2022 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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2022 Bradford Council election
  2021 5 May 2022 2023  

30 of 90 seats on City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderSusan HinchcliffeRebecca PoulsenMartin Love
Party Labour Conservative Green
Last election51, 40.9%25, 30.3%3, 11.8%
Seats won52216
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 3
Percentage43%25%14%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.1%Decrease2.svg 5.3%Increase2.svg 2.2%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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LeaderJeanette Sunderland
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election7, 8.1%4, 7.3%
Seats won65
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Percentage8%7%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.1%Decrease2.svg 0.3%

2022 Bradford City Council election.svg
Results map by ward

Council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

The 2022 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect one third of councillors to the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Contents

In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 51 seats after the election. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with twenty-five seats, with the remaining seats held by the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and independent councillors. Labour held the council, increasing its majority by one.

Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2018 Bradford UK ward map 2018 results.svg
Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2018
Result of the most recent council election in 2021 Bradford UK local election 2021 map.svg
Result of the most recent council election in 2021

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Bradford was a district of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county. [1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 and began electing the mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021. [2]

Since its formation, Bradford has been variously under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. The Green Party gained their first councillors on Bradford Council in 2002 and following these elections became the joint third largest group on the council.

Labour regained control of the council from no overall control in the 2014 council election, gaining one seat to hold 46 out of 90 seats on the council. The Labour Party maintained its majority on the council in subsequent elections. In the most recent election in 2021, Labour won fifteen seats on 40.9% of the vote, the Conservatives won eleven seats on 30.3% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats won three seats on 8.1% of the vote, and independents and the Green Party won two seats each on 7.3% and 11.8% of the vote respectively. [3] Three Conservative councillors—Joan Clarke, Robert Hargreaves and Luke Majkowski—left their party to sit as independents in 2021 and 2022, citing internal issues in the local branch of the Conservative Party. [4]

Positions up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, twenty Labour councillors, eight Conservative councillors and two Liberal Democrat councillors were elected. [5]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [6] [7] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Bradford aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

After 2021 electionBefore 2022 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 51 Labour 51
Conservative 25 Conservative 22
Liberal Democrats 7 Liberal Democrats 7
Independent 4 Independent 7
Green 3 Green 3

Changes:

Result summary

2022 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election [9] [10]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 19Decrease2.svg 163.3335257.756,66744.1+3.2
  Conservative 6Decrease2.svg 220.0152123.332,54525.3-5.0
  Green 3Increase2.svg 310.0366.718,33014.3+2.5
  Liberal Democrats 1Decrease2.svg 13.3565.610,4008.1±0.0
  Independent 1Increase2.svg 13.345 [a] 58.98,7076.8-0.5
  Yorkshire 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,3041.0-0.1
  British Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02140.2+0.1
  Heritage 0Steady2.svg0.0000.060<0.1N/A
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.059<0.1N/A
  For Britain 0Steady2.svg0.0000.041<0.1±0.0
  Freedom Alliance 0Steady2.svg0.0000.036<0.1±0.0
  SDP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.035<0.1±0.0

Notes

  1. Two are part of the 'Bradford Independent Group', two are part of 'The Bradford South Independents', and the remaining one is a part of the 'Ilkley Independent' group

Ward results

Baildon

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allison Coates 2,232 46.6 Decrease2.svg 10.4
Labour Peter Ashton1,83238.2Increase2.svg 10.3
Green Carl Dunk3958.2Increase2.svg 4.1
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson3357.0Decrease2.svg 2.2
Majority 4008.4Decrease2.svg 20.7
Turnout 4,807
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Wheatley 3,120 49.2 Increase2.svg 8.3
Conservative David Heseltine2,60341.1Decrease2.svg 5.3
Green Rachael Drucquer4226.7Increase2.svg 1.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell1953.1Decrease2.svg 0.5
Majority 5178.1N/A
Turnout 6,365
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bingley Rural

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Falak Ahmed 2,100 39.9 Decrease2.svg 15.6
Labour Abdul Malik1,35325.7Increase2.svg 2.4
Independent Cath Bacon99919.0New
Green Brian Newham53110.1Increase2.svg 3.8
Liberal Democrats Helen Baranowski2815.3Decrease2.svg 4.7
Majority 74714.2Decrease2.svg 18.1
Turnout 5,278
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe

Bolton & Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Humphreys 1,408 43.8 Decrease2.svg 0.7
Liberal Democrats Jafrul Gazi1,22138.0Decrease2.svg 4.1
Yorkshire Wendy Barras33510.4New
Green Bruce Gulland1946.0Increase2.svg 3.0
TUSC Tom Gibson591.8Increase2.svg 1.0
Majority 1875.8Increase2.svg 3.4
Turnout 3,242
Labour hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend

Bowling & Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rizwana Jamil 1,947 44.4 Decrease2.svg 33.1
Conservative Mohammed Jamil1,86442.5Increase2.svg 35.0
Green Andy Rickford2255.1Increase2.svg 2.6
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Lubenko2114.8Decrease2.svg 4.8
Independent Tahir Farooq1403.2New
Majority 831.9Decrease2.svg 65.9
Turnout 4,396
Labour hold Swing

Bradford Moor

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Shafiq 2,479 53.9 Increase2.svg 0.1
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Thair1,87140.7Increase2.svg 22.0
Green Sophie Vanicat1332.9Increase2.svg 1.6
Conservative Khalid Anjum1172.5Increase2.svg 0.3
Majority 60813.2Decrease2.svg 17.0
Turnout 4,615
Labour hold Swing

City

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Azam 2,598 81.7 Decrease2.svg 5.9
Green Hawarun Hussain58318.3Increase2.svg 11.5
Majority 2,01563.4Decrease2.svg 17.5
Turnout 3,208
Labour hold Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sinead Engel 1,897 54.9 Decrease2.svg 7.1
Conservative Shamas Khan1,04530.3Increase2.svg 2.4
Green Susan May3058.8Increase2.svg 2.8
Liberal Democrats Steven Cotterill2066.0Increase2.svg 2.0
Majority 85224.6Decrease2.svg 9.4
Turnout 3,469
Labour hold Swing

Craven

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Caroline Whitaker 2,713 44.1 Increase2.svg 36.6
Conservative Rebecca Whitaker2,48840.4Decrease2.svg 14.7
Labour Umar Ghafoor5458.9Decrease2.svg 23.4
Yorkshire Peter Kaye2263.7New
Liberal Democrats Paul Mann1202.0Decrease2.svg 2.9
Heritage Andrew Ross601.0New
Majority 2253.7N/A
Turnout 6,161
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshill

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Hayden 1,470 44.2 Increase2.svg 7.1
Liberal Democrats Agnieska Jedrzejewska1,33240.1Decrease2.svg 4.2
Yorkshire Jonathan Barras3099.3Increase2.svg 5.5
Green Caroline Duvier1454.4Increase2.svg 2.0
Independent Matthew Jenkinson692.1New
Majority 1384.1N/A
Turnout 3,344
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Great Horton

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Dodds 2,512 76.6 Decrease2.svg 6.9
Conservative Amena Patel42312.9Increase2.svg 2.1
Green Lesley Hall1996.1Increase2.svg 2.8
Liberal Democrats Sarah Moses1474.5Increase2.svg 2.2
Majority 2,08963.7Decrease2.svg 9.0
Turnout 3,283
Labour hold Swing

Heaton

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nussrat Mohammed 2,088 46.3 Decrease2.svg 27.8
Green Khalid Mahmood1,91442.5Increase2.svg 30.4
Conservative Sharon Robertshaw3467.7Decrease2.svg 1.3
Liberal Democrats Peter McCarthy1603.5Decrease2.svg 0.7
Majority 1743.8Decrease2.svg 58.2
Turnout 4,524
Labour hold Swing

Idle & Thackley

Idle & Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Aislin Naylor 2,323 53.5 Decrease2.svg 2.7
Labour Andrea Stephenson98922.8Decrease2.svg 3.4
Conservative Adam Paterson70016.1Increase2.svg 5.6
Green Tess Lawrence1834.2Increase2.svg 1.6
Yorkshire Lara Barras1473.4Decrease2.svg 0.9
Majority 1,33430.7Increase2.svg 0.8
Turnout 4,351
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Loy 2,220 35.0 Decrease2.svg 14.9
Green Ros Brown2,12333.5Increase2.svg 21.7
Labour George Scaife1,23919.5Decrease2.svg 7.8
Independent Mike Gibbons5208.2New
Liberal Democrats Caroline Jones2363.7Decrease2.svg 7.0
Majority 971.5Decrease2.svg 21.1
Turnout 6,358
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Nazam 3,117 48.5 Increase2.svg 33.1
Labour Amjad Zaman2,86444.6Decrease2.svg 31.4
Green Alyson Telfer1632.5Decrease2.svg 1.4
Liberal Democrats Nick Allon1522.4Decrease2.svg 1.6
Yorkshire Bob Buxton1272.0New
Majority 2533.9N/A
Turnout 6,451
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Keighley East

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Firth 2,554 57.8 Increase2.svg 2.6
Conservative Martyn Wood1,29629.3Decrease2.svg 5.3
Green Swami Anahata2666.0Decrease2.svg 0.5
Liberal Democrats Kay Kirkham1603.6Increase2.svg 0.1
Independent Wendy Harrison1353.1New
SDP Alexander Vann100.2New
Majority 1,25828.5Increase2.svg 7.8
Turnout 4,438
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Godwin 1,509 43.9 Decrease2.svg 4.4
Conservative Peter Corkindale1,25736.6Increase2.svg 2.8
Independent Laura Kelly35610.4New
Yorkshire Dom Atlas1183.4New
Green James Whitaker992.9Decrease2.svg 0.2
Liberal Democrats Steve Spoerry541.6Decrease2.svg 0.6
For Britain Leo Robinson411.2New
Majority 2527.3Decrease2.svg 7.2
Turnout 3,441
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Noor Elahi 2,544 52.6 New
Labour Fareeda Mir1,94340.2Decrease2.svg 44.4
Liberal Democrats James Hunt1443.0Decrease2.svg 2.5
Conservative Sangeeta Kauser1252.6Decrease2.svg 4.4
Green Nurjahan Ali Arobi801.7Decrease2.svg 0.7
Majority 60112.4N/A
Turnout 4,858
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Manningham

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shabir Hussain 2,396 55.1 Decrease2.svg 28.1
Independent Muhammed Islam1,62137.3New
Green Bruce Barnes1984.6Decrease2.svg 1.2
Conservative John Robertshaw1343.1Decrease2.svg 5.5
Majority 77517.8Decrease2.svg 56.8
Turnout 4,375
Labour hold Swing

Queensbury

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hazel Parsan 1,286 35.2 Increase2.svg 8.3
Independent Robert Hargreaves1,12730.9New
Conservative Nick Peterken98026.8Decrease2.svg 11.9
Green Eithne Dodwell1574.3Increase2.svg 1.1
Liberal Democrats Mary Whitrick661.8Decrease2.svg 1.6
Freedom AllianceLinda Salsbury361.0New
Majority 1594.3N/A
Turnout 3,665
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Royds

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Wood 1,683 56.4 Increase2.svg 9.5
Conservative Paul Turpin89029.8Increase2.svg 6.0
Liberal Democrats Shauna Devonshire2087.0Increase2.svg 3.2
Green Ian Sharp2026.8Increase2.svg 3.5
Majority 79326.6Increase2.svg 3.4
Turnout 3,002
Labour hold Swing

Shipley

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Anna Watson 3,405 64.6 Increase2.svg 30.5
Labour Mohammed Bashir1,12121.3Decrease2.svg 25.8
Conservative Sharon Jandu4238.0Decrease2.svg 7.3
Yorkshire Darren Longhorn1603.0New
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Errington921.7Decrease2.svg 1.5
Independent Stephen Place410.8New
SDP John Wood250.5New
Majority 2,28443.3N/A
Turnout 5,284
Green gain from Labour Swing

Thornton & Allerton

Thornton & Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Regan 2,309 60.2 Increase2.svg 1.8
Conservative Jac Morton96725.2Decrease2.svg 6.7
Liberal Democrats Anthea Pickard3078.0Increase2.svg 5.6
Green John Whitaker2526.6Increase2.svg 3.7
Majority 1,34235.0Increase2.svg 8.5
Turnout 3,854
Labour hold Swing

Toller

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kamran Hussain 3,686 80.7 Increase2.svg 7.7
Independent Amir Hussain3637.9New
Green Sean Dobiech2425.3Increase2.svg 2.6
Conservative Shirley Rayner2144.7Decrease2.svg 17.4
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood631.4Decrease2.svg 0.5
Majority 3,32372.8Increase2.svg 21.9
Turnout 4,610
Labour hold Swing

Tong

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Celia Hickson 1,534 51.7 Increase2.svg 37.0
Labour Tom Hughes1,08836.6Decrease2.svg 14.6
Conservative Harfan Khan2759.3Decrease2.svg 10.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Elliott722.4Decrease2.svg 1.1
Majority 44615.1N/A
Turnout 2,977
Green gain from Labour Swing

Wharfedale

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerry Barker 1,855 39.5 Decrease2.svg 12.1
Labour Christopher Steele1,44730.8Decrease2.svg 0.5
Liberal Democrats Jamie Needle85218.1Increase2.svg 6.8
Green Chris Turner54411.6Increase2.svg 5.9
Majority 4088.7Decrease2.svg 11.5
Turnout 4,716
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sabiya Khan 1,348 41.7 Decrease2.svg 6.1
Independent Gareth Gregory79224.5New
Conservative Kate Lawton64019.8Decrease2.svg 6.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton2798.6Increase2.svg 2.6
Green Grace Fetherston1735.4Increase2.svg 2.3
Majority 55617.2Decrease2.svg 4.2
Turnout 3,242
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose

Windhill & Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liz Rowe 1,836 55.2 Decrease2.svg 4.1
Conservative Peter Cochrane92227.7Steady2.svg 0.0
Green Helen Love3219.7Increase2.svg 3.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Thorne2477.4Increase2.svg 0.9
Majority 91427.5Decrease2.svg 4.1
Turnout 3,342
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Herd 2,329 54.1 Decrease2.svg 2.1
Labour Ashwaan Joomun-Whitehead1,32830.8Decrease2.svg 5.0
Green Janet Russell43910.2Increase2.svg 5.5
Liberal Democrats Bob Jones2114.9Increase2.svg 1.9
Majority 1,00123.3Increase2.svg 2.9
Turnout 4,326
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Walsh 1,458 48.1 Decrease2.svg 1.0
Conservative Richard Milczanowski98332.4Increase2.svg 1.9
British Democrats James Lewthwaite2147.1Increase2.svg 1.6
Green Darren Parkinson1906.3Increase2.svg 3.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall1896.2Increase2.svg 2.7
Majority 47515.7Decrease2.svg 3.0
Turnout 3,044
Labour hold Swing

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