Shipley (UK Parliament constituency)

Shipley
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Shipley in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	68,129 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Shipley, Bingley, Baildon
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Philip Davies (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Northern West Riding of Yorkshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Shipley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Philip Davies, a Conservative.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford, and the civil parishes of Clayton, Eccleshill, Idle, North Brierley, 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 City of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Rombalds, Shipley East, and Shipley West.

2010-present: The City of Bradford wards of Baildon, Bingley, Bingley Rural, Shipley, Wharfedale, and Windhill and Wrose.

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.

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.