An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bradford East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats by Imran Hussain with a majority of 7,084 - 17.1% - on a turnout of 62.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HUSSAIN, Imran | Lab | 19,312 | 46.6% | 13.8% |
WARD, David | LD | 12,228 | 29.5% | -4.2% |
AHMED, Iftikhar | Con | 4,682 | 11.3% | -15.5% |
RAJPUT, Owais | UKIP | 4,103 | 9.9% | - |
STEVENS, David | Green | 871 | 2.1% | - |
LEWTHWAITE, James | BDP | 210 | 0.5% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 66,121, having a valid vote count of 41,406 and an invalid vote count of 207.
Result declared at 05:43 on 8 May 2015.