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Dewsbury — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Dewsbury was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 1,561 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Dewsbury from 1868 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1868–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1868 John Simon (Liberal) 3,392 53.7% Handel Coham (Liberal) 469 (7.4 pts) 89.3%
1874 John Simon (Liberal) 3,706 52.9% John Charles Cox (Liberal) 434 (6.2 pts) 79.6%
1880 John Simon (Liberal) 3,599 42.6% William Hoyle (Liberal) 345 (4.1 pts) 84.7%
1885 John Simon (Liberal) 6,124 62.6% Joseph Fox (Conservative) 2,460 (25.1 pts) 85.6%
1886 John Simon (Liberal) 5,118 65.0% Joseph Samuel Colefax (Conservative) 2,359 (29.9 pts) 68.9%
1892 Mark Oldroyd (Liberal) 5,759 61.1% Henry Strother Cautley (Conservative) 2,089 (22.2 pts) 80.1%
1895 Mark Oldroyd (Liberal) 5,379 52.1% Henry Strother Cautley (Conservative) 1,504 (14.5 pts) 84.9%
1900 Mark Oldroyd (Liberal) 6,045 60.8% Forbes St John Morrow (Conservative) 2,148 (21.6 pts) 74.8%
1906 Walter Runciman (Liberal) 6,764 54.8% William Boyd Carpenter (Conservative) 3,805 (30.8 pts) 88.5%
Jan 1910 Walter Runciman (Liberal) 7,882 62.4% Benjamin Dent (Conservative) 3,135 (24.8 pts) 87.8%
Dec 1910 Walter Runciman (Liberal) 7,061 63.6% Edward Overend Simpson (Conservative) 3,028 (27.3 pts) 77.1%
1918 Emil William Pickering (Unionist) 7,853 42.3% Benjamin Riley (Labour) 2,257 (12.2 pts) 67.3%
1922 Benjamin Riley (Labour) 8,821 37.3% Thomas Edmund Harvey (Liberal) 756 (3.2 pts) 84.0%
1923 Thomas Edmund Harvey (Liberal) 11,179 55.6% Benjamin Riley (Labour) 2,256 (11.2 pts) 70.7%
1924 Benjamin Riley (Labour) 9,941 41.1% Frederick Walter Skelsey (Unionist) 2,425 (10.0 pts) 10.0%
1929 Benjamin Riley (Labour) 14,420 46.2% Ronald Fitz-John Walker (Liberal) 3,813 (12.2 pts) 86.1%
1931 Walter Russell Rea (Liberal) 19,463 63.7% Benjamin Riley (Labour) 8,362 (27.4 pts) 84.2%
1935 Benjamin Riley (Labour) 14,066 47.2% John Fennell (National Labour) 5,268 (17.7 pts) 80.8%
1945 William Thomas Paling (Labour) 16,330 56.3% Ernest Kilner (National Liberal) 7,656 (26.4 pts) 80.1%
1950 William Thomas Palin (Labour) 29,341 53.6% James Edward Ramsden (Conservative) 11,265 (20.6 pts) 87.9%
1951 William Thomas Paling (Labour) 28,650 53.3% James Edward Ramsden (Conservative) 9,088 (16.9 pts) 85.8%
1955 William Thomas Paling (Labour) 23,286 52.1% Michael Norman Shaw (Conservative) 7,417 (16.6 pts) 80.8%
1959 David Ginsburg (Labour) 20,870 46.0% John Marcus Fox (Conservative) 3,669 (8.1 pts) 82.7%
1964 David Ginsburg (Labour) 21,284 48.4% Barbara M Garden (Conservative) 6,238 (14.2 pts) 79.5%
1966 David Ginsburg (Labour) 23,027 53.6% Donald Hubert Haynes (Conservative) 10,666 (24.8 pts) 78.0%
1970 David Ginsburg (Labour) 22,015 48.7% John Maxwell Stanfield (Conservative) 4,547 (10.1 pts) 74.6%
Feb 1974 David Ginsburg (Labour) 21,186 42.5% Ivor Humphrey (Conservative) 5,412 (10.9 pts) 81.7%
Oct 1974 David Ginsburg (Labour) 20,378 45.4% Marguerite Wood (Conservative) 6,901 (15.4 pts) 72.9%
1979 David Ginsburg (Labour) 22,829 46.7% Roy Galley (Conservative) 4,381 (9.0 pts) 77.1%
1983 John Whitfield (Conservative) 20,297 39.4% Denis Ripley (Labour) 2,086 (4.0 pts) 74.0%
1987 Ann Taylor (Labour) 23,668 42.4% John Whitfield (Conservative) 445 (0.8 pts) 78.8%
1992 Ann Taylor (Labour) 25,596 43.8% John Whitfield (Conservative) 634 (1.1 pts) 80.2%
1997 Ann Taylor (Labour) 21,286 49.4% Paul McCormick (Conservative) 8,323 (19.3 pts) 70.0%
2001 Ann Taylor (Labour) 18,524 50.5% Robert Cole (Conservative) 7,449 (20.3 pts) 58.8%
2005 Shahid Malik (Labour) 15,807 41.0% Sayeed Warsi (Conservative) 4,615 (12.0 pts) 62.0%
2010 Simon Reevell (Conservative) 18,898 35.0% Shahid Malik (Labour) 1,526 (2.8 pts) 68.6%
2015 Paula Sherriff (Labour) 22,406 41.8% Simon Reevell (Conservative) 1,451 (2.7 pts) 67.5%
2017 Paula Sherriff (Labour) 28,814 51.0% Beth Prescott (Conservative) 3,321 (5.9 pts) 69.7%
2019 Mark Eastwood (Conservative) 26,179 46.4% Paula Sherriff (Labour) 1,561 (2.8 pts) 69.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Simon Liberal 3,39253.7% Yes
Handel Coham Liberal 2,92346.3% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Simon Liberal 3,70652.9% Yes
John Charles Cox Liberal 3,27246.7% No
William Henry Colbeck Conservative 260.4% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Simon Liberal 3,59942.6% Yes
William Hoyle Liberal 3,25438.6% No
Alfred Austin Conservative 1,58618.8% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Simon Liberal 6,12462.6% Yes
Joseph Fox Conservative 3,66437.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Simon Liberal 5,11865.0% Yes
Joseph Samuel Colefax Conservative 2,75935.0% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Oldroyd Liberal 5,75961.1% Yes
Henry Strother Cautley Conservative 3,67038.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Oldroyd Liberal 5,37952.1% Yes
Henry Strother Cautley Conservative 3,87537.5% No
Edward Robertshaw Hartley Independent Labour 1,08010.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Oldroyd Liberal 6,04560.8% Yes
Forbes St John Morrow Conservative 3,89739.2% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Runciman Liberal 6,76454.8% Yes
William Boyd Carpenter Conservative 2,95924.0% No
Ben Turner Labour 2,62921.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Runciman Liberal 7,88262.4% Yes
Benjamin Dent Conservative 4,74737.6% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Runciman Liberal 7,06163.6% Yes
Edward Overend Simpson Conservative 4,03336.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Emil William Pickering Unionist 7,85342.3% Yes
Benjamin Riley Labour 5,59630.1% No
Walter Runciman Liberal 5,13027.6% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Riley Labour 8,82137.3% Yes
Thomas Edmund Harvey Liberal 8,06534.1% No
Osbert Peake Unionist 6,74428.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Edmund Harvey Liberal 11,17955.6% Yes
Benjamin Riley Labour 8,92344.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Riley Labour 9,94141.1% Yes
Frederick Walter Skelsey Unionist 7,51631.1% No
Thomas Edmund Harvey Liberal 6,72327.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Riley Labour 14,42046.2% Yes
Ronald Fitz-John Walker Liberal 10,60734.0% No
John William Watson Shuttle Shuttleworth Unionist 6,17519.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Russell Rea Liberal 19,46363.7% Yes
Benjamin Riley Labour 11,10136.3% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Benjamin Riley Labour 14,06647.2% Yes
John Fennell National Labour 8,79829.5% No
Walter Russell Rea Liberal 6,93323.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Paling Labour 16,33056.3% Yes
Ernest Kilner National Liberal 8,67429.9% No
Thomas Mercer Banks Liberal 4,02313.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Palin Labour 29,34153.6% Yes
James Edward Ramsden Conservative 18,07633.0% No
George Granville Slack Liberal 7,32313.4% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Paling Labour 28,65053.3% Yes
James Edward Ramsden Conservative 19,56236.4% No
Joseph Stanley Snowden Liberal 5,58410.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Thomas Paling Labour 23,28652.1% Yes
Michael Norman Shaw Conservative 15,86935.5% No
Joseph Stanley Snowden Liberal 5,51612.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Ginsburg Labour 20,87046.0% Yes
John Marcus Fox Conservative 17,20137.9% No
John M McLusky Liberal 7,32116.1% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Ginsburg Labour 21,28448.4% Yes
Barbara M Garden Conservative 15,04634.2% No
Alan Allsop Liberal 7,67917.4% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Ginsburg Labour 23,02753.6% Yes
Donald Hubert Haynes Conservative 12,36128.8% No
Alan Allsop Liberal 7,59317.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Ginsburg Labour 22,01548.7% Yes
John Maxwell Stanfield Conservative 17,46838.7% No
Alan Allsop Liberal 5,68812.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Ginsburg Labour 21,18642.5% Yes
Ivor Humphrey Conservative 15,77431.6% No
Alan Allsop Liberal 12,88925.9% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Ginsburg Labour 20,37845.4% Yes
Marguerite Wood Conservative 13,47730.1% No
Alan Allsop Liberal 10,99124.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Ginsburg Labour 22,82946.7% Yes
Roy Galley Conservative 18,44837.8% No
Neil Philip Derbyshire Liberal 7,58015.5% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Whitfield Conservative 20,29739.4% Yes
Denis Ripley Labour 18,21135.3% No
David Ginsburg Social Democratic Party 13,06525.3% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ann Taylor Labour 23,66842.4% Yes
John Whitfield Conservative 23,22341.6% No
Alan Mills Social Democratic Party 8,90716.0% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ann Taylor Labour 25,59643.8% Yes
John Whitfield Conservative 24,96242.7% No
Robert Meadowcroft Liberal Democrat 6,57011.2% No
Jane Birdwood BNP 6601.1% No
Neil Denby Green 4710.8% No
Janet Marsden Natural Law 1460.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ann Taylor Labour 21,28649.4% Yes
Paul McCormick Conservative 12,96330.1% No
Kingsley Hill Liberal Democrat 4,42210.3% No
Frances Taylor BNP 2,2325.2% No
Wendy Golf Referendum Party 1,0192.4% No
David Daniel Independent Labour 7701.8% No
Ian McCourtie Green 3830.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ann Taylor Labour 18,52450.5% Yes
Robert Cole Conservative 11,07530.2% No
Ian Cuthbertson Liberal Democrat 4,38212.0% No
Russell Smith BNP 1,6324.5% No
Brenda Smithson Green 5601.5% No
David Peace UKIP 4781.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Shahid Malik Labour 15,80741.0% Yes
Sayeed Warsi Conservative 11,19229.0% No
Kingsley Hill Liberal Democrat 5,62414.6% No
David Exley BNP 5,06613.1% No
Brenda Smithson Green 5931.5% No
Alan Girvan Independent 3130.8% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Simon Reevell Conservative 18,89835.0% Yes
Shahid Malik Labour 17,37232.2% No
Andrew Hutchinson Liberal Democrat 9,15016.9% No
Khizar Iqbal Independent 3,8137.1% No
Roger Roberts BNP 3,2656.0% No
Adrian Cruden Green 8491.6% No
Michael Felse English Democrats 6611.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paula Sherriff Labour 22,40641.8% Yes
Simon Reevell Conservative 20,95539.1% No
Mark Thackray UKIP 6,64912.4% No
Ednan Hussain Liberal Democrat 1,9243.6% No
Adrian Cruden Green 1,3662.5% No
Richard Carter Yorkshire First 2360.4% No
Steve Hakes Christian Peoples Alliance 940.2% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paula Sherriff Labour 28,81451.0% Yes
Beth Prescott Conservative 25,49345.1% No
Ednan Hussain Liberal Democrat 1,2142.1% No
Simon Cope Green 1,0241.8% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Eastwood Conservative 26,17946.4% Yes
Paula Sherriff Labour 24,61843.7% No
John Rossington Liberal Democrat 2,4064.3% No
Philip James Brexit Party 1,8743.3% No
Simon Cope Green 1,0601.9% No
Archibald Stanton Official Monster Raving Loony Party 2520.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1868: Liberal margin 7.4 pts 1874: Liberal margin 6.2 pts 1880: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1885: Liberal margin 25.1 pts 1886: Liberal margin 29.9 pts 1892: Liberal margin 22.2 pts 1895: Liberal margin 14.5 pts 1900: Liberal margin 21.6 pts 1906: Liberal margin 30.8 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 24.8 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 27.3 pts 1918: Unionist margin 12.2 pts 1922: Labour margin 3.2 pts 1923: Liberal margin 11.2 pts 1924: Labour margin 10.0 pts 1929: Labour margin 12.2 pts 1931: Liberal margin 27.4 pts 1935: Labour margin 17.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 26.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 20.6 pts 1951: Labour margin 16.9 pts 1955: Labour margin 16.6 pts 1959: Labour margin 8.1 pts 1964: Labour margin 14.2 pts 1966: Labour margin 24.8 pts 1970: Labour margin 10.1 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 10.9 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 15.4 pts 1979: Labour margin 9.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1987: Labour margin 0.8 pts 1992: Labour margin 1.1 pts 1997: Labour margin 19.3 pts 2001: Labour margin 20.3 pts 2005: Labour margin 12.0 pts 2010: Conservative margin 2.8 pts 2015: Labour margin 2.7 pts 2017: Labour margin 5.9 pts 2019: Conservative margin 2.8 pts 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Dewsbury has been contested at 39 general elections on record since 1868. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Unionist, Labour, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Dewsbury in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Dewsbury in 2019 with 26,179 votes (46.4%), a majority of 1,561 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Dewsbury since 1868?

Since 1868, Dewsbury has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Dewsbury?

The closest result on record for Dewsbury was 1987, when Labour beat Conservative by just 445 votes (0.8 percentage points).

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