Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)

Bradford South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bradford South in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Electorate	64,715 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Bradford
Current constituency
Created	1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament	Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford South is a borough constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament by the first past the post system of election.

It was a Liberal-held seat in the 1920s and 1930s, but since the 1945 general election Bradford South has returned Labour MPs, although the Conservatives came very close to gaining the seat in the 1980s.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 Elections in the 2010s 3.2 Elections in the 2000s 3.3 Elections in the 1990s 4 See also 5 Notes and references

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1918	Francis Vernon Willey	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Herbert Harvey Spencer	Liberal
	1924	William Hirst	Labour
	1931	Herbert Holdsworth	Liberal
	1945	Meredith Titterington	Labour
	1949 by-election	George Craddock	Labour
	1970	Tom Torney	Labour
	1987	Bob Cryer	Labour
	1994 by-election	Gerry Sutcliffe	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Bradford South[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	15,682	41.3	-7.0
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer	11,060	29.1	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alun Griffiths	6,948	18.3	+3.8
	BNP	Sharon Sutton	2,651	7.0	-0.8
	UKIP	Jamie Illingworth	1,339	3.5	+2.0
	Democratic Nationalists	James Lewthwaite	315	0.8	+0.8
Majority			4,622	12.2
Turnout			37,995	59.8	+6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.9%

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	17,954	49.0	-6.8
	Conservative	Geraldine Carter	8,787	24.0	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Doyle	5,334	14.6	+4.0
	BNP	James Lewthwaite	2,862	7.8	N/A
	Green	Derek Curtis	695	1.9	N/A
	UKIP	Jason Smith	552	1.5	-0.7
	Veritas	Therese Muchewicz	421	1.2	+1.2
Majority			9,167	25.0
Turnout			36,605	54.2	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2%

General Election 2001: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	19,603	55.8	-0.9
	Conservative	Graham Tennyson	9,941	28.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Wilson-Fletcher	3,717	10.6	-0.7
	UKIP	Peter North	783	2.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Tony Kelly	571	1.6	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Ateeq Siddique	302	0.9	N/A
	Defend The Welfare State Against Blairism	George Riseborough	220	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,662	27.5
Turnout			35,137	51.3	-14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	25,558	56.7	+9.1
	Conservative	A. G. Hawkesworth	12,622	28.0	−10.4
	Liberal Democrat	A. C. E. Wilson-Fletcher	5,093	11.3	−2.4
	Referendum Party	M. Kershaw	1,785	4.0	N/A
Majority			12,936	28.7	+19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradford South by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	17,014	55.3	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Wright	7,350	23.9	+10.2
	Conservative	R. Farley	5,475	17.8	−20.6
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	727	2.4	N/A
	Natural Law	N. Laycock	197	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,664	31.4	+22.1
Turnout			30,763	44.1	−31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bradford South[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cryer	25,185	47.6	+6.2
	Conservative	A. S. Popat	20,283	38.4	−2.4
	Liberal Democrat	B. J. Boulton	7,243	13.7	−4.1
	Islamic Party	M. Naseem	156	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,902	9.3	+8.7
Turnout			52,867	75.6	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• Bradford South by-election, 1994
• Bradford South by-election, 1949
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes and references

Bradford Constituencies Current Bradford East Bradford West Bradford South Keighley Shipley Historic Bradford (1832–1885) Bradford Central (1885–1955) Bradford North (1918–2010)

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54) Labour (31) Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford South Bradford West Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Morley and Outwood Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central Conservative (19) Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley Dewsbury East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer Liberal Democrats (3) Bradford East Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam Independent (1) Rotherham Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Liberal Democrats (2) Conservative (1) Labour (1) UKIP (1) British National Party (1)