Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°48′N 1°47′W / 53.8°N 1.79°W

Bradford West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bradford West in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Population	114,761 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	63,425 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Bradford
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of parliament	Naz Shah (Labour)
Created from	Bradford Central, Bradford North and Bradford South
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Bradford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford West is a constituency^{[n 1]} of the city of Bradford represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Naz Shah, of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

Before 1974, the Labour and Conservative Parties held the seat marginally in various years, since which time the Labour Party always won the seat until 2012. In 1981 though, Edward Lyons, the sitting Bradford West MP joined the newly established Social Democratic Party, but he lost the seat at the 1983 general election.

George Galloway of the Respect Party won the seat in the Bradford West by-election, 2012. He received 55.9% of the votes cast.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Bolton, Great Horton, Heaton, and Manningham.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Great Horton, Heaton, Manningham, and Thornton.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Heaton, Little Horton, Manningham, Thornton, and University.

1983-2010: The City of Bradford wards of Clayton, Heaton, Little Horton, Thornton, Toller, and University.

2010–present: The City of Bradford wards of City, Clayton and Fairweather Green, Heaton, Manningham, Thornton and Allerton, and Toller.

Members of Parliament

The constituency was originally created in 1885, but was abolished in 1918. For the 1955 general election the constituency was recreated, following a boundary review.^[3]

Election		Member[4][5][6][7]	Party	Notes
	1885	Alfred Illingworth	Liberal	MP for Knaresborough 1868–1874, for Bradford 1880–1885
	1895	Ernest Flower	Conservative	Defeated in 1906
	1906	Fred Jowett	Labour Party	MP for Bradford East 1922–24, 1929–31
1918		constituency abolished
1955		constituency recreated
	1955	Arthur Tiley	Conservative	Defeated in 1966
	1966	Norman Haseldine	Labour Co-operative	Defeated in 1970
	1970	John Wilkinson	Conservative	Defeated in Feb 1974. MP for Ruislip-Northwood from 1979 to 2005
	Feb 1974	Edward Lyons	Labour	Elected as a Labour MP, defected to the SDP in 1981. Defeated in 1983
	1981		Social Democratic
	1983	Max Madden	Labour	MP for Sowerby from 1974 to 1979. De-selected as Labour Candidate for 1997
	1997	Marsha Singh	Labour	Resigned due to ill health in 2012.
	2012 by-election	George Galloway	Respect	Labour MP for Glasgow Hillhead, 1987–97, and Glasgow Kelvin, 1997–2005. Expelled from Labour Party in 2003. Respect MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, 2005–10
	2015	Naz Shah	Labour	Elected as a Labour MP; suspended from the Labour Party 27 April - 5 July 2016.
	Apr 2016		Independent
	July 2016		Labour

Elections 1955-2015

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2015 [8][9] Turnout: 40,290 (63.6%) −1.3		Labour hold Majority: 11,420 (28.3%)		Naz Shah	Labour	19,977	49.6	+4.3
				George Galloway	Respect	8,557	21.2	+18.1
				George Grant	Conservative	6,160	15.3	−15.8
				Harry Boota	UKIP	3,140	7.8	+5.8
				Alun Griffiths	Liberal Democrat	1,173	2.9	−8.8
				Celia Hickson	Green	1,085	2.7	+0.5
				James Kirkcaldy	Independent	100	0.2	N/A
				Therese Muchewicz	English Democrat	98	0.2	N/A
Bradford West by-election, 2012 Resignation of Marsha Singh Turnout: 32,905 (50.0%) −14.9		Respect gain from Labour Majority: 10,140 (30.9%) Swing: 36.6% from Lab to Respect		George Galloway	Respect	18,341	55.9	+52.8
				Imran Hussain	Labour	8,201	25.0	−20.3
				Jackie Whiteley	Conservative	2,746	8.4	−22.7
				Jeanette Sunderland	Liberal Democrat	1,505	4.6	−7.1
				Sonja McNally	UKIP	1,085	3.3	+1.3
				Dawud Islam	Green	481	1.5	−0.8
				Neil Craig	Democratic Nationalists	344	1.0	−0.1
				Howling Laud Hope	Monster Raving Loony	111	0.3	N/A
General Election 2010 [10][11] New boundaries Turnout: 40,576 (64.9%) +10.9		Labour hold Majority: 5,763 (14.2%) Swing: 2.9% from Con to Lab		Marsha Singh	Labour	18,401	45.3	+5.6
				Zahid Iqbal	Conservative	12,638	31.1	−0.2
				David Hall-Matthews	Liberal Democrat	4,732	11.7	−7.4
				Jenny Sampson	BNP	1,370	3.4	−3.5
				Arshad Ali	Respect	1,245	3.1	+3.1
				David Ford	Green	940	2.3	−0.7
				Jason Smith	UKIP	812	2.0	+2.0
				Neil Craig	Democratic Nationalists	438	1.1	+1.1
General Election 2005 [12][13] Turnout: 36,369 (54.0%) +0.4		Labour hold Majority: 3,026 (8.3%)		Marsha Singh	Labour	14,570	40.1	−7.9
				Haroon Rashid	Conservative	11,544	31.7	−5.4
				Mukhtar Ali	Liberal Democrat	6,620	18.2	+11.8
				Paul Cromie	BNP	2,525	6.9	N/A
				Parvez Darr	Green	1,110	3.1	−3.9
General Election 2001 [14][15] Turnout: 38,370 (53.6%) −9.7		Labour hold Majority: 4,165 (10.9%)		Marsha Singh	Labour	18,401	48.0	+6.4
				Mohammed Riaz	Conservative	14,236	37.1	+4.1
				John Robinson	Green	2,672	7.0	+5.1
				Abdul Khan	Liberal Democrat	2,437	6.4	−8.4
				Imran Hussain	UKIP	427	1.1	N/A
				Farhan Khokhar	Asian League	197	0.5	N/A
General Election 1997 [16][15] Turnout: 45,568 (63.3%)		Labour hold Majority: 3,877 (8.6%)		Marsha Singh	Labour	18,932	41.6	−11.7
				Mohammed Riaz	Conservative	15,055	33.0	−0.8
				Helen Wright	Liberal Democrat	6,737	14.8	+4.0
				Abdul R. Khan	Socialist Labour	1,551	3.4
				Christopher Royston	Referendum	1,348	3.0
				John Robinson	Green	861	1.9
				Gary Osborn	BNP	839	1.8
				Sajjad Shah	Socialist Alternative	245	0.5
General election 1992 [17][18] Electorate: 70,016 Turnout: 48,946 (69.91%)		Labour hold Majority: 9,502 (19.41%)		Maxwell Francis Madden	Labour	26,046	53.2
				Dr. Andrew J. Ashworth	Conservative	16,544	33.8
				Alun O. Griffiths	Liberal Democrat	5,150	10.5
				Peter Braham	Green	735	1.5
				David Musa Pidcock	Islamic Party	471	1.0
General election 1987 [19][20] Electorate: 70,763 Turnout: 70.2%		Labour hold Majority: 7,551 (15.2%)		Maxwell Francis Madden	Labour	25,775	51.9
				George Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	18,224	36.7
				Manzoor Moghal	Social Democratic	5,657	11.4
General election 1983 [21][22] Electorate: 71,296 Turnout: 68.9%		Labour hold Majority: 3,337 (6.8%)		Maxwell Francis Madden	Labour	19,499	39.7
				Stephen Richard Day	Conservative	16,162	32.9
				Edward Lyons	Social Democratic	13,301	27.1
				Ms. B. Slaughter	Workers Revolutionary	139	0.3
General election 1979 [23] Electorate: 65,407 Turnout: 69.1%		Labour hold Majority: 7,755 (17.2%)		Edward Lyons	Labour	24,309	53.8
				Thomas Stow	Conservative	16,554	36.7
				Nicholas Flood	Liberal	3,668	8.1
				G. Brown	National Front	633	1.4
General election October 1974 [24] Electorate: 62,684 Turnout: 69.5%		Labour hold Majority: 4,941 (11.35%)		Edward Lyons	Labour	21,133	48.5
				John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson	Conservative	16,192	37.2
				S. Harris	Liberal	5,884	13.5
				Harold Smith	More Prosperous Britain	339	0.8
General election February 1974 [25] New boundaries Electorate: 62,157 Turnout: 77.1%		Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 2,219 (4.6%)		Edward Lyons	Labour	20,787	43.4
				John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson	Conservative	18,568	38.7
				Roderick Francis Hutton Taylor	Liberal	7,216	15.1
				Jim Merrick	Anti-Immigration	1,164	2.4
				Ralph Oakden Herbert	Ind Democratic Alliance	200	0.4
General election 1970 [26] Electorate: 53,371 Turnout: 73.8%		Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 1,539 (3.9%)		John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson	Conservative	20,475	52.0
				Norman Haseldine	Labour	18,936	48.0
General election 1966 Turnout: 76.61%		Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Majority: 1,543 (4.05%)		Norman Haseldine	Labour Co-op	19,704	52.03
				Arthur Tiley	Conservative	18,170	47.97
General election 1964 Turnout: 76.79%		Conservative hold Majority: 3,147 (8.05%)		Arthur Tiley	Conservative	21,121	54.02
				Norman Haseldine	Labour Co-op	17,974	45.98
General election 1959 Turnout: 81.76%		Conservative hold Majority: 5,106 (12.48%)		Arthur Tiley	Conservative	23,012	56.24
				Sydney Hyam	Labour	17,906	43.76
General election 1955 Turnout: 81.72%		Conservative hold Majority: 3,159 (7.62%)		Arthur Tiley	Conservative	22,306	53.81
				Mrs. Muriel Ferguson	Labour	19,147	46.19

Election results 1885-1918

Elections in the 1880s

Reed

General Election 1885: Bradford West ^[27][28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alfred Illingworth	4,688	57.9	n/a
	Conservative	Henry Byron Reed	3,408	42.1	n/a
Majority			1,280	15.8	n/a
Turnout			8,092	85.9	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: Bradford West ^[27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alfred Illingworth	3,975	60.2
	Liberal Unionist	Archibald William Stirling	2,623	39.8	-2.3
Majority			1,352	20.4	+4.6
Turnout				70.0	-15.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1890s

Tillett

General Election 1892: Bradford West ^[27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alfred Illingworth	3,306	36.3	-23.9
	Conservative	Ernest Francis Swan Flower	3,053	33.5	-6.3
	Independent Labour	Benjamin Tillett	2,749	30.2	n/a
Majority			253	2.8	-17.6
Turnout				83.5	+13.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.8

Flower

General Election 1895: Bradford West ^[27][28][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ernest Francis Swan Flower	3,936	40.7	+7.2
	Liberal	John Cousin Horsfall	3,471	35.9	-0.4
	Ind. Labour Party	Benjamin Tillett	2,264	23.4	-6.8
Majority			465	4.8	7.6
Turnout				86.3	+2.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Bradford West ^[27][28][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ernest Francis Swan Flower	4,990	50.2	+9.5
	Labour	Frederick William Jowett	4,949	49.9	+26.5
Majority			41	0.4	-4.4
Turnout			9,939	80.5	-5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.5

General Election 1906: Bradford West ^[27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick William Jowett	4,957	39.1	-10.7
	Conservative	Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower	4,147	32.7	-17.5
	Liberal	William Claridge	3,580	28.2	n/a
Majority			810	6.4	6.8
Turnout				90.8	+10.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Bradford West ^[27][32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick William Jowett	8,880	66.6	+27.5
	Conservative	Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower	4,461	33.4	+0.7
Majority			4,319	33.2	+26.8
Turnout				90.0	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.4

General Election December 1910: Bradford West ^[27][33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frederick William Jowett	7,729	64.0	-2.6
	Conservative	Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower	4,339	36.0	+2.6
Majority			3,390	28.0	-5.2
Turnout				81.4	-8.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.6

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Labour: Frederick William Jowett
• Unionist: Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Bradford West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
2. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
3. The Bradford West Constituency was created in 1955 after a boundary review. In previous elections the city was divided into four constituencies: Bradford Central, Bradford East, Bradford North and Bradford South.
4. "Hansard 1803-2005". Bradford West 1885-1918. UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
5. "Hansard 1803-2005". Bradford West 1955-. UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
6. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
7. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 81. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
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14. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
15. "Bradford West, 1997 & 2001". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
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17. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
18. "UK General Election results April 1992, part 3". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
19. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
20. "UK General Election results June 1987, part 3". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
21. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
22. "UK General Election results June 1983, part 3". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
23. "UK General Election results May 1979, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
24. "UK General Election results October 1974, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
25. "UK General Election results February 1974, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
26. "UK General Election results 1970, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
27. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
28. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
29. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
30. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
31. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
32. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
33. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Bradford West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.