UK general elections › 2010 › Bradford East
Bradford East — 2010
David Ward (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 13,637 votes— 33.7% of 40,457 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 33.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −16.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,457
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Ward | Liberal Democrats | 13,637 | −16.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Terry Rooney | Labour Party | 13,272 | — | ||
| 3 | Mohammed Riaz | Conservative Party | 10,860 | — | ||
| 4 | Neville Poynton | British National Party | 1,854 | — | ||
| 5 | Raja Hussain | Independent | 375 | — | ||
| 6 | Peter Shields | Independent | 237 | — | ||
| 7 | Gerry Robinson | National Front | 222 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.