Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency)

Pudsey
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Pudsey in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	70,533 (May 2015)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of parliament	Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Pudsey and Otley
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Pudsey and Otley
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Pudsey is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stuart Andrew, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

Historic boundaries

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of:

• the municipal borough of Leeds save for those parts in the Leeds constituencies^{[n 3]}
• the Parishes of Drighlington, Hunsworth, and Tong,
• so much of the Parishes of Calverley with Farsley and Pudsey as are not included in the Municipal Borough of Bradford,
• the Parishes of Churwell, Gildersome, Horsforth and Rawden in the Sessional Division of Skyrack.^[2]

Post-1950 boundaries

1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Pudsey, and the Urban Districts of Aireborough and Horsforth.

1983-2010: The City of Leeds wards of Aireborough, Horsforth, Pudsey North, and Pudsey South.

2010-present: The City of Leeds wards of Calverley and Farsley, Guiseley and Rawdon, Horsforth, and Pudsey.

History

1885-1950

The Pudsey constituency was first created in 1885 by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and was first used in the general election that year. The seat had formerly been part of Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire constituency. On 1 June 1908 George Whiteley voluntarily resigned from Parliament^{[n 4]} resulting in a by-election in the constituency.^[3]

The constituency was abolished in 1918 and replaced by the constituency of Pudsey and Otley until 1950.

1950-date

The constituency was recreated for contesting in the 1950 general election and has existed ever since.

Nomenclature

In their Third Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (1976–1983) the Boundary Commission initially suggested renaming the constituency Leeds West, with the existing Leeds West constituency in turn being renamed Leeds West Central. This was opposed at local enquiries where the current name was retained.^[4]

Constituency profile

Since 1979 the constituency has been a bellwether. The constituency covers suburban settlements to the upland west and north-west of Leeds, including Pudsey, Farsley, Horsforth, Yeadon and Guiseley with low dependency on social housing, average workers' income close to the British average and low unemployment.^[5] This was from its 1950 recreation a win for candidates who were members of the Conservative Party before a member of the Labour Party gained it in the New Labour landslide of 1997.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[6]	Party
	1885	Briggs Priestley	Liberal
	1900	George Whiteley	Liberal
	1908 by-election	John James Oddy	Conservative
	Jan 1910	Frederick Ogden	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished: see Pudsey & Otley
1950		constituency re-created
	1950	Cyril Banks	Conservative
	1959	Joseph Hiley	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Giles Shaw	Conservative
	1997	Paul Truswell	Labour
	2010	Stuart Andrew	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Pudsey[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Andrew	23,637	46.4	+8.0
	Labour	Jamie Hanley	19,136	37.6	+2.5
	UKIP	Roger Tattersall	4,689	9.2	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ryk Downes	1,926	3.8	-17.0
	Green	Claire Allen	1,539	3.0	+3.0
Majority			4,501	8.8	+5.4
Turnout			50,927	72.2	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.75

General Election 2010: Pudsey[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Andrew	18,874	38.5	+4.8
	Labour	Jamie Hanley	17,215	35.1	-10.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jamie Matthews	10,224	20.8	+2.7
	BNP	Ian Gibson	1,549	3.2	+3.2
	UKIP	David Dews	1,221	2.5	-0.3
Majority			1,659	3.4
Turnout			49,083	70.9	+4.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Pudsey[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Truswell	21,261	45.8	−2.3
	Conservative	Pamela Singleton	15,391	33.1	−2.5
	Liberal Democrat	James Keeley	8,551	18.4	+4.2
	UKIP	David Daniel	1,241	2.7	+0.6
Majority			5,870	12.6
Turnout			46,444	66.0	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 2001: Pudsey[13][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Truswell	21,717	48.1	0.0
	Conservative	John Procter	16,091	35.6	−0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Boddy	6,423	14.2	+0.2
	UKIP	David Sewards	944	2.1	N/A
Majority			5,626	12.5
Turnout			45,175	63.3	−11.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Pudsey[14][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Truswell	25,370	48.1	19.8
	Conservative	Peter Bone	19,163	36.3	-7.81
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Brown	7,375	14.0	-12.7
	Referendum	David Crabtree	823	1.6	N/A
Majority			6,207	11.8
Turnout			52,731	74.3	-3.66
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.2

General Election 1992: Pudsey[15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Shaw	25,067	44.2	-1.36
	Labour	A Giles	16,095	28.4	7.86
	Liberal Democrat	David Shutt	15,153	26.69	N/A
	Green	Mrs JL Wynne	466	0.82	N/A
Majority			8,972	15.80
Turnout			56,781	80.15	2.11
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Pudsey[17][18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Shaw	25,457	45.51	-0.18
	Liberal	Julian P.F. Cummins	19,021	34.00	-1.76
	Labour	Neil Taggart	11,461	20.49	2.66
Majority			6,436	11.51
Turnout			55,939	78.04	2.20
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1983: Pudsey[19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Shaw	24,455	45.69	0.58
	Liberal	J Cummins	19,141	35.76	6.74
	Labour	Susan Price	9,542	17.83	-7.35
	Independent	R Smith	387	0.72	N/A
Majority			5,314	9.93
Turnout			55,525	75.83	-4.51
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Pudsey[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Shaw	24,591	45.11	5.6
	Liberal	SJ Cooksey	15,852	29.08	-1.46
	Labour	PD McBride	13,727	25.18	-4.76
	Ecology	P Lewenz	340	0.62	N/A
Majority			8,739	16.03
Turnout			67,853	80.34	2.19
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election October 1974: Pudsey[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Shaw	20,180	39.51	-0.02
	Liberal	SJ Cooksey	15,599	30.54	-2.19
	Labour	K Targett	15,293	29.94	2.2
Majority			4,581	8.97
Turnout			65,354	78.15	-6.79
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election February 1974: Pudsey[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giles Shaw	21,750	39.53	-9.7
	Liberal	SJ Cooksey	18,011	32.73	19.05
	Labour	K Targett	15,267	27.74	-9.35
Majority			3,739	6.79
Turnout			64,788	84.94	5.82
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1970: Pudsey[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hiley	24,308	49.23	4.58
	Labour	J Mann	18,313	37.09	-2.46
	Liberal	GVJ Pratt	6,754	13.68	-2.12
Majority			5,995	12.14
Turnout			62,403	79.12	-4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Pudsey[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hiley	20,782	44.65
	Labour	Eric Brierley	18,410	39.55
	Liberal	Robert HJ Rhodes	7,353	15.80
Majority			2,372	5.10
Turnout			55,860	83.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Pudsey[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hiley	21,581	46.50
	Labour	Bernard P Atha	16,100	34.69
	Liberal	J Trevor Wilson	8,732	18.81
Majority			5,481	11.81
Turnout			53,939	86.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Pudsey[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hiley	22,752	50.09	2.38
	Labour	VP Richardson	16,241	35.76	-1.30
	Liberal	Joseph Stanley Snowden	6,429	14.15	-1.08
Majority			6,511	14.33	3.68
Turnout			52,285	86.87	1.46
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.84

General Election 1955: Pudsey[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Banks	20,445	47.71	-6.03
	Labour	BA Payton	15,881	37.06	-9.20
	Liberal	Richard Scurrah Wainwright	6,526	15.23	NA
Majority			4,564	10.65	3.18
Turnout			50,175	85.41	-3.50
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1951: Pudsey[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Banks	24,138	53.74	12.41
	Labour	AG Collings	20,782	46.26	5.08
Majority			3,356	7.47	7.33
Turnout			50,521	88.91	0.02
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1950: Pudsey[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cyril Banks	18,269	41.33	N/A
	Labour	AG Collings	18,205	41.18	N/A
	Liberal	Richard Scurrah Wainwright	7,731	17.49	N/A
Majority			64	0.14	N/A
Turnout			49,729	88.89	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General Election Saturday 10 December 1910: Pudsey[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Ogden	6,518	52.54	-2.82
	Conservative	John James Oddy	5,888	47.46	2.82
Majority			630	5.08
Turnout			15,071	82.32
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General Election Saturday 22 January 1910: Pudsey[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Ogden	7,358	55.36	10.24
	Conservative	John James Oddy	5,934	44.64	0.46
Majority			1,424	10.71
Turnout			15,071	88.20
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

By-Election Saturday 20 June 1908: Pudsey[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John James Oddy	5,444	45.12	11.66
	Liberal	Frederick Ogden	5,331	44.18	-22.36
	Labour	Mr. J. W. Benson	1,291	10.70	NA
Majority			113	0.01	-33.08
Turnout			12066	78.27	11.74
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

George Whiteley

General Election Saturday 20 January 1906: Pudsey[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Whiteley	7,043	66.54	14.13
	Conservative	Lt. Col. C W Ford	3,541	33.46	-14.13
Majority			3,502	33.09	28.27
Turnout			15,909	66.53	-11.68
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election Wednesday 10 October 1900: Pudsey[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Whiteley	5,973	52.41	0.20
	Conservative	E.B. Faber	5,424	47.59	-0.20
Majority			549	4.82	0.39
Turnout			11,397	78.21
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Briggs Priestley

General Election 13 July–17 August 1895: Pudsey[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Briggs Priestley	5,540	52.21	-0.65
	Conservative	Sir A Fairbairn	5,070	47.79	0.65
Majority			470	4.43	-1.34
Turnout			10610	77.03	2.16
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election July 1892: Pudsey[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Briggs Priestley	5,523	52.87	-3.46
	Conservative	Mr. E Woodhouse	4,924	47.13	3.46
Majority			603	5.77	-6.90
Turnout			10447	74.87	-2.23
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1–27 July 1886: Pudsey[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Briggs Priestley	5,207	56.33	-4.84
	Conservative	A W Rücker	4,036	43.67	4.84
Majority			1,171	12.67	-9.67
Turnout			9,243	77.10	-9.66

General Election 24 November-18 December 1885: Pudsey[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Briggs Priestley	6,363	61.17
	Conservative	Surr William Duncan	4,039	38.83
Majority			2,324	22.34
Turnout			10,402	86.76

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.
3. As the seats of Leeds Central, Leeds East, Leeds North, Leeds South and Leeds West were also created in 1885, this by inference did not refer to the whole of the municipal borough of Leeds
4. by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead

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