Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Shipley
County constituency

Shipley shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created: 1885
MP: Philip Davies
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: West Yorkshire
EP constituency: Yorkshire and the Humber

Shipley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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[edit] Boundaries

Shipley is composed of the following wards within the City of Bradford: Bingley Rural, Bingley, Shipley, Baildon, Wharfedale and Windhill and Wrose

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[edit] Recent politics

Shipley was for a long time the seat of ex-Chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, Sir Marcus Fox. He held the seat for almost 30 years between the 1970 and 1997 General Elections.

After the 1997 general election, the young Labour candidate Christopher Leslie won the seat from Sir Marcus Fox.

However, Leslie only survived two elections as he was attacked on a number of issues. A number of traditional Labour supporters accused him of being an ardent Blairite, with the aim of developing his career further in the House of Commons. In the 2005 general election, he was beaten by Conservative candidate Philip Davies by 400 votes.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Joseph Craven Liberal
1892 William Pollard Byles Lib-Lab
1895 James Fortescue Flannery Liberal Unionist
1906 Percy Holden Illingworth Liberal
1915 Oswald Partington Liberal
1918 Henry Norman Rae Liberal
1923 William Mackinder Labour
1930 James Horace Lockwood Conservative
1935 Arthur Creech Jones Labour
1950 Geoffrey Hirst Conservative
1970 Marcus Fox Conservative
1997 Christopher Leslie Labour
2005 Philip Davies Conservative

[edit] Election results (2000 onwards)

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phillip Davies
Liberal Democrat John Harris
Labour Susan Hinchcliffe
Green Kevin Warnes
General Election 2005: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Davies 18,608 39.0 −1.9
Labour Christopher Leslie 18,186 38.2 −5.8
Liberal Democrat John Briggs 7,018 14.7 +3.8
British National Party Tom Linden 2,000 4.2 N/A
Green Quentin Deakin 1,665 3.5 +0.5
Iraq War. Not In My Name David Crabtree 189 0.4 N/A
Majority 422 0.9
Turnout 47,666 80.0 +13.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 2.0
General Election 2001: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Leslie 20,243 44.0 +0.6
Conservative David Senior 18,815 40.9 +3.1
Liberal Democrat Helen Wright 4,996 10.9 −4.2
Green Martin Love 1,386 3.0 N/A
UK Independence Walter Whitaker 580 1.3 N/A
Majority 1,428 3.1
Turnout 46,020 66.2 −10.2
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Election results (historic)

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Craven 7,022 59.3
Conservative L Hardy 4,825 40.7
Majority 2,197 18.6
Turnout 11,847 84.2
General Election 1886: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Craven

[edit] Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab William Pollard Byles 5,746 51.3 -8.0
Liberal Unionist T Peel 5,464 48.7 +8.0
Majority 282 2.6 -16
Turnout 11,210 76.0
Lib-Lab hold Swing
General Election 1895: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist James Fortescue Flannery 5,999 50.3 +1.6
Lib-Lab William Pollard Byles 5,921 49.7 -1.6
Majority 78 0.6
Turnout 11,920 83.0
Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist James Fortescue Flannery 6,284 50.2 -0.1
Liberal Percy Holden Illingworth 6,223 49.8 +0.1
Majority 61 0.4 -0.2
Turnout 12,507 83.4 +0.4
Liberal Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1906: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Holden Illingworth

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Holden Illingworth 9,144 63.0
Liberal Unionist W A S Hewins 5,369 37.0
Majority 3,775 26.0
Turnout 12,507 88.9
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Percy Holden Illingworth
Shipley by-election, 1915: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Oswald Partington

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election, February 1974: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Fox 19,439 43.1
Labour M J Wedgeworth 15,284 33.9
Liberal G G Roberts 10,158 22.6
Independent Democratic Alliance C G Campion 192 0.4
Majority 4,155 9.2
Turnout 45,073 87.4
Conservative hold Swing
General Election, October 1974: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Fox 18,518 44.0 +0.9
Labour M J Wedgeworth 15,482 36.8 +2.9
Liberal G G Roberts 8,094 19.2 -3.4
Majority 3,036 7.2 -2.0
Turnout 42,094 81.0 +6.4
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1979: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Fox 22,641 52.5 +8.5
Labour P R Ward 14,281 33.2 -3.6
Liberal G G Roberts 5,673 13.2 -6.0
Ecology D R Pedley 486 1.1
Majority 8,360 19.3 +12.1
Turnout 43,081 80.5 -0.5
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Fox 25,866 49.7 -2.8
Liberal William Wallace 14,421 27.7 +14.5
Labour Martin Leathley 11,218 21.6 -11.6
Ecology S Shepherd 521 1.0 -0.1
Majority 11,445 22.0 +2.7
Turnout 52,026 77.0 -3.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1987: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Fox 26,941 49.5 -0.2
Liberal William Wallace 14,311 26.3 -1.4
Labour Christopher Butler 12,699 23.3 +1.7
Green C M Harris 507 0.9 -0.1
Majority 12,630 23.2 +1.2
Turnout 54,428 79.2 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.6

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Fox 28,463 50.4 +0.9
Labour Annie Lockwood 16,081 28.5 +5.2
Liberal Democrat John Cole 11,288 20.0 -6.3
Green C M Harris 680 1.2 +0.3
Majority 12,382 21.9 -0.3
Turnout 56,512 82.1 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing -2.2
General Election 1997: Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Leslie 22,962 43.3 +14.8
Conservative Marcus Fox 19,996 37.8 -12.6
Liberal Democrat John Cole 7,984 15.1 -4.9
Referendum Party S Ellams 1,960 3.7
Majority 2,966 4.3
Turnout 69,281 76.3 -5.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.8

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ Shipley, UKPollingReport
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