Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Bradford Central was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, when the Redistribution of Seats Act split the two-member Bradford constituency into three single-seat divisions.The Liberals held it for all but eleven of the years from 1885 to 1918, after which it became a Labour-Conservative marginal.1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford wards of Exchange, Lister Hills, Little Horton, North, and West.1918–1950: The County Borough of Bradford wards of East, Exchange, Manningham, North, South, and West.
borough constituencyHouse of CommonsCountyWest Riding of YorkshireBradfordBradford NorthBradford EastBradford SouthBradford Westparliamentary constituencyWest YorkshireMember of ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdomfirst-past-the-post1885 general electionRedistribution of Seats ActBradford constituency1955 general electionmarginal seatLiberal PartyConservativesLiberal UnionistLaboursafe seatWilliam ForsterLiberalGeorge Shaw-LefevreJames WanklynSir George RobertsonSir James HillHenry RatcliffeUnionistWilliam LeachAnthony GadieGeorge EadyConservativeMaurice WebbWilliam Edward ForsterTurnoutRegistered electorsEdward Hoare1886 general electionCharles Norwood1892 general electionMarquess of LorneBy-election, 23 August 18921895 general election1900 general election1906 general electionGeorge Scott RobertsonVicary GibbsJanuary 1910 general electionDecember 1910 general election1916 by-electionSir James Hill, Bt1918 general electionHenry Butler Ratcliffecandidate endorsed by the coalition government1922 general election1923 general election1924 general election1929 general election1931 general election1935 general election1945 general electionPeter Edward Trench1950 general election1951 general electionArthur TileyCraig, F. W. S.First Commissioner of WorksSt AlbansBradford constituenciesKeighley and IlkleyShipley