Dewsbury (UK Parliament Constituency) - Elections

Elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General election, May 2010
Turnout: 54,008 (68.5%) +6.5
Conservative gain from Labour
Majority: 1,526 (2.8%) −9.2
Swing: 7.8% from Lab to Con
Simon Reevell Conservative 18,898 35.0 +6.0
Shahid Malik Labour 17,372 32.2 −9.5
Andrew Hutchinson Liberal Democrat 9,150 16.9 +3.3
Khizar Iqbal Independent 3,813 7.1 N/A
Roger Roberts BNP 3,265 6.0 −7.1
Adrian Cruden Green 849 1.6 +0.1
Michael Felse English Democrats 661 1.2 N/A
General election, May 2005
Electorate: 62,245
Turnout: 38,595 (62.0%) +3.2
Labour hold
Majority: 3,615 (12%) −8.3
Swing: 4.2% from Lab to Con
Shahid Malik Labour 15,807 41.0 −9.5
Sayeeda Warsi Conservative 11,192 29.0 −1.2
Kingsley Hill Liberal Democrat 5,624 14.6 +2.6
David Exley BNP 5,066 13.1 +8.6
Brenda Smithson Green 593 1.5 0.0
Alan Girvan Independent 313 0.8 N/A
General election, June 2001
Turnout: 36,651 (58.8%) −11.2
Labour hold
Majority: 7,449 (20.3%) +1.0
Swing: 0.5% from Con to Lab
Ann Taylor Labour 18,524 50.5 +1.1
Robert Cole Conservative 11,075 30.2 +0.1
Ian Cuthbertson Liberal Democrat 4,382 12.0 +1.7
Russell Smith BNP 1,632 4.5 −0.7
Brenda Smithson Green 560 1.5 +0.6
David Peace UKIP 478 1.3 N/A
General election, May 1997
Turnout: 43,975 (70.0%) −10.2
Labour hold
Majority: 8,323 (19.3%) +18.2
Swing: 9.2% from Con to Lab
Ann Taylor Labour 21,286 49.4 +5.6
Paul McCormick Conservative 12,963 30.1 −12.7
Kingsley Hill Liberal Democrat 4,422 10.3 −1.0
Frances Taylor BNP 2,232 5.2 +4.1
Wendy Goff Referendum Party 1,019 2.4 N/A
David Daniel Independent Labour 770 1.8 N/A
Ian McCourtie Green 383 0.9 +0.1
General election, April 1992
Electorate: 72,839
Turnout: 58,402 (80.2%) +2.4
Labour hold
Majority: 634 (1.1%) +0.3
Swing: 0.2% from Con to Lab
Ann Taylor Labour 25,596 43.8 +1.4
John Whitfield Conservative 24,962 42.7 +1.1
Robert Meadowcroft Liberal Democrat 6,570 11.3 N/A
Jane Birdwood BNP 660 1.1 N/A
Neil Denby Green 471 0.8 N/A
Janet Marsden Natural Law 146 0.3 N/A
General election, June 1987
Electorate: 70,836
Turnout: 55,798 (78.8%) +7.9
Labour gain from Conservative
Majority: 445 (0.8%) −4.1
Swing: 2.4% from Con to Lab
Ann Taylor Labour 23,668 42.4 +7.1
John Whitfield Conservative 23,223 41.6 +2.3
Alan Mills Social Democrat 8,907 16.0 −9.3
General election, June 1983
Electorate: 70,623
Turnout: 51,573 (70.8%) −6.3
Conservative gain from Social Democrat
Majority: 2,086 (4.0%) −4.9
Swing: 6.5% from Lab to Con
John Whitfield Conservative 20,297 39.4 +1.6
D Ripley Labour 18,211 35.3 −11.4
David Ginsburg Social Democrat 13,065 25.3 N/A
General election, May 1979
Electorate: 63,379
Turnout: 48,857 (77.1%) +4.2
Labour hold
Majority: 4,381 (9.0%) −6.4
Swing: 3.2% from Lab to Con
David Ginsburg Labour 22,829 46.7 +1.3
R Galley Conservative 18,448 37.8 +7.7
N Derbyshire Liberal 7,580 15.5 −9.0
General election, October 1974
Electorate: 61,493
Turnout: 44,846 (72.9%) −8.4
Labour hold
Majority: 6,901 (15.4%) +4.5
Swing: 2.3% from Con to Lab
David Ginsburg Labour 20,378 45.4 +3.0
M Wood Conservative 13,477 30.1 −1.6
A Allsop Liberal 10,991 24.5 −1.4
General election, February 1974
Electorate: 61,000
Turnout: 49,859 (81.8%) +7.2
Labour hold
Majority: 5,412 (10.9%) +0.8
Swing: 0.4% from Con to Lab
David Ginsburg Labour 21,186 42.5 −6.3
I J Humphrey Conservative 15,774 31.6 −7.0
A Allsop Liberal 12,889 25.9 +13.2
General election, June 1970
Electorate: 60,544
Turnout: 45,171 (74.5%) −3.4
Labour hold
Majority: 4,547 (10.1%) −14.8
Swing: 7.4% from Lab to Con
David Ginsburg Labour 22,015 48.7 −4.8
J M Stanfield Conservative 17,468 38.7 +9.9
A Allsop Liberal 5,688 12.6 −5.1
General election, March 1966
Electorate: 55,180
Turnout: 42,981 (77.9%) −1.6
Labour hold
Majority: 10,666 (24.8%) +10.7
Swing: 5.3% from Con to Lab
David Ginsburg Labour 23,027 53.6 +5.2
D H Haynes Conservative 12,361 28.8 −5.4
A Allsop Liberal 7,593 17.7 +0.2
General election, October 1964
Electorate: 55,341
Turnout: 44,009 (79.5%) −3.2
Labour hold
Majority: 6,238 (14.2%) +6.1
Swing: 3.1% from Con to Lab
David Ginsburg Labour 21,284 48.4 +2.4
B M Garden Conservative 15,046 34.2 −3.7
A Allsop Liberal 7,679 17.5 +1.2
General election, October 1959
Electorate: 54,894
Turnout: 45,392 (82.7%) +1.9
Labour hold
Majority: 3,669 (8.1%) −8.5
Swing: 4.3% from Lab to Con
David Ginsburg Labour 20,870 46.0 −6.2
Marcus Fox Conservative 17,201 37.9 +2.4
J M McLusky Liberal 7,321 16.1 +3.8
General election, May 1955
Electorate: 55,257
Turnout: 44,671 (80.8%) −5
Labour hold
Majority: 7,417 (16.6%) −0.2
Swing: 0.1% from Lab to Con
Will Paling Labour 23,286 52.1 −1.1
Michael Norman Shaw Conservative 15,869 35.5 −0.9
Joseph Stanley Snowden Liberal 5,516 12.4 +2.0
General election, October 1951
Electorate: 62,680
Turnout: 53,796 (85.8%) −2.1
Labour hold
Majority: 9,088 (16.9%) −3.7
Swing: 1.9% from Lab to Con
Will Paling Labour 28,650 53.3 −0.4
J Ramsden Conservative 19,562 36.4 +3.4
Joseph Stanley Snowden Liberal 5,584 10.4 −3
General election, February 1950
Electorate: 62,259
Turnout: 54,740 (87.9%) +7.6
Labour hold
Majority: 11,265 (20.6%) −5.8
Swing: 2.9% from Lab to Con
Will Paling Labour 29,341 53.6 −2.7
J Ramsden Conservative 18,076 33.0 +3.1
Granville Slack Liberal 7,323 13.4 −0.5
General election, July 1945
Electorate: 36,217
Turnout: 29,027 (80.3%) −0.5
Labour hold
Majority: 7,656 (26,4%) +8.7
Will Paling Labour 16,330 56.3 +9.1
E Kilner Liberal National 8,674 29.9 N/A
T Banks Liberal 4,023 13.4 −9.4

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