Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bradford East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Imran Hussain of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Bradford East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bradford East in West Yorkshire
Location of West Yorkshire within England
County	West Yorkshire
Population	113,820 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	74,205 (December 2019)[2]
Major settlements	Bradford
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Imran Hussain (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bradford North
1885–1974
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Bradford North
Created from	Bradford

History

The constituency had existed from 1885 to 1974. Following a 2007–2009 review of parliamentary boundaries in West Yorkshire by the Boundary Commission for England, the Bradford North constituency was abolished and Bradford East created for the 2010 general election.

Boundaries

Municipal boundaries of Bradford

Bradford was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1847, covering the parishes of Bradford, Horton and Manningham. It became a county borough with the passing of the Local Government Act 1888. The county borough was granted city status by Letters Patent in 1897. Bradford was expanded in 1882 to include Allerton, Bolton and Undercliffe, Bowling, Heaton, Thornbury and Tyersall. In 1899 it was further expanded by adding North Bierley, Eccleshill, Idle, Thornton, Tong and Wyke. Clayton was added in 1930.

From 1974 the county borough was merged with the Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Cullingworth, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and part of Skipton Rural District by the Local Government Act 1972.

Parliamentary boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was divided into three single-member constituencies from the 1885 general election. Bradford East was the eastern third of Bradford and was approximately rectangular in shape. It consisted of the wards of Bradford Moor, East, East Bowling, South, and West Bowling. It bordered Pudsey to the east, Elland in the south, Bradford Central to the west and Shipley in the north.

1918–1950: In this period the constituency comprised the wards of Bradford Moor, East Bowling, Tong, and West Bowling. It was located in the south-east corner of the city of Bradford.

1950–1955: The constituency was expanded to the south-west, to include territory formerly in the Bradford South seat. The Bradford Moor area, in the north of the old East division, was transferred to Bradford Central. The wards allocated to the East division from 1950 were East Bowling, Little Horton, North Bierley East, Tong, and West Bowling.

1955–1974: The 1955 redistribution removed the western part of the old East division and expanded the seat north. North Bierley East and West Bowling wards were transferred to Bradford South. The East seat from 1955 comprised the wards of East Bowling, Exchange, Listerhills, Little Horton, South, and Tong.

In 1974 the East seat disappeared. The Bowling area became part of Bradford North; Tong joined Bradford South; and Little Horton became part of Bradford West.

From 2010: The new Bradford East is the successor seat to the Bradford North constituency, which was created for the 1918 general election. The report into the boundary review says;

"5. The Assistant Commissioner reported that he was also called upon to consider alternative names submitted for Bradford East. He rejected a number of alternatives... as he considered they did not have any merit.... He also rejected the submissions that proposed that the name Bradford North should be retained...."

The wards in this new constituency are entirely within the Bradford city boundaries:

• Bolton and Undercliffe, Bowling and Barkerend, Bradford Moor, Eccleshill, Idle and Thackley and Little Horton

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1974

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1885	Sir Angus Holden, later Baron Holden	Liberal
	1886	Henry Byron Reed	Conservative
	1892	William Sproston Caine	Liberal
	1895	Henry Byron Reed	Conservative
	1896 by-election	Ronald Greville	Conservative
	1906	William Priestley	Liberal
	1918	Charles Edgar Loseby	Coalition National Democratic
	1922	Fred Jowett	Labour
	1924	Thomas Fenby	Liberal
	1929	Fred Jowett	Labour
	1931	Joseph Hepworth	Conservative
	1945	Frank McLeavy	Labour
	1966	Edward Lyons	Labour
	Feb 1974	constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Election		Member[4]	Party
	2010	David Ward	Liberal Democrats
	Jul 2013		Independent
	Oct 2013		Liberal Democrats
	2015	Imran Hussain	Labour

Elections

The original constituency had its first contest at the 1885 general election and its last at the 1970 general election.

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bradford East[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Imran Hussain	27,825	63.0	-2.4
	Conservative	Linden Kemkaren	9,681	21.9	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Sunderland	3,316	7.5	+5.7
	Brexit Party	Jonathan Barras	2,700	6.1	New
	Green	Andy Stanford	662	1.5	+0.9
Majority			18,144	41.1	-3.9
Turnout			44,184	60.4	-4.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 2017: Bradford East[6][7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Imran Hussain	29,831	65.4	+18.7
	Conservative	Mark Trafford	9,291	20.4	+9.1
	Independent	David Ward	3,576	7.8	N/A
	UKIP	Jonathan Barras	1,372	3.0	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jewell	843	1.8	-27.7
	Better for Bradford	Paul Parkins	420	0.9	N/A
	Green	Andy Stanford	289	0.6	-1.5
Majority			20,540	45.0	+27.9
Turnout			45,622	64.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

General election 2015: Bradford East[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Imran Hussain	19,312	46.6	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Ward	12,228	29.5	-4.2
	Conservative	Iftikhar Ahmed	4,682	11.3	-15.5
	UKIP	Owais Rajput	4,103	9.9	N/A
	Green	David Stevens	871	2.1	N/A
	British Democratic	James Lewthwaite	210	0.5	N/A
Majority			7,084	17.1	+16.2
Turnout			41,406	62.6	+0.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+9.0

General election 2010: Bradford East[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	David Ward	13,637	33.7	+3.9
	Labour	Terry Rooney	13,272	32.8	−11.3
	Conservative	Mohammad Riaz	10,860	26.8	+9.4
	BNP	Neville Poynton	1,854	4.6	−1.0
	Independent	Raja Hussain	375	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Peter Shields	237	0.6	+0.6
	National Front	Gerry Robinson	222	0.5	+0.5
Majority			365	0.9
Turnout			40,457	62.1	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	7.6[n 3]

Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: Bradford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lyons	17,346	66.17
	Conservative	Christopher J Barr	8,208	31.31
	Liberal	Ghulam Musa	660	2.52
Majority			9,138	34.86
Turnout				64.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Bradford East[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Edward Lyons	18,435	69.50
	Conservative and National Liberal	Henry Sissling	8,091	30.50
Majority			10,344	39.00
Turnout				65.12
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Bradford East[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank McLeavy	17,945	61.84
	Conservative and National Liberal	D Trevor Lewis	11,075	38.16
Majority			6,870	23.67
Turnout				66.84
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Bradford East[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank McLeavy	20,056	57.99
	Conservative and National Liberal	Desmond A Dagleish	14,529	42.01
Majority			5,527	15.98
Turnout				72.79
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Bradford East[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank McLeavy	23,588	61.59
	Conservative and National Liberal	George C Barber	14,713	38.41
Majority			8,875	23.17
Turnout				74.44
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Bradford East[19][20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank McLeavy	28,796	62.88
	Conservative and National Liberal	Frederick William Howard Cook	16,999	37.12
Majority			11,797	25.76
Turnout				84.28
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Bradford East[21][22][23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank McLeavy	27,694	59.8
	Conservative and National Liberal	Geoffrey Francis Greenbank	12,527	27.0
	Liberal	Joseph Stanley Snowden	5,565	12.0
	Communist	H Green	543	1.2
Majority			15,167	32.7
Turnout				84.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bradford East[24] Electorate 44,305

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank McLeavy	15,743	45.0
	Conservative	William Taylor	9,109	26.1
	Ind. Labour Party	Will Ballantine	5,105	14.6
	Liberal	Joseph Stanley Snowden	5,010	14.3
Majority			6,634	19.0
Turnout				78.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Bradford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joseph Hepworth	11,131	32.98
	Ind. Labour Party	Fred Jowett	8,983	26.61
	Labour	Wilfred Heywood	7,329	21.71
	Liberal	Thomas Fenby	6,312	18.70
Majority			2,148	6.36
Turnout				73.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Bradford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Joseph Hepworth	22,532	58.81
	Ind. Labour Party	Fred Jowett	15,779	41.19
Majority			6,753	17.63
Turnout				82.40
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election in the 1920s

Fenby

General election 1929: Bradford East [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Jowett	21,398	54.7	+4.8
	Liberal	Thomas Fenby	17,701	45.3	−4.8
Majority			3,697	9.4	N/A
Turnout			39,099	83.4	+2.6
Registered electors			46,856
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.8

General election 1924: Bradford East [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Fenby	15,240	50.1	+21.7
	Labour	Fred Jowett	15,174	49.9	+1.8
Majority			66	0.2	N/A
Turnout			30,414	80.8	+5.2
Registered electors			37,658
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+10.0

General election 6 December 1923: Bradford East [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Jowett	13,579	48.1	+2.7
	Liberal	Eckersley Mitchell	8,017	28.4	+7.0
	Unionist	James Clare	6,622	23.5	N/A
Majority			5,562	19.7	+7.5
Turnout			28,218	75.6	−5.8
Registered electors			37,323
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.2

General election 6 December 1922: Bradford East [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Jowett	13,573	45.4	+7.5
	National Liberal	Charles Edgar Loseby	9,926	33.2	−7.9
	Liberal	Harry Medforth Dawson[26]	6,411	21.4	+0.4
Majority			3,647	12.2	N/A
Turnout			29,910	81.4	+19.0
Registered electors			36,758
	Labour gain from National Democratic		Swing	+7.7

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Bradford East [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	National Democratic	Charles Edgar Loseby	9,390	41.1
	Labour	Fred Jowett	8,637	37.9
	Liberal	William Priestley	4,782	21.0
Majority			753	3.2	N/A
Turnout			22,809	62.4
Registered electors			36,580
	National Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the summer of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.

• British Socialist Party: John Stokes[27]

General election December 1910: Bradford East [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Priestley	7,778	62.2	+8.9
	Conservative	R.M.H.J. Mortimer	4,734	37.8	+3.1
Majority			3,044	24.4	+5.8
Turnout			12,512	78.8	−2.3
Registered electors			15,884
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9

General election January 1910: Bradford East [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Priestley	7,709	53.3	+7.7
	Conservative	J.H. Balfour-Browne	5,014	34.7	+3.1
	Social Democratic Federation	Edward Hartley	1,740	12.0	−10.8
Majority			2,695	18.6	+4.6
Turnout			14,463	91.1	+1.6
Registered electors			15,884
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1900s

William Priestley

General election 1906: Bradford East[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Priestley	6,185	45.6	−1.3
	Conservative	V H Caillard	4,277	31.6	−20.6
	Social Democratic Federation	Edward Hartley	3,090	22.8	N/A
Majority			1,908	14.0	N/A
Turnout			13,552	89.5	+6.7
Registered electors			15,136
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.7

General election 1900: Bradford East[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ronald Greville	6,121	52.2	−1.0
	Liberal	William Priestley	5,514	46.9	+0.1
	Independent	J. Sheldon	111	0.9	N/A
Majority			607	5.3	−1.1
Turnout			11,746	82.8	−1.7
Registered electors			14,189
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 1890s

By-election, 1896: Bradford East[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ronald Greville	4,921	43.2	−10.0
	Liberal	Alfred Billson	4,526	39.7	−7.1
	Ind. Labour Party	Keir Hardie	1,953	17.1	N/A
Majority			395	3.5	−2.9
Turnout			11,400	86.6	+2.1
Registered electors			13,159
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.5

General election 1895: Bradford East[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Byron Reed	5,843	53.2	+4.1
	Liberal	William Sproston Caine	5,139	46.8	−4.1
Majority			704	6.4	N/A
Turnout			10,982	84.5	−2.7
Registered electors			12,997
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.1

General election 1892: Bradford East[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Sproston Caine	5,575	50.9	+2.6
	Conservative	Henry Byron Reed	5,373	49.1	−2.6
Majority			202	1.8	N/A
Turnout			10,948	87.2	+6.9
Registered electors			12,556
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Bradford East [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Byron Reed	4,519	51.7	+3.6
	Liberal	Angus Holden	4,223	48.3	−3.6
Majority			296	3.4	N/A
Turnout			8,742	80.3	−3.1
Registered electors			10,887
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.6

Holden

General election 1885: Bradford East [29][30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Angus Holden	4,713	51.9	N/A
	Conservative	John Taylor	4,367	48.1	N/A
Majority			346	3.8	N/A
Turnout			9,080	83.4	N/A
Registered electors			10,887
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.
3. Based on notional 2005 results by ward

References

1. "Bradford East: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
2. "Constituency data: electorates – House of Commons Library". Parliament UK. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "Hansard 1803–2005". Bradford East 1885–1974. UK Parliament. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
5. "Bradford East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
6. "Former Lib Dem MP accused of anti-Semitism to contest Bradford East". Yorkshire Post.
7. "GENERAL ELECTION 2017: Candidates announced for Bradford's constituencies". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
8. "Bradford East parliamentary constituency - Election 2017". BBC.
9. "Bradford East". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
10. Council, Bradford Metropolitan District. "Page not found" (PDF). Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
11. "Election 2010: Bradford East". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
12. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
13. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
15. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
17. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
19. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
21. British parliamentary election results 1950–1970, Craig, F.W.S.
22. Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
24. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949, Craig, F.W.S.
25. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
26. ‘DAWSON, Harry Medforth’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 13 Oct 2017
27. "British Socialist Party". Manchester Guardian. 13 April 1914.
28. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
29. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
30. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
31. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

Sources

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)

External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Bradford East — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.