List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
The English ceremonial county of West Yorkshire is divided into 22 parliamentary constituencies: 12 borough constituencies and 10 county constituencies.
Constituencies
2010 boundary changes
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in West Yorkshire from 23 to 22, leading to significant changes in the Cities of Leeds and Wakefield, with the abolition of Elmet, Morley and Rothwell, Normanton, and Pontefract and Castleford and the creation of Elmet and Rothwell, Morley and Outwood, and Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford. Bradford North was renamed Bradford East.
Former boundaries
Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | |
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Current boundaries
Current name | Boundaries 2010–present | |
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Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June.[4]
The commission has proposed that West Yorkshire be combined with North Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the majority of North Yorkshire district of Selby and includes the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley; and a new constituency named Wetherby and Easingwold which includes the City of Leeds wards of Harewood and Weatherby. As a consequence, the following changes are proposed: Elmet and Rothwell is abolished; Wakefield is reconfigured and now includes the towns of Rothwell and Outwood; Morley and Outwood becomes Morley; a new constituency named Ossett and Denby Dale is created; and the town of Normanton is transferred from Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford to Hemsworth, leading to the re-establishment of Pontefract and Castleford and the new constituency of Normanton and Hemsworth. Elsewhere, Batley and Spen is renamed Batley and Hipperholme, and Leeds West is abolished, offset by the creation of Headingley.[5][6][7]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Covering electoral wards within Bradford
Covering electoral wards within Calderdale
Covering electoral wards within Kirklees
- Batley and Hipperholme BC (part)
- Colne Valley CC
- Dewsbury BC
- Huddersfield BC
- Ossett and Denby Dale CC (part)
Covering electoral wards within Leeds
- Headingley BC
- Leeds Central BC
- Leeds East CC
- Leeds North East BC
- Leeds North West CC
- Morley BC
- Pudsey BC
- Selby CC (also contains part of the North Yorkshire district of Selby)
- Wakefield BC (part)
- Wetherby and Easingwold CC (also contains parts of the North Yorkshire borough of Harrogate and districts of Hambleton and Selby)
Covering electoral wards within Wakefield
- Normanton and Hemsworth CC
- Ossett and Denby Dale CC (part)
- Pontefract and Castleford CC
- Wakefield BC (part)
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[8]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Yorkshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Labour | 497,235 | 46.0% | 7.3% | 13 | 4 |
Conservative | 429,429 | 39.7% | 1.9% | 9 | 4 |
Liberal Democrats | 66,310 | 6.1% | 2.1% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 45,667 | 4.2% | new | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 21,562 | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0 | 0 |
Others | 20,909 | 2.0% | 1.9% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1,081,112 | 100.0 | 22 |
Percentage votes
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 37.3 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 28.8 | 30.1 | 27.8 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 37.8 | 39.7 |
Labour | 35.7 | 41.0 | 45.5 | 54.0 | 51.6 | 45.9 | 37.4 | 42.2 | 53.3 | 46.0 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 26.0 | 20.8 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 18.6 | 20.7 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 6.1 |
Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 1.3 | 13.6 | 1.8 | * |
Brexit Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 |
Other | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
Labour | 10 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 13 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
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Historical representation by party
Data given is for the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1983. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Areas currently in North Yorkshire
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 1895 | 1900 | 05 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 |
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Barkston Ash | Gunter | Andrews | Lane-Fox | ||||||
Ripon | Harker | Wharton | Lynch | Wood | |||||
Skipton | M. Wilson | Morrison | Roundell | Morrison | Thomson | Clough |
Areas currently in West Yorkshire
Conservative Independent Labour Independent Liberal Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
Areas currently in South Yorkshire
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 88 | 89 | 1892 | 94 | 1895 | 97 | 99 | 1900 | 02 | 1906 | 08 | 09 | Jan 1910 | 10 | Dec 1910 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
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Doncaster | Shirley | H. Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Fleming | Fison | C. Nicholson | |||||||||||||||||
Rotherham | Dyke Acland | Holland | Pease | Richardson | ||||||||||||||||||
Barnsley | Kenny | Compton | Walton | |||||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Attercliffe | Coleridge | Langley | Pointer | Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Brightside | Mundella | Maddison | Hope | Walters | ||||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Central | Vincent | Hope | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Ecclesall | Ashmead-Bartlett | Roberts | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sheffield Hallam | Stuart-Wortley | Fisher | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hallamshire | Mappin | Wadsworth | → | → | ||||||||||||||||||
Holmfirth | H. Wilson | Arnold |
1918 to 1950
Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Coalition National Democratic & Labour Common Wealth Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Labour National Liberal (1931-68) Speaker
1950 to 1983
Conservative Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931-68) Social Democratic
1983 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats Respect
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library.
- ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Wakefield Constituency Parliamentary by Election – Thursday, 23 June 2022". Wakefield Council. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "MPs' constituencies in Yorkshire will see their boundaries changed under new proposed map". Yorkshire Post. 8 June 2021.
- ^ "The new Yorkshire borders that could create 18 new constituencies by next General Election". YorkshireLive. 8 June 2021.
- ^ 2023 review: Yorkshire and the Humber Boundary Commission for England
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".