Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bradford North
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Bradford North in West Yorkshirefor the 2005 general election
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Location of West Yorkshire within England
County 1918–1974: West Riding of Yorkshire
1974–2010: West Yorkshire
Major settlements Bradford
19182010
SeatsOne
Created from Bradford East
Replaced by Bradford East

Bradford North was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Until it was abolished for the 2010 general election, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Bolton, Eccleshill, Heaton, Idle, and Thornton.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Bolton, Eccleshill, Heaton, and Idle.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Bolton, Bradford Moor, Eccleshill, Idle, and North East.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Bolton, Bowling, Bradford Moor, Eccleshill, Idle, Laisterdyke, and Undercliffe.

1983–2010: The City of Bradford wards of Bolton, Bowling, Bradford Moor, Eccleshill, Idle, and Undercliffe.

The constituency covered the northern part of Bradford.

Following the review of parliamentary representation in West Yorkshire by the Boundary Commission for England, Bradford was significantly altered, and the resulting constituency was renamed as Bradford East, with effect from the 2010 general election.

Members of Parliament

 ElectionMember [1] Party
1918 Archibald Boyd-Carpenter Unionist
1923 Walter Rea Liberal
1924 Eugene Ramsden Unionist
1929 Norman Angell Labour
1931 Eugene Ramsden Conservative
1945 Muriel Nichol Labour
1950 William Taylor Conservative
1964 Ben Ford Labour
1983 Geoffrey Lawler Conservative
1987 Pat Wall Labour
1990 by-election Terry Rooney Labour
2010 constituency abolished

Elections

This constituency was replaced by Bradford East for the 2010 general election.

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 11,04249.7
Labour John Palin 6,49929.2
Liberal Everett Binns4,68821.1
Majority4,54320.5
Turnout 22,22967.3
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 10,260 36.5 −13.2
Liberal Walter Rea 9,00832.0+10.9
Labour John Palin 8,86931.5+2.3
Majority1,2524.5−16.0
Turnout 28,13784.0+12.7
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter Rea 9,365 34.0 +2.0
Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 9,19233.3−3.2
Labour Thomas Blythe9,03632.7+1.2
Majority1730.7N/A
Turnout 27,59381.7−2.3
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +2.6
General election 1924: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Eugene Ramsden 11,459 39.6 +6.3
Labour Frank Wise 9,44232.70.0
Liberal Walter Rea 8,00727.7−6.3
Majority2,0176.9N/A
Turnout 28,90884.7+3.0
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Bradford North [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Angell 17,873 41.0 +8.3
Unionist Eugene Ramsden 15,41335.4−4.2
Liberal Joseph Burton Hobman 10,29023.6−4.1
Majority2,4605.6N/A
Turnout 43,57684.5−0.2
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +6.2

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eugene Ramsden 31,537 71.8 +36.4
Labour Philip Butler12,40128.2−12.8
Majority19,13643.6N/A
Turnout 43,93883.1−1.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eugene Ramsden 21,150 53.0 −18.8
Labour Muriel Nichol 14,04735.2+7.0
National Dividend [3] Reginald Kenney4,68411.7New
Majority7,10317.8−25.8
Turnout 39,88172.3−8.8
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Muriel Nichol 20,268 43.6 +8.4
Conservative John Andrews Benn16,82436.2−16.8
Liberal Basil Robert Wilson Town9,33720.1New
Majority3,4447.4N/A
Turnout 46,42979.6+7.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.7

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Bradford North [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal William Taylor 20,628 45.71
Labour Muriel Nichol 18,51741.03
Liberal Jack Kitching 5,98513.26
Majority2,1114.68N/A
Turnout 45,13087.70
National Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General election 1951: Bradford North [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal William Taylor 24,524 54.29
Labour Edward J Parris20,64745.71
Majority3,8778.58
Turnout 45,17187.14
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1955: Bradford North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal William Taylor 21,084 50.08
Labour Maurice Webb 21,01549.92
Majority690.16
Turnout 42,09981.79
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1959: Bradford North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal William Taylor 22,850 53.10
Labour John Marshall20,17946.90
Majority2,6716.20
Turnout 43,02982.82
National Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Bradford North [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Ford 17,905 43.61
National Liberal William Taylor 16,50740.21
Liberal Edgar Robinson6,64216.18N/A
Majority1,3983.40
Turnout 41,05480.40
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
General election 1966: Bradford North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Ford 21,727 55.35
Conservative WH Peter Laycock17,52844.65
Majority4,19910.70
Turnout 39,25577.71
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Ford 20,141 52.11
Conservative WH Peter Laycock18,51147.89
Majority1,6304.22
Turnout 38,65273.84
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Ford 22,381 43.34
Conservative Patrick Thompson 15,76430.52
Liberal Gordon Lishman 13,11525.39New
IndependentA Marriott3860.75New
Majority6,61712.82
Turnout 51,64678.84
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Ford 22,841 49.05
Conservative Patrick Thompson 14,25230.60
Liberal Gordon Lishman 9,47520.35
Majority8,58918.45
Turnout 46,56870.41
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Bradford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Ford 25,069 50.94
Conservative Neil Hamilton 17,54835.66
Liberal A Bagshawe5,81911.83
National Front Andrew Brons 6141.25
Workers Revolutionary CE Smith1580.32
Majority7,52115.28
Turnout 49,20871.81
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Bradford North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Lawler 16,094 34.3
Labour Pat Wall 14,49230.9
SDP Peter Birkby11,96225.5
Independent Labour Ben Ford 4,0188.6New
Monster Raving Loony Arthur Howarth1940.4New
BNP Michael Easter1930.4New
Majority1,6023.4N/A
Turnout 46,95370.8−1.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1987: Bradford North [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Wall 21,009 42.8 +11.9
Conservative Geoffrey Lawler 19,37639.5+5.2
SDP Adrian Berkley8,65617.77.8
Majority1,6333.3N/A
Turnout 4904172.7+1.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.7

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Bradford North by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Rooney 18,619 51.7 +8.9
Liberal Democrats David Ward 9,10525.3+7.6
Conservative Joy Atkin6,04816.822.7
Islamic Party David Pidcock8002.2New
Green Michael Knott4471.2New
National Front Robert Tenney3050.8New
Independent Joseph Floyd2190.6New
Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett2100.6New
Liberal Noel Nowosielski1870.5New
Ind. Conservative Malcolm Wigglesworth890.2New
Majority9,51426.4+23.1
Turnout 36,02953.4−19.3
Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Bradford North [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Rooney 23,420 47.8 +5.0
Conservative Mohammed Riaz15,75632.27.3
Liberal Democrats David Ward 9,13318.7+1.0
Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett3500.9N/A
Islamic Party Mohamed H. Nasr3040.6N/A
Majority7,66415.6+12.3
Turnout 48,96373.4+0.7
Labour hold Swing +10.8
General election 1997: Bradford North [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Rooney 23,493 56.1 +8.3
Conservative Rasjid Skinner10,72325.66.6
Liberal Democrats Terry Browne6,08314.54.2
Referendum Harry Wheatley1,2272.9New
Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett3690.90.0
Majority12,77030.5+14.9
Turnout 41,89563.310.1
Labour hold Swing +7.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Bradford North [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Rooney 17,419 49.7 6.4
Conservative Zahid Iqbal8,45024.11.5
Liberal Democrats David Ward 6,92419.8+5.3
BNP John Brayshaw1,6134.6New
Green Steven Schofield6111.7New
Majority8,96925.64.9
Turnout 35,01752.710.6
Labour hold Swing 10.6
General election 2005: Bradford North [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Rooney 14,622 42.5 ―7.2
Liberal Democrats David Ward 11,11132.3+12.5
Conservative Teck Khong5,56916.2―7.9
BNP Lynda Cromie2,0616.0+1.4
Green Steven Schofield5601.6―0.1
Respect Umit Yildiz4741.4New
Majority3,51110.2―15.4
Turnout 34,39753.3+0.6
Labour hold Swing ―9.8

See also

Notes and references

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  2. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. Supported by the Social Credit secretariat
  4. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 31 July 1939
  5. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  6. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  7. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  8. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  9. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  10. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  11. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  15. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  16. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  17. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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