Huddersfield West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°38′46″N 1°48′11″W / 53.646°N 1.803°W

Huddersfield West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Huddersfield and Colne Valley[1]

Huddersfield West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Huddersfield wards of Birkby, Crosland Moor, Lindley, Lockwood, Longwood, Marsh, Milnsbridge, and Paddock.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Donald Wade	Liberal
	1964	Ken Lomas	Labour
	1979	Geoffrey Dickens	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished: see Huddersfield

When this seat was abolished in 1983, Dickens was elected MP for the new seat of Littleborough and Saddleworth, which he held until he died in 1995. The area which this seat covered is now held by Labour.

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Huddersfield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald William Wade	24,456	58.2	N/A
	Labour	Harold William Bolt	17,542	41.8	N/A
Majority			6,914	16.5	N/A
Turnout				86.9	N/A
	Liberal win

General Election 1951: Huddersfield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald William Wade	24,054	58.5
	Labour	Harold William Bolt	17,066	41.5
Majority			6,988	17.0
Turnout				85.9	-1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Huddersfield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald William Wade	24,345	55.1
	Labour	John Frederick Drabble	16,418	44.9
Majority			7,927	19.4
Turnout				79.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Huddersfield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald William Wade	25,273	61.8
	Labour	James Marsden	15,621	38.2
Majority			9,652	23.6
Turnout				79.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Huddersfield West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Lomas	14,808	35.8
	Liberal	Donald William Wade	13,528	32.7
	Conservative	John Addey	13,054	31.5
Majority			1,280	3.1
Turnout				81.6
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1966: Huddersfield West[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Lomas	17,990	43.9	+8.1
	Conservative	John Marcus Fox	13,514	33.0	+1.5
	Liberal	Ruslyn Hargreaves	9,470	23.1	-9.6
Majority			4,476	10.9	+7.8
Turnout				82.3	+0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Huddersfield West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Lomas	16,866	41.0	-2.9
	Conservative	Richard Storey	16,673	40.6	+7.6
	Liberal	William John Lawrence Wallace	6,128	14.9	-8.2
	National Front	Ronald Scott	1,427	3.5	N/A
Majority			193	0.5	-10.4
Turnout				77.3	-0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Huddersfield West[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Lomas	17,434	39.6	+1.4
	Conservative	John Stansfield	16,804	38.2	-2.4
	Liberal	Kathleen Hasler	9,790	22.2	+7.3
Majority			630	1.4	+0.9
Turnout				82.9	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Huddersfield West[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Lomas	16,882	41.4	+1.8
	Conservative	John Stansfield	15,518	38.0	-0.2
	Liberal	Kathleen Hasler	7,503	18.4	-3.8
	National Front	D. Ford	760	1.9	N/A
	More Prosperous Britain	Harold Smith	136	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,364	3.3	+2.9
Turnout				76.3	-5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Huddersfield West[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens	18,504	44.2	+6.2
	Labour	Richard Oliver Faulkner	16,996	40.6	-0.8
	Liberal	Kathleen Hasler	6,225	14.9	-3.5
	More Prosperous Britain	Tom Keen	101	0.2	-0.1
Majority			1,508	3.6	+0.3
Turnout				76.0	-0.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References

1. "'Huddersfield West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. "Politics Resources". Election 1966. Politics Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
3. "Politics Resources". Election 1970. Politics Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
4. "Politics Resources". Election February 1974. Politics Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
5. "Politics Resources". Election October 1974. Politics Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
6. "Politics Resources". Election 1979. Politics Resources. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

• Election results, 1950 - 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)