Brighouse_and_Spenborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983


Brighouse and Spenborough was a parliamentary constituency in the West Riding of Yorkshire, comprising the two municipal boroughs of Brighouse and Spenborough and neighbouring areas.[1] It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Boundaries

1950–1955: The Borough of Brighouse, and the Urban Districts of Queensberry and Shelf, and Spenborough.

1955–1983: The Borough of Brighouse, the Urban District of Heckmondwike, and the Urban District of Spenborough (a borough from 29 July 1955).

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election. The boundaries were redrawn for the 1955 general election: Queensbury and Shelf Urban District was transferred to Bradford South while Heckmondwike Urban District was added to this seat from the pre-1955 Dewsbury.[1][2] These boundaries were used until the constituency's abolition for the 1983 general election.

In 1983 parliamentary seats were reorganised to reflect the changes in local government introduced in 1974. The area had become part of the Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire and was divided between two new constituencies: Batley and Spen (including Heckmondwike and Spenborough) and Calder Valley (including Brighouse).[3] This seat's last MP, the Conservative Gary Waller, moved to the redrawn Keighley constituency, which he held until 1997.

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Elections

Elections in the 1950s

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References

  1. Youngs, Frederic A. Jr. (1991). Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.2: Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 848. ISBN 0861931270.
  2. Parliamentary Constituencies (Bradford, Brighouse and Spenborough and Dewsbury) Order 1954
  3. The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417)

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