Huddersfield East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°38′49″N 1°46′24″W / 53.647°N 1.7734°W

Huddersfield East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Huddersfield and Dewsbury[1]

Huddersfield East was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Huddersfield wards of Almondbury, Dalton, Deighton, Fartown, Newsome, North Central, and South Central.

Member of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Joseph Mallalieu	Labour
	1979	Barry Sheerman	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Huddersfield

Joseph Mallalieu had been Member of Parliament for Huddersfield from 1945–1950, when the constituency was abolished. When the Huddersfield constituency was recreated, Barry Sheerman became the new Member of Parliament.

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Huddersfield East[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	22,296	56.6
	Conservative	JW Smith	17,063	43.4
Majority			5,233	13.3
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1955: Huddersfield East[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	22,835	55.1
	Conservative	D Clift	18,611	44.9
Majority			4,224	10.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Huddersfield East[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	22,474	53.7
	Conservative	PM Beard	19,389	46.3
Majority			3,085	7.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Huddersfield East[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	20,501	51.0
	Conservative	JA Fergusson	12,332	30.4
	Liberal	B Jennings	7,494	18.6
Majority			8,269	20.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Huddersfield East[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	21,960	55.8
	Conservative	JA Fergusson	11,081	28.2
	Liberal	GM Lee	6,303	16.0
Majority			10,879	27.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Huddersfield East[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	20,629	50.2
	Conservative	JG Holt	15,632	38.0
	Liberal	GM Lee	4,569	11.1
	Communist	E Beresford	308	0.75
Majority			4,997	12.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election Feb 1974: Huddersfield East[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	20,224	47.3
	Conservative	CJH Taylor	12,920	30.2
	Liberal	GM Lee	8,530	20.0
	National Front	N Mear	796	1.9
	Communist	A Drake	246	0.6
Majority			7,304	17.10
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election Oct 1974: Huddersfield East[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	19,522	50.4
	Conservative	AFJ Povey	11,108	28.7
	Liberal	GM Lee	7,326	18.9
	National Front	J Robertshaw	764	2.0
Majority			8,414	21.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Huddersfield East[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Sheerman	19,040	47.5
	Conservative	M Bendelow	15,945	39.7
	Liberal	G MacPherson	4,890	12.2
	Independent	H Hirst	243	0.6
Majority			3,095	7.7
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "'Huddersfield East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
3. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
4. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
5. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
6. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
7. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
8. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
9. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
10. "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)