Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)
- Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Brighouse and Spenborough
Type = Borough
Year = 1950
Abolition = 1983
members = one
Brighouse and Spenborough was a parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire, covering the town of Brighouse and the municipal borough of Spenborough. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Elections
1950s
Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lewis John Edwards
votes = 24,004
percentage = 50.5
change = −1.71Election box candidate with party link
party = National Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Maj. W E Woolley
votes = 23,567
percentage = 49.5
change = +1.71Election box majority
votes = 437
percentage = 0.91
change = −3.44Election box turnout
votes = 47,571
percentage = 85.4
change = −2.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −1.71
1960s
Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Shaw
votes = 22,472
percentage = 50.8
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Jackson
votes = 21,806
percentage = 49.2
change = -0.9Election box majority
votes = 666
percentage = 1.5%
change =Election box turnout
votes = 44,278
percentage =
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing = 0.8
References
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