Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Brighouse and Spenborough Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Brighouse and Spenborough was a parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire, covering the town of Brighouse and the metropolitan borough of Spenborough. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Frederick Arthur Cobb | Labour | |
| 1950 | Lewis John Edwards | Labour | |
| 1960 | Michael Shaw | Conservative | |
| 1964 | Colin Jackson | Labour | |
| 1970 | Wilfred Proudfoot | Conservative | |
| 1974 | Colin Jackson | Labour | |
| 1979 | Gary Waller | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Elections
[edit] 1950s
| Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lewis John Edwards | 24,004 | 50.5 | −1.71 | |
| National Liberal | Maj. W E Woolley | 23,567 | 49.5 | +1.71 | |
| Majority | 437 | 0.91 | −3.44 | ||
| Turnout | 47,571 | 85.4 | −2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.71 | |||
[edit] 1960s
| Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Shaw | 22,472 | 50.8 | +0.9 | |
| Labour | Colin Jackson | 21,806 | 49.2 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 666 | 1.5% | |||
| Turnout | 44,278 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 0.8 | |||
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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
