Shipley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Boundaries
Shipley is composed of the following wards within the City of Bradford: Bingley Rural, Bingley, Shipley, Baildon, Wharfedale, most of Wrose and parts of HeatonThis section is a stub. You can help by adding to it.
Recent Politics
Shipley was for a long time the seat of ex-Chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee Sir Marcus Fox. He held the seat for almost 30 years between the 1970 and 1997 General Elections.
After the 1997 UK general election the young, Labour candidate Christopher Leslie won the seat from Sir Marcus Fox.
However, Leslie only survived two elections as he was attacked on a number of issues. A number of traditional Labour supporters accused him of being an ardent Blairite, with the aim of developing his career further in the Commons. In the 2005 UK general election he was narrowly beaten by Conservative candidate Philip Davies by a mere 400 votes.
Members of Parliament
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