Bradford was a parliamentary constituency in Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Bradford | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
Major settlements | Bradford |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Yorkshire |
Replaced by | Bradford Central Bradford East Bradford West |
It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election.
It was then split into three new constituencies: Bradford Central, Bradford East, and Bradford West.
Boundaries
editThe constituency was based upon the town of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was enfranchised as a two-member parliamentary borough from 1832. Before 1832 the area was only represented as part of the county constituency of Yorkshire. After 1832 the non-resident Forty Shilling Freeholders of the area continued to qualify for a county vote (initially in the West Riding of Yorkshire seat, and from 1865 in a division of the West Riding).
Bradford, as a new parliamentary borough, had no voters enfranchised under the ancient rights preserved by the Reform Act 1832. All voters qualified under the new uniform, borough householder franchise.
The area was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1847, covering the parishes of Bradford, Horton and Manningham. Bradford was expanded in 1882 to include Allerton, Bolton, Bowling, Heaton, Thornbury and Tyersall. However the parliamentary boundaries were not affected until the redistribution of 1885.
After the expanded borough was divided into three single member seats in 1885, Bradford became a county borough with the passing of the Local Government Act 1888. The county borough was granted city status by Letters Patent in 1897.
Members of Parliament
editTwo MPs were elected at each general election. The table below shows the election years in which one or both of the MPs changed.[1][2]
Elections
editElections in the 1830s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ellis Cunliffe Lister | 635 | 30.5 | −6.5 | |
Whig | William Busfield | 621 | 29.8 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | John Hardy | 443 | 21.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | William Busfeild | 383 | 18.4 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 178 | 8.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,060 | 78.7 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,347 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −3.6 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hardy | 611 | 38.4 | +12.0 | |
Whig | Ellis Cunliffe Lister | 589 | 37.0 | −5.7 | |
Whig | George Hadfield | 392 | 24.6 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 219 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,013 | 82.7 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,225 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ellis Cunliffe Lister | 650 | 42.7 | N/A | |
Whig | John Hardy | 471 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Tory | George Banks (politician) | 402 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 69 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 967 | 84.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,139 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1840s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Busfeild | 937 | 26.5 | −37.3 | |
Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 926 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Wickham Wickham | 860 | 24.3 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Gathorne Hardy | 812 | 23.0 | +4.8 | |
Turnout | 1,768 (est) | 84.9 (est) | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,083 | ||||
Majority | 11 | 0.3 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −24.1 | |||
Majority | 116 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Busfeild | 526 | 50.2 | −13.6 | |
Conservative | William Wilberforce | 522 | 49.8 | +13.5 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,048 | 75.0 | −6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,398 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −13.6 |
- Caused by Lister's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hardy | 612 | 36.3 | −3.4 | |
Whig | William Cunliffe Lister | 540 | 32.0 | +1.5 | |
Whig | William Busfeild | 536 | 31.8 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 76 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,144 | 81.8 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,398 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −3.5 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Elections in the 1850s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Wickham Wickham | 2,076 | 41.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Titus Salt | 1,727 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alfred Harris (banker) | 1,229 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 498 | 9.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,131 (est) | 87.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,599 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Henry Wickham Wickham | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,279 | ||||
Peelite hold | |||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Milligan | 1,266 | 35.4 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Wickham Wickham | 1,159 | 32.4 | −14.9 | |
Radical | Thomas Perronet Thompson | 1,153 | 32.2 | +6.0 | |
Turnout | 1,789 (est) | 66.7 (est) | −18.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,683 | ||||
Majority | 107 | 3.0 | +2.7 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +8.2 | |||
Majority | 6 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | −10.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Milligan | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by the death of Busfield.
Elections in the 1860s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Miall | 9,243 | 54.2 | +22.6 | |
Liberal | Matthew William Thompson | 7,806 | 45.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,437 | 8.4 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 17,049 | 79.2 | +14.7 | ||
Registered electors | 21,518 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Ripley's election at the 1868 general election being declared void.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Forster | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Forster's appointment as Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Forster | 9,646 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry Ripley | 9,347 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Miall | 8,768 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 579 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,881 (est) | 64.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 21,518 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Matthew William Thompson | 2,210 | 55.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Miall | 1,807 | 45.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 403 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,017 | 77.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,189 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Wickham's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Forster | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Wickham Wickham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,189 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Forster | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Salt's resignation.
Elections in the 1870s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Forster | 11,945 | 30.9 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Henry Ripley | 10,223 | 26.4 | −7.3 | |
Liberal | John Venimore Godwin | 8,398 | 21.7 | −9.9 | |
Lib-Lab | James Hardaker | 8,115 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 19,341 (est) | 79.5 (est) | +15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 24,331 | ||||
Majority | 1,722 | 4.5 | +2.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Majority | 1,825 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.1 |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Forster | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Forster's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edward Forster | 14,245 | 39.4 | +8.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Illingworth | 12,922 | 35.7 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Ripley | 9,018 | 24.9 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 3,904 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,263 (est) | 86.0 (est) | +6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 27,049 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.4 |
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