Huddersfield East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1950–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Huddersfield and Dewsbury |
Created from | Huddersfield |
Coordinates: 53°38′49″N 1°46′24″W / 53.647°N 1.7734°W
Huddersfield East was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.
1950-1955: The County Borough of Huddersfield wards of Almondbury, Dalton, Deighton, Fartown, Newsome, North Central, and South Central.
1955-1983: The County Borough of Huddersfield wards of Almondbury, Dalton, Deighton, Fartown, North Central, and South Central, and the Urban District of Kirkburton.
The constituency included Huddersfield itself.
Joseph Mallalieu had been Member of Parliament for Huddersfield from 1945–1950, when the constituency was abolished. When the Huddersfield constituency was recreated, Barry Sheerman became the new Member of Parliament.