# Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)

Shipley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Anna Dixon of the Labour Party.

## Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford, and the civil parishes of Clayton, Eccleshill, Idle, North Bierley, and Shipley.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Guiseley, Shipley, and Yeadon, and in the Rural District of Wharfedale the civil parishes of Esholt, Hawksworth, and Menston.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, and Shipley.
1983–2010: The District of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Rombalds, Shipley East, and Shipley West.
2010–present: The District of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Shipley, Wharfedale, and Windhill and Wrose.
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies left the boundaries unchanged.

## History
### 1885–1970

This seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Until 1923 the seat was almost exclusively represented by elected Liberals and Arthur Creech Jones was Secretary of State for the Colonies (1946–1950) during most of the Attlee Ministry.

### MPs since 1970

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.
At the 1997 general election, the Labour candidate Chris Leslie gained the seat from Fox, becoming the youngest MP of that parliament. He held the seat at the 2001 election and became a junior minister. A number of traditional Labour supporters considered Leslie to be an ardent Blairite, though he was in fact equally close to Gordon Brown, one of whose staff he married, and whose campaign for election as Labour leader he helped run (after he had lost this seat).
Leslie narrowly lost the seat in the 2005 election, when the Conservative Party candidate Philip Davies narrowly regained the seat with a majority of 422 votes, which then increased to nearly ten thousand votes at the May 2010 general election. Davies held the seat at the next three elections, but lost it to Labour's Anna Dixon at the 2024 general election.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Joseph Craven | Liberal |
| 1892 | William Byles | Lib-Lab |
| 1895 | James Fortescue Flannery | Liberal Unionist |
| 1906 | Percy Illingworth | Liberal |
| 1915 | Oswald Partington | Liberal |
| 1918 | Norman Rae | Liberal |
| 1923 | William Mackinder | Labour |
| 1930 | James Lockwood | Conservative |
| 1935 | Arthur Creech Jones | Labour |
| 1950 | Geoffrey Hirst | Conservative |
| 1970 | Marcus Fox | Conservative |
| 1997 | Chris Leslie | Labour |
| 2005 | Philip Davies | Conservative |
| 2024 | Anna Dixon | Labour |

## Elections
### Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anna Dixon | 21,738 | 45.0 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | Philip Davies | 13,135 | 27.2 | −23.6 |
| | Reform UK | Simon Dandy | 7,238 | 15.0 | N/A |
| | Green | Kevin Warnes | 3,605 | 7.5 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Richard Reed | 1,341 | 2.8 | −3.1 |
| | Yorkshire | Will Grant | 447 | 0.9 | −0.7 |
| | Independent | Nagbea | 297 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | Workers Party | Waqas Ali Khan | 269 | 0.6 | N/A |
| | SDP | Paul Shkurka | 137 | 0.3 | N/A |
| | CPA | Darryl Neale Morton-Wright | 96 | 0.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,603 | 17.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,303 | 65.2 | −7.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 74,130 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.7 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Davies | 27,437 | 50.8 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Jo Pike | 21,195 | 39.2 | −3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Jones | 3,188 | 5.9 | +1.8 |
| | Green | Celia Hickson | 1,301 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Yorkshire | Darren Longhorn | 883 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,242 | 11.6 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,004 | 72.9 | −0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
General election 2017: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Davies | 27,417 | 51.3 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Steve Clapcote | 22,736 | 42.6 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Jones | 2,202 | 4.1 | +0.2 |
| | Women's Equality | Sophie Walker | 1,040 | 1.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,681 | 8.7 | −10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,395 | 73.0 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 | |
General election 2015: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Davies | 25,269 | 50.0 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Steve Clapcote | 15,645 | 31.0 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Waqas Ali Khan | 4,479 | 8.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Kevin Warnes | 2,657 | 5.3 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Martin | 1,949 | 3.9 | −16.1 |
| | Yorkshire First | Darren Hill | 543 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,624 | 19.0 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,542 | 71.7 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.5 | |
General election 2010: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Davies | 24,002 | 48.6 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | Susan Hinchcliffe | 14,058 | 28.4 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Harris | 9,890 | 20.0 | +4.8 |
| | Green | Kevin Warnes | 1,477 | 3.0 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,944 | 20.1 | +19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,427 | 73.0 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +9.6 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Davies | 18,608 | 39.0 | −1.9 |
| | Labour | Chris Leslie | 18,186 | 38.2 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 422 | 0.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,666 | 69.7 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.0 | |
General election 2001: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Leslie | 20,243 | 44.0 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | David Senior | 18,815 | 40.9 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Wright | 4,996 | 10.9 | −4.2 |
| | Green | Martin Love | 1,386 | 3.0 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Walter Whitaker | 580 | 1.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,428 | 3.1 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,020 | 66.2 | −10.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Leslie | 22,962 | 43.3 | +14.9 |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 19,996 | 37.8 | −12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cole | 7,984 | 15.1 | −4.9 |
| | Referendum | Stephen Ellams | 1,960 | 3.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,966 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,902 | 76.3 | −5.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.8 | |
General election 1992: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 28,463 | 50.4 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Annie Lockwood | 16,081 | 28.5 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cole | 11,288 | 20.0 | −6.3 |
| | Green | Colin Harris | 680 | 1.2 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,382 | 21.9 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,512 | 82.1 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.2 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 26,941 | 49.5 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal | William Wallace | 14,311 | 26.3 | −1.4 |
| | Labour | Christopher Butler | 12,699 | 23.3 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Colin Harris | 507 | 0.9 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,630 | 23.2 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,428 | 79.2 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |
General election 1983: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 25,866 | 49.7 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal | William Wallace | 14,421 | 27.7 | +14.5 |
| | Labour | Martin Leathley | 11,218 | 21.6 | −11.6 |
| | Ecology | Stanley Shepherd | 521 | 1.0 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,445 | 22.0 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,026 | 77.0 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 22,641 | 52.55 | +8.56 |
| | Labour | Peter R Ward | 14,281 | 33.15 | −3.63 |
| | Liberal | G G Roberts | 5,673 | 13.17 | −6.04 |
| | Ecology | D R Pedley | 486 | 1.13 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,360 | 19.40 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,081 | 80.51 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 18,518 | 43.99 | +0.86 |
| | Labour | M J Wedgeworth | 15,482 | 36.78 | +2.87 |
| | Liberal | G G Roberts | 8,094 | 19.23 | −3.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,036 | 7.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,094 | 81.00 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 19,439 | 43.13 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | M J Wedgeworth | 15,284 | 33.91 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal | G G Roberts | 10,158 | 22.54 | +11.9 |
| | Independent Democratic Alliance | C G Campion | 192 | 0.43 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,155 | 9.22 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,073 | 87.41 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1970: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Marcus Fox | 20,938 | 50.37 |
| | Labour | Norman Free | 16,161 | 38.88 |
| | Liberal | A.M. Micklem | 4,468 | 10.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,777 | 11.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,567 | 82.42 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 18,466 | 46.47 |
| | Labour | John Collins | 16,966 | 42.70 |
| | Liberal | James P Heppell | 4,304 | 10.83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,500 | 3.77 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,736 | 86.58 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1964: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 19,076 | 57.95 |
| | Labour | Christopher Price | 15,545 | 39.07 |
| | Liberal | James P Heppell | 5,165 | 12.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,531 | 8.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,786 | 86.67 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 22,536 | 56.97 |
| | Labour | Michael English | 17,025 | 43.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,511 | 13.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,561 | 87.02 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 22,582 | 56.69 |
| | Labour | Ernest Gardner | 17,251 | 43.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,331 | 13.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,833 | 86.21 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1951: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 20,396 | 47.78 |
| | Labour | Thomas J Roberts | 18,893 | 44.26 |
| | Liberal | Stanley Berwin | 3,399 | 7.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,503 | 3.52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,688 | 90.48 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1950: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hirst | 18,390 | 43.83 | |
| | Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 18,309 | 43.64 | |
| | Liberal | William Albert Lupton | 5,021 | 11.97 | |
| | Communist | L.T. Robb | 237 | 0.56 | n/a |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 0.19 | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,957 | 89.31 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 25,027 | 50.11 |
| | Conservative | Harry Hylton-Foster | 17,097 | 34.23 |
| | Liberal | Eric Robinson | 7,820 | 15.66 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,930 | 15.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,944 | 80.39 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur Creech Jones | 16,102 | 36.0 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal | Percy Guy Illingworth | 11,595 | 25.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Thomas Howarth | 10,998 | 24.6 | −39.4 |
| | Ind. Conservative | James Lockwood | 6,025 | 13.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,507 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,720 | 77.5 | −2.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
General election 1931: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Lockwood | 27,304 | 64.0 | +32.9 |
| | Labour | William Albert Robinson | 14,725 | 34.5 | −7.8 |
| | New Party | W.J. Leaper | 601 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,579 | 29.5 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,630 | 79.7 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Shipley by-election 1930 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Lockwood | 15,238 | 36.0 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | William Albert Robinson | 13,537 | 32.1 | −10.2 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Davy | 12,785 | 30.2 | +3.6 |
| | Communist | Willie Gallacher | 701 | 1.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,665 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,261 | 80.0 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Mackinder | 18,654 | 42.3 | +6.3 |
| | Unionist | Robert Clough | 13,693 | 31.1 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal | Francis Hirst | 11,712 | 26.6 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,961 | 11.2 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,059 | 85.0 | −1.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 | |
General election 1924: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Mackinder | 11,862 | 36.0 | −2.4 |
| | Unionist | Thomas Plumer | 11,266 | 34.2 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal | John Pybus | 9,800 | 29.8 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 596 | 1.8 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,928 | 86.4 | +3.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.0 | |
General election 1923: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Mackinder | 11,918 | 38.4 | +1.2 |
| | Liberal | John Pybus | 10,262 | 33.0 | +20.8 |
| | Unionist | Richard Garnett | 8,872 | 28.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,656 | 5.4 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,052 | 82.7 | +1.0 |
| | Labour gain from National Liberal | Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1922: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Norman Rae | 12,201 | 40.6 | −34.0 |
| | Labour | William Mackinder | 11,160 | 37.2 | +11.8 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Davy | 6,674 | 12.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1.041 | 3.4 | −45.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,035 | 81.7 | +18.7 |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Norman Rae | 16,700 | 74.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Tom Snowden | 5,690 | 25.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,010 | 49.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,390 | 63.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
1915 Shipley by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Oswald Partington | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election December 1910: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Percy Illingworth | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
1910 Shipley by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Percy Illingworth | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election January 1910: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Percy Illingworth | 9,144 | 63.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Unionist | William Hewins | 5,369 | 37.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,775 | 26.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,507 | 88.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Percy Illingworth | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1900: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Fortescue Flannery | 6,284 | 50.2 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal | Percy Illingworth | 6,223 | 49.8 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 0.4 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,507 | 83.4 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,990 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -0.1 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | James Fortescue Flannery | 5,999 | 50.3 | +1.6 |
| | Lib-Lab | William Byles | 5,921 | 49.7 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | 0.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,920 | 83.0 | +7.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,353 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +1.6 | |
General election 1892: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lib-Lab | William Byles | 5,746 | 51.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Unionist | Theophilus Peel | 5,464 | 48.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,210 | 76.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,759 | | |
| | Lib-Lab hold | Lib-Lab hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Craven | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1885: Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Craven | 7,022 | 59.3 | |
| | Conservative | Laurence Hardy | 4,825 | 40.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,197 | 18.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,847 | 84.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,067 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |