2003 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 2003 Bradford council election. Bradford UK local election 2003 map.png
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
Majority1,15822.6+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
Majority74118.6+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
Majority1,27834.1-5.0
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
Majority1,20934.1-7.8
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
Majority1,26837.4+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
Majority3687.9+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
Majority2095.8-2.1
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
Majority1,18230.7+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
Majority2839.5+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
Majority52415.7-9.4
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
Majority3067.0+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
Majority1,39232.0+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
Majority1,44734.3-6.5
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
Majority3057.3+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
Majority58125.9-10.1
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
Majority1745.4-8.2
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
Majority1746.0-10.3
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
Majority73323.2+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
Majority1442.9+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
Majority1,77237.8+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
Majority39913.2-13.7
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
Majority1,12523.3+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
Majority50516.1+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
Majority3649.7-11.9
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
Majority79342.7+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
Majority2347.6-3.7
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
Majority71614.7-6.5
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
Majority54119.5-11.7
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
Majority37410.3-2.0
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
Majority53318.2+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
Majority1626.5-9.2
Turnout 2,51123.4-7.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -4.6

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