UK Elections Info

Bradford

Search

Home Page

Login

View MPs

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
This website is considered to be an archive in the public interest.

New
17 December 1832		967/1,139	84.90
Ellis Cunliffe Lister	Whig	650	67.22
John Hardy	Whig	471	48.71
George Bankes	Tory	402	41.57
Majority		69	7.14

12 January 1835		1,013/1,225	82.69
John Hardy	Conservative Party	611	60.32
Ellis Cunliffe Lister	Whig	589	58.14
George Hadfield	Whig	392	38.70
Majority		197	19.45

25 July 1837		1,060/1,347	78.69
Ellis Cunliffe Lister	Whig	635	59.91
William Busfeild	Whig	621	58.58
John Hardy	Conservative Party	443	41.79
William Busfeild Ferrand	Conservative Party	383	36.13
Majority		178	16.79

1 July 1841		1,144/1,398	81.83
John Hardy	Conservative Party	612	53.50
William Cunliffe Lister	Whig	540	47.20
William Busfeild	Whig	536	46.85
Majority		4	0.35

12 August 1841 Death of William Lister.

16 September 1841		1,048/1,398	74.96
William Busfeild	Whig	526	50.19
William Wilberforce	Conservative Party	522	49.81
Majority		4	0.38

21 July 1847		1,768/2,083	84.88
William Busfeild	Whig	937	53.00
Thomas Perronet Thompson	Radical	926	52.38
Henry Wickham Wickham	Conservative Party	860	48.64
Gathorne Hardy	Conservative Party	812	45.93
Majority		66	3.73

12 September 1851 Death of William Busfeild.

21 October 1851
Robert Milligan	Whig	Unopposed

8 July 1852		1,789/2,683	66.68
Robert Milligan	Whig	1,266	70.77
Henry Wickham Wickham	Conservative Party	1,159	64.78
Thomas Perronet Thompson	Radical	1,153	64.45
Majority		6	0.34

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

27 March 1857		3,279
Henry Wickham Wickham	Peelite	Unopposed
Thomas Perronet Thompson	Radical	Unopposed

30 April 1859		3,131/3,599	87.00
Henry Wickham Wickham	Conservative Party	2,076	66.30
Titus Salt	Liberal Party	1,727	55.16
Alfred Harris	Conservative Party	1,229	39.25
Majority		498	15.91

4 February 1861 Resignation of Titus Salt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

11 February 1861
William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

11 July 1865		5,189
Henry Wickham Wickham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

23 September 1867 Death of Henry Wickham.

16 October 1867		4,017/5,189	77.41
Matthew William Thompson	Liberal Party	2,210	55.02
Edward Miall	Liberal Party	1,807	44.98
Majority		403	10.03

18 November 1868		13,881/21,518	64.51
William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	9,646	69.49
Henry William Ripley	Liberal Party	9,347	67.34
Edward Miall	Liberal Party	8,768	63.17
Majority		579	4.17

December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon William Forster on appointment as Vice-President of the Council.

21 December 1868		21,518
Rt Hon William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

26 January 1869 Petition - election of Henry Ripley declared void.

29 January 1869 Petition - against Rt Hon William Forster dismissed.

12 March 1869		17,049/21,518	79.23
Edward Miall	Liberal Party	9,243	54.21
Matthew William Thompson	Liberal Party	7,806	45.79
Majority		1,437	8.43

4 February 1874		19,341/24,331	79.49
Rt Hon William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	11,945	61.76
Henry William Ripley	Conservative Party	10,223	52.86
John Venimore Godwin	Liberal Party	8,398	43.42
James Hardaker	Liberal/Labour	8,115	41.96
Majority		1,825	9.44

1 April 1880		23,263/27,049	86.00
Rt Hon William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	14,245	61.23
Alfred Illingworth	Liberal Party	12,922	55.55
Henry William Ripley	Conservative Party	9,018	38.77
Majority		3,904	16.78

30 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Forster on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

7 May 1880		27,049
Rt Hon William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed