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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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1David Ward Liberal Democrats 13,637−16.3 ptsElected
2Terry Rooney Labour Party 13,272—
3Mohammed Riaz Conservative Party 10,860—
4Neville Poynton British National Party 1,854—
5Raja Hussain Independent 375—
6Peter Shields Independent 237—
7Gerry Robinson National Front 222—

Electorate 65,116 · Turnout 62.1% · Majority 365 · Back to 2010 overview

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.