Bradford South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Yorkshire |
Population | 101,545 (2011 census) [1] |
Electorate | 69,667 (December 2019) [2] |
Major settlements | Bradford |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Judith Cummins (Labour Party) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Elland |
Bradford South is a constituency [n 1] in West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Judith Cummins of the Labour Party. [n 2]
The seat covers the southern suburbs of Bradford from Queensbury to Holmewood and has a large South Asian population. [3]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Great Horton, Lister Hills, Little Horton, North Bierley East, and North Bierley West.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Clayton, Great Horton, Lister Hills, North Bierley West, and Thornton.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Clayton, North Bierley East, North Bierley West, and West Bowling, and the Urban District of Queensbury and Shelf.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Clayton, Great Horton, Odsal, Tong, Wibsey, and Wyke, and the Urban District of Queensbury and Shelf.
1983–2010: The City of Bradford wards of Great Horton, Odsal, Queensbury, Tong, Wibsey, and Wyke.
2010–2024: The City of Bradford wards of Great Horton, Queensbury, Royds, Tong, Wibsey, and Wyke.
2024–present: As above, apart from the gain of a small part of the Bowling and Barkerend ward (polling district 5F) from Bradford East to bring the electorate within the permitted range. [4]
It was a Liberal-held seat from 1922 to 1924 and 1931–1945. Since the 1945 general election Bradford South has returned Labour Party MPs, although the Conservative Party came very close to gaining the seat in the 1980s.
Elland prior to 1918
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Judith Cummins | 11,833 | 35.8 | −10.9 | |
Reform UK | Ian Eglin | 7,441 | 22.5 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | Zaf Shah | 4,853 | 14.7 | −25.4 | |
Green | Matt Edwards | 3,366 | 10.2 | +7.7 | |
Independent | Rehiana Ali | 3,345 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Smith | 954 | 2.9 | −0.8 | |
Workers Party | Harry Boota | 513 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Yorkshire | Jonathan Barras | 489 | 1.5 | N/A | |
English Democrat | Therese Hirst | 248 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,362 | 13.3 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,042 | 46.5 | –11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 71,002 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.2 |
2019 notional result [8] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 19,110 | 46.7 | |
Conservative | 16,381 | 40.1 | |
Brexit Party | 2,872 | 7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1,519 | 3.7 | |
Green | 1,007 | 2.5 | |
Turnout | 40,889 | 57.7 | |
Electorate | 70,890 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Judith Cummins | 18,390 | 46.3 | –8.2 | |
Conservative | Narinder Sekhon | 16,044 | 40.4 | +2.2 | |
Brexit Party | Kulvinder Manik | 2,819 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alun Griffiths | 1,505 | 3.8 | +2.5 | |
Green | Matthew Edwards | 983 | 2.5 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 2,346 | 5.9 | –10.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,741 | 57.6 | –3.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Judith Cummins | 22,364 | 54.5 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Tanya Graham | 15,664 | 38.2 | +11.9 | |
UKIP | Stephen Place | 1,758 | 4.3 | –19.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Thomas | 516 | 1.3 | –1.6 | |
English Democrat | Therese Hirst | 377 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Green | Darren Parkinson | 370 | 0.9 | –2.4 | |
Majority | 6,700 | 16.3 | –0.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,049 | 60.6 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Judith Cummins | 16,328 | 43.4 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Tanya Graham | 9,878 | 26.3 | –2.8 | |
UKIP | Jason Smith | 9,057 | 24.1 | +20.6 | |
Green | Andy Robinson | 1,243 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tear | 1,094 | 2.9 | –15.4 | |
Majority | 6,450 | 17.1 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,600 | 59.1 | –0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Sutcliffe | 15,682 | 41.3 | –7.0 | |
Conservative | Matthew Palmer | 11,060 | 29.1 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Nationalist | James Lewthwaite | 315 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,622 | 12.2 | –12.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,995 | 59.8 | +6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Sutcliffe | 17,954 | 49.0 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | Geraldine Carter | 8,787 | 24.0 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,167 | 25.0 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,605 | 54.2 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Sutcliffe | 19,603 | 55.8 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | Graham Tennyson | 9,941 | 28.3 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,137 | 51.3 | −14.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Sutcliffe | 25,558 | 56.7 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | Ann G. Hawkesworth | 12,622 | 28.0 | −10.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Wilson-Fletcher | 5,093 | 11.3 | −2.4 | |
Referendum | Marilyn Kershaw | 1,785 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,936 | 28.7 | +19.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,058 | 65.9 | −9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Sutcliffe | 17,014 | 55.3 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Wright | 7,350 | 23.9 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Ronnie Farley | 5,475 | 17.8 | −20.6 | |
Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 727 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Keith Laycock | 197 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,664 | 31.4 | +22.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,763 | 44.1 | −31.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Cryer | 25,185 | 47.6 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Andrew S. Popat | 20,283 | 38.4 | −2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian J. Boulton | 7,243 | 13.7 | −4.1 | |
Islamic Party | Mohammad Naseem | 156 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,902 | 9.2 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,867 | 75.6 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Cryer | 21,230 | 41.4 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Graham Hall | 20,921 | 40.8 | +3.5 | |
SDP | Trevor Lindley | 9,109 | 17.8 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 309 | 0.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,260 | 73.7 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Torney | 18,542 | 37.5 | ||
Conservative | Graham Hall | 18,432 | 37.3 | ||
SDP | David Pearl | 12,143 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Ecology | Robert Adset | 308 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 110 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 49,425 | 71.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Torney | 26,323 | 47.11 | ||
Conservative | JK Hirst | 22,005 | 39.38 | ||
Liberal | R Taylor | 7,127 | 12.75 | ||
National Front | G Wright | 422 | 0.76 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,318 | 7.73 | |||
Turnout | 55,877 | 73.18 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Torney | 25,219 | 48.05 | ||
Conservative | GC Littlewood | 16,964 | 32.32 | ||
Liberal | CJ Cawood | 10,306 | 19.63 | ||
Majority | 8,255 | 15.73 | |||
Turnout | 52,489 | 71.64 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Torney | 25,875 | 44.76 | ||
Conservative | PG Dwyer | 18,222 | 31.52 | ||
Liberal | Margaretta Holmstedt | 12,961 | 22.42 | ||
Independent Powellite | R Pearson | 749 | 1.30 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,653 | 13.24 | |||
Turnout | 57,807 | 79.68 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Torney | 20,985 | 45.93 | ||
Conservative | John Derek Whittaker Bottomley | 19,009 | 41.61 | ||
Liberal | George Dunkerley | 5,694 | 12.46 | ||
Majority | 1,976 | 4.32 | |||
Turnout | 45,688 | 72.01 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Craddock | 22,932 | 52.53 | ||
Conservative | John Derek Whittaker Bottomley | 15,435 | 35.35 | ||
Liberal | George Dunkerley | 5,291 | 12.12 | ||
Majority | 7,497 | 17.18 | |||
Turnout | 43,658 | 75.99 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Craddock | 21,004 | 46.28 | ||
National Liberal | John Derek Whittaker Bottomley | 17,097 | 37.67 | ||
Liberal | Allen Clegg | 7,286 | 16.05 | ||
Majority | 3,907 | 8.61 | |||
Turnout | 45,387 | 78.57 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Craddock | 21,172 | 45.85 | ||
National Liberal | Reginald Winston Jones | 18,158 | 39.32 | ||
Liberal | Hugh Womersley | 6,850 | 14.83 | ||
Majority | 3,014 | 6.53 | |||
Turnout | 46,180 | 80.99 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Craddock | 20,478 | 47.32 | ||
National Liberal | Reginald Winston Jones | 16,768 | 38.75 | ||
Liberal | Arthur T Ellis | 6,029 | 13.93 | ||
Majority | 3,710 | 8.57 | |||
Turnout | 43,275 | 80.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Craddock | 21,364 | 47.16 | ||
National Liberal | Geoffrey Francis Greenbank | 17,863 | 39.43 | ||
Liberal | Edward Rushworth | 6,072 | 13.40 | ||
Majority | 3,501 | 7.73 | |||
Turnout | 45,299 | 86.21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Craddock | 21,344 | 47.50 | ||
National Liberal | John Lightfoot Windle | 15,998 | 35.60 | ||
Liberal | Edward Rushworth | 7,594 | 16.90 | ||
Majority | 5,346 | 11.90 | |||
Turnout | 44,936 | 86.19 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Craddock | 23,335 | 51.3 | −1.2 | |
National Liberal | John Lightfoot Windle | 19,313 | 42.4 | +9.3 | |
Independent Liberal | Colin James Canning | 2,882 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,022 | 8.9 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,530 | 74.4 | −2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Meredith Titterington | 24,394 | 52.5 | +11.0 | |
National Liberal | Herbert Walker Peel | 15,392 | 33.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Ewart Hindley | 6,707 | 14.4 | −44.1 | |
Majority | 9,002 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,493 | 76.9 | +6.6 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal | 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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Holdsworth | 24,081 | 58.5 | −7.9 | |
Labour Co-op | William Hirst | 17,121 | 41.5 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 6,960 | 17.0 | −15.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,202 | 70.3 | −12.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Holdsworth | 31,531 | 66.4 | +40.6 | |
Labour Co-op | William Hirst | 15,994 | 33.6 | −15.3 | |
Majority | 15,537 | 32.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,525 | 82.61 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour Co-op | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | William Hirst | 23,251 | 48.9 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Frederick Ogden | 12,279 | 25.8 | −2.8 | |
Unionist | Geoffrey William Ferrand | 12,050 | 25.3 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 10,972 | 23.1 | +16.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,580 | 83.0 | +0.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | William Hirst | 13,919 | 39.0 | +4.1 | |
Unionist | George Mitcheson | 11,586 | 32.4 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Herbert Harvey Spencer | 10,237 | 28.6 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 2,333 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,742 | 82.2 | +5.3 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Harvey Spencer | 12,218 | 37.0 | −1.0 | |
Labour Co-op | William Hirst | 11,543 | 34.9 | −0.4 | |
Unionist | George Mitcheson | 9,270 | 28.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 675 | 2.1 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,031 | 76.9 | −5.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Harvey Spencer | 13,259 | 38.0 | +13.4 | |
Labour Co-op | William Hirst | 12,353 | 35.3 | +4.4 | |
Unionist | Vernon Willey | 9,334 | 26.7 | −17.8 | |
Majority | 906 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,946 | 82.2 | +17.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Vernon Willey | 11,949 | 44.5 | |
Co-operative Party | William Hirst | 8,291 | 30.9 | ||
Liberal | George Muff | 6,613 | 24.6 | ||
Majority | 3,658 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 26,853 | 64.8 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
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