Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Huddersfield
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	66,681 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Barry Sheerman (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Huddersfield East Huddersfield West
1832–1950
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Huddersfield East Huddersfield West
Created from	Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Huddersfield ⁱ/ˈhʌdərzˌfiːld/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Barry Sheerman of the Labour Co-operative Party (which denotes he is a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, one of 30 current Labour MPs, and requires members to contribute practically to a cooperative business).^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Almondbury, Birkby, Dalton, Deighton, Newsome, and Paddock.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Almondbury, Ashbrow, Dalton, Greenhead, and Newsome.

Constituency profile

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 hold nearly as many local council seats across the constituency. 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	1832	Lewis Fenton	Whig
	1834 by-election	John Blackburne	Whig
	1837 by-election	Edward Ellice	Whig
	1837	William Rookes Crompton Stansfield	Whig
	1853 by-election	Viscount Goderich	Whig
	1857	Edward Akroyd	Liberal
	1859	Edward Aldam Leatham	Liberal
	1865	Thomas Pearson Crosland	Liberal
	1868	Edward Aldam Leatham	Liberal
	1886	William Summers	Liberal
	1893 by-election	Sir Joseph Crosland	Conservative
	1895	Sir James Thomas Woodhouse	Liberal
	1906 by-election	Arthur James Sherwell	Liberal
	1918	Sir Charles Sykes	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Sir Arthur Harold Marshall	Liberal
	1923	James Hindle Hudson	Labour
	1931	William Mabane	National Liberal^{[n 3]}
	1945	Joseph Mallalieu	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Huddersfield East and Huddersfield West
1983		constituency reconstituted
	1983	Barry Sheerman	Labour Co-operative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Huddersfield^[3]^[4]
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	+14.7
	Green	Andrew Cooper	2,798	6.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Zulfiqar Ali	2,365	5.8	-18.9
	TUSC	Mike Forster	340	0.8	+0.1
Majority			7,345	18.1
Turnout			40,478	62.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Huddersfield^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	15,725	38.8	-7.6
	Conservative	Karen Tweed	11,253	27.8	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	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^[7]	319	0.8	—
Majority			4,472	11.0
Turnout			40,524	61.1	+4.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−7.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Huddersfield^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	16,341	46.8	−6.4
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout			34,940	56.6	+1.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−7.1

General Election 2001: Huddersfield^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	18,840	53.2	−3.2
	Conservative	Paul Baverstock	8,794	24.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Bentley	5,300	15.0	−2.2
	Green	John Phillips	1,254	3.5	+1.4
	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
Turnout			35,383	55.0	−12.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Huddersfield^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	25,171	56.5
	Conservative	Bill Forrow	9,323	20.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Beever	7,642	17.2
	Referendum	Paul McNulty	1,480	3.3
	Green	John Phillips	938	2.1	N/A
Majority			15,848	35.6
Turnout				67.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Huddersfield^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	23,832	48.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Miss JM Kenyon	16,574	33.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs AE Denham	7,777	15.9	−5.6
	Green	NAL Harvey	576	1.2	−0.1
	Natural Law	M Cran	135	0.3	+0.3
Majority			7,258	14.8	+0.3
Turnout			48,894	72.4	−3.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Huddersfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	23,019	45.88
	Conservative	Nick Hawkins	15,741	31.37
	Liberal	John Ralph Smithson	10,773	21.47
	Green	Nicholas Andrew Lawton Harvey	638	1.27
Majority			7,278	14.51
Turnout				75.54
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Huddersfield^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	20,051	41.39
	Conservative	J Tweddle	16,096	33.23
	Liberal	KJL Hasler	12,027	24.83
	Independent	H Hirst	271	0.56
Majority			3,955	8.16
Turnout				71.06
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Joseph Percival William Mallalieu	33,362	48.3	+9.1
	Liberal National	Rt Hon. William Mabane	24,496	35.5	-25.3
	Liberal	Roy Forbes Harrod	11,119	16.2	+16.2
Majority			8,866	12.8
Turnout				78.4	+5.2
	Labour gain from Liberal National		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

General Election 1935: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	William Mabane	37,009	60.8	-9.3
	Labour	William Pickles	23,844	39.2	+9.3
Majority				21.6
Turnout				73.2	-10.1
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-9.3

General Election 1931: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	William Mabane	47,056	70.1	+38.5
	Labour	James Hindle Hudson	20,034	29.9	-8.4
Majority			27,022	40.2
Turnout				83.3	-2.7
	Liberal National gain from Labour		Swing	+23.5

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Hindle Hudson	25,966	38.3	+2.0
	Liberal	William Mabane	21,398	31.6	-0.1
	Unionist	Sir Enoch Hill	20,361	30.1	-1.9
Majority			4,568	6.7	+2.4
Turnout				86.1	-2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

General Election 1924: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Hindle Hudson	19,010	36.3	-0.4
	Unionist	Enoch Hill	16,745	32.0	+5.3
	Liberal	Sir Arthur Harold Marshall	16,626	31.7	-4.9
Majority			2,265	4.3	4.2
Turnout				88.5	+6.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

General Election 1923: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	James Hindle Hudson	17,430	36.7	+3.2
	Liberal	Sir Arthur Harold Marshall	17,404	36.6	+2.6
	Unionist	Charles Tinker	12,694	26.7	+26.7
Majority			26	0.1	0.6
Turnout				81.9	-1.2
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+0.3

Arthur Marshall

General Election 1922: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Arthur Harold Marshall	15,879	34.0	+5.3
	Labour	James Hindle Hudson	15,673	33.5	+1.0
	National Liberal	Sir Charles Sykes	15,212	32.5	-6.3
Majority			206	0.5	11.6
Turnout				83.1	+13.3
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing	+5.8

Elections in the 1910s

Sykes

General Election 1918: Huddersfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition Liberal	Sir Charles Sykes	15,234	38.8
	Labour	Harry Snell	12,737	32.5
	Liberal	Ernest Woodhead	11,256	28.7
Majority			2,497	6.3
Turnout				69.8
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

endorsed by Coalition Government^[15]

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Arthur James Sherwell
Unionist:
Socialist: Harry Snell (candidature not approved by Labour Party National Executive)

General Election December 1910 Huddersfield^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arthur James Sherwell	6,458	37.5
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Kaye	5,777	33.5
	Labour	Harry Snell	4,988	29.0
Majority
Turnout				90.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harry Snell

General Election January 1910 Huddersfield^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur James Sherwell	7,158
	Labour	Harry Snell	5,686
	Conservative	Harold Smith	5,153
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Huddersfield by-election, 1906^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Arthur James Sherwell	5,762	36.0	-2.2
	Labour	Thomas 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				91.2	-2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

General Election 1906 Huddersfield^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir James Thomas Woodhouse	6,302	38.2
	Labour	Thomas Russell Williams	5,813	35.2
	Conservative	John Foster Fraser	4,391	26.6
Majority			489	3.0
Turnout				94.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1900 Huddersfield^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir James Thomas Woodhouse	7,896	53.6	+6.1
	Conservative	Edward Hildred Carlile	6,831	46.4	+5.1
Majority			1,065	7.2	+1.0
Turnout				87.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1890s

Woodhouse

General Election 1895: Huddersfield ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir James Thomas Woodhouse	6,755	47.5
	Conservative	Sir Joseph Crosland	5,868	41.3
	Ind. Labour Party	Hyman Russell Smart	1,594	11.2
Majority			687	6.2
Turnout				89.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Huddersfield by-election, 1893^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sir Joseph Crosland	7,068
	Liberal	J Woodhead	7,033
Majority			35
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1892: Huddersfield ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Summers	7,098	50.9
	Conservative	Sir Joseph Crosland	6,837	49.1
Majority				1.8
Turnout				90.1	+8.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Huddersfield ^[16]
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				81.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

General Election 1885: Huddersfield ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edward Aldam Leatham	6,960	52.9
	Conservative	Joseph Crosland	6,194	47.1
Majority				4.8
Turnout				87.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ 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

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Huddersfield". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Huddersfield". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/candidates.php
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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Liberal Democrats (2)	Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

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