Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 53°48′N 1°47′W / 53.8°N 1.79°W / 53.8; -1.79

Bradford West
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bradford West in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Population	114,761 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	63,425 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Bradford
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of parliament	Naz Shah (Labour)
Created from	Bradford Central, Bradford North and Bradford South
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Bradford
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford West is a constituency^{[n 1]} of the city of Bradford represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Naz Shah, of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

Before 1974, the Labour and Conservative Parties held the seat marginally in various years, since which time the Labour Party always won the seat until 2012. In 1981 though, Edward Lyons, the sitting Bradford West MP joined the newly established Social Democratic Party, but he lost the seat at the 1983 general election.

George Galloway of the Respect Party won the seat in the Bradford West by-election, 2012 with 55.9% of the votes cast; his 30.9% majority was at the time the largest majority in the history of the modern constituency, but he lost the seat in 2015 to the new Labour candidate Naz Shah by a substantial (28.3%) margin. Despite Galloway's threats to contest the result, he neither launched a legal challenge nor stood again in 2017, where Shah surpassed his record by winning a majority of 48.1%, the largest margin for a Bradford West MP in any incarnation of the seat. Despite Galloway not standing, his former Respect colleague Salma Yaqoob did stand as an Independent, garnering 6,345 votes (13.9%), not far behind the second-placed Conservative candidate.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Bolton, Great Horton, Heaton, and Manningham.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Great Horton, Heaton, Manningham, and Thornton.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Heaton, Little Horton, Manningham, Thornton, and University.

1983–2010: The City of Bradford wards of Clayton, Heaton, Little Horton, Thornton, Toller, and University.

2010–present: The City of Bradford wards of City, Clayton and Fairweather Green, Heaton, Manningham, Thornton and Allerton, and Toller.

Members of Parliament

The constituency was originally created in 1885, but was abolished in 1918. For the 1955 general election the constituency was recreated, following a boundary review.^[3]

Election		Member^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]	Party	Notes
	1885	Alfred Illingworth	Liberal	MP for Knaresborough 1868–1874, for Bradford 1880–1885
	1895	Ernest Flower	Conservative	Defeated in 1906
	1906	Fred Jowett	Labour Party	MP for Bradford East 1922–24, 1929–31
1918		constituency abolished
1955		constituency recreated
	1955	Arthur Tiley	Conservative	Defeated in 1966
	1966	Norman Haseldine	Labour Co-operative	Defeated in 1970
	1970	John Wilkinson	Conservative	Defeated in Feb 1974. MP for Ruislip-Northwood from 1979 to 2005
	Feb 1974	Edward Lyons	Labour	Elected as a Labour MP, defected to the SDP in 1981. Defeated in 1983
	1981	Edward Lyons	Social Democratic
	1983	Max Madden	Labour	MP for Sowerby from 1974 to 1979. De-selected as Labour Candidate for 1997
	1997	Marsha Singh	Labour	Resigned due to ill health in 2012.
	2012 by-election	George Galloway	Respect	Labour MP for Glasgow Hillhead, 1987–97, and Glasgow Kelvin, 1997–2005. Expelled from Labour Party in 2003. Respect MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, 2005–10
	2015	Naz Shah	Labour	Elected as a Labour MP; suspended from the Labour Party 27 April – 5 July 2016.
	Apr 2016		Independent
	July 2016		Labour

Elections 1955–2017

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2017 ^[8] Turnout: 45,528 (67.4%) +3.8	Labour hold Majority: 21,902 (48.1%) Swing: 6.9% from Con to Lab	Naz Shah	Labour	29,444	64.7	+15.1
		George Grant	Conservative	7,542	16.6	+1.3
		Salma Yaqoob	Independent	6,345	13.9	N/A
		Derrick Hodgson	UKIP	885	1.9	−5.8
		Alun Griffiths	Liberal Democrat	712	1.6	−1.3
		Celia Hickson	Green	481	1.1	−1.6
		Hussain Khadim	Independent	65	0.1	N/A
		Muhammad Hijazi	Independent	54	0.1	N/A
General Election 2015 ^[9]^[10] Turnout: 40,290 (63.6%) +13.6	Labour gain from Respect Majority: 11,420 (28.3%) Swing: 29.7% from Respect to Lab	Naz Shah	Labour	19,977	49.6	+24.6
		George Galloway	Respect	8,557	21.2	-34.7
		George Grant	Conservative	6,160	15.3	+6.9
		Harry Boota	UKIP	3,140	7.8	+4.5
		Alun Griffiths	Liberal Democrat	1,173	2.9	−1.7
		Celia Hickson	Green	1,085	2.7	+1.2
		James Kirkcaldy	Independent	100	0.2	N/A
		Therese Muchewicz	English Democrat	98	0.2	N/A
Bradford West by-election, 2012 Resignation of Marsha Singh Turnout: 32,905 (50.0%) −14.9	Respect gain from Labour Majority: 10,140 (30.9%) Swing: 36.6% from Lab to Respect	George Galloway	Respect	18,341	55.9	+52.8
		Imran Hussain	Labour	8,201	25.0	−20.3
		Jackie Whiteley	Conservative	2,746	8.4	−22.7
		Jeanette Sunderland	Liberal Democrat	1,505	4.6	−7.1
		Sonja McNally	UKIP	1,085	3.3	+1.3
		Dawud Islam	Green	481	1.5	−0.8
		Neil Craig	Democratic Nationalists	344	1.0	−0.1
		Howling Laud Hope	Monster Raving Loony	111	0.3	N/A
General Election 2010 ^[11]^[12] New boundaries Turnout: 40,576 (64.9%) +10.9	Labour hold Majority: 5,763 (14.2%) Swing: 2.9% from Con to Lab	Marsha Singh	Labour	18,401	45.3	+5.6
		Zahid Iqbal	Conservative	12,638	31.1	−0.2
		David Hall-Matthews	Liberal Democrat	4,732	11.7	−7.4
		Jenny Sampson	BNP	1,370	3.4	−3.5
		Arshad Ali	Respect	1,245	3.1	+3.1
		David Ford	Green	940	2.3	−0.7
		Jason Smith	UKIP	812	2.0	+2.0
		Neil Craig	Democratic Nationalists	438	1.1	+1.1
General Election 2005 ^[13]^[14] Turnout: 36,369 (54.0%) +0.4	Labour hold Majority: 3,026 (8.3%)	Marsha Singh	Labour	14,570	40.1	−7.9
		Haroon Rashid	Conservative	11,544	31.7	−5.4
		Mukhtar Ali	Liberal Democrat	6,620	18.2	+11.8
		Paul Cromie	BNP	2,525	6.9	N/A
		Parvez Darr	Green	1,110	3.1	−3.9
General Election 2001 ^[15]^[16] Turnout: 38,370 (53.6%) −9.7	Labour hold Majority: 4,165 (10.9%)	Marsha Singh	Labour	18,401	48.0	+6.4
		Mohammed Riaz	Conservative	14,236	37.1	+4.1
		John Robinson	Green	2,672	7.0	+5.1
		Abdul Khan	Liberal Democrat	2,437	6.4	−8.4
		Imran Hussain	UKIP	427	1.1	N/A
		Farhan Khokhar	Asian League	197	0.5	N/A
General Election 1997 ^[17]^[16] Turnout: 45,568 (63.3%)	Labour hold Majority: 3,877 (8.6%)	Marsha Singh	Labour	18,932	41.6	−11.7
		Mohammed Riaz	Conservative	15,055	33.0	−0.8
		Helen Wright	Liberal Democrat	6,737	14.8	+4.0
		Abdul R. Khan	Socialist Labour	1,551	3.4
		Christopher Royston	Referendum	1,348	3.0
		John Robinson	Green	861	1.9
		Gary Osborn	BNP	839	1.8
		Sajjad Shah	Socialist Alternative	245	0.5
General election 1992 ^[18]^[19] Electorate: 70,016 Turnout: 48,946 (69.91%)	Labour hold Majority: 9,502 (19.41%)	Max Madden	Labour	26,046	53.2
		Andrew J. Ashworth	Conservative	16,544	33.8
		Alun O. Griffiths	Liberal Democrat	5,150	10.5
		Peter Braham	Green	735	1.5
		David Pidcock	Islamic Party	471	1.0
General election 1987 ^[20]^[21] Electorate: 70,763 Turnout: 70.2%	Labour hold Majority: 7,551 (15.2%)	Max Madden	Labour	25,775	51.9
		Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative	18,224	36.7
		Manzoor Moghal	Social Democratic	5,657	11.4
General election 1983 ^[22]^[23] Electorate: 71,296 Turnout: 68.9%	Labour hold Majority: 3,337 (6.8%)	Max Madden	Labour	19,499	39.7
		Stephen Day	Conservative	16,162	32.9
		Edward Lyons	Social Democratic	13,301	27.1
		B. Slaughter	Workers Revolutionary	139	0.3
General election 1979 ^[24] Electorate: 65,407 Turnout: 69.1%	Labour hold Majority: 7,755 (17.2%)	Edward Lyons	Labour	24,309	53.8
		Thomas Stow	Conservative	16,554	36.7
		Nicholas Flood	Liberal	3,668	8.1
		G. Brown	National Front	633	1.4
General election October 1974 ^[25] Electorate: 62,684 Turnout: 69.5%	Labour hold Majority: 4,941 (11.35%)	Edward Lyons	Labour	21,133	48.5
		John Wilkinson	Conservative	16,192	37.2
		S. Harris	Liberal	5,884	13.5
		Harold Smith	More Prosperous Britain	339	0.8
General election February 1974 ^[26] New boundaries Electorate: 62,157 Turnout: 77.1%	Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 2,219 (4.6%)	Edward Lyons	Labour	20,787	43.4
		John Wilkinson	Conservative	18,568	38.7
		Roderick Francis Hutton Taylor	Liberal	7,216	15.1
		Jim Merrick	Anti-Immigration	1,164	2.4
		Ralph Oakden Herbert	Ind Democratic Alliance	200	0.4
General election 1970 ^[27] Electorate: 53,371 Turnout: 73.8%	Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 1,539 (3.9%)	John Wilkinson	Conservative	20,475	52.0
	Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 1,539 (3.9%)	Norman Haseldine	Labour	18,936	48.0
General election 1966 Turnout: 76.61%	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Majority: 1,543 (4.05%)	Norman Haseldine	Labour Co-op	19,704	52.03
General election 1966 Turnout: 76.61%		Arthur Tiley	Conservative	18,170	47.97
General election 1964 ^[28] Turnout: 76.79%	Conservative and National Liberal hold Majority: 3,147 (8.05%)	Arthur Tiley	Conservative and National Liberal	21,121	54.02
General election 1964 ^[28] Turnout: 76.79%		Norman Haseldine	Labour Co-op	17,974	45.98
General election 1959 ^[29] Turnout: 81.76%	Conservative and National Liberal hold Majority: 5,106 (12.48%)	Arthur Tiley	Conservative and National Liberal	23,012	56.24
General election 1959 ^[29] Turnout: 81.76%		Sydney Hyam	Labour	17,906	43.76
General election 1955 ^[30] Turnout: 81.72%	Conservative and National Liberal hold Majority: 3,159 (7.62%)	Arthur Tiley	Conservative and National Liberal	22,306	53.81
General election 1955 ^[30] Turnout: 81.72%		Muriel Ferguson	Labour Co-op	19,147	46.19

Elections 1885–1918

Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General election December 1910 ^[7] Electorate: 14,825 Turnout: 81.4% (−8.6)	Labour hold Majority: 3,390 (28.0%) Swing: 2.6% from Lab to Con	Fred Jowett	Labour	7,729	64.0	−2.6
		Ernest Flower	Conservative	4,339	36.0	+2.6
General election January 1910 ^[7] Electorate: 14,825 Turnout: 90.0% (−0.8)	Labour hold Majority: 4,319 (33.2%)	Fred Jowett	Labour	8,880	66.6	+27.5
	Labour hold Majority: 4,319 (33.2%)	Sir Ernest Flower	Conservative	4,461	33.4	+0.7
General election 1906 ^[7] Electorate: 13,965 Turnout: 90.8% (+10.3)	Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 810 (6.4%)	Fred Jowett	Labour	4,957	39.1	−10.7
		Sir Ernest Flower	Conservative	4,147	32.7	−17.5
		William Claridge	Liberal	3,580	28.2	N/A
General election 1900 ^[7] Electorate: 12,340 Turnout: 9,939 (80.5%) −5.8	Conservative hold Majority: 41 (0.4%)	Ernest Flower	Conservative	4,990	50.2	+9.5
	Conservative hold Majority: 41 (0.4%)	Fred Jowett	Labour	4,949	49.9	N/A
General election 1895 ^[7] Electorate: 11,200 Turnout: 86.3% (+2.8)	Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 465 (4.8%) Swing: 3.8% from Lib to Con	Ernest Flower	Conservative	3,936	40.7	+7.2
		J. C. Horsfall	Liberal	3,471	35.9	−0.4
		Ben Tillett	Ind. Labour Party	2,264	23.4	−6.8
General election 1892 ^[7] Electorate: 10,911 Turnout: 83.5% (+13.5)	Liberal hold Majority: 253 (2.8%)	Alfred Illingworth	Liberal	3,306	36.3	−23.9
		Ernest Flower	Conservative	3,053	33.5
		Ben Tillett	Independent labour^[31]	2,749	30.2	N/A
General election 1886 ^[7] Electorate: 9,424 Turnout: 70.0% (−15.9)	Liberal hold Majority: 1,352 (20.4%)	Alfred Illingworth	Liberal	3,975	60.2	+2.3
	Liberal hold Majority: 1,352 (20.4%)	A. W. Stirling	Liberal Unionist	2,623	39.8
General election 1885 ^[7] New constituency Electorate: 9,424 Turnout: 8,092 (85.9%)	Liberal win Majority: 1,280 (15.8%)	Alfred Illingworth	Liberal	4,688	57.9	N/A
	Liberal win Majority: 1,280 (15.8%)	Henry Byron Reed	Conservative	3,408	42.1	N/A

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Bradford West: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ The Bradford West Constituency was created in 1955 after a boundary review. In previous elections the city was divided into four constituencies: Bradford Central, Bradford East, Bradford North and Bradford South.
↑ "Hansard 1803–2005". Bradford West 1885–1918. UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ "Hansard 1803–2005". Bradford West 1955–. UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 81. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
↑ "Election 2017: Bradford West". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Bradford West". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Bradford West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results May 2005, part3". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
1 2 "Bradford West, 1997 & 2001". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992, part 3". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results June 1987, part 3". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results June 1983, part 3". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results May 1979, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results October 1974, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results February 1974, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results 1970, part 4". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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↑ In 1892, Ben Tillett stood as an independent labour candidate, not as a candidate for the Independent Labour Party, which was established the following year.

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Bradford West — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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