Members of Parliament
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 1974-1983 (and then for Bradford South, 1987–1994). She retired at the 2010 general election.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir Isaac Holden, Bt | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Sir John Brigg | Liberal | |
| 1911 by-election | Stanley Buckmaster | Liberal | |
| 1915 by-election | Sir Swire Smith | Liberal | |
| 1918 by-election | William Somervell | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Sir Robert Clough | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Hastings Lees-Smith | Labour | |
| 1923 | Robert Pilkington | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Hastings Lees-Smith | Labour | |
| 1931 | George Harvie-Watt | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Hastings Lees-Smith | Labour | |
| 1942 by-election | Ivor Bulmer-Thomas | Labour | |
| 1950 | Charles Hobson | Labour | |
| 1959 | Sir Marcus Worsley | Conservative | |
| 1964 | John Binns | Labour | |
| 1970 | Joan Hall | Conservative | |
| Feb 1974 | Bob Cryer | Labour | |
| 1983 | Gary Waller | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Ann Cryer | Labour | |
| 2010 | Kris Hopkins | Conservative | |
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