Constituencies
†Conservative ¥Green ‡Labour ¤Reform UK
The English ceremonial county of West Yorkshire is divided into 24 parliamentary constituencies: 13 borough constituencies and 11 county constituencies, two of which are partly in North Yorkshire.
†Conservative ¥Green ‡Labour ¤Reform UK
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine West Yorkshire 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 were also made: Elmet and Rothwell was abolished; Wakefield was reconfigured to include the towns of Rothwell and Outwood and is renamed Wakefield and Rothwell; Morley and Outwood became Leeds South West and Morley; a new constituency named Ossett and Denby Dale was 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 were realigned to form Dewsbury and Batley, and Spen Valley, and Leeds West and Pudsey were abolished, with parts of each forming Leeds West and Pudsey. Leeds Central effectively became Leeds South and a new constituency named Leeds Central and Headingley was created. Although its boundaries were unchanged, it is proposed that Keighley was renamed Keighley and Ilkley. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The following constituencies resulted from the boundary review:
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
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.
| Name (1997-2010) | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Name (2010-2024) | Boundaries 2010–2024 |
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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [5]
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Yorkshire in the 2024 general election were as follows: [nb 4]
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 375,140 | 42.1% |  3.9% | 20 |  7 |
| Conservative | 176,335 | 19.8% | 19.9% | 1 | 8 |
| Reform | 144,656 | 16.2% | 12.0% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 82,445 | 9.3% | 7.3% | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 41,702 | 4.7% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 70,020 | 7.9% | 5.9% | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 890,298 | 100.0 | 22 |
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 35.7 | 41.0 | 45.5 | 54.0 | 51.6 | 45.9 | 37.4 | 42.2 | 53.3 | 46.0 | 42.1 |
| Conservative | 37.3 | 37.9 | 38.2 | 28.8 | 30.1 | 27.8 | 32.9 | 32.7 | 37.8 | 39.7 | 19.8 |
| Reform | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.2 | 16.2 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 9.3 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 26.0 | 20.8 | 15.0 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 18.6 | 20.7 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 4.7 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 1.3 | 13.6 | 1.8 | * | * |
| Other | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 7.9 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 10 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 20 |
| Conservative | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrat 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
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.
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 1892 | 1895 | 1900 | 05 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 |
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| Barkston Ash | Gunter | Andrews | Lane-Fox | ||||||
| Ripon | Harker | Wharton | Lynch | Wood | |||||
| Skipton | M. Wilson | Morrison | Roundell | Morrison | Thomson | Clough | |||
Conservative Independent Labour Independent Liberal Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
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 |
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| Barnsley | Kenny | Compton | Walton | |||||||||||||||||||
| Doncaster | Shirley | H. Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Fleming | Fison | C. Nicholson | |||||||||||||||||
| Hallamshire | Mappin | Wadsworth | → | → | ||||||||||||||||||
| Holmfirth | H. Wilson | Arnold | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rotherham | Dyke Acland | Holland | Pease | Richardson | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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
Conservative Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931-68) Social Democratic
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Respect
1parts transferred in 2024 to the new constituency of Wetherby & Easingwold which is mostly in North Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire was one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the riding was an administrative county named County of York, West Riding. The lieutenancy at that time included the city of York and as such was named "West Riding of the County of York and the County of the City of York". The riding ceased to be used for administrative purposes in 1974, when England's local government was reformed.
Elmet was a county constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Morley and Rothwell was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Normanton was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Elmet and Rothwell was a constituency for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament in West Yorkshire. In the 2017 general election, Elmet and Rothwell recorded the largest turnout of any seat in West or South Yorkshire, with almost 60,000 electors casting a vote.
Morley and Outwood was a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency in West Yorkshire of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented by Yvette Cooper of the Labour Party for the whole of its creation. Cooper served under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown alongside her husband Ed Balls, and served as Shadow Home Secretary under the leadership of Ed Miliband. Having served as chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, she is once again the Shadow Home Secretary.
Leeds South is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, which returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency existed from 1885 to 1983 and was recreated in 2024 following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
Leeds, also known as the City of Leeds, is a metropolitan borough with city status in West Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Leeds and the towns of Farsley, Garforth, Guiseley, Horsforth, Morley, Otley, Pudsey, Rothwell, Wetherby and Yeadon. It has a population of 822,483 (2022), making it technically the second largest city in England by population behind Birmingham, since London is not a single local government entity. Local governance sits with Leeds City Council and the city's 32 Parish Councils.
This page includes the election results of the Yorkshire Party, a regional political party based in Yorkshire.
There are a number of listed buildings in West Yorkshire. The term "listed building", in the United Kingdom, refers to a building or structure designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance. Details of all the listed buildings are contained in the National Heritage List for England. They are categorised in three grades: Grade I consists of buildings of outstanding architectural or historical interest, Grade II* includes significant buildings of more than local interest and Grade II consists of buildings of special architectural or historical interest. Buildings in England are listed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on recommendations provided by English Heritage, which also determines the grading.
The 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies was the most recent cycle of the process to redraw the constituency map for the House of Commons. The new constituency boundaries were approved by the Privy Council on 15 November 2023 and came into law on 29 November.
Wetherby and Easingwold is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, partly in North Yorkshire and partly in West Yorkshire. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
Wakefield and Rothwell is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Following the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
