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Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°43′N 1°53′W / 53.717°N 1.883°W / 53.717; -1.883
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Halifax
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Halifax in Yorkshire and the Humber
County1832–1974: West Riding of Yorkshire
1974–present: West Yorkshire
Electorate70,413 (December 2019)[1]
Major settlementsHalifax, Sowerby Bridge
Current constituency
Created1832
Member of ParliamentKate Dearden (Labour)
Seats1832–1918: Two
1918–present: One
Created fromYorkshire

Halifax is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Kate Dearden of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

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Map
Map of 2010–2024 boundaries

1918–1983: The County Borough of Halifax.

1983–2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth, Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, St John's, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.

2010–2024: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, Park, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.

2024–present: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf; Ovenden, part of the Ryburn (polling districts MB, MC, and MD), Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.

This constituency covers the large town of Halifax in West Yorkshire and includes the smaller town of Sowerby Bridge which adjoins Halifax but until 1974 was a separate Urban District.

History

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The parliamentary borough was granted in the Great Reform Act 1832 and returned from that year until 1918 two members. A county borough recognized the density of the developed area in 1888 which provided most functions for inhabitants, retaining the West Yorkshire ceremonial county. The municipal or county borough was under a mayor, five aldermen and 45 councillors and had an area of 13,967 acres (56.52 km2).[2]

At the time of the Norman Conquest, Halifax formed part of the extensive manor of Wakefield, which belonged to the king, but in the 13th century was in the hands of John Earl de Warrenne aka. Earl of Surrey (1231–1304).[n 3] The prosperity of the town began with the first woollen products workshop established here in 1414, when there are said to have been only thirteen houses, which before the end of the 16th century had increased to 520.[2] Camden, about the end of the 17th century, wrote that "the people are very industrious, so that though the soil about it be barren and improfitable, not fit to live on, they have so flourished ... by the clothing trade that they are very rich and have gained a reputation for it above their neighbours."[3] The manufacturing standards and trade were improved by the arrival of certain merchants and clothworkers driven from the Spanish Netherlands by the persecution by the Duke of Alva.[3]

Halifax was a borough by prescription[n 4] rather than a medieval parliamentary borough, its privileges[n 5] growing up with the increased prosperity brought by the cloth trade, but it was not incorporated until 1848. From 1832 until 1918 the town's property-qualifying residents paying scot and lot returned two members to parliament.[n 6][3]

Constituency profile

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As of 2001, the town in the Pennines was relatively affluent, not afflicted by the high levels of unemployment, underemployment and crime seen in a few wards of the Yorkshire and Humber region but most constituents had modest incomes and there was some social housing in certain wards.[4] Since 1987 the MP has represented the Labour Party; before that date for four years it was held by a Conservative MP, but generally since the Second World War it has been a Labour seat.

Prior to the 2017 general election, the Conservative Party launched its election manifesto at Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, and targeted the seat fairly heavily, for two years earlier the Labour majority in the constituency had fallen to just 428 votes, or 1% of the total vote. However, Lynch increased her majority by almost 5,000 votes, giving Labour its biggest majority in Halifax since 2001.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1832–1918

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Election 1st Member[5] 1st Party 2nd Member[5] 2nd Party
1832 Rawdon Briggs Whig[6] Sir Charles Wood Whig[7][8][9][10][11][6][12]
1835 James Stuart-Wortley Conservative[6]
1837 Edward Davis Protheroe Radical[12][13][14]
1847 Henry Edwards Conservative
1852 Sir Francis Crossley Radical[15][16][17][18]
1859 Sir James Stansfeld Liberal Liberal
1865 Edward Akroyd
1874 John Crossley
1877 by-election John Dyson Hutchinson
1882 by-election Thomas Shaw
1893 by-election William Rawson Shaw
1895 Alfred Arnold Conservative
1897 by-election Alfred Billson
1900 Sir Savile Crossley Liberal Unionist John Henry Whitley
1906 James Parker Labour

MPs since 1918

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Representation reduced to one member, 1918

Election Member[5] Party
1918 John Henry Whitley Liberal
1921 Speaker
1928 by-election Arthur Longbottom Labour
1931 Gilbert Gledhill Conservative
1945 Dryden Brook Labour
1955 Maurice Macmillan Conservative
1964 Shirley Summerskill Labour
1983 Roy Galley Conservative
1987 Alice Mahon Labour
2005 Linda Riordan
2015 Holly Lynch
2024 Kate Dearden

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Halifax [19] [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kate Dearden 14,135 35.1 −10.5
Conservative Hazel Sharp 7,866 19.6 −22.1
Reform UK James Griffith-Jones 7,811 19.4 +13.5
Green Martin Hey 4,133 10.3 +8.3
Workers Party Shakir Saghir 2,543 6.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Samuel Jackson 2,359 5.9 +1.1
Independent Purveen Hussain 1,367 3.4 N/A
Majority 6,269 15.5 +9.9
Turnout 40,363 52.1 −12.2
Registered electors 77,516
Labour hold Swing Increase5.8

Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[21]
Party Vote %
Labour 21,819 45.6
Conservative 19,917 41.7
Brexit Party 2,813 5.9
Liberal Democrats 2,302 4.8
Green 946 2.0
Turnout 47,797 64.1
Electorate 74,563
General election 2019: Halifax[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Holly Lynch 21,496 46.3 −6.4
Conservative Kashif Ali 18,927 40.7 −0.9
Brexit Party Sarah Wood 2,813 6.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Baker 2,276 4.9 +2.7
Green Bella Jessop 946 2.0 N/A
Majority 2,569 5.6 −5.5
Turnout 46,458 64.6 −3.3
Labour hold Swing -2.8
General election 2017: Halifax[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Holly Lynch 25,507 52.7 +12.7
Conservative Chris Pearson 20,131 41.6 +2.6
UKIP Mark Weedon 1,568 3.2 −9.6
Liberal Democrats James Baker 1,070 2.2 −1.5
Majority 5,376 11.1 +10.1
Turnout 48,375 67.9 +5.8
Labour hold Swing +5.0
General election 2015: Halifax[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Holly Lynch 17,506 40.0 +2.6
Conservative Philip Allott 17,078 39.0 +5.0
UKIP Liz Phillips 5,621 12.8 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Ilyas 1,629 3.7 −15.4
Green Gary Scott 1,142 2.6 N/A
Respect Asama Javed 465 1.1 N/A
Christian Trevor Bendrien 312 0.7 N/A
Majority 428 1.0 −2.4
Turnout 43,753 62.1 +0.2
Labour hold Swing -1.2
See also: Opinion polling in United Kingdom constituencies, 2010–15 § Halifax
General election 2010: Halifax[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Linda Riordan 16,278 37.4 −4.4
Conservative Philip Allott 14,806 34.0 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Wilson 8,335 19.1 +1.2
BNP Tom Bates 2,760 6.3 −0.3
Independent Voice for Halifax Diane Park 722 1.7 N/A
UKIP Jay Sangha 654 1.5 N/A
Majority 1,472 3.4 −5.4
Turnout 43,555 61.9 +0.9
Labour hold Swing -2.6

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Halifax[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Linda Riordan 16,579 41.8 −7.2
Conservative Kris Hopkins 13,162 33.2 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Taylor 7,100 17.9 +3.3
BNP Geoff Wallace 2,627 6.6 N/A
National Front Tom Holmes 191 0.5 N/A
Majority 3,417 8.6 −6.6
Turnout 39,659 61.1 +3.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing −3.3
General election 2001: Halifax[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Mahon 19,800 49.0 −5.3
Conservative James Walsh 13,671 33.8 +1.7
Liberal Democrats John Durkin 5,878 14.6 +2.6
UKIP Helen Martinek 1,041 2.6 +1.1
Majority 6,129 15.2 −7.0
Turnout 40,390 57.8 −12.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Halifax[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Mahon 27,465 54.3 +10.8
Conservative Robert Light 16,253 32.1 −10.6
Liberal Democrats Edgar Waller 6,059 12.0 −0.7
UKIP Constance Whittaker 779 1.5 N/A
Majority 11,212 22.2 +21.4
Turnout 50,556 70.5 −8.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Halifax[32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Mahon 25,115 43.5 +0.1
Conservative TR Martin 24,637 42.7 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Ian R. Howell 7,364 12.7 −2.7
Independent Nationalist Ron Pearson 649 1.1 N/A
Majority 478 0.8 −1.3
Turnout 57,765 78.7 +1.0
Labour hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Halifax[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alice Mahon 24,741 43.4 +6.0
Conservative Roy Galley 23,529 41.3 +0.4
SDP Laurence Cockcroft 8,758 15.4 −6.3
Majority 1,212 2.1 N/A
Turnout 57,028 77.7 +2.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.7
General election 1983: Halifax[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Galley 22,321 40.9
Labour Shirley Summerskill 20,452 37.4
SDP F. Cockroft 11,868 21.7
Majority 1,869 3.5 N/A
Turnout 54,641 75.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1979: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Summerskill 21,416 43.79
Conservative J. Ford 20,182 41.27
Liberal Allen Clegg 6,853 14.01
National Front B. Wadsworth 455 0.93 N/A
Majority 1,234 2.52
Turnout 48,906 76.69
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Summerskill 20,976 44.27
Conservative S.R. Lyons 16,798 35.45
Liberal Allen Clegg 8,693 18.35
Powellite R.S. Pearson 919 1.94 N/A
Majority 4,178 8.82
Turnout 47,386 74.55
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Summerskill 20,970 40.93
Conservative S.R. Lyons 17,967 35.07
Liberal Allen Clegg 12,300 24.01 N/A
Majority 3,003 5.86
Turnout 51,237 81.27
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Summerskill 24,026 49.33
Conservative G Anthony Turner 23,828 48.93
Ind. Labour Party Alistair Graham 847 1.74 N/A
Majority 198 0.40
Turnout 48,701 73.51
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1966: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Summerskill 25,391 50.28
Conservative G Anthony Turner 19,689 38.99
Liberal Derek Arthur Carlin 5,423 10.74
Majority 5,702 11.29
Turnout 50,503 80.48
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shirley Summerskill 23,143 43.76
Conservative Maurice Macmillan 22,085 41.75
Liberal James Francis Crossley 7,664 14.49 N/A
Majority 1,058 2.01 N/A
Turnout 52,892 82.06
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1959: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice Macmillan 29,212 52.25
Labour Peter Shore 26,697 47.75
Majority 2,515 4.50
Turnout 55,909 83.26
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maurice Macmillan 28,306 51.39
Labour Dryden Brook 26,771 48.61
Majority 1,535 2.78 N/A
Turnout 55,077 80.15
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1951: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dryden Brook 30,433 50.63
Conservative Charles Henry Lucas 29,670 49.37
Majority 763 1.26
Turnout 60,103 84.25
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dryden Brook 28,800 47.70
Conservative Charles Henry Lucas 20,456 33.88
Liberal Arthur Pickles 9,573 15.85
National Liberal R.H. Blackburn 1,551 2.57 N/A
Majority 8,344 13.82
Turnout 60,380 85.09
Labour hold Swing
  • Blackburn was a vice-president of the Bradford Conservative Association. He was nominated after the Conservative and Liberal associations in the division had failed to reach agreement on the proposal for a joint anti-Labour candidate.[36]

Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dryden Brook 25,605 46.5 +7.0
Conservative Gilbert Gledhill 14,824 26.9 −17.5
Liberal Arnold Gelder 14,631 26.6 +10.5
Majority 10,781 19.6 N/A
Turnout 55,060 77.4 +0.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.3

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gilbert Gledhill 24,103 44.4 −21.3
Labour Arthur Longbottom 21,471 39.5 +9.8
Liberal Ashley Mitchell 8,736 16.1 N/A
Majority 2,632 4.9 −31.1
Turnout 54,310 76.9 −3.6
Conservative hold Swing −15.6
General election 1931: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gilbert Gledhill 36,731 65.7 +36.0
Labour Arthur Longbottom 16,601 29.7 −12.5
Independent Liberal Frank Sykes[37] 2,578 4.6 N/A
Majority 20,130 36.0 N/A
Turnout 55,910 80.5 −0.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +24.2

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Longbottom 23,776 42.2 N/A
Unionist Gilbert Gledhill 16,713 29.7 N/A
Liberal Elliott Dodds 15,823 28.1 N/A
Majority 7,063 12.5 N/A
Turnout 55,312 81.3 N/A
Registered electors 69,301
Labour gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Harry Barnes
1928 Halifax by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Longbottom 17,536 42.8 N/A
Liberal Harry Barnes 12,585 30.8 N/A
Unionist Francis Crossley, 2nd Baron Somerleyton 10,804 26.4 N/A
Majority 4,951 12.0 N/A
Turnout 40,925 78.7 N/A
Registered electors 52,013
Labour gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1924: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker John Henry Whitley Unopposed
Speaker hold
General election 1923: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker John Henry Whitley Unopposed
Speaker hold
General election 1922: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Speaker John Henry Whitley Unopposed
Speaker hold

Elections in the 1910s

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Whitley
General election 1918: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal John Henry Whitley 22,136 84.6 +51.2
Socialist Labour Arthur McManus 4,036 15.4 N/A
Majority 18,100 69.2 +53.3
Turnout 26,172 53.4 −33.6
Registered electors 49,017
Liberal hold Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election December 1910: Halifax[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Henry Whitley 8,778 33.4 −7.3
Labour James Parker 8,511 32.3 −6.6
Conservative John Herbert Lacy Baldwin 4,602 17.5 +7.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000007D−QINU`"'
Conservative James Galbraith 4,420 16.8 +6.6'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000007E−QINU`"'
Turnout 26,311 87.0 −5.6
Registered electors 15,528
Majority 4,176 15.9 −4.4
Liberal hold Swing −7.3
Majority 3,909 14.8 −3.7
Labour hold Swing −7.0
General election January 1910: Halifax[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Henry Whitley 9,504 40.7 +0.6
Labour James Parker 9,093 38.9 +0.6
Conservative James Galbraith 4,754 20.4 −1.2
Turnout 23,351 92.6 −0.4
Registered electors 15,528
Majority 4,750 20.3 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
Majority 4,339 18.5 +1.8
Labour hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1900s

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By-election, 1907: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Henry Whitley Unopposed
Liberal hold
Crossley, Whitley and Parker
General election 1906: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Henry Whitley 9,354 40.1 −14.0
Labour Repr. Cmte. James Parker 8,937 38.3 +22.0
Liberal Unionist Savile Crossley 5,041 21.6 −8.0
Turnout 23,332 93.0 +6.3
Registered electors 15,316
Majority 4,313 18.5 +7.2
Liberal hold Swing −18.0
Majority 3,896 16.7 N/A
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +15.0
James Parker
General election 1900: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Savile Crossley 5,931 29.6 +0.3
Liberal John Henry Whitley 5,543 27.6 +0.4
Liberal Alfred Billson 5,325 26.5 +3.5
Labour Repr. Cmte. James Parker 3,276 16.3 −4.2
Turnout 20,075 86.7 −1.2
Registered electors 14,879
Majority 606 3.1 −3.2
Liberal Unionist hold Swing −0.1
Majority 2,267 11.3 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1890s

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By-election, 1897: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Billson 5,664 43.8 −6.4
Liberal Unionist Savile Crossley 5,252 40.7 +11.4
Ind. Labour Party Tom Mann 2,000 15.5 −5.0
Majority 412 3.1 −3.6
Turnout 12,916 90.4 +2.5
Registered electors 14,290
Liberal hold Swing −8.9
  • Caused by Shaw's resignation.
General election 1895: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Arnold 5,475 29.3 +2.7
Liberal William Rawson Shaw 5,085 27.2 −9.9
Liberal James Booth 4,283 23.0 −13.3
Ind. Labour Party John Lister 3,818 20.5 N/A
Turnout 12,169 (est) 87.9 +4.0
Registered electors 13,844
Majority 1,192 6.3 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.3
Majority 1,267 6.7 −3.0
Liberal hold Swing −6.3
By-election, 1893: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Rawson Shaw 4,620 38.9 −34.5
Conservative Alfred Arnold 4,252 35.7 +9.1
Ind. Labour Party John Lister 3,028 25.4 N/A
Turnout 11,900 89.4 +5.5
Registered electors 13,317
Majority 368 3.2 −6.5
Liberal hold Swing −21.8
  • Caused by Shaw's death
General election 1892: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Shaw 6,481 37.1 −0.6
Liberal James Stansfeld 6,361 36.3 −1.0
Conservative Alfred Arnold 4,663 26.6 +1.6
Turnout 11,056 (est) 83.9 +10.1
Registered electors 13,177
Majority 1,698 9.7 −2.6
Liberal hold Swing −1.1
Liberal hold Swing −1.3

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Shaw 5,427 37.7 −0.7
Liberal James Stansfeld 5,381 37.3 +0.2
Conservative Alfred Morris[40] 3,612 25.0 +0.5
Majority 1,769 12.3 −0.3
Turnout 9,055 73.8 −8.9
Registered electors 12,269
Liberal hold Swing −0.5
Liberal hold Swing 0.0
By-election, 3 Apr 1886: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stansfeld Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1885: Halifax[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Shaw 6,269 38.4 −1.0
Liberal James Stansfeld 6,053 37.1 −2.2
Conservative Alfred Morris[40] 3,988 24.5 +3.2
Majority 2,065 12.6 −5.4
Turnout 10,144 82.7 −1.2 (est)
Registered electors 12,269
Liberal hold Swing −0.4
Liberal hold Swing −2.0
By-election, 21 Aug 1882: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Shaw Unopposed
Liberal hold
  • Caused by Hutchinson's resignation.
General election 1880: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stansfeld 6,392 39.4 +2.8
Liberal John Dyson Hutchinson 6,364 39.3 +2.1
Conservative William Barber[42] 3,452 21.3 −4.9
Majority 2,912 18.0 +7.6
Turnout 9,844 (est) 83.9 (est) +0.2
Registered electors 11,728
Liberal hold Swing +2.6
Liberal hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1870s

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1877 Halifax by-election[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Dyson Hutchinson 5,750 61.3 −12.5
Conservative Richard Wilson Gamble[43] 3,624 38.7 +12.5
Majority 2,126 22.6 +12.2
Turnout 9,374 79.9 −3.8
Registered electors 11,737
Liberal hold Swing -12.5
  • Caused by Crossley's resignation.
General election 1874: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Crossley 5,563 37.2 −1.7
Liberal James Stansfeld 5,473 36.6 −3.3
Conservative Henry Charles McCrea[44] 3,927 26.2 N/A
Majority 1,546 10.4 −7.3
Turnout 9,445 (est) 83.7 (est) −2.2
Registered electors 11,282
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
1871 Halifax by-election[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Crossley Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

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By-election, 21 December 1868: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stansfeld Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1868: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stansfeld 5,278 39.9 N/A
Liberal Edward Akroyd 5,141 38.9 N/A
Lib-Lab Edward Owen Greening[45] 2,802 21.2 N/A
Majority 2,339 17.7 N/A
Turnout 8,012 (est) 85.9 (est) N/A
Registered electors 9,328
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1865: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stansfeld Unopposed
Liberal Edward Akroyd Unopposed
Registered electors 1,771
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
By-election, 28 April 1863: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stansfeld Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

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By-election, 28 June 1859: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Wood Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1859: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stansfeld Unopposed
Liberal Charles Wood Unopposed
Registered electors 1,521
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1857: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Francis Crossley 830 37.8 +4.6
Whig Charles Wood 714 32.5 −2.0
Conservative Henry Edwards 651 29.7 −0.5
Turnout 1,423 (est) 95.6 (est) +3.5
Registered electors 1,488
Majority 116 5.3 +2.3
Radical hold Swing +2.8
Majority 63 2.8 +1.5
Whig hold Swing −1.7
By-election, 3 March 1855: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Wood Unopposed
Whig hold
By-election, 5 January 1853: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Wood 592 53.0 +18.5
Conservative Henry Edwards 526 47.0 +16.8
Majority 66 6.0 +4.7
Turnout 1,118 91.8 −0.3
Registered electors 1,218
Whig hold Swing +0.9
General election 1852: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Wood 596 34.5 +3.7
Radical Francis Crossley 573 33.2 +12.0
Conservative Henry Edwards 521 30.2 −0.8
Chartist Ernest Charles Jones[46] 37 2.1 −14.9
Turnout 1,106 (est) 92.1 (est) +11.5
Registered electors 1,200
Majority 23 1.3 −8.3
Whig hold Swing +2.1
Majority 52 3.0 N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +6.2

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1847: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Edwards 511 31.0 +2.2
Whig Charles Wood 507 30.8 −3.6
Radical Edward Miall 349 21.2 −15.6
Chartist Ernest Charles Jones 280 17.0 N/A
Turnout 824 (est) 80.6 (est) −7.6
Registered electors 1,022
Majority 162 9.8 N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +5.0
Majority 158 9.6 +4.0
Whig hold Swing +2.1
By-election, 9 July 1846: Halifax[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Wood Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1841: Halifax[41][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Edward Protheroe 409 36.8 −1.6
Whig Charles Wood 383 34.4 −3.3
Conservative George Sinclair 320 28.8 +4.9
Turnout 704 88.2 +6.4
Registered electors 78.3
Majority 26 2.4 −12.2
Radical hold Swing −2.0
Majority 63 5.6 −8.2
Whig hold Swing −2.9

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1837: Halifax[41][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Edward Protheroe 496 38.4 +6.1
Whig Charles Wood 487 37.7 +2.4
Conservative James Stuart-Wortley 308 23.9 −8.5
Turnout 793 81.8 −10.9
Registered electors 970
Majority 188 14.5 N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +5.2
Majority 179 13.8 +10.9
Whig hold Swing +3.3
General election 1835: Halifax[41][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Wood 336 35.3 −21.7
Conservative James Stuart-Wortley 308 32.4 +11.6
Radical Edward Protheroe 307 32.3 +10.1
Turnout 601 92.7 ±0.0
Registered electors 648
Majority 28 2.9 −3.0
Whig hold Swing −13.4
Majority 1 0.1 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +11.2
General election 1832: Halifax[41][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Rawdon Briggs (politician) 242 28.9
Whig Charles Wood 235 28.1
Radical Michael Stocks 186 22.2
Tory James Stuart-Wortley 174 20.8
Majority 49 5.9
Turnout 492 92.7
Registered electors 531
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A borough 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. ^ See Sandal Castle and Wakefield Castle
  4. ^ Legally, the doctrine of prescription (law), as opposed to "by grant", means obtained by long use
  5. ^ Among the curious customs of Halifax was the Gibbet Law, which was probably established by a prescriptive right to protect the wool trade, and gave the inhabitants the power of executing anyone taken within their liberty, who, when tried by a jury of sixteen of the frith-burgesses, was found guilty of the theft of any goods of the value of more than 13d. The executions took place on market days on a hill outside the town, the gibbet somewhat resembling a guillotine. The first execution recorded under this law took place in 1541, and the right was exercised in Halifax longer than in any other town, the last execution taking place in 1650.[3] In 1635, the king granted the inhabitants of Halifax licence to found a workhouse in a large house given to them for that purpose by Nathaniel Waterhouse, and incorporated them under the name of the master and governors. Nathaniel Waterhouse was appointed the first master, his successors being elected every year by the twelve governors from among themselves.
  6. ^ In 1607 David Waterhouse, lord of the manor of Halifax, obtained a grant of two markets there every week on Friday and Saturday and two fairs every year, each lasting three days, one beginning on 24 June, the other on 11 November. Later these fairs and markets were confirmed with the addition of an extra market on Thursday to Sir William Ayloffe, baronet, who had succeeded David Waterhouse as lord of the manor. The market rights were sold to the Markets Company in 1810 and purchased from them by the corporation in 1853.
  7. ^ a b Compared to half of Conservative vote at Jan 1910 election

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  3. ^ a b c d  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Halifax (England)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 843–844.
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  35. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  36. ^ The Times House of Commons, 1950
  37. ^ At the 1931 general election, the local Liberal Association chose not to field a candidate against the National Government; Sykes stood as an "Independent Liberal" candidate
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Sources

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  • Victoria County History, Yorkshire
  • T. Wright, The Antiquities of the Town of Halifax (Leeds, 1738)
  • John Watson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax (London, 1775)
  • John Crabtree, A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax (Halifax and London, 1836).
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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