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Bradford West

Shows the general election results for Bradford West, which is a constituency in Yorkshire and The Humber. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,568 and a turnout of 67.4%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Naz Shah
Majority
21,902
Electorate
67,568
Turnout
67.4%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 64.7%
Con 16.6%
Ind 13.9%
UKIP 1.9%
LD 1.6%
Green 1.1%
Ind 0.1%
Ind 0.1%

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 (%)
Naz Shah  Lab 29,444 64.7 15.1
George Grant  Con 7,542 16.6 1.3
Salma Yaqoob  Ind 6,345 13.9 13.7
Derrick Hodgson * UKIP 885 1.9 -5.8
Alun Griffiths * LD 712 1.6 -1.3
Celia Hickson * Green 481 1.1 -1.6
Khadim Hussain * Ind 65 0.1 -0.1
Muhammad Hijazi * Ind 54 0.1 -0.1
* 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 Ind UKIP LD Green Ind Ind Respect Eng Dem BNP DN Oth
2005 39.7% 31.4% 0.0% 0.0% 19.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6.9%
2010 45.3% 31.1% 0.0% 2.0% 11.7% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.1% 0.0% 3.4% 1.1% 0.0%
2015 49.6% 15.3% 0.2% 7.8% 2.9% 2.7% 0.2% 0.2% 21.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 64.7% 16.6% 13.9% 1.9% 1.6% 1.1% 13.9% 13.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
49 Bradford West 48.1%
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%
88 Bradford West 64.7%
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%
404 Bradford West 67.4%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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