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Bolton, in the Bradford East constituency

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Bradford East

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Your member of parliament

Imran Hussain

Labour

Labour won Bradford East at the 2024 general election with a majority of 6,189 votes, or 16.6 points. A swing of 8.3 points to Independent would take it. That makes it safer than 381 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 269.

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How safe is this seat?

Safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 16.6 points, which is larger than 381 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Independent by 6,189 votes.

Majority

6,189

16.6% of votes cast.

Turnout

49.5%

-10.2 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

10

37,216 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Imran HussainElectedLabour14,09837.9%+4.2
Talat SajawalIndependent7,90921.3%+19.2
Jacob AnsteyReform UK4,95213.3%-1.0
Aubrey HoltConservative3,4509.3%-14.4
Celia HicksonGreen Party2,5716.9%+0.5
Robert O'CarrollLiberal Democrat1,9105.1%-7.1
Mohammed RahmanIndependent8172.2%+0.1
Lara BarrasThe Yorkshire Party7612.0%+2.0
Amer RehmanIndependent6831.8%-0.2
Richard RileySocial Democratic Party650.2%+0.1

Safe. A comfortable margin. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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