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Halifax — UK General Election Results

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

Halifax was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 6,269 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Halifax from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Rawdon Briggs (Whig); Charles Wood (Whig) 235 28.9% (top seat) Michael Stocks (Radical) 49 (5.9 pts) 85.1%
1835 Charles Wood (Whig); James Archibald Stuart-Wortley (Conservative) 308 35.3% (top seat) Edward Protheroe (Radical) 1 (0.1 pts) 73.4%
1837 Edward Protheroe (Radical); Charles Wood (Whig) 487 38.4% (top seat) James Archibald Stuart-Wortley (Conservative) 179 (13.9 pts) 66.5%
1841 Edward Davis Protheroe (Radical); Charles Wood (Whig) 383 36.8% (top seat) George Sinclair (Conservative) 63 (5.7 pts) 61.8%
1847 Henry Edwards (Conservative); Charles Wood (Whig) 507 31.0% (top seat) Edward Miall (Radical) 158 (9.6 pts) 80.6%
1852 Charles Wood (Whig); Francis Crossley (Radical) 573 34.5% (top seat) Henry Edwards (Conservative) 52 (3.0 pts) 72.0%
1857 Francis Crossley (Radical); Charles Wood (Whig) 714 37.8% (top seat) Henry Edwards (Conservative) 63 (2.9 pts) 73.8%
1859 James Stansfeld (Liberal); Charles Wood (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 James Stansfeld (Liberal); Edward Akroyd (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 James Stansfeld (Liberal); Edward Akroyd (Liberal) 5,141 39.9% (top seat) Edward Owen Greening (Liberal-Labour) 2,339 (17.7 pts) 70.9%
1874 John Crossley (Liberal); James Stansfeld (Liberal) 5,473 37.2% (top seat) Henry Charles McCrea (Conservative) 1,546 (10.3 pts) 66.3%
1880 James Stansfeld (Liberal); John Dyson Hutchinson (Liberal) 6,364 39.4% (top seat) William Barber (Conservative) 2,912 (18.0 pts) 69.1%
1885 Thomas Shaw (Liberal); James Stansfeld (Liberal) 6,053 38.4% (top seat) Alfred Morris (Conservative) 2,065 (12.7 pts) 82.7%
1886 Thomas Shaw (Liberal); James Stansfeld (Liberal) 5,381 37.6% (top seat) Alfred Morris (Conservative) 1,769 (12.3 pts) 73.8%
1892 Thomas Shaw (Liberal); James Stansfeld (Liberal) 6,361 37.0% (top seat) Alfred Arnold (Conservative) 1,698 (9.7 pts) 83.9%
1895 Alfred Arnold (Conservative); William Rawson Shaw (Liberal) 5,085 29.3% (top seat) James Booth (Liberal) 802 (4.3 pts) 87.9%
1900 Savile Brinton Crossley (Liberal Unionist); John Henry Whitley (Liberal) 5,543 29.5% (top seat) Alfred Billson (Liberal) 218 (1.1 pts) 86.7%
1906 John Henry Whitley (Liberal); James Parker (Labour) 8,937 40.1% (top seat) Savile Brinton Crossley (Liberal Unionist) 3,896 (16.7 pts) 93.0%
Jan 1910 John Henry Whitley (Liberal); James Parker (Labour) 9,093 40.7% (top seat) James Francis Wallace Galbraith (Conservative) 4,339 (18.6 pts) 92.6%
Dec 1910 John Henry Whitley (Liberal); James Parker (Labour) 8,511 33.4% (top seat) John Herbert Lacy Baldwin (Conservative) 3,909 (14.9 pts) 87.0%
1918 John Henry Whitley (Liberal) 22,136 84.6% Arthur McManus (Socialist Labour) 18,100 (69.2 pts) 53.4%
1922 John Henry Whitley (Speaker (non-party)) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1923 John Henry Whitley (Speaker (non-party)) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1924 John Henry Whitley (Speaker (non-party)) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1929 Arthur William Longbottom (Labour) 22,776 41.2% Gilbert Gledhill (Unionist) 6,063 (11.0 pts) 79.8%
1931 Gilbert Gledhill (Conservative) 36,731 65.7% Arthur William Longbottom (Labour) 20,130 (36.0 pts) 80.5%
1935 Gilbert Gledhill (Conservative) 24,103 44.4% Arthur William Longbottom (Labour) 2,632 (4.9 pts) 76.9%
1945 Dryden Brook (Labour) 25,605 46.5% Gilbert Gledhill (Conservative) 10,781 (19.6 pts) 77.4%
1950 Dryden Brook (Labour) 28,800 47.7% Charles Henry Lucas (Conservative) 8,344 (13.8 pts) 85.1%
1951 Dryden Brook (Labour) 30,433 50.6% Charles Henry Lucas (Conservative) 763 (1.3 pts) 84.2%
1955 Maurice Victor Macmillan (Conservative) 28,306 51.4% Dryden Brook (Labour) 1,535 (2.8 pts) 80.2%
1959 Maurice Victor Macmillan (Conservative) 29,212 52.2% Peter David Shore (Labour) 2,515 (4.5 pts) 83.3%
1964 Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill (Labour) 23,143 43.8% Maurice Victor Macmillan (Conservative) 1,058 (2.0 pts) 82.1%
1966 Shirley Summerskill (Labour) 25,391 50.3% G Anthony Turner (Conservative) 5,702 (11.3 pts) 80.4%
1970 Shirley Summerskill (Labour) 24,026 49.3% G Anthony Turner (Conservative) 198 (0.4 pts) 73.5%
Oct 1974 Shirley Summerskill (Labour) 20,976 44.3% Stuart Randolph Lyons (Conservative) 4,178 (8.8 pts) 74.6%
Feb 1974 Shirley Summerskill (Labour) 20,970 40.9% Stuart Randolph Lyons (Conservative) 3,003 (5.9 pts) 81.2%
1979 Shirley Summerskill (Labour) 21,416 43.8% John Frank Brearley Ford (Conservative) 1,234 (2.5 pts) 76.7%
1983 Roy Galley (Conservative) 22,321 40.9% Shirley Summerskill (Labour) 1,869 (3.4 pts) 75.1%
1987 Alice Mahon (Labour) 24,741 43.4% Roy Galley (Conservative) 1,212 (2.1 pts) 77.7%
1992 Alice Mahon (Labour) 25,115 43.5% Terence Roy Martin (Conservative) 478 (0.8 pts) 78.7%
1997 Alice Mahon (Labour) 27,465 54.3% Robert Light (Conservative) 11,212 (22.2 pts) 70.5%
2001 Alice Mahon (Labour) 19,800 49.0% James Walsh (Conservative) 6,129 (15.2 pts) 57.8%
2005 Linda Riordan (Labour) 16,579 41.8% Kris Hopkins (Conservative) 3,417 (8.6 pts) 61.1%
2010 Linda Riordan (Labour) 16,278 37.4% Phillip Allott (Conservative) 1,472 (3.4 pts) 62.2%
2015 Holly Lynch (Labour) 17,506 40.0% Philip Allott (Conservative) 428 (1.0 pts) 62.4%
2017 Holly Lynch (Labour) 25,507 52.8% Chris Pearson (Conservative) 5,376 (11.1 pts) 67.9%
2019 Holly Lynch (Labour) 21,496 46.3% Kashif Ali (Conservative) 2,569 (5.5 pts) 64.8%
2024 Kate Dearden (Labour) 14,135 35.1% Hazel Sharp (Conservative) 6,269 (15.6 pts) 52.1%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rawdon Briggs Whig 24228.9% Yes
Charles Wood Whig 23528.1% Yes
Michael Stocks Radical 18622.2% No
James Archibald Stuart-Wortley Conservative 17420.8% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wood Whig 33635.3% Yes
James Archibald Stuart-Wortley Conservative 30832.4% Yes
Edward Protheroe Radical 30732.3% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Protheroe Radical 49638.4% Yes
Charles Wood Whig 48737.7% Yes
James Archibald Stuart-Wortley Conservative 30823.9% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Davis Protheroe Radical 40936.8% Yes
Charles Wood Whig 38334.4% Yes
George Sinclair Conservative 32028.8% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Edwards Conservative 51131.0% Yes
Charles Wood Whig 50730.8% Yes
Edward Miall Radical 34921.2% No
Ernest Charles Jones Chartist 28017.0% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wood Whig 59634.5% Yes
Francis Crossley Radical 57333.2% Yes
Henry Edwards Conservative 52130.2% No
Ernest Charles Jones Chartist 372.1% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Crossley Radical 83037.8% Yes
Charles Wood Whig 71432.5% Yes
Henry Edwards Conservative 65129.7% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Stansfeld Liberal Unopposed Yes
Charles Wood Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Stansfeld Liberal Unopposed Yes
Edward Akroyd Liberal Unopposed Yes

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Stansfeld Liberal 5,27839.9% Yes
Edward Akroyd Liberal 5,14138.9% Yes
Edward Owen Greening Liberal-Labour 2,80221.2% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Crossley Liberal 5,56337.2% Yes
James Stansfeld Liberal 5,47336.6% Yes
Henry Charles McCrea Conservative 3,92726.2% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Stansfeld Liberal 6,39239.4% Yes
John Dyson Hutchinson Liberal 6,36439.3% Yes
William Barber Conservative 3,45221.3% No

1885 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Liberal 6,26938.4% Yes
James Stansfeld Liberal 6,05337.1% Yes
Alfred Morris Conservative 3,98824.5% No

1886 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Liberal 5,42737.6% Yes
James Stansfeld Liberal 5,38137.3% Yes
Alfred Morris Conservative 3,61225.0% No

1892 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Shaw Liberal 6,48137.0% Yes
James Stansfeld Liberal 6,36136.3% Yes
Alfred Arnold Conservative 4,66326.6% No

1895 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Arnold Conservative 5,47529.3% Yes
William Rawson Shaw Liberal 5,08527.2% Yes
James Booth Liberal 4,28323.0% No
John Lister Independent Labour 3,81820.5% No

1900 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Savile Brinton Crossley Liberal Unionist 5,93129.5% Yes
John Henry Whitley Liberal 5,54327.6% Yes
Alfred Billson Liberal 5,32526.5% No
James Parker Labour 3,27616.3% No

1906 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Whitley Liberal 9,35440.1% Yes
James Parker Labour 8,93738.3% Yes
Savile Brinton Crossley Liberal Unionist 5,04121.6% No

Jan 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Whitley Liberal 9,50440.7% Yes
James Parker Labour 9,09338.9% Yes
James Francis Wallace Galbraith Conservative 4,75420.4% No

Dec 1910 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Whitley Liberal 8,77833.4% Yes
James Parker Labour 8,51132.3% Yes
John Herbert Lacy Baldwin Conservative 4,60217.5% No
James Francis Wallace Galbraith Conservative 4,42016.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Whitley Liberal 22,13684.6% Yes
Arthur McManus Socialist Labour 4,03615.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Whitley Speaker (non-party) Unopposed Yes

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Whitley Speaker (non-party) Unopposed Yes

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Henry Whitley Speaker (non-party) Unopposed Yes

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur William Longbottom Labour 22,77641.2% Yes
Gilbert Gledhill Unionist 16,71330.2% No
George Elliott Dodds Liberal 15,82328.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Gledhill Conservative 36,73165.7% Yes
Arthur William Longbottom Labour 16,60129.7% No
Frank Sykes Anti-National Government 2,5784.6% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gilbert Gledhill Conservative 24,10344.4% Yes
Arthur William Longbottom Labour 21,47139.5% No
Ashley Mitchell Liberal 8,73616.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dryden Brook Labour 25,60546.5% Yes
Gilbert Gledhill Conservative 14,82426.9% No
Arnold Gelder Liberal 14,63126.6% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dryden Brook Labour 28,80047.7% Yes
Charles Henry Lucas Conservative 20,45633.9% No
Arthur Pickles Liberal 9,57315.9% No
Richard Holt Blackburn Conservative 1,5512.6% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Dryden Brook Labour 30,43350.6% Yes
Charles Henry Lucas Conservative 29,67049.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Victor Macmillan Conservative 28,30651.4% Yes
Dryden Brook Labour 26,77148.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Victor Macmillan Conservative 29,21252.2% Yes
Peter David Shore Labour 26,69747.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill Labour 23,14343.8% Yes
Maurice Victor Macmillan Conservative 22,08541.8% No
James Crossley Liberal 7,66414.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Shirley Summerskill Labour 25,39150.3% Yes
G Anthony Turner Conservative 19,68939.0% No
Derek Carlin Liberal 5,42310.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Shirley Summerskill Labour 24,02649.3% Yes
G Anthony Turner Conservative 23,82848.9% No
Alistair Graham Independent Labour 8471.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Shirley Summerskill Labour 20,97644.3% Yes
Stuart Randolph Lyons Conservative 16,79835.4% No
Allen Clegg Liberal 8,69318.3% No
Raymond Smith Pearson Powellite 9191.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Shirley Summerskill Labour 20,97040.9% Yes
Stuart Randolph Lyons Conservative 17,96735.1% No
Allen Clegg Liberal 12,30024.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Shirley Summerskill Labour 21,41643.8% Yes
John Frank Brearley Ford Conservative 20,18241.3% No
Allen Clegg Liberal 6,85314.0% No
Barry Wadsworth National Front 4550.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roy Galley Conservative 22,32140.9% Yes
Shirley Summerskill Labour 20,45237.4% No
Frank Laurence Cockroft Social Democratic Party 11,86821.7% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alice Mahon Labour 24,74143.4% Yes
Roy Galley Conservative 23,52941.3% No
Laurence Cockcroft Social Democratic Party 8,75815.4% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alice Mahon Labour 25,11543.5% Yes
Terence Roy Martin Conservative 24,63742.7% No
Ian Howell Liberal Democrat 7,36412.7% No
Ron Pearson Irish Nationalist 6491.1% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alice Mahon Labour 27,46554.3% Yes
Robert Light Conservative 16,25332.1% No
Edgar Waller Liberal Democrat 6,05912.0% No
Constance Whittaker Independent 7791.5% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alice Mahon Labour 19,80049.0% Yes
James Walsh Conservative 13,67133.8% No
John Durkin Liberal Democrat 5,87814.6% No
Helen Martinek UKIP 1,0412.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Linda Riordan Labour 16,57941.8% Yes
Kris Hopkins Conservative 13,16233.2% No
Michael Taylor Liberal Democrat 7,10017.9% No
Geoff Wallace BNP 2,6276.6% No
Thomas Holmes National Front 1910.5% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Linda Riordan Labour 16,27837.4% Yes
Phillip Allott Conservative 14,80634.0% No
Elizabeth Wilson Liberal Democrat 8,33519.1% No
Tom Bates BNP 2,7606.3% No
Diane Park Independent Voice for Halifax 7221.7% No
Jay Sangha UKIP 6541.5% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Holly Lynch Labour 17,50640.0% Yes
Philip Allott Conservative 17,07839.0% No
Liz Phillips UKIP 5,62112.8% No
Mohammad Ilyas Liberal Democrat 1,6293.7% No
Gary Scott Green 1,1422.6% No
Asama Javed Respect Party 4651.1% No
Trevor Bendrien Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship 3120.7% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Holly Lynch Labour 25,50752.8% Yes
Chris Pearson Conservative 20,13141.7% No
Mark Weedon UKIP 1,5683.2% No
James Baker Liberal Democrat 1,0702.2% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Holly Lynch Labour 21,49646.3% Yes
Kashif Ali Conservative 18,92740.7% No
Sarah Wood Brexit Party 2,8136.1% No
James Baker Liberal Democrat 2,2764.9% No
Bella Jessop Green 9462.0% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kate Dearden Labour 14,13535.1% Yes
Hazel Sharp Conservative 7,86619.6% No
James Griffith-Jones Reform UK 7,81119.4% No
Martin Hey Green 4,13310.3% No
Shakir Saghir Workers Party of Britain 2,5436.3% No
Samuel Jackson Liberal Democrat 2,3595.9% No
Perveen Hussain Independent 1,3673.4% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 5.9 pts 1835: Whig margin 0.1 pts 1837: Radical margin 13.9 pts 1841: Radical margin 5.7 pts 1847: Conservative margin 9.6 pts 1852: Whig margin 3.0 pts 1857: Radical margin 2.9 pts 1868: Liberal margin 17.7 pts 1874: Liberal margin 10.3 pts 1880: Liberal margin 18.0 pts 1885: Liberal margin 12.7 pts 1886: Liberal margin 12.3 pts 1892: Liberal margin 9.7 pts 1895: Conservative margin 4.3 pts 1900: Liberal Unionist margin 1.1 pts 1906: Liberal margin 16.7 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 18.6 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 14.9 pts 1918: Liberal margin 69.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 11.0 pts 1931: Conservative margin 36.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 4.9 pts 1945: Labour margin 19.6 pts 1950: Labour margin 13.8 pts 1951: Labour margin 1.3 pts 1955: Conservative margin 2.8 pts 1959: Conservative margin 4.5 pts 1964: Labour margin 2.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 11.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 0.4 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 8.8 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 5.9 pts 1979: Labour margin 2.5 pts 1983: Conservative margin 3.4 pts 1987: Labour margin 2.1 pts 1992: Labour margin 0.8 pts 1997: Labour margin 22.2 pts 2001: Labour margin 15.2 pts 2005: Labour margin 8.6 pts 2010: Labour margin 3.4 pts 2015: Labour margin 1.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 11.1 pts 2019: Labour margin 5.5 pts 2024: Labour margin 15.6 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Halifax has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Radical, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Labour, Speaker (non-party).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Halifax in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Halifax in 2024 with 14,135 votes (35.1%), a majority of 6,269 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Halifax since 1832?

Since 1832, Halifax has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Radical, Speaker (non-party), Whig.

What was the closest result in Halifax?

The closest result on record for Halifax was 1835, when Whig beat Radical by just 1 votes (0.1 percentage points).

Did Halifax ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Halifax elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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