Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)
Members of Parliament
The constituency was originally created in 1885, but was abolished in 1918. For the 1955 general election the constituency was recreated, following a boundary review.

Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Members of Parliament
Table Section Text: The constituency was originally created in 1885, but was abolished in 1918. For the 1955 general election the constituency was recreated, following a boundary review.

Election	Member	Party	Notes

1885	Alfred Illingworth	Liberal	MP for Knaresborough 1868–1874, for Bradford 1880–1885

1895	Ernest Flower	Conservative	Defeated in 1906

1906	Fred Jowett	Labour Party	MP for Bradford East 1922–24, 1929–31

1918	constituency abolished

1955	constituency recreated

1955	Arthur Tiley	Conservative	Defeated in 1966

1966	Norman Haseldine	Labour Co-operative	Defeated in 1970

1970	John Wilkinson	Conservative	Defeated in Feb 1974. MP for Ruislip-Northwood from 1979 to 2005

Feb 1974	Edward Lyons	Labour	Elected as a Labour MP, defected to the SDP in 1981. Defeated in 1983

1981	Social Democratic

1983	Max Madden	Labour	MP for Sowerby from 1974 to 1979. De-selected as Labour Candidate for 1997

1997	Marsha Singh	Labour	Resigned due to ill health in 2012.

2012 by-election	George Galloway	Respect	Labour MP for Glasgow Hillhead, 1987–97, and Glasgow Kelvin, 1997–2005. Expelled from Labour Party in 2003.

2015	Naz Shah	Labour	Elected as a Labour MP; suspended from the Labour Party 27 April – 5 July 2016.

Apr 2016	Independent

July 2016	Labour

Sentence(s)

In 1981, Edward Lyons was the Bradford West MP of Social Democratic Party and lost the seat at the 1983 general election.

final_sentence: In 1981, Edward Lyons was the Bradford West MP of Social Democratic Party and lost the seat at the 1983 general election.