Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Huddersfield

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Interactive map of boundaries since 2024

Boundary of Huddersfield in Yorkshire and the Humber

County| West Yorkshire
Electorate| 65,917 (December 2019)[1]
Major settlements| Huddersfield, Kirkheaton
Current constituency
Created| 1983
Member of Parliament| Harpreet Uppal (Labour)
Seats| One
Created from| Huddersfield East
Huddersfield West
1832–1950
Seats| One
Type of constituency| Borough constituency
Created from| Yorkshire
Replaced by| Huddersfield East
Huddersfield West

Huddersfield is a constituency[n 1] in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Harpreet Uppal of the Labour Party.[n 2]

## Constituency profile

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This constituency covers the urban centre and east of the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield, the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees. The town grew out of the former woollen industry, and is now a primarily residential market town with some light industry remaining in the town such as Syngenta and Cummins, and a growing number of students at the University of Huddersfield. The town is economically diverse with some deprived inner-city council estates, such as Deighton, and better-off areas on the outskirts, such as Fixby, which contains exclusive detached stone houses in leafy roads.

However, the town's western suburbs such as Golcar and the middle-class suburb of Lindley are actually in the neighbouring Colne Valley constituency.

Apart from four years tenure as MP by Geoffrey Dickens for Huddersfield West (1979–1983), the area (including its divided halves for the 33 years to 1983) has returned a Labour Party MP since 1945.

The constituency is currently held by the Labour Party, although the Liberal Democrats made inroads by coming second in the 2005 general election, and in the 2010 general election Karen Tween of the Conservative Party narrowed the incumbent's lead to a relatively average 4,472 votes and the new Liberal Democrat candidate slipped into third place. There are currently Green Party councillors in Newsome, and some Tory and Liberal Democrat councillors in Almondbury, but the remaining wards are safely Labour. The Dalton ward also includes the village of Kirkheaton, separated by a green buffer, and the Almondbury ward includes the small village of Lepton, West Yorkshire.

## Boundaries

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Map of boundaries 2010–2024

1983–2010: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Almondbury, Birkby, Dalton, Deighton, Newsome, and Paddock.

2010–2024: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Almondbury, Ashbrow, Dalton, Greenhead, and Newsome.

2024–present: The Borough of Kirklees wards of Almondbury, Ashbrow, Crosland Moor and Netherton, Dalton (majority), Greenhead, and Newsome.[2]

Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies, the Crosland Moor and Netherton ward was transferred from Colne Valley in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range. To partly compensate, a small part of the Dalton ward, including the village of Kirkheaton was transferred to the re-established constituency of Spen Valley.

## Members of Parliament

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Election | Member[3] | Party

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| 1832 | Lewis Fenton | Whig[4]
| 1834 by-election | John Blackburne | Whig[4]
| 1837 by-election | Edward Ellice | Whig[4][5][6][7][8]
| 1837 | William Crompton-Stansfield | Whig[9][8][10][6][11][12][4]
| 1853 by-election | Viscount Goderich | Whig[13][14][15]
| 1857 | Edward Akroyd | Whig[10][16][17]
| 1859 | Edward Leatham | Liberal
| 1865 | Thomas Crosland | Liberal
| 1868 | Edward Leatham | Liberal
| 1886 | William Summers | Liberal
| 1893 by-election | Sir Joseph Crosland | Conservative
| 1895 | Sir James Woodhouse | Liberal
| 1906 by-election | Arthur Sherwell | Liberal
| 1918 | Sir Charles Sykes | Coalition Liberal
| 1922 | Sir Arthur Marshall | Liberal
| 1923 | James Hudson | Labour
| 1931 | William Mabane | National Liberal[n 3]
| 1945 | Joseph Mallalieu | Labour
1950 | constituency abolished: see Huddersfield East and Huddersfield West
1983 | constituency reconstituted
| 1983 | Barry Sheerman | Labour Co-operative
| 2024 | Harpreet Uppal | Labour

## Elections

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### Elections in the 2020s

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General election 2024: Huddersfield[18][19] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Harpreet Uppal | 15,101  | 37.6  | −13.8
| Green | Andrew Cooper  | 10,568  | 26.3  | +22.5
| Conservative | Tony McGrath  | 6,559  | 16.3  | −20.1
| Reform UK | Susan Laird  | 6,196  | 15.4  | +12.0
| Liberal Democrats | Jan Dobrucki  | 1,741  | 4.3  | −0.7
Majority | 4,533  | 11.3  | −3.8
Turnout | 40,165  | 51.6  | −13.3
Registered electors | 77,795  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | −18.2  |

### Elections in the 2010s

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2019 notional result[20]

Party  | Vote  | %
| Labour | 25,386 | 51.4
| Conservative | 17,945 | 36.4
| Liberal Democrats | 2,449 | 5.0
| Green | 1,884 | 3.8
| Brexit Party | 1,696 | 3.4
Turnout | 49,360  | 64.9
Electorate | 76,044
General election 2019: Huddersfield[21] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 20,509  | 49.0  | −11.4
| Conservative | Ken Davy | 15,572  | 37.2  | +4.2
| Liberal Democrats | James Wilkinson  | 2,367  | 5.7  | +3.1
| Green | Andrew Cooper  | 1,768  | 4.2  | +1.0
| Brexit Party | Stuart Hale  | 1,666  | 4.0  | N/A
Majority | 4,937  | 11.8  | −15.6
Turnout | 41,882  | 63.9  | −1.6
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −7.8  |
General election 2017: Huddersfield[22] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 26,470  | 60.4  | +15.5
| Conservative | Scott Benton | 14,465  | 33.0  | +6.2
| Green | Andrew Cooper  | 1,395  | 3.2  | −3.7
| Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali  | 1,155  | 2.6  | −3.2
| Yorkshire | Bikatshi Katenga  | 274  | 0.6  | N/A
| Independent | Marteen Thokkudubiyyapu  | 75  | 0.2  | N/A
Majority | 12,005  | 27.4  | +9.3
Turnout | 43,834  | 65.5  | +3.5
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.7  |
General election 2015: Huddersfield[23][24] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 18,186  | 44.9  | +6.1
| Conservative | Itrat Ali  | 10,841  | 26.8  | −1.0
| UKIP | Rob Butler  | 5,948  | 14.7  | N/A
| Green | Andrew Cooper  | 2,798  | 6.9  | +2.9
| Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali  | 2,365  | 5.8  | −18.9
| TUSC | Mike Forster  | 340  | 0.8  | 0.0
Majority | 7,345  | 18.1  | +7.1
Turnout | 40,478  | 62.0  | +0.9
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing |  |
General election 2010: Huddersfield[25][26] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 15,725  | 38.8  | −7.6
| Conservative | Karen Tweed  | 11,253  | 27.8  | +6.7
| Liberal Democrats | James Blanchard  | 10,023  | 24.7  | +0.6
| Green | Andrew Cooper  | 1,641  | 4.0  | −0.6
| BNP | Rachel Firth  | 1,563  | 3.9  | +0.9
| TUSC | Paul Cooney[27] | 319  | 0.8  | N/A
Majority | 4,472  | 11.0  |
Turnout | 40,524  | 61.1  | +4.5
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −7.1  |

### Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2005: Huddersfield[28] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 16,341  | 46.8  | −6.4
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Bone  | 7,990  | 22.9  | +7.9
| Conservative | David Meacock  | 7,597  | 21.7  | −3.2
| Green | Julie Stewart-Turner  | 1,651  | 4.7  | +1.2
| BNP | Karl Hanson  | 1,036  | 3.0  | N/A
| Independent | Theresa Quarmby  | 325  | 0.9  | N/A
Majority | 8,351  | 23.9  | −4.4
Turnout | 34,940  | 56.6  | +1.6
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −7.1  |
General election 2001: Huddersfield[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 18,840  | 53.2  | −3.3
| Conservative | Paul Baverstock  | 8,794  | 24.9  | +4.0
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Bentley  | 5,300  | 15.0  | −2.2
| Green | John Phillips  | 1,254  | 3.5  | +1.3
| UKIP | Judith Longman  | 613  | 1.7  | N/A
| Socialist Alliance | Graham Hellawell  | 374  | 1.1  | N/A
| Socialist Labour | George Randall  | 208  | 0.6  | N/A
Majority | 10,046  | 28.3  | −7.3
Turnout | 35,383  | 55.0  | −12.0
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing |  |

### Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1997: Huddersfield[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 25,171  | 56.5  |
| Conservative | Bill Forrow  | 9,323  | 20.9  |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Beever  | 7,642  | 17.2  |
| Referendum | Paul McNulty  | 1,480  | 3.3  | N/A
| Green | John Phillips  | 938  | 2.1  | N/A
Majority | 15,848  | 35.6  |
Turnout | 44,554  | 67.0  |
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing |  |
General election 1992: Huddersfield[31][32] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 23,832  | 48.7  | +2.8
| Conservative | JM Kenyon  | 16,574  | 33.9  | +2.5
| Liberal Democrats | AE Denham  | 7,777  | 15.9  | −5.6
| Green | Nicholas Harvey  | 576  | 1.2  | −0.1
| Natural Law | M Cran  | 135  | 0.3  | N/A
Majority | 7,258  | 14.8  | +0.3
Turnout | 48,894  | 72.4  | −3.1
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +0.2  |

### Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1987: Huddersfield[33] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 23,019  | 45.9  | +4.5
| Conservative | Nick Hawkins | 15,741  | 31.4  | −1.8
| Liberal | John Smithson  | 10,773  | 21.5  | −3.3
| Green | Nicholas Harvey  | 638  | 1.3  | N/A
Majority | 7,278  | 14.5  | +6.3
Turnout | 50,171  | 75.5  | +4.4
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +3.1  |
General election 1983: Huddersfield[34] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour Co-op | Barry Sheerman | 20,051  | 41.4  |
| Conservative | John Tweddle  | 16,096  | 33.2  |
| Liberal | Kathleen Hasler  | 12,027  | 24.8  |
| Independent  | H Hirst  | 271  | 0.6  |
Majority | 3,955  | 8.2  |
Turnout | 48,445  | 71.1  |
| Labour Co-op win (new seat)

### Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Joseph Mallalieu | 33,362  | 48.3  | +9.1
| National Liberal | William Mabane | 24,496  | 35.5  | −25.3
| Liberal | Roy Harrod | 11,119  | 16.2  | N/A
Majority | 8,866  | 12.8  | N/A
Turnout | 68,977  | 78.4  | +5.2
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +17.2  |

General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

* Liberal National: William Mabane
* Labour: Joseph Mallalieu
* Liberal: Elliott Dodds

### Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| National Liberal | William Mabane | 37,009  | 60.8  | −9.3
| Labour | William Pickles | 23,844  | 39.2  | +9.3
Majority | 13,165  | 21.6  | −18.6
Turnout | 60,853  | 73.2  | −10.1
| National Liberal hold | Swing | −9.3  |
General election 1931: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| National Liberal | William Mabane | 47,056  | 70.1  | +38.5
| Labour | James Hudson | 20,034  | 29.9  | −8.4
Majority | 27,022  | 40.2  | N/A
Turnout | 67,090  | 83.3  | −2.8
| National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +23.5  |

### Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | James Hudson | 25,966  | 38.3  | +2.0
| Liberal | William Mabane | 21,398  | 31.6  | −0.1
| Unionist | Enoch Hill  | 20,361  | 30.1  | −1.9
Majority | 4,568  | 6.7  | +2.4
Turnout | 67,725  | 86.1  | −2.4
Registered electors | 78,635  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.0  |
General election 1924: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | James Hudson | 19,010  | 36.3  | −0.4
| Unionist | Enoch Hill  | 16,745  | 32.0  | +5.3
| Liberal | Arthur Marshall | 16,626  | 31.7  | −4.9
Majority | 2,265  | 4.3  | +4.2
Turnout | 52,381  | 88.5  | +6.6
Registered electors | 59,176  |  |
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.8  |
General election 1923: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | James Hudson | 17,430  | 36.7  | +3.2
| Liberal | Arthur Marshall | 17,404  | 36.6  | +2.6
| Unionist | Charles Tinker  | 12,694  | 26.7  | N/A
Majority | 26  | 0.1  | N/A
Turnout | 47,528  | 81.9  | −1.2
Registered electors | 58,029  |  |
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.3  |
Arthur Marshall General election 1922: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Arthur Marshall | 15,879  | 34.0  | +5.3
| Labour | James Hudson | 15,673  | 33.5  | +1.0
| National Liberal | Charles Sykes | 15,212  | 32.5  | −6.3
Majority | 206  | 0.5  | N/A
Turnout | 46,764  | 83.1  | +13.3
Registered electors | 56,243  |  |
| Liberal gain from National Liberal | Swing | +5.8  |

### Elections in the 1910s

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Sykes General election 1918: Huddersfield  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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C | National Liberal | Charles Sykes | 15,234 | 38.8 | N/A
| Labour | Harry Snell | 12,737  | 32.5  | +3.5
| Liberal | Ernest Woodhead | 11,256  | 28.7  | −8.8
Majority | 2,497  | 6.3  | N/A
Turnout | 39,227  | 69.8  | −20.7
Registered electors | 56,200  |  |
| National Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |  |
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

* Liberal: Arthur Sherwell
* Unionist:
* Socialist: Harry Snell (candidature not approved by Labour Party National Executive)

General election December 1910: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Arthur Sherwell | 6,458  | 37.5  | −2.3
| Conservative | Joseph Henry Kaye  | 5,777  | 33.5  | +4.9
| Labour | Harry Snell | 4,988  | 29.0  | −2.6
Majority | 681  | 4.0  | −4.2
Turnout | 17,223  | 90.5  | −4.1
Registered electors | 19,021  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.6  |
Harry Snell General election January 1910: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Arthur Sherwell | 7,158  | 39.8  | +1.6
| Labour | Harry Snell | 5,686  | 31.6  | −3.6
| Conservative | Harold Smith  | 5,153  | 28.6  | +2.0
Majority | 1,472  | 8.2  | +5.2
Turnout | 17,997  | 94.6  | +0.6
Registered electors | 19,021  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6  |

### Elections in the 1900s

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1906 Huddersfield by-election[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Arthur Sherwell | 5,762  | 36.0  | −2.2
| Labour | T. Russell Williams | 5,422  | 33.8  | −1.4
| Conservative | John Foster Fraser | 4,844  | 30.2  | +3.6
Majority | 340  | 2.2  | −0.8
Turnout | 16,028  | 91.2  | −2.8
Registered electors | 17,568  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4  |
General election 1906: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | James Woodhouse | 6,302  | 38.2  | −15.4
| Labour Repr. Cmte. | T. Russell Williams | 5,813  | 35.2  | N/A
| Conservative | John Foster Fraser | 4,391  | 26.6  | −19.8
Majority | 489  | 3.0  | −4.2
Turnout | 16,506  | 94.0  | +6.2
Registered electors | 17,568  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2  |
General election 1900: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | James Woodhouse | 7,896  | 53.6  | +6.1
| Conservative | Hildred Carlile | 6,831  | 46.4  | +5.1
Majority | 1,065  | 7.2  | +1.0
Turnout | 14,727  | 87.8  | −2.0
Registered electors | 16,770  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5  |

### Elections in the 1890s

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Woodhouse General election 1895: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | James Woodhouse | 6,755  | 47.5  | −3.4
| Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 5,868  | 41.3  | −7.8
| Ind. Labour Party | Russell Smart | 1,594  | 11.2  | N/A
Majority | 887  | 6.2  | +4.4
Turnout | 14,217  | 89.8  | −0.3
Registered electors | 15,832  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2  |
1893 Huddersfield by-election[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 7,068  | 50.1  | +1.0
| Liberal | Joseph Woodhead | 7,033  | 49.9  | −1.0
Majority | 35  | 0.2  | N/A
Turnout | 14,101  | 90.7  | +0.6
Registered electors | 15,550  |  |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.0  |

* Caused by Summers' death.

General election 1892: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Summers | 7,098  | 50.9  | +0.1
| Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 6,837  | 49.1  | −0.1
Majority | 261  | 1.8  | +0.2
Turnout | 13,935  | 90.1  | +8.5
Registered electors | 15,466  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1  |

### Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1886: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Summers | 6,210  | 50.8  | −2.1
| Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 6,026  | 49.2  | +2.1
Majority | 184  | 1.6  | −4.2
Turnout | 12,236  | 81.6  | −6.1
Registered electors | 14,991  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1  |
General election 1885: Huddersfield[35] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Edward Leatham | 6,960  | 52.9  | −8.1
| Conservative | Joseph Crosland | 6,194  | 47.1  | +8.1
Majority | 766  | 5.8  | −16.2
Turnout | 13,154  | 87.7  | +1.8
Registered electors | 14,991  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −8.1  |
General election 1880: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Edward Leatham | 7,008  | 61.0  | +7.8
| Conservative | William Alexander Lindsay[37] | 4,486  | 39.0  | −7.8
Majority | 2,522  | 22.0  | +15.6
Turnout | 11,494  | 85.9  | −3.5
Registered electors | 13,386  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.8  |

### Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Edward Leatham | 5,668  | 53.2  | N/A
| Conservative | Thomas Brooke[38] | 4,985  | 46.8  | N/A
Majority | 683  | 6.4  | N/A
Turnout | 10,653  | 89.4  | N/A
Registered electors | 11,917  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |

### Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Edward Leatham | Unopposed
Registered electors | 11,242  |  |
| Liberal hold
By-election, 20 March 1868: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Edward Leatham | 1,111  | 58.5  | +14.9
| Conservative | William Campbell Sleigh | 789  | 41.5  | N/A
Majority | 322  | 17.0  | +4.2
Turnout | 1,900  | 88.9  | +4.4
Registered electors | 2,138  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing |  |

* Caused by Crosland's death.

General election 1865: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Thomas Crosland | 1,019  | 56.4  | +7.0
| Liberal | Edward Leatham | 787  | 43.6  | −7.0
Majority | 232  | 12.8  | +11.6
Turnout | 1,806  | 84.5  | −8.2
Registered electors | 2,138  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.0  |

### Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Edward Leatham | 779  | 50.6  | +8.8
| Liberal | Edward Akroyd | 760  | 49.4  | −8.8
Majority | 19  | 1.2  | −14.2
Turnout | 1,539  | 92.7  | +1.7
Registered electors | 1,660  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.8  |
General election 1857: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Edward Akroyd | 823  | 58.2  | +6.8
| Radical | Richard Cobden | 590  | 41.8  | −6.8
Majority | 233  | 16.4  | +13.6
Turnout | 1,413  | 91.0  | +1.9
Registered electors | 1,552  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | +6.8  |
By-election, 22 April 1853: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | George Robinson | 675  | 53.2  | +1.8
| Radical | Joseph Starkey[15][39] | 593  | 46.8  | −1.8
Majority | 82  | 6.4  | +3.6
Turnout | 1,268  | 89.6  | +0.5
Registered electors | 1,415  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | +1.8  |

* Caused by Stansfield's election being declared void on petition due to bribery and treating which "prevailed to a great extent".[40]

General election 1852: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | 625  | 51.4  | −0.4
| Radical | William Willans[41][42] | 590  | 48.6  | +0.4
Majority | 35  | 2.8  | −0.8
Turnout | 1,215  | 89.1  | +0.4
Registered electors | 1,364  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | −0.4  |

### Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1847: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | 525  | 51.8  | N/A
| Radical | John Cheetham (Huddersfield MP)  | 488  | 48.2  | N/A
Majority | 37  | 3.6  | N/A
Turnout | 1,013  | 88.7  | N/A
Registered electors | 1,142  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
General election 1841: Huddersfield[36] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | Unopposed
Registered electors | 1,003  |  |
| Whig hold

### Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1837: Huddersfield[36][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Crompton-Stansfield | 323  | 51.8  | −17.1
| Conservative | Richard Oastler | 301  | 48.2  | N/A
Majority | 22  | 3.6  | −34.2
Turnout | 624  | 78.0  | +25.8
Registered electors | 800  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing |  |
By-election, 8 May 1837: Huddersfield[36][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Edward Ellice | 340  | 54.0  | −14.9
| Conservative | Richard Oastler | 290  | 46.0  | N/A
Majority | 50  | 8.0  | −29.8
Turnout | 630  | 78.8  | +26.6
Registered electors | 800  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing |  |

* Caused by Blackburne's death

General election 1835: Huddersfield[36][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | John Blackburne (Huddersfield MP)  | 241  | 68.9  | +5.5
| Radical | William Augustus Johnson[43] | 109  | 31.1  | −5.5
Majority | 132  | 37.8  | +11.0
Turnout | 350  | 52.2  | −16.1
Registered electors | 671  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | +5.5  |
By-election, 9 January 1834: Huddersfield[36][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | John Blackburne (Huddersfield MP)  | 234  | 47.8  | −15.6
| Tory | Michael Thomas Sadler | 147  | 30.0  | N/A
| Radical | Joseph Wood  | 108  | 22.0  | −14.6
| Whig | John Charles Ramsden | 1  | 0.2  | N/A
Majority | 87  | 17.8  | −9.0
Turnout | 490  | 81.1  | +12.8
Registered electors | 640  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | −0.5  |

* Caused by Fenton's death. While Ramsden was not a candidate, a local spirit merchant, Paul Hirst, voted for him.

General election 1832: Huddersfield[36][4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Whig | Lewis Fenton  | 263  | 63.4
| Radical | Joseph Wood  | 152  | 36.6
Majority  | 111  | 26.8
Turnout | 415  | 68.3
Registered electors | 608  |
| Whig win (new seat)

## See also

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* List of parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
* List of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)

## 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. ^ Mabane's exact party label was confused for much of his time in the Commons before becoming Lord Mabane (first Baron). His local Liberal association was affiliated to the official Liberals until 1939, but Mabane was frequently listed as being a National Liberal, which he repeatedly sought to deny, despite supporting the National Government when the official Liberals ceased to. However the authoritative F.W.S. Craig volume and the contemporary Times Guide to the House of Commons have him as a National Liberal

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## External links

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* Huddersfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
* Huddersfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
* Huddersfield UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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