Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)
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Bradford North Borough constituency |
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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.
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[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
[edit] Election results
General Election 2005: Bradford North | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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
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