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Keighley and Ilkley

UK Parliament constituency (1885/2024–)

Keighley and Ilkley
Summary

UK Parliament constituency (1885/2024–)

FieldValue
nameKeighley and Ilkley
parliamentuk
image
captionInteractive map of boundaries since 1983
image2[[File:Yorkshire and the Humber - Keighley and Ilkley constituency.svg215pxalt=Map of constituency]]
caption2Boundary within Yorkshire and the Humber
year1885
typeCounty
previousNorthern West Riding of Yorkshire
electorate73,384 (December 2019)
regionEngland
countyWest Yorkshire
townsKeighley, Ilkley, Haworth
elects_howmanyOne
mpRobbie Moore
partyConservative

Keighley and Ilkley is a constituency in West Yorkshire created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Robbie Moore of the Conservative Party.

Although the constituency had contained the town of Ilkley since 1983, it was formally known as Keighley until the 2024 general election. Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, there were no changes to the constituency boundaries, but the Boundary Commission for England recommended that it be renamed Keighley and Ilkley.

History

Since 1959, the seat has been a bellwether (its winner affiliated to the winning party nationally), with three exceptions: in 1979 and 2017, the seat leant to the left, bucking the national result, while in 2024, the seat was held by the Conservatives despite a landslide victory for the Labour party nationally.

Keighley is one of 9 seats won (held or gained) by a Conservative candidate in 2019 from a total of 22 covering its county. Moore's 2019 win was one of 47 net gains by the Conservative Party.

The seat has been considered – relative to others – a marginal seat, as well as a swing seat, since 2005, as its winner's majority has not exceeded 6.2% of the vote since the 10.5% majority won in 2005, and the seat has changed hands three times since that year.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parishes in the Wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewecross of Cowling, Glusburn, Keighley, Steeton with Eastburn, and Sutton, and the parishes of Haworth, Thornton, and Wilsden.

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Denholme, Haworth, Oakworth, Oxenhope, and Silsden, and the Rural District of Keighley.

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Denholme and Silsden, and in the Rural District of Skipton the parishes of Steeton with Eastburn, and Sutton.

1983–2010: The City of Bradford wards of Craven, Ilkley, Keighley North, Keighley South, Keighley West, and Worth Valley.

2010–present: The City of Bradford wards of Craven, Ilkley, Keighley Central, Keighley East, Keighley West, and Worth Valley.

Unlike many constituencies, the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries of the newly named constituency unchanged for the 2024 general election; indeed its boundaries have remained unchanged since the 1983 redistribution.

Constituency profile

This constituency covers the town and outskirts of Keighley in West Yorkshire. It comprises the mostly Labour voting area of Keighley itself, the Conservative voting spa town of Ilkley, and the rural areas of Craven and Worth Valley which are also mostly Conservative voting. The seat has a large minority with Asian heritage, especially from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The seat is also a semi-reliable bellwether of the national result; it has voted for the party to form the government in every election since the Second World War except the 1951, 1955, 1979 and 2017 elections, in which it elected Labour MPs despite the Conservatives forming the government, and in the 2024 election when it elected a Conservative MP despite Labour forming the government.

Electoral Calculus categorises the seat as being part of the “Centrists” demographic, those who generally have average opinions on the economy, nationalism and social issues. Other metrics include support for Brexit, which was 53% back in 2016, and deprivation, in terms of employment, income and education, which is 51%, according to the site. For general statistics, the average age is 51.4, at least 78% of the local population owns a car, whilst 72% own a home, and the gross household income is £40,635.

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 to 1983 (and then for Bradford South, 1987–1994). She retired at the 2010 general election.

John Brigg
ElectionMemberParty
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1885Sir Isaac Holden
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1895John Brigg
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1911Stanley Buckmaster
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1915Swire Smith
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1918William Somervell
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1918Robert Clough
Labour Party (UK)}}"1922Hastings Lees-Smith
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1923Robert Pilkington
Labour Party (UK)}}"1924Hastings Lees-Smith
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1931George Harvie-Watt
Labour Party (UK)}}"1935Hastings Lees-Smith
Labour Party (UK)}}"1942Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1948Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"1950Charles Hobson
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1959Marcus Worsley
Labour Party (UK)}}"1964John Binns
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1970Joan Hall
Labour Party (UK)}}"1974Bob Cryer
Conservative Party (UK)}}"1983Gary Waller
Labour Party (UK)}}"1997Ann Cryer
Conservative Party (UK)}}"2010Kris Hopkins
Labour Party (UK)}}"2017John Grogan
Conservative Party (UK)}}"2019Robbie Moore

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected:

  • Labour; Hastings Lees-Smith
  • Conservative; Gay Burdett

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 48,518

|reg. electors = 37,887

Robert Pilkington

|reg. electors = 37,060

|reg. electors = 37,005

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 34,934

  • Results compared to December 1910 election
Somervell

|reg. electors = 14,400

Stanley Buckmaster

|reg. electors = 14,142

|reg. electors = 13,702

|reg. electors = 13,373

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 13,125

|reg. electors = 12,470

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 11,977

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 10,072

Notes

References

;Specific

;General

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. .

References

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  2. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023".
  3. "Yorkshire and the Humber {{!}} Boundary Commission for England".
  4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023".
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  16. "Election Data 2015". [[Electoral Calculus]].
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  18. "Election Data 2010". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  19. (7 May 2010). "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Keighley". BBC.
  20. "Election Data 2005". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  21. "Election Data 2001". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  22. "Election Data 1997". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  23. "Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  24. (9 April 1992). "Politics Resources". Politics Resources.
  25. "Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  26. "Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  27. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 24 August 1939
  28. (1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918". Macmillan Press.
  29. (13 July 1895). "Representation of Yorkshire". Yorkshire Gazette.
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