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

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  †Conservative   ‡Labour

Name[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Batley and Spen CC 79,558 323 Kim Leadbeater Ryan Stephenson
A medium-sized constituency located in the centre of the county.
Bradford East BC 73,206 18,144 Imran Hussain‡ Linden Kemkaran†
A medium-sized constituency located in the south east of the county.
Bradford South BC 69,046 2,346 Judith Cummins‡ Narinder Sekhon†
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 70,694 27,019 Naz Shah‡ Mohammed Afzal†
A medium-to-large constituency, located in the southeast of the county.
Calder Valley CC 79,287 5,774 Craig Whittaker† Joshua Fenton-Glynn‡
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county, to the east of two other small constituencies.
Colne Valley CC 84,174 5,103 Jason McCartney† Thelma Walker‡
A small constituency, located in the centre of the county to the south of two equally small constituencies.
Dewsbury CC 81,253 1,561 Mark Eastwood† Paula Sherriff‡
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly sized constituencies.
Elmet and Rothwell CC 80,957 17,353 Alec Shelbrooke† David Nagle‡
A small-to-medium-sized constituency in the north of the county.
Halifax BC 71,887 2,569 Holly Lynch‡ Kashif Ali†
A medium-sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Hemsworth CC 73,726 1,180 Jon Trickett‡ Louise Calland†
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 65,525 4,937   Barry Sheerman‡   Ken Davy†
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Keighley CC 72,778 2,218 Robbie Moore† John Grogan‡
A small constituency, situated in the centre of the county to the west of two similarly sized constituencies.
Leeds Central BC 90,971 19,270 Hilary Benn‡ Peter Fortune†
A small-to-medium-sized constituency in the north of the county.
Leeds East BC 67,286 5,531 Richard Burgon‡ Jill Mortimer†
A medium-sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Leeds North East BC 70,580 17,089 Fabian Hamilton‡ Amjad Bashir†
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 67,741 10,749 Alex Sobel‡   Stewart Harper†
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Leeds West BC 67,727 10,564   Rachel Reeves‡ Mark Dormer†
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Morley and Outwood CC 78,803 11,267 Andrea Jenkyns† Deanne Ferguson‡
A small-to-medium-sized constituency in the north of the county.
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford CC 84,527 1,276 Yvette Cooper‡ Andrew Lee†
A medium-sized constituency situated in the north west of the county.
Pudsey BC 73,212 3,517 Stuart Andrew† Jane Aitchison‡
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 74,029 6,242   Philip Davies†   Jo Pike‡
A large constituency in the south of the county.
Wakefield CC 27,466[3] 4,925[3]   Simon Lightwood‡   Nadeem Ahmed†
A large constituency in the south of the county.

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
  1. Batley and Spen BC
  2. Bradford North BC
  3. Bradford South BC
  4. Bradford West BC
  5. Calder Valley CC
  6. Colne Valley CC
  7. Dewsbury CC
  8. Elmet CC
  9. Halifax BC
  10. Hemsworth CC
  11. Huddersfield BC
  12. Keighley CC
  1. Leeds Central BC
  2. Leeds East BC
  3. Leeds North East BC
  4. Leeds North West BC
  5. Leeds West BC
  6. Morley and Rothwell BC
  7. Normanton CC
  8. Pontefract and Castleford CC
  9. Pudsey BC
  10. Shipley CC
  11. Wakefield CC
Former parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
Former parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Current boundaries

Current name Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Batley and Spen BC
  2. Bradford East BC
  3. Bradford South BC
  4. Bradford West BC
  5. Calder Valley CC
  6. Colne Valley CC
  7. Dewsbury CC
  8. Elmet and Rothwell CC
  9. Halifax BC
  10. Hemsworth CC
  11. Huddersfield BC
  1. Keighley CC
  2. Leeds Central BC
  3. Leeds East BC
  4. Leeds North East BC
  5. Leeds North West BC
  6. Leeds West BC
  7. Morley and Outwood BC
  8. Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford CC
  9. Pudsey BC
  10. Shipley CC
  11. Wakefield CC
Current parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
Current parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

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.[4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

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 Wetherby. As a consequence, the following changes are proposed: Elmet and Rothwell is abolished; Wakefield is reconfigured to include the towns of Rothwell and Outwood and is renamed Wakefield and Rothwell; Morley and Outwood becomes Leeds South West and 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, resulting in the two new constituencies of Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, and Normanton and Hemsworth. Elsewhere, Batley and Spen, and Dewsbury are realigned to form Dewsbury and Batley, and Spen Valley, and Leeds West and Pudsey are abolished, with parts of each forming Leeds West and Pudsey. Leeds Central effectively becomes Leeds South and a new constituency named Leeds Central and Headingly is created. Although its boundaries are unchanged, it is proposed that Keighley is renamed Keighley and Ilkley.[5][6][7][8]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Covering electoral wards within Bradford

Covering electoral wards within Calderdale

Covering electoral wards within Kirklees

Covering electoral wards within Leeds

Covering electoral wards within Wakefield

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[9]

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
Labour 497,235 46.0% Decrease7.3% 13 Decrease4
Conservative 429,429 39.7% Increase1.9% 9 Increase4
Liberal Democrats 66,310 6.1% Increase2.1% 0 0
Brexit 45,667 4.2% new 0 0
Greens 21,562 2.0% Increase1.0% 0 0
Others 20,909 2.0% Decrease1.9% 0 0
Total 1,081,112 100.0 22

Percentage votes

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
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
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

Maps

1885-1910 - West Riding of Yorkshire

1918-1945


1950-1979

1983-present - West Yorkshire

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
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

Constituency 1885 86 1886 88 1892 92 93 93 95 1895 96 97 99 1900 02 04 05 1906 06 07 08 09 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 11 15 16 17 18
Wakefield Green Charlesworth W. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Brotherton Marshall
Leeds Central Balfour Armitage
Leeds East Dawson Gane Leuty Cautley O'Grady
Bradford East Holden Reed Caine Reed Greville Priestley
Bradford West Illingworth Flower Jowett
Leeds North Jackson R. Barran
Otley Fairbairn J. Barran Wyvill Duncan
Halifax Stansfeld Arnold Crossley Parker
T. Shaw W. Shaw Billson Whitley
Pontefract Winn Reckitt Nussey Booth
Bradford Central Forster Shaw-Lefevre Wanklyn Robertson Hill
Shipley Craven Byles Flannery Illingworth Partington
Colne Valley Beaumont → Kitson Grayson Leach Mallalieu
Huddersfield Leatham Summers Crosland Woodhouse Sherwell
Pudsey Priestley Whiteley Oddy Ogden
Sowerby Crossley Mellor Higham
Dewsbury Simon Oldroyd Runciman
Spen Valley Woodhead Whittaker
Elland Wayman Trevelyan
Osgoldcross Ramsden → Austin → Compton-Rickett
Leeds South Playfair Walton Middlebrook
Keighley Holden Brigg Buckmaster Smith Somervell
Leeds West Gladstone Harvey
Morley Gaskell Hutton France
Normanton Pickard Parrott Hall →

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
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

Constituency 1918 19 21 1922 23 1923 1924 25 28 1929 29 30 31 1931 32 33 34 1935 38 39 40 41 42 44 1945 46 47 49
Barkston Ash Lane-Fox Ropner
Ripon Wood J. Hills York
Sheffield, Ecclesall S. Roberts Harland S. Roberts jnr Ellis P. Roberts
Sheffield, Hallam Vickers Sykes L. Smith Jennings
Skipton Roundell Bird Rickards Lawson Drayson
Pudsey and Otley Barrand Fawkes Watson Gibson Stoddart-Scott
Leeds North Farquharson Butler Beckett Peake
Leeds North East Birchall Craik-Henderson Bacon
Sheffield, Central Hope Hoffman Boulton Morris
Bradford North Boyd-Carpenter Rea E. Ramsden Angell Ramsden Nichol
Leeds Central Armitage Willey Wilson Denman → Porter
Sowerby Barker Simpson-Hinchliffe A. Williams Shaw Tout McCorquodale Belcher Houghton
Elland G. Ramsden Robinson Kay Robinson Buxton Levy Cobb
Leeds West Harvey → Stamford Adams Stamford Pannell
Huddersfield Sykes Marshall Hudson Mabane J. Mallalieu
Halifax Whitley → Longbottom Gledhill Brook
Bradford East Loseby Jowett Fenby Jowett Hepworth McLeavy
Shipley Rae Mackinder Lockwood Creech Jones
Wakefield Brotherton Ellis Sherwood Ellis Sherwood Hillman Greenwood
Sheffield, Park Stephenson → Deans Lathan Benn Lathan Burden
Rotherham Kelley Lindley Herbert Dobbie
Bradford Central Ratcliffe Leach Gadie Leach Eady Leach Webb
Keighley Clough Lees-Smith Pilkington Lees-Smith Harvie-Watt Lees-Smith Bulmer-Thomas →
Pontefract Compton-Rickett Forrest T. Smith Brooke T. Smith Sotheron-Estcourt A. Hills Barstow
Sheffield, Hillsborough Neal Alexander Braithwaite Alexander
Sheffield Attercliffe Casey Wilson Pike Wilson Hynd
Sheffield, Brightside Walters Ponsonby Marshall Russell Marshall
Penistone Arnold Gillis Pringle R. Smith Glossop McGhee
Leeds South Middlebrook Charleton Whiteside Charleton Gaitskell
Doncaster R. Nicholson W. Paling Molson Short Morgan Walkden →
Barnsley Joseph Walton Potts Soper Potts Collindridge
Batley and Morley France Turner Forrest Turner Wills Brooke Beaumont Broughton
Bradford South Willey Spencer Hirst Holdsworth → Titterington Craddock
Dewsbury Pickering Riley Harvey Riley Rea Riley W. T. Paling
Colne Valley F. Mallalieu Snowden → E. Mallalieu Marklew Hall
Don Valley James Walton T. Williams
Hemsworth Guest Price Griffiths Holmes
Leeds South East O'Grady Slesser Milner
Normanton Hall T. Smith Sylvester
Rother Valley Grundy Dunn Griffiths
Rothwell Lunn Brooks
Spen Valley Whittaker Myers Simon → Woolley Sharp
Wentworth Hirst W. Paling
Constituency 1918 19 21 1922 23 1923 1924 25 28 1929 29 30 31 1931 32 33 34 1935 38 39 40 41 42 44 1945 46 47 49

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Liberal (1931-68)   Social Democratic

Constituency 1950 50 1951 52 53 54 1955 56 59 1959 60 62 63 1964 1966 68 1970 73 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 76 78 1979 81
Leeds North Peake
Barkston Ash Ropner Alison
Leeds North West Kaberry
Harrogate York Ramsden Banks
Pudsey Banks Hiley Shaw
Ripon Stoddart-Scott Austick Hampson
Sheffield Hallam Jennings Osborn
Shipley Hirst Fox
Skipton Drayson Watson
Leeds North East Bacon Peake Joseph
Sheffield Heeley Roberts Hooley Spence Hooley
Bradford North Taylor Ford
Doncaster Gunter Barber Walker
Halifax Brook Macmillan Summerskill
Bradford Central / Brad W (1955) Webb Tiley Haseldine Wilkinson Lyons →
Keighley Hobson Worsley Binns Hall Cryer
Brighouse and Spenborough Cobb Edwards Shaw Jackson Proudfoot Jackson Waller
Huddersfield West Wade Lomas Dickens
Sowerby Houghton Madden Thompson
Colne Valley Hall Duffy R. Wainwright Clark R. Wainwright
Barnsley Collindridge Schofield Mason
Batley and Morley Broughton Woolmer
Bradford South Craddock Torney
Dearne Valley W. Paling E. Wainwright
Dewsbury W. T. Paling Ginsburg →
Don Valley Williams Kelley Welsh
Hemsworth Holmes Beaney Woodall
Huddersfield East J. Mallalieu Sheerman
Leeds South Gaitskell Rees
Leeds South East Milner Healey Bacon Cohen
Leeds West Pannell Dean
Normanton Brooks Roberts
Penistone McGhee Mendelson McKay
Pontefract / & Castleford (1974) Sylvester Harper Lofthouse
Rother Valley Griffiths Hardy
Rotherham Jones O'Malley Crowther
Sheffield Attercliffe Hynd Duffy
Sheffield Brightside Winterbottom Griffiths Maynard
Sheffield Hillsborough Darling Flannery
Sheffield Park Mulley
Wakefield Greenwood Creech Jones Harrison
Bradford East McLeavy Lyons
Leeds East Healey
Leeds Central Porter
Sheffield Neepsend Morris Soskice

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats   Respect

Constituency 1983 1987 90 91 1992 94 96 1997 99 2001 2005 2010 12 2015 16 2017 2019 21 22
Shipley Fox Leslie Davies
Calder Valley Thompson McCafferty Whittaker
Colne Valley Wainwright Riddick Mountford McCartney Walker McCartney
Keighley Waller Cryer Hopkins Grogan Moore
Pudsey Shaw Truswell Andrew
Elmet / Elmet and Rothwell (from 2010) Batiste Burgon Shelbrooke
Leeds North West Hampson Best Mulholland Sobel
Leeds North East Joseph Kirkhope Hamilton
Batley and Spen Peacock Wood Cox Brabin Leadbeater
Dewsbury Whitfield Taylor Malik Reevell Sherriff Eastwood
Halifax Galley Mahon Riordan Lynch
Bradford North / Bradford East (from 2010) Lawler Wall Rooney Ward Hussain
Morley & Leeds S / M & Rothwell (1997) / M & Outwood (2010) Rees Gunnell Challen Balls Jenkyns
Wakefield Harrison Hinchliffe Creagh Ahmad Khan → Lightwood
Bradford South Torney Cryer Sutcliffe Cummins
Bradford West Madden Singh Galloway Shah
Hemsworth Woodall Buckley Enright Trickett
Huddersfield Sheerman
Leeds Central Fatchett Benn
Leeds East Healey Mudie Burgon
Leeds West Meadowcroft Battle Reeves
Pontefract and Castleford / Normanton, Pont & Castleford (2010) Lofthouse Cooper
Normanton O'Brien Balls

See also

Notes

  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

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". Commons Library.
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Wakefield Constituency Parliamentary by Election – Thursday, 23 June 2022". Wakefield Council. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  5. ^ Hyde, Nathan (8 November 2022). "Boundary changes divide opinion as some Yorkshire MPs object". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ^ "MPs' constituencies in Yorkshire will see their boundaries changed under new proposed map". Yorkshire Post. 8 June 2021.
  7. ^ "The new Yorkshire borders that could create 18 new constituencies by next General Election". YorkshireLive. 8 June 2021.
  8. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1451-1518. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  9. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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