2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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2008 local election results in Bradford

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008. [1]

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Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Cole* 3,122 55.32
Conservative David Herdson2,23039.51
Labour Vera Martin2925.17
Majority89215.80
Turnout 5,64448.80
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bingley ward

Cllr. Colin Gill resigned in September 2008 due to strain the position had placed on his professional life. [2] John Pennington was elected in a by-election in December 2008, retaining the seat for the Conservative Party. [3]

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Gill* 3,529 62.97
Labour David Green94016.77
Liberal Democrats Jean Taylor64811.56
Green Arthur Arnold4878.69
Majority2,58946.20
Turnout 5,60442.99
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Eaton* 3,839 71.20
Labour James Newton69012.80
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes4969.20
Green Brian Newham3676.81
Majority3,14958.40
Turnout 5,39240.49
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Chadwick 2,139 57.41
Labour Ronnie Fieldhouse79821.42
Conservative Isa Khan55714.95
Green Steven Schofield2326.23
Majority1,34135.99
Turnout 3,72634.04
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Incumbent Rupert Oliver switched from the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2006. [4]

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Robertshaw 1,796 42.93
Labour Rupert Oliver* (formerly Lib Dem)1,37632.89
Liberal Democrats Tracey Leeming1,01224.19
Majority42010.04
Turnout 4,18435.76
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Riaz Ahmed* 2,941 52.56
Labour Mohammed Shaukat1,86933.40
Conservative Sakhawat Hussain78614.05
Majority1,07219.16
Turnout 5,59648.22
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sajawal Hussain* 2,497 63.83
Conservative Saleem Kader81520.83
Liberal Democrats Chris Reid3448.79
Green Chris Howson2566.54
Majority1,68243.00
Turnout 3,91236.81
Labour hold Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elaine Byrom* 1,578 37.19
Labour Sinead Engel1,32431.20
BNP Neil Crossley86920.48
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming3879.12
UKIP James Illingworth852.00
Majority2545.99
Turnout 4,24339.98
Conservative hold Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adrian Naylor 3,162 67.22
Labour Robert Beckwith86618.41
Liberal Democrats Angela Pearson67614.37
Majority2,29648.81
Turnout 4,70438.22
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Ann Wallace* 1,551 36.45
Conservative John Pennington1,30130.58
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi76317.93
Labour Tony Niland60214.15
Democratic NationalistsTrish Boyle380.89
Majority2505.88
Turnout 4,25537.40
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Cllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) stood down in 2011 after "adult content" was found on a council computer he had used. [5] Abdul Jabar retained the seat for the party in a by-election later the same year. [6]

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul John Flowers* 2,353 60.50
Conservative Qurban Hussain1,01426.07
Liberal Democrats Kasha de Verny52213.42
Majority1,33934.43
Turnout 3,88935.58
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sajid Akhtar 1,823 37.26
Green David Ford1,58732.43
Labour Ashiq Hussain1,01820.81
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood4659.50
Majority2364.82
Turnout 4,89347.33
Conservative hold Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Hall 2,599 61.66
Conservative Ryan Atkinson1,14927.26
Labour Rosie Watson46711.08
Majority1,45034.40
Turnout 4,21536.27
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Gillian Hawkesworth* 3,245 64.35
Labour Andrew Dundas71914.26
Liberal Democrats Vaughan Bruce55310.97
Green Bryan Websdale52610.43
Majority2,52650.09
Turnout 5,04345.36
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Khadim Hussain* 2,559 52.86
Conservative Jamil Arshad1,40429.00
Liberal Democrats Roger Beaumont87818.14
Majority1,15523.86
Turnout 4,84143.25
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Clamp 2,059 43.47
Labour Malcolm Slater*1,99542.12
Liberal Democrats Judith Brooksbank68314.42
Majority641.35
Turnout 4,73740.93
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Keighley West ward

Robert Payne was subsequently found guilty of tax fraud and jailed in December 2013. [7]

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Payne 1,542 44.52
Labour Angela Sinfield1,47742.64
Liberal Democrats Frank McAulay44512.85
Majority651.88
Turnout 3,46432.12
Conservative gain from BNP Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Greenwood* 2,063 60.45
Liberal Democrats Alun Griffiths84324.70
Conservative Jamshad Khan50714.85
Majority1,22035.75
Turnout 3,41333.28
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Amin 2,319 43.25
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Ishrat Mirza*2,12239.57
Respect Arshad Ali3957.37
Conservative Adam Jamal2464.59
Green John Robinson2143.99
Anti-Crime PartyNorman Scarth661.23
Majority1973.67
Turnout 5,36249.14
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Walls* 1,713 38.08
BNP Eric Baxendale1,52133.82
Labour Graham Mahony71315.85
Liberal Democrats David Weston3066.80
UKIP Jason Smith2275.05
Democratic NationalistsLaura Beardsworth180.40
Majority1924.27
Turnout 4,49839.70
Conservative hold Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Thornton* 1,414 39.10
Conservative Derek Green92225.50
BNP Linden Baxendale69319.16
Liberal Democrats Susan Fletcher3118.60
Democratic NationalistsJim Lewthwaite2767.63
Majority49213.61
Turnout 3,61631.74
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin John Love* 2,238 47.78
Conservative Andy Rowley1,26426.99
Labour Emma Hoddinott68814.69
Liberal Democrats Christine Briggs2455.23
UKIP Philip Bird1533.27
Democratic NationalistsPaul Wood962.05
Majority97420.79
Turnout 4,68443.84
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Sykes 1,750 41.96
BNP Jenny Sampson1,05625.29
Labour Mark Blackburn83420.00
Liberal Democrats Ruth Weston47511.39
Democratic NationalistsRonald Craig571.37
Majority69516.66
Turnout 4,17137.79
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Councillor Arshad Hussain resigned from the Conservative group in February 2010 to become a Labour councillor. [8]

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arshad Hussain* 1,986 35.67
Labour Sobia Kauser1,97835.53
Liberal Democrats Iqbal Khan1,32623.82
Green Sonja McNally2774.98
Majority80.14
Turnout 5,56748.00
Conservative hold Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Johnson* 1,060 36.74
Conservative Simon Buckingham85229.53
BNP Rita Cromie56919.72
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Yeadon32711.33
Democratic NationalistsJohn Shoesmith772.67
Majority2087.21
Turnout 2,88524.85
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dale Smith* 2,718 66.03
Liberal Democrats Vernon Whelan67716.45
Labour Philip Ferriby3739.06
Green Richard Howson3488.45
Majority2,04149.59
Turnout 4,11645.34
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Michael Adam Green* 1,397 38.46
Conservative Richard Sheard92125.36
BNP Clifford Cockayne59516.38
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton41011.29
English Democrat Andrew Clarke1835.04
UKIP Stephen White1002.75
Democratic NationalistsTerry Wells260.72
Majority47613.11
Turnout 3,63235.46
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Hall 1,614 39.60
Labour Phil Thornton*1,29031.65
Conservative Chris Rowley70517.30
Democratic NationalistsMartin Craig2836.94
Green Linda Arnold1062.60
Independent Michael Breen781.91
Majority3247.95
Turnout 4,07637.50
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kirstan Frederick Hopkins* 2,475 60.04
Labour Keith Dredge1,02724.92
Liberal Democrats Sam Harris3127.57
Green Betts Fetherston3087.47
Majority1,44835.13
Turnout 4,12239.79
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Alexander Robinson* 1,187 32.04
Conservative Richard Milczanowski1,09929.66
BNP Stephen Cromie62916.98
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall45812.36
Democratic NationalistsNeil Craig3328.96
Majority882.38
Turnout 3,70535.96
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2008 and 2010 elections

Vote changes correspond to the 2008 Council election.

Bingley ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Colin Gill (Conservative Party). [2] [3]

Bingley by-election, 4 December 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Pennington 1,949 59.88 −3.10
Labour Andrew Mawson68921.17+4.39
Liberal Democrats Jean Taylor33210.20−1.36
Green Arthur Arnold1755.38−3.31
Democratic NationalistsJames Lewthwaite611.87N/A
UKIP Jason Smith491.51N/A
Majority1,26038.71
Turnout 3,26224.99−18.00
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. 1 2 Webber, Dan (30 September 2008). "Top councillor quits his post". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 Barnett, Ben (5 December 2008). "Tories hang on to Bingley seat". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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  5. ↑ Staff writer (20 November 2013). "Ex-Co-op bank boss Paul Flowers' home searched by police". BBC News . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Wright, Steve (25 November 2011). "Labour hold on easily to Great Horton ward". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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