Huddersfield East (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 53°38′49″N 1°46′24″W / 53.647°N 1.7734°W
Huddersfield East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–1983 |
Huddersfield East was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.
Member of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Joseph Mallalieu | Labour | |
1979 | Barry Sheerman | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see Huddersfield |
Joseph Mallalieu had been Member of Parliament for Huddersfield from 1945–1950, when the constituency was abolished. When the Huddersfield constituency was recreated, Barry Sheerman became the new Member of Parliament.
Elections
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1950: Huddersfield East[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 22,296 | 56.6 | ||
Conservative | JW Smith | 17,063 | 43.4 | ||
Majority | 5,233 | 13.3 | |||
General Election 1955: Huddersfield East[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 22,835 | 55.1 | ||
Conservative | D Clift | 18,611 | 44.9 | ||
Majority | 4,224 | 10.2 | |||
General Election 1959: Huddersfield East[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 22,474 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | PM Beard | 19,389 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 3,085 | 7.4 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1964: Huddersfield East[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 20,501 | 51.0 | ||
Conservative | JA Fergusson | 12,332 | 30.4 | ||
Liberal | B Jennings | 7,494 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | 8,269 | 20.6 | |||
General Election 1966: Huddersfield East[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 21,960 | 55.8 | ||
Conservative | JA Fergusson | 11,081 | 28.2 | ||
Liberal | GM Lee | 6,303 | 16.0 | ||
Majority | 10,879 | 27.6 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Huddersfield East[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 20,629 | 50.2 | ||
Conservative | JG Holt | 15,632 | 38.0 | ||
Liberal | GM Lee | 4,569 | 11.1 | ||
Communist | E Beresford | 308 | 0.75 | ||
Majority | 4,997 | 12.1 | |||
General Election Feb 1974: Huddersfield East[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 20,224 | 47.3 | ||
Conservative | CJH Taylor | 12,920 | 30.2 | ||
Liberal | GM Lee | 8,530 | 20.0 | ||
National Front | N Mear | 796 | 1.9 | ||
Communist | A Drake | 246 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 7,304 | 17.10 | |||
General Election Oct 1974: Huddersfield East[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 19,522 | 50.4 | ||
Conservative | AFJ Povey | 11,108 | 28.7 | ||
Liberal | GM Lee | 7,326 | 18.9 | ||
National Front | J Robertshaw | 764 | 2.0 | ||
Majority | 8,414 | 21.7 | |||
General Election 1979: Huddersfield East[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Barry Sheerman | 19,040 | 47.5 | ||
Conservative | M Bendelow | 15,945 | 39.7 | ||
Liberal | G MacPherson | 4,890 | 12.2 | ||
Independent | H Hirst | 243 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 3,095 | 7.7 | |||
References
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1983. Politics Resources. 9 June 1983. Retrieved 4 Aug 2013.