Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
Halifax | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1832–1974: West Riding of Yorkshire 1974–present: West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 70,413 (December 2019)[1] |
Major settlements | Halifax, Sowerby Bridge |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1832 |
Member of Parliament | Kate Dearden (Labour) |
Seats | 1832–1918: Two 1918–present: One |
Created from | Yorkshire |
Halifax is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Kate Dearden of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1983: The County Borough of Halifax.
1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth, Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, St John's, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.
2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, Park, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.
2024–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, Park, Ryburn (part), Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.
This constituency covers the large town of Halifax in West Yorkshire and includes the smaller town of Sowerby Bridge which adjoins Halifax but until 1974 was a separate Urban District.
History
[edit]The parliamentary borough was granted in the Great Reform Act 1832 and returned from that year until 1918 two members. A county borough recognized the density of the developed area in 1888 which provided most functions for inhabitants, retaining the West Yorkshire ceremonial county. The municipal or county borough was under a mayor, five aldermen and 45 councillors and had an area of 13,967 acres (56.52 km2).[2]
At the time of the Norman Conquest, Halifax formed part of the extensive manor of Wakefield, which belonged to the king, but in the 13th century was in the hands of John Earl de Warrenne aka. Earl of Surrey (1231–1304).[n 3] The prosperity of the town began with the first woollen products workshop established here in 1414, when there are said to have been only thirteen houses, which before the end of the 16th century had increased to 520.[2] Camden, about the end of the 17th century, wrote that "the people are very industrious, so that though the soil about it be barren and improfitable, not fit to live on, they have so flourished ... by the clothing trade that they are very rich and have gained a reputation for it above their neighbours."[3] The manufacturing standards and trade were improved by the arrival of certain merchants and clothworkers driven from the Spanish Netherlands by the persecution by the Duke of Alva.[3]
Halifax was a borough by prescription[n 4] rather than a medieval parliamentary borough, its privileges[n 5] growing up with the increased prosperity brought by the cloth trade, but it was not incorporated until 1848. From 1832 until 1918 the town's property-qualifying residents paying scot and lot returned two members to parliament.[n 6][3]
Constituency profile
[edit]As of 2001, the town in the Pennines was relatively affluent, not afflicted by the high levels of unemployment, underemployment and crime seen in a few wards of the Yorkshire and Humber region but most constituents had modest incomes and there was some social housing in certain wards.[4] Since 1987 the MP has represented the Labour Party; before that date for four years it was held by a Conservative MP, but generally since the Second World War it has been a Labour seat.
Prior to the 2017 general election, the Conservative Party launched its election manifesto at Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, and targeted the seat fairly heavily, for two years earlier the Labour majority in the constituency had fallen to just 428 votes, or 1% of the total vote. However, Lynch increased her majority by almost 5,000 votes, giving Labour its biggest majority in Halifax since 2001.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1832–1918
[edit]MPs since 1918
[edit]Representation reduced to one member, 1918
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Dearden | 14,135 | 35.1 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Hazel Sharp | 7,866 | 19.6 | −22.1 | |
Reform UK | James Griffith-Jones | 7,811 | 19.4 | +13.5 | |
Green | Martin Hey | 4,133 | 10.3 | +8.3 | |
Workers Party | Shakir Saghir | 2,543 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Jackson | 2,359 | 5.9 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Purveen Hussain | 1,367 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,269 | 15.5 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,363 | 52.1 | −12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 77,516 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.8 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019 notional result[21] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 21,819 | 45.6 | |
Conservative | 19,917 | 41.7 | |
Brexit Party | 2,813 | 5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,302 | 4.8 | |
Green | 946 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 47,797 | 64.1 | |
Electorate | 74,563 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Holly Lynch | 21,496 | 46.3 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Kashif Ali | 18,927 | 40.7 | −0.9 | |
Brexit Party | Sarah Wood | 2,813 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | James Baker | 2,276 | 4.9 | +2.7 | |
Green | Bella Jessop | 946 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,569 | 5.6 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,458 | 64.6 | −3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Holly Lynch | 25,507 | 52.7 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Chris Pearson | 20,131 | 41.6 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Mark Weedon | 1,568 | 3.2 | −9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Baker | 1,070 | 2.2 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 5,376 | 11.1 | +10.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,375 | 67.9 | +5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Holly Lynch | 17,506 | 40.0 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Philip Allott | 17,078 | 39.0 | +5.0 | |
UKIP | Liz Phillips | 5,621 | 12.8 | +11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Ilyas | 1,629 | 3.7 | −15.4 | |
Green | Gary Scott | 1,142 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Respect | Asama Javed | 465 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Christian | Trevor Bendrien | 312 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 428 | 1.0 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,753 | 62.1 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Linda Riordan | 16,278 | 37.4 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Philip Allott | 14,806 | 34.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elisabeth Wilson | 8,335 | 19.1 | +1.2 | |
BNP | Tom Bates | 2,760 | 6.3 | −0.3 | |
Independent Voice for Halifax | Diane Park | 722 | 1.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Jay Sangha | 654 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,472 | 3.4 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,555 | 61.9 | +0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Linda Riordan | 16,579 | 41.8 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Kris Hopkins | 13,162 | 33.2 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Taylor | 7,100 | 17.9 | +3.3 | |
BNP | Geoff Wallace | 2,627 | 6.6 | N/A | |
National Front | Tom Holmes | 191 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,417 | 8.6 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,659 | 61.1 | +3.3 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 19,800 | 49.0 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | James Walsh | 13,671 | 33.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Durkin | 5,878 | 14.6 | +2.6 | |
UKIP | Helen Martinek | 1,041 | 2.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 6,129 | 15.2 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,390 | 57.8 | −12.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 27,465 | 54.3 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Light | 16,253 | 32.1 | −10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edgar Waller | 6,059 | 12.0 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Constance Whittaker | 779 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,212 | 22.2 | +21.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,556 | 70.5 | −8.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 25,115 | 43.5 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | TR Martin | 24,637 | 42.7 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian R. Howell | 7,364 | 12.7 | −2.7 | |
Independent Nationalist | Ron Pearson | 649 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 478 | 0.8 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 57,765 | 78.7 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mahon | 24,741 | 43.4 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Roy Galley | 23,529 | 41.3 | +0.4 | |
SDP | Laurence Cockcroft | 8,758 | 15.4 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 1,212 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,028 | 77.7 | +2.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Galley | 22,321 | 40.9 | ||
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 20,452 | 37.4 | ||
SDP | F. Cockroft | 11,868 | 21.7 | ||
Majority | 1,869 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,641 | 75.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 21,416 | 43.79 | ||
Conservative | J. Ford | 20,182 | 41.27 | ||
Liberal | Allen Clegg | 6,853 | 14.01 | ||
National Front | B. Wadsworth | 455 | 0.93 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,234 | 2.52 | |||
Turnout | 48,906 | 76.69 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 20,976 | 44.27 | ||
Conservative | S.R. Lyons | 16,798 | 35.45 | ||
Liberal | Allen Clegg | 8,693 | 18.35 | ||
Powellite | R.S. Pearson | 919 | 1.94 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,178 | 8.82 | |||
Turnout | 47,386 | 74.55 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 20,970 | 40.93 | ||
Conservative | S.R. Lyons | 17,967 | 35.07 | ||
Liberal | Allen Clegg | 12,300 | 24.01 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,003 | 5.86 | |||
Turnout | 51,237 | 81.27 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 24,026 | 49.33 | ||
Conservative | G Anthony Turner | 23,828 | 48.93 | ||
Ind. Labour Party | Alistair Graham | 847 | 1.74 | N/A | |
Majority | 198 | 0.40 | |||
Turnout | 48,701 | 73.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 25,391 | 50.28 | ||
Conservative | G Anthony Turner | 19,689 | 38.99 | ||
Liberal | Derek Arthur Carlin | 5,423 | 10.74 | ||
Majority | 5,702 | 11.29 | |||
Turnout | 50,503 | 80.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shirley Summerskill | 23,143 | 43.76 | ||
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 22,085 | 41.75 | ||
Liberal | James Francis Crossley | 7,664 | 14.49 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,058 | 2.01 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,892 | 82.06 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 29,212 | 52.25 | ||
Labour | Peter Shore | 26,697 | 47.75 | ||
Majority | 2,515 | 4.50 | |||
Turnout | 55,909 | 83.26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maurice Macmillan | 28,306 | 51.39 | ||
Labour | Dryden Brook | 26,771 | 48.61 | ||
Majority | 1,535 | 2.78 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,077 | 80.15 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dryden Brook | 30,433 | 50.63 | ||
Conservative | Charles Henry Lucas | 29,670 | 49.37 | ||
Majority | 763 | 1.26 | |||
Turnout | 60,103 | 84.25 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dryden Brook | 28,800 | 47.70 | ||
Conservative | Charles Henry Lucas | 20,456 | 33.88 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Pickles | 9,573 | 15.85 | ||
National Liberal | R.H. Blackburn | 1,551 | 2.57 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,344 | 13.82 | |||
Turnout | 60,380 | 85.09 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
- Blackburn was a vice-president of the Bradford Conservative Association. He was nominated after the Conservative and Liberal associations in the division had failed to reach agreement on the proposal for a joint anti-Labour candidate.[36]
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dryden Brook | 25,605 | 46.5 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Gilbert Gledhill | 14,824 | 26.9 | −17.5 | |
Liberal | Arnold Gelder | 14,631 | 26.6 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 10,781 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,060 | 77.4 | +0.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.3 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gilbert Gledhill | 24,103 | 44.4 | −21.3 | |
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 21,471 | 39.5 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Ashley Mitchell | 8,736 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,632 | 4.9 | −31.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,310 | 76.9 | −3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gilbert Gledhill | 36,731 | 65.7 | +36.0 | |
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 16,601 | 29.7 | −12.5 | |
Independent Liberal | Frank Sykes[37] | 2,578 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,130 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,910 | 80.5 | −0.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +24.2 |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 23,776 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Unionist | Gilbert Gledhill | 16,713 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Elliott Dodds | 15,823 | 28.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,063 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,312 | 81.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 69,301 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Longbottom | 17,536 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harry Barnes | 12,585 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Unionist | Francis Crossley, 2nd Baron Somerleyton | 10,804 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,951 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,925 | 78.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 52,013 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Speaker hold |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 22,136 | 84.6 | +51.2 |
Socialist Labour | Arthur McManus | 4,036 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,100 | 69.2 | +53.3 | ||
Turnout | 26,172 | 53.4 | −33.6 | ||
Registered electors | 49,017 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 8,778 | 33.4 | −7.3 | |
Labour | James Parker | 8,511 | 32.3 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | John Herbert Lacy Baldwin | 4,602 | 17.5 | +7.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000007D−QINU`"' | |
Conservative | James Galbraith | 4,420 | 16.8 | +6.6'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000007E−QINU`"' | |
Turnout | 26,311 | 87.0 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 15,528 | ||||
Majority | 4,176 | 15.9 | −4.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.3 | |||
Majority | 3,909 | 14.8 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 9,504 | 40.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | James Parker | 9,093 | 38.9 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | James Galbraith | 4,754 | 20.4 | −1.2 | |
Turnout | 23,351 | 92.6 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 15,528 | ||||
Majority | 4,750 | 20.3 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Majority | 4,339 | 18.5 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 9,354 | 40.1 | −14.0 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | James Parker | 8,937 | 38.3 | +22.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | 5,041 | 21.6 | −8.0 | |
Turnout | 23,332 | 93.0 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 15,316 | ||||
Majority | 4,313 | 18.5 | +7.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −18.0 | |||
Majority | 3,896 | 16.7 | N/A | ||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +15.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | 5,931 | 29.6 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | John Henry Whitley | 5,543 | 27.6 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Billson | 5,325 | 26.5 | +3.5 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | James Parker | 3,276 | 16.3 | −4.2 | |
Turnout | 20,075 | 86.7 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 14,879 | ||||
Majority | 606 | 3.1 | −3.2 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Majority | 2,267 | 11.3 | +4.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Billson | 5,664 | 43.8 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Savile Crossley | 5,252 | 40.7 | +11.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Tom Mann | 2,000 | 15.5 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 412 | 3.1 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,916 | 90.4 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 14,290 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.9 |
- Caused by Shaw's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Arnold | 5,475 | 29.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | William Rawson Shaw | 5,085 | 27.2 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | James Booth | 4,283 | 23.0 | −13.3 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Lister | 3,818 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 12,169 (est) | 87.9 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,844 | ||||
Majority | 1,192 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Majority | 1,267 | 6.7 | −3.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Rawson Shaw | 4,620 | 38.9 | −34.5 | |
Conservative | Alfred Arnold | 4,252 | 35.7 | +9.1 | |
Ind. Labour Party | John Lister | 3,028 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 11,900 | 89.4 | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,317 | ||||
Majority | 368 | 3.2 | −6.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −21.8 |
- Caused by Shaw's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 6,481 | 37.1 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 6,361 | 36.3 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Alfred Arnold | 4,663 | 26.6 | +1.6 | |
Turnout | 11,056 (est) | 83.9 | +10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,177 | ||||
Majority | 1,698 | 9.7 | −2.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 5,427 | 37.7 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 5,381 | 37.3 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Alfred Morris[40] | 3,612 | 25.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,769 | 12.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,055 | 73.8 | −8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,269 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as President of the Local Government Board.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 6,269 | 38.4 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 6,053 | 37.1 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Alfred Morris[40] | 3,988 | 24.5 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 2,065 | 12.6 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,144 | 82.7 | −1.2 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 12,269 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Shaw | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Hutchinson's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 6,392 | 39.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | John Dyson Hutchinson | 6,364 | 39.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | William Barber[42] | 3,452 | 21.3 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 2,912 | 18.0 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,844 (est) | 83.9 (est) | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,728 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dyson Hutchinson | 5,750 | 61.3 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Wilson Gamble[43] | 3,624 | 38.7 | +12.5 | |
Majority | 2,126 | 22.6 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,374 | 79.9 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 11,737 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.5 |
- Caused by Crossley's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Crossley | 5,563 | 37.2 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 5,473 | 36.6 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Charles McCrea[44] | 3,927 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,546 | 10.4 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,445 (est) | 83.7 (est) | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,282 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Crossley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Crossley's appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | 5,278 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Akroyd | 5,141 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Lib-Lab | Edward Owen Greening[45] | 2,802 | 21.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,339 | 17.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,012 (est) | 85.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,328 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Edward Akroyd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as Civil Lord of the Admiralty.
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as Secretary of State for India.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stansfeld | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,521 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Francis Crossley | 830 | 37.8 | +4.6 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 714 | 32.5 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 651 | 29.7 | −0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,423 (est) | 95.6 (est) | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,488 | ||||
Majority | 116 | 5.3 | +2.3 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Majority | 63 | 2.8 | +1.5 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | 592 | 53.0 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 526 | 47.0 | +16.8 | |
Majority | 66 | 6.0 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,118 | 91.8 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,218 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +0.9 |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as President of the Board of Control.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | 596 | 34.5 | +3.7 | |
Radical | Francis Crossley | 573 | 33.2 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 521 | 30.2 | −0.8 | |
Chartist | Ernest Charles Jones[46] | 37 | 2.1 | −14.9 | |
Turnout | 1,106 (est) | 92.1 (est) | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,200 | ||||
Majority | 23 | 1.3 | −8.3 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Majority | 52 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.2 |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Edwards | 511 | 31.0 | +2.2 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 507 | 30.8 | −3.6 | |
Radical | Edward Miall | 349 | 21.2 | −15.6 | |
Chartist | Ernest Charles Jones | 280 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 824 (est) | 80.6 (est) | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,022 | ||||
Majority | 162 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Majority | 158 | 9.6 | +4.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Wood's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Edward Protheroe | 409 | 36.8 | −1.6 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 383 | 34.4 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | George Sinclair | 320 | 28.8 | +4.9 | |
Turnout | 704 | 88.2 | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 78.3 | ||||
Majority | 26 | 2.4 | −12.2 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Majority | 63 | 5.6 | −8.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Edward Protheroe | 496 | 38.4 | +6.1 | |
Whig | Charles Wood | 487 | 37.7 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | James Stuart-Wortley | 308 | 23.9 | −8.5 | |
Turnout | 793 | 81.8 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 970 | ||||
Majority | 188 | 14.5 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Majority | 179 | 13.8 | +10.9 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Wood | 336 | 35.3 | −21.7 | |
Conservative | James Stuart-Wortley | 308 | 32.4 | +11.6 | |
Radical | Edward Protheroe | 307 | 32.3 | +10.1 | |
Turnout | 601 | 92.7 | ±0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 648 | ||||
Majority | 28 | 2.9 | −3.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −13.4 | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Rawdon Briggs (politician) | 242 | 28.9 | ||
Whig | Charles Wood | 235 | 28.1 | ||
Radical | Michael Stocks | 186 | 22.2 | ||
Tory | James Stuart-Wortley | 174 | 20.8 | ||
Majority | 49 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 492 | 92.7 | |||
Registered electors | 531 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
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.
- ^ See Sandal Castle and Wakefield Castle
- ^ Legally, the doctrine of prescription (law), as opposed to "by grant", means obtained by long use
- ^ Among the curious customs of Halifax was the Gibbet Law, which was probably established by a prescriptive right to protect the wool trade, and gave the inhabitants the power of executing anyone taken within their liberty, who, when tried by a jury of sixteen of the frith-burgesses, was found guilty of the theft of any goods of the value of more than 13d. The executions took place on market days on a hill outside the town, the gibbet somewhat resembling a guillotine. The first execution recorded under this law took place in 1541, and the right was exercised in Halifax longer than in any other town, the last execution taking place in 1650.[3] In 1635, the king granted the inhabitants of Halifax licence to found a workhouse in a large house given to them for that purpose by Nathaniel Waterhouse, and incorporated them under the name of the master and governors. Nathaniel Waterhouse was appointed the first master, his successors being elected every year by the twelve governors from among themselves.
- ^ In 1607 David Waterhouse, lord of the manor of Halifax, obtained a grant of two markets there every week on Friday and Saturday and two fairs every year, each lasting three days, one beginning on 24 June, the other on 11 November. Later these fairs and markets were confirmed with the addition of an extra market on Thursday to Sir William Ayloffe, baronet, who had succeeded David Waterhouse as lord of the manor. The market rights were sold to the Markets Company in 1810 and purchased from them by the corporation in 1853.
- ^ a b Compared to half of Conservative vote at Jan 1910 election
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- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
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- ^ "The Elections". Huddersfield and Holmfirth Examiner. 10 July 1852. p. 4. Retrieved 13 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
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- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ The Times House of Commons, 1950
- ^ At the 1931 general election, the local Liberal Association chose not to field a candidate against the National Government; Sykes stood as an "Independent Liberal" candidate
- ^ a b British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b "Rattening in Sheffield". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 20 May 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 28 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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- ^ "General Election News". Bradford Observer. 28 January 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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Sources
[edit]- Victoria County History, Yorkshire
- T. Wright, The Antiquities of the Town of Halifax (Leeds, 1738)
- John Watson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax (London, 1775)
- John Crabtree, A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax (Halifax and London, 1836).
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
External links
[edit]- Halifax UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Halifax UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Halifax UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK