Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 2000s

Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections in the 2000s
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative	Philip Davies	18,608	39.0	−1.9

Labour	Chris Leslie	18,186	38.2	−5.8

Liberal Democrat	John Briggs	7,018	14.7	+3.8

BNP	Tom Linden	2,000	4.2	N/A

Green	Quentin Deakin	1,665	3.5	+0.5

Iraq War. Not In My Name	David Crabtree	189	0.4	N/A

Majority	422	0.9

Turnout	47,666	69.7	+3.5

Conservative gain from Labour	Swing	2.0

Sentence(s)

Conservative Party candidate Philip Davies won the seat by narrowly defeating Leslie in the Shipley (UK Parliament constituency) election with a majority of 422 votes.

final_sentence: Conservative Party candidate Philip Davies won the seat by narrowly defeating Leslie in the Shipley (UK Parliament constituency) election with a majority of 422 votes.