2016 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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2016 local election results in Bradford

The 2016 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 5 May 2016. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, for a four-year term. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election.

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Election Result

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

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Bradford Council election, 2016
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour 3015Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg40Steady2.svg
  Conservative 305Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg22Steady2.svg
  Liberal Democrats 304Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg12Steady2.svg
  Green 261Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg6Steady2.svg
  UKIP 200Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg11Steady2.svg
  Independent 92Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg5Steady2.svg
  TUSC 10Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg351Steady2.svg
  British Democrats 10Increase2.svgDecrease2.svgSteady2.svg89Steady2.svg
PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour 4649
Conservative 2321
Liberal Democrats 910
Independent 86
Green 33
UKIP 11
Total9090
Working majority 2  

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debbie Davies 2,192 47.53
Labour Peter Joseph Ashton98821.42
Liberal Democrats John Malcolm Charles Cole86618.78
UKIP Dale Andrew Normington3828.28
Green Carl Andrew Dunk1843.99
Majority 1,20426.11
Turnout 4,61239
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Allan Pennington* 2,720 45
Labour Joe Wheatley1,67328
UKIP Sara Hardman87614
Green Matthew Clive Edwards5289
Liberal Democrats Peter Shannon Russell2835
Majority 1,04717.2
Turnout 6,08044
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Naveed Riaz 1,990 38
UKIP Derrick John Hodgson1,28224
Labour Barney James Simkins O'Connor1.20823
Liberal Democrats Helen Baranowski50510
Green Brian Newham3056
Majority 70813.4
Turnout 5,29039
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton and Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Ward 2,088 52.2
Labour Frank Dignan1,21430.4
UKIP Jonathan Daniel Stewart Barras44311.1
Conservative Geoff Whiteley1794.5
Green Alexander Charles Newsham751.9
Majority 87421.9
Turnout 3,99937
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling and Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hassan Uzzaman Khan* 2,643 67
Liberal Democrats Bacha Sayed65017
TUSC Ian Slattery3519
Conservative Altaf Hussain2787
Majority 1,99350.8
Turnout 3,92234
Labour hold Swing

Bradford Moor ward

The incumbent Faisal Khan was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Riaz Ahmed 2,586 49.5
Labour Sabiya Khan2,53648.6
Conservative Naveed Ilyas1001.9
Majority 501
Turnout 5,22246
Liberal Democrats gain from Respect Swing

City ward

The incumbent Ruqayyah Collector was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aneela Bano Ahmed 2,192 57
Conservative Munir Ahmed1,35635
Green David Cooper2516
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood802
Majority 83621.6
Turnout 3,87936
Labour gain from Respect Swing

Clayton and Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anjali Michelle Swallow* 1,990 54
Conservative Mohammed 'Harry' Boota70819
UKIP James David Vasey70219
Liberal Democrats Steven Michael Cotterill1604
Green Norma Russell1454
Majority 1,28234.6
Turnout 3,70534
Labour hold Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The IndependentsAdrian Paul Naylor*1,76738
Conservative Peter William Clarke1,32428
Labour Val Carroll1,22526
Green Peter Alan Rawstron Ferguson1974
Liberal Democrats Gerald Stuart Ebden1854
Majority 4439.4
Turnout 4,69836
Independent hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brendan Robert Stubbs 1,678 44
Labour Munsaf Dad Saddiq1,12330
UKIP Lara Joy Barras61116
Conservative Terry Pearson2817
Green Helen Love872
Majority 55514.7
Turnout 3,78033
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Jabar* 2,894 72
UKIP Jamie Illingworth44511
Conservative Hashim Mohammad Kohan3048
Liberal Democrats Mary Slingsby2386
Green Michael John Stanlick1323
Majority 2,44961
Turnout 4,01339
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

The incumbent Mohammad Shabbir was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served until April 2015 as an independent councillor, [3] he then joined the Labour Party. [5]

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammad Shabbir* 2,236 48
Conservative Sajid Akhtar1,56634
Green Celia Ruth Hickson72716
Liberal Democrats Sayed Salman922
Majority 67014.5
Turnout 4,62142
Labour hold Swing

Idle and Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Owen Griffiths* 2,567 60
Labour Rupert Oliver65415
UKIP Garry Blackmore64015
Conservative Falak Naz Ahmed2676
Green Sarah Elizabeth Dick1303
Majority 1,91344.9
Turnout 4,25835
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anne Gillian Hawkesworth* 2,260 42
Conservative Paul Marcus Barrett1,38626
Labour Henri Forbes Murison1,14721
Green Claire Darling3096
UKIP Paul John Latham2244
Liberal Democrats Kay Kirkham1032
Majority 87416.1
Turnout 5,42946
Independent hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Khadim Hussain* 2,571 46
Labour Kaneez Akthar1,63429
Conservative Abdul Nasser Razak64111
UKIP Mark Philip Hudson4378
Liberal Democrats Paul Michael Mann1873
Green Daisy May Knight1433
Independent Allah Ditta341
Majority 93716.6
Turnout 5,64751
Independent hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Malcolm Slater* 2,671 57
Conservative Mark Francis Startin99421
UKIP Mark Eric Shaw73516
Green Jonni Thurling1543
Liberal Democrats Martin Beetham1233
Majority 1,67735.9
Turnout 4,67740
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Stuart Farley* 1,588 45
Conservative Christopher John Herd1,03429
UKIP Ian Ross Dermondy75421
Green Brian Richard Ford772
Liberal Democrats Margaret Isobel Chadwick712
Majority 55415.7
Turnout 3,52432
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

The incumbent Alyas Karmani was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Talat Sajawal 2,561 55
Labour Omar Hussain1,81439
Liberal Democrats Ian Vipond1303
Conservative Rizwan Sakhawat1102
Green Nurjahan Ali Arobi812
Majority 74715.9
Turnout 4,69644
Independent gain from Respect Swing

Manningham ward

The incumbent Ishtiaq Ahmed was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarfraz Nazir 3,233 70
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Ishrat Mirza1,01922
Green John Edward Robinson1974
Conservative Ghazanfar Hussain1954
Majority 2,21447.7
Turnout 4,64444
Labour gain from Respect Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
The Queensbury Ward IndependentsLynda Jane Cromie1,50738
UKIP Jason Paul Smith97225
Labour Andy Walsh67417
Conservative Michael Walls*59715
Green Eithne Mary Dodwell1283
Liberal Democrats James Hunt531
Majority 53513.6
Turnout 3,93133
The Queensbury Ward Independents gain from Conservative

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Thornton* 1,398 44
UKIP Lois Wood1,17337
Conservative Ryan John Gerald Robertshaw46215
Liberal Democrats Shauna Ann Devonshire1364
Majority 2257.1
Turnout 3,16927
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin John Love* 2,231 47
Labour Ben Pickles1,57933
Conservative David John Servant80017
Liberal Democrats Christine Betty Briggs1523
Majority 65213.7
Turnout 4,76243
Green hold Swing

Thornton and Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Winifred Mullaney 1,795 43.4
Conservative Charles Malcolm Sykes*1,50136.3
UKIP Michael Evan McCabe53312.9
Green Helen Elizabeth Marriott2004.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Anne Elliott1112.7
Majority 2947.1
Turnout 4,14036
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arshad Hussain* 3,254 64
Green Sean Dobiech1,31526
Conservative Raja Altaf Hussain1893
Independent Kasir Bashir Hussain1854
Liberal Democrats Amjad Ali1483
Majority 1,93938.1
Turnout 5,09145
Labour hold Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Johnson* 1,143 46
UKIP Lincoln Stead82333
Conservative Eddie Ward37215
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Louise Yeadon1616
Majority 32012.8
Turnout 2,49922
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dale Smith* 2,145 54
Labour Caroline Rebecca Davison Firth90623
Liberal Democrats Bob Jones49112
Green Janet Souyave39510
Majority 1,23931.5
Turnout 3,93742
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Michael Adam Green* 1,651 47
UKIP Bernie Pringle73921
Conservative Richard Ian Sheard54716
Independent Khurram Shehzad3109
Liberal Democrats Brian James Boulton1564
Green Andrew Martin Robinson1213
Majority 91225.9
Turnout 3,52434
Labour hold Swing

Windhill and Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Ross-Shaw* 1,858 51
UKIP Hong Vi La65718
Conservative George Alexander Morrall63818
Liberal Democrats Gillian Thorne2898
Green Phillip Thornton1725
Majority 1,20133.2
Turnout 3,61433
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Brown* 1,589 41
Labour Mark Bernard Curtis1,20031
UKIP John Stevens Kirby64317
Green Kevin Leahi Campbell-Wright2968
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes1293
Majority 38910.1
Turnout 3,85736
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rosie Watson 1,147 36
UKIP John James Worsley70122
Independent David Alexander Robinson65921
Conservative Francesca Louise Stefanyszyn44914
British Democrats James Graham Lewthwaite893
Liberal Democrats Kevin Anthony Hall883
Green Darren James Parkinson712
Majority 44613.9
Turnout 3,20432
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2016 and 2018 elections

Queensbury ward

By-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Lisa Carmody (Conservative Party). [6]

Queensbury by-election 4 May 2017 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew John Senior 2,175 56
Independent Jason Paul Smith73219
Labour Mobeen Hussain69718
Green Eithne Mary Dodwell1434
Liberal Democrats Mary Whitrick1353
Majority 1,44337.2
Turnout 3,88232
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

By-election triggered by the death in office of Cllr. Lynne Smith (Labour). [8]

Wibsey by-election 14 July 2017 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Lisa Sharp 51
UKIP Jason Paul Smith27
Conservative Richard Ian Sheard19
Liberal Democrats Angharad Elizabeth Griffiths3
Majority
Turnout 23
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated - Local Elections". Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Election results by party, 5 May 2016 Bradford Metropolitan District Council". Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  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. ↑ "Press Release Councillor Mohammad Shabbir". cllrshabbir.blogspot.co.uk. Blogspot. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Mason, Vivien (4 May 2017). "Tory landslide in Queensbury by-election". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Queensbury By-Election - Thursday, 4th May, 2017". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Wilde, Claire (15 May 2016). "Tributes paid to senior Bradford councillor who died today". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  9. ↑ Wilde, Claire (15 July 2016). "Labour holds Wibsey seat in council by-election". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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