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Yorkshire and the Humber · Former constituency (1918–2019) · E14000666

Dewsbury

Every general election in Dewsbury since 1918 (until 2019). Latest: Mark Eastwood, Conservative, majority 1,561.

2019 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Mark Eastwood ElectedConservative26,17946.4%
Paula Sherriff sitting MPLabour24,61843.7%
John RossingtonLiberal Democrats2,4064.3%
Philip JamesBrexit Party
The Brexit Party		1,8743.3%
Simon CopeGreen1,0601.9%
Archibald StantonOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party2520.5%
Valid votes56,389
Majority1,5612.8%

Con gain from Lab Turnout 69.4% of 81,253 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%19181924193519511964F19741983199720102019Labour, 1918: 30.1%Labour, 1922: 37.3%Labour, 1923: 44.4%Labour, 1924: 41.1%Labour, 1929: 46.2%Labour, 1931: 36.3%Labour, 1935: 47.2%Labour, 1945: 56.3%Labour, 1950: 53.6%Labour, 1951: 53.3%Labour, 1955: 52.1%Labour, 1959: 46.0%Labour, 1964: 48.4%Labour, 1966: 53.6%Labour, 1970: 48.7%Labour, February 1974: 42.5%Labour, October 1974: 45.4%Labour, 1979: 46.7%Labour, 1983: 35.3%Labour, 1987: 42.4%Labour, 1992: 43.8%Labour, 1997: 49.4%Labour, 2001: 50.5%Labour, 2005: 41.0%Labour, 2010: 32.2%Labour, 2015: 41.8%Labour, 2017: 51.0%Labour, 2019: 43.7%Conservative, 1918: 42.3%Conservative, 1922: 28.5%Conservative, 1924: 31.1%Conservative, 1929: 19.8%Conservative, 1955: 35.5%Conservative, 1959: 37.9%Conservative, 1964: 34.2%Conservative, 1966: 28.8%Conservative, 1970: 38.7%Conservative, February 1974: 31.6%Conservative, October 1974: 30.1%Conservative, 1979: 37.8%Conservative, 1983: 39.4%Conservative, 1987: 41.6%Conservative, 1992: 42.7%Conservative, 1997: 30.1%Conservative, 2001: 30.2%Conservative, 2005: 29.0%Conservative, 2010: 35.0%Conservative, 2015: 39.1%Conservative, 2017: 45.1%Conservative, 2019: 46.4%Liberal, 1918: 27.6%Liberal, 1922: 34.1%Liberal, 1923: 55.6%Liberal, 1924: 27.8%Liberal, 1929: 34.0%Liberal, 1931: 63.7%Liberal, 1935: 23.3%Liberal, 1945: 13.9%Liberal, 1950: 13.4%Liberal, 1951: 10.4%Liberal, 1955: 12.4%Liberal, 1959: 16.1%Liberal, 1964: 17.5%Liberal, 1966: 17.7%Liberal, 1970: 12.6%Liberal, February 1974: 25.9%Liberal, October 1974: 24.5%Liberal, 1979: 15.5%National Liberal, 1945: 29.9%National Liberal, 1950: 33.0%National Liberal, 1951: 36.4%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 11.3%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 10.3%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 12.0%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 14.6%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 16.9%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 3.6%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.2%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 4.3%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1983: 25.3%SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1987: 16.0%Others, 1992: 2.2%Others, 1997: 10.2%Others, 2001: 7.3%Others, 2005: 15.5%
Vote share in Dewsbury at each general election Lab Con Lib Nat Lib LD Alliance Oth

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of the old Dewsbury (2010–2019 boundaries) live now:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2019Con Mark EastwoodLab1,5612.869.4%Con gain from Lab
2017Lab Paula SherriffCon3,3215.969.5%Lab hold
2015Lab Paula SherriffCon1,4512.767.2%Lab gain from Con
2010Con Simon ReevellLab1,5262.868.4%Con gain from Lab
2005LabCon4,61512.062.0%
2001LabCon7,44920.358.8%Lab hold
1997LabCon8,32319.370.0%
1992LabCon6341.180.2%Lab hold
1987LabCon4450.878.8%Lab gain from Con
1983ConLab2,0864.073.0%
1979LabCon4,3819.077.1%Lab hold
October 1974LabCon6,90115.472.9%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon5,41210.981.7%
1970LabCon4,54710.174.6%Lab hold
1966LabCon10,66624.877.9%Lab hold
1964LabCon6,23814.279.5%Lab hold
1959LabCon3,6698.182.7%Lab hold
1955LabCon7,41716.680.8%
1951LabNat Lib9,08816.985.8%Lab hold
1950LabNat Lib11,26520.687.9%
1945LabNat Lib7,65626.480.1%
1935LabNat Lab5,26817.780.8%Lab gain from Lib
1931LibLab8,36227.484.2%Lib gain from Lab
1929LabLib3,81312.286.1%Lab hold
1924LabCon2,42510.084.3%Lab gain from Lib
1923LibLab2,25611.270.7%Lib gain from Lab
1922LabLib7563.284.0%Lab gain from Con
1918ConLab2,25712.267.3%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who last won Dewsbury?

Mark Eastwood (Conservative) won Dewsbury at the 2019 general election with a majority of 1,561.

Which parties have won Dewsbury?

At the 28 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 22, Conservative 4, Liberal 2.

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