List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

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The English ceremonial county of West Yorkshire is divided into 22 parliamentary constituencies: 12 borough constituencies and 10 county constituencies.

Contents

2010 constituencies [edit]

      † Conservative       ‡ Labour       ¤ Liberal Democrat

(part) signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency.

Name[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Electoral wards[2][3] Map
Batley and Spen CC 77,472 4,406 Mike Wood† Janice Small
A medium-sized constituency located in the centre of the county.
Bradford East BC 70,863 365 David Ward† Terry Rooney
A medium-sized constituency located in the south east of the county.
Bradford South BC 67,201 4,622 Gerry Sutcliffe† Matthew Palmer
A medium-sized constituency, located to the north of the centre of the county. It is entirely bounded by other constituencies in the county.
Bradford West BC* 69,967 10,140 George Galloway† Imran Hussain¤
A medium-to-large constituency, located in the southeast of the county.
Calder Valley CC 75,379 6,431 Craig Whittaker‡ Steph Booth†
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county, to the east of two other small constituencies.
Colne Valley CC 78,355 4,837 Jason McCartney‡ Nicola Turner¤
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county to the south of two equally small constituencies.
Dewsbury CC 76,886 1,526 Simon Reevell‡ Shahid Malik†
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly-sized constituencies.
Elmet and Rothwell CC 76,580 4,521 Alec Shelbrooke‡ James Lewis†
A small-to-medium sized constituency in the north of the county.
Halifax BC 70,978 1,472 Linda Riordan Philip Alott
A medium sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Hemsworth CC 71,988 9,844 Jon Trickett† Ann Myatt
A very large constituency. It consists of the eastern portion of the county. It also includes the entirety of a second, smaller county, located to the east of the larger county.
Huddersfield BC 66,275 4,472   Barry Sheerman†   Karen Tweed
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Keighley CC 68,652 2,940 Kris Hopkins‡ Jane Thomas†
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly-sized constituencies.
Leeds Central BC 78,941 10,645 Hilary Benn‡ Michael Taylor†
A small-to-medium sized constituency in the north of the county.
Leeds East BC 67,571 10,293 George Mudie Barry Anderson
A medium sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Leeds North East BC 66,930 4,545 Fabian Hamilton† Matthew Lobley
A very large constituency. It consists of the eastern portion of the county. It also includes the entirety of a second, smaller county, located to the east of the larger county.
Leeds North West BC 66,466 9,103   Greg Mulholland†   Julia Mulligan
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Leeds West BC 67,629 7,016   Rachel Reeves†   Ruth Coleman
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Morley and Outwood CC 69,583 1,101 Ed Balls‡ Antony Calvert†
A small-to-medium sized constituency in the north of the county.
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford CC 78,641 10,979 Yvette Cooper Nick Pickles
A medium sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Pudsey BC 68,150 1,659 Stuart Andrew† Jamie Hanley
A very large constituency. It consists of the eastern portion of the county. It also includes the entirety of a second, smaller county, located to the east of the larger county.
Shipley CC 69,427 9,944   Philip Davies†   Susan Hinchcliffe
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Wakefield CC 71,347 1,613   Mary Creagh†   Alex Story
A large constituency in the south of the county.

Proposed changes - 2011 [edit]

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which commenced in 2011 the Boundary Commission for England has proposed creating new constituencies from a combined region of South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.[4]

  1. Barnsley North and Hemsworth
  2. Barnsley South
  3. Batley and Morley
  4. Bradford Central
  5. Bradford East and Horsforth
  6. Calder Valley
  7. Colne Valley and Denby Dale
  8. Dewsbury
  9. Don Valley
  10. Doncaster Central
  11. Doncaster North
  12. Elmet
  13. Halifax
  14. Huddersfield
  15. Keighley
  16. Leeds East
  17. Leeds Metropolitan and Ossett
  18. Leeds North
  19. Leeds South East and Castleford
  20. Leeds West, Pudsey and Tong
  21. Normanton and Pontefract
  22. Otley
  23. Rother Valley
  24. Rotherham North
  25. Rotherham and Sheffield East
  26. Sheffield Central
  27. Sheffield Hallam and Penistone
  28. Sheffield Heeley
  29. Sheffield North and Dodworth
  30. Shipley
  31. Spen Valley
  32. Wakefield


Results [edit]

2005 2010
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Notes [edit]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 677–689.
  2. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009. 
  3. ^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
  4. ^ Proposed changes Boundary Commission for England

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