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The constituency has consistently elected Labour MPs with large majorities.
History
At the February 1974 general election, Hemsworth was the safest seat for any party, anywhere in the UK: the Labour vote peaked in 1966 at 85.39%, and consistently exceeded 80% from 1935 until the Liberal Party contested the seat in October 1974, for he first time since 1923.
Boundaries
This constituency covers the towns of Hemsworth, Featherstone, South Kirkby & Moorthorpe and South Elmsall plus the southern part of Wakefield (Sandal, Agbrigg, Belle Vue) and the villages of Ackworth, Crofton, Notton and Walton. These settlements are all in the City of Wakefield district in West Yorkshire.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | John Guest | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1931 | Gabriel Price | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1934 by-election | George Griffiths | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1946 by-election | Horace Holmes | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1959 | Alan Beaney | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | February 1974 | Alec Woodall | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1987 | George Buckley | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1991 by-election | Derek Enright | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1996 by-election | Jon Trickett | Labour |
Election results
1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 8,102 | 55.5 | ||
Coalition Conservative | J. Scholefield | 6,490 | 44.5 | ||
Majority | 1,612 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,592 | 58.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 14,295 | 63.2 | +7.7 | |
National Liberal Party (UK) | Dr F. W. Crossley-Holland | 8,317 | 36.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,978 | 26.4 | +15.4 | ||
Turnout | 22.612 | 76.3 | +18.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 13,159 | 70.1 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | H. Conway-Jones | 5,624 | 29.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,535 | 40.2 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,683 | 61.3 | −15.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 15,593 | 69.3 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | H. R. Brown | 6,902 | 30.7 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 8,691 | 38.6 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,495 | 69.7 | +6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Guest | 26,075 | 79.9 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | R. A. Broughton | 6,578 | 20.1 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 19,497 | 59.8 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,653 | 75.8 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.6 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gabriel Price | 23,609 | 70.5 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | W. F. C. Garthewaite | 9,867 | 29.5 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 13,742 | 41.0 | −18.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,476 | 72.9 | −2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Griffiths | (unopposed) | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Griffiths | 28,298 | 80.1 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | F. H. Collier | 7,032 | 19.9 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 21,266 | 60.2 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,330 | 72.3 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Griffiths | 33,984 | 81.4 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | R. W. P. Dawson | 7,778 | 18.6 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 26,206 | 62.8 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,762 | 80.8 | +8.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Horace Holmes | (unopposed) | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Enright | 15,895 | 66.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Megson | 4,808 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Garnet Harrison | 2,512 | 10.5 | ||
Independent Labour | Paul Ablett | 648 | 2.7 | ||
Corrective Party | Timothy Smith | 108 | 0.45 | ||
Majority | 11,097 | 46.3 | |||
Turnout | 23,971 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derek Enright | 29,942 | 70.8 | ||
Conservative | Garnet Harrison | 7,867 | 18.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Valerie Megson | 4,459 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | 22,075 | ||||
Turnout | 75.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 15,817 | 71.9 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Norman Hazell | 1,942 | 8.8 | −9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Ridgeway | 1,516 | 6.9 | −3.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Brenda Nixon | 1,193 | 5.4 | ||
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 652 | 3.0 | ||
UKIP | Peter Davis | 455 | 2.1 | ||
Green | Peggy Alexander | 157 | 0.7 | ||
Independent | Mark Thomas | 122 | 0.6 | ||
National Democrats | Michael Cooper | 111 | 0.5 | ||
Natural Law | Dianne Leighton | 28 | 0.1 | ||
Majority | 13,875 | 63.1 | |||
Turnout | 39.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.43 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 32,088 | 70.6 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Norman Hazel | 8,096 | 17.8 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jaki Kirby | 4,033 | 8.9 | −1.6 | |
Referendum | D. Irvine | 1,260 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 23,992 | ||||
Turnout | 67.9 | −8.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 23,036 | 65.4 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Truss | 7,400 | 21.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Waller | 3,990 | 11.3 | +2.5 | |
Socialist Labour | Paul Turek | 801 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,636 | 44.4 | |||
Turnout | 35,227 | 51.8 | −16.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Trickett | 21,630 | 58.8 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Mortimer | 8,149 | 22.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hall-Matthews | 5,766 | 15.7 | +4.4 | |
Veritas | John Burdon | 1,247 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,481 | 36.6 | |||
Turnout | 36,792 | 54.6 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
- Hemsworth by-election, 1934
- Hemsworth by-election, 1946
- Hemsworth by-election, 1991
- Hemsworth by-election, 1996
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
Notes
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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