UK general elections › 2015 › Bradford East
Bradford East — 2015
Imran Hussain (Labour Party) was elected with 19,312 votes— 46.6% of 41,406 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. 46.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,406
| 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 | Imran Hussain | Labour Party | 19,312 | 46.6% | −3.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Ward | Liberal Democrats | 12,228 | 29.5% | — | |
| 3 | Iftikhar Ahmed | Conservative Party | 4,682 | 11.3% | — | |
| 4 | Owais Rajput | UK Independence Party | 4,103 | 9.9% | — | |
| 5 | David Stevens | Green Party | 871 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | James Lewthwaite | British Democratic Party | 210 | 0.5% | — |
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.