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Pudsey (UK Parliament Constituency)
Pudsey is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Stuart Andrew, a Conservative. Since 1997 campaigns in the seat have resulted in a minimum of 33.1% of votes at each election consistently for the same two parties' choice for candidate, and the next-placed party's having fluctuated between 3.1% and 20.8% of the vote — such third-placed figures achieved much higher percentages in 1992 and in previous decades. The result in 2017 was the 23rd-closest nationally (of 650 seats). Boundaries ;Historic boundaries The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency should consist of: * the municipal borough of Leeds save for those parts in the Leeds constituencies * the Parishes of Drighlington, Hunsworth, and Tong, * so much of the Parishes of Calverley with Farsley and Pudsey as are not included in the Municipal Borough of Bradford, * the Parishes of Churwell, Gildersome, Horsforth and Rawdon in the Sessional Division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudsey And Otley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Pudsey and Otley was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Pudsey and Otley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election, partially replacing the previous Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency), Pudsey and Otley (UK Parliament constituency), Otley constituencies. It was abolished for the 1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by a new Pudsey (UK Parliament constituency), Pudsey constituency while Otley became part of Ripon (UK Parliament constituency), Ripon. Boundaries The Municipal Borough of Pudsey, the Urban Districts of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Calverley, Farsley, Horsforth, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leeds West is a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The current MP is Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party — it has been a Labour seat (apart from the Parliament of 1983–87) since 1945. She is currently the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, Holbeck, and New Wortley, and part of Bramley ward. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, and Bramley, and part of New Wortley ward. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Bramley, Farnley and Wortley, and Upper Armley. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley, Bramley, Stanningley, Wellington, and Wortley. 1974–1983: The County Borough wards of Armley and Castleton, Bramley, Stanningley, and Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Borough Of Pudsey
Pudsey was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1872 to 1974 around the town of Pudsey, covering Farsley, Calverley, Stanningley, Swinnow and Rodley. A local board formed for the parish of Pudsey in 1872. It became an urban district in 1894 and gained the status of municipal borough in 1900. In 1937 it absorbed Calverley Urban District (2106 acres) and Farsley Urban District (821 acres). It was abolished in 1974 and its former area became part of the City of Leeds, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pudsey History of Leeds Municipal Borough Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in S ... Municipal boroughs of England Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Districts of England abolish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyrack
Skyrack was a wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was split into upper and lower divisions and centred in Headingley, Leeds. The Lower Division included the parishes of Aberford, Bardsey, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Thorner, Whitkirk and part of Harewood, while the Upper Division included the parishes of Adel, Bingley, Guiseley and parts of Harewood, Ilkley and Otley. The Upper division of Skyrack was bounded to the north by the River Wharfe whilst the southern edge was bounded by the River Aire. Both divisions together contained 82 settlements. The Skyrack wapentake derives its name from a large oak that grew for centuries in Headingley. It is believed that the word "skyrack" comes from the Old English phrase ''scir ac'' meaning " Shire Oak", under which meetings were held. The tree finally collapsed in 1941.Arthur Mee (1941) The King's England: Yorkshire - West Riding (Hodder & Stoughton, London) p. 179 There is a plaque to commemorate it on the out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawdon, West Yorkshire
Rawdon is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It sits on the River Aire and on the A65 south of Yeadon. The northern parts of the village are part of the Guiseley and Rawdon ward of Leeds City Council and the southern part in the Horsforth ward. The whole village is included in the Pudsey parliamentary constituency. History The name comes from Old Norse ''rauðr'' meaning red, and Old English ''dūn'' meaning hill. While no documentary reference has been made to Rawdon before the Domesday Book was composed in 1086, the area had seen human activity at least as early as in the Bronze Age, as evidenced by archeological finds of bronze axe heads and a gold torque. In the Domesday Book Rawdon (also spelt Roudun, Rowdun and Rowdon) is mentioned as ''terra regis'' (belonging to the King) with five taxable landholders, one of them Norman and the others Saxon, and approximately between 500 and 700 acres of pasture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsforth
Horsforth is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish within the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England, lying about five miles north-west of Leeds city centre. Historically a village within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 18,895 at the 2011 Census. It became part of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in 1974. In 1999 a civil parish was created for the area, and the parish council voted to rename itself a town council. The area sits within the Horsforth (ward), Horsforth Ward (electoral subdivision), ward of Leeds City Council, which also includes the southern part of Rawdon, West Yorkshire, Rawdon. History Horsforth was recorded in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as ''Horseford'', ''Horseforde'', ''Hoseforde''; but late-ninth-century coins with the legend ''ORSNA FORD'' and ''OHSNA FORD'' may have come from Horsforth. The name derives from Old English ''hors'' or, to judge from the coins, *''horsa'' ('horse') in the genitive plural form ''h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gildersome
Gildersome is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough 5 miles (7 km) south-west of Leeds city centre in West Yorkshire, England. Glidersome forms part of the Heavy Woollen District. Location Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated midway between Leeds, Wakefield and Bradford but is in the LS27 (Leeds) postcode area while the village telephone numbers are "0113", the Leeds prefix. Gildersome was an urban district, established in 1894. In 1937 it was absorbed into the Municipal Borough of Morley. In 1974 the borough was abolished and combined with neighbouring authorities in the City of Leeds. Although the village is still classed as part of the Morley urban area in the census, it is technically separate, and is not governed by Morley Town Council. In 2004 a civil parish was established and the village now has a parish council. At the 2011 Census the population of this civil parish was 5,804. Gildersome is sits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churwell
Churwell is a suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, between Leeds city centre and Morley. It is southwest of Leeds city centre and away from the Leeds United Elland Road Football Ground. Churwell still retains its semi-rural feel with farms nearby cultivating, in particular, vegetables and rhubarb. Location Churwell is in the Morley and Outwood constituency, and is represented by Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative). Boundary changes in 2010 saw it leave the now-defunct Morley and Rothwell constituency, in which it was represented by Colin Challen (Labour). It is in the LS27 postcode area, and its telephone area code is 0113, the Leeds prefix. Formerly a small village, forming part of the Municipal Borough of Morley, it was expanded significantly in recent decades to become more suburban in nature. For administrative purposes, it is still classed as part of Morley in the census; sitting within the governance of Morley Town Council and the Morley North ward of Leeds City Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Bradford. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. History In 1974, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council was created to administer the newly formed metropolitan borough. The county borough of Bradford was merged with the Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Cullingworth, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and part of Skipton Rural District by the Local Government Act 1972. The Council, which is based at Bradford City Hall in Centenary Square, governs the whole metropolitan district. The city was granted the right on 18 September 1907 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds, City of Leeds Borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford, Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 22,408. History The place-name ''Pudsey'' is first recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book as ''Podechesai(e)''. Its etymology is rather uncertain: it seems most likely to derive from a putative personal name *''Pudoc'' and the word ''ēg'' meaning 'island' but here presumably referring metaphorically to an 'island' of good ground in moorland. Thus the name would mean 'Pudoc's island'. Other possibilities have been suggested, however. In the early sixth century the district was in the Kingdom of Elmet, which seems to have retained its Celtic character for perhaps as many as two centuries after other neighbouring kingdoms had adopted the cultural identity of the Angles. Around 1775, a cache of a 100 silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farsley
Farsley is a town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England to the west of Leeds city centre, east of Bradford. Farsley is situated between the two cities and near the town of Pudsey. Before April 1974, Farsley was part of the Borough of Pudsey. Before 1934 it was its own urban district council. It had its own council offices opposite the cenotaph, which is now a dental practice. The ward of Calverley and Farsley also includes the estate of Swinnow and some northern parts of Pudsey. During the industrial revolution, Farsley was a centre for wool processing as there were a number of mills in the area. Sunny Bank Mills, still owned by the Gaunt family, is currently part of a huge multi-million revitalisation project bringing a new appreciation of Farsley's mill heritage. Farsley is just off the main road between Leeds and Bradford and just off the A6110 Leeds outer ring road. New Pudsey railway station is between Farsley and Pudsey providing train s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calverley
Calverley is a village in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, on the A657 road, about from Leeds city centre and from Bradford. The population of Calverley in 2011 was 4,328. It is part of the City of Leeds ward Calverley and Farsley, with a population of 22,594 at the 2011 Census. Etymology The name of Calverley is first attested in the 1086 Domesday Book, as ''Caverlei'' and ''Caverleia''. Spellings including the ''l'', such as ''Kalverlay'', are found in twelfth-century sources. The name comes from the Old English words ''calfra'', the genitive plural of ''calf'' ('calf'), and ''lēah'' ('open ground in woodland'). Thus the name once meant "calves' clearing" or something similar. History Historically, Calverley was a parish in the district of Bradford and the Morley wapentake, but was incorporated into the municipal borough of Pudsey in 1937, of which it remained a part until its abolition in 1974. Calverley is a rural village with a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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