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http://davidward.org.uk/ constituency created imran hussain 2 sons lincoln , lincolnshire , england british liberal democrats member of parliament for bradford east 24 june 1953 365 -lrb- 0.9 % -rrb- 6 may 2010 jackie mr david ward mp.jpg david ward -lrb- politician -rrb-
 30 march 2015 david ward politician
david ward -lrb- politician -rrb-

david ward -lrb- born 24 june 1953 -rrb- is a british liberal democrat politician , who was the member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for bradford east from 2010 to 2015 .
he was elected as mp at the 2010 general election after being a councillor for idle and thackley ward in bradford for 26 years .
in july 2013 he was suspended from the liberal democrats parliamentary party until september 2013 after questioning the continuing existence of the state of israel and refusing to apologise for his remarks .
at the 2015 general election , ward was defeated by the labour party candidate imran hussain .
