Huddersfield East (UK Parliament constituency)

Huddersfield East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Huddersfield
Replaced by	Huddersfield and Dewsbury

Huddersfield East was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Huddersfield wards of Almondbury, Dalton, Deighton, Fartown, Newsome, North Central, and South Central.

1955–1983: The County Borough of Huddersfield wards of Almondbury, Dalton, Deighton, Fartown, North Central, and South Central, and the Urban District of Kirkburton.

The constituency included Huddersfield itself.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Joseph Mallalieu	Labour
	1979	Barry Sheerman	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Huddersfield

Joseph Mallalieu had been Member of Parliament for Huddersfield from 1945 to 1950, when the constituency was abolished. When the Huddersfield constituency was recreated, Barry Sheerman became the new Member of Parliament.

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	22,296	56.6
	Conservative	John Smith	17,063	43.4
Majority			5,233	13.2
Turnout			39,359
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1951: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	22,368	55.7	−0.9
	Conservative	John Smith	17,799	44.3	+0.9
Majority			4,569	11.4	−1.8
Turnout			40,167
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	22,835	55.1	−0.6
	Conservative	Douglas Clift	18,611	44.9	+0.6
Majority			4,224	10.2	−1.2
Turnout			41,446
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	22,474	53.7	−1.4
	Conservative	Paul Michael Beard	19,389	46.3	+1.4
Majority			3,085	7.4	−2.8
Turnout			41,863
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	20,501	51.0	−2.7
	Conservative	James Fergusson	12,332	30.4	−15.9
	Liberal	Bernard Jennings	7,494	18.6	New
Majority			8,269	20.6	+13.2
Turnout			40,327
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	21,960	55.8	+4.8
	Conservative	James Fergusson	11,081	28.2	−2.2
	Liberal	George Malcolm Lee	6,303	16.0	−2.6
Majority			10,879	27.6	+7.0
Turnout			39,344
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	20,629	50.2	−5.6
	Conservative	John Holt	15,632	38.0	+9.8
	Liberal	George Malcolm Lee	4,569	11.1	−4.9
	Communist	Ethel Beresford	308	0.75	New
Majority			4,997	12.2	−15.4
Turnout			41,138
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	20,224	47.3	−2.9
	Conservative	Cyril Taylor	12,920	30.2	−7.8
	Liberal	George Malcolm Lee	8,530	20.0	+8.9
	National Front	N Mear	796	1.9	New
	Communist	A Drake	246	0.6	−0.1
Majority			7,304	17.10	+4.9
Turnout			42,716
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Mallalieu	19,522	50.4	+3.1
	Conservative	AFJ Povey	11,108	28.7	+1.5
	Liberal	George Malcolm Lee	7,326	18.9	−1.1
	National Front	J Robertshaw	764	2.0	+0.1
Majority			8,414	21.7	+4.6
Turnout			38,720
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1979: Huddersfield East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Barry Sheerman	19,040	47.5	−2.9
	Conservative	M Bendelow	15,945	39.7	+11.0
	Liberal	G MacPherson	4,890	12.2	−6.7
	Independent	H Hirst	243	0.6	New
Majority			3,095	7.8	−13.9
Turnout			40,118
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)