Keighley | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Electorate | 73,384 (December 2019) [1] |
Major settlements | Keighley, Ilkley, Haworth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Robbie Moore ( Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Keighley /ˈkiːθli/ ⓘ is a constituency in West Yorkshire [n 1] created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament [n 2] since 2019 by Robbie Moore of the Conservative Party.
Since 1959, the seat has been a bellwether (its winner affiliated to the winning party nationally), with two exceptions: in 1979 and 2017, the seat leant to the left, bucking the national result.
Keighley is one of 9 seats won (held or gained) by a Conservative candidate in 2019 from a total of 22 covering its county. Moore's 2019 win was one of 47 net gains by the Conservative Party.
The seat has been considered – relative to others – a marginal seat, as well as a swing seat, since 2005, as its winner's majority has not exceeded 6.2% of the vote since the 10.5% majority won in 2005, and the seat has changed hands three times since that year.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, there will be no changes to the constituency boundaries, but it will be renamed Keighley and Ilkley from the next general election, due by January 2025. [2] [3]
1885–1918: The parishes in the Wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewecross of Cowling, Glusburn, Keighley, Steeton with Eastburn, and Sutton, and the parishes of Haworth, Thornton, and Wilsden.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Denholme, Haworth, Oakworth, Oxenhope, and Silsden, and the Rural District of Keighley.
1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Denholme and Silsden, and in the Rural District of Skipton the parishes of Steeton with Eastburn, and Sutton.
1983–2010: The City of Bradford wards of Craven, Ilkley, Keighley North, Keighley South, Keighley West, and Worth Valley.
2010–present: The City of Bradford wards of Craven, Ilkley, Keighley Central, Keighley East, Keighley West, and Worth Valley. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.
Unlike many constituencies, Keighley was unaffected by the boundary changes for the 2010 general election; indeed its boundaries have remained unchanged since the 1983 redistribution.
This constituency covers the town and outskirts of Keighley in West Yorkshire. It comprises the mostly Labour voting area of Keighley itself, the Conservative voting spa town of Ilkley, and the rural areas of Craven and Worth Valley which are also mostly Conservative voting. The seat has a large minority with Asian heritage, especially from Pakistan and Bangladesh. [4] The seat is also a semi-reliable bellwether of the national result; it has voted for the party to form the government in every election since the Second World War except the 1951, 1955, 1979 and 2017 elections, in which it elected Labour MPs despite the Conservatives forming the government. The constituency is often known as Keighley & Ilkley rather than just Keighley.
Since the 1950s, Keighley has been a marginal seat between Labour and the Conservatives. The MP from 1997 was Labour's Ann Cryer, widow of Bob Cryer who was MP for the same seat from 1974 to 1983 (and then for Bradford South, 1987–1994). She retired at the 2010 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robbie Moore | 25,298 | 48.1 | +2.0 | |
Labour | John Grogan | 23,080 | 43.9 | ―2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Franks | 2,573 | 4.9 | +2.5 | |
Brexit Party | Waqas Khan | 850 | 1.6 | New | |
Yorkshire | Mark Barton | 667 | 1.3 | New | |
SDP | Matthew Rose | 132 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,218 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,600 | 72.3 | ―0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Grogan | 24,056 | 46.5 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Kris Hopkins | 23,817 | 46.1 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Paul Latham | 1,291 | 2.5 | ―9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matt Walker | 1,226 | 2.4 | ―0.3 | |
Green | Ros Brown | 790 | 1.5 | ―1.9 | |
Independent | David Crabtree | 534 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 239 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,714 | 72.4 | +1.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kris Hopkins | 21,766 | 44.3 | +2.4 | |
Labour | John Grogan | 18,713 | 38.1 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | Paul Latham | 5,662 | 11.5 | +8.4 | |
Green | Ros Brown | 1,661 | 3.4 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Epps | 1,321 | 2.7 | ―12.1 | |
Majority | 3,053 | 6.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,123 | 71.3 | ―1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kris Hopkins | 20,003 | 41.9 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Jane Thomas | 17,063 | 35.8 | ―8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nader Fekri | 7,059 | 14.8 | +3.0 | |
BNP | Andrew Brons | 1,962 | 4.1 | ―5.1 | |
UKIP | Paul Latham | 1,470 | 3.1 | New | |
National Front | Steven Smith | 135 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,940 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,962 | 72.4 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Cryer | 20,720 | 44.7 | ―3.5 | |
Conservative | Karl Poulsen | 15,868 | 34.3 | ―4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nader Fekri | 5,484 | 11.8 | +0.9 | |
BNP | Nick Griffin | 4,240 | 9.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,852 | 10.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,312 | 67.9 | +4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Cryer | 20,888 | 48.2 | ―2.4 | |
Conservative | Simon Cooke | 16,883 | 39.0 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Doyle | 4,722 | 10.9 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Michael Cassidy | 840 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,005 | 9.2 | ―4.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,333 | 63.4 | ―13.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann Cryer | 26,039 | 50.6 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Gary Waller | 18,907 | 36.7 | ―10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Doyle | 5,064 | 9.8 | ―0.8 | |
Referendum | Colin Carpenter | 1,470 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 7,132 | 13.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,010 | 76.6 | ―6.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Waller | 25,983 | 47.4 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Tommy B. Flanagan | 22,387 | 40.8 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian N. Simpson | 5,793 | 10.6 | ―8.6 | |
Green | Mike Crowson | 642 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,596 | 6.6 | ―4.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,805 | 82.6 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ―2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Waller | 23,903 | 45.8 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Alan Rye | 18,297 | 35.0 | ―2.0 | |
Liberal | John Wells | 10,041 | 19.2 | ―0.6 | |
Majority | 5,606 | 10.8 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 52,243 | 79.4 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Waller | 21,370 | 42.6 | ||
Labour | Bob Cryer | 18,596 | 37.0 | ||
Liberal | John Wells | 9,951 | 19.8 | ||
Ecology | Michael Penney | 302 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 2,774 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,216 | 78.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Cryer | 19,698 | 44.95 | 0.63 | |
Conservative | G. Dawson | 19,620 | 44.77 | 6.37 | |
Liberal | Margaretta Holmstedt | 4,062 | 9.27 | 4.33 | |
National Front | R. L. Fairey | 234 | 0.53 | 1.47 | |
Ecology | J. Wade | 208 | 0.47 | New | |
Majority | 78 | 0.18 | 7.00 | ||
Turnout | 43,819 | 80.51 | 2.47 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Cryer | 19,569 | 45.58 | ||
Conservative | Cyril Taylor | 16,488 | 38.40 | ||
Liberal | Margaretta Holmstedt | 5,839 | 13.60 | ||
National Front | G. Wright | 859 | 2.00 | New | |
More Prosperous Britain | C. W. Deakin | 179 | 0.42 | New | |
Majority | 3,081 | 7.18 | |||
Turnout | 42,935 | 82.98 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bob Cryer | 18,595 | 41.81 | ||
Conservative | Joan Hall | 17,717 | 39.83 | ||
Liberal | Wilfred Whittaker | 7,820 | 17.58 | New | |
Social Democrat | John Binns | 348 | 0.78 | New | |
Majority | 878 | 1.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,480 | 86.79 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Hall | 20,957 | 50.75 | ||
Labour | John Binns | 20,341 | 49.25 | ||
Majority | 616 | 1.50 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,298 | 80.66 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Binns | 22,039 | 55.01 | ||
Conservative | John George Bellak | 18,027 | 44.99 | ||
Majority | 4,012 | 10.02 | |||
Turnout | 40,066 | 83.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Binns | 17,816 | 42.97 | ||
Conservative | Marcus Worsley | 15,115 | 36.46 | ||
Liberal | William E. Jones | 8,529 | 20.57 | New | |
Majority | 2,701 | 6.51 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,874 | 61.32 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marcus Worsley | 20,626 | 50.21 | ||
Labour | Charles Hobson | 20,456 | 49.79 | ||
Majority | 170 | 0.42 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,082 | 85.62 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Hobson | 19,414 | 46.52 | ||
Conservative | Marcus Worsley | 16,011 | 38.36 | ||
Liberal | Ashley Mitchell | 6,310 | 15.12 | New | |
Majority | 3,403 | 8.16 | |||
Turnout | 41,735 | 83.89 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Hobson | 23,743 | 52.72 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Hargreaves | 21,295 | 47.28 | ||
Majority | 2,448 | 5.44 | |||
Turnout | 45,038 | 87.51 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Hobson | 21,833 | 48.47 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Hargreaves | 16,252 | 36.08 | ||
Liberal | John G. Walker | 6,962 | 15.45 | ||
Majority | 5,581 | 12.39 | |||
Turnout | 45,097 | 88.13 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Thomas | 22,222 | 52.7 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Dalrymple-White | 10,865 | 25.7 | -23.8 | |
Liberal | Norman Robson | 9,116 | 21.6 | New | |
Majority | 11,357 | 27.0 | +26.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,203 | 82.3 | +3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ivor Thomas | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
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:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hastings Lees-Smith | 20,124 | 50.5 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | George Harvie-Watt | 19,756 | 49.5 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 368 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,880 | 78.9 | -5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Harvie-Watt | 19,079 | 46.2 | +19.8 | |
Labour | Hastings Lees-Smith | 13,192 | 31.9 | -12.8 | |
Liberal | William John Crossland Briggs | 9,044 | 21.9 | -7.0 | |
Majority | 5,887 | 14.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,315 | 83.9 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hastings Lees-Smith | 18,412 | 44.7 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | David Rhodes | 11,905 | 28.9 | +2.3 | |
Unionist | Arthur Smith | 10,858 | 26.4 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 6,507 | 15.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,175 | 84.9 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 48,518 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hastings Lees-Smith | 14,105 | 45.0 | −4.1 | |
Unionist | T. P. Perks | 8,922 | 28.4 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Artemus Jones | 8,339 | 26.6 | −24.3 | |
Majority | 5,183 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,366 | 82.8 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 37,887 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Pilkington | 14,609 | 50.9 | +20.2 | |
Labour | Hastings Lees-Smith | 14,083 | 49.1 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 526 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,692 | 77.4 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 37,060 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hastings Lees-Smith | 13,978 | 46.3 | +18.6 | |
Liberal | William Anderton Brigg | 9,262 | 30.7 | −3.0 | |
Unionist | Charles Henry Foulds | 6,955 | 23.0 | −15.6 | |
Majority | 4,716 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,195 | 81.6 | +16.2 | ||
Registered electors | 37,005 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Robert Clough | 8,820 | 38.6 | N/A |
Liberal | William Somervell | 7,709 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Labour | William Bland | 6,324 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,111 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,853 | 65.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 34,934 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Somervell | 4,873 | 67.5 | N/A | |
Ind. Labour Party | William Bland | 2,349 | 32.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,524 | 35.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,222 | 50.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 14,400 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Swire Smith | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stanley Buckmaster | 4,730 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Unionist | Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles | 3,852 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Labour | William Bland | 3,646 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 878 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,228 | 86.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 14,142 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stanley Buckmaster | 4,667 | 39.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Mitchell Acworth | 3,842 | 32.1 | New | |
Labour | William Crawford Anderson | 3,452 | 28.9 | New | |
Majority | 825 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,961 | 87.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 13,702 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brigg | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brigg | 7,768 | 65.3 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | William Mitchell Acworth | 4,132 | 34.7 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 3,636 | 30.6 | +12.6 | ||
Turnout | 11,900 | 89.0 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 13,373 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brigg | 5,322 | 45.7 | −7.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Mitchell Acworth | 3,229 | 27.7 | −19.2 | |
Independent Labour | W. T. Newlove | 3,102 | 26.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,093 | 18.0 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,653 | 88.8 | +6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 13,125 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brigg | 5,432 | 53.1 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | W. Bairstow | 4,792 | 46.9 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 640 | 6.2 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,224 | 82.0 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,470 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Brigg | 5,036 | 54.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Walter Bairstow [25] | 4,196 | 45.5 | New | |
Majority | 840 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,232 | 77.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,977 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Isaac Holden | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Isaac Holden | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Isaac Holden | 5,644 | 66.7 | ||
Conservative | William Henry Carter Dunhill [26] | 2,818 | 33.3 | ||
Majority | 2,826 | 33.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,462 | 84.0 | |||
Registered electors | 10,072 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |