The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May. The 2010 general election was held simultaneously, which greatly increased the turnout.
An asterisk denotes an incumbent
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valerie Townend* | 4,012 | 47.29 | −1.04 | |
Liberal Democrats | Denise Thomas | 3,162 | 37.27 | −2.22 | |
Labour | Mairead Farndale | 1,040 | 12.26 | +7.84 | |
Green | Robert Nicholls | 270 | 3.18 | −4.58 | |
Majority | 850 | 10.02 | |||
Turnout | 8,514 | 75.35 | +29.18 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Heseltine* | 4,922 | 50.60 | −3.46 | |
Labour | Andrew Mawson | 2,483 | 25.52 | +4.70 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lerner | 1,714 | 17.62 | +5.20 | |
Green | Arthur Arnold | 609 | 6.26 | −6.44 | |
Majority | 2,439 | 25.07 | |||
Turnout | 9,769 | 74.37 | +30.78 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ellis* | 4,671 | 49.52 | −1.49 | |
Labour | Robert Beckwith | 2,017 | 21.38 | +4.53 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 1,752 | 18.57 | +5.77 | |
UKIP | Paul Wright | 629 | 6.67 | N/A | |
Green | Brian Newham | 364 | 3.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,654 | 28.14 | |||
Turnout | 9,479 | 73.06 | +30.83 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Gray* | 3,047 | 45.77 | −10.96 | |
Labour | Mark Fieldhouse | 1,686 | 25.33 | ±0.00 | |
Conservative | Abdul Butt | 1,226 | 18.42 | +0.47 | |
BNP | Sharif Gawad | 492 | 7.39 | N/A | |
Green | Steven Schofield | 149 | 2.24 | N/A | |
Democratic Nationalists | Glenis Fairclough | 57 | 0.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,361 | 20.44 | |||
Turnout | 6,690 | 62.85 | +28.36 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Zameer Shah* | 2,357 | 36.58 | −1.55 | |
Labour | Rupert Oliver | 2,241 | 34.78 | +7.35 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Leeming | 1,658 | 25.73 | +4.69 | |
Independent | Chris Johnson | 188 | 2.92 | N/A | |
Majority | 116 | 1.80 | |||
Turnout | 6,486 | 58.99 | +18.11 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Shafiq* | 3,114 | 43.02 | +0.65 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shabir Butt | 2,416 | 33.38 | +5.32 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Bashir | 1,708 | 23.60 | −5.97 | |
Majority | 698 | 9.64 | |||
Turnout | 7,324 | 64.90 | +20.04 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nazam Azam | 3,792 | 63.07 | −5.73 | |
Conservative | Waheed Ali | 1,259 | 20.94 | +10.96 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ali Jamal | 491 | 8.17 | −3.81 | |
Respect | Shabana Bashir | 211 | 3.51 | N/A | |
Green | Derek Curtis | 195 | 3.24 | −6.00 | |
UKIP | Hiren Koyani | 64 | 1.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,533 | 42.13 | |||
Turnout | 6,071 | 59.48 | +27.31 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sinead Engel | 2,672 | 39.69 | +11.08 | |
Conservative | David Servant* | 1,815 | 26.96 | −2.85 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Boyle | 1,140 | 16.93 | +1.31 | |
BNP | Neil Crossley | 707 | 10.50 | −15.47 | |
Independent | Mark Nicholson | 399 | 5.93 | N/A | |
Majority | 857 | 12.73 | |||
Turnout | 6,767 | 65.66 | +26.39 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Mallinson* | 4,903 | 54.30 | −5.78 | |
Labour | Peter Cheney | 2,295 | 25.42 | +2.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Pierscionek | 1,831 | 20.28 | +3.16 | |
Majority | 2,608 | 28.88 | |||
Turnout | 9,080 | 74.73 | +38.72 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
In 2006, Colin McPhee stood in this ward successfully as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Reid | 2,454 | 39.02 | +8.86 | |
Labour | Tony Niland | 1,720 | 27.35 | +4.32 | |
Conservative | Colin McPhee* | 1,078 | 17.14 | −1.08 | |
BNP | Nicholas Asquith | 773 | 12.29 | −16.29 | |
UKIP | Michael Feely | 264 | 4.20 | N/A | |
Majority | 734 | 11.67 | |||
Turnout | 6,305 | 60.40 | +25.08 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joanne Dodds* | 3,647 | 56.00 | +5.29 | |
Conservative | Qurban Hussain | 1,567 | 24.06 | −7.93 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antony Habergham | 1,299 | 19.94 | −0.16 | |
Majority | 2,080 | 31.94 | |||
Turnout | 6,578 | 58.47 | 23.44 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Imdad Hussain joined the Peace Party in 2012, following suspension from the Labour Party over failing to declare a company directorship. He became the party's first and only Councillor.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Imdad Hussain | 2,600 | 37.20 | +11.76 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Masood* | 2,127 | 30.43 | −2.41 | |
Green | Sonja McNally | 1,162 | 16.62 | −6.57 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liam Prentice | 799 | 11.43 | −7.09 | |
Respect | Mohammad Abu-Bakr | 302 | 4.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 473 | 6.77 | |||
Turnout | 7,033 | 68.05 | 23.16 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Reid | 4,179 | 52.09 | −7.09 | |
Conservative | Edward Ward | 2,003 | 24.97 | −0.54 | |
Labour | Rosie Watson | 1,483 | 18.49 | +2.03 | |
UKIP | Jeetender Sangha | 357 | 4.45 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,176 | 27.13 | |||
Turnout | 8,059 | 69.91 | +31.24 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Gibbons | 4,378 | 50.56 | −7.57 | |
Labour | Andrew Dundas | 1,766 | 20.39 | −2.60 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Bruce | 1,595 | 18.42 | −0.45 | |
Green | David Hesmondhalgh | 596 | 6.88 | N/A | |
UKIP | Paul Latham | 324 | 3.74 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,612 | 30.17 | |||
Turnout | 8,697 | 78.59 | +36.03 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abid Hussain | 4,174 | 54.86 | +9.54 | |
Conservative | Ali Akbar | 1,791 | 23.54 | −3.27 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Beaumont | 1,334 | 17.53 | −10.33 | |
Green | Julian Hughes | 309 | 4.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,383 | 31.32 | |||
Turnout | 7,700 | 71.31 | +22.17 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Steve Pullen* | 3,265 | 41.72 | +2.37 | |
Conservative | Ronald Beale | 3,024 | 38.64 | +11.17 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Brooksbank | 1,537 | 19.64 | +8.28 | |
Majority | 241 | 3.08 | |||
Turnout | 7,891 | 70.99 | +28.44 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Keith Dredge | 2,625 | 39.34 | −1.03 | |
Conservative | Chris Herd | 2,463 | 36.91 | +18.75 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jack Taylor | 911 | 13.65 | +5.17 | |
Independent | Brian Hudson | 674 | 10.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 162 | 2.43 | |||
Turnout | 6,703 | 64.80 | +23.72 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Naveeda Ikram* | 3,638 | 59.75 | −8.65 | |
Conservative | Suhail Choudhury | 1,287 | 21.14 | +4.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alun Griffiths | 1,164 | 19.12 | +4.50 | |
Majority | 2,351 | 38.61 | |||
Turnout | 6,139 | 59.87 | +25.07 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shabir Hussain* | 3,961 | 59.62 | +12.81 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Aurangzeb | 1,851 | 27.86 | −17.84 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Khan | 530 | 7.98 | +0.49 | |
Green | John Robinson | 302 | 4.55 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,110 | 31.76 | |||
Turnout | 6,698 | 64.06 | +18.55 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
In June 2011 Paul Cromie and his wife Lynda (also a councillor) left the British National Party citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Paul Cromie* | 2,212 | 30.79 | −7.70 | |
Conservative | Allan Shepherd | 2,197 | 30.58 | −1.68 | |
Labour | Dave Allen | 1,511 | 21.03 | +1.35 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stacey Yeadon | 882 | 12.28 | +2.70 | |
UKIP | Jason Smith | 383 | 5.33 | N/A | |
Majority | 15 | 0.21 | |||
Turnout | 7,204 | 66.40 | +23.88 | ||
BNP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Val Slater* | 2,601 | 41.60 | +4.82 | |
Conservative | Sally McCartney | 1,408 | 22.52 | +2.77 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Bolton | 1,051 | 16.81 | +6.33 | |
BNP | Eric Baxendale | 986 | 15.77 | −17.23 | |
Democratic Nationalists | James Lewthwaite | 207 | 3.31 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,193 | +19.08 | |||
Turnout | 6,272 | 57.98 | +23.95 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Hawarun Hussain* | 2,321 | 30.16 | −6.50 | |
Conservative | Andrew Rowley | 2,041 | 26.52 | +1.12 | |
Labour | Alex Ross | 1,836 | 23.86 | +9.02 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Halliday | 1,090 | 14.16 | +5.66 | |
UKIP | Philip Bird | 408 | 5.30 | N/A | |
Majority | 280 | 3.64 | |||
Turnout | 7,719 | 72.97 | +25.37 | ||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valerie Binney* | 2,736 | 39.34 | +5.30 | |
Labour | Mark Blackburn | 2,115 | 30.41 | +9.63 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruth Weston | 1,030 | 14.81 | 5.97 | |
BNP | Jenny Sampson | 776 | 11.16 | −18.71 | |
UKIP | John Worsley | 297 | 4.27 | N/A | |
Majority | 621 | 8.93 | |||
Turnout | 6,972 | 64.83 | +24.98 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Imran Hussain was later selected (in 2012) to contest the Bradford West constituency, which resulted in a shock victory for George Galloway of the Respect Party.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Imran Hussain* | 4,337 | 57.19 | +14.54 | |
Conservative | Amjad Hussain | 2,361 | 31.13 | −0.24 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ansar Miah | 444 | 5.85 | −20.14 | |
Respect | Kauser Rauf | 259 | 3.42 | N/A | |
Green | Vanessa Pilny | 183 | 2.41 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,976 | 26.05 | |||
Turnout | 7,664 | 73.73 | 22.76 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Wainwright | 2,418 | 42.92 | +2.53 | |
Conservative | Craig Reynolds | 1,403 | 24.90 | +8.85 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Yeadon | 1,012 | 17.96 | +6.39 | |
BNP | Rita Cromie | 801 | 14.22 | −17.77 | |
Majority | 1,015 | 18.02 | |||
Turnout | 5,656 | 48.44 | +20.45 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
In February 2012 Chris Greaves was sacked by the Conservative Party for frequently voting with Labour at council meetings. [2] A month later he formed The Independents with fellow ex-Conservative Adrian Naylor (Craven ward). [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Greaves* | 3,874 | 53.21 | −8.49 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vernon Whelan | 1,789 | 24.57 | −0.10 | |
Labour | James Newton | 1,156 | 15.88 | +2.25 | |
Green | Richard Howson | 462 | 6.35 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,085 | 28.64 | |||
Turnout | 7,307 | 80.92 | +34.78 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynne Smith* | 2,454 | 40.30 | +5.65 | |
Conservative | Richard Sheard | 1,422 | 23.35 | +0.82 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 1,158 | 19.01 | 6.56 | |
BNP | David Bond | 765 | 12.56 | −17.81 | |
UKIP | Jamie Illingworth | 291 | 4.78 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,032 | 16.95 | |||
Turnout | 6,111 | 62.52 | +23.20 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vanda Greenwood* | 2,710 | 39.58 | +11.40 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Thorne | 2,174 | 31.75 | 4.70 | |
Conservative | Richard Sibley | 1,182 | 17.26 | +0.14 | |
BNP | John Mills | 781 | 11.41 | −12.30 | |
Majority | 536 | 7.83 | |||
Turnout | 6,868 | 64.53 | 24.53 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glen Miller* | 3,387 | 45.44 | +7.51 | |
Labour | Mark Curtis | 2,274 | 30.51 | +4.55 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Harris | 1,350 | 18.11 | +6.60 | |
Independent | Brian Morris | 443 | 5.94 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,113 | 14.93 | |||
Turnout | 7,502 | 73.94 | +28.72 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Warburton* | 2,369 | 38.12 | +6.12 | |
Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 1,705 | 27.44 | +1.42 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 1,073 | 17.27 | +3.99 | |
BNP | Stephen Cromie | 792 | 12.75 | −15.96 | |
Democratic Nationalists | Neil Craig | 275 | 4.43 | N/A | |
Majority | 664 | 10.69 | |||
Turnout | 6,237 | 64.05 | −20.48 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Vote changes correspond to 2010 Council election.
This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Kris Hopkins (Conservative Party), who resigned having won the Keighley parliamentary seat in the 2010 general election. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Brown | 1,020 | 47.84 | +2.40 | |
Labour | Mark Curtis | 697 | 32.69 | +2.19 | |
Green | Robert Swindells | 235 | 11.02 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Purvis | 180 | 8.44 | −9.67 | |
Majority | 323 | 15.15 | |||
Turnout | 2,139 | 19.46 | −58.48 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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