Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Shipley County constituency |
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| Shipley shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Philip Davies |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Yorkshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Shipley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Boundaries
Shipley is composed of the following wards within the City of Bradford: Bingley Rural, Bingley, Shipley, Baildon, Wharfedale, most of Wrose and parts of Heaton
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[edit] Recent politics
Shipley was for a long time the seat of ex-Chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, Sir Marcus Fox. He held the seat for almost 30 years between the 1970 and 1997 General Elections.
After the 1997 general election, the young Labour candidate Christopher Leslie won the seat from Sir Marcus Fox.
However, Leslie only survived two elections as he was attacked on a number of issues. A number of traditional Labour supporters accused him of being an ardent Blairite, with the aim of developing his career further in the House of Commons. In the 2005 general election, he was beaten by Conservative candidate Philip Davies by 400 votes.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1945 — 1950: Arthur Creech-Jones, Labour
- 1950 — 1970: Geoffrey Hirst, Conservative
- 1970 — 1997: Sir Marcus Fox, Conservative
- 1997 — 2005: Christopher Leslie, Labour
- 2005 — present: Philip Davies, Conservative
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Shipley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Philip Davies | 18,608 | 39.0 | −1.9 | |
| Labour | Christopher Leslie | 18,186 | 38.2 | −5.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Briggs | 7,018 | 14.7 | +3.8 | |
| British National | Tom Linden | 2,000 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Quentin Deakin | 1,665 | 3.5 | +0.5 | |
| Iraq War. Not In My Name | David Crabtree | 189 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 422 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 47,666 | 80.0 | +13.8 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Shipley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Christopher Leslie | 20,243 | 44.0 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | David Senior | 18,815 | 40.9 | +3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Wright | 4,996 | 10.9 | −4.2 | |
| Green | Martin Love | 1,386 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Walter Whitaker | 580 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,428 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 46,020 | 66.2 | −10.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Bradford Constituencies: |
| Bradford North | Bradford West | Bradford South | Keighley | Shipley |
