2002 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 2002 Bradford council election.

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control. [1] [2]

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Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2002 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1414Decrease2.svg346.738.446,788+4.0%
  Conservative 1132Increase2.svg136.738.546,837-5.2%
  Liberal Democrats 410Increase2.svg113.316.620,178+1.1%
  Green 110Increase2.svg13.33.94,775+0.6%
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.02.02,430-0.9%
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.00.4486+0.4%
  Socialist Alliance 000Steady2.svg0.00.2257+0.1%

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour4138
Conservative3738
Liberal Democrat1112
Green12
Total9090
Working majority -8  -14 

Ward results

Baildon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alastair Thornton2,39948.6+2.1
Conservative Edward Ward1,94239.3-0.5
Labour Isa Khan4058.2-3.2
Green Kevin Warnes1923.9+1.7
Majority4579.2+2.6
Turnout 4,94440.5+5.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.3
Bingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Gill2,26551.1-3.9
Labour Frank Needham1,47133.2-1.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes4289.7+3.1
Green Arthur Arnold2646.0+1.9
Majority79417.9-2.8
Turnout 4,43842.0+3.3
Conservative hold Swing -1.4
Bingley Rural [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Eaton2,73362.9-3.0
Labour David Brown1,03223.7+1.9
Liberal Democrats Laura Cole3628.3-0.2
Green John Francis Love2185.0+1.3
Majority1,70139.1-4.8
Turnout 4,35037.0+5.3
Conservative hold Swing -2.4
Bolton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Allan Hillary2,31762.7+5.4
Labour Jagtar Deol77020.8-0.6
Conservative John Robertshaw60616.4-4.7
Majority1,54741.9+6.1
Turnout 3,71136.6+8.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.0
Bowling [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anthony Niland1,68345.2-7.2
Liberal Democrats Rupert Oliver1,16331.2+19.3
Conservative Habib-Ur Rehman87623.5-4.7
Majority52014.0-10.2
Turnout 3,74731.7+10.2
Labour hold Swing -13.2
Bradford Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Azhar Mahmood2,15946.6+12.0
Labour Susanne Rooney1,95242.1-14.0
Liberal Democrats Raihanna Ismail52211.3+2.0
Majority2074.5-17.0
Turnout 4,65843.7+13.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.0
Clayton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Servant1,45444.1-9.3
Labour Olayemi Fagborun1,19236.1+2.9
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming51315.6+5.4
Green Alexander Suchi1384.2+1.0
Majority2627.9-12.2
Turnout 3,30432.4+4.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -6.1
Craven [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Dawson2,35854.9+4.9
Labour Francis Harrison1,36431.7+12.8
Liberal Democrats Ambrose Micklem57613.4+6.3
Majority99423.1-2.7
Turnout 4,30434.5+1.5
Conservative hold Swing -3.9
Eccleshill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Ann Wallace1,08732.9-5.2
Labour Gareth Logan1,04531.6-0.7
Conservative Richard Sheard59818.1-11.5
BNP Arthur Bentley48614.7+14.7
Independent Audrey Raistrick902.7+2.7
Majority421.3-4.5
Turnout 3,31035.9+8.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing -2.2
Great Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flowers 2,05155.5+14.5
Conservative Jonathan Stubbs1,12530.4-12.6
Liberal Democrats James Mangeolles3108.4-0.9
Green Derek Curtis2095.7+5.7
Majority92625.1+23.0
Turnout 3,69834.0+5.8
Labour hold Swing +13.5
Heaton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stanley King2,38046.7+6.0
Labour Imran Ahmed Khan2,03239.9-7.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Wright3466.8+1.0
Green Helen Kemp2715.3-0.7
Socialist Alliance Howard Miles681.3+1.3
Majority3486.8-0.1
Turnout 5,10443.0+7.4
Conservative hold Swing +6.8
Idle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Sunderland2,19250.3+1.5
Conservative Philip Kirkpatrick1,22828.2-1.9
Labour Mark Fieldhouse94121.6+0.4
Majority96422.1+3.4
Turnout 4,37735.6+5.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +1.7
Ilkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Hawkesworth3,04864.2-0.8
Labour Paul Dutton1,10923.4+7.1
Liberal Democrats Carsten Svensgaard58712.4-6.3
Majority1,93940.9-5.4
Turnout 4,47843.0+6.3
Conservative hold Swing -3.9
Keighley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maxine Hepworth1,93347.8+8.4
Conservative Mark Startin1,66141.1-8.6
Liberal Democrats James Main45011.1+0.2
Majority2726.7-3.6
Turnout 4,05937.1+2.0
Labour hold Swing +8.5
Keighley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Prestage1,64062.4+4.2
Conservative David McKay69626.5-3.0
Liberal Democrats Edward Hallmann29211.1-1.2
Majority94435.9+7.2
Turnout 2,65329.8+4.7
Labour hold Swing +3.6
Keighley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Irene Ellison-Wood1,71544.7+3.1
Conservative Nancy Holdsworth1,19431.2-0.7
Independent Brian Hudson54114.1-3.7
Liberal Democrats Cristopher Campbell Brown38210.0+1.3
Majority52113.6+3.8
Turnout 3,84534.1+1.8
Labour hold Swing +1.9
Little Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Taj Mubarik Salam1,90350.9+0.4
Conservative Jamshed Khan1,29734.7-2.7
Liberal Democrats John Massen2737.3-0.1
Green Brian Ford1674.5-0.2
Socialist Alliance Ann Morgan962.6+2.6
Majority60616.2+3.1
Turnout 3,74536.8+10.1
Labour hold Swing +1.5
Odsal [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James O'Neill1,92151.0+9.0
Conservative Michael Ellis1,17031.1-11.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton57915.4+0.1
Socialist Alliance Ateeq Siddique932.5+2.5
Majority75120.0+19.4
Turnout 3,77632.0+7.8
Labour hold Swing +10.3
Queensbury [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Hanson1,70643.0-11.6
Labour Geoffrey Green1,60640.5+11.0
Liberal Democrats John Robert Saul42010.6+2.6
Green Eileen Allen2355.9+2.9
Majority1002.5-22.6
Turnout 3,97530.1+4.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -11.3
Rombalds [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Greaves2,89256.8-5.0
Labour Graham Hill1,25824.7+3.2
Liberal Democrats John Hall94218.5+1.8
Majority1,63432.1-8.2
Turnout 5,10340.2+4.4
Conservative hold Swing -4.1
Shipley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Miller1,44350.9-2.8
Conservative Derek Taylor68024.0-1.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Craig51918.3+1.4
Green Christina Love1926.8+2.6
Majority76326.9-1.7
Turnout 2,84329.4+5.6
Labour hold Swing -0.8
Shipley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Love2,25242.0+5.0
Conservative John Anthony Carroll1,60930.0-2.6
Labour Vanda Greenwood40522.5-2.6
Liberal Democrats Francis Dale2925.4+0.1
Majority64312.0+7.6
Turnout 5,36247.1+3.7
Green gain from Conservative Swing +3.8
Thornton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Richardson1,42843.1-24.4
Independent Melanie Milnes91727.7+27.7
Labour Gordon Winter66620.1+5.6
Liberal Democrats David Weston1885.7-8.1
Green Michael Anthony Rawnsley1143.4-0.7
Majority51115.4-37.5
Turnout 3,31434.9+7.0
Conservative hold Swing -26.0
Toller [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Hussain (British Politician 3,41657.9+12.8
Conservative Amjad Hussain2,14336.3-11.2
Liberal Democrats Naveed Ilyas3455.8-1.6
Majority1,27321.6+19.2
Turnout 5,95049.2+3.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +12.0
Tong [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ruding1,42462.8+12.0
Conservative J. Stead59126.1-10.0
Liberal Democrats S. Lambert25311.2-2.0
Majority83336.7+21.9
Turnout 2,26824.3+7.8
Labour hold Swing +11.0
Undercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Sowman1,46742.1+11.0
Conservative Mohammad Masood1,07230.8-9.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Moore47621.4-3.0
Green Steven Schofield1965.6+1.7
Majority39511.3+2.1
Turnout 3,50234.9
Labour hold Swing +10.3
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Choudhary Rangzeb3,43155.6+11.2
Conservative Khadim Hussain2,12134.4-9.7
Green John Edward Robinson3275.3+0.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Chadwick2934.7-0.0
Majority1,31021.2+20.8
Turnout 6,19443.9+12.6
Labour hold Swing +10.4
Wibsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Thomson1,98759.9+10.9
Conservative Dorothy Craven95128.7-10.5
Liberal Democrats Beverley Beaumont38011.41-0.4
Majority1,03631.2+21.4
Turnout 3,33033.7+4.8
Labour hold Swing +10.7
Worth Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kristan Hopkins1,81041.8-1.7
Labour Mark Curtis1,27329.4+2.6
Independent David Samuels88220.3-3.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Quayle3698.5+2.7
Majority53712.4-4.3
Turnout 4,34936.5+2.8
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
Wyke [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Cummins1,45546.2+12.8
Conservative John David Hardy1,04433.1-7.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall40520.7-5.3
Majority41113.0+5.8
Turnout 3,16327.4+5.3
Labour hold Swing +10.1

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  2. ↑ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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