Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)

Shipley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Shipley in West Yorkshire
Location of West Yorkshire within England
Local government in England	West Yorkshire
Electorate	74,522 (December 2019) [1]
Major settlements	Shipley, Bingley, Baildon
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Philip Davies (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Northern West Riding of Yorkshire

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

Map of current boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford, and the civil parishes of Clayton, Eccleshill, Idle, North Bierley, 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 District of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Rombalds, Shipley East, and Shipley West.

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

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be unchanged. ^[2]

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 Labour candidate Chris Leslie gained the seat from Fox, becoming the youngest MP of that parliament. He held the seat at the 2001 election and became 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 (after he had lost this seat). ^[3]

Leslie narrowly lost the seat in the 2005 election, when the Conservative Party candidate Philip Davies narrowly regained the seat with a majority of 422 votes, which then increased to nearly ten thousand votes at the May 2010 general election. Although it has remained with the Conservative Party since 2005, it has arguably become a swing seat, similar to nearby Keighley.

Members of Parliament

Oswald Partington

Election		Member [4]	Party
	1885	Joseph Craven	Liberal
	1892	William Byles	Lib-Lab
	1895	James Fortescue Flannery	Liberal Unionist
	1906	Percy Illingworth	Liberal
	1915	Oswald Partington	Liberal
	1918	Norman Rae	Liberal
	1923	William Mackinder	Labour
	1930	James 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 2020s

Next general election: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Dixon [5]
	Reform UK	Derrick Hodgson [6]
	SDP	Paul Shkurka [7]
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Shipley ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Davies	27,437	50.8	-0.5
	Labour	Jo Pike	21,195	39.2	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Jones	3,188	5.9	+1.8
	Green	Celia Hickson	1,301	2.4	New
	Yorkshire	Darren Longhorn	883	1.6	New
Majority			6,242	11.6	+2.9
Turnout			54,004	72.9	-0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 2017: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Davies	27,417	51.3	+1.3
	Labour	Steve Clapcote	22,736	42.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Jones	2,202	4.1	+0.2
	Women's Equality	Sophie Walker	1,040	1.9	New
Majority			4,681	8.7	-10.3
Turnout			53,395	73.0	+5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.2

General election 2015: Shipley ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Davies	25,269	50.0	+1.4
	Labour	Steve Clapcote	15,645	31.0	+2.6
	UKIP	Waqas Khan	4,479	8.9	New
	Green	Kevin Warnes	2,657	5.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Martin	1,949	3.9	-16.1
	Yorkshire First	Darren Hill	543	1.1	New
Majority			9,624	19.0	-1.1
Turnout			50,542	71.7	-1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5

General election 2010: Shipley ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Davies	24,002	48.6	+9.7
	Labour	Susan Hinchcliffe	14,058	28.4	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Harris	9,890	20.0	+4.8
	Green	Kevin Warnes	1,477	3.0	-0.4
Majority			9,944	20.1	+19.1
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 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Davies	18,608	39.0	−1.9
	Labour	Chris Leslie	18,186	38.2	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Briggs	7,018	14.7	+3.8
	BNP	Tom Linden	2,000	4.2	New
	Green	Quentin Deakin	1,665	3.5	+0.5
	Iraq War. Not In My Name	David Crabtree	189	0.4	New
Majority			422	0.8	N/A
Turnout			47,666	69.7	+3.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.0

General election 2001: Shipley ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Leslie	20,243	44.0	+0.7
	Conservative	David Senior	18,815	40.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Wright	4,996	10.9	−4.2
	Green	Martin Love	1,386	3.0	New
	UKIP	Walter Whitaker	580	1.3	New
Majority			1,428	3.1	-1.4
Turnout			46,020	66.2	-10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Shipley ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Leslie	22,962	43.3	+14.9
	Conservative	Marcus Fox	19,996	37.8	-12.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Cole	7,984	15.1	-4.9
	Referendum	Stephen Ellams	1,960	3.7	New
Majority			2,966	4.5	N/A
Turnout			52,902	76.3	-5.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.8

General election 1992: Shipley ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Fox	28,463	50.4	+0.9
	Labour	Annie Lockwood	16,081	28.5	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Cole	11,288	20.0	-6.3
	Green	Colin 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 ^[18]

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	Colin 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 ^[19]

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	Stanley 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	Marcus Fox	22,641	52.55	+8.56
	Labour	Peter R Ward	14,281	33.15	-3.63
	Liberal	G G Roberts	5,673	13.17	-6.04
	Ecology	D R Pedley	486	1.13	New
Majority			8,360	19.40
Turnout			43,081	80.51
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Fox	18,518	43.99	+0.86
	Labour	M J Wedgeworth	15,482	36.78	+2.87
	Liberal	G G Roberts	8,094	19.23	-3.31
Majority			3,036	7.21
Turnout			42,094	81.00
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Fox	19,439	43.13	-7.3
	Labour	M J Wedgeworth	15,284	33.91	-5.0
	Liberal	G G Roberts	10,158	22.54	+11.9
	Independent Democratic Alliance	C G Campion	192	0.43	New
Majority			4,155	9.22
Turnout			45,073	87.41
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	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			41,567	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			39,736	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	8.88
Turnout			39,786	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	13.94
Turnout			39,561	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			39,833	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 Berwin	3,399	7.96
Majority			1,503	3.52
Turnout			42,688	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	William Albert Lupton	5,021	11.97
	Communist	L.T. Robb	237	0.56	n/a
Majority			81	0.19	n/a
Turnout			41,957	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 Hylton-Foster	17,097	34.23
	Liberal	Eric Robinson	7,820	15.66
Majority			7,930	15.88
Turnout			49,944	80.39
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Creech Jones	16,102	36.0	+1.5
	Liberal	Percy Guy Illingworth	11,595	25.9	New
	Conservative	Thomas Howarth	10,998	24.6	-39.4
	Ind. Conservative	James Lockwood	6,025	13.5	New
Majority			4,507	10.1	N/A
Turnout			44,720	77.5	-2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1931: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lockwood	27,304	64.0	+32.9
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	14,725	34.5	-7.8
	New Party	W.J. Leaper	601	1.4	New
Majority			12,579	29.5	+18.3
Turnout			42,630	79.7	-5.3
	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	-10.2
	Liberal	Arthur Davy	12,785	30.2	+3.6
	Communist	Willie Gallacher	701	1.7	New
Majority			1,665	3.9	N/A
Turnout			42,261	80.0	-5.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Mackinder

Hirst

General election 1929: Shipley ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Mackinder	18,654	42.3	+6.3
	Unionist	Robert Clough	13,693	31.1	-3.1
	Liberal	Francis Hirst	11,712	26.6	-3.2
Majority			4,961	11.2	+9.4
Turnout			44,059	85.0	-1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.7

General election 1924: Shipley ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Mackinder	11,862	36.0	-2.4
	Unionist	Thomas Plumer	11,266	34.2	+5.6
	Liberal	John Pybus	9,800	29.8	-3.2
Majority			596	1.8	-3.6
Turnout			32,928	86.4	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

General election 1923: Shipley ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Mackinder	11,918	38.4	+1.2
	Liberal	John Pybus	10,262	33.0	+20.8
	Unionist	Richard Garnett	8,872	28.6	New
Majority			1,656	5.4	8.8
Turnout			31,052	82.7	+1.0
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Shipley ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Norman Rae	12,201	40.6	-34.0
	Labour	William Mackinder	11,160	37.2	+11.8
	Liberal	Arthur Davy	6,674	12.2	New
Majority			1.041	3.4	-45.8
Turnout			30,035	81.7	+18.7
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Shipley ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Norman Rae	16,700	74.6	N/A
	Labour	Tom Snowden	5,690	25.4	New
Majority			11,010	49.2	N/A
Turnout			22,390	63.0	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Partington

1915 Shipley by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Oswald Partington	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Illingworth

General election December 1910: Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Illingworth	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

1910 Shipley by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Illingworth	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Hewins

General election January 1910: Shipley

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

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Shipley ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Percy Illingworth	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Flannery

General election 1900: Shipley ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	James Fortescue Flannery	6,284	50.2	-0.1
	Liberal	Percy Illingworth	6,223	49.8	+0.1
Majority			61	0.4	-0.2
Turnout			12,507	83.4	+0.4
Registered electors			14,990
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	-0.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Shipley ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	James Fortescue Flannery	5,999	50.3	+1.6
	Lib-Lab	William Byles	5,921	49.7	-1.6
Majority			78	0.6	N/A
Turnout			11,920	83.0	+7.0
Registered electors			14,353
	Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab		Swing	+1.6

General election 1892: Shipley ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	William Byles	5,746	51.3	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	Theophilus Peel	5,464	48.7	New
Majority			282	2.6	N/A
Turnout			11,210	76.0	N/A
Registered electors			14,759
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Shipley ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Craven	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Hardy

General election 1885: Shipley ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Craven	7,022	59.3
	Conservative	Laurence Hardy	4,825	40.7
Majority			2,197	18.6
Turnout			11,847	84.2
Registered electors			14,067
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

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

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