Bradford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bradford
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Riding of Yorkshire
Major settlements Bradford
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Created from Yorkshire
Replaced by Bradford Central
Bradford East
Bradford West

Bradford was a parliamentary constituency in Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Contents

It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election.

It was then split into three new constituencies: Bradford Central, Bradford East, and Bradford West.

Boundaries

The constituency was based upon the town of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was enfranchised as a two-member parliamentary borough from 1832. Before 1832 the area was only represented as part of the county constituency of Yorkshire. After 1832 the non-resident Forty Shilling Freeholders of the area continued to qualify for a county vote (initially in the West Riding of Yorkshire seat, and from 1865 in a division of the West Riding).

Bradford, as a new parliamentary borough, had no voters enfranchised under the ancient rights preserved by the Reform Act 1832. All voters qualified under the new uniform, borough householder franchise.

The area was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1847, covering the parishes of Bradford, Horton and Manningham. Bradford was expanded in 1882 to include Allerton, Bolton, Bowling, Heaton, Thornbury and Tyersall. However the parliamentary boundaries were not affected until the redistribution of 1885.

After the expanded borough was divided into three single member seats in 1885, Bradford became a county borough with the passing of the Local Government Act 1888. The county borough was granted city status by Letters Patent in 1897.

Members of Parliament

Two MPs were elected at each general election. The table below shows the election years in which one or both of the MPs changed. [1] [2]

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1832 Ellis Cunliffe Lister Whig [3] [4] [5] [6] John Hardy Whig [3] [6]
1835 Conservative [3]
1837 William Busfield Whig [7] [8] [9] [3]
1841 John Hardy Conservative [3] William Cunliffe Lister Whig [3] [10] [11]
1841 by-election William Busfield Whig [7] [8] [9] [3]
1847 Thomas Perronet Thompson Radical [9] [12] [13] [14] [15]
1851 by-election Robert Milligan Whig [16] [17] [18]
1852 Henry Wickham Wickham Conservative [19] [20]
1857 Peelite [21] [22] Thomas Perronet Thompson Radical [9] [12] [13] [14] [15] [23]
1859 Liberal Titus Salt Liberal
1861 by-election William Edward Forster Liberal
1867 by-election Matthew William Thompson Liberal
1868 Henry Ripley Liberal
1869 by-election Edward Miall Liberal
1874 Henry Ripley Conservative
1880 Alfred Illingworth Liberal
1885 constituency divided: see Bradford Central, Bradford East, and Bradford West

Elections

1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – References

Elections in the 1830s

1837 general election: Bradford [1] [24] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Ellis Cunliffe Lister 635 30.5 −6.5
Whig William Busfield 621 29.8 +5.2
Conservative John Hardy 44321.3+2.1
Conservative William Busfeild 38318.4−0.8
Majority1788.5N/A
Turnout 1,06078.7−4.0
Registered electors 1,347
Whig hold Swing −3.6
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +2.3
1835 general election: Bradford [1] [24] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hardy 611 38.4 +12.0
Whig Ellis Cunliffe Lister 589 37.0 −5.7
Whig George Hadfield 39224.6−6.3
Majority21913.8N/A
Turnout 1,01382.7−2.2
Registered electors 1,225
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +12.0
Whig hold Swing −5.9
1832 general election: Bradford [1] [24] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Ellis Cunliffe Lister 650 42.7 N/A
Whig John Hardy 471 30.9 N/A
Tory George Banks (politician)40226.4N/A
Majority694.5N/A
Turnout 96784.9N/A
Registered electors 1,139
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

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Elections in the 1840s

1847 general election: Bradford [1] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Busfeild 937 26.5 −37.3
Radical Thomas Perronet Thompson 926 26.2 N/A
Conservative Henry Wickham Wickham 86024.3+6.1
Conservative Gathorne Hardy 81223.0+4.8
Turnout 1,768 (est)84.9 (est)+3.1
Registered electors 2,083
Majority110.3
Whig hold Swing −24.1
Majority1163.2N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing N/A
By-election, 16 September 1841: Bradford [1] [24] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Busfeild 526 50.2 −13.6
Conservative William Wilberforce 52249.8+13.5
Majority40.4N/A
Turnout 1,04875.0−6.8
Registered electors 1,398
Whig hold Swing −13.6
1841 general election: Bradford [1] [24] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hardy 612 36.3 −3.4
Whig William Cunliffe Lister 540 32.0 +1.5
Whig William Busfeild 53631.8+2.0
Majority764.5N/A
Turnout 1,14481.8+3.1
Registered electors 1,398
Conservative gain from Whig Swing −3.5
Whig hold Swing +1.6

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Elections in the 1850s

1859 general election: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Wickham Wickham 2,076 41.3 N/A
Liberal Titus Salt 1,727 34.3 N/A
Conservative Alfred Harris (banker)1,22924.4N/A
Majority4989.9N/A
Turnout 3,131 (est)87.0 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,599
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1857 general election: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Henry Wickham Wickham Unopposed
Radical Thomas Perronet Thompson Unopposed
Registered electors 3,279
Peelite hold
Radical gain from Whig
1852 general election: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Milligan 1,266 35.4 +8.9
Conservative Henry Wickham Wickham 1,159 32.4 −14.9
Radical Thomas Perronet Thompson 1,15332.2+6.0
Turnout 1,789 (est)66.7 (est)−18.2
Registered electors 2,683
Majority1073.0+2.7
Whig hold Swing +8.2
Majority60.2N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing −10.5
By-election, 21 October 1851: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Robert Milligan Unopposed
Whig hold

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Elections in the 1860s

By-election, 12 Mar 1869: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Miall 9,243 54.2 +22.6
Liberal Matthew William Thompson 7,80645.8N/A
Majority1,4378.4+6.3
Turnout 17,04979.2+14.7
Registered electors 21,518
Liberal hold Swing N/A
By-election, 21 Dec 1868: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Forster Unopposed
Liberal hold
1868 general election: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Forster 9,646 34.7 N/A
Liberal Henry Ripley 9,347 33.7 N/A
Liberal Edward Miall 8,76831.6N/A
Majority5792.1N/A
Turnout 13,881 (est)64.5 (est)N/A
Registered electors 21,518
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
By-election, 16 Oct 1867: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Matthew William Thompson 2,210 55.0 N/A
Liberal Edward Miall 1,80745.0N/A
Majority40310.0N/A
Turnout 4,01777.4N/A
Registered electors 5,189
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
1865 general election: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Forster Unopposed
Conservative Henry Wickham Wickham Unopposed
Registered electors 5,189
Liberal hold
Conservative gain from Liberal
By-election, 11 Feb 1861: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Forster Unopposed
Liberal hold

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Elections in the 1870s

1874 general election: Bradford [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Forster 11,945 30.9 −3.8
Conservative Henry Ripley 10,223 26.4 −7.3
Liberal John Venimore Godwin 8,39821.7−9.9
Lib-Lab James Hardaker8,11521.0N/A
Turnout 19,341 (est)79.5 (est)+15.0
Registered electors 24,331
Majority1,7224.5+2.4
Liberal hold Swing −0.1
Majority1,8254.7N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.1

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Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 8 May 1880: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Forster Unopposed
Liberal hold
1880 general election: Bradford [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Edward Forster 14,245 39.4 +8.5
Liberal Alfred Illingworth 12,922 35.7 +14.0
Conservative Henry Ripley 9,01824.9−1.5
Majority3,90410.8N/A
Turnout 23,263 (est)86.0 (est)+6.5
Registered electors 27,049
Liberal hold Swing +4.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.4

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