List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_West_Yorkshire

List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire, England


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

Constituencies

  †Conservative   ‡Labour

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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

Current boundaries

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:

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Percentage votes

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11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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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

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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

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

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1950 to 1983

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

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1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal Democrats   Respect

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. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. Hyde, Nathan (8 November 2022). "Boundary changes divide opinion as some Yorkshire MPs object". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. "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.
  6. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

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