Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bradford North Borough constituency

Bradford North shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	Terry Rooney
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament(MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency covers the northern part of Bradford.

Following the review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire by the Boundary Commission for England, Bradford North has been significantly altered and will be fought at the next UK General Election as Bradford East.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1918	Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative
1923	Walter Russell Rea	Liberal
1924	Eugene Ramsden	Conservative
1929	Norman Angell	Labour
1931	Eugene Ramsden	Conservative
1945	Muriel Nichol	Labour
1950	William Taylor	Conservative and National Liberal
1964	Benjamin Ford	Labour
1983	Geoffrey Lawler	Conservative
1987	Pat Wall	Labour
1990	Terry Rooney	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Rooney	14,622	42.5	−7.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Ward	11,111	32.3	+12.5
	Conservative	Teck Khong	5,569	16.2	−7.9
	British National Party	Lynda Cromie	2,061	6.0	+1.4
	Green	Steven Schofield	560	1.6	-0.1
	Respect	Umit Yildiz	474	1.4	+1.4
Majority			3,511	10.2
Turnout			34,397	53.3	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.8

General Election 2001: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Rooney	17,419	49.7	−6.3
	Conservative	Zahid Iqbal	8,450	24.1	−1.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Ward	6,924	19.8	+5.3
	British National Party	John Brayshaw	1,613	4.6	N/A
	Green	Steven Schofield	611	1.7	N/A
Majority			8,969	25.6
Turnout			35,017	52.7	−10.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

v • d • e Bradford Constituencies

Bradford North • Bradford West • Bradford South • Keighley • Shipley

v • d • e Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber

Labour	Barnsley Central • Barnsley East and Mexborough • Barnsley West and Penistone • Batley and Spen • Bradford North • Bradford South • Bradford West • Brigg and Goole • Calder Valley • City of York • Cleethorpes • Colne Valley • Dewsbury • Don Valley • Doncaster Central • Doncaster North • Elmet • Great Grimsby • Halifax • Hemsworth • Huddersfield • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • Leeds Central • Leeds East • Leeds North East • Leeds West • Morley and Rothwell • Normanton • Pontefract and Castleford • Pudsey • Rother Valley • Rotherham • Scunthorpe • Selby • Sheffield Attercliffe • Sheffield Brightside • Sheffield Central • Sheffield Heeley • Sheffield Hillsborough • Wakefield • Wentworth

Conservative	Beverley and Holderness • East Yorkshire • Haltemprice and Howden • Richmond (Yorks) • Ryedale • Scarborough and Whitby • Shipley • Skipton and Ripon • Vale of York

Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough • Leeds North West • Sheffield Hallam •

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)

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