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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 November 1885		8,096/8,988	90.08
Alfred Illingworth	Liberal Party	4,688	57.91
Henry Byron Reed	Conservative Party	3,408	42.09
Majority		1,280	15.81

6 July 1886		6,598/9,424	70.01
Alfred Illingworth	Liberal Party	3,975	60.25
Archibald William Stirling	Liberal Unionist Party	2,623	39.75
Majority		1,352	20.49

4 July 1892		9,108/10,911	83.48
Alfred Illingworth	Liberal Party	3,306	36.30
Ernest Francis Swan Flower	Conservative Party	3,053	33.52
Benjamin Tillett	Independent Labour	2,749	30.18
Majority		253	2.78

July 1892 Ben Tillett was the nominee of the Bradford Labour Union which had been formed in 1887.

15 July 1895		9,671/11,200	86.35
Ernest Francis Swan Flower	Conservative Party	3,936	40.70
John Cousin Horsfall	Liberal Party	3,471	35.89
Benjamin Tillett	Independent Labour Party	2,264	23.41
Majority		465	4.81

2 October 1900		9,939/13,965	71.17
Ernest Francis Swan Flower	Conservative Party	4,990	50.21
Frederick William Jowett	Labour Party	4,949	49.79
Majority		41	0.41

13 January 1906		12,684/13,965	90.83
Frederick William Jowett	Labour Party	4,957	39.08
Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower	Conservative Party	4,147	32.69
William Claridge	Liberal Party	3,580	28.22
Majority		810	6.39

17 January 1910		13,341/14,825	89.99
Frederick William Jowett	Labour Party	8,880	66.56
Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower	Conservative Party	4,461	33.44
Majority		4,419	33.12

3 December 1910		12,068/14,825	81.40
Frederick William Jowett	Labour Party	7,729	64.05
Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower	Conservative Party	4,339	35.95
Majority		3,390	28.09

New
26 May 1955		41,453/50,726	81.72
Arthur Tiley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,306	53.81
Muriel Ferguson	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,147	46.19
Majority		3,159	7.62

8 October 1959		40,918/50,044	81.76
Arthur Tiley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	23,012	56.24
Sydney Hyam	Labour Party	17,906	43.76
Majority		5,106	12.48

15 October 1964		39,095/50,912	76.79
Arthur Tiley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	21,121	54.02
Charles Norman Haseldine	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,974	45.98
Majority		3,147	8.05

31 March 1966		37,874/49,440	76.61
Charles Norman Haseldine	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,704	52.03
Arthur Tiley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,170	47.97
Majority		1,534	4.05

18 June 1970		39,411/53,332	73.90
John Arbuthnot du Cane Wilkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,475	51.95
Charles Norman Haseldine	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,936	48.05
Majority		1,539	3.91

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		47,935/62,183	77.09
Edward Lyons	Labour Party	20,787	43.36
John Arbuthnot du Cane Wilkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,568	38.74
Roderick Francis Hutton Taylor	Liberal Party	7,216	15.05
Jim Merrick	Independent	1,164	2.43
Ralph Oakden Herbert	Independent Democratic Alliance	200	0.42
Majority		2,219	4.63

Jim Merrick was the chairman of the British Campaign to Stop Immigration.

10 October 1974		43,548/62,669	69.49
Edward Lyons	Labour Party	21,133	48.53
John Arbuthnot du Cane Wilkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,192	37.18
Stephen William Harris	Liberal Party	5,884	13.51
Harold Smith	Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain	339	0.78
Majority		4,941	11.35

3 May 1979		45,164/65,407	69.05
Edward Lyons	Labour Party	24,309	53.82
Thomas Neil Metcalfe Stow	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,554	36.65
Nicholas John Flood	Liberal Party	3,668	8.12
Gordon Brown	National Front	633	1.40
Majority		7,755	17.17

19 March 1981 Edward Lyons resigns the Labour whip and joins the SDP.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,101/71,998	68.20
Maxwell O Francis Madden	Labour Party	19,499	39.71
Stephen Richard Day	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,162	32.92
Edward Lyons	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,301	27.09
Barbara Elizabeth Slaughter	Workers Revolutionary Party	139	0.28
Majority		3,337	6.80

11 June 1987		49,656/71,577	69.37
Maxwell O Francis Madden	Labour Party	25,775	51.91
George Iain Duncan Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,224	36.70
Manzoor Elahi Moghal	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	5,657	11.39
Majority		7,551	15.21

9 April 1992		48,946/70,016	69.91
Maxwell O Francis Madden	Labour Party	26,046	53.21
Dr Andrew John Ashworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,544	33.80
Alun Owen Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	5,150	10.52
Peter Braham	Green Party	735	1.50
David Moses Pidcock	Islamic	471	0.96
Majority		9,502	19.41

1 May 1997		45,568/71,961	63.32
Marsha Singh	Labour Party	18,932	41.55
Mohammed Riaz	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,055	33.04
Helen Wright	Liberal Democrats	6,737	14.78
Abdul Rauf Khan	Socialist Labour	1,551	3.40
Christopher Allen Royston	Referendum Party	1,348	2.96
John Edward Robinson	Green Party	861	1.89
Gary Anthony Osborn	British National Party	839	1.84
Sajjad Shah	Socialist	245	0.54
Majority		3,877	8.51

7 June 2001		38,370/71,620	53.57
Marsha Singh	Labour Party	18,401	47.96
Mohammed Riaz	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,236	37.10
John Edward Robinson	Green Party	2,672	6.96
Abdul Rauf Khan	Liberal Democrats	2,437	6.35
Imran Hussain	UK Independence Party	427	1.11
Farhan Hussain Khokhar	Independent	197	0.51
Majority		4,165	10.85

Farhan Khokar was the candidate of the Asian League.

5 May 2005		36,369/67,356	54.00
Marsha Singh	Labour Party	14,570	40.06
Haroon Rashid	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,544	31.74
Mukhtar Ali	Liberal Democrats	6,620	18.20
Paul Gregory Smith Cromie	British National Party	2,525	6.94
Parvez Darr	Green Party	1,110	3.05
Majority		3,026	8.32

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		40,576/62,519	64.90
Marsha Singh	Labour Party	18,401	45.35
Zahid Iqbal	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,638	31.15
David Nicolas John Hall-Matthews	Liberal Democrats	4,732	11.66
Jenny Sampson	British National Party	1,370	3.38
Arshad Ali	Respect the Unity Coalition	1,245	3.07
David Michael Ford	Green Party	940	2.32
Jason Paul Smith	UK Independence Party	812	2.00
Neil Craig	Dem Nat	438	1.08
Majority		5,763	14.20

2 March 2012 Resignation of Marsha Singh. (Chiltern Hundreds)

29 March 2012		32,814/64,618	50.78
George Galloway	Respect the Unity Coalition	18,341	55.89
Imran Hussain	Labour Party	8,201	24.99
Jackie Whiteley	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,746	8.37
Jeanette Lynn Sunderland	Liberal Democrats	1,505	4.59
Sonja McNally	UK Independence Party	1,085	3.31
Dawud Islam	Green Party	481	1.47
Neil Craig	Dem Nat	344	1.05
Alan "Howling Laud" Hope	Monster Raving Loony Party	111	0.34
Majority		10,140	30.90

7 May 2015		40,290/63,371	63.58
Naseem Akhter Shah	Labour Party	19,977	49.58
George Galloway	Respect the Unity Coalition	8,557	21.24
George Peter Beaumont Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,160	15.29
Harry Boota	UK Independence Party	3,140	7.79
Alun Owen Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	1,173	2.91
Celia Ruth Hickson	Green Party	1,085	2.69
James Alistair Kirkcaldy	Independent	100	0.25
Therese Hirst	English Democrats Party	98	0.24
Majority		11,420	28.34

27 April 2016 Labour whip removed from Naz Shah on grounds of anti-semitic comments she made in 2014.

8 June 2017		45,528/67,568	67.38
Naseem Akhter Shah	Labour Party	29,444	64.67
George Peter Beaumont Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,542	16.57
Salma Yaqoob	Independent	6,345	13.94
Derrick John Hodgson	UK Independence Party	885	1.94
Alun Owen Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	712	1.56
Celia Ruth Hickson	Green Party	481	1.06
Hussain Khadim	Independent	65	0.14
Muhammad Hijazi	Independent	54	0.12
Majority		21,902	48.11

12 December 2019		44,261/70,964	62.37
Naseem Akhter Shah	Labour Party	33,736	76.22
Mohammed Afzal	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,717	15.18
Derrick John Hodgson	Brexit Party	1,556	3.52
Mark Christie	Liberal Democrats	1,349	3.05
Darren James Parkinson	Green Party	813	1.84
Azfar Shah Bukhari	Independent	90	0.20
Majority		27,019	61.04

4 July 2024		37,081/77,897	47.60
Naseem Akhter Shah	Labour Party	11,724	31.62
Muhammed Ali Islam	Independent	11,017	29.71
Khalid Mahmood	Green Party	3,690	9.95
Akeel Hussain	Independent	3,547	9.57
Nigel David Moxon	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,055	8.24
Jamie Alan Hinton-Wardle	Reform UK	2,958	7.98
Imad Uddin Ahmed	Liberal Democrats	756	2.04
Umar Farooq Ghafoor	Independent	334	0.90
Majority		707	1.91