2011 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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2011 local election results in Bradford

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.

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Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger L'Amie* 2,820 52.61 +10.77
Labour Jen Kilyon1,13221.12+12.38
Liberal Democrats Barney Lerner96918.08−19.33
Green Helen Broadhead4398.19+3.42
Majority 1,68831.49
Turnout 5,38747.12+0.99
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Shaw 3,228 53.08 −0.01
Labour Andrew Mawson1,94031.90+9.88
Green Arthur Arnold61210.06−0.48
Liberal Democrats Vernon Whelan3014.95−3.44
Majority 1,28821.18
Turnout 6,11746.22+2.36
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Cooke* 3,280 58.71 +3.40
Labour Robert Beckwith1,45626.06+11.02
Green Brian Newham4287.66−0.05
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes4237.57−0.84
Majority 1,82432.65
Turnout 5,62643.06+1.37
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton* 1,825 47.28 −9.78
Labour Gareth Logan1,53639.79+15.04
Conservative Sadia Waheed49912.93−3.70
Majority 2897.49
Turnout 3,91435.30−0.68
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Khan 2,003 43.66 +13.69
Conservative Mohammed Jamil*1,43331.23−15.07
Liberal Democrats Tracey Leeming1,15225.11+3.30
Majority 57012.42
Turnout 4,63640.02+0.90
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ghazanfer Khaliq* 2,835 66.58 +26.85
Liberal Democrats Ali Jamal1,20428.28+1.74
Conservative Khalid Anjum2195.14−28.59
Majority 1,63138.30
Turnout 4,30137.14−11.50
Labour hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shakeela Lal* 2,875 64.03 +9.81
Conservative Munir Ahmed1,24227.66+2.22
Green Derek Curtis2265.03+0.13
Liberal Democrats Robson Brown1473.27−3.55
Majority 1,63336.37
Turnout 4,53141.55+1.48
Labour hold Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Carol Thirkill 2,172 55.52 +21.41
Conservative David Servant1,18430.27−0.46
Green Patricia Porter3087.87N/A
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming2486.34−7.32
Majority 98825.26
Turnout 3,93535.80−6.14
Labour hold Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Kelly* 3,046 56.48 +5.07
Labour Peter Cheney1,49127.65+4.43
Liberal Democrats Gerald Ebden4558.44−3.18
Green Vanessa Pilny4017.44+2.26
Majority 1,55528.83
Turnout 5,42944.46+5.66
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Billheimer 1,522 43.06 +24.66
Liberal Democrats Debbie Jessop1,30536.92−7.52
Conservative Colin McPhee70820.03+8.89
Majority 2176.14
Turnout 3,56432.64−6.05
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Godward* 3,059 75.38 +37.27
Conservative Qurban Hussain62515.40−7.16
Liberal Democrats Michael Stelling3749.22−22.12
Majority 2,43459.98
Turnout 4,10136.61−4.15
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rizwan Malik* 2,516 48.35 +9.29
Conservative Mohammad Masood1,37026.33+2.69
Green Sonja McNally1,11421.41−8.48
Liberal Democrats Lynne Gray2043.92−3.50
Majority 1,14622.02
Turnout 5,22448.16−1.96
Labour hold Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Two councillors were elected in this ward, as Cllr. Ed Hall (Liberal Democrats) had resigned, citing personal reasons. [1]

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Sunderland* 2,382 53.03 −5.80
Liberal Democrats Alun Griffiths 1,858 41.36 −17.47
Labour Frank Dignan99422.13+9.59
Labour Yvonne Oliver95821.33+8.97
Conservative Christopher Clough94721.08+3.64
Conservative Jackie Whiteley78217.41−0.04
Green Stuart Winchester4069.04N/A
Majority 86419.23
Turnout 4,52638.23−0.87
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Smith* 3,153 53.39 −5.32
Labour Neil Fraser1,62527.51+6.38
Liberal Democrats Samuel Harris77713.16+0.85
UKIP Paul Latham3515.94N/A
Majority 1,52825.87
Turnout 5,94952.86+7.85
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kaneez Akthar 2,523 43.44 +9.14
Conservative Zafar Ali*2,44542.10−12.12
Liberal Democrats Gerald Brooksbank5339.18−2.30
Green Julian Hughes3075.29N/A
Majority 781.34
Turnout 5,89651.36+1.97
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Lee* 2,452 49.88 +11.94
Conservative David Harrison1,77936.19+0.12
Liberal Democrats Judith Brooksbank4328.79−4.10
Green Celia Hickson2535.15N/A
Majority 67313.69
Turnout 4,95642.65+1.45
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jan Smithies 1,865 50.24 +9.33
Conservative Christopher Herd1,61743.56+22.39
Liberal Democrats Fran McAulay2306.20+0.53
Majority 2486.68
Turnout 3,75335.88−0.92
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sher Khan* 3,144 86.78 +27.46
Liberal Democrats Liam Prentice2877.92−6.33
Conservative Thomas McMeeking1925.30−9.82
Majority 2,85778.86
Turnout 3,65833.53−4.47
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Asama Javed defected from Labour to Respect in March 2015. [2]

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asama Javed 3,981 73.15 +41.05
Liberal Democrats Qasim Khan1,06719.61−33.93
Green John Robinson2434.47−0.08
Conservative Sharaz Ahmed1512.77−0.29
Majority 2,91453.55
Turnout 5,47449.17−4.38
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Queensbury ward

In June 2011 Lynda Cromie and her husband Paul (also a councillor) left the British National Party citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents. [3]

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Lynda Cromie* 1,461 34.79 −1.82
Conservative Andrew Smith1,13627.05−6.26
Labour Rosie Watson99423.67+3.27
UKIP Jason Smith4129.81N/A
Liberal Democrats Lisa Clarke1974.69−5.00
Majority 3257.74
Turnout 4,21738.03−3.56
BNP hold Swing

Royds ward

In 2008, James Lewthwaite stood in this ward as a British National Party candidate.

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gill Thornton* 1,809 53.66 +14.24
Conservative Sharon Robertshaw95928.45+9.56
Democratic NationalistsJames Lewthwaite38011.27−21.21
Liberal Democrats John Bolton2236.62−2.59
Majority 85025.22
Turnout 3,40230.13−4.64
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kevin Warnes*2,20842.94−0.97
Labour Alex Ross1,33325.92+9.47
Conservative Andrew Rowley1,19423.22−1.45
UKIP Philip Bird2194.26+2.41
Liberal Democrats Russell Halliday1883.66−2.27
Majority 87517.02
Turnout 5,16247.79+1.71
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael McCabe* 1,922 47.37 +7.35
Labour Mark Blackburn1,53637.86+15.20
Green Michael Rawnsley47011.58N/A
Liberal Democrats Shabir Khan1293.18−8.64
Majority 3869.51
Turnout 4,08337.64+0.04
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amir Hussain* 3,978 80.49 +34.24
Conservative Mahmood Hussain59011.94−31.37
Green Dawud Islam2625.30N/A
Liberal Democrats Arif Mehmood1122.27−8.16
Majority 3,38868.56
Turnout 4,99043.55−6.08
Labour hold Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ruding* 1,772 61.23 +14.51
Conservative Paul Dymond59320.49+3.25
Green Jason Crowley1876.46N/A
Democratic NationalistsLiam Haines1746.01N/A
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Yeadon1685.81−3.63
Majority 1,17940.74
Turnout 2,91524.76−3.54
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Matt Palmer resigned from the Conservative Party to move to Jersey with his family in 2012. [4] The seat was retained for the party by Jackie Whiteley in a by-election 15th November 2012. [5]

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matt Palmer* 2,801 59.74 −6.49
Labour Dave Allen97420.77+7.49
Green Janet Souyave50210.71N/A
Liberal Democrats James Main4128.79−11.70
Majority 1,82738.96
Turnout 4,71351.81+8.82
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Berry* 1,814 52.50 +14.36
Conservative Richard Sheard80923.42+3.16
UKIP Jamie Illingworth36310.51N/A
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton2437.03−6.73
English Democrat Andrew Clarke2266.54N/A
Majority 1,00529.09
Turnout 3,47235.12−3.77
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Hinchcliffe 1,911 46.79 +16.92
Liberal Democrats John Watmough*1,32832.52−0.53
Conservative Richard Sibley59114.47−1.79
Green Helen Love2546.22+4.05
Majority 58314.28
Turnout 4,10638.88−3.05
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Poulsen 2,062 47.72 +4.53
Labour Mark Curtis1,52435.27+4.30
Green Robert Swindells4239.79N/A
Liberal Democrats Sharon Purvis3127.22−1.38
Majority 53812.45
Turnout 4,36442.38+0.03
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Ferriby* 1,962 53.04 +17.23
Conservative Richard Milczanowski1,06728.85+3.38
Democratic NationalistsNeil Craig40210.87N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall2687.25−3.58
Majority 89524.20
Turnout 3,72637.17−0.70
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2012 elections

Vote changes correspond to the 2011 Council election.

Great Horton ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) who stood down after "adult content" was found on a council computer he had used. [6] [7]

Great Horton by-election, 24 November 2011
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Jabar 1,993 58.58 −16.80
Conservative Mehrban Hussain70520.72+5.32
Liberal Democrats Mary Slingsby3379.91+0.69
UKIP Jason Smith2948.64N/A
Green Celia Hickson732.15N/A
Majority 1,28837.86
Turnout 3,41727.19−9.42
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Barnett, Ben (11 April 2011). "119 contest 31 Bradford Council seats up for grabs on May 5". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Wilde, Claire (27 March 2015). "Sitting Bradford councillor defects from Labour Party to Respect". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ↑ O'Rourke, Tanya (20 June 2011). "Paul and Lynda Cromie stand down for 'personal reasons'". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Redhead, Jonathan (3 October 2012). "Tory councillor resigns with a broadside at Bradford Council". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Staff writer (16 November 2012). "Conservative candidate takes Wharfedale seat". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Staff writer (20 November 2013). "Ex-Co-op bank boss Paul Flowers' home searched by police". BBC News . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Wright, Steve (25 November 2011). "Labour hold on easily to Great Horton ward". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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