Dewsbury | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() 2010–2024 boundary of Dewsbury in West Yorkshire | |
![]() Location of West Yorkshire within England | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 81,912 (December 2019) [1] |
Major settlements | Dewsbury, Mirfield, Kirkburton, Denby Dale |
1868–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Replaced by |
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Dewsbury was a constituency [n 1] created in 1868 and abolished in 2024. [n 2]
After 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished and replaced by the newly created Dewsbury and Batley constituency (with major boundary changes). [2]
Dewsbury's seat dates back to 1868 and the electorate has usually given the winning MP marginal majorities which means it is a marginal seat. Labour MPs served the seat from 1935 until 1983 and again from 1987. In 2010 it was gained by Simon Reevell, a Conservative.
One of the five other parties' candidates standing in 2015 kept their deposit, by winning more than 5% of the vote in 2015, UKIP's Thackray, who emulated the national swing of +9.5% by an entry candidature, polling 12.4% of the vote.
Turnout since 1918 has ranged between 87.9% of the vote in 1950, to 58.8% in 2001.
1868–1885: The townships of Dewsbury, Batley, and Soothill. [3]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Dewsbury.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Dewsbury, the Municipal Borough of Ossett, and the Urban Districts of Heckmondwike and Mirfield.
1955–1983: The County Borough of Dewsbury, the Municipal Borough of Ossett, and the Urban District of Mirfield.
1983–1997: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West, Kirkburton, Mirfield, and Thornhill.
1997–2010: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Dewsbury East, Dewsbury West, Heckmondwike, Mirfield, and Thornhill.
2010–2024: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Denby Dale, Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, Dewsbury West, Kirkburton, and Mirfield.
The constituency covers the towns of Dewsbury and Mirfield, and the surrounding areas.
In the 2010 redistribution, the constituency lost the Labour-leaning ward of Heckmondwike, but gained the Conservative-leaning wards of Denby Dale and Kirkburton.
The seat has a substantial Muslim population in the town of Dewsbury (particularly the Savile Town district), combined a few suburban and rural affluent parts such as Denby Dale, Mirfield, and Kirkburton. The town of Dewsbury itself is strongly Labour, and the remaining wards mostly Conservative. Overall the seat has close to national average income and several developments have desirable views as the upland town cuts into the Pennines. Relatively few people rely upon social housing, however the Dewsbury East ward contains a high proportion of social housing in the Chickenley estate, while Dewsbury South contains the Thornhill area, where the local school was the subject of the acclaimed Educating Yorkshire series. In the light of increasing concern over Muslim extremism, the Labour Party candidate Shahid Malik enjoyed a fairly large public media profile after his victory in 2005, with various TV appearances and interviews, strongly denouncing believers in and adherents of such views; however, this has also been a strong area for the British National Party, who obtained their highest vote in Britain (13.1%) in the 2005 general election, much of it taken at the Labour Party's expense. They have also had a substantial vote at local level, when in 2006 for the first time in the UK the BNP polled more votes than any other party standing. However, at the 2010 general election, the BNP's popularity in Dewsbury fell (despite a substantial nationwide rise in support for the party compared to five years previously) and they gained a mere 6% of the vote. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 3,392 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal | Handel Cossham | 2,923 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 469 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,315 | 89.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,072 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 3,706 | 52.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | John Charles Cox [7] | 3,272 | 46.7 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | William Henry Colbeck [8] | 26 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 434 | 6.2 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,004 | 79.6 | −9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,803 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 3,599 | 42.6 | −10.3 | |
Liberal | William Hoyle [9] | 3,254 | 38.6 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Austin [10] | 1,586 | 18.8 | +18.4 | |
Majority | 345 | 4.0 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,439 | 84.7 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,960 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 6,124 | 62.6 | +20.0 | |
Conservative | Joseph Fox [13] | 3,664 | 37.4 | +18.6 | |
Majority | 2,460 | 25.2 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,788 | 85.6 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,439 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Simon | 5,118 | 65.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Joseph Samuel Colefax [15] | 2,759 | 35.0 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 2,359 | 30.0 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,877 | 68.9 | −16.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,439 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 6,071 | 60.5 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | H. O. Arnold-Forster | 3,969 | 39.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 2,102 | 21.0 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,040 | 85.3 | +16.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,767 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 5,759 | 61.1 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Cautley | 3,670 | 38.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 2,089 | 22.2 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,429 | 80.1 | +11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 11,768 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 5,379 | 52.0 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Cautley | 3,875 | 37.5 | −1.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Edward Hartley | 1,080 | 10.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,504 | 14.5 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 10,334 | 84.9 | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,167 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mark Oldroyd | 6,045 | 60.8 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Forbes St John Morrow | 3,897 | 39.2 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 2,148 | 21.6 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,942 | 74.8 | −10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,296 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 5,660 | 48.1 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Joe Haley | 4,512 | 38.3 | −0.9 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Harry Quelch | 1,597 | 13.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,148 | 9.8 | −11.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,769 | 87.3 | +12.5 | ||
Registered electors | 13,476 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 6,764 | 54.7 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | W. B. Boyd-Carpenter | 2,959 | 24.0 | −15.2 | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Ben Turner | 2,629 | 21.3 | New | |
Majority | 3,805 | 30.7 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,352 | 88.5 | +13.7 | ||
Registered electors | 13,951 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 5,594 | 46.1 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | W. B. Boyd-Carpenter | 4,078 | 33.7 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Ben Turner | 2,446 | 20.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 1,516 | 12.4 | −18.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,118 | 86.2 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 14,056 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 7,882 | 62.4 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | B. Dent | 4,747 | 37.6 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 3,315 | 24.8 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 12,629 | 87.8 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 7,061 | 63.6 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Edward Overend Simpson | 4,033 | 36.4 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 3,028 | 27.2 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,094 | 77.1 | −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 14,389 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Emil Pickering | 7,853 | 42.3 | +5.9 |
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 5,596 | 30.1 | New | |
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 5,130 | 27.6 | −36.0 | |
Majority | 2,257 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,579 | 67.3 | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 27,592 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.0 | |||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 8,821 | 37.3 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Edmund Harvey | 8,065 | 34.1 | +5.5 | |
Unionist | Osbert Peake | 6,744 | 28.5 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 756 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,630 | 83.9 | +16.6 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Harvey | 11,179 | 55.6 | +21.5 | |
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 8,923 | 44.4 | +13.1 | |
Majority | 2,256 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,102 | 70.7 | −13.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 9,941 | 41.1 | −3.3 | |
Unionist | Frederick Walter Skelsey | 7,516 | 31.1 | New | |
Liberal | Edmund Harvey | 6,723 | 27.8 | −27.8 | |
Majority | 2,425 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,677 | 84.3 | +13.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 14,420 | 46.2 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Ronald Walker | 10,607 | 34.0 | +6.2 | |
Unionist | JWW Shuttleworth | 6,175 | 19.8 | −11.3 | |
Majority | 3,813 | 12.2 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,250 | 86.1 | +1.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Rea | 19,463 | 63.68 | +29.68 | |
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 11,101 | 36.32 | −9.88 | |
Majority | 8,362 | 27.36 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,564 | 84.23 | −1.88 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Benjamin Riley | 14,066 | 47.21 | +10.89 | |
National Labour | John Fennell | 8,798 | 29.53 | New | |
Liberal | Walter Rea | 6,933 | 23.27 | −40.41 | |
Majority | 5,268 | 17.68 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,797 | 80.81 | −3.42 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was due to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 16,330 | 56.3 | +9.1 | |
National Liberal | Ernest Eric Ritchie Kilner | 8,674 | 29.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Mercer Banks | 4,023 | 13.9 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 7,656 | 26.4 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,027 | 80.3 | −0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 29,341 | 53.6 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | James Ramsden | 18,076 | 33.0 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Granville Slack | 7,323 | 13.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 11,265 | 20.6 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,740 | 87.9 | +7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 28,650 | 53.3 | −0.3 | |
National Liberal | James Ramsden | 19,562 | 36.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph Snowden | 5,584 | 10.4 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 9,088 | 16.9 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,796 | 85.8 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Paling | 23,286 | 52.1 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Michael Shaw | 15,869 | 35.5 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Joseph Snowden | 5,516 | 12.4 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 7,417 | 16.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,671 | 80.8 | −5.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 20,870 | 46.0 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | Marcus Fox | 17,201 | 37.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | John M McLusky | 7,321 | 16.1 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 3,669 | 7.1 | −8.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,392 | 82.7 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 21,284 | 48.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Barbara M Garden | 15,046 | 34.2 | −3.7 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 7,679 | 17.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 6,238 | 14.2 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,009 | 79.5 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 23,027 | 53.6 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Donald H Haynes | 12,361 | 28.8 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 7,593 | 17.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 10,666 | 24.8 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,981 | 77.9 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 22,015 | 48.7 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | John M. Stanfield | 17,468 | 38.7 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 5,688 | 12.6 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 4,547 | 10.0 | −14.8 | ||
Turnout | 45,171 | 74.5 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 21,186 | 42.5 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Ivor James Humphrey | 15,774 | 31.6 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 12,889 | 25.9 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 5,412 | 10.9 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,859 | 81.8 | +7.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 20,378 | 45.4 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Marguerite Elizabeth Liversidge Wood | 13,477 | 30.1 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Alan Allsop | 10,991 | 24.5 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 6,901 | 15.3 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,846 | 72.9 | −8.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Ginsburg | 22,829 | 46.7 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Roy Galley | 18,448 | 37.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Neil Philip Derbyshire | 7,580 | 15.5 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 4,381 | 8.9 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,857 | 77.1 | +4.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Whitfield | 20,297 | 39.4 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Denis Ripley | 18,211 | 35.3 | −11.4 | |
SDP | David Ginsburg | 13,065 | 25.3 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 2,086 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,573 | 70.8 | −6.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 23,668 | 42.4 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | John Whitfield | 23,223 | 41.6 | +2.2 | |
SDP | Alan Mills | 8,907 | 16.0 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 445 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,798 | 78.8 | +8.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 25,596 | 43.8 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | John Whitfield | 24,962 | 42.7 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Meadowcroft | 6,570 | 11.3 | −4.7 | |
BNP | Jane Birdwood | 660 | 1.1 | New | |
Green | Neil Denby | 471 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Janet Marsden | 146 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 634 | 1.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 58,405 | 80.2 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 21,286 | 49.4 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Paul McCormick | 12,963 | 30.1 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 4,422 | 10.3 | +0.4 | |
BNP | Frances Taylor | 2,232 | 5.2 | +4.1 | |
Referendum | Wendy Golf | 1,019 | 2.4 | New | |
Independent Labour | David Daniel | 770 | 1.8 | New | |
Green | Ian McCourtie | 383 | 0.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 8,323 | 19.3 | +18.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,905 | 70.0 | −10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Taylor | 18,524 | 50.5 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Robert Cole | 11,075 | 30.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Cuthbertson | 4,382 | 12.0 | +1.7 | |
BNP | Russell Smith | 1,632 | 4.5 | −0.7 | |
Green | Brenda Smithson | 560 | 1.5 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | David Peace | 478 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,449 | 20.3 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,651 | 58.8 | −11.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shahid Malik | 15,807 | 41.0 | −9.5 | |
Conservative | Sayeeda Warsi | 11,192 | 29.0 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kingsley Hill | 5,624 | 14.6 | +2.6 | |
BNP | David Exley | 5,066 | 13.1 | +8.6 | |
Green | Brenda Smithson | 593 | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Alan Girvan | 313 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,615 | 12.0 | −8.3 | ||
Turnout | 38,595 | 62.0 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Reevell | 18,898 | 35.0 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Shahid Malik | 17,372 | 32.2 | −8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hutchinson | 9,150 | 16.9 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Khizar Iqbal | 3,813 | 7.1 | New | |
BNP | Roger Roberts | 3,265 | 6.0 | −7.1 | |
Green | Adrian Cruden | 849 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
English Democrat | Michael Felse | 661 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,526 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,008 | 68.5 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Sherriff | 22,406 | 41.8 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | Simon Reevell | 20,955 | 39.1 | +4.1 | |
UKIP | Mark Thackray | 6,649 | 12.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Ednan Hussain | 1,924 | 3.6 | −13.3 | |
Green | Adrian Cruden | 1,366 | 2.5 | +0.9 | |
Yorkshire First | Richard Carter | 236 | 0.4 | New | |
CPA | Steve Hakes | 94 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,451 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,630 | 67.2 | −1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Paula Sherriff | 28,814 | 51.0 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Beth Prescott | 25,493 | 45.1 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ednan Hussain | 1,214 | 2.1 | −1.5 | |
Green | Simon Cope | 1,024 | 1.8 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 3,321 | 5.9 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,545 | 69.5 | +2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Eastwood | 26,179 | 46.4 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Paula Sherriff | 24,618 | 43.7 | −7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Rossington | 2,406 | 4.3 | +2.2 | |
Brexit Party | Philip James | 1,874 | 3.3 | New | |
Green | Simon Cope | 1,060 | 1.9 | +0.1 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Sir Archibald Earl Eaton Stanton | 252 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,561 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,389 | 69.4 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.3 |
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Derby South is a constituency formed of part of the city of Derby, most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Baggy Shanker of the Labour and Co-op Party. Previous MP, Margaret Beckett, served the constituency for 41 years. She served under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She became interim Leader of the Labour Party in 1994 when John Smith suddenly died. She also served in the Opposition front bench under Neil Kinnock and Smith himself.
Birmingham Perry Barr is a constituency in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by independent Ayoub Khan since July 2024. It had been previously held since 2001 by Khalid Mahmood of the Labour Party.
Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was replaced at the 2010 general election largely by Dagenham and Rainham.
Putney is a constituency in Greater London created in 1918 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Fleur Anderson of the Labour Party. Putney was the sole Labour gain in the 2019 general election, amid the worst election results for the party since 1935.
Gillingham was a 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.
Bradford East is a constituency in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Imran Hussain of the Labour Party, until his suspension and the withdrawal of the whip on 23 July 2024, as a result of his voting to scrap the two child benefit cap. He now sits as an independent MP until the whip is re-established.
Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Birmingham, Sparkbrook was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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