Constituency view

Bradford East

Yorkshire and The Humber, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Imran Hussain

Labour

Male

Majority6,189

Turnout49.5%

Electorate75,164

Valid votes37,216

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour14,098 - 37.9%

Other10,235 - 27.5%

Reform4,952 - 13.3%

Conservative3,450 - 9.3%

Green2,571 - 6.9%

Lib Dem1,910 - 5.1%

Benefits bill · 2025/26

£421,876,220

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£3,403 total benefits bill per resident · 51% above average

Bradford East: £3,403
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 40 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£421,876,220	37/575
Change over 2 years	+22.9%
Median local wage (2025)	£37,090	+22.5%

Universal Credit£268,002,131
£2,162 per resident · 22,861 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 7,547 · 1 in 10 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£83,090,223
£670 per resident · 11,300 claimants (+20.3% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 4,079 · 36% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 5,625
Carer's Allowance£22,342,461
£180 per resident · 5,154 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£21,201,515
£171 per resident · 3,503 claimants
Housing Benefit£18,247,576
£147 per resident · 2,289 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£8,992,314
£73 per resident · 1,396 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 45.7%White British 40.7%Asian 45.7%Black, African or Caribbean 2.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.2%Other 2.7%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 52.7%White British 49.1%Asian 39.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.4%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.1%Other 2.0%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 66.7%White British 64.6%Asian 29.5%Black, African or Caribbean 1.5%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.0%Other 0.3%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 79.3%White British N/AAsian 18.3%Black, African or Caribbean 1.6%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.8%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Bradford East (2021)

UK 74.6%Other EU 5.4%Other countries 20.0%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Bradford East (2011)

UK 76.9%Other EU 3.4%Other countries 19.6%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Bradford East (2001)

UK 83.5%Other EU 0.7%Other countries 15.7%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Bradford East (1991)

UK 87.5%Other EU 1.9%Other countries 10.6%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

Inset map

Bradford East

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Bradford East	National	Difference	Rank
% White	45.7%	83.0%	-37.3pp	621/650
% White British	40.7%	74.4%	-33.8pp	575/632
% Asian	45.7%	8.6%	+37.1pp	14/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	2.7%	3.7%	-1.0pp	200/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.2%	2.7%	+0.5pp	193/650
% Other ethnic group	2.7%	2.0%	+0.7pp	126/650
% UK-born	74.6%	84.0%	-9.4pp	543/650
% Non-UK-born	25.4%	16.0%	+9.4pp	108/650
% Other EU-born	5.4%	6.0%	-0.6pp	262/650
% Other countries-born	20.0%	10.1%	+9.9pp	85/650
% Christian	26.2%	46.7%	-20.6pp	565/575
% Muslim	44.0%	6.3%	+37.6pp	8/575
% Hindu	0.6%	1.6%	-1.0pp	278/575
% Sikh	1.8%	0.9%	+0.9pp	58/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	401/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.3pp	563/575
% Other religion	0.3%	0.6%	-0.2pp	527/575
% No religion	21.4%	37.0%	-15.6pp	546/575
% Religion not stated	5.6%	6.0%	-0.4pp	380/575
% Has any religion	73.0%	57.0%	+16.0pp	30/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Bradford East

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.