Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bradford East Borough constituency |
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| Bradford East shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885, In time for Next UK general election |
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| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Yorkshire |
| EP constituency: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Bradford East was the name of a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885–1974. It will be recreated for the next general election, and will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Following a review of parliamentary boundaries in West Yorkshire, the Boundary Commission for England have re-shaped the existing Bradford North constituency to such a degree that the name change was felt necessary.
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[edit] Boundaries
The new Bradford East is the successor seat to the existing Bradford North constituency, which was created for the 1918 general election. The report into the boundary review says;
- "5. The Assistant Commissioner reported that he was also called upon to consider alternative names submitted for Bradford East..He rejected a number of alternatives...as he considered they did not have any merit...He also rejected the submissions that proposed that the name Bradford North should be retained...."
The wards in this new constituency are entirely within Bradford city boundaries:
- Bolton and Undercliffe, Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor, Eccleshill, Idle and Thackley and Little Horton
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | constituency created | ||
| 1885 | Sir Angus Holden,later Baron Holden | ||
| 1886 | Henry Byron Reed | ||
| 1892 | William Sproston Caine | ||
| 1895 | Henry Byron Reed | ||
| 1896 | Ronald Henry Fulke Greville | ||
| 1906 | Sir William Edward Briggs Priestley | ||
| 1918 | Charles Edgar Loseby | ||
| 1922 | Frederick William Jowett | Labour | |
| 1924 | Thomas Davis Fenby | Liberal | |
| 1929 | Frederick William Jowett | Labour | |
| 1931 | Joseph Hepworth | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Frank McLeavy | Labour | |
| 1966 | Edward Lyons | Labour | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
This seat will be fought for the first time in the UK General Election of 2009/10.
This year's local election results confirm pundits expectations that the new Bradford East will see a close fight between Labour and the Lib Dems, with the Conservatives trailing in third place.
[edit] See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire
- Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
| Bradford Constituencies: |
| Bradford North | Bradford West | Bradford South | Keighley | Shipley |
