Pudsey | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 73,212 (December 2019) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Stuart Andrew (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Pudsey and Otley |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Pudsey and Otley |
Pudsey is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stuart Andrew, a Conservative. [n 2]
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 is due to be abolished for the next general election. [3]
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of:
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–present: The City of Leeds wards of Calverley and Farsley, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, and Pudsey.
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. [5]
The constituency was abolished in 1918 and replaced by the constituency of Pudsey and Otley until 1950.
The constituency was recreated for contesting in the 1950 general election and has existed ever since.
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. [6]
Since 1979 the constituency has been a bellwether. The constituency covers 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. [7] 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.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the next general election. The Calverley and Farsley, and Pudsey wards will be combined with the Armley, and Bramley and Stanningley wards from the, to be abolished, constituency of Leeds West to form Leeds West and Pudsey. The Guiseley and Rawdon, and Horsforth wards will be transferred to a re-configured Leeds North West constituency. [3]
Election | Member [8] | Party | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Andrew | 26,453 | 48.8 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Jane Aitchison | 22,936 | 42.3 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Dowling | 3,088 | 5.7 | +2.4 | |
Green | Quinn Daley | 894 | 1.6 | New | |
Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 844 | 1.6 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 3,517 | 6.5 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,215 | 74.1 | -0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stuart Andrew | 25,550 | 47.4 | +1.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Ian McCargo | 25,219 | 46.7 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Allen Nixon | 1,761 | 3.3 | -0.5 | |
Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 1,138 | 2.1 | New | |
Independent | Michael Wharton | 291 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 331 | 0.7 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,959 | 74.3 | +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. [11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Andrew | 23,637 | 46.4 | +7.9 | |
Labour | Jamie Hanley | 19,136 | 37.6 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Roger Tattersall | 4,689 | 9.2 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ryk Downes | 1,926 | 3.8 | -17.0 | |
Green | Claire Allen | 1,539 | 3.0 | New | |
Majority | 4,501 | 8.8 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,927 | 72.2 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.75 | |||
The 2015 election saw a record-equal total of five candidates stand in Pudsey.[ clarification needed ]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Andrew | 18,874 | 38.5 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Jamie Hanley | 17,215 | 35.1 | -10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Matthews | 10,224 | 20.8 | +2.7 | |
BNP | Ian Gibson | 1,549 | 3.2 | New | |
UKIP | David Dews | 1,221 | 2.5 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1,659 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,083 | 70.9 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Truswell | 21,261 | 45.8 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Pamela Singleton | 15,391 | 33.1 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Keeley | 8,551 | 18.4 | +4.2 | |
UKIP | David Daniel | 1,241 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 5,870 | 12.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,444 | 66.0 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Truswell | 21,717 | 48.1 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | John Procter | 16,091 | 35.6 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Boddy | 6,423 | 14.2 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | David Sewards | 944 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,626 | 12.5 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 45,175 | 63.3 | −11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paul Truswell | 25,370 | 48.1 | +19.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Bone | 19,163 | 36.3 | -7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Brown | 7,375 | 14.0 | -12.7 | |
Referendum | David Crabtree | 823 | 1.6 | New | |
Majority | 6,207 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,731 | 74.3 | -5.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Giles Shaw | 25,067 | 44.2 | -1.3 | |
Labour | A Giles | 16,095 | 28.4 | 7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Shutt | 15,153 | 26.7 | -7.3 | |
Green | JL Wynne | 466 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 8,972 | 15.8 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,781 | 80.1 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Giles Shaw | 25,457 | 45.5 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Julian P.F. Cummins | 19,021 | 34.0 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Neil Taggart | 11,461 | 20.5 | 2.7 | |
Majority | 6,436 | 11.5 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 55,939 | 78.0 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Giles Shaw | 24,455 | 45.7 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Julian Cummins | 19,141 | 35.8 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Susan Price | 9,542 | 17.8 | -7.3 | |
Independent | R Smith | 387 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,314 | 9.9 | -6.1 | ||
Turnout | 55,525 | 75.8 | -4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Giles Shaw | 24,591 | 45.11 | +5.60 | |
Liberal | SJ Cooksey | 15,852 | 29.08 | -1.46 | |
Labour | PD McBride | 13,727 | 25.18 | -4.76 | |
Ecology | P Lewenz | 340 | 0.62 | New | |
Majority | 8,739 | 16.03 | +7.06 | ||
Turnout | 67,853 | 80.34 | 2.19 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Giles Shaw | 20,180 | 39.51 | -0.02 | |
Liberal | SJ Cooksey | 15,599 | 30.54 | -2.19 | |
Labour | K Targett | 15,293 | 29.94 | +2.20 | |
Majority | 4,581 | 8.97 | |||
Turnout | 65,354 | 78.15 | -6.79 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Giles Shaw | 21,750 | 39.53 | -9.70 | |
Liberal | SJ Cooksey | 18,011 | 32.73 | 19.05 | |
Labour | K Targett | 15,267 | 27.74 | -9.35 | |
Majority | 3,739 | 6.80 | |||
Turnout | 64,788 | 84.94 | 5.82 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Hiley | 24,308 | 49.23 | 4.58 | |
Labour | J Mann | 18,313 | 37.09 | -2.46 | |
Liberal | GVJ Pratt | 6,754 | 13.68 | -2.12 | |
Majority | 5,995 | 12.14 | |||
Turnout | 62,403 | 79.12 | -4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Hiley | 20,782 | 44.65 | ||
Labour | Eric Brierley | 18,410 | 39.55 | ||
Liberal | Robert HJ Rhodes | 7,353 | 15.80 | ||
Majority | 2,372 | 5.10 | |||
Turnout | 55,860 | 83.32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Hiley | 21,581 | 46.50 | ||
Labour | Bernard P Atha | 16,100 | 34.69 | ||
Liberal | J Trevor Wilson | 8,732 | 18.81 | ||
Majority | 5,481 | 11.81 | |||
Turnout | 53,939 | 86.05 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Hiley | 22,752 | 50.09 | 2.38 | |
Labour | Vincent P Richardson | 16,241 | 35.76 | -1.30 | |
Liberal | Joseph Snowden | 6,429 | 14.15 | -1.08 | |
Majority | 6,511 | 14.33 | +3.68 | ||
Turnout | 52,285 | 86.87 | +1.46 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.84 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cyril Banks | 20,445 | 47.71 | -6.03 | |
Labour | Barry A Payton | 15,881 | 37.06 | -9.20 | |
Liberal | Richard Wainwright | 6,526 | 15.23 | New | |
Majority | 4,564 | 10.65 | +3.18 | ||
Turnout | 50,175 | 85.41 | -3.50 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cyril Banks | 24,138 | 53.74 | +12.41 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Collings | 20,782 | 46.26 | -5.08 | |
Majority | 3,356 | 7.48 | +7.33 | ||
Turnout | 50,521 | 88.91 | +0.02 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cyril Banks | 18,269 | 41.33 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Collings | 18,205 | 41.18 | ||
Liberal | Richard Wainwright | 7,731 | 17.49 | ||
Majority | 64 | 0.15 | |||
Turnout | 49,729 | 88.89 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Ogden | 6,518 | 52.5 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | John Oddy | 5,888 | 47.5 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 630 | 5.0 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 15,071 | 82.3 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 15,071 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Ogden | 7,358 | 55.4 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | John Oddy | 5,934 | 44.6 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 1,424 | 10.8 | −22.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,071 | 88.2 | +18.0 | ||
Registered electors | 15,071 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −11.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Oddy | 5,444 | 45.1 | +11.6 | |
Liberal | Frederick Ogden | 5,331 | 44.2 | −22.3 | |
Independent Labour | J. W. Benson | 1,291 | 10.7 | New | |
Majority | 113 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,066 | 78.3 | +8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 15,410 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Whiteley | 7,043 | 66.5 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | C W Ford | 3,541 | 33.5 | −14.1 | |
Majority | 3,502 | 33.0 | +28.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,584 | 70.2 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 15,069 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +14.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Whiteley | 5,973 | 52.4 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | E.B. Faber | 5,424 | 47.6 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 549 | 4.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,397 | 78.2 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 14,573 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Briggs Priestley | 5,540 | 52.2 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Andrew Fairbairn | 5,070 | 47.8 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 470 | 4.4 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,610 | 77.0 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,774 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Briggs Priestley | 5,527 | 52.9 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edwin Woodhouse | 4,924 | 47.1 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 603 | 5.8 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,451 | 74.9 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 13,954 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Briggs Priestley | 5,207 | 56.3 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Arthur Rucker | 4,036 | 43.7 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 1,171 | 12.6 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,243 | 77.1 | -9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,989 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Briggs Priestley | 6,363 | 61.2 | ||
Conservative | William Duncan | 4,039 | 38.8 | ||
Majority | 2,324 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 10,402 | 86.8 | |||
Registered electors | 11,989 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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