2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2012 Bradford council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Respect in light red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Greens in green and independent in grey. Bradford UK local election 2012 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2012 Bradford council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Respect in light red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Greens in green and independent in grey.

The 2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 3 May 2012. [1] The elections took place shortly after the Bradford West by-election, in which the Respect Party's George Galloway pulled off a shock victory against the incumbent Labour Party. Held alongside was a referendum on directly elected mayors. The Labour Party were one seat short of an overall majority following the election, leaving the council in no overall control.

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Election result

Of the council's 90 seats, 30 were up for election.

Bradford Council election, 2012 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1263Increase2.svg337.647,219
  Conservative 817Decrease2.svg623.429,332
  Respect 550Increase2.svg514.718,475
  Liberal Democrats 303Decrease2.svg313.516,932
  Green 110Increase2.svg15.26,507
  Independent 110Increase2.svg11.51,836
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg2.83,482
  Democratic Nationalists 000Steady2.svg0.81,042
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.4549
  Socialist Labour 000Steady2.svg0.197

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debbie Davies 1,844 38.19 −1.33
Liberal Democrats Ian Lyons1,63233.80−30.86
Labour Jen Kilyon75715.68+10.50
UKIP James Fell3316.85N/A
Green Alexander Newsham2655.49N/A
Majority 2124.39
Turnout 4,84641.96−6.84
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Pennington 2,790 54.13 −8.84
Labour Andrew Mawson1,52229.53+12.76
Green Arthur Arnold59311.51+2.82
Liberal Democrats Kay Kirkham2494.83−6.73
Majority 1,26826.26
Turnout 5,19138.16−4.83
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Eaton* 2,775 58.34 −7.11
Labour Robert Beckwith1,20225.27+7.83
Green Brian Newham49910.49+3.68
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes2815.91−3.29
Majority 1,57333.07
Turnout 4,78535.82−4.67
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tracey Leeming 1,888 48.96 −8.44
Labour Gareth Logan1,17530.47+9.05
Respect Tazeem Sawaiz52913.72N/A
Conservative Ryan Robertshaw2646.85−8.10
Majority 71318.49
Turnout 3,88734.84+0.80
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hassan Khan 1,913 42.45 +9.56
Respect Mohammed Khan1,53534.06N/A
Liberal Democrats Amjad Ali56112.45−11.74
Conservative John Robertshaw*49811.05−31.88
Majority 3788.39
Turnout 4,54637.47+1.71
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Faisal Khan resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Respect Faisal Khan 2,720 42.06 N/A
Liberal Democrats Riaz Ahmed*2,08532.24−20.31
Labour Salma Iqbal1,44122.28−11.12
UKIP Jim Dempsey1432.21N/A
Conservative Abid Majid781.21−12.84
Majority 6359.82
Turnout 6,50854.98+6.77
Respect gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

City ward

Ruqayyah Collector resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Respect Ruqayyah Collector 2,570 56.10 N/A
Labour Sajawal Hussain*1,79739.23−24.60
Liberal Democrats Lynne Gray1162.53−6.26
Conservative Susan Mills982.14−18.69
Majority 77316.87
Turnout 4,61137.64+0.83
Respect gain from Labour Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michelle Swallow 1,605 44.28 +13.07
Conservative David Servant90524.97−12.23
Respect Dawud Islam76221.02N/A
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming3539.74+0.62
Majority 70019.31
Turnout 3,64832.30−7.68
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Craven ward

In 2008, Adrian Naylor stood successfully in this ward as a Conservative Party candidate. [5]

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The IndependentsAdrian Naylor*1,83640.36−26.86
Conservative Andrew Rowley1,20426.47−40.75
Labour Val Carroll1,13424.93+6.52
Liberal Democrats Stuart Ebden1844.04−10.33
Green Robert Nicholls1824.00N/A
Majority 63213.89
Turnout 4,57237.25−0.97
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Wallace* 1,511 45.35 +8.90
Labour Yvonne Oliver1,24237.27+23.13
Conservative Edward Ward3289.84−20.73
Green David Ford2517.53N/A
Majority 2698.07
Turnout 3,36029.99−8.35
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Jabar 2,293 48.16 −12.34
Respect Salim Jelani1,54232.39N/A
Liberal Democrats Mary Slingsby53611.26−2.16
UKIP Pal Bjornstom3908.19N/A
Majority 75115.77
Turnout 4,79642.89+7.31
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Mohammad Shabbir resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013. [3] He served as an independent councillor until April 2015 when he joined the Labour Party. [6]

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Respect Mohammad Shabbir 2,036 39.61 N/A
Conservative Sajid Akhtar*1,33125.89−11.36
Labour Rizwana Jamil1,02119.86−0.94
Green Celia Hickson3847.47−24.96
UKIP Sonja McNally3025.88N/A
Liberal Democrats Dominic Fear661.28−8.22
Majority 70513.72
Turnout 5,16746.50−0.83
Respect gain from Conservative Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Griffiths* 1,968 51.67 −9.99
Labour Michael Brown95925.18+14.10
Conservative Howard Clough58915.46−11.80
Green Vanessa Pliny2937.69N/A
Majority 1,00926.49
Turnout 3,82831.70−4.56
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Anne Hawkesworth left the Conservative Party in January 2013 and joined The Independents: Adrian Naylor (Craven) and Chris Greaves (Wharfedale). [7]

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Hawkesworth* 2,436 49.33 −15.01
Labour Ann Cryer 1,68334.08+19.83
UKIP Paul Latham3547.17N/A
Green Brian Ford2384.82−5.61
Liberal Democrats Peter Ferguson2274.60−6.37
Majority 75315.25
Turnout 4,95443.92−1.44
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Khadim Hussain* 2,435 47.23 −5.63
Conservative Zafar Ali2,16942.07+13.07
Liberal Democrats Gerald Brooksbank55210.71−7.43
Majority 2665.16
Turnout 5,21844.64+1.39
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Slater 2,511 58.83 +16.72
Conservative Dorothy Clamp*1,40032.80−10.66
Liberal Democrats Judith Brooksbank3578.36−6.05
Majority 1,11126.03
Turnout 4,31536.79−4.14
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keighley West

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Farley 1,876 62.39 +19.75
Conservative Brian Hudson84428.07−16.45
Liberal Democrats Mike Wilkinson2879.54−3.30
Majority 1,03234.32
Turnout 3,05028.91−3.21
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Respect Alyas Karmani 2,191 47.83 N/A
Labour Ian Greenwood*2,17447.46−12.99
Conservative Andrea Taylor1202.62−12.24
Liberal Democrats Shabir Butt962.10−22.60
Majority 170.37
Turnout 4,60341.52+8.25
Respect gain from Labour Swing

Manningham ward

Ishtiaq Ahmed resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Respect Ishtiaq Ahmed 3,265 57.45 +50.09
Labour Soofi Amin2,12637.41−5.84
Green John Robinson1472.59−1.40
Conservative Qurban Malik871.53−3.06
Liberal Democrats Brendan Stubbs581.02−38.55
Majority 1,13920.04
Turnout 5,72550.03+0.89
Respect gain from Labour Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Walls* 1,073 30.20 −7.88
Labour Rosie Watson95626.91+11.06
UKIP Jason Smith88424.88+19.83
BNP Eric Baxendale54915.45−18.36
Liberal Democrats Michael Stelling912.56−4.24
Majority 1173.29
Turnout 3,57031.50−8.20
Conservative hold Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Thornton* 1,771 58.90 +19.79
Conservative Sharon Robertshaw57118.99−6.51
Democratic NationalistsJames Lewthwaite45315.06+7.43
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton2127.05−1.55
Majority 1,20039.91
Turnout 3,03526.43−5.31
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Love* 2,323 52.02 +4.24
Labour Andrew McCormick86219.30+4.61
Conservative Mike Pollard75516.91−10.08
UKIP Philip Bird2976.65+3.38
Liberal Democrats Christine Briggs1322.96−2.27
Socialist Labour Christopher Butler972.17N/A
Majority 1,46132.71
Turnout 4,48440.57−3.27
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Sykes* 1,633 45.29 +3.34
Labour Mark Blackburn1,07429.78+9.79
Respect Patrick Mulligan64817.97N/A
Liberal Democrats Kezia Rooke2516.96−4.42
Majority 55915.50
Turnout 3,63333.36−4.43
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

163 (3.66%) ballot papers were rejected, compared to 48 (0.96%) in the 2008 election in this ward. Arshad Hussain stood successfully here as a Conservative Party candidate in 2008, before defecting in 2010 following a race row - his vote change corresponds to the 2008 Labour Party candidate, Sobia Kauser.

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arshad Hussain* 3,346 78.07 +42.54
Liberal Democrats David Leeming48211.25−12.57
Conservative Rosie Russell45810.69−24.99
Majority 2,86466.82
Turnout 4,44937.83−10.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Johnson* 1,385 57.61 +28.87
Respect Sarah Cartin38516.01N/A
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Yeadon35814.89+3.56
Democratic NationalistsLiam Kernaghan27611.48+8.81
Majority 1,00041.60
Turnout 2,44421.11−3.74
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dale Smith* 2,252 60.80 −5.24
Labour Dave Allen69418.74+9.67
Green Janet Souyave56515.25+6.80
Liberal Democrats Gillian Thorne1935.21−11.24
Majority 1,55842.06
Turnout 3,71840.53−4.81
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Green* 1,753 52.85 +14.29
UKIP Jamie Illingworth78123.55+20.79
Conservative Thomas McMeeking39912.03−13.39
Liberal Democrats Christopher Boulton38411.58+0.26
Majority 97229.30
Turnout 3,33033.52−1.94
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Ross-Shaw 1,604 43.96 +12.31
Liberal Democrats John Watmough1,40138.39−1.20
Conservative Derek Green36710.06−7.24
Green Helen Love2777.59+4.99
Majority 2035.56
Turnout 3,66934.84−2.67
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Brown 1,372 42.33 −17.71
Labour Mark Curtis1,14135.21+10.29
Green Robert Swindells49015.12+7.65
Liberal Democrats Sharon Purvis2387.34−0.23
Majority 2317.13
Turnout 3,28431.72−8.07
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Robinson* 1,767 54.42 +22.38
Conservative Richard Milczanowski69221.31−8.35
Democratic NationalistsNeil Craig3139.64+0.68
Respect James Clayton2928.99N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall1835.64−6.73
Majority 1,07533.11
Turnout 3,26831.96−4.00
Labour hold Swing

Referendum result

Mayoral referendums were held in 11 local authorities across England to decide whether to introduce directly elected mayors, as opposed in Bradford to the previous system of Councillors electing a leader of the council. Alongside Birmingham, Coventry, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield, Bradford voted against directly elected mayors. Only Bristol and Doncaster voted in favour.

Bradford Mayoral referendum 2012
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No66,28355.13
Yes53,94944.87
Total votes120,232100.00
Registered voters/turnout341,12635.25

By-elections between 2012 and 2013 elections

Vote changes correspond to the 2012 Council election.

Wharfedale ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Matt Palmer, who had stood successfully for the Conservative Party in this ward in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 council elections, in early October. [8] [9]

Wharfedale by-election, 15 November 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jackie Whiteley 1,353 54.03 −6.77
Labour David Green48519.37+0.63
Green Janet Souyave32012.78−2.47
Liberal Democrats Paul Treadwell2228.87+3.66
UKIP Samuel Fletcher1244.95N/A
Majority 86834.66
Turnout 2,51627.51−13.02
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Bradford local elections

References

  1. ↑ Statement of Persons Nominated Bradford Council
  2. ↑ "English Elections :: Bradford 2012 - election results". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Black, Michael (25 October 2013). "All five Respect councillors in Bradford quit party in bitter rift with officials". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Pidd, Helen (31 March 2015). "Four Bradford councillors rejoin George Galloway's Respect party". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Staff writer (15 March 2012). "Councillor Adrian Naylor quits Conservative Party". Craven Herald . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Press Release Councillor Mohammad Shabbir". cllrshabbir.blogspot.co.uk. Blogspot. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Greaves, Amanda (9 January 2013). "Ilkley councillor Anne Hawkesworth quits Bradford Council Conservative group" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Redhead, Jonathan (3 October 2012). "Tory councillor resigns with a broadside at Bradford Council". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  9. ↑ Staff writer (16 November 2012). "Conservative candidate takes Wharfedale seat". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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