Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bradford South
Borough constituency

Bradford South shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created: 1918
MP: Gerry Sutcliffe
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Yorkshire
EP constituency: 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.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Name Party
1918 Francis Vernon Willey Coalition Conservative
1922 Herbert Harvey Spencer Liberal
1924 William Hirst Labour
1931 Herbert Holdsworth Liberal
1945 Meredith Farrer Titterington Labour
1949 by-election George Craddock Labour
1970 Thomas Torney Labour
1987 Bob Cryer Labour
1994 by-election Gerry Sutcliffe Labour

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Bradford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Cryer 25,185 47.6 +6.2
Conservative A. S. Popat 20,283 38.4 −2.4
Liberal Democrat B. J. Boulton 7,243 13.7 −4.1
Islamic Party M. Naseem 156 0.3 N/A
Majority 4,902 9.3 +8.7
Turnout 52,867 75.6 +2.0
Labour hold Swing
Bradford South by-election, 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerry Sutcliffe 17,014 55.3 +7.7
Liberal Democrat Helen Wright 7,350 23.9 +10.2
Conservative R. Farley 5,475 17.8 −20.6
Monster Raving Loony David Sutch 727 2.4 N/A
Natural Law N. Laycock 197 0.6 N/A
Majority 9,664 31.4 +22.1
Turnout 30,763 44.1 −31.5
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Bradford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerry Sutcliffe 19,603 55.8 -0.9
Conservative Graham Tennyson 9,941 28.3 +0.3
Liberal Democrat Alexander Wilson-Fletcher 3,717 10.6 -0.7
UK Independence 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
Turnout 35,137 51.3 -14.5
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2005: Bradford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerry Sutcliffe 17,954 49.0 -6.8
Conservative Geraldine Carter 8,787 24.0 -4.3
Liberal Democrat Mike Doyle 5,334 14.6 +4.0
British National Party James Lewthwaite 2,862 7.8 +7.8
Green Derek Curtis 695 1.9 +1.9
UK Independence Jason Smith 552 1.5 -0.7
Veritas Therese Muchewicz 421 1.2 +1.2
Majority 9,167 25.0
Turnout 36,605 54.2 2.9
Labour hold Swing -1.2%
Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mike Doyle
UK Independence Jamie Illingworth
Labour Gerry Sutcliffe

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Bradford Constituencies
Bradford North • Bradford West • Bradford South • Keighley • Shipley
v • d • e
Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour
Barnsley Central • Barnsley East and Mexborough • Barnsley West and Penistone • Batley and Spen • Bradford North • Bradford South • Bradford West • Brigg and Goole • Calder Valley • City of York • Cleethorpes • Colne Valley • Dewsbury • Don Valley • Doncaster Central • Doncaster North • Elmet • Great Grimsby • Halifax • Hemsworth • Huddersfield • Hull East • Hull North • Hull West and Hessle • Keighley • Leeds Central • Leeds East • Leeds North East • Leeds West • Morley and Rothwell • Normanton • Pontefract and Castleford • Pudsey • Rother Valley • Rotherham • Scunthorpe • Selby • Sheffield Attercliffe • Sheffield Brightside • Sheffield Central • Sheffield Heeley • Sheffield Hillsborough • Wakefield • Wentworth
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) • Conservative (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • UKIP (1)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bradford South , UKPollingReport
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