Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

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Halifax

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Halifax in West Yorkshire.


Outline map
Location of West Yorkshire within England.

County1832–1974: West Riding of Yorkshire
1974–present: West Yorkshire
Electorate69,126 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements
Halifax, Sowerby Bridge
Current constituency
Created1832
Member of parliament
Holly Lynch (Labour)
Number of members1832–1918: Two
1918–present: One
Created fromYorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituencyYorkshire and the Humber

Halifax is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Holly Lynch of the Labour Party.[n 2]




Contents





  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 History


  • 3 Constituency profile


  • 4 Members of Parliament

    • 4.1 MPs 1832–1918


    • 4.2 MPs since 1918



  • 5 Elections

    • 5.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 5.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 5.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 5.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 5.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 5.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 5.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 5.8 Elections in the 1940s


    • 5.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 5.10 Elections in the 1920s


    • 5.11 Elections in the 1910s


    • 5.12 Elections in the 1900s


    • 5.13 Elections in the 1890s


    • 5.14 Elections in the 1880s


    • 5.15 Elections in the 1870s


    • 5.16 Elections in the 1860s


    • 5.17 Elections in the 1850s


    • 5.18 Elections in the 1840s



  • 6 See also


  • 7 Notes and references


  • 8 Sources




Boundaries


1918-1983: The County Borough of Halifax.


1983-2010: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth, Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, St John's, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.


2010-present: The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale wards of Illingworth and Mixenden, Northowram and Shelf, Ovenden, Park, Skircoat, Sowerby Bridge, Town, and Warley.


This constituency covers the large town of Halifax in West Yorkshire and includes the smaller town of Sowerby Bridge which adjoins Halifax but until 1974 was a separate Urban District.



History


The parliamentary borough was granted in the Great Reform Act 1832 and returned from that year until 1918 two members. A county borough recognized the density of the developed area in 1888 which provided most functions for inhabitants, retaining the West Yorkshire ceremonial county. The municipal or county borough was under a mayor, five aldermen and 45 councillors and had an area of 13,967 acres (56.52 km2).[2]


At the time of the Norman Conquest, Halifax formed part of the extensive manor of Wakefield, which belonged to the king, but in the 13th century was in the hands of John Earl de Warrenne aka. Earl of Surrey (1231–1304).[n 3] The prosperity of the town began with the first woollen products workshop established here in 1414, when there are said to have been only thirteen houses, which before the end of the 16th century had increased to 520.[2] Camden, about the end of the 17th century, wrote that "the people are very industrious, so that though the soil about it be barren and improfitable, not fit to live on, they have so flourished ... by the clothing trade that they are very rich and have gained a reputation for it above their neighbours."[3] The manufacturing standards and trade were improved by the arrival of certain merchants and clothworkers driven from the Spanish Netherlands by the persecution by the Duke of Alva.[3]


Halifax was a borough by prescription[n 4] rather than a medieval parliamentary borough, its privileges[n 5] growing up with the increased prosperity brought by the cloth trade, but it was not incorporated until 1848. From 1832 until 1918 the town's property-qualifying residents paying scot and lot returned two members to parliament.[n 6][3]



Constituency profile


As of 2001, the town in the Pennines was relatively affluent, not afflicted by the high levels of unemployment, underemployment and crime seen in a few wards of the Yorkshire and Humber region but most constituents had modest incomes and there was some social housing in certain wards.[4] Since 1987 the MP has been in the Labour Party; before that date for four years it was held by a Conservative MP, but generally since the Second World War it has been a Labour seat.


The Conservative Party launched their election manifesto at Dean Clough Mill, Halifax prior to the 2017 general election and targeted the seat fairly heavily, as the Labour majority in the seat had fallen to just 428 votes, or 1% of the total vote, two years prior; however, Lynch increased her majority by almost 5,000 votes, giving Labour their biggest majority in Halifax since 2001.



Members of Parliament



MPs 1832–1918











































































Election1st Member[5]1st Party2nd Member[5]2nd Party

1832


Rawdon Briggs

Whig[6]


Sir Charles Wood

Whig[7][8][9][10][11][6][12]

1835


James Stuart-Wortley

Conservative[6]

1837


Edward Davis Protheroe

Radical[12][13][14]

1847


Henry Edwards

Conservative

1852


Sir Francis Crossley

Radical[15][16][17][18]

1859

Sir James Stansfeld

Liberal


Liberal

1865


Edward Akroyd

Liberal

1874


John Crossley

Liberal

1877 by-election


John Dyson Hutchinson

Liberal

1882 by-election


Thomas Shaw

Liberal

1893 by-election


William Rawson Shaw

Liberal

1895


Alfred Arnold

Conservative

1897 by-election


Alfred Billson

Liberal

1900


Sir Savile Crossley

Liberal Unionist


John Henry Whitley

Liberal

1906


James Parker

Labour


MPs since 1918


Representation reduced to one member, 1918
















































ElectionMember[5]Party


1918

John Henry Whitley

Liberal


1921

Speaker

1928 by-electionArthur Longbottom
Labour

1931Gilbert Gledhill
Conservative

1945Dryden Brook
Labour

1955Maurice Macmillan
Conservative

1964Shirley Summerskill
Labour

1983Roy Galley
Conservative

1987Alice Mahon
Labour

2005Linda Riordan
Labour

2015Holly Lynch
Labour


Elections



1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s – 1900s – 1910s – 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s


Elections in the 2010s




Holly Lynch














































General Election 2017: Halifax[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Holly Lynch
25,507
52.7
+12.7


Conservative
Chris Pearson
20,131
41.6
+2.6


UKIP
Mark Weedon
1,568
3.2
-9.6


Liberal Democrat
James Baker
1,070
2.2
-1.5
Majority
5,376
11.1
+10.1

Turnout
48,375
67.9
+5.8


Labour hold

Swing
+5.0































































General Election 2015: Halifax[20][21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Holly Lynch
17,506
40.0
+2.6


Conservative
Philip Allott
17,078
39.0
+5.0


UKIP
Liz Phillips
5,621
12.8
+11.3


Liberal Democrat
Mohammad Ilyas
1,629
3.7
-15.4


Green
Gary Scott
1,142
2.6

N/A


Respect
Asama Javed
465
1.1

N/A


Christian
Trevor Bendrien
312
0.7

N/A
Majority
428
1.0
-2.4

Turnout
43,753
62.1
+0.2


Labour hold

Swing



























































General Election 2010: Halifax[22][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour Co-op

Linda Riordan
16,278
37.4
-4.4


Conservative
Philip Allott
14,806
34.0
+0.8


Liberal Democrat
Elisabeth Wilson
8,335
19.1
+1.2


BNP
Tom Bates
2,760
6.3
-0.3

Independent Voice for Halifax
Diane Park
722
1.7

N/A


UKIP
Jay Sangha
654
1.5

N/A
Majority
1,472
3.4
-5.4

Turnout
43,555
61.9
+0.9


Labour hold

Swing
-2.6


Elections in the 2000s




















































General Election 2005: Halifax[24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour Co-op

Linda Riordan
16,579
41.8
−7.2


Conservative

Kris Hopkins
13,162
33.2
−0.6


Liberal Democrat
Michael Taylor
7,100
17.9
+3.3


BNP
Geoff Wallace
2,627
6.6

N/A


National Front

Tom Holmes
191
0.5

N/A
Majority
3,417
8.6


Turnout
39,659
61.1
+3.3


Labour Co-op hold

Swing
−3.3













































General Election 2001: Halifax[25]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Alice Mahon
19,800
49.0
−5.3


Conservative
James Walsh
13,671
33.8
+1.7


Liberal Democrat
John Durkin
5,878
14.6
+2.6


UKIP
Helen Martinek
1,041
2.6
+1.0
Majority
6,129
15.2


Turnout
40,390
57.8
−12.7


Labour hold

Swing



Elections in the 1990s














































General Election 1997: Halifax[26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Alice Mahon
27,465
54.3
+10.8


Conservative
Robert Light
16,253
32.1
-10.6


Liberal Democrat
Edgar Waller
6,059
12.0
-0.7


UKIP
Constance Whittaker
779
1.5
N/A
Majority
11,212
22.2
+21.4

Turnout
50,556
70.5



Labour hold

Swing














































General Election 1992: Halifax[27][28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Alice Mahon
25,115
43.5
+0.1


Conservative
TR Martin
24,637
42.7
+1.4


Liberal Democrat
Ian R. Howell
7,364
12.7
−2.6


Independent Nationalist
Ron Pearson
649
1.1
+1.1
Majority
478
0.8
−1.3

Turnout
57,765
78.7
+1.0


Labour hold

Swing
−0.6


Elections in the 1980s








































General Election 1987: Halifax[29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Alice Mahon
24,741
43.38



Conservative

Roy Galley
23,529
41.26



Social Democratic
Laurence Cockcroft
8,758
15.36

Majority
1,212
2.13


Turnout

77.70



Labour gain from Conservative

Swing








































General Election 1983: Halifax[30]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Roy Galley
22,321
40.85



Labour

Shirley Summerskill
20,452
37.43



Social Democratic
F. Cockroft
11,868
21.72

Majority
1,869
3.42


Turnout

75.11



Conservative gain from Labour

Swing



Elections in the 1970s














































General Election 1979: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Shirley Summerskill
21,416
43.79



Conservative
J. Ford
20,182
41.27



Liberal
Allen Clegg
6,853
14.01



National Front
B. Wadsworth
455
0.93

Majority
1,234
2.52


Turnout

76.69



Labour hold

Swing














































General Election October 1974: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Shirley Summerskill
20,976
44.27



Conservative
S.R. Lyons
16,798
35.45



Liberal
Allen Clegg
8,693
18.35


Powellite
R.S. Pearson
919
1.94

Majority
4,178
8.82


Turnout

74.55



Labour hold

Swing








































General Election February 1974: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Shirley Summerskill
20,970
40.93



Conservative
S.R. Lyons
17,967
35.07



Liberal
Allen Clegg
12,300
24.01

Majority
3,003
5.86


Turnout

81.27



Labour hold

Swing








































General Election 1970: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Shirley Summerskill
24,026
49.33



Conservative
G Anthony Turner
23,828
48.93



Ind. Labour Party
Alistair Graham
847
1.74

Majority
198
0.41


Turnout

73.51



Labour hold

Swing



Elections in the 1960s








































General Election 1966: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Shirley Summerskill
25,391
50.28



Conservative
G Anthony Turner
19,689
38.99



Liberal
Derek Arthur Carlin
5,423
10.74

Majority
5,702
11.29


Turnout

80.48



Labour hold

Swing








































General Election 1964: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Shirley Summerskill
23,143
43.76



Conservative

Maurice Macmillan
22,085
41.75



Liberal
James Francis Crossley
7,664
14.49

Majority
1,058
2.00


Turnout

82.06



Labour gain from Conservative

Swing



Elections in the 1950s


































General Election 1959: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Maurice Macmillan
29,212
52.25



Labour

Peter Shore
26,697
47.75

Majority
2,515
4.50


Turnout

83.26



Conservative hold

Swing


































General Election 1955: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Maurice Macmillan
28,306
51.39



Labour

Dryden Brook
26,771
48.61

Majority
1,535
2.79


Turnout

80.15



Conservative gain from Labour

Swing


































General Election 1951: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Dryden Brook
30,433
50.63



Conservative
Charles Henry Lucas
29,670
49.37

Majority
763
1.27


Turnout

84.25



Labour hold

Swing














































General Election 1950: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Dryden Brook
28,800
47.70



Conservative
Charles Henry Lucas
20,456
33.88



Liberal

Arthur Pickles
9,573
15.85



National Liberal and Conservative
R.H. Blackburn
1,551
2.57

Majority
8,344
13.82


Turnout

85.09



Labour hold

Swing


  • Blackburn was a vice-president of the Bradford Conservative Association. He was nominated after the Conservative and Liberal associations in the division had failed to reach agreement on the proposal for a joint anti-Labour candidate.[31]


Elections in the 1940s








































General Election 1945: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Dryden Brook
25,605
46.5
+7.0


Conservative

Gilbert Gledhill
14,824
26.9
-17.5


Liberal
Arnold Gelder
14,631
26.6
+10.5
Majority
10,781
19.6
+14.7

Turnout
55,060
77.4
+0.5


Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
+11.3


Elections in the 1930s








































General Election 1935: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Gilbert Gledhill
24,103
44.4
−21.3


Labour

Arthur Longbottom
21,471
39.5
+9.8


Liberal

Ashley Mitchell
8,736
16.1
N/A
Majority
2,632
4.9
−31.1

Turnout
54,310
76.9
−3.6


Conservative hold

Swing
−15.6







































General Election 1931: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Gilbert Gledhill
36,731
65.7
+36.0


Labour

Arthur Longbottom
16,601
29.7
−12.5


Independent Liberal
Frank Sykes[32]2,578
4.6
N/A
Majority
20,130
36.0
+23.5

Turnout

80.5
−0.8


Conservative gain from Labour

Swing
+24.2


Elections in the 1920s












































General Election 1929: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Arthur Longbottom
22,776
42.2

N/A


Unionist

Gilbert Gledhill
16,713
29.7

N/A


Liberal

Elliott Dodds
15,823
28.1

N/A
Majority
7,063
12.5

N/A

Turnout
55,312
81.3

N/A

Registered electors
69,301




Labour gain from Liberal

Swing

N/A



Harry Barnes












































Halifax by-election, 1928
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Arthur Longbottom
17,536
42.8

N/A


Liberal

Harry Barnes
12,585
30.8

N/A


Unionist

Francis Crossley
10,804
26.4

N/A
Majority
4,951
12.0

N/A

Turnout
40,925
78.7

N/A

Registered electors
52,013




Labour gain from Liberal

Swing

N/A














General Election 1924: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Speaker

John Henry Whitley

Unopposed


Speaker hold













General Election 1923: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Speaker

John Henry Whitley

Unopposed


Speaker hold













General Election 1922: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Speaker

John Henry Whitley

Unopposed


Speaker hold


Elections in the 1910s




Whitley






































General Election 1918: Halifax
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Liberal

John Henry Whitley
22,136
84.6
+51.2


Socialist Labour Party

Arthur McManus
4,036
15.4

N/A
Majority
18,100
69.2
+53.3

Turnout
26,172
53.4
−33.6

Registered electors
49,017




Liberal hold

Swing

N/A


C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

























































General Election December 1910 : Halifax[33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Henry Whitley
8,778
33.4
−7.3


Labour

James Parker
8,511
32.3
−6.6


Conservative
John Herbert Lacy Baldwin
4,602
17.5
+7.3[n 7]


Conservative
James Francis Wallace Galbraith
4,420
16.8
+6.6[n 7]

Turnout

87.0
−5.6

Registered electors
15,528


Majority
4,176
15.9
−4.4


Liberal hold

Swing
−7.3

Majority
3,909
14.8
−3.7


Labour hold

Swing
−7.0




















































General Election January 1910 : Halifax[33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Henry Whitley
9,504
40.7
+0.6


Labour

James Parker
9,093
38.9
+0.6


Conservative
James Francis Wallace Galbraith
4,754
20.4
−1.2

Turnout

92.6
−0.4

Registered electors
15,528


Majority
4,750
20.3
+1.8


Liberal hold

Swing
+0.9

Majority
4,339
18.5
+1.8


Labour hold

Swing
+0.9


Elections in the 1900s















By-election, 1907: Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Henry Whitley

Unopposed


Liberal hold


Crossley, Whitley and Parker





















































General Election 1906 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Henry Whitley
9,354
40.1
−14.0


Labour Repr. Cmte.

James Parker
8,937
38.3
+22.0


Liberal Unionist

Savile Crossley
5,041
21.6
−8.0

Turnout

93.0
+6.3

Registered electors
15,316


Majority
4,313
18.5
+7.2


Liberal hold

Swing
−18.0

Majority
3,896
16.7

N/A


Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Liberal Unionist

Swing
+15.0



James Parker



























































General Election 1900 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Unionist

Savile Crossley
5,931
29.6
+0.3


Liberal

John Henry Whitley
5,543
27.6
+0.4


Liberal

Alfred Billson
5,325
26.5
+3.5


Labour Repr. Cmte.

James Parker
3,276
16.3
−4.2

Turnout

86.7
−1.2

Registered electors
14,879


Majority
606
3.1
−3.2


Liberal Unionist hold

Swing
−0.1

Majority
2,267
11.3
+4.6


Liberal hold

Swing
−1.9


Elections in the 1890s












































By-election, 1897 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Alfred Billson
5,664
43.8
−6.4


Liberal Unionist

Savile Crossley
5,252
40.7
+11.4


Ind. Labour Party

Tom Mann
2,000
15.5
−5.0
Majority
412
3.1
−3.6

Turnout
12,916
90.4
+2.5

Registered electors
14,290




Liberal hold

Swing
−8.9

  • Caused by Shaw's resignation.

























































General Election 1895 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Alfred Arnold
5,475
29.3
+2.7


Liberal

William Rawson Shaw
5,085
27.2
−9.9


Liberal
J. Booth
4,283
23.0
−13.3


Ind. Labour Party

John Lister
3,818
20.5

N/A

Turnout
12,169 (est)
87.9
+4.0

Registered electors
13,844


Majority
1,192
6.3

N/A


Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+6.3

Majority
1,267
6.7
−3.0


Liberal hold

Swing
−6.3











































By-election, 1893 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

William Rawson Shaw
4,620
38.9
−34.5


Conservative

Alfred Arnold
4,252
35.7
+9.1


Ind. Labour Party

John Lister
3,028
25.4

N/A

Turnout
11,900
89.4
+5.5

Registered electors
13,317


Majority
368
3.2
−6.5


Liberal hold

Swing
−21.8

  • Caused by Shaw's death















































General Election 1892 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Thomas Shaw
6,481
37.1
−0.6


Liberal

James Stansfeld
6,361
36.3
−1.0


Conservative

Alfred Arnold
4,663
26.6
+1.6

Turnout
11,056 (est)
83.9
+10.1

Registered electors
13,177


Majority
1,698
9.7
−2.6


Liberal hold

Swing
−1.1



Liberal hold

Swing
−1.3


Elections in the 1880s

















































General Election 1886 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Thomas Shaw
5,427
37.7
−0.7


Liberal

James Stansfeld
5,381
37.3
+0.2


Conservative
Alfred Morris[35]3,612
25.0
+0.5
Majority
1,769
12.3
−0.3

Turnout
9,055
73.8
−8.9

Registered electors
12,269




Liberal hold

Swing
−0.5



Liberal hold

Swing
−0.0














By-election, 3 Apr 1886 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

James Stansfeld

Unopposed


Liberal hold
  • Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as President of the Local Government Board.















































General Election 1885 : Halifax[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Thomas Shaw
6,269
38.4
−0.9


Liberal

James Stansfeld
6,053
37.1
−2.3


Conservative
Alfred Morris[35]3,988
24.5
+3.2
Majority
2,065
12.6
−5.4

Turnout
10,144
82.7
−1.2 (est)

Registered electors
12,269




Liberal hold

Swing
−0.4



Liberal hold

Swing
−2.0














By-election, 21 Aug 1882 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Thomas Shaw

Unopposed


Liberal hold
  • Caused by Hutchinson's resignation.















































General Election 1880 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

James Stansfeld
6,392
39.4
+2.8


Liberal

John Dyson Hutchinson
6,364
39.3
+2.1


Conservative
William Barber[37]3,452
21.3
−4.9
Majority
2,912
18.0
+7.7

Turnout
9,844 (est)
83.9 (est)
+0.2

Registered electors
11,728




Liberal hold

Swing
+2.6



Liberal hold

Swing
+2.3


Elections in the 1870s






































Halifax by-election, 1877[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Dyson Hutchinson
5,750
61.3
-12.5


Conservative
Richard Wilson Gamble[38]3,624
38.7
+12.5
Majority
2,126
22.7
+12.4

Turnout
9,374
79.9
-3.8

Registered electors
11,737




Liberal hold

Swing
-12.5

  • Caused by Crossley's resignation.















































General Election 1874 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Crossley
5,563
37.2
−1.7


Liberal

James Stansfeld
5,473
36.6
−3.3


Conservative
Henry Charles McCrea[39]3,927
26.2

N/A
Majority
1,546
10.3
−7.4

Turnout
9,445 (est)
83.7 (est)
−2.2

Registered electors
11,282




Liberal hold

Swing

N/A



Liberal hold

Swing

N/A














Halifax by-election, 1871[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Crossley

Unopposed


Liberal hold
  • Caused by Crossley's appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.


Elections in the 1860s















By-election, 21 December 1868 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

James Stansfeld

Unopposed


Liberal hold
  • Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.









































General Election 1868 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

James Stansfeld
5,278
39.9

N/A


Liberal

Edward Akroyd
5,141
38.9

N/A


Lib-Lab

Edward Owen Greening[40]
2,802
21.2

N/A
Majority
2,339
17.7

N/A

Turnout
8,012 (est)
85.9 (est)

N/A

Registered electors
9,328




Liberal hold


Liberal hold























General Election 1865 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

James Stansfeld

Unopposed


Liberal

Edward Akroyd

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,771




Liberal hold


Liberal hold













By-election, 28 April 1863 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

James Stansfeld

Unopposed


Liberal hold
  • Caused by Stansfeld's appointment as Civil Lord of the Admiralty.


Elections in the 1850s















By-election, 28 June 1859 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Charles Wood

Unopposed


Liberal hold
  • Caused by Wood's appointment as Secretary of State for India.























General Election 1859 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

James Stansfeld

Unopposed


Liberal

Charles Wood

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,521




Liberal hold


Liberal hold



















































General Election 1857 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Radical

Francis Crossley
830
37.8
+4.6


Whig

Charles Wood
714
32.5
−2.0


Conservative

Henry Edwards
651
29.7
−0.5

Turnout
1,423 (est)
95.6 (est)
+3.5

Registered electors
1,488


Majority
116
5.3
+2.3


Radical hold

Swing
+2.8

Majority
63
2.9
+1.6


Whig hold

Swing
−1.7














By-election, 3 March 1855 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Charles Wood

Unopposed


Whig hold
  • Caused by Wood's appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty




































By-election, 5 January 1853 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Charles Wood
592
53.0
+18.5


Conservative

Henry Edwards
526
47.0
+16.8
Majority
66
5.9
+4.6

Turnout
1,118
91.8
−0.3

Registered electors
1,218




Whig hold

Swing
+0.9

  • Caused by Wood's appointment as President of the Board of Control.

























































General Election 1852 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Charles Wood
596
34.5
+3.7


Radical

Francis Crossley
573
33.2
+12.0


Conservative

Henry Edwards
521
30.2
−0.8


Chartist

Ernest Charles Jones[41]
37
2.1
−14.9

Turnout
1,106 (est)
92.1 (est)
+11.5

Registered electors
1,200


Majority
23
1.3
−8.3


Whig hold

Swing
+2.1

Majority
52
3.0

N/A


Radical gain from Conservative

Swing
+6.2


Elections in the 1840s



























































General Election 1847 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Henry Edwards
511
31.0
+2.2


Whig

Charles Wood
507
30.8
−3.6


Radical

Edward Miall
349
21.2
−15.6


Chartist

Ernest Charles Jones
280
17.0

N/A

Turnout
824 (est)
80.6 (est)
−7.6

Registered electors
1,022


Majority
4
0.2

N/A


Conservative gain from Radical

Swing
+5.0

Majority
158
9.6
+7.3


Whig hold

Swing
+2.1














By-election, 9 July 1846 : Halifax[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Charles Wood

Unopposed


Whig hold
  • Caused by Wood's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer



















































General Election 1841 : Halifax[36][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Radical

Edward Protheroe
409
36.8



Whig

Charles Wood
383
34.4



Conservative

George Sinclair
320
28.8


Turnout
793
88.2


Registered electors
899


Majority
26
2.3

N/A


Radical hold

Swing


Majority
63
5.7



Whig hold

Swing



See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire


Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)


  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.


  3. ^ See Sandal Castle and Wakefield Castle


  4. ^ Legally, the doctrine of prescription (law), as opposed to "by grant", means obtained by long use


  5. ^ Among the curious customs of Halifax was the Gibbet Law, which was probably established by a prescriptive right to protect the wool trade, and gave the inhabitants the power of executing any one taken within their liberty, who, when tried by a jury of sixteen of the frith-burgesses, was found guilty of the theft of any goods of the value of more than 13d. The executions took place on market days on a hill outside the town, the gibbet somewhat resembling a guillotine. The first execution recorded under this law took place in 1541, and the right was exercised in Halifax longer than in any other town, the last execution taking place in 1650.[3]

    In 1635 the king granted the inhabitants of Halifax licence to found a workhouse in a large house given to them for that purpose by Nathaniel Waterhouse, and incorporated them under the name of the master and governors. Nathaniel Waterhouse was appointed the first master, his successors being elected every year by the twelve governors from among themselves.



  6. ^ In 1607 David Waterhouse, lord of the manor of Halifax, obtained a grant of two markets there every week on Friday and Saturday and two fairs every year, each lasting three days, one beginning on 24 June, the other on 11 November. Later these fairs and markets were confirmed with the addition of an extra market on Thursday to Sir William Ayloffe, baronet, who had succeeded David Waterhouse as lord of the manor. The market rights were sold to the Markets Company in 1810 and purchased from them by the corporation in 1853.


  7. ^ ab Compared to half of Conservative vote at Jan 1910 election


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