Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Brighouse and Spenborough
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950 (1950)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	one

Brighouse and Spenborough was a parliamentary constituency in the West Riding of Yorkshire, comprising the areas of the two municipal boroughs of Brighouse and Spenborough. It returned one member of parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Frederick Cobb	Labour
	1950 by-election	John Edwards	Labour
	1960 by-election	Michael Shaw	Conservative
	1964	Colin Jackson	Labour
	1970	Wilfred Proudfoot	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Colin Jackson	Labour
	1979	Gary Waller	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

1950s

Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lewis John Edwards	24,004	50.5	−1.71
	Liberal National	Maj. W E Woolley	23,567	49.5	+1.71
Majority			437	0.91	−3.44
Turnout			47,571	85.4	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.71

1960s

Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Shaw	22,472	50.8	+0.9
	Labour	Colin Jackson	21,806	49.2	-0.9
Majority			666	1.5%
Turnout			44,278
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	0.8

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)