Huddersfield West - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Huddersfield West constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Huddersfield West
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1979	Conservative
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour
	Election 1970	Labour
	Election 1966	Labour
	Election 1964	Labour
	Election 1959	Liberal
	Election 1955	Liberal

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Conservative	18,504	44.24%	+6.21%
	Labour	16,996	40.64%	-0.74%
	Liberal	6,225	14.88%	-3.51%
	Others	101	0.24%	N/A
Majority		1,508	3.61%
Turnout		41,826	75.96%	-0.31%
Electorate		55,066
Swing from LIB to CON			4.86%
Swing from LAB to CON			3.47%
Swing from LIB to LAB			1.38%
	Conservative gain from Labour

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	16,882	41.38%	+1.78%
	Conservative	15,518	38.04%	-0.13%
	Liberal	7,503	18.39%	-3.85%
	Others	896	2.20%	N/A
Majority		1,364	3.34%
Turnout		40,799	76.26%	-6.65%
Electorate		53,498
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.81%
Swing from LIB to CON			1.86%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.96%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,434	39.60%	-1.44%
	Conservative	16,804	38.17%	-2.41%
	Liberal	9,790	22.24%	+7.32%
Majority		630	1.43%
Turnout		44,028	82.91%	+5.53%
Electorate		53,101
Swing from CON to LIB			4.86%
Swing from LAB to LIB			4.38%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.48%
	Labour hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	16,866	41.04%	-2.86%
	Conservative	16,673	40.57%	+7.59%
	Liberal	6,128	14.91%	-8.20%
	Others	1,427	3.47%	N/A
Majority		193	0.47%
Turnout		41,094	77.38%	-4.88%
Electorate		53,107
Swing from LIB to CON			7.90%
Swing from LAB to CON			5.23%
Swing from LIB to LAB			2.67%
	Labour hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	17,990	43.91%	+8.13%
	Conservative	13,514	32.98%	+1.44%
	Liberal	9,470	23.11%	-9.57%
Majority		4,476	10.92%
Turnout		40,974	82.26%	+0.70%
Electorate		49,813
Swing from LIB to LAB			8.85%
Swing from LIB to CON			5.51%
Swing from CON to LAB			3.34%
	Labour hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	14,808	35.78%	-2.42%
	Liberal	13,528	32.68%	-29.12%
	Conservative	13,054	31.54%	N/A
Majority		1,280	3.09%
Turnout		41,390	81.56%	+1.82%
Electorate		50,748
Swing from LIB to CON			30.33%
Swing from LAB to CON			16.98%
Swing from LIB to LAB			13.35%
	Labour gain from Liberal

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	25,273	61.80%	+2.08%
	Labour	15,621	38.20%	-2.08%
Majority		9,652	23.60%
Turnout		40,894	79.74%	+0.48%
Electorate		51,284
Swing from LAB to LIB			2.08%
	Liberal hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Liberal	24,345	59.72%	N/A
	Labour	16,418	40.28%	N/A
Majority		7,927	19.45%
Turnout		40,763	79.26%	N/A
Electorate		51,427

	Liberal win

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