Bradford_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–2010
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.
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| Bradford North | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Bradford North in West Yorkshire for the 2005 general election | |
Location of West Yorkshire within England | |
| County | 1918–1974: West Riding of Yorkshire 1974–2010: West Yorkshire |
| Major settlements | Bradford |
| 1918–2010 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Bradford East |
| Replaced by | Bradford East |
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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.
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This constituency was replaced by Bradford East for the 2010 general election.
Elections in the 1910s
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| 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. | |||||
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Elections in the 1920s
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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Elections in the 1930s
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Eugene Ramsden | 21,150 | 53.0 | -18.8 | |
| Labour | Muriel Nichol | 14,047 | 35.2 | +7.0 | |
| National Dividend[3] | Reginald Kenney | 4,684 | 11.7 | New | |
| Majority | 7,103 | 17.8 | -25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 39,881 | 72.3 | -8.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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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 Carter[4]
- Labour: Muriel Nichol
Elections in the 1940s
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| 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 | |||
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Elections in the 1950s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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Elections in the 1960s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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Elections in the 1970s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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Elections in the 1980s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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Elections in the 1990s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | 369 | 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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Elections in the 2000s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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