Election for the constituency of Huddersfield on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Huddersfield, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Barry Sheerman with a majority of 4,937 - 11.8% - on a turnout of 63.9%.

An electorate of 65,525, having a valid vote count of 41,882 and an invalid vote count of 216.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SHEERMAN, Barry Lab / Co-op 20,509 49.0% -11.4%
DAVY, Ken Con 15,572 37.2% 4.2%
WILKINSON, James LD 2,367 5.7% 3.0%
COOPER, Andrew Green 1,768 4.2% 1.0%
HALE, Stuart BRX 1,666 4.0% -

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 04:37 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.