Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Bradford South
Map1 = BradfordSouth
Type = Borough
Map2 = WestYorkshire
Entity = West Yorkshire
County = West Yorkshire
Year = 1918
MP = Gerry Sutcliffe
Party = Labour
EP = Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford South is a borough constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament by the first past the post system of election.

It was a Liberal-held seat in the 1920s and 1930s, but since the 1945 general election Bradford South has returned Labour MPs, although the Conservatives came very close to gaining the seat in the 1980s.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: Bradford SouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Bob Cryer
votes = 25,185
percentage = 47.6
change = +6.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A. S. Popat
votes = 20,283
percentage = 38.4
change = −2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = B. J. Boulton
votes = 7,243
percentage = 13.7
change = −4.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Islamic Party of Britain
candidate = M. Naseem
votes = 156
percentage = 0.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 4,902
percentage = 9.3
change = +8.7Election box turnout
votes = 52,867
percentage = 75.6
change = +2.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = Election box begin
title=Bradford South by-election, 1994Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerry Sutcliffe
votes = 17,014
percentage = 55.3
change = +7.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Helen Wright
votes = 7,350
percentage = 23.9
change = +10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = R. Farley
votes = 5,475
percentage = 17.8
change = −20.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = David Sutch
votes = 727
percentage = 2.4
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = N. Laycock
votes = 197
percentage = 0.6
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 9,664
percentage = 31.4
change = +22.1Election box turnout
votes = 30,763
percentage = 44.1
change = −31.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 2000s

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title=General Election 2001: Bradford SouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerry Sutcliffe
votes = 19,603
percentage = 55.8
change = -0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Graham Tennyson
votes = 9,941
percentage = 28.3
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alexander Wilson-Fletcher
votes = 3,717
percentage = 10.6
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Peter North
votes = 783
percentage = 2.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Kelly
votes = 571
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Ateeq Siddique
votes = 302
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Defend The Welfare State Against Blairism
candidate = George Riseborough
votes = 220
percentage = 0.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 9,662
percentage = 27.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 35,137
percentage = 51.3
change = -14.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: Bradford SouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerry Sutcliffe
votes = 17,954
percentage = 49.0
change = -6.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geraldine Carter
votes = 8,787
percentage = 24.0
change = -4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mike Doyle
votes = 5,334
percentage = 14.6
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = James Lewthwaite
votes = 2,862
percentage = 7.8
change = +7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Derek Curtis
votes = 695
percentage = 1.9
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jason Smith
votes = 552
percentage = 1.5
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Veritas (political party)
candidate = Therese Muchewicz
votes = 421
percentage = 1.2
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 9,167
percentage = 25.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 36,605
percentage = 54.2
change = 2.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -1.2%

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mike Doyle
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Jamie Illingworth
votes =
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change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gerry Sutcliffe
votes =
percentage =
change =

See also

* Bradford South by-election, 1994
* Bradford South by-election, 1949
* List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

References