Shipley is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Anna Dixon, representing Labour.[n 2]
Shipley | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundaries since 2010 | |
Boundary of Shipley in Yorkshire and the Humber | |
Local government in England | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 74,522 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Shipley, Bingley, Baildon |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Anna Dixon (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Boundaries
edit1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford, and the civil parishes of Clayton, Eccleshill, Idle, North Bierley, and Shipley.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Guiseley, Shipley, and Yeadon, and in the Rural District of Wharfedale the civil parishes of Esholt, Hawksworth, and Menston.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, and Shipley.
1983–2010: The District of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Rombalds, Shipley East, and Shipley West.
2010–present: The District of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Shipley, Wharfedale, and Windhill and Wrose.
History
edit1885–1970
editThis 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
editShipley 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 Labour candidate Chris Leslie gained the seat from Fox, becoming the youngest MP of that parliament. He held the seat at the 2001 election and became 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 (after he had lost this seat).[2]
Leslie narrowly lost the seat in the 2005 election, when the Conservative Party candidate Philip Davies narrowly regained the seat with a majority of 422 votes, which then increased to nearly ten thousand votes at the May 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament
editElections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anna Dixon | 21,738 | 45.0 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Philip Davies | 13,135 | 27.2 | −23.6 | |
Reform UK | Simon Dandy | 7,238 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Green | Kevin Warnes | 3,605 | 7.5 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Richard Reed | 1,341 | 2.8 | −3.1 | |
Yorkshire | Will Grant | 447 | 0.9 | −0.7 | |
Independent | Nagbea | 297 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Workers Party | Waqas Ali Khan | 269 | 0.6 | N/A | |
SDP | Paul Shkurka | 137 | 0.3 | N/A | |
CPA | Darryl Neale Morton-Wright | 96 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,603 | 17.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,303 | 65.2 | −7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 74,130 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.7 |
Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Davies | 27,437 | 50.8 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Jo Pike | 21,195 | 39.2 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Jones | 3,188 | 5.9 | +1.8 | |
Green | Celia Hickson | 1,301 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Yorkshire | Darren Longhorn | 883 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,242 | 11.6 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,004 | 72.9 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Davies | 27,417 | 51.3 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Steve Clapcote | 22,736 | 42.6 | +11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Jones | 2,202 | 4.1 | +0.2 | |
Women's Equality | Sophie Walker | 1,040 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,681 | 8.7 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 53,395 | 73.0 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Davies | 25,269 | 50.0 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Steve Clapcote | 15,645 | 31.0 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Waqas Ali Khan | 4,479 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Green | Kevin Warnes | 2,657 | 5.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Martin | 1,949 | 3.9 | −16.1 | |
Yorkshire First | Darren Hill | 543 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,624 | 19.0 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,542 | 71.7 | −1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Davies | 24,002 | 48.6 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Susan Hinchcliffe | 14,058 | 28.4 | −9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Harris | 9,890 | 20.0 | +4.8 | |
Green | Kevin Warnes | 1,477 | 3.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 9,944 | 20.1 | +19.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,427 | 73.0 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Davies | 18,608 | 39.0 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Chris Leslie | 18,186 | 38.2 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,666 | 69.7 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Leslie | 20,243 | 44.0 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | David Senior | 18,815 | 40.9 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,020 | 66.2 | −10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Leslie | 22,962 | 43.3 | +14.9 | |
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 19,996 | 37.8 | −12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cole | 7,984 | 15.1 | −4.9 | |
Referendum | Stephen Ellams | 1,960 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,966 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,902 | 76.3 | −5.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 28,463 | 50.4 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Annie Lockwood | 16,081 | 28.5 | +5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Cole | 11,288 | 20.0 | −6.3 | |
Green | Colin 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 26,941 | 49.5 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | William Wallace | 14,311 | 26.3 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Christopher Butler | 12,699 | 23.3 | +1.7 | |
Green | Colin 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Stanley 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 22,641 | 52.55 | +8.56 | |
Labour | Peter R Ward | 14,281 | 33.15 | −3.63 | |
Liberal | G G Roberts | 5,673 | 13.17 | −6.04 | |
Ecology | D R Pedley | 486 | 1.13 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,360 | 19.40 | |||
Turnout | 43,081 | 80.51 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 18,518 | 43.99 | +0.86 | |
Labour | M J Wedgeworth | 15,482 | 36.78 | +2.87 | |
Liberal | G G Roberts | 8,094 | 19.23 | −3.31 | |
Majority | 3,036 | 7.21 | |||
Turnout | 42,094 | 81.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 19,439 | 43.13 | −7.3 | |
Labour | M J Wedgeworth | 15,284 | 33.91 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | G G Roberts | 10,158 | 22.54 | +11.9 | |
Independent Democratic Alliance | C G Campion | 192 | 0.43 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,155 | 9.22 | |||
Turnout | 45,073 | 87.41 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 20,938 | 50.37 | ||
Labour | Norman Free | 16,161 | 38.88 | ||
Liberal | A.M. Micklem | 4,468 | 10.75 | ||
Majority | 4,777 | 11.49 | |||
Turnout | 41,567 | 82.42 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 18,466 | 46.47 | ||
Labour | John Collins | 16,966 | 42.70 | ||
Liberal | James P Heppell | 4,304 | 10.83 | ||
Majority | 1,500 | 3.77 | |||
Turnout | 39,736 | 86.58 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 19,076 | 57.95 | ||
Labour | Christopher Price | 15,545 | 39.07 | ||
Liberal | James P Heppell | 5,165 | 12.98 | ||
Majority | 3,531 | 8.88 | |||
Turnout | 39,786 | 86.67 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 22,536 | 56.97 | ||
Labour | Michael English | 17,025 | 43.03 | ||
Majority | 5,511 | 13.94 | |||
Turnout | 39,561 | 87.02 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 22,582 | 56.69 | ||
Labour | Ernest Gardner | 17,251 | 43.31 | ||
Majority | 5,331 | 13.38 | |||
Turnout | 39,833 | 86.21 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 20,396 | 47.78 | ||
Labour | Thomas J Roberts | 18,893 | 44.26 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Berwin | 3,399 | 7.96 | ||
Majority | 1,503 | 3.52 | |||
Turnout | 42,688 | 90.48 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 18,390 | 43.83 | ||
Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 18,309 | 43.64 | ||
Liberal | William Albert Lupton | 5,021 | 11.97 | ||
Communist | L.T. Robb | 237 | 0.56 | n/a | |
Majority | 81 | 0.19 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 41,957 | 89.31 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 25,027 | 50.11 | ||
Conservative | Harry Hylton-Foster | 17,097 | 34.23 | ||
Liberal | Eric Robinson | 7,820 | 15.66 | ||
Majority | 7,930 | 15.88 | |||
Turnout | 49,944 | 80.39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 16,102 | 36.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Percy Guy Illingworth | 11,595 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Howarth | 10,998 | 24.6 | −39.4 | |
Ind. Conservative | James Lockwood | 6,025 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,507 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,720 | 77.5 | −2.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lockwood | 27,304 | 64.0 | +32.9 | |
Labour | William Albert Robinson | 14,725 | 34.5 | −7.8 | |
New Party | W.J. Leaper | 601 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,579 | 29.5 | +18.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,630 | 79.7 | −5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lockwood | 15,238 | 36.0 | +4.9 | |
Labour | William Albert Robinson | 13,537 | 32.1 | −10.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Davy | 12,785 | 30.2 | +3.6 | |
Communist | Willie Gallacher | 701 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,665 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,261 | 80.0 | −5.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mackinder | 18,654 | 42.3 | +6.3 | |
Unionist | Robert Clough | 13,693 | 31.1 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | Francis Hirst | 11,712 | 26.6 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 4,961 | 11.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,059 | 85.0 | −1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mackinder | 11,862 | 36.0 | −2.4 | |
Unionist | Thomas Plumer | 11,266 | 34.2 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | John Pybus | 9,800 | 29.8 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 596 | 1.8 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,928 | 86.4 | +3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 31,052 | 82.7 | +1.0 | ||
Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | 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 | 1.041 | 3.4 | −45.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,035 | 81.7 | +18.7 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Norman Rae | 16,700 | 74.6 | N/A |
Labour | Tom Snowden | 5,690 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,010 | 49.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,390 | 63.0 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Oswald Partington | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Illingworth | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Illingworth | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Illingworth | 9,144 | 63.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | William Hewins | 5,369 | 37.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,775 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,507 | 88.9 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Illingworth | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Registered electors | 14,990 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | James Fortescue Flannery | 5,999 | 50.3 | +1.6 | |
Lib-Lab | William Byles | 5,921 | 49.7 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 78 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,920 | 83.0 | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,353 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | William Byles | 5,746 | 51.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Theophilus Peel | 5,464 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 282 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,210 | 76.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 14,759 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Craven | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Craven | 7,022 | 59.3 | ||
Conservative | Laurence Hardy | 4,825 | 40.7 | ||
Majority | 2,197 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,847 | 84.2 | |||
Registered electors | 14,067 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ Chris Leslie: Statement in full BBC News, 29 November 2007
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- ^ "Election results for Shipley". City of Bradford Council. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Shipley results". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Statement of persons nominated and notice of poll". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Shipley". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Shipley". BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Election 1992. Political Science Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ a b British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Craig
- ^ a b c d e f Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
Sources
edit- 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
External links
edit- Shipley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Shipley UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK