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
1918–2010
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

Election	Member^[1]	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
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

This constituency was 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	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

General Election 1992: Bradford North^[2]
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

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: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Wall	21,009	42.84	+11.98
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lawler	19,376	39.51	+5.23
	Social Democratic	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: Bradford North
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

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Ford	25,069	50.94
	Conservative	Mostyn 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

General Election October 1974: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Ford	22,841	49.05
	Conservative	Hugh Patrick Thompson	14,252	30.60
	Liberal	Arthur Gordon Lishman	9,475	20.35
Majority			8,589	18.44
Turnout				70.41
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Ford	22,381	43.34
	Conservative	Hugh Patrick Thompson	15,764	30.52
	Liberal	Arthur 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 1970: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Ford	20,141	52.11
	Conservative	WHP Laycock	18,511	47.89
Majority			1,630	4.22
Turnout				73.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Ford	21,727	55.35
	Conservative	WHP Laycock	17,528	44.65
Majority			4,199	10.70
Turnout				77.71
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Ford	17,905	43.61
	Conservative	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		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Taylor	22,850	53.10
	Labour	J Marshall	20,179	46.90
Majority			2,671	6.21
Turnout				82.82
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Taylor	21,084	50.08
	Labour	M Webb	21,015	49.92
Majority			69	0.16
Turnout				81.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Taylor	24,524	54.29
	Labour	EJ Parris	20,647	45.71
Majority			3,877	8.58
Turnout				87.14
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Taylor	20,628	45.71
	Labour	Muriel Edith Wallhead-Nichol	18,517	41.03
	Liberal	Jack Kitching	5,985	13.26
Majority			2,111	4.68
Turnout				87.70
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945 Electorate 58,332
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muriel Edith Wallhead-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

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^[3]
Labour: Muriel Wallhead-Nichol

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935 Electorate 55,166
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden	21,150	53.0
	Labour	Muriel Edith Wallhead-Nichol	14,047	35.2
	Independent Social Credit	Reginald Kenney	4,684	11.7
Majority			7,103	17.8
Turnout			39,881	72.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931 Electorate 52,864
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves 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

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Bradford North ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Norman Angell	17,873	41.0	+8.3
	Unionist	Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves 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

General Election 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Eugene Joseph Squire Hargreaves Ramsden	11,459	39.6	+6.3
	Labour	E F Wise	9,442	32.7	-0.0
	Liberal	Walter Russell Rea	8,007	27.7	-6.3
Majority			2,017	6.9
Turnout				84.7
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Bradford North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Russell Rea	9,365	34.0	+2.0
	Unionist	Archibald Boyd 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 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	10,260	36.5	-13.2
	Liberal	Walter Russell Rea	9,008	32.0	+10.9
	Labour	John Henry Palin	8,869	31.5	+2.3
Majority			1,252	4.5	-16.0
Turnout				84.0	+12.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Electorate 33,038
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Maj. Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	11,042	49.7
	Labour	John Henry Palin	6,499	29.2
	Liberal	Everest Binns	4,688	21.1
Majority			4,543	20.5
Turnout				67.3
	Unionist hold		Swing

A # denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

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.

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 31 July 1939
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Bradford Constituencies

Current	Bradford East Bradford West Bradford South Keighley Shipley

Historic	Bradford (1832–1885) Bradford Central (1885–1955) Bradford North (1918–2010)

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (54)

Labour (33)	Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Bradford East Bradford South Bradford West Dewsbury Don Valley Doncaster Central Doncaster North Great Grimsby Halifax Hemsworth Huddersfield Hull East Hull North Hull West and Hessle Leeds Central Leeds East Leeds North East Leeds West Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Penistone and Stocksbridge Rother Valley Rotherham Scunthorpe Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Wakefield Wentworth and Dearne York Central

Conservative (19)	Beverley and Holderness Brigg and Goole Calder Valley Cleethorpes Colne Valley East Yorkshire Elmet and Rothwell Haltemprice and Howden Harrogate and Knaresborough Keighley Morley and Outwood Pudsey Richmond (Yorks) Scarborough and Whitby Selby and Ainsty Shipley Skipton and Ripon Thirsk and Malton York Outer

Liberal Democrats (2)	Leeds North West Sheffield Hallam

Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 53°49′N 1°45′W / 53.817°N 1.750°W / 53.817; -1.750

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