Bradford South by-election, 1994

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The Bradford South by-election, 1994 was a by-election held on 9th June 1994 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bradford South in West Yorkshire.

The seat had become vacant on the death in a car accident on 12th April of the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Bob Cryer, who had represented the constituency since the 1987 general election.

The Labour candidate, Gerry Sutcliffe, held the seat for his party with a much increased majority.

[edit] Votes

Bradford South by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerry Sutcliffe	17,014	55.3	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Wright	7,350	23.9	+10.2
	Conservative	R. Farley	5,475	17.8	−20.6
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	727	2.4	N/A
	Natural Law	N. Laycock	197	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,664	31.4	+22.1
Turnout			30,763	44.1	−31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bradford South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Cryer	25,185	47.6	+6.2
	Conservative	A. S. Popat	20,283	38.4	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	B. J. Boulton	7,243	13.7	−4.1
	Islamic Party	M. Naseem	156	0.3	N/A
Majority			4,902	9.3	+8.7
Turnout			52,867	75.6	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)
• Bradford South by-election, 1949
• List of United Kingdom by-elections

[edit] References

• The Guardian: election results
• Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

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