2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
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One third of seats (32 of 90) to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won15114
Seats after363314
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote41,21242,81528,579
Percentage30.4%31.6%21.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.5%Decrease2.svg 0.1%Decrease2.svg 2.2%
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party BNP Green
Seats won11
Seats after34
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote18,2124,813
Percentage13.4%3.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.4%Decrease2.svg 3.6%
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Election Map.svg
Map of the 2006 Bradford council election results. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, BNP in dark blue and Greens in green.
Majority party before election

No overall control

Majority party after election

No overall control

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 4 May 2006. [1] [2]

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Election results

Bradford Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1561Increase2.svg 546.930.441,212Increase2.svg 3.5
  Conservative 1125Decrease2.svg 334.431.642,815Decrease2.svg 0.1
  Liberal Democrats 412Decrease2.svg 112.521.128,579Decrease2.svg 2.2
  BNP 112Decrease2.svg 13.113.418,212Increase2.svg 6.4
  Green 100Steady2.svg3.13.54,813Decrease2.svg 3.6

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Townend* 2,595 48.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Briggs2,12039.5
Green Jonathan Hayes4177.8
Labour Mohammad Yaqoob2374.4
Majority4758.8
Turnout 5,36946.17
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Heseltine* 2,941 54.1
Labour Frank Needham1,13320.8
Green Arthur Arnold69112.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fielden67612.4
Majority1,80833.2
Turnout 5,44143.59
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Ellis 2,861 51.0
BNP Nicholas Stamp1,08519.3
Labour James Newton94516.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes71812.8
Majority1,77631.7
Turnout 5,60942.23
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Gray* 2,146 56.7
Labour Anthony Niland95825.3
Conservative John Robertshaw67917.9
Majority1,18831.4
Turnout 3,78334.49
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zameer Shah* 1,792 38.1
Labour Raymond Bage1,28927.4
Liberal Democrats Mukhtar Ali98921.0
BNP Sharif Gawad63013.4
Majority50310.7
Turnout 4,70040.87
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Shafiq 2,129 42.4
Conservative Azhar Mahmood1,48629.6
Liberal Democrats Ali Jamal1,41028.1
Majority64312.8
Turnout 5,02544.86
Labour hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Munir Ahmed 2,413 68.8
Liberal Democrats Tahir Mahmood42012.0
Conservative Daniel Paterson35010,0
Green John Robinson3249.2
Majority1,99356.8
Turnout 3,50732.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Servant* 1,269 29.8
Labour Peter Longthorn1,21828.6
BNP Kim Riach1,10626.0
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming66515.6
Majority511.2
Turnout 4,25839.27
Conservative hold Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Mallinson* 2,636 60.1
Labour Steven Carter1,00022.8
Liberal Democrats Frances McAulay75117.1
Majority1,63637.3
Turnout 4,38736.01
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin McPhee 1,205 30.2
BNP Peter Wade1,14228.6
Labour Gillian Thornton92023.0
Conservative David James72818.2
Majority631.6
Turnout 3,99535.32
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Great Horton ward

Two seats were contested after incumbent councillor Intkhab Alam was jailed in March 2006 for trying to pervert the course of justice after his minicab hit and killed a man. [3]

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Dodds 1,772
Labour John Godward 1,577
Conservative Richard Milczanowski1,219
Conservative Darryl Brock1,017
Liberal Democrats Margaret Chadwick746
Liberal Democrats Antony Habergham659
Majority
Turnout 3,84835.02
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammad Masood 1,477 32.8
Labour Mark Fielding1,14425.4
Green Steven Schofield1,04323.2
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood83318.5
Majority3337.4
Turnout 4,49744.89
Conservative hold Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Ward 2,604
Liberal Democrats Alun Griffiths 2,004
Conservative Derek Taylor993
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi904
Labour Richard Blackburn703
Labour Rosemary Watson578
Majority
Turnout 4,50338.67
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Powell 2,760 58.1
Labour Andrew Dundas1,09223.0
Liberal Democrats Douglas Beaumont89618.9
Majority1,66835.1
Turnout 4,74842.56
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shamim Akhtar 2,367 45.3
Liberal Democrats Kaneez Akhtar1,45527.9
Conservative Russell Brown1,40026.8
Majority91217.5
Turnout 5,22249.14
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Pullen 1,954 39.3
Conservative Mark Francis Startin1,36427.5
BNP Rose Thompson1,08421.8
Liberal Democrats Judith Brooksbank56411.4
Majority59011.9
Turnout 4,96642.55
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Rowen 1,827 40.4
BNP Ian Dawson1,49333.0
Conservative Lionel Lockley82218.2
Liberal Democrats Victoria Salmons3848.5
Majority3347.4
Turnout 4,52641.08
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Naveeda Ikram 2,456 68.4
Conservative Asad Malik61017.0
Liberal Democrats John Massen52514.6
Majority1,84651.4
Turnout 3,59134.80
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shabir Hussain 2,212 46.8
Liberal Democrats Qasim Khan2,16045.7
Conservative Ishtiaq Ahmed3547.5
Majority521.1
Turnout 4,72645.51
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Paul Cromie 1,829 38.5
Conservative Tracey McNulty*1,53332.3
Labour Graham Mahony93519.7
Liberal Democrats Joan Collins4559.6
Majority2966.2
Turnout 4,75242.52
BNP gain from Conservative Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Slater 1,393 36.8
BNP Lynda Jane Cromie1,25033.0
Conservative Richard Sheard74819.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Hallmann39710.5
Majority1433.8
Turnout 3,78834.02
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Hawarun Hussain 1,875 36.7
Conservative John Carroll1,29925.4
Labour Lee Edwards75914.8
BNP Jennifer Sampson74714.6
Liberal Democrats John Hall4358.5
Majority57611.3
Turnout 5,11547.60
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Binney 1,543 34.0
BNP Clifford Cockayne1,35429.9
Labour Susanne Rooney94220.8
Liberal Democrats Ruth Sharples4018.8
Green Michael Rawnsley2936.5
Majority1894.2
Turnout 4,53339.86
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Hussain 2,428 42.6
Conservative Amjad Hussain*1,78631.4
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sengal1,48026.0
Majority64211.3
Turnout 5,69450.97
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Anthony Cairns 1,278 40.4
BNP Arthur Redfearn1,01232.0
Conservative Robert Stead50816.1
Liberal Democrats Maralyn Adey36611.6
Majority2668.4
Turnout 3,16428.00
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Ian Greaves 2,571 61.7
Liberal Democrats Vernon Whelan1,02824.7
Labour Kevin Armstrong56813.6
Majority1,54337.0
Turnout 4,16746.14
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynne Eleanor Smith 1,427 34.6
BNP Andrew Clarke1,25130.4
Conservative Dorothy Craven92822.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Fletcher51312.5
Majority1764.3
Turnout 4,11939.33
Labour gain from BNP Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vanda Greenwood 1,215 28.2
Liberal Democrats John Watmough1,16627.0
BNP Neil Craig1,02223.7
Conservative David Herdson73817.1
Green Linda Arnold1703.9
Majority491.1
Turnout 4,31140.01
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glen William Miller 1,790 37.9
Labour Trevor Lindley1,22526.0
BNP John Joy1,16124.6
Liberal Democrats James Main54311.5
Majority56512.0
Turnout 4,71945.22
Conservative gain from BNP Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Warburton 1,273 32.0
BNP Robert Manby1,14228.7
Conservative John Stead1,03526.0
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall52813.3
Majority1313.3
Turnout 3,97837.86
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2006: Bradford". BBC News . 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Local election results 2006 (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Staff writer (17 July 2006). "Disgraced councillor made £12,000 claim". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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