Bradford (UK Parliament constituency)
| Bradford | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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| County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
| Major settlements | Bradford |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by |
Bradford Central Bradford East Bradford West |
| Created from | Yorkshire |
Bradford was a parliamentary constituency in Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election.
It was then split into three new constituencies: Bradford Central, Bradford East, and Bradford West.
The constituency was based upon the town of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was enfranchised as a two-member parliamentary borough from 1832. Before 1832 the area was only represented as part of the county constituency of Yorkshire. After 1832 the non-resident Forty Shilling Freeholders of the area continued to qualify for a county vote (initially in the West Riding of Yorkshire seat, and from 1865 in a division of the West Riding).
Bradford, as a new parliamentary borough, had no voters enfranchised under the ancient rights preserved by the Reform Act 1832. All voters qualified under the new uniform, borough householder franchise.
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