Bradford South

(UK Parliament constituency)

Bradford South Borough constituency

Bradford South shown within West Yorkshire, and West Yorkshire shown within England
Created:	1918
MP:	Gerry Sutcliffe
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	West Yorkshire
EP constituency:	Yorkshire and the Humber

Bradford South is a borough constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament by the first past the post system of election.

It was a Liberal-held seat in the 1920s and 1930s, but since the 1945 general election Bradford South has returned Labour MPs, although the Conservatives came very close to gaining the seat in the 1980s.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

	Name	Party
1918	Francis Vernon Willey	Coalition Conservative
1922	Herbert Harvey Spencer	Liberal
1924	William Hirst	Labour
1931	Herbert Holdsworth	Liberal
1945	Meredith Farrer Titterington	Labour
1949 by-election	George Craddock	Labour
1970	Thomas Torney	Labour
1987	Bob Cryer	Labour
1994 by-election	Gerry Sutcliffe	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

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

Elections in the 2000s

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

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
	British National Party	James Lewthwaite	2,862	7.8	+7.8
	Green	Derek Curtis	695	1.9	+1.9
	UK Independence	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%

Constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber
Labour	Barnsley Central \| Barnsley East and Mexborough \| Barnsley West and Penistone \| Batley and Spen \| Bradford North \| Bradford South \| Bradford West \| Brigg and Goole \| Calder Valley \| City of York \| Cleethorpes \| Colne Valley \| Dewsbury \| Don Valley \| Doncaster Central \| Doncaster North \| Elmet \| Great Grimsby \| Halifax \| Hemsworth \| Huddersfield \| Keighley \| Hull East \| Hull North \| Hull West and Hessle \| Leeds Central \| Leeds East \| Leeds North East \| Leeds West \| Morley and Rothwell \| Normanton \| Pontefract and Castleford \| Pudsey \| Rother Valley \| Rotherham \| Scunthorpe \| Selby \| Sheffield Attercliffe \| Sheffield Brightside \| Sheffield Central \| Sheffield Heeley \| Sheffield Hillsborough \| Wakefield \| Wentworth
Conservative	Beverley and Holderness \| East Yorkshire \| Haltemprice and Howden \| Richmond (Yorks) \| Ryedale \| Scarborough and Whitby \| Shipley \| Skipton and Ripon \| Vale of York
Liberal Democrat	Harrogate and Knaresborough \| Leeds North West \| Sheffield Hallam
Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (2) \| Liberal Democrats (1) \| UKIP (1)

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Bradford South

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 2000s

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