Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°37′12″N 1°51′40″W / 53.620°N 1.861°W / 53.620; -1.861

Colne Valley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Colne Valley in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	80,791 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Holmfirth, Marsden, Slaithwaite
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Jason McCartney (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Colne Valley is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jason McCartney of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

In the post-war period the seat had the distinction of being one of the few Labour/Liberal marginals, changing hands between the parties on several occasions. It is now considered a three-way marginal seat and has been held by each of the three major parties in the last 40 years.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Huddersfield, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Saddleworth and Upper Aggbrigg.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Farnley Tyas, Golcar, Holme, Holmfirth, Honley, Linthwaite, Marsden, Meltham, New Mill, Saddleworth, Scammonden, Slaithwaite, South Crosland, Springhead, and Thurstonland.

1950-1983: The Urban Districts of Colne Valley, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Meltham, and Saddleworth.

1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Colne Valley West, Crosland Moor, Golcar, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South, and Lindley.

2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees wards of Colne Valley, Crosland Moor and Netherton, Golcar, Holme Valley North, Holme Valley South, and Lindley.

This semi-rural constituency covers the Colne Valley, Holme Valley, Meltham and the outskirts of the large town of Huddersfield in the district of Kirklees, West Yorkshire. The constituency comprises rural countryside broken up by the towns of Holmfirth and Meltham and the villages of Marsden, Slaithwaite, Honley, Brockholes, Linthwaite, New Mill and Golcar. The seat was once held by the Independent Labour MP Victor Grayson, who later disappeared in mysterious circumstances in 1920.

In 1981, the Boundary Commission's proposals combined much of the seat with a large portion of the Huddersfield West seat. Originally it was proposed to use the Huddersfield West name, but this was opposed at the public inquiry which argued that the Colne Valley name be preserved.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Henry Beaumont	Liberal
1886	Henry Beaumont	Liberal Unionist
1892	Sir James Kitson	Liberal
1907 by-election	Victor Grayson	Independent Labour
Jan 1910	Charles Leach	Liberal
1916 by-election	Frederick William Mallalieu	Liberal
1922	Philip Snowden	Labour
1931	Philip Snowden	National Labour
1931	Edward Lancelot Mallalieu	Liberal
1935	Ernest Marklew	Labour
1939 by-election	William Glenvil Hall	Labour
1963 by-election	Patrick Duffy	Labour
1966	Richard Wainwright	Liberal
1970	David Clark	Labour
Feb 1974	Richard Wainwright	Liberal
1987	Graham Riddick	Conservative
1997	Kali Mountford	Labour
2010	Jason McCartney	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Colne Valley^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jason McCartney	25,246	44.4	+7.5
	Labour	Jane East	19,868	35.0	+8.6
	UKIP	Melanie Roberts	5,734	10.1	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Cahal Burke	3,407	6.0	−22.2
	Green	Chas Ball	1,919	3.4	+1.8
	Yorkshire First	Paul Salveson	572	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Melodie Staniforth	54	0.1	N/A
Majority			5,378	9.5
Turnout			56,800	68.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

General Election 2010: Colne Valley^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jason McCartney	20,440	37.0	+4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Nicola Turner	15,603	28.2	+3.7
	Labour	Debbie Abrahams	14,589	26.4	−9.0
	BNP	Barry Fowler	1,893	3.4	+0.6
	UKIP	Melanie Roberts	1,163	2.1	+2.1
	Green	Chas Ball	867	1.6	−1.2
	TUSC	Jackie Grunsell	741	1.3	+1.3
Majority			4,837	8.7	−6.5
Turnout			55,296	69.1	+3.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kali Mountford	17,536	35.8	−4.6
	Conservative	Maggie Throup	16,035	32.8	+2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Elisabeth Wilson	11,822	24.2	−0.7
	BNP	Barry Fowler	1,430	2.9	N/A
	Green	Lesley Hedges	1,295	2.6	+0.3
	Veritas	Helen Martinek	543	1.1	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Ian Mumford	259	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,501	3.1
Turnout			48,920	66.0	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.4

General Election 2001: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kali Mountford	18,967	40.4	−0.9
	Conservative	Philip Davies	14,328	30.5	−2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Beever	11,694	24.9	+2.3
	Green	Richard Plunkett	1,081	2.3	+1.4
	UKIP	Arthur Quarmby	917	2.0	+1.1
Majority			4,639	9.9
Turnout			46,987	63.3	−13.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kali Mountford	23,285	41.3
	Conservative	Graham Riddick	18,445	32.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Jonathan Priestley	12,755	22.6
	Socialist Labour	Alan J. Brooke	759	1.3
	Green	Andy V. Cooper	493	0.9
	UKIP	J.D. Nunn	478	0.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Mrs Melody E. Staniforth	196	0.3
Majority			4,840
Turnout			56,411	76.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Colne Valley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Riddick	24,804	42.0	+5.6
	Labour	John Andrew Harman	17,579	29.8	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Jonathan Priestley	15,953	27.0	−6.4
	Green	Robin J.A. Stewart	443	0.8	−0.3
	Monster Raving Loony	Mrs Melody E. Staniforth	160	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	J.G. Hasty	73	0.1	+0.1
	Natural Law	J.P. Tattersall	44	0.1	+0.1
Majority			7,225	12.2	+9.3
Turnout			59,056	82.0	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Riddick	20,457	36.4
	Liberal	Nigel Jonathan Priestley	18,780	33.4
	Labour	John Andrew Harman	16,353	29.1
	Green	Mark Richard Mullany	614	1.1
Majority			1,677	3.0
Turnout				80.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1983: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	21,139	39.8
	Conservative	John Holt	17,993	33.9
	Labour	Arthur Williams	13,668	25.8
	Independent	Tom Keen	260	0.5
Majority			3,146	5.9
Turnout				76.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	20,151	38.4
	Labour	P. J. Hildrew	17,799	33.9
	Conservative	S. G. Kaye	14,450	27.5
	More Prosperous Britain	Tom Keen	101	0.2
Majority			2,352	4.5
Turnout				81.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	21,997	44.3
	Labour	David Clark	20,331	40.9
	Conservative	K. E. Davy	7,337	14.8
Majority			1,666	3.4
Turnout				81.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	20,984	40.3
	Labour	David Clark	20,265	38.9
	Conservative	K. E. Davy	10,864	20.9
Majority			719	1.4
Turnout				86.4
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1970: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Clark	18,896	39.9
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	18,040	38.1
	Conservative	K. E. Davy	10,417	22.0
Majority			856	1.6
Turnout				80.8
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	22,006	48.6
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	19,507	43.1
	Conservative	R. D. Hall	3,786	8.4
Majority			2,499	5.5
Turnout				86.2
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1964: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	18,537	42.0
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	18,350	41.6
	Conservative	Andrew C. Alexander	7,207	16.3
Majority			187	0.4
Turnout				84.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Colne Valley by-election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	18,033	44.49
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	15,994	39.46
	Conservative	Andrew C. Alexander	6,238	15.39
	Independent	A. Fox	266	0.66
Majority			2,039	5.03
Turnout			40,531
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Glenvil Hall	19,284	44.3
	Conservative	C. J. Barr	13,030	29.9
	Liberal	Richard Wainwright	11,254	25.8	N/A
Majority			6,254	14.4
Turnout				84.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Glenvil Hall	23,108	54.2
	Conservative	S. Cheetham	19,512	45.8	N/A
Majority			3,956	8.4
Turnout				81.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Glenvil Hall	26,455	52.2
	Liberal	Violet Bonham-Carter	24,266	47.8
Majority			2,189	4.3
Turnout				87.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Glenvil Hall	24,910	49.4
	Conservative	E. E. Smith	15,826	31.4
	Liberal	Roy Francis Leslie	9,654	19.2
Majority			9,084	18.0
Turnout				86.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Glenvil Hall	23,488	54.66
	Conservative	S. Smith	11,593	26.98
	Liberal	Guy Kepton Lawrence	7,890	18.36
Majority			11,895	27.68
Turnout				79.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Colne Valley by-election, 1939
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William George Glenvil Hall	17,277	48.6	+6.3
	Liberal	Edward Lance Mallalieu	9,228	26.0	-4.6
	Conservative	Cecil Frederick Pike	9,012	25.4	-0.4
Majority			8,049
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Marklew	16,725	39.50
	Liberal	Lance Mallalieu	12,946	30.57
	Conservative	M.G. Crofton	10,917	25.78
	Independent	W.G. Bagnall	1,754	4.14
Majority			3,779	8.92
Turnout				75.96
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1931: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lance Mallalieu	17,119	39.23
	Labour	Ernest Marklew	13,734	31.47
	Conservative	Lt-Col E ff W Lascelles	12,581	28.88
	National Labour	M A E Franklin*	202	0.46
Majority			3,385	7.76
Turnout			43,636
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Mallalieu offered to withdraw in Franklin's favour, if Lascelles would do the same; Conservative Central Office put pressure on the Colne Valley Conservative Association to agree. The outgoing MP Philip Snowden (who remained Chancellor of the Exchequer in the National Government) offered his support to Franklin on the assumption that the negotiations would succeed, but recognised that if the other candidates were not withdrawn then he thought Franklin would poll a contemptible vote; Snowden therefore said his support would be withdrawn if negotiations were unsuccessful. As it happened the local Conservatives were adamant that they would not withdraw, and therefore Snowden endorsed the Liberal candidate. In the circumstances Franklin withdrew his candidature, but as it was after the deadline for doing so, his name was still on the ballot paper.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Colne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Philip Snowden	21,667	48.3
	Unionist	Robert B. Carrow	12,532	28.0
	Liberal	Fred Brook	10,630	23.7
Majority			9,135	20.3
Turnout			44,829
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Snowden	14,215
	Unionist	Fred Thorpe	10,972
	Liberal	Ronald Fitzjohn Walker	7,651
Majority			3,243
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923 Electorate 41,212
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Snowden	13,136
	Unionist	Thomas Brooke	11,215
	Liberal	Percy Holt Heffer	8,223
Majority			1,921
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1922 Electorate 40,724
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Snowden	12,614
	Unionist	Thomas Brooke	11,332
	Liberal	Frederick William Mallalieu	8,042	25.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Electorate 39,085
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	# Frederick William Mallalieu	13,541	58.8
	Labour	Wilfred Whiteley	9,473
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

A # denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1900s

Colne Valley by-election, 1907^[8] Electorate 11,771
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Labour Party	Albert Victor Grayson	3,648	35.2	n/a
	Liberal	Philip Bright	3,495	33.7	n/a
	Conservative	Granville Charles Hastings Wheler	3,227	31.1	n/a
Majority			153	1.5	n/a
Turnout				88.1	n/a
	Ind. Labour Party gain from Liberal		Swing	n/a

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ 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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Colne Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Colne Valley". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 FWS Craig

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