Bradford North
Labour hold

This seat is somewhat misnamed, as it in fact consists more of a kidney-shaped swathe of eastern wards in the second city of West Yorkshire. Although there is a substantial Asian population, mainly Muslim, there has been less influence of, and discordance between, ethnic minority groups here. Indeed the MP is the only Mormon in the Commons. After a long period of hectic electoral activity, involving an SDP defection and a period of Coinservative party representation, under Terry Rooney, North seem to have settled down into a period of quiet Labour success.

Terry Rooney, a dour-looking Catholic-turned-Mormon at his wife's instigation, is a loyalist - as PPS to Michael Meacher - and was dubbed a 'Walworth Road puppet' after replacing in 1990 the dead Militant-linked MP Pat Wall, whose trotskyist associates he had helped purge. Born 1950 and educated at Buttershaw Comprehensive and Bradford & Ilkley Community College, he was a welfare rights advice worker for nine years after ten years as an insurance broker. A former Bradford councillor, his experience of badly-funded welfare makes him a supporter of the 'welfare to work' strategy.

Bradford North Labour Party

Mid Pennines Labour Party

Bradford City Council

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   Thriving Wealthy Achievers, Suburban Areas 2.38% 14.99% 15.89 Affluent Greys, Rural Communities 0.00% 2.13% 0.00 Prosperous Pensioners, Retirement Areas 0.00% 2.49% 0.00 Expanding Affluent Executives, Family Areas 1.26% 4.43% 28.54 Well-Off Workers, Family Areas 6.12% 7.27% 84.15 Rising Affluent Urbanites, Town & City Areas 1.03% 2.56% 40.35 Prosperous Professionals, Metropolitan Areas 0.00% 2.04% 0.00 Better-Off Executives, Inner City Areas 0.76% 3.94% 19.25 Settling Comfortable Middle Agers, Mature Home Owning Areas 12.89% 13.04% 98.85 Skilled Workers, Home Owning Areas 20.64% 12.70% 162.45 Aspiring New Home Owners, Mature Communities 5.58% 8.14% 68.49 White Collar Workers, Better-Off Multi Ethnic Areas 2.65% 4.02% 65.86 Striving Older People, Less Prosperous Areas 4.34% 3.19% 136.32 Council Estate Residents, Better-Off Homes 19.59% 11.31% 173.23 Council Estate Residents, High Unemployment 3.80% 3.06% 124.15 Council Estate Residents, Greatest Hardship 4.38% 2.52% 173.97 People in Multi-Ethnic, Low-Income Areas 14.57% 2.10% 693.82 Unclassified Unclassified 0.00% 0.06% 0.00

Area Percent GB Percent Index GB=100   £0-5K 12.42% 9.41% 131.93 £5-10K 20.96% 16.63% 126.03 £10-15K 19.17% 16.58% 115.64 £15-20K 14.30% 13.58% 105.29 £20-25K 9.96% 10.39% 95.85 £25-30K 6.80% 7.77% 87.47 £30-35K 4.64% 5.79% 80.12 £35-40K 3.19% 4.33% 73.69 £40-45K 2.22% 3.27% 68.09 £45-50K 1.57% 2.48% 63.20 £50-55K 1.12% 1.90% 58.93 £55-60K 0.81% 1.47% 55.19 £60-65K 0.60% 1.15% 51.90 £65-70K 0.44% 0.91% 48.99 £70-75K 0.33% 0.72% 46.41 £75-80K 0.25% 0.57% 44.12 £80-85K 0.19% 0.46% 42.08 £85-90K 0.15% 0.37% 40.24 £90-95K 0.12% 0.31% 38.58 £95-100K 0.09% 0.25% 37.09 £100K + 0.41% 1.34% 30.48