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| Election of 23rd Feb, 1950 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 24456 | Elected |
| Labour | 17542 | |
More information about the 1950 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 25th Oct, 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 24054 | Elected |
| Labour | 17066 | |
More information about the 1951 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 26th May, 1955 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 24345 | Elected |
| Labour | 16418 | |
More information about the 1955 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 8th Oct, 1959 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Liberal | 25273 | Elected |
| Labour | 15621 | |
More information about the 1959 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Oct, 1964 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 14808 | Elected |
| Liberal | 13528 | |
| Conservative | 13054 | |
More information about the 1964 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 31st Mar, 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17990 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13514 | |
| Liberal | 9470 | |
More information about the 1966 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 18th Jun, 1970 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16866 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16673 | |
| Liberal | 6128 | |
| National Front | 1427 | |
More information about the 1970 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 28th Feb, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17434 | Elected |
| Conservative | 16804 | |
| Liberal | 9790 | |
More information about the 1974 Feb General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 10th Oct, 1974 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 16882 | Elected |
| Conservative | 15518 | |
| Liberal | 7503 | |
| National Front | 760 | |
| Campaign for More Prosperous Britain | 136 | |
More information about the 1974 Oct General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 3rd May, 1979 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Conservative | 18504 | Elected |
| Labour | 16996 | |
| Liberal | 6225 | |
| Campaign for More Prosperous Britain | 101 | |
More information about the 1979 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
Registrar General's Social Classification regrouped into three categories, combining classes 1 and 2, and classes 4 and 5.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Huddersfield West Constituency (BCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12754530/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 09th April 2026