Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)

Shipley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Shipley in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	68,129 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Shipley, Bingley, Baildon
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Philip Davies (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Northern West Riding of Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Shipley is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Davies, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford, and the civil parishes of Clayton, Eccleshill, Idle, North Brierley, and Shipley.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Guiseley, Shipley, and Yeadon, and in the Rural District of Wharfedale the civil parishes of Esholt, Hawksworth, and Menston.

1950-1983: The Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, and Shipley.

1983-2010: The City of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Rombalds, Shipley East, and Shipley West.

2010-present: The City of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Shipley, Wharfedale, and Windhill and Wrose.

History

1885-1970

This seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Until 1923 the seat was almost exclusively represented by elected Liberals and Arthur Creech Jones was Secretary of State for the Colonies (1946-1950) during most of the Attlee Ministry.

MPs since 1970

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.

At the 1997 general election, the young Labour candidate Chris Leslie won the seat from Fox, becoming the youngest MP of that parliament. He held the seat at the 2001 election and went on to become a junior minister. A number of traditional Labour supporters considered Leslie to be an ardent Blairite, though he was in fact equally close to Gordon Brown, one of whose staff he married, and whose campaign for election as Labour leader he helped run.^[2]

Leslie narrowly lost the seat in the 2005 election, when the Conservative candidate Philip Davies scored a narrow victory and won by 422 votes, then to be re-elected with an increased majority of nearly ten thousand votes in the May 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

Oswald Partington

Election		Member[3]	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	Chris Leslie	Labour
	2005	Philip Davies	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Shipley^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Davies	25,269	50.0	+1.4
	Labour	Steve Clapcote	15,645	31.0	+2.5
	UKIP	Waqas Khan	4,479	8.9	N/A
	Green	Kevin Warnes	2,657	5.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Martin	1,949	3.9	-16.2
	Yorkshire First	Darren Hill	543	1.1	N/A
Majority			9,624	19.0
Turnout			50,542	71.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5

General Election 2010: Shipley^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Davies	24,002	48.6	+9.7
	Labour	Susan Hinchcliffe	14,058	28.4	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Harris	9,890	20.0	+4.8
	Green	Kevin Warnes	1,477	3.0	-0.4
Majority			9,944	20.1
Turnout			49,427	73.0	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.6

Elections in the 2000s

Shipley, shown here after the 2005 general election as the only Conservative constituency in West Yorkshire

General Election 2005: Shipley^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Davies	18,608	39.0	−1.9
	Labour	Chris Leslie	18,186	38.2	−5.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Briggs	7,018	14.7	+3.8
	BNP	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^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris 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
	UKIP	Walter Whitaker	580	1.3	N/A
Majority			1,428	3.1
Turnout			46,020	66.2	−10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Shipley^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris 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	Stephen Ellams	1,960	3.7	N/A
Majority			2,966	4.3
Turnout			52,902	76.3	-5.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.8

General Election 1992: Shipley^[11][12]

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	Colin Michael 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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Shipley^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Marcus Fox	26,941	49.5	-0.2
	Liberal	William John Lawrence Wallace	14,311	26.3	-1.4
	Labour	Christopher Robert Besrest Butler	12,699	23.3	+1.7
	Green	Colin Michael 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

General Election 1983: Shipley^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Marcus Fox	25,866	49.7	-2.8
	Liberal	William John Lawrence 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

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John 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	N/A
Majority			8,360	19.3	+12.1
Turnout			43,081	80.5	-0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John 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, February 1974: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John 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, 1970: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Marcus Fox	20,938	50.37
	Labour	Norman Free	16,161	38.88
	Liberal	A.M. Micklem	4,468	10.75
Majority			4,777	11.49
Turnout				82.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hirst	18,466	46.47
	Labour	John Collins	16,966	42.70
	Liberal	James P Heppell	4,304	10.83
Majority			1,500	3.77
Turnout				86.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hirst	19,076	57.95
	Labour	Christopher Price	15,545	39.07
	Liberal	James P Heppell	5,165	12.98
Majority			3,531	8.87
Turnout				86.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hirst	22,536	56.97
	Labour	Michael English	17,025	43.03
Majority			5,511	13.93
Turnout				87.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hirst	22,582	56.69
	Labour	Ernest Gardner	17,251	43.31
Majority			5,331	13.38
Turnout				86.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hirst	20,396	47.78
	Labour	Thomas J Roberts	18,893	44.26
	Liberal	Stanley Jack Berwin	3,399	7.96
Majority			1,503	3.52
Turnout				90.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hirst	18,390	43.83
	Labour	Arthur Creech Jones	18,309	43.64
	Liberal	W.A. Lupton	5,021	11.97
	Communist	L.T. Robb	237	0.56
Majority			81	0.19
Turnout				89.31
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Creech Jones	25,027	50.11
	Conservative	Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster	17,097	34.23
	Liberal	Eric Robinson	7,820	15.66
Majority			7,930	15.88
Turnout				80.39
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Creech Jones	16,102	36.0
	Liberal	Percy Guy Illingworth	11,595	25.9
	Conservative	Thomas Howarth	10,998	24.6
	Independent Conservative	James Lockwood	6,025	13.5
Majority			4,507	10.1
Turnout				77.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Lockwood	27,304	64.0
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	14,725	34.5
	New Party	W.J. Leaper	601	1.4
Majority			12,579	29.5
Turnout				79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shipley by-election 1930

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Lockwood	15,238	36.0	+4.9
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	13,537	32.1
	Liberal	Arthur Davy	12,785	30.2
	Communist	Willie Gallacher	701	1.7
Majority			1,665	3.9
Turnout				80.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Francis W. Hirst

General Election 1929: Shipley^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Mackinder	18,654	42.3	+6.3
	Unionist	Robert Clough	13,693	31.1	-3.1
	Liberal	Francis Wrigley Hirst	11,712	26.6	-3.2
Majority			4,961	11.2	+9.4
Turnout				85.0	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

General Election 1924: Shipley^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Mackinder	11,862	36.0	-2.4
	Unionist	Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer	11,266	34.2	+5.6
	Liberal	John Pybus	9,800	29.8	-3.2
Majority			596	1.8	-3.6
Turnout				86.4	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

General Election 1923: Shipley^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Mackinder	11,918	38.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Percy John Pybus	10,262	33.0	+20.8
	Unionist	Richard Garnett	8,872	28.6	n/a
Majority			1,656	5.4	8.8
Turnout				82.7	+1.0
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	n/a

General Election 1922: Shipley^[16] Electorate 36,781

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	Henry Norman Rae	12,201	40.6	-34.0
	Labour	William Mackinder	11,160	37.2	+11.8
	Liberal	Arthur Davy	6,674	12.2	n/a
Majority				3.4
Turnout				81.7	+18.7
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Shipley^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Henry Norman Rae	16,700	74.6	n/a
	Labour	Thomas Snowden	5,690	25.4	n/a
Majority			11,010	49.2	n/a
Turnout				63.0	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

• endorsed by Coalition Government

Partington

Shipley by-election, 1915

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Oswald Partington	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Illingworth

General Election December 1910: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Percy Holden Illingworth	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Shipley by-election, 1910

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Percy Holden Illingworth	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Hewins

General Election January 1910: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Percy Holden Illingworth	9,144	63.0
	Liberal Unionist	William Albert Samuel Hewins	5,369	37.0
Majority			3,775	26.0
Turnout			12,507	88.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Percy Holden Illingworth	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Flannery

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	-0.1

Elections in the 1890s

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

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

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joseph Craven

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

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Chris Leslie: Statement in full BBC News, 29 November 2007
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
4. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
5. "Shipley". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
7. "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Shipley". Election 2010. BBC News. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
8. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
12. "UK General Election results April 1992". Election 1992. Political Science Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
13. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
15. Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
16. British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949, Craig

Sources

• Political Science Resources Richard Kimber
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 - 1918
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1974 - 1979

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