Electoral Registers: 'D' place names
Below is an alphabetical list of 'D' place names. The dates given in the second column show which Division a place was part of at different times.
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Key: * = where the West Riding Division registers were compiled in addition to the North and South Divisions registers (this was during the period 1862-1865). In these instances a place should appear in both the West Riding series and either the North or the South Division registers.
| Place | Dates | Division | Polling District/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dacre | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pateley Bridge |
| 1862-1868 | North | Pateley Bridge * | |
| 1869-1871 | East | Pateley Bridge | |
| 1872-1885 | East | Dacre | |
| 1886-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Dale Wood | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 2, Woodseats |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, 1966 ward of Beauchief. For 1968 see also Abbey Lane | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Heeley | - | |
| Dallowgill | 1939-1974 | Ripon | Laverton |
| Dalton (Huddersfield) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Huddersfield |
| 1862-1885 | South | Huddersfield * | |
| 1886-1915 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1938-1948 | Elland | Huddersfield, part only | |
| 1938-1948 | Spen Valley | part only | |
| 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | - | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Dalton (Rotherham) | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Wickersley | |
| 1886-1915 | Rotherham | Thrybergh | |
| 1918-1974 | Rother Valley | - | |
| Danefield | 1970-1983 | Ripon | Otley |
| 1984-1985 | Leeds NW | Otley | |
| Darfield | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Wath-upon-Dearne | |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wath-upon-Dearne * | |
| 1870-1884 | South | Bolton-upon-Dearne | |
| 1885 | South | Darfield | |
| 1886-1915 | Barnsley | Darfield | |
| 1918-1948 | Wentworth | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Dearne Valley | - | |
| Darnall ward | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Atter | - | |
| Darrington | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Pontefract |
| 1862-1868 | South | Pontefract * | |
| 1869-1885 | East | Pontefract | |
| 1886-1915 | Osgoldcross | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pontefract | - | |
| 1949-1983 | Goole | - | |
| 1984-2003 | Pont & Cas | - | |
| 2002-to date | Wakefield | Pontefract Constituency | |
| Dartmouth | 1965-1983 | Batley & Morley | Morley |
| Darton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1862-1885 | South | Barnsley * | |
| 1886-1915 | Barnsley | Darton | |
| 1938-1948 | Hemsworth | - | |
| 1966-1973 | Barnsley | see also Notton and Royston | |
| 1965-to date | Wakefield | including West Bretton and Woolley | |
| Dearne | 1938-1949 | Don Valley | part only |
| 1938-1949 | Wentworth | part only | |
| 1950-1974 | Hemsworth | 1975 onwards are at Barnsley Archives and Local Studies | |
| Deepcar | 1920-1974 | Penistone | Stocksbridge |
| Deep Pits | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Manor |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Park | - | |
| Deighton | 1937-1948 | Elland | Huddersfield ward, part only |
| 1937-1948 | Spen Valley | part only | |
| 1964-1968 | Huddersfield | - | |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield E | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Huddersfield | - | |
| Delph | 1886-1974 | Colne Valley | Delph, later Saddleworth |
| Denaby | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Wath-upon-Dearne | |
| 1862-1869 | South | Wath-upon-Dearne * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Conisbrough | |
| 1886-1915 | Rotherham | Denaby | |
| 1918-1949 | Don Valley | Conisbrough | |
| 1950-1974 | Dearne Valley | Denaby Main in Conisbrough North ward | |
| Denby | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Scissett | |
| 1862 | South | Barnsley * | |
| 1863-1885 | South | Scissett * | |
| 1886-1915 | Holmfirth | Denby Dale | |
| 1918-1954 | Penistone | - | |
| 1955-1983 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Dewsbury | - | |
| Denby Dale | 1920-1954 | Penistone | - |
| 1955-1983 | Colne Valley | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Dewsbury | - | |
| Denholme & Gate | 1874-1885 | North | Denholme Gate |
| 1886-1948 | Keighley | - | |
| 1965-1983 | Keighley | - | |
| 1984-1985 | Shipley | - | |
| Denholme (Luddenden Foot) | 1920-1949 | Sowerby | - |
| Denshaw | 1965-1983 | Batley & Morley | Morley |
| Dent | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Dent |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Sedbergh | |
| 1862-1869 | North | Sedbergh * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Dent | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Denton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Otley |
| 1862-1868 | North | Otley * | |
| 1869 | East | Otley | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Ilkley | |
| 1886-1915 | Otley | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Pudsey & Otley | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Ripon | - | |
| Dewsbury | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Wakefield. Note: Dewsbury Borough registers are held by Dewsbury Library |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Dewsbury | |
| 1862-1885 | South | Dewsbury * | |
| 1886-1915 | Morley | - | |
| 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | - | |
| Dewsbury Moor | 1965-1985 | Dewsbury | - |
| Diggle (Dobcross) | 1920-1949 | Colne Valley | see also Dobcross (below) |
| Dinnington | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Rotherham |
| 1862-1869 | South | Rotherham * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Aston North & South | |
| 1886-1915 | Doncaster | - | |
| 1918-1974 | Rother Valley | - | |
| Dobcross | 1886-1974 | Colne Valley | Dobcross, later ward of Saddleworth |
| Dodworth | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Barnsley |
| 1862-1869 | South | Barnsley * | |
| 1870-1885 | South | Silkstone | |
| 1886-1915 | Holmfirth | Dodworth | |
| 1918-1948 | Wentworth | - | |
| 1949-1974 | Penistone | - | |
| Doncaster | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Doncaster |
| 1862-1885 | South | Doncaster * | |
| 1886-1948 | Doncaster | - | |
| 1936-1948 | Don Valley | part only | |
| 1965-1973 | Doncaster | - | |
| Donovan | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Southey Green |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Bright | - | |
| Dore | 1965-1966 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Norton |
| 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1, 1967 ward of Dore | |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | - | |
| Dore ward | 1967-1970 | Sheffield | Book 1 |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hallam | see also Norton | |
| Draughton | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Skipton |
| 1862-1869 | North | Skipton * | |
| 1870-1885 | North | Addingham | |
| 1886-1974 | Skipton | - | |
| Drax | 1840-1847 | West Riding | Snaith |
| 1848-1865 | West Riding | Selby | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Selby * | |
| 1869 | East | Selby | |
| 1870-1884 | East | Carlton | |
| 1885 | East | Camblesforth | |
| 1886-1974 | Barkston Ash | Camblesforth | |
| Drax Long | 1840-1847 | West Riding | Snaith |
| 1848-1865 | West Riding | Selby | |
| 1862-1868 | South | Selby * | |
| 1869 | East | Selby | |
| 1870-1884 | East | Carlton | |
| 1885 | East | Camblesforth | |
| 1886-1920 | Barkston Ash | Camblesforth | |
| Drighlington | 1840-1865 | West Riding | Birstall |
| 1862-1868 | North | Birstall * | |
| 1869 | East | Birstall | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Drighlington | |
| 1886-1915 | Pudsey | - | |
| 1918-1948 | Spen Valley | 1937 ward of Morley | |
| 1965-1983 | Batley & Morley | 1964-1971 ward of Birstall | |
| 1984-1985 | Morley & Leeds South | - | |
| Dringhouse Without | 1920-1949 | Barkston Ash | 1937 Micklegate ward of York |
| Drub (Birkenshaw) | 1965-1983 | Brig & Spen | Spenborough |
| 1984-1985 | Batley & Spen | - | |
| Dryclough | 1965-1968 | Huddersfield | Lockwood |
| 1969-1983 | Huddersfield W | - | |
| Duchy | 1920-1948 | Ripon | Harrogate |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Dunford | 1939-1949 | Colne Valley | part only; see also Hepworth, Fulstone and Scholes |
| 1939-1974 | Penistone | part only; see also Hazelhead and Thurlstone | |
| Dunford Bridge | 1939-1949 | Colne Valley | part only; see also Dunford (above) |
| 1939-1974 | Penistone | part only | |
| Dungworth | 1874-1885 | South | Stannington |
| 1886-1915 | Hallamshire | - | |
| 1950-1974 | Penistone | Bradfield | |
| Dunkeswick | 1840-1855 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1856-1865 | West Riding | Wetherby | |
| 1862-1868 | North | Wetherby * | |
| 1869 | East | Wetherby | |
| 1870-1885 | East | Harewood | |
| 1886-1949 | Barkston Ash | From 1949 see Harewood | |
| Dunscroft | 1928-1948 | Don Valley | Hatfield |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Dunsforth Lower & Upper (with Branton Green) | 1840-1863 | West Riding | Knaresborough |
| 1864-1865 | West Riding | Boroughbridge | |
| 1862 | North | Knaresborough * | |
| 1863-1868 | North | Boroughbridge * | |
| 1869-1884 | East | Boroughbridge | |
| 1885 | East | Great Ouseburn | |
| 1886-1948 | Ripon | Great Ouseburn | |
| 1949-1974 | Harrogate | - | |
| Dunsville | 1937-1948 | Don Valley | Hatfield |
| 1949-1974 | Goole | - | |
| Durkar | 1965-to date | Wakefield | Crigglestone, from 2002 Wakefield Constituency |
| Dykes Hall | 1965-1970 | Sheffield | Book 2, ward of Hillsborough |
| 1971-1973 | Sheffield Hillsbro | - |
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