Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pudsey
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Pudsey2007Constituency.svg
2010–2024 boundary of Pudsey in West Yorkshire
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Location of West Yorkshire within England
County West Yorkshire
Electorate 73,212 (December 2019) [1]
1950–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Pudsey and Otley
Replaced by Leeds North West, Leeds West and Pudsey
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Created from Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced by Pudsey and Otley

Pudsey was a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2]

Contents

Since 1997 campaigns in the seat have resulted in a minimum of 33.1% of votes at each election consistently for the same two parties' choice for candidate, and the next-placed party's having fluctuated between 3.1% and 20.8% of the vote — such third-placed figures achieved much higher percentages in 1992 and in previous decades.

The result in 2017 was the 23rd-closest nationally (of 650 seats). [2]

The seat was abolished prior to the 2024 general election and replaced by parts of two other constituencies. [3]

Constituency profile

From 1979 the constituency was a bellwether. The constituency covered suburban settlements to the upland west and north-west of Leeds, including Pudsey, Farsley, Horsforth, Yeadon and Guiseley with low dependency on social housing, average workers' income close to the British average and low unemployment. [4] This was, from its 1950 recreation, a win for candidates who were members of the Conservative Party before a member of the Labour Party gained it in the New Labour landslide of 1997.

Boundaries

Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024
Historic boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of:

Post-1950 boundaries

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Pudsey, and the Urban Districts of Aireborough and Horsforth.

1983–2010: The City of Leeds wards of Aireborough, Horsforth, Pudsey North, and Pudsey South. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.

2010–2024: The City of Leeds wards of Calverley and Farsley, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, and Pudsey.

History

1885–1950

The Pudsey constituency was first created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and it was first used in the general election that year. The seat had formerly been part of Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire constituency. On 1 June 1908 George Whiteley voluntarily resigned from Parliament [n 4] resulting in a by-election in the constituency. [6]

The constituency was abolished in 1918 and replaced by the constituency of Pudsey and Otley until 1950.

1950-2024

The constituency was recreated for contesting in the 1950 general election and existed until 2024.

Nomenclature

In their Third Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (1976–1983) the Boundary Commission initially suggested renaming the constituency Leeds West, with the existing Leeds West constituency in turn being renamed Leeds West Central. This was opposed at local enquiries where the current name was retained. [7]

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election. The Calverley and Farsley, and Pudsey wards were combined with the Armley, Bramley and Stanningley wards from the also abolished constituency of Leeds West to form Leeds West and Pudsey. The Guiseley and Rawdon, and Horsforth wards were transferred to a reconfigured Leeds North West constituency. [3]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [8] Party
1885 Briggs Priestley Liberal
1900 George Whiteley Liberal
1908 by-election John James Oddy Conservative
Jan 1910 Frederick Ogden Liberal
1918 constituency abolished: see Pudsey & Otley
1950 constituency re-created
1950 Cyril Banks Conservative
1959 Joseph Hiley Conservative
Feb 1974 Giles Shaw Conservative
1997 Paul Truswell Labour
2010 Stuart Andrew Conservative
2024 Constituency abolished

Election results 1950-2024

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Pudsey [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Banks 18,26941.33
Labour Geoffrey Collings 18,20541.18
Liberal Richard Wainwright 7,73117.49
Majority 640.15
Turnout 49,72988.89
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Pudsey [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Banks 24,13853.74+12.41
Labour Geoffrey Collings 20,78246.26−5.08
Majority 3,3567.48+7.33
Turnout 50,52188.91+0.02
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1955: Pudsey [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Banks 20,44547.71−6.03
Labour Barry A Payton15,88137.06−9.20
Liberal Richard Wainwright 6,52615.23New
Majority 4,56410.65+3.18
Turnout 50,17585.41−3.50
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1959: Pudsey [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Hiley 22,75250.092.38
Labour Vincent P Richardson16,24135.76−1.30
Liberal Joseph Snowden 6,42914.15−1.08
Majority 6,51114.33+3.68
Turnout 52,28586.87+1.46
Conservative hold Swing 1.84

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Pudsey [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Hiley 21,58146.50
Labour Bernard P Atha 16,10034.69
Liberal J Trevor Wilson8,73218.81
Majority 5,48111.81
Turnout 53,93986.05
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Pudsey [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Hiley 20,78244.65
Labour Eric Brierley18,41039.55
Liberal Robert HJ Rhodes7,35315.80
Majority 2,3725.10
Turnout 55,86083.32
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Pudsey [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Hiley 24,30849.234.58
Labour J Mann18,31337.09−2.46
Liberal GVJ Pratt6,75413.68−2.12
Majority 5,99512.14
Turnout 62,40379.12−4.2
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election February 1974: Pudsey [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Giles Shaw 21,75039.53−9.70
Liberal SJ Cooksey18,01132.7319.05
Labour K Targett15,26727.74−9.35
Majority 3,7396.80
Turnout 64,78884.945.82
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election October 1974: Pudsey [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Giles Shaw 20,18039.51−0.02
Liberal SJ Cooksey15,59930.54−2.19
Labour K Targett15,29329.94+2.20
Majority 4,5818.97
Turnout 65,35478.15−6.79
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Pudsey [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Giles Shaw 24,59145.11+5.60
Liberal SJ Cooksey15,85229.08−1.46
Labour PD McBride13,72725.18−4.76
Ecology P Lewenz3400.62New
Majority 8,73916.03+7.06
Turnout 67,85380.342.19
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Pudsey [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Giles Shaw 24,455 45.7 +0.6
Liberal Julian Cummins19,14135.8+6.7
Labour Susan Price9,54217.8−7.3
IndependentR Smith3870.7New
Majority 5,3149.9−6.1
Turnout 55,52575.8−4.5
Conservative hold Swing -3.0
General election 1987: Pudsey [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Giles Shaw 25,457 45.5 −0.2
Liberal Julian P.F. Cummins19,02134.0−1.8
Labour Neil Taggart11,46120.52.7
Majority 6,43611.5+1.6
Turnout 55,93978.0+2.2
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Pudsey [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Giles Shaw 25,067 44.2 −1.3
Labour Arthur Giles16,09528.47.9
Liberal Democrats David Shutt 15,15326.7−7.3
Green JL Wynne4660.8New
Majority 8,97215.8+4.3
Turnout 56,78180.1+2.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1997: Pudsey [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Truswell 25,370 48.1 +19.7
Conservative Peter Bone 19,16336.3−7.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Brown7,37514.0−12.7
Referendum David Crabtree8231.6New
Majority 6,20711.8N/A
Turnout 52,73174.3−5.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +13.2

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Pudsey [27] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Truswell 21,717 48.1 0.0
Conservative John Procter16,09135.6−0.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Boddy6,42314.2+0.2
UKIP David Sewards9442.1New
Majority 5,62612.5+0.7
Turnout 45,17563.3−11.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 2005: Pudsey [28] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Truswell 21,261 45.8 −2.3
Conservative Pamela Singleton15,39133.1−2.5
Liberal Democrats James Keeley8,55118.4+4.2
UKIP David Daniel1,2412.7+0.6
Majority 5,87012.7+0.2
Turnout 46,44466.0+2.7
Labour hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 2010s

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Stuart Andrew
General election 2010: Pudsey [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Andrew 18,874 38.5 +4.8
Labour Jamie Hanley17,21535.1−10.3
Liberal Democrats Jamie Matthews10,22420.8+2.7
BNP Ian Gibson1,5493.2New
UKIP David Dews1,2212.5−0.3
Majority 1,6593.4N/A
Turnout 49,08370.9+4.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.6
General election 2015: Pudsey [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Andrew 23,637 46.4 +7.9
Labour Jamie Hanley19,13637.6+2.5
UKIP Roger Tattersall4,6899.2+6.7
Liberal Democrats Ryk Downes1,9263.8−17.0
Green Claire Allen1,5393.0New
Majority 4,5018.8+5.4
Turnout 50,92772.2+1.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.75

The 2015 election saw a record-equal total of five candidates stand in Pudsey.[ clarification needed ]

General election 2017: Pudsey [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Andrew 25,550 47.4 +1.0
Labour Co-op Ian McCargo25,21946.7+9.1
Liberal Democrats Allen Nixon1,7613.3−0.5
Yorkshire Bob Buxton1,1382.1New
Independent Michael Wharton2910.5New
Majority 3310.7−7.9
Turnout 53,95974.3+2.1
Conservative hold Swing -4.2

The 2017 election saw the Green Party standing aside after talks with the Labour candidate, to seek to avert Andrew's re-election, but ultimately Andrew was narrowly reelected. [34]

General election 2019: Pudsey [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Andrew 26,453 48.8 +1.4
Labour Jane Aitchison22,93642.3−4.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Dowling3,0885.7+2.4
Green Quinn Daley8941.6New
Yorkshire Bob Buxton8441.6−0.5
Majority 3,5176.5+5.8
Turnout 54,21574.1−0.2
Conservative hold Swing +2.9

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

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Briggs Priestley
General election 24 November-18 December 1885: Pudsey [36] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Briggs Priestley 6,363 61.2
Conservative William Duncan4,03938.8
Majority 2,32422.4
Turnout 10,40286.8
Registered electors 11,989
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1–27 July 1886: Pudsey [38] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Briggs Priestley 5,207 56.3 −4.9
Conservative Arthur Rucker 4,03643.7+4.9
Majority 1,17112.6−9.8
Turnout 9,24377.1−9.7
Registered electors 11,989
Liberal hold Swing −4.9

Elections in the 1890s

General election July 1892: Pudsey [39] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Briggs Priestley 5,527 52.9 −3.4
Liberal Unionist Edwin Woodhouse4,92447.1+3.4
Majority 6035.8−6.8
Turnout 10,45174.9−2.2
Registered electors 13,954
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
General election 13 July–17 August 1895: Pudsey [40] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Briggs Priestley 5,540 52.2 −0.7
Liberal Unionist Andrew Fairbairn 5,07047.8+0.7
Majority 4704.4−1.4
Turnout 10,61077.0+2.1
Registered electors 13,774
Liberal hold Swing −0.7

Elections in the 1900s

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George Whiteley
General election Wednesday 10 October 1900: Pudsey [41] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Whiteley 5,973 52.4 +0.2
Conservative E.B. Faber5,42447.6−0.2
Majority 5494.8+0.4
Turnout 11,39778.2+1.2
Registered electors 14,573
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
General election Saturday 20 January 1906: Pudsey [42] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Whiteley 7,043 66.5 +14.1
Liberal Unionist C W Ford3,54133.5−14.1
Majority 3,50233.0+28.2
Turnout 10,58470.2−8.0
Registered electors 15,069
Liberal hold Swing +14.1
By-Election Saturday 20 June 1908: Pudsey [43] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Oddy 5,444 45.1 +11.6
Liberal Frederick Ogden 5,33144.2−22.3
Independent Labour J. W. Benson1,29110.7New
Majority 1130.9N/A
Turnout 12,06678.3+8.1
Registered electors 15,410
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +17.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election Saturday 22 January 1910: Pudsey [44] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Ogden 7,358 55.4 −11.1
Conservative John Oddy 5,93444.6+11.1
Majority 1,42410.8−22.2
Turnout 15,07188.2+18.0
Registered electors 15,071
Liberal hold Swing −11.1
General election Saturday 10 December 1910: Pudsey [45] [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Ogden 6,518 52.5 −2.9
Conservative John Oddy 5,88847.5+2.9
Majority 6305.0−5.8
Turnout 15,07182.3−5.9
Registered electors 15,071
Liberal hold Swing −2.9

See also

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.
  3. ↑ As the seats of Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West were also created in 1885, this by inference did not refer to the whole of the municipal borough of Leeds.
  4. ↑ By accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead.

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