Bradford North by-election, 1990

A by-election was held for the United Kingdom House of Commons for one Member of Parliament (MP) in the constituency of Bradford North, in West Yorkshire, England, on 9 November 1990. This was due to the death of former MP Pat Wall.

Bradford is a city based on heavy engineering and textile industries. The Bradford North seat had briefly been held by the Conservatives from 1983 to 1987, when the Labour candidate Pat Wall (a member of the Militant Tendency) saw his vote split by a strong SDP challenge and by the sitting Labour MP Ben Ford standing as an Independent. (The successful Conservative, Geoffrey Lawler, had only 34.6% of the vote)

The byelection took place when Margaret Thatcher was highly unpopular and in her last month as Prime Minister. The successful Labour candidate Terry Rooney became the first Mormon to be elected to the House of Commons.

Election box begin
title= Bradford North by-election 1990Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Rooney
votes = 18,619
percentage = 51.7
change = +8.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Ward
votes = 9,105
percentage = 25.3
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joy Atkin
votes = 6,048
percentage = 16.8
change = -22.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Islamic Party of Britain
candidate = David Pidcock
votes = 800
percentage = 2.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Michael Knott
votes = 447
percentage = 1.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = Robert Tenney
votes = 305
percentage = 0.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Joseph Floyd
votes = 219
percentage = 0.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
candidate = Wild Willi Beckett
votes = 210
percentage = 0.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Noel Nowosielski
votes = 187
percentage = 0.5
change = Election box candidate
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = Malcolm Wigglesworth
votes = 89
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 9,514
percentage = 26.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 36,029
percentage = 53.4
change = -19.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/bradford90.html British Parliamentary By Elections: Campaign literature from the by-election]

See also

* List of United Kingdom by-elections

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire