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The Bradford West by-election was a by-election in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom constituency of Bradford West which was held on Thursday 29 March 2012. The writ for the by-election was moved and accepted on 6 March 2012. It was unexpectedly won by George Galloway of the Respect Party who beat the Labour Party candidate by a large margin in a result referred to by Galloway as the Bradford Spring (by analogy with the Arab Spring).