Keighley (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°53′46″N 1°50′17″W / 53.896°N 1.838°W / 53.896; -1.838

Keighley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Keighley in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	66,967 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Keighley, Ilkley
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Kris Hopkins (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Northern West Riding of Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Keighley ⁱ/ˈkiːθli/ is a constituency in West Yorkshire^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament^{[n 2]} since 2010 by Kris Hopkins of the Conservative Party.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The civil parishes of Cowling, Glusburn, Haworth, Keighley, Steeton with Eastburn, Sutton, Thornton, and Wilsden.

1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Denholme, Haworth, Oakworth, Oxenhope, and Silsden, and the Rural District of Keighley.

1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Denholme and Silsden, and in the Rural District of Skipton the civil parishes of Steeton with Eastburn, and Sutton.

1983-2010: The City of Bradford wards of Craven, Ilkley, Keighley North, Keighley South, Keighley West, and Worth Valley.

2010-present: The City of Bradford wards of Craven, Ilkley, Keighley Central, Keighley East, Keighley West, and Worth Valley.

Unlike many constituencies, Keighley was unaffected by the boundary changes for the 2010 general election; indeed its boundaries have remained unchanged since the 1983 redistribution.

Constituency profile

This constituency covers the town and outskirts of Keighley in West Yorkshire. It comprises the Labour area of Keighley itself, the Conservative spa town of Ilkley, and the rural areas of Craven and Worth Valley which are also Conservative. The seat has a large minority with Asian heritage, especially from Pakistan and Bangladesh.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Since the 1950s, Keighley has been a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives. The MP from 1997 was Labour's Ann Cryer, widow of Bob Cryer who was MP for the same seat from 1974-1983 (and then for Bradford South, 1987–1994). She retired at the 2010 general election.

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	Sir Isaac Holden, Bt	Liberal
1895	Sir John Brigg	Liberal
1911 by-election	Stanley Buckmaster	Liberal
1915 by-election	Sir Swire Smith	Liberal
1918 by-election	William Somervell	Liberal
1918	Sir Robert Clough	Conservative
1922	Hastings Lees-Smith	Labour
1923	Robert Pilkington	Liberal
1924	Hastings Lees-Smith	Labour
1931	George Harvie-Watt	Conservative
1935	Hastings Lees-Smith	Labour
1942 by-election	Ivor Bulmer-Thomas	Labour
1947	Ivor Bulmer-Thomas	Conservative
1950	Charles Hobson	Labour
1959	Marcus Worsley	Conservative
1964	John Binns	Labour
1970	Joan Hall	Conservative
Feb 1974	Bob Cryer	Labour
1983	Gary Waller	Conservative
1997	Ann Cryer	Labour
2010	Kris Hopkins	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Keighley^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kris Hopkins	21,766	44.3	+2.4
	Labour	John Grogan	18,713	38.1	+2.3
	UKIP	Paul Latham	5,662	11.5	+8.4
	Green	Ros Brown	1,661	3.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Epps	1,321	2.7	−12.1
Majority			3,053	6.2
Turnout			49,123	71.3	-1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

General Election 2010: Keighley^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kris Hopkins	20,003	41.9	+7.7
	Labour	Jane Thomas	17,063	35.8	−9.0
	Liberal Democrat	Nader Fekri	7,059	14.8	+3.0
	BNP	Andrew Brons	1,962	4.1	−5.1
	UKIP	Paul Latham	1,470	3.1	N/A
	National Front	Steven Smith	135	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,940	6.2
Turnout			47,962	72.4	+3.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Keighley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Cryer	20,720	44.7	−3.5
	Conservative	Karl Poulsen	15,868	34.3	−4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Nader Fekri	5,484	11.8	+0.9
	BNP	Nick Griffin	4,240	9.2	N/A
Majority			4,852	10.5
Turnout			46,312	67.9	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

General Election 2001: Keighley^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Cryer	20,888	48.2	−2.4
	Conservative	Simon Cooke	16,883	39.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Doyle	4,722	10.9	+1.1
	UKIP	Michael Cassidy	840	1.9	N/A
Majority			4,005	9.2
Turnout			43,333	63.4	−13.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Keighley^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Cryer	26,039	50.6	+10.2
	Conservative	Gary Waller	18,907	36.7	−10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Doyle	5,064	9.8	−0.8
Majority			7,132	13.8
Turnout			50,010	76.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.2

General Election 1992: Keighley^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Waller	25,983	47.4	+1.7
	Labour	Tommy B. Flanagan	22,387	40.8	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ian N. Simpson	5,793	10.6	−8.7
	Green	Mike Crowson	642	1.2	+1.2
Majority			3,596	6.6	−4.2
Turnout			54,805	82.6	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Keighley^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Waller	23,903	45.76
	Labour	Alan Rye	18,297	35.02
	Liberal	John Henry Wells	10,041	19.22
Majority			5,606	10.73
Turnout			52,243	79.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Keighley^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Waller	21,370	42.6
	Labour	Bob Cryer	18,596	37.0
	Liberal	John Henry Wells	9,951	19.82
	Ecology	M. Penney	302	0.60
Majority			2,774	5.52
Turnout			50,216	78.86
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cryer	19,698	44.95
	Conservative	G.Dawson	19,620	44.77
	Liberal	Margaretta Holmstedt	4,062	9.27
	National Front	R.L Fairey	234	0.53
	Ecology	J. Wade	208	0.47
Majority			78	0.18
Turnout			43,819	80.51
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cryer	19,569	45.58
	Conservative	Cyril Taylor	16,488	38.40
	Liberal	Margaretta Holmstedt	5,839	13.60
	National Front	G.Wright	859	2.00
	Independent	C.W Deakin	179	0.42
Majority			3,081	7.18
Turnout			42,935	82.98
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cryer	18,595	41.81
	Conservative	Joan Valerie Hall	17,717	39.83
	Liberal	W.K Whittaker	7,820	17.58
	Independent	John Binns	348	0.78
Majority			878	1.97
Turnout			44,480	86.79
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1970: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Valerie Hall	20,957	50.75
	Labour	John Binns	20,341	49.25
Majority			616	1.49
Turnout			41,298	80.66
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Binns	22,039	55.01
	Conservative	John George Bellak	18,027	44.99
Majority			4,012	10.01
Turnout			40,066	83.46
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964:Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Binns	17,816	42.97
	Conservative	William Marcus John Worsley	15,115	36.46
	Liberal	William E. Jones	8,529	20.57
Majority			2,701	6.51
Turnout			30,874	61.32
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Marcus John Worsley	20,626	50.21
	Labour	Charles Rider Hobson	20,456	49.79
Majority			170	0.41
Turnout			41,082	85.62
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1955: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rider Hobson	19,414	46.52
	Conservative	William Marcus John Worsley	16,011	38.36
	Liberal	Ashley Mitchell	6,310	15.12
Majority			3,403	8.15
Turnout			41,735	83.89
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rider Hobson	23,743	52.72
	Conservative	Kenneth Hargreaves	21,295	47.28
Majority			2,448	5.44
Turnout				87.51
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Rider Hobson	21,833	48.47
	Conservative	Kenneth Hargreaves	16,252	36.08
	Liberal	John G Walker	6,962	15.45
Majority			5,581	12.39
Turnout				88.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Thomas	22,222	52.7
	Conservative	Wing-Com. Henry Arthur Dalrymple-White	10,865	25.7
	Liberal	Norman Robson	9,116	21.6
Majority			11,357	26.9
Turnout				82.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley by-election, 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Thomas	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1939/40:

Another general election was required 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;

Labour: Hastings Lees-Smith
Conservative: Gay Burdett ^[16]

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	20,124	50.5
	Conservative	George Steven Harvie-Watt	19,756	49.5
Majority			368	0.9
Turnout			39,880	78.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Steven Harvie-Watt	19,079	46.2
	Labour	Rt Hon. Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	13,192	31.9
	Liberal	William John Crossland Briggs	9,044	21.9
Majority			5,887	14.2
Turnout			41,315	83.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	18,412	44.7	-0.3
	Liberal	Cllr. David Rhodes	11,905	28.9	+2.3
	Unionist	Arthur Smith	10,858	26.4	-2.0
Majority			6,507	15.8
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

General Election 1924: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	14,105	45.0
	Unionist	T P Perks	8,922	28.4	n/a
	Liberal	Thomas Artemus Jones	8,339	26.6
Majority			5,183	16.5
Turnout			31,366
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Robert Pilkington

General Election 1923: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Rivington Pilkington	14,609	50.9	+
	Labour	Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	14,083	49.1	-
Majority			526	1.8
Turnout			28,692
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+

General Election 1922: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith	13,978
	Liberal	William Anderton Brigg	9,262
	Unionist	Charles Henry Foulds	6,955
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Keighley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir Robert Clough	8,820
	Liberal	William Henry Somervell	7,709
	Labour	William Bland	6,324
Majority			1,111
Turnout
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

endorsed by the Coalition Government

Keighley by-election, 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Somervell	4,873	67.5	+28.8
	Ind. Labour Party	William Bland	2,349	32.5	+2.7
Majority			2,524	35.0	+27.8
Turnout				50.2	-36.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.0

Stanley Buckmaster

Keighley by-election, 1913
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster	4,730	38.7
	Unionist	Viscount Lascelles	3,852	31.5
	Labour	William Bland	3,646	29.8
Majority			878	7.2
Turnout				86.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Keighley by-election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stanley Owen Buckmaster	4,667	39.0
	Conservative	William Mitchell Acworth	3,842	32.1
	Labour	William Crawford Anderson	3,452	28.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

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

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