Halifax
2010 Results:
Conservative: 14806 (33.99%)
Labour: 16278 (37.37%)
Liberal Democrat: 8335 (19.14%)
BNP: 2760 (6.34%)
UKIP: 654 (1.5%)
Others: 722 (1.66%)
Majority: 1472 (3.38%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 16620 (41.8%)
Conservative: 13182 (33.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 7112 (17.9%)
Other: 2825 (7.1%)
Majority: 3438 (8.7%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 13162 (33.2%)
Labour: 16579 (41.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 7100 (17.9%)
BNP: 2627 (6.6%)
Other: 191 (0.5%)
Majority: 3417 (8.6%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 13671 (33.8%)
Labour: 19800 (49%)
Liberal Democrat: 5878 (14.6%)
UKIP: 1041 (2.6%)
Majority: 6129 (15.2%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 16253 (32.1%)
Labour: 27465 (54.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 6059 (12%)
Other: 779 (1.5%)
Majority: 11212 (22.2%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Linda Riordan(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Philip Allott (Conservative) Born 1959. Runs a marketing business. Former Harrogate councillor. Contested Brent North in 2001, Bolton West 2005.
Linda Riordan(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Elisabeth Wilson (Liberal Democrat) Educated at Mount School, York. Self-employed lecturer and consultant. Former County councillor. Contested Bury North 1983, Colne Valley 2005.
Jay Sangha (UKIP)
Tom Bates (BNP)
Diane Park (Independent) Calderdale councillor since 2003. Originally selected as the Lib Dem PPC, in 2009 she resigned from the party and announced her intention to run as an Independent.2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 94756
Male: 48.5%
Female: 51.5%
Under 18: 24.9%
Over 60: 20.2%
Born outside UK: 8%
White: 88.5%
Black: 0.3%
Asian: 10.1%
Mixed: 0.9%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 67.6%
Muslim: 9.5%
Full time students: 2.6%
Graduates 16-74: 13.6%
No Qualifications 16-74: 35.1%
Owner-Occupied: 68.1%
Social Housing: 19.9% (Council: 10.6%, Housing Ass.: 9.3%)
Privately Rented: 8.4%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 21.3%



The Independent has an article today on allegations of postal vote fraud in this constituency. I won’t put a link up but a search should give the article.
well not really Joe, Labour did hold Bolton W as well and could well have done so had he been the candidate there too. Iain Sproat in contrast totally misread the boundary changes and left a seat he definitely would have won, although he would have lost it 4 years later.
Was chatting to some friends the other day about likely boundary changes throughout West Yorks, there is a notion that Queensbury might will be added to Halifax.
All hearsay at present I suppose, but somehow it would make sense.