2000 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 2000 Bradford council election.

The 2000 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000, with one third of the council up for election. Labour lost control of the council to no overall control. [1] [2]

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Election results

Bradford Local Election Result 2000 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 15110Increase2.svg1150.043.745,422+4.0
  Labour 10013Decrease2.svg1333.334.435,729-3.9
  Liberal Democrats 410Increase2.svg113.315.516,094-1.3
  Green 110Increase2.svg13.33.33,410+0.7
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.02.92,980+0.4
 Asian League000Steady2.svg0.00.2195+0.2
  Socialist Alternative 000Steady2.svg0.00.197+0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour5441
Conservative2637
Liberal Democrat1011
Green01
Total9090
Working majority 18  -8 

Ward results

Baildon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Briggs1,98246.5−8.4
Conservative Edward Christopher Ward1,69939.9+9.7
Labour Carol Ann Jennings48411.4−1.4
Green Kevin Robert Warnes952.2+0.1
Majority 2836.6−18.1
Turnout 4,26035.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.0
Bingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Heseltine2,24355.1+5.0
Labour Eileen Mary Sinclair1,39934.3−3.4
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Anne Walter2676.5−1.5
Green Muriel Winifred Thompson1654.0−0.2
Majority 84420.7+8.4
Turnout 4,07438.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.2
Bingley Rural [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phyllis Vera Pettit2,47965.9+3.4
Labour James Albert Newton82421.9−3.9
Liberal Democrats Timothy Iain Mead3228.5−0.6
Green Arthur Albert John Arnold1393.7+1.1
Majority 1,65544.0+7.4
Turnout 3,76431.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
Bolton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton1,67557.3+3.4
Labour Peter Cheney62821.5−5.2
Conservative Michael Thomas Looby61821.2+1.9
Majority 1,04735.8+8.6
Turnout 2,92128.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.3
Bowling [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ryan1,39152.4−6.8
Conservative John Cecil David Hardy75028.3+9.1
Liberal Democrats Julie Rosemary Harrington31711.9−9.6
Asian LeagueFarhan Hussain Khokhar1957.4+7.4
Majority 64124.2−13.6
Turnout 2,65321.5
Labour hold Swing -7.9
Bradford Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ghazanfer Khaliq1,82756.1+21.8
Conservative Asad Mercury Malik1,12834.6−22.8
Liberal Democrats James E Mangeolles3029.3+1.0
Majority 69921.5−1.7
Turnout 3,25730.4
Labour hold Swing +22.3
Clayton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Malcolm Sykes1,56153.4+3.9
Labour Gillian Margaret Whitfield97333.3−3.4
Liberal Democrats Edward John Hallmann29710.2−1.0
Green Alexander Suchi923.1+0.4
Majority 58820.1+7.3
Turnout 2,92328.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.6
Craven [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Keith James Harrison2,05949.9+6.4
Independent Christopher Michael Atkinson99324.1−0.4
Labour Benita Eileen Smith77918.9−1.7
Liberal Democrats Hamish Gordon Hay2937.1−4.4
Majority 1,06625.8+6.8
Turnout 4,12433.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.4
Eccleshill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Own Griffiths1,00238.1+0.1
Labour Susanne Rooney85132.3−0.7
Conservative James Ralph Ryder78029.6+0.6
Majority 2225.7+0.7
Turnout 2,63327.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +0.4
Great Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Moira Crabtree1,35843.0+4.3
Labour Geoffrey Green1,29441.0−5.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Wright2929.2−1.9
Independent Mohd Afzal2126.7+6.7
Majority 642.0−5.4
Turnout 3,15628.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.7
Heaton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Craig Pitts2,04647.6+4.1
Conservative John Antony Robertshaw1,74740.6−2.2
Green Helen Theyer Kemp2576.0+6.0
Liberal Democrats Hugh Alaric Tooby2485.8−7.8
Majority 2997.0+6.3
Turnout 4,29835.6
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Idle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Ward1,73248.7−8.4
Conservative Philip Sweeney Kirkpatrick1,06830.1+11.3
Labour Gareth David Logan75321.2−2.9
Majority 66418.7−14.3
Turnout 3,55330.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.8
Ilkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin George Powell2,63365.0+5.4
Liberal Democrats James Francis Keeley75818.7+4.3
Labour Talib Hussain65816.2−9.6
Majority 1,87546.3+12.6
Turnout 4,04936.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Keighley North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Charles Mallinson1,93249.7+13.5
Labour Alexander James MacPherson1,53139.4−15.4
Liberal Democrats Judith Brooksbank42410.9+1.9
Majority 40110.3−8.4
Turnout 3,88735.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.4
Keighley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Thomas1,36358.2−9.3
Conservative Mark Francis Startin69029.5+7.4
Liberal Democrats Ian James Inness28912.3+1.8
Majority 67328.7−16.7
Turnout 2,34225.1
Labour hold Swing -8.3
Keighley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Geoffrey Mudd1,58341.7−1.6
Conservative Arshed Majeed1,20931.8+0.2
Independent Brian Hudson67717.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats Tracy Lorraine Keeley3288.6+1.2
Majority 3749.8−1.8
Turnout 3,79732.3
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Little Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sher Khan1,47450.5−9.2
Conservative Jamshed Khan1,09137.4+10.5
Liberal Democrats John Brian Massen2177.4−2.1
Green Brian Richard Ford1364.7+2.4
Majority 38313.1−19.7
Turnout 2,91826.7
Labour hold Swing -9.8
Odsal [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Johnson1,25742.6+8.9
Labour James O'Neill1,23942.0−9.6
Liberal Democrats Brian James Boulton45115.3+0.7
Majority 180.6−17.2
Turnout 2,94724.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.2
Queensbury [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Walls1,80254.6+6.0
Labour Gordon Winter97429.5−8.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Elizabeth Lambert2648.0−2.3
Independent George Frank Riseborough1624.9+1.6
Green Derek Curtis983.0+3.0
Majority 82825.1+14.3
Turnout 3,30026.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.1
Rombalds [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dale Smith2,79961.8+7.5
Labour David Leslie Anderson97521.5−2.4
Liberal Democrats John Hall75716.7−5.1
Majority 1,82440.3+9.8
Turnout 4,53135.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.9
Shipley East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip Thornton1,30053.8+0.8
Conservative Michael Bryn Allcock60725.1+3.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Pollard41017.0−3.9
Green Martin John Love1014.2−0.8
Majority 69328.7−3.0
Turnout 2,41823.8
Labour hold Swing -1.5
Shipley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David Michael Ford1,85937.0+7.3
Conservative David John Servant1,25632.6−0.9
Labour James Robert Flood1,25625.0−5.8
Liberal Democrats Ronald Craig2665.3−0.6
Majority 2204.4+1.6
Turnout 5,02043.4
Green gain from Labour Swing +4.1
Thornton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Binney1,81067.5+9.9
Labour Munir Ahmed39014.5−14.2
Liberal Democrats Helen Wright37013.8+3.3
Green Michael Anthony Rawnsley1124.2+1.0
Majority 1,42052.9+24.1
Turnout 2,68227.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.0
Toller [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arshad Hussain2,63947.5+4.6
Labour Imran Hussain2,50645.1−3.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Reid4167.5−0.9
Majority 1332.4−3.4
Turnout 5,56145.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.1
Tong [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Anthony Cairns80050.8−10.6
Conservative John Arthur Stead56736.0+12.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hugh Cruden20713.1−1.8
Majority 23314.8−23.0
Turnout 1,57416.5
Labour hold Swing -11.5
Undercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Intkhab Alam1,20340.5+9.3
Labour S. Barnbrook92731.2−15.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Moore72724.4+8.0
Green Steven Schofield1163.9−2.0
Majority 2769.3−5.9
Turnout 2,973
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.2
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sajawal Hussain2,20244.4+3.8
Conservative Tariq Mahmood2,18344.0−2.9
Green John Edward Robinson2404.8−0.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Isobel Chadwick2374.8−0.2
Socialist Alternative Sajjad Hussain Shah972.0+2.0
Majority 190.4−6.0
Turnout 4,95931.3
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Wibsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie McMath1,37849.0−0.3
Conservative Richard Ian Sheard1,10139.2+2.1
Liberal Democrats Shauna Ann Devonshire33211.8−1.8
Majority 2779.8−2.5
Turnout 2,81128.9
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Worth Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Michael Barker1,70343.5+6.2
Labour John Cope1,04826.8−1.1
Independent David Samuels93623.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats Samuel E Harris2285.8−6.2
Majority 65516.7+7.3
Turnout 3,91533.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -3.6
Wyke [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Philip Andrew Reynolds1,06740.6+1.6
Labour Anthony Niland87633.3−9.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Anthony Hall68426.0+8.3
Majority 1917.3+3.2
Turnout 2,62722.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.7

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Bowling By-Election 22 March 2001 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Niland1,01444.0−8.4
Conservative Zameer Shah77733.7+5.4
Liberal Democrats Rupert Oliver47320.5+8.6
Majority 23710.3−13.9
Turnout 2,26418.6−2.9
Labour hold Swing -6.9
Queensbury By-Election 7 June 2001 [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey Green3,21745.5+16.0
Conservative 2,74438.8−15.8
Liberal Democrats 89212.6−4.6
Independent 2032.9−2.0
Asian League130.2+0.2
Majority 4736.7−18.4
Turnout 7,06953.3+27.2
Labour hold Swing +15.9
Bingley Rural By-Election 6 December 2001 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Juliette Kinsey1,57665.2−0.7
Labour James Newton64226.6+4.7
Liberal Democrats James Stewart1506.2−2.4
Green John Love502.1−1.9
Majority 93438.6−5.4
Turnout 2,41820.0−11.7
Conservative hold Swing -2.7

References

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  2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. "Members of council 2000 - 2002". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2015.