Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bradford Central Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1955 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Bradford Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1885 general election, when the former two-member Bradford constituency was divided into three new seats.
It was abolished for the 1955 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William Edward Forster | Liberal | |
| 1886 | George Shaw-Lefevre | Liberal | |
| 1895 | James Leslie Wanklyn | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1906 | Sir George Scott Robertson | Liberal | |
| 1916 | Sir James Hill | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Henry Butler Ratcliffe | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | William Leach | Labour | |
| 1924 | Anthony Gadie | Conservative | |
| 1929 | William Leach | Labour | |
| 1931 | George Hathaway Eadie | Conservative | |
| 1935 | William Leach | Labour | |
| 1945 | Maurice Webb | Labour | |
| 1955 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] References
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
