2003 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 2003 Bradford council election.

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 1 May 2003. Before the election, Wibsey Labour councillor, Keith Thomson, had defected to Independent. [1] [2] One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control. [3] [4]

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Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2003 [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1312Decrease2.svg143.330.433,604-8.0%
  Conservative 1013Decrease2.svg233.332.635,988-5.9%
  Liberal Democrats 620Increase2.svg220.023.425,885+6.8%
  Green 110Increase2.svg13.35.66,140+1.7%
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.05.86,391+5.4%
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.02.02,170-0.0%
  Socialist Alliance 000Steady2.svg0.00.2235-0.0%

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Conservative3836
Labour3736
Liberal Democrat1214
Green23
Independent11
Total9090
Working majority -14  -18 

Ward results

Baildon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Malcolm Cole2,36546.2−2.4
Conservative Edward Ward1,20723.6−15.8
BNP David Hobson84216.4+16.4
Labour Miranda Vasey56411.0+2.8
Green Kevin Warnes1432.8−1.1
Majority 1,15822.6+13.4
Turnout 5,12542.2+1.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.7
Bingley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Owens1,97249.4−1.7
Labour Frank Needham1,23130.8−2.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes50512.6+3.0
Green Arthur John Arnold2837.1+1.1
Majority 74118.6+0.6
Turnout 4,00137.6−4.4
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
Bingley Rural [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Cooke2,14957.4−5.5
Labour James Newton87123.3−0.5
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fielden47412.7+4.3
Green Brian Newham2506.7+1.7
Majority 1,27834.1−5.0
Turnout 3,77932.2−4.8
Conservative hold Swing -2.5
Bolton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Gray1,86652.6−10.2
BNP Arthur Bentley65718.5+18.5
Labour Jagtar Deol60617.1−3.8
Conservative Peter Benson42011.8−4.6
Majority 1,20934.1−7.8
Turnout 3,55235.2−1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -14.3
Bowling [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rupert Oliver2,07761.3+30.1
Labour Mohammed Darr80923.9−21.3
Conservative Fayzul Islam50014.8−8.8
Majority 1,26837.4+23.5
Turnout 3,39529.9−1.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +25.7
Bradford Moor [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mohammod Islam1,94541.7+30.4
Conservative Sakhawat Hussain1,57733.8−12.8
Labour Susanne Rooney1,14724.6−17.6
Majority 3687.9+3.4
Turnout 4,72744.5+0.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +21.6
Clayton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elaine Byrom1,26735.5−8.6
Labour Olayemi Fagborun1,05829.6−6.5
BNP Lynda Cromie69119.3+19.3
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming44912.6−3.0
Green Alexander Suchi1073.0−1.2
Majority 2095.8−2.1
Turnout 3,57834.9+2.5
Conservative hold Swing -1.0
Craven [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Emmott2,17856.6+1.8
Labour Francis Harrison99625.9−5.8
Liberal Democrats Hamish Hay67117.4+4.0
Majority 1,18230.7+7.6
Turnout 3,85831.1−3.4
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
Eccleshill [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Attenborough1,13037.9+5.0
Labour Gareth Logan84728.4−3.2
BNP Kerry Bedford51917.4+2.7
Conservative Richard Sheard43114.4−3.6
Green Joan Foulds561.9+1.9
Majority 2839.5+8.2
Turnout 2,98732.4−3.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.1
Great Horton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Godward1,26337.8−17.7
Conservative Richard Milczanowski73922.1−8.3
Liberal Democrats Margaret Chadwick57317.1+8.8
BNP James Breslin54616.3+16.3
Green Derek Curtis2216.6+1.0
Majority 52415.7−9.4
Turnout 3,34631.3−2.7
Labour hold Swing -4.7
Heaton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Fielding1,54435.5−4.4
Conservative Mohammad Masood1,23828.4−18.3
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Mirza1,12425.8+19.0
Green John Francis Love44810.3+5.0
Majority 3067.0+0.2
Turnout 4,37237.9−5.1
Labour hold Swing +6.9
Idle [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Lesley Ozolins2,26652.1+1.8
BNP Stewart Williams87420.1+20.1
Conservative Harry Sissling59613.7−14.5
Labour Shofiqul Islam49711.4−10.2
Green Judith Wever1192.7+2.7
Majority 1,39232.0+9.9
Turnout 4,35935.4−0.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.1
Ilkley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Smith2,44157.9−6.3
Labour Paul Dutton99423.6+0.2
Liberal Democrats James Keeley77718.4+6.1
Majority 1,44734.3−6.5
Turnout 4,24038.6−4.4
Conservative hold Swing -3.2
Keighley North [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Slater1,59838.4−9.4
Conservative Nancy Holdsworth1,29331.1−10.0
Green Arif Hussain87120.9+20.9
Liberal Democrats James Main3979.5−1.6
Majority 3057.3+0.6
Turnout 4,17437.9+0.8
Labour hold Swing +0.3
Keighley South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynne Joyce1,14951.2−11.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Campbell Brown56825.3+14.2
Conservative Robert Payne52923.5−2.9
Majority 58125.9−10.1
Turnout 2,28226.4−3.4
Labour hold Swing -12.7
Keighley West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry Thorne1,12334.6−10.2
Conservative David McKay94929.2−1.9
Liberal Democrats Isa Khan50415.5+5.5
Independent Brian Hudson40712.5−1.6
Independent John Philip2648.1+8.1
Majority 1745.4−8.2
Turnout 3,27429.2−4.9
Labour hold Swing -4.1
Little Horton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Greenwood1,29743.5−7.5
Conservative Khadam Hussain1,11937.5+2.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Michell44414.9+7.6
Green Brian Ford1234.1−0.3
Majority 1746.0−10.3
Turnout 2,99130.9−5.9
Labour hold Swing -5.1
Odsal [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Adam Green1,60450.7−0.3
Conservative Jonathan Stubbs87127.5−3.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Boulton68721.7+6.3
Majority 73323.2+3.2
Turnout 3,18427.3−4.7
Labour hold Swing +1.6
Queensbury [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Smith1,63332.9−10.1
BNP Paul Cromie1,48930.0+30.0
Labour Carolyn Lowing1,37027.6−12.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Lambert4729.5−1.1
Majority 1442.9+0.4
Turnout 4,96937.4+7.3
Conservative hold Swing -20.0
Rombalds [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Palmer2,67857.1+0.3
Liberal Democrats Ambrose Micklem90619.3+0.8
Labour Andrew Dundas86018.3−6.4
Green Julie Cowdery2435.2+5.2
Majority 1,77237.8+5.7
Turnout 4,70437.2−3.0
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
Shipley East [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Blackburn1,17238.9−12.0
BNP Christopher Hill77325.6+25.6
Conservative Derek Taylor47015.6−8.4
Liberal Democrats John Hall46415.4−2.9
Green Christina Love1354.5−2.3
Majority 39913.2−13.7
Turnout 3,01631.3+1.9
Labour hold Swing -18.8
Shipley West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Robert Nicholls2,42350.3+8.2
Conservative William Mills Oldfield1,29826.9−3.1
Labour Vanda Greenwood70014.5−7.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Cole3978.2+2.8
Majority 1,12523.3+11.3
Turnout 4,83442.7−4.4
Green gain from Conservative Swing +5.6
Thornton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Buffham1,38144.1+1.0
Independent Melanie Milnes87628.0+0.3
Labour Catherine Rowen54017.2−2.9
Liberal Democrats David Weston2166.9+1.2
Green Michael Rawnsley1193.8+0.4
Majority 50516.1+0.7
Turnout 3,13733.2−1.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
Toller [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amir Hussain1,62343.1−14.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Reid1,25933.4+27.6
Conservative John Robertshaw88623.5−12.8
Majority 3649.7−11.9
Turnout 3,79132.5−16.7
Labour hold Swing -21.2
Tong [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Johnson1,17263.2+0.4
Conservative Michael George Ellis37920.4−5.6
Liberal Democrats Joan Collins30416.4+5.2
Majority 79342.7+6.0
Turnout 1,86320.0−4.3
Labour hold Swing +3.0
Undercliffe [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Jamil1,12436.5+5.8
Labour Raymond Bage89028.9−13.2
Liberal Democrats Edward Hallmann83927.3+5.8
Green Steven Schofield2227.2+1.6
Majority 2347.6−3.7
Turnout 3,10231.1−3.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.5
University [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Munir Ahmed1,93739.7−15.9
Conservative Meherban Hussain1,22125.0−9.3
Liberal Democrats Naveed Ilyas72114.8+10.0
Independent Karl Dallas62312.8+12.8
Green John Robinson3777.7+2.4
Majority 71614.7−6.5
Turnout 4,90636.2−7.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -3.3
Wibsey [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Ritchie Berry1,40050.6−9.3
Conservative Dorothy Craven85931.0+2.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton50818.4+6.9
Majority 54119.5−11.7
Turnout 2,78828.8−4.9
Labour hold Swing -5.8
Worth Valley [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glen Miller1,65345.7+4.0
Labour Mark Curtis1,27935.4+6.0
Liberal Democrats Samuel Harris44812.4+3.9
Socialist Alliance Jillian Crowther2356.5+6.5
Majority 37410.3−2.0
Turnout 3,63630.6−5.9
Conservative hold Swing -1.0
Wyke [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosemary Watson1,46350.1+3.9
Conservative John Arthur Stead93031.8−1.3
Liberal Democrats Matthew Boulton52918.1−2.6
Majority 53318.2+5.2
Turnout 2,94025.4−2.0
Labour hold Swing +2.6

By-elections between 2003 and 2004

Great Horton By-Election 16 October 2003 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Devlin92636.9−0.9
Conservative Richard Milczanowski76430.4+8.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Michell69227.6+10.5
Green Derek Curtis1295.1−1.5
Majority 1626.5−9.2
Turnout 2,51123.4−7.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -4.6

References

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  2. "Election 2003: party totals". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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  4. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2015.