnout | 86.58 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 19,076 | 57.95 | ||
Labour | Christopher Price | 15,545 | 39.07 | ||
Liberal | J.P. Heppell | 5,165 | 12.98 | ||
Majority | 3,531 | 8.87 | |||
Turnout | 86.67 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 22,536 | 56.97 | ||
Labour | Michael English | 17,025 | 43.03 | ||
Majority | 5,511 | 13.93 | |||
Turnout | 87.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 22,582 | 56.69 | ||
Labour | E.E. Gardner | 17,251 | 43.31 | ||
Majority | 5,331 | 13.38 | |||
Turnout | 86.21 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 20,396 | 47.78 | ||
Labour | T.J. Roberts | 18,893 | 44.26 | ||
Liberal | S.J. Berwin | 3,399 | 7.96 | ||
Majority | 1,503 | 3.52 | |||
Turnout | 90.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 18,390 | 43.83 | ||
Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 18,309 | 43.64 | ||
Liberal | W.A. Lupton | 5,021 | 11.97 | ||
Communist | L.T. Robb | 237 | 0.56 | ||
Majority | 81 | 0.19 | |||
Turnout | 89.31 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 25,027 | 50.11 | ||
Conservative | Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster | 17,097 | 34.23 | ||
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 7,820 | 15.66 | ||
Majority | 7,930 | 15.88 | |||
Turnout | 80.39 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 16,102 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal | Percy Guy Illingworth | 11,595 | 25.9 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Howarth | 10,998 | 24.6 | ||
Independent Conservative | James Lockwood | 6,025 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | 4,507 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 77.5 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Lockwood | 27,304 | 64.0 | ||
Labour | William Albert Robinson | 14,725 | 34.5 | ||
New Party | W.J. Leaper | 601 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 12,579 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 79.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Lockwood | 15,238 | 36.0 | +4.9 | |
Labour | William Albert Robinson | 13,537 | 32.1 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Davy | 12,785 | 30.2 | ||
Communist | Willie Gallacher | 701 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 1,665 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 80.0 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Mackinder | 18,654 | 42.3 | +6.3 | |
Unionist | Robert Clough | 13,693 | 31.1 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | Francis Wrigley Hirst | 11,712 | 26.6 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 4,961 | 11.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 85.0 | -1.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Mackinder | 11,862 | 36.0 | -2.4 | |
Unionist | Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer | 11,266 | 34.2 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | John Pybus | 9,800 | 29.8 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 596 | 1.8 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 86.4 | +3.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Mackinder | 11,918 | 38.4 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | John Pybus | 10,262 | 33.0 | +20.8 | |
Unionist | Richard Garnett | 8,872 | 28.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,656 | 5.4 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 82.7 | +1.0 | |||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Henry Norman Rae | 12,201 | 40.6 | -34.0 | |
Labour | William Mackinder | 11,160 | 37.2 | +11.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Davy | 6,674 | 12.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 3.4 | ||||
Turnout | 81.7 | +18.7 | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Coalition Liberal | Henry Norman Rae | 16,700 | 74.6 | ||
Labour | Thomas Snowden | 5,690 | 25.4 | ||
Majority | 11,010 | 49.2 | |||
Turnout | 63.0 | ||||
Coalition Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Oswald Partington | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Percy Illingworth | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Percy Illingworth | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Percy Illingworth | 9,144 | 63.0 | ||
Liberal Unionist | W A S Hewins | 5,369 | 37.0 | ||
Majority | 3,775 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,507 | 88.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Percy Illingworth |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | James Fortescue Flannery | 6,284 | 50.2 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Percy Illingworth | 6,223 | 49.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 61 | 0.4 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,507 | 83.4 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | James Fortescue Flannery | 5,999 | 50.3 | +1.6 | |
Lib-Lab | William Pollard Byles | 5,921 | 49.7 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 78 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,920 | 83.0 | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Lib-Lab | William Pollard Byles | 5,746 | 51.3 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | T Peel | 5,464 | 48.7 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 282 | 2.6 | -16 | ||
Turnout | 11,210 | 76.0 | |||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Joseph Craven |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Joseph Craven | 7,022 | 59.3 | ||
Conservative | L Hardy | 4,825 | 40.7 | ||
Majority | 2,197 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,847 | 84.2 |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county 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.
- References
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- ↑ Chris Leslie: Statement in full BBC News, 29 November 2007
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Craig
Sources
- Political Science Resources Richard Kimber
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1974 - 1979
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