Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)

In 1981, however, Edward Lyons, the sitting Bradford West MP, joined the newly established Social Democratic Party, consequently losing the seat at the 1983 general election.This was attributed to the local party association selecting a Sikh, Marsha Singh to stand when the majority of the seat's population is Muslim.George Galloway of the Respect Party won the seat in the 2012 Bradford West by-election with 55.9% of the votes cast; his 30.9% majority was at the time the largest majority in the history of the modern constituency, but he lost the seat in 2015 to the new Labour candidate Naz Shah by a substantial (28.3%) margin.Despite Galloway's threats to contest the result, he neither launched a legal challenge nor stood again in 2017, in which Shah surpassed his record by winning a majority of 48.1%, the largest margin for a Bradford West MP in any incarnation of the seat.1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bradford wards of Allerton, Bolton, Great Horton, Heaton, and Manningham.

Borough constituencyHouse of CommonsCountyWest YorkshireElectorateBradfordMember of ParliamentNaz ShahLabour PartyBradford CentralBradford NorthBradford SouthconstituencyUK ParliamentPakistani1955 general electionLabourConservative Parties2012 Bradford West by-electionEdward LyonsSocial Democratic PartyBethnal Green and BowMarsha SinghMuslimGeorge GallowayRespect PartySalma Yaqoobthe 2019 general electionYorkshire and the HumberClayton and Fairweather GreenHeatonManninghamThornton and AllertonToller2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituenciesAlfred IllingworthLiberalErnest FlowerConservativeFred JowettArthur TileyNorman HaseldineLabour Co-opJohn WilkinsonFeb 1974Max Madden2012 by-electionRespectIndependentGeneral election 2024Reform UKLiberal DemocratsTurnoutRegistered electorsGeneral election 2019Brexit PartyGeneral election 2017General election 2015English DemocratImran HussainMonster Raving LoonyHowling Laud HopeGeneral election 2010Arshad AliGeneral election 2005General election 2001General election 1997Socialist Labour Party (UK)General election 1992General election 1987Iain Duncan SmithGeneral election 1983Stephen DayGeneral election 1979National FrontGeneral election October 1974General election February 1974Ind Democratic AllianceGeneral election 1970General election 1966General election 1964General election 1959General election 1955General election December 1910General election January 1910General election 1906General election 1900General election 1895John Cousin HorsfallInd. Labour PartyBen TillettGeneral election 1892Bradford Labour UnionGeneral election 1886Liberal UnionistGeneral election 1885Henry Byron ReedList of parliamentary constituencies in West YorkshireList of parliamentary constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber (region)first past the postBradford EastCraig, F. W. S.Bradford constituenciesKeighley and IlkleyShipleyConstituencies in Yorkshire and the HumberBarnsley NorthBarnsley SouthCalder ValleyColne ValleyDoncaster CentralDoncaster East and the Isle of AxholmeDoncaster NorthGreat Grimsby and CleethorpesHalifaxHuddersfieldKingston upon Hull EastKingston upon Hull North and CottinghamKingston upon Hull West and HaltempriceLeeds Central and HeadingleyLeeds North EastLeeds North WestLeeds SouthLeeds South West and MorleyLeeds West and PudseyNormanton and HemsworthOssett and Denby DalePenistone and StocksbridgePontefract, Castleford and KnottingleyRawmarsh and ConisbroughRother ValleyRotherhamScarborough and WhitbyScunthorpeSheffield Brightside and HillsboroughSheffield CentralSheffield HallamSheffield HeeleySheffield South EastSpen ValleyWakefield and RothwellYork CentralYork OuterBeverley and HoldernessBridlington and The WoldsBrigg and ImminghamGoole and PocklingtonRichmond and NorthallertonSkipton and RiponThirsk and MaltonWetherby and EasingwoldDewsbury and BatleyLeeds EastHarrogate and Knaresborough