Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bradford West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Bradford West in West Yorkshire
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Location of West Yorkshire within England
County West Yorkshire
Population114,761 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 71,585 (December 2019) [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
SeatsOne
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Bradford

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

Contents

Constituency profile

Bradford West covers the Bradford city centre, Manningham, Allerton and Clayton. It has a significant Pakistani population and a majority of Muslim voters. [3]

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, with the exception of the 2012 Bradford West by-election. In 1981, however, Edward Lyons, the sitting Bradford West MP, joined the newly established Social Democratic Party, consequently losing the seat at the 1983 general election.

In 1997, the seat was one of only two Labour seats in the country, the other being Bethnal Green and Bow in London, to have seen a swing towards the Conservatives away from Labour. This was attributed to the local party association selecting a Sikh, Marsha Singh to stand when the majority of the seat's population is Muslim. In 2010, however, Singh retained his seat with a swing in his favour, against the national result.

George Galloway of the Respect Party won the seat in the 2012 Bradford West by-election 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, in which 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.

At the 2019 general election Shah increased her vote share by 11.5%. This was easily the highest increase in the Labour Party's vote share in any constituency in the United Kingdom, in an election where Labour's vote share decreased in all but 13 constituencies. This means that Bradford West has bucked the national trend thrice, as it also did in 1997 and 2010. [4] Bradford West, since 2019, is the safest seat in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber for Labour.

Boundaries

Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present 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.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election will be unchanged. [5]

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. [6]

ElectionMember [7] [8] [9] [10] Party
1885 Alfred Illingworth Liberal
1895 Ernest Flower Conservative
1906 Fred Jowett Labour
1918 constituency abolished
1955 constituency recreated
Arthur Tiley Conservative
1966 Norman Haseldine Labour Co-op
1970 John Wilkinson Conservative
Feb 1974 Edward Lyons Labour
1981 SDP
1983 Max Madden Labour
1997 Marsha Singh Labour
2012 by-election George Galloway Respect
2015 Naz Shah Labour
Apr 2016 Independent
July 2016 Labour

Elections

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Bradford West election results

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naz Shah [11]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bradford West [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naz Shah 33,736 76.2 +11.5
Conservative Mohammed Afzal6,71715.2-1.4
Brexit Party Derrick Hodgson1,5563.5New
Liberal Democrats Mark Christie1,3493.0+1.5
Green Darren Parkinson8131.8+0.8
Independent Azfar Bukhari900.2New
Majority27,01961.0+12.9
Turnout 44,26162.6-4.8
Labour hold Swing +6.5
General election 2017: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naz Shah 29,444 64.7 +15.1
Conservative George Grant7,54216.6+1.3
Independent Salma Yaqoob 6,34513.9New
UKIP Derrick Hodgson8851.9−5.8
Liberal Democrats Alun Griffiths7121.6−1.3
Green Celia Hickson4811.1−1.6
Independent Hussain Khadim650.1New
Independent Muhammad Hijazi540.1New
Majority21,90248.1+19.7
Turnout 45,52867.4+3.8
Labour hold Swing New
General election 2015: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naz Shah 19,977 49.6 +4.3
Respect George Galloway 8,55721.2+18.1
Conservative George Grant6,16015.3-15.8
UKIP Harry Boota3,1407.8+5.8
Liberal Democrats Alun Griffiths1,1732.9−8.8
Green Celia Hickson1,0852.7+0.4
Independent James Kirkcaldy1000.2New
English Democrat Therese Muchewicz980.2New
Majority11,42028.4+14.2
Turnout 40,29063.6+13.6
Labour gain from Respect Swing New
2012 Bradford West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Respect George Galloway 18,341 55.9 +52.8
Labour Imran Hussain 8,20125.0−20.3
Conservative Jackie Whiteley2,7468.4−22.7
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Sunderland1,5054.6−7.1
UKIP Sonja McNally1,0853.3+1.3
Green Dawud Islam4811.5−0.8
Democratic NationalistsNeil Craig3441.0−0.1
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 1110.3New
Majority10,14030.9
Turnout 32,81450.0−14.9
Respect gain from Labour Swing +36.6
General election 2010: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marsha Singh 18,401 45.3 +5.6
Conservative Zahid Iqbal12,63831.1−0.2
Liberal Democrats David Hall-Matthews4,73211.7−7.4
BNP Jenny Sampson1,3703.4−3.5
Respect Arshad Ali 1,2453.1New
Green David Ford9402.3−0.7
UKIP Jason Smith8122.0New
Democratic NationalistsNeil Craig4381.1New
Majority5,76314.2+5.8
Turnout 40,57664.9+10.9
Labour hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marsha Singh 14,570 40.1 −7.9
Conservative Haroon Rashid11,54431.7−5.4
Liberal Democrats Mukhtar Ali6,62018.2+11.8
BNP Paul Cromie2,5256.9New
Green Parvez Darr1,1103.1−3.9
Majority3,0268.4-2.5
Turnout 36,36954.0+0.4
Labour hold Swing -1.2
General election 2001: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marsha Singh 18,401 48.0 +6.4
Conservative Mohammed Riaz14,23637.1+4.1
Green John Robinson2,6727.0+5.1
Liberal Democrats Abdul Khan2,4376.4−8.4
UKIP Imran Hussain4271.1New
Asian LeagueFarhan Khokhar1970.5New
Majority4,16510.9+2.3
Turnout 38,37053.6−9.7
Labour hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marsha Singh 18,932 41.6 −11.6
Conservative Mohammed Riaz15,05533.0−0.8
Liberal Democrats Helen Wright6,73714.8+4.0
Socialist Labour Party (UK) Abdul R. Khan1,5513.4New
Referendum PartyChristopher Royston1,3483.0New
Green Party of England and WalesJohn Robinson8611.9New
British National PartyGary Osborn8391.8New
Socialist Party (England and Wales)Sajjad Shah2450.5New
Majority3,8778.6-10.8
Turnout 45,56863.3-6.6
Labour hold Swing -5.4
General election 1992: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Max Madden 26,046 53.2 +1.3
Conservative Andrew J. Ashworth16,54433.8-2.9
Liberal Democrats Alun O. Griffiths5,15010.5-0.9
Independent Peter Braham7351.5New
Islamic Party of BritainDavid Pidcock4711.0New
Majority9,50219.4+4.2
Turnout 48,94669.9-0.3
Labour hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Max Madden 25,775 51.9 +12.2
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 18,22436.7+3.8
SDP Manzoor Moghal5,65711.4-15.7
Majority7,55115.2+8.4
Turnout 49,65670.2+1.3
Labour hold Swing +4.2
General election 1983: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Max Madden 19,499 39.7 -14.1
Conservative Stephen Day 16,16232.9-3.7
SDP Edward Lyons 13,30127.1+19.0
Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK)B. Slaughter1390.3New
Majority3,3376.8-10.4
Turnout 49,10168.9-0.2
Labour hold Swing -5.2

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Lyons 24,30953.82
Conservative Thomas Stow16,55436.65
Liberal Nicholas Flood3,6688.12
British National FrontG. Brown6331.4
Majority7,75517.17
Turnout 45,16469.05
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Lyons 21,13348.53
Conservative John Wilkinson 16,19237.18
Liberal S. Harris5,88413.51
Campaign for a More Prosperous BritainHarold Smith3390.78
Majority4,94111.35
Turnout 43,54869.47
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Lyons 20,78743.36
Conservative John Wilkinson 18,56838.74
Liberal Party (UK)Roderick Francis Hutton Taylor7,21615.05
Anti-ImmigrationJim Merrick1,1642.43
Ind Democratic Alliance Ralph Oakden Herbert2000.42
Majority2,2194.62
Turnout 47,93577.12
Labour gain from Conservative
General election 1970: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Wilkinson 20,47551.95
Labour Norman Haseldine 18,93648.05
Majority1,5393.90
Turnout 39,41173.81
Conservative gain from Labour

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Norman Haseldine 19,70452.03
Conservative Arthur Tiley 18,17047.97
Majority1,5344.06
Turnout 37,87476.61
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
General election 1964: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Tiley 21,12154.02
Labour Co-op Norman Haseldine 17,97445.98
Majority3,1478.04
Turnout 39,09876.79
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Tiley 23,01256.24
Labour Sydney Hyam17,90643.76
Majority5,10612.48
Turnout 40,91881.76
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Tiley 22,30653.81
Labour Co-op Muriel Ferguson19,14746.19
Turnout 41,45381.72
Conservative hold Swing

Elections 1885 - 1910


Elections in the 1910s

General election December 1910: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Jowett 7,72964.0−2.6
Conservative Ernest Flower 4,33936.0+2.6
Majority3,39028.0-5.2
Turnout 12,06881.4−8.6
Labour hold Swing +2.6
General election January 1910: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Jowett 8,88066.6+27.5
Conservative Ernest Flower 4,46133.4+0.7
Majority4,41933.2+26.8
Turnout 13,34190.0−0.8
Labour hold Swing +13.4

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fred Jowett 4,95739.1−10.7
Conservative Ernest Flower 4,14732.7−17.5
Liberal William Claridge3,58028.2New
Majority8106.4
Turnout 12,68490.8+10.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.1
General election 1900: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Flower 4,99050.2+9.5
Labour Fred Jowett 4,94949.8New
Majority410.4-4.4
Turnout 9,93980.5−5.8
Conservative hold Swing +14.1

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Flower 3,93640.7+7.2
Liberal John Cousin Horsfall 3,47135.9−0.4
Ind. Labour Party Ben Tillett 2,26423.4−6.8
Majority4654.8
Turnout 9,67186.3+2.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 3.8
General election 1892: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Illingworth 3,30636.3−23.9
Conservative Ernest Flower 3,05333.5
Bradford Labour Union Ben Tillett 2,74930.2New
Majority2532.8-13.0
Turnout 9,10883.5+13.5
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Illingworth 3,97560.2+2.3
Liberal Unionist Archibald William Stirling2,62339.8
Majority1,35220.4
Turnout 6,59870.0−15.9
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1885: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Illingworth 4,68857.9
Conservative Henry Byron Reed 3,40842.1
Majority1,28015.8
Turnout 8,09685.9
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.

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