Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)

Bradford South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bradford South in West Yorkshire.
Location of West Yorkshire within England.
County	West Yorkshire
Population	101,545 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	64,715 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Bradford
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	Judith Cummins (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford South is a constituency^{[n 1]} of the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Judith Cummins of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Great Horton, Lister Hills, Little Horton, North Bierley East, and North Bierley West.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Clayton, Great Horton, Lister Hills, North Bierley West, and Thornton.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Clayton, North Bierley East, North Bierley West, and West Bowling, and the Urban District of Queensberry and Shelf.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Bradford wards of Clayton, Great Horton, Odsal, Tong, Wibsey, and Wyke, and the Urban District of Queensberry and Shelf.

1983-2010: The City of Bradford wards of Great Horton, Odsal, Queensbury, Tong, Wibsey, and Wyke.

2010-present: The City of Bradford wards of Great Horton, Queensbury, Royds, Tong, Wibsey, and Wyke.

History

It was a Liberal-held seat from 1922-24 and 1931-1945s. Since the 1945 general election Bradford South has returned Labour Party MPs. A Conservative Party candidate came very close to gaining the seat in the 1980s.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
1918	Francis Vernon Willey	Coalition Conservative
1922	Herbert Harvey Spencer	Liberal
1924	William Hirst	Labour
1931	Herbert Holdsworth	Liberal
1945	Meredith Titterington	Labour
1949 by-election	George Craddock	Labour
1970	Tom Torney	Labour
1987	Bob Cryer	Labour
1994 by-election	Gerry Sutcliffe	Labour
2015	Judith Cummins	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Bradford South^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Cummins	16,328	43.4	+2.2
	Conservative	Tanya Graham	9,878	26.3	-2.8
	UKIP	Jason Smith	9,057	24.1	+20.6
	Green	Andy Robinson	1,243	3.3	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Tear	1,094	2.9	-15.4
Majority			6,450	17.2
Turnout			37,600	59.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Bradford South^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	15,682	41.3	-7.0
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer	11,060	29.1	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alun Griffiths	6,948	18.3	+3.8
	BNP	Sharon Sutton	2,651	7.0	-0.8
	UKIP	Jamie Illingworth	1,339	3.5	+2.0
	Democratic Nationalist Party	James Lewthwaite	315	0.8	+0.8
Majority			4,622	12.2
Turnout			37,995	59.8	+6.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.9%

Elections in the 2000s

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
	BNP	James Lewthwaite	2,862	7.8	N/A
	Green	Derek Curtis	695	1.9	N/A
	UKIP	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%

General Election 2001: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	19,603	55.8	-0.9
	Conservative	Graham Stuart Gareth Tennyson	9,941	28.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Charles Edward Wilson-Fletcher	3,717	10.6	-0.7
	UKIP	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 Frank Riseborough	220	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,662	27.5
Turnout			35,137	51.3	-14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	25,558	56.7	+9.1
	Conservative	Mrs. Ann G. Hawkesworth	12,622	28.0	−10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Charles Edward Wilson-Fletcher	5,093	11.3	−2.4
	Referendum	Mrs. Marilyn Kershaw	1,785	4.0	N/A
Majority			12,936	28.7	+19.5
Turnout			45,058	65.9
	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

General Election 1992: Bradford South^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cryer	25,185	47.6	+6.2
	Conservative	Andrew S. Popat	20,283	38.4	−2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Brian J. Boulton	7,243	13.7	−4.1
	Islamic Party	Mohammad Naseem	156	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,902	9.3	+8.7
Turnout			52,867	75.6	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cryer	21,230	41.42
	Conservative	GT Hall	20,921	40.81
	Social Democratic	T Lindley	9,109	17.77
Majority			309	0.60
Turnout				73.66
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Torney	18,542	37.52
	Conservative	GT Hall	18,432	37.29
	Social Democratic	DA Pearl	12,143	24.57
	Ecology	R Adset	308	0.62
Majority			110	0.22
Turnout				71.03
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas William Torney	26,323	47.11
	Conservative	JK Hirst	22,005	39.38
	Liberal	R Taylor	7,127	12.75
	National Front	G Wright	422	0.76
Majority			4,318	7.73
Turnout				73.18
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas William Torney	25,219	48.05
	Conservative	GC Littlewood	16,964	32.32
	Liberal	CJ Cawood	10,306	19.63
Majority			8,255	15.73
Turnout				71.64
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas William Torney	25,875	44.76
	Conservative	PG Dwyer	18,222	31.52
	Liberal	Margaretta Holmstedt	12,961	22.42
	Independent Powellite	R Pearson	749	1.30
Majority			7,653	13.24
Turnout				79.68
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Bradford South Electorate 63,443
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas William Torney	20,985	45.93
	Conservative	J Derek W Bottomley	19,009	41.61
	Liberal	George Dunkerley	5,694	12.46
Majority			1,976	4.32
Turnout			45,688	72.01
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.3

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Bradford South Electorate 57,456
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Craddock	22,932	52.53
	Conservative	J Derek W Bottomley	15,435	35.35
	Liberal	George Dunkerley	5,291	12.12
Majority			7,497	17.17
Turnout			43,658	75.99
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.25

General Election 1964: Bradford South Electorate 57,768
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Craddock	21,004	46.28
	National Liberal	J Derek W Bottomley	17,097	37.67
	Liberal	Allen Clegg	7,286	16.05
Majority			3,907	8.61
Turnout			45,387	78.57
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Bradford South Electorate 57,018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Craddock	21,172	45.85
	National Liberal	Reginald W. Winston-Jones	18,158	39.32
	Liberal	Hugh Womersley	6,850	14.83
Majority			3,014	6.53
Turnout			46,180	80.99
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Bradford South Electorate 53,849
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Craddock	20,478	47.32
	National Liberal	Reginald W. Winston-Jones	16,768	38.75
	Liberal	Arthur T Ellis	6,029	13.93
Majority			3,710	8.57
Turnout			43,275	80.36
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Bradford South Electorate 52,544
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Craddock	21,364	47.16
	National Liberal	Geoffrey F. Greenbank	17,863	39.43
	Liberal	Edward Rushworth	6,072	13.40
Majority			3,501	7.73
Turnout				86.21
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Bradford South Electorate 52,135
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Craddock	21,344	47.50
	National Liberal	John Lightfoot Windle	15,998	35.60
	Liberal	Edward Rushworth	7,594	16.90
Majority			5,346	11.90
Turnout				86.19
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Bradford South by-election, 1949 Electorate 61,176
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Craddock	23,335	51.3	-1.2
	National Liberal	John Lightfoot Windle	19,313	42.4	+9.3
	Independent Liberal	Colin James Canning	2,882	6.3	n/a
Majority			4,022	8.9	-10.5
Turnout			45,530	74.4	-2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.3

General Election 1945; Bradford South Electorate 60,472
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Meredith Farrer Titterington	24,394	52.5	+11.0
	Liberal National	Herbert Walker Peel	15,392	33.1	n/a
	Liberal	Charles Ewart Hindley	6,707	14.4	-44.1
Majority			9,002	19.4	+2.5
Turnout			46,493	76.9
	Labour gain from Liberal		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; Liberal National: Herbert Holdsworth, Labour: Meredith Titterington, Liberal: Charles Ewart Hindley.

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935 Electorate 58,626
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Holdsworth	24,081	58.5
	Labour	William Hirst	17,121	41.5
Majority			6,960	16.9
Turnout			41,202	70.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1931 Electorate 57,301
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Holdsworth	31,531	66.4
	Labour	William Hirst	15,994	33.6
Majority			15,537	32.7
Turnout			47,525	82.61
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Bradford South ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Hirst	23,251	48.9	+9.9
	Liberal	Frederick Ogden	12,279	25.8	-2.8
	Unionist	Geoffrey William Ferrand	12,059	25.3	-7.1
Majority			10,972	23.1	+16.5
Turnout				83.0	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

General Election 1924 Electorate 43,495
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Hirst	13,919	39.0	+4.1
	Unionist	George Gibson Mitcheson	11,586	32.4	+4.3
	Liberal	Herbert Harvey Spencer	10,237	28.6	-8.4
Majority			2,333	6.6
Turnout				82.2	+5.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Harvey Spencer	12,218	37.0	-1.0
	Labour	William Hirst	11,543	34.9	-0.4
	Unionist	George Gibson Mitcheson	9,270	28.1	+1.4
Majority			675	2.1	-0.6
Turnout				76.9	-5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

General Election 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Harvey Spencer	13,259	38.0	+13.4
	Labour	William Hirst	12,353	35.3	+4.4
	Unionist	Hon. Francis Vernon Willey	9,334	26.7	-17.8
Majority			906	2.7
Turnout				82.2	+17.4
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Electorate 41,449
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Francis Vernon Willey	11,983	44.5
	Co-operative Party	William Hirst	8,291	30.9
	Liberal	George Muff	6,613	24.6
Majority			3,658	13.6
Turnout			26,887	64.8
	Unionist hold		Swing

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

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Bradford South: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ "Hansard 1803-2005". Bradford South 1918-. UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ "Bradford South". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
↑ http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E69A30C6-D941-4D40-A745-B9BA8C2FB755/0/BradfordSouthStatementofPersonsNominated.pdf
↑ "UK > England > Yorkshire & the Humber > Bradford South". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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Coordinates: 53°46′N 1°46′W / 53.767°N 1.767°W / 53.767; -1.767

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