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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)
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 in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Harpreet Uppal of the Labour Party.

Constituency profile

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, some exclusive detached stone houses in leafy roads.

However, the town’s western suburbs such as Crosland Moor, Netherton, 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

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 (part), Greenhead, and Newsome.

To bring the electorate within the permitted range, the Crosland Moor and Netherton ward was transferred from Colne Valley. 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

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Huddersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 2019: Huddersfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1940s

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

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

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)

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1890s

• Caused by Summers' death.

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1860s

• Caused by Crosland's death.

Elections in the 1850s

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

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1830s

• Caused by Blackburne's death

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

See also

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

Notes

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

• 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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• Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983
• Politics of Huddersfield