UK general elections › 2015 › Bradford West
Bradford West — 2015
Naz Shah (Labour Party) was elected with 19,977 votes— 49.6% of 40,290 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. 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,290
| 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 | Naz Shah | Labour Party | 19,977 | 49.6% | −0.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | George Galloway | Respect Party | 8,557 | 21.2% | — | |
| 3 | George Grant | Conservative Party | 6,160 | 15.3% | — | |
| 4 | Harry Boota | UK Independence Party | 3,140 | 7.8% | — | |
| 5 | Alun Griffiths | Liberal Democrats | 1,173 | 2.9% | — | |
| 6 | Celia Hickson | Green Party | 1,085 | 2.7% | — | |
| 7 | James Kirkcaldy | Independent | 100 | 0.2% | — | |
| 8 | Therese Hirst | English Democrats | 98 | 0.2% | — |
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.