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Bradford South

Shows the general election results for Bradford South, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,752 and a turnout of 60.6%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Judith Cummins
Majority
6,700
Electorate
67,752
Turnout
60.6%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 54.5%
Con 38.2%
UKIP 4.3%
LD 1.3%
Eng Dem 0.9%
Green 0.9%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Judith Cummins  Lab 22,364 54.5 11.1
Tanya Graham  Con 15,664 38.2 11.9
Stephen Place * UKIP 1,758 4.3 -19.8
Stuart Thomas * LD 516 1.3 -1.7
Therese Hirst * Eng Dem 377 0.9 0.9
Darren Parkinson * Green 370 0.9 -2.4
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con UKIP LD Eng Dem Green BNP DN Oth
2005 48.3% 24.3% 1.6% 14.5% 0.0% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 9.3%
2010 41.3% 29.1% 3.5% 18.3% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0% 0.8% 0.0%
2015 43.4% 26.3% 24.1% 2.9% 0.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 54.5% 38.2% 4.3% 1.3% 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
411 Bradford South 16.3%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
366 Bradford South 54.5%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
608 Bradford South 60.6%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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