The English ceremonial county of West Yorkshire is divided into 24 parliamentary constituencies: 12 borough constituencies and 12 county constituencies, two of which are partly in North Yorkshire.
Constituencies
†Conservative ¥Green ‡Labour ¤Reform UK
Boundary changes
2024
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine West Yorkshire with North Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the majority of the former North Yorkshire district of Selby and includes the City of Leeds ward of Kippax and Methley; and a new constituency named Wetherby and Easingwold which includes the City of Leeds wards of Harewood and Wetherby.
As a consequence, the following changes were also made: Elmet and Rothwell was abolished; Wakefield was reconfigured to include the towns of Rothwell and Outwood and is renamed Wakefield and Rothwell; Morley and Outwood became Leeds South West and Morley; a new constituency named Ossett and Denby Dale was created; and the town of Normanton was transferred from Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford to Hemsworth, resulting in the two new constituencies of Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, and Normanton and Hemsworth.
Elsewhere, Batley and Spen, and Dewsbury were realigned to form Dewsbury and Batley, and Spen Valley, and Leeds West and Pudsey were abolished, with parts of each forming Leeds West and Pudsey. Leeds Central effectively became Leeds South and a new constituency named Leeds Central and Headingley was created. Although its boundaries were unchanged, it was proposed that Keighley be renamed Keighley and Ilkley.
The following constituencies resulted from the boundary review:
Covering electoral wards within Bradford
- Bradford East
- Bradford South
- Bradford West
- Keighley and Ilkley
- Shipley
Covering electoral wards within Calderdale
- Calder Valley
- Halifax
Covering electoral wards within Kirklees
- Colne Valley
- Dewsbury and Batley
- Huddersfield
- Ossett and Denby Dale (part)
- Spen Valley
Covering electoral wards within Leeds
- Leeds Central and Headingley
- Leeds East
- Leeds North East
- Leeds North West
- Leeds South
- Leeds South West and Morley
- Leeds West and Pudsey
- Selby (also contains part of the North Yorkshire district of Selby)
- Wakefield and Rothwell (part)
- Wetherby and Easingwold (also contains parts of the North Yorkshire borough of Harrogate and districts of Hambleton and Selby)
Covering electoral wards within Wakefield
- Normanton and Hemsworth
- Ossett and Denby Dale (part)
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Wakefield and Rothwell (part)
2010
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in West Yorkshire from 23 to 22, leading to significant changes in the Cities of Leeds and Wakefield, with the abolition of Elmet, Morley and Rothwell, Normanton, and Pontefract and Castleford and the creation of Elmet and Rothwell, Morley and Outwood, and Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford. Bradford North was renamed Bradford East.
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019
2024
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Yorkshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:
Percentage votes
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
* Included in Other
Seats
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910 - West Riding of Yorkshire
1918-1945
1950-1979
1983-2024 - West Yorkshire
2024-present - West Yorkshire including two cross-county constituencies partly in North Yorkshire
Historical representation by party
Data given is for the West Riding of Yorkshire before 1983. A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
Areas currently in North Yorkshire
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Areas currently in West Yorkshire
Conservative Independent Labour Independent Liberal Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
Areas currently in South Yorkshire
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal-Labour Liberal Unionist
1918 to 1950
Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Coalition National Democratic & Labour Common Wealth Conservative Independent Labour Liberal National Labour National Liberal (1931-68) Speaker
1950 to 1983
Conservative Labour Liberal National Liberal (1931-68) Social Democratic
1983 to 2010
Conservative Labour Liberal Liberal Democrats
2010 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats Respect
1parts transferred in 2024 to the new constituency of Wetherby & Easingwold which is mostly in North Yorkshire
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Notes
References
External links
- Boundary Commission for England: West Yorkshire Boroughs
