Huddersfield West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 53°38′46″N 1°48′11″W / 53.646°N 1.803°W / 53.646; -1.803
| Huddersfield West | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1950 (1950)–1983 (1983) | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Huddersfield and Littleborough and Saddleworth |
Huddersfield West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
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