Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)

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 (1918)–2010 (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

This constituency covered the northern part of Bradford.

The boundaries of the constituency before it was replaced by Bradford East were based on the electoral wards of Bolton, Bowling, Bradford Moor, Idle, Eccleshill & Undercliffe before the local government boundary changes which took effect in 2004.

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

	Election	Member	Party
	1918	Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative
	1923	Walter Russell Rea	Liberal
	1924	Eugene Ramsden	Conservative
	1929	Norman Angell	Labour
	1931	Eugene Ramsden	Conservative
	1945	Muriel Nichol	Labour
	1950	William Taylor	Conservative and National Liberal
	1964	Ben Ford	Labour
	1983	Geoffrey Lawler	Conservative
	1987	Pat Wall	Labour
	1990 by-election	Terry Rooney	Labour
	2010	Constituency abolished, see: Bradford East

Elections

Following the UK general election, 2005, this constituency is replaced by Bradford East for the 2010 general election

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Bradford North
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

General Election 2001: Bradford North
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

Elections in the 1990s

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 Democrat	Terry Browne	6,083	14.5	−4.2
	Referendum Party	H 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	+14.9

General Election 1992: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Rooney	23,420	47.8	−3.9
	Conservative	Mohammed Riaz	15,756	32.2	+15.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Ward	9,133	18.7	−6.6
	Monster Raving Loony	Wild Willi Beckett	369	0.9	+0.3
	Islamic Party	Mohamed H. Nasr	304	0.6	−1.6
Majority			7,664	15.6	−10.8
Turnout			48,963	73.4	+20.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−10.8

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
	Independent Conservative	Malcolm Wigglesworth	89	0.2
Majority			9,514	26.4
Turnout			36,029	53.4	-19.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Wall	21,009	42.84	+11.98
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lawler	19,376	39.51	+5.23
	Social Democrat	A M Berkley	8,656	17.65	−7.83
Majority			1,633	3.33	6.74
Turnout			49041	72.73	+1.96
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.74

General Election 1983
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lawler	16,094	34.28
	Labour	Pat Wall	14,492	30.86
	Social Democrat	P Birkby	11,962	25.48
	Independent Labour	Ben Ford	4,018	8.56
	Monster Raving Loony	A Howarth	194	0.41
	BNP	Michael Easter	193	0.41
Majority			1,602	3.41
Turnout				70.77
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire