UK general elections2010 › Bradford West

Bradford West — 2010

Marsha Singh (Labour Party) was elected with 18,401 votes45.3% of 40,576 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. 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,576

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
1Marsha Singh Labour Party 18,40145.3%−4.7 ptsElected
2Zahid Iqbal Conservative Party 12,63831.1%
3David Hall-Matthews Liberal Democrats 4,73211.7%
4Jenny Sampson British National Party 1,3703.4%
5Arshad Ali Respect Party 1,2453.1%
6David Ford Green Party 9402.3%
7Jason Smith UK Independence Party 8122.0%
8Neil Craig Democratic Nationalists 4381.1%

Electorate 62,519 · Turnout 64.9% · Majority 5,763 · 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.