Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)

Bradford North
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Bradford North in West Yorkshire for the 2005 general election.
Outline map
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County 1918–1974: West Riding of Yorkshire
1974–2010: West Yorkshire
Major settlements Bradford
1918–2010
Number of members One
Replaced by Bradford East
Created from Bradford East

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.

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

 ElectionMember[1]Party
1918Archibald Boyd-CarpenterUnionist
1923Walter ReaLiberal
1924Eugene RamsdenUnionist
1929Norman AngellLabour
1931Eugene RamsdenConservative
1945Muriel NicholLabour
1950William TaylorConservative
1964Ben FordLabour
1983Geoffrey LawlerConservative
1987Pat WallLabour
1990Terry RooneyLabour
2010 constituency abolished

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 n/a
Labour John Palin 6,499 29.2 n/a
Liberal Everest Binns 4,688 21.1 n/a
Majority 4,543 20.5 n/a
Turnout 67.3 n/a
Unionist win
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 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 +5.2
Turnout 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
Turnout 84.7
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General Election 1929: Bradford North [2]
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 5.5 12.4
Turnout 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
Labour Philip Butler 12,401 28.2
Majority 19,136 43.5
Turnout 43,938 83.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Bradford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Eugene Ramsden 21,150 53.0
Labour Muriel Nichol 14,047 35.2
National Dividend[3] Reginald Kenney 4,684 11.7
Majority 7,103 17.8
Turnout 39,881 72.3
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;

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Bradford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Muriel Nichol 20,268 43.6
Conservative John Andrews Benn 16,824 36.2
Liberal Robert Wilson Town 9,337 20.1
Majority 3,444 7.4
Turnout 79.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.7

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Bradford North[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative and 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
Turnout 87.70
Conservative and National Liberal gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1951: Bradford North[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative and National Liberal William Taylor 24,524 54.29
Labour Edward J Parris 20,647 45.71
Majority 3,877 8.58
Turnout 87.14
Conservative and National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1955: Bradford North[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative and National Liberal William Taylor 21,084 50.08
Labour Maurice Webb 21,015 49.92
Majority 69 0.16
Turnout 81.79
Conservative and National Liberal hold Swing
General Election 1959: Bradford North[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative and National Liberal William Taylor 22,850 53.10
Labour John Marshall 20,179 46.90
Majority 2,671 6.21
Turnout 82.82
Conservative and National Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Bradford North[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ben Ford 17,905 43.61
Conservative and National Liberal William Taylor 16,507 40.21
Liberal Edgar Robinson 6,642 16.18
Majority 1,398 3.41
Turnout 80.40
Labour gain from Conservative and National Liberal Swing
General Election 1966: Bradford North[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ben Ford 21,727 55.35
Conservative WH Peter Laycock 17,528 44.65
Majority 4,199 10.70
Turnout 77.71
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Bradford North[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ben Ford 20,141 52.11
Conservative WH Peter Laycock 18,511 47.89
Majority 1,630 4.22
Turnout 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
Independent A Marriott 386 0.75
Majority 6,617 12.81
Turnout 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 18.44
Turnout 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 71.81
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Bradford North[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Geoffrey Lawler 16,094 34.3
Labour Pat Wall 14,492 30.9
Social Democratic Peter Birkby 11,962 25.5
Independent Labour Ben Ford 4,018 8.56
Monster Raving Loony Arthur Howarth 194 0.4
BNP Michael Easter 193 0.4
Majority 1,602 3.41
Turnout 70.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1987: Bradford North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Pat Wall 21,009 42.84 +11.98
Conservative Geoffrey Lawler 19,376 39.51 +5.23
Social Democratic Adrian Berkley 8,656 17.65 −7.83
Majority 1,633 3.33
Turnout 49041 72.73 +1.96
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 6.74

Elections in the 1990s

Bradford North by-election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Terry Rooney 18,619 51.7 +8.8
Liberal Democrat David Ward 9,105 25.3 +7.6
Conservative Joy Atkin 6,048 16.8 −22.7
Islamic Party David Pidcock 800 2.2
Green Michael Knott 447 1.2
National Front Robert Tenney 305 0.8
Independent Joseph Floyd 219 0.6
Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett 210 0.6
Liberal Noel Nowosielski 187 0.5
Ind. Conservative Malcolm Wigglesworth 89 0.2
Majority 9,514 26.4 +23.1
Turnout 36,029 53.4 -19.3
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Bradford North[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Terry Rooney 23,420 47.8 +5.0
Conservative Mohammed Riaz 15,756 32.2 −7.3
Liberal Democrat David Ward 9,133 18.7 +1.0
Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett 369 0.9
Islamic Party Mohamed H. Nasr 304 0.6
Majority 7,664 15.6
Turnout 48,963 73.4 +0.7
Labour hold Swing −10.8
General Election 1997: Bradford North[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Terry Rooney 23,493 56.1 +8.3
Conservative Rasjid Skinner 10,723 25.6 −6.6
Liberal Democrat Terry Browne 6,083 14.5 −4.2
Referendum Harry Wheatley 1,227 2.9 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Wild Willi Beckett 369 0.9 +0.3
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[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Terry Rooney 17,419 49.7 −6.3
Conservative Zahid Iqbal 8,450 24.1 −1.5
Liberal Democrat David Ward 6,924 19.8 +5.3
BNP John Brayshaw 1,613 4.6 N/A
Green Steven Schofield 611 1.7 N/A
Majority 8,969 25.6 −4.9
Turnout 35,017 52.7 −10.6
Labour hold Swing −10.6
General Election 2005: Bradford North[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Terry Rooney 14,622 42.5 −7.2
Liberal Democrat 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 N/A
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.

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ Supported by the Social Credit secretariat
  4. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 31 July 1939
  5. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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  9. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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  11. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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  13. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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  15. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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  18. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  21. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  22. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  23. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  24. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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