Election Name: | 1994 Bradford South by-election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Seats For Election: | Constituency of Bradford South |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1992 United Kingdom general election |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Election Date: | 9 June 1994 |
Candidate1: | Gerry Sutcliffe |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 17,014 |
Percentage1: | 55.3% |
Swing1: | 7.7% |
Candidate2: | Helen Wright |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 7,350 |
Percentage2: | 23.9% |
Swing2: | 10.2% |
Candidate3: | Ronnie Farley |
Image3: | Con |
Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote3: | 5,475 |
Percentage3: | 17.8% |
Swing3: | 20.6% |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Bob Cryer |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Gerry Sutcliffe |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Turnout: | 44.1% (31.5%) |
Next Election: | 1997 United Kingdom general election |
Next Year: | 1997 |
Map Size: | 200px |
The 1994 Bradford South by-election was a by-election held in England on 9 June 1994 for the House of Commons constituency of Bradford South in West Yorkshire.
The seat had become vacant on the death in a car accident on 12 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.