Bradford North
Bradford North
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Major settlements Bradford 1918 – 2010
Seats One
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.
Constituency profile In 1981, 15% of the constituency were non-White.
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 Elections This constituency was replaced by Bradford East for the 2010 general election.
Elections in the 1910s General election 1918: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% C Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 11,042 49.7 Labour John Palin 6,499 29.2 Liberal Everett Binns 4,688 21.1 Majority 4,543 20.5 Turnout 22,229 67.3 Unionist win (new seat)C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government .
Elections in the 1920s General election 1922: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 10,260 36.5 −13.2 Liberal Walter Rea 9,008 32.0 +10.9 Labour John Palin 8,869 31.5 +2.3 Majority 1,252 4.5 −16.0 Turnout 28,137 84.0 +12.7 Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Walter Rea 9,365 34.0 +2.0 Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 9,192 33.3 −3.2 Labour Thomas Blythe 9,036 32.7 +1.2 Majority 173 0.7 N/A Turnout 27,593 81.7 −2.3 Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +2.6
General election 1924: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Eugene Ramsden 11,459 39.6 +6.3 Labour Frank Wise 9,442 32.7 0.0 Liberal Walter Rea 8,007 27.7 −6.3 Majority 2,017 6.9 N/A Turnout 28,908 84.7 +3.0 Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Norman Angell 17,873 41.0 +8.3 Unionist Eugene Ramsden 15,413 35.4 −4.2 Liberal Joseph Burton Hobman 10,290 23.6 −4.1 Majority 2,460 5.6 N/A Turnout 43,576 84.5 −0.2 Labour gain from Unionist Swing +6.2
Elections in the 1930s General election 1931: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Eugene Ramsden 31,537 71.8 +36.4 Labour Philip Butler 12,401 28.2 −12.8 Majority 19,136 43.6 N/A Turnout 43,938 83.1 −1.4 Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Eugene Ramsden 21,150 53.0 −18.8 Labour Muriel Nichol 14,047 35.2 +7.0 National Dividend Reginald Kenney 4,684 11.7 New Majority 7,103 17.8 −25.8 Turnout 39,881 72.3 −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;
National Labour : George R CarterLabour : Muriel Nichol Elections in the 1940s General election 1945: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Muriel Nichol 20,268 43.6 +8.4 Conservative John Andrews Benn 16,824 36.2 −16.8 Liberal Basil Robert Wilson Town 9,337 20.1 New Majority 3,444 7.4 N/A Turnout 46,429 79.6 +7.3 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.7
Elections in the 1950s General election 1950: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% National Liberal William Taylor 20,628 45.71 Labour Muriel Nichol 18,517 41.03 Liberal Jack Kitching 5,985 13.26 Majority 2,111 4.68 N/A Turnout 45,130 87.70 National Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General election 1951: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% National Liberal William Taylor 24,524 54.29 Labour Edward J Parris 20,647 45.71 Majority 3,877 8.58 Turnout 45,171 87.14 National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1955: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% National Liberal William Taylor 21,084 50.08 Labour Maurice Webb 21,015 49.92 Majority 69 0.16 Turnout 42,099 81.79 National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1959: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% National Liberal William Taylor 22,850 53.10 Labour John Marshall 20,179 46.90 Majority 2,671 6.20 Turnout 43,029 82.82 National Liberal hold Swing
Elections in the 1960s General election 1964: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ben Ford 17,905 43.61 National Liberal William Taylor 16,507 40.21 Liberal Edgar Robinson 6,642 16.18 N/A Majority 1,398 3.40 Turnout 41,054 80.40 Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
General election 1966: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ben Ford 21,727 55.35 Conservative WH Peter Laycock 17,528 44.65 Majority 4,199 10.70 Turnout 39,255 77.71 Labour hold Swing
Elections in the 1970s General election 1970: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ben Ford 20,141 52.11 Conservative WH Peter Laycock 18,511 47.89 Majority 1,630 4.22 Turnout 38,652 73.84 Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ben Ford 22,381 43.34 Conservative Patrick Thompson 15,764 30.52 Liberal Gordon Lishman 13,115 25.39 New Independent A Marriott 386 0.75 New Majority 6,617 12.82 Turnout 51,646 78.84 Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ben Ford 22,841 49.05 Conservative Patrick Thompson 14,252 30.60 Liberal Gordon Lishman 9,475 20.35 Majority 8,589 18.45 Turnout 46,568 70.41 Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ben Ford 25,069 50.94 Conservative Neil Hamilton 17,548 35.66 Liberal A Bagshawe 5,819 11.83 National Front Andrew Brons 614 1.25 Workers Revolutionary CE Smith 158 0.32 Majority 7,521 15.28 Turnout 49,208 71.81 Labour hold Swing
Elections in the 1980s General election 1983: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Geoffrey Lawler 16,094 34.3 Labour Pat Wall 14,492 30.9 SDP Peter Birkby 11,962 25.5 Independent Labour Ben Ford 4,018 8.6 New Monster Raving Loony Arthur Howarth 194 0.4 New BNP Michael Easter 193 0.4 New Majority 1,602 3.4 N/A Turnout 46,953 70.8 −1.0 Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1987: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Pat Wall 21,009 42.8 +11.9 Conservative Geoffrey Lawler 19,376 39.5 +5.2 SDP Adrian Berkley 8,656 17.7 −7.8 Majority 1,633 3.3 N/A Turnout 49041 72.7 +1.9 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.7
Elections in the 1990s 1990 Bradford North by-election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Terry Rooney 18,619 51.7 +8.9 Liberal Democrats David Ward 9,105 25.3 +7.6 Conservative Joy Atkin 6,048 16.8 −22.7 Islamic Party David Pidcock 800 2.2 New Green Michael Knott 447 1.2 New National Front Robert Tenney 305 0.8 New Independent Joseph Floyd 219 0.6 New Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett 210 0.6 New Liberal Noel Nowosielski 187 0.5 New Ind. Conservative Malcolm Wigglesworth 89 0.2 New Majority 9,514 26.4 +23.1 Turnout 36,029 53.4 −19.3 Labour hold Swing
General election 1992: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Terry Rooney 23,420 47.8 +5.0 Conservative Mohammed Riaz 15,756 32.2 −7.3 Liberal Democrats David Ward 9,133 18.7 +1.0 Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett 350 0.9 N/A Islamic Party Mohamed H. Nasr 304 0.6 N/A Majority 7,664 15.6 +12.3 Turnout 48,963 73.4 +0.7 Labour hold Swing +10.8
General election 1997: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Terry Rooney 23,493 56.1 +8.3 Conservative Rasjid Skinner 10,723 25.6 −6.6 Liberal Democrats Terry Browne 6,083 14.5 −4.2 Referendum Harry Wheatley 1,227 2.9 New Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett 369 0.9 0.0 Majority 12,770 30.5 +14.9 Turnout 41,895 63.3 −10.1 Labour hold Swing +7.4
Elections in the 2000s General election 2001: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Terry Rooney 17,419 49.7 −6.4 Conservative Zahid Iqbal 8,450 24.1 −1.5 Liberal Democrats David Ward 6,924 19.8 +5.3 BNP John Brayshaw 1,613 4.6 New Green Steven Schofield 611 1.7 New Majority 8,969 25.6 −4.9 Turnout 35,017 52.7 −10.6 Labour hold Swing −10.6
General election 2005: Bradford North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Terry Rooney 14,622 42.5 ―7.2 Liberal Democrats David Ward 11,111 32.3 +12.5 Conservative Teck Khong 5,569 16.2 ―7.9 BNP Lynda Cromie 2,061 6.0 +1.4 Green Steven Schofield 560 1.6 ―0.1 Respect Umit Yildiz 474 1.4 New Majority 3,511 10.2 ―15.4 Turnout 34,397 53.3 +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.
External links (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK 53°49′N 1°45′W/53.817°N 1.750°W/ 53.817; -1.750