2023 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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2023 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
  2022 4 May 2023 2024  

30 of 90 seats on City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderSusan HinchcliffeRebecca Poulsen
Party Labour Conservative
Last election18, 46.0%9, 24.5%
Seats before5220
Seats won224
Seats after5616
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 5
Popular vote56,91629,093
Percentage47.024.0
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.0Decrease2.svg 0.5

 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderMatt EdwardsBrendan Stubbs
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election1, 12.8%2, 10.6%
Seats before66
Seats won31
Seats after85
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote17,60710,353
Percentage14.58.5
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.7Decrease2.svg 2.1

Bradford UK ward map 2023 results.svg
The winner of each seat by party in the 2023 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Leader before election

Susan Hinchcliffe
Labour

Leader after election

Susan Hinchcliffe
Labour

The 2023 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. Labour retained its majority on the council.

Contents

Background

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 had 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. Of the 30 seats contested in the previous election in 2022, Labour won nineteen on 44.1% of the vote, the Conservatives won six seats on 25.3% of the vote, the Green Party won three seats on 14.3% of the vote, and the Liberal Democrats and independents won one seat each on 8.1% and 6.8% of the vote respectively. [3]

Positions up for election in 2023 were last elected in 2019. In that election, eighteen Labour councillors, nine Conservative councillors, two Liberal Democrat councillors, and one Green councillor were elected. [4] Labour retained control of the council at this election. [5] [6]

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. [7] [8] 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 2022 electionBefore 2023 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 52 Labour 52
Conservative 21 Conservative 20
Green 6 Green 6
Liberal Democrats 6 Liberal Democrats 6
Independent 5 Independent 6

Results summary

2023 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 22Increase2.svg 473.3345662.256,91647.0Increase2.svg 1.0
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg 513.3121617.829,09324.0Decrease2.svg 0.5
  Green 3Increase2.svg 210.0588.917,60714.5Increase2.svg 1.7
  Liberal Democrats 1Decrease2.svg 10.33455.610,3538.5Decrease2.svg 2.1
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0555.65,0734.2Increase2.svg 3.8
  Yorkshire 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,4081.2Increase2.svg 0.8
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04430.3New
  British Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01400.1Decrease2.svg 0.5
  SDP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0370.0New
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0350.0New

Results by ward

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election. [9]

Baildon

Baildon (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Pollard* 2,153 44.5 Decrease2.svg 2.0
Labour Peter Ashton2,00341.4Increase2.svg 15.7
Green Carl Dunk2445.0Decrease2.svg 2.2
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson2314.8Decrease2.svg 5.6
Reform UK Phil Moncaster2114.4New
Majority 1503.1Decrease2.svg 18.0
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 4,842
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley

Bingley (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Fricker 2,796 46.9 Increase2.svg 10.1
Conservative Geoff Winnard*2,36539.7Decrease2.svg 0.1
Green Rachael Drucquer5589.4Decrease2.svg 1.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell2394.0Decrease2.svg 1.6
Majority 4317.2Increase2.svg 4.2
Rejected ballots24
Turnout 5,958
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bingley Rural

Bingley Rural (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Sullivan* 2,457 46.8 Decrease2.svg 9.0
Labour Abdul Malik1,21123.0Increase2.svg 3.2
Independent Cath Bacon96018.3New
Green Brian Newham4328.2Decrease2.svg 8.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Baranowski1943.7Decrease2.svg 4.2
Majority 1,24623.8Decrease2.svg 12.2
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 5,254
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton and Undercliffe

Bolton and Undercliffe (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Suhail Choudhry* 2,064 60.0 Increase2.svg 15.1
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Lubenko62018.0Decrease2.svg 17.0
Conservative Sukhchain Singh2968.6Decrease2.svg 1.9
Green Bruce Gulland1684.9Decrease2.svg 4.6
Yorkshire Wendy Barras1654.8New
Reform UK Sid Bourn972.8New
TUSC Tom Gibson351.0New
Majority 1,44442.0Increase2.svg 32.1
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 3,445
Labour hold Swing

Bowling and Barkerend

Bowling and Barkerend (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Khan* 2,540 75.0 Increase2.svg 6.1
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton2858.4Increase2.svg 3.0
Conservative Muhammad Wasim Ul Fazal2427.1Decrease2.svg 7.5
Green Andy Rickford1765.2Decrease2.svg 5.8
Yorkshire Kyle Wood1434.2New
Majority 2,25566.6Increase2.svg 12.3
Rejected ballots17
Turnout 3,386
Labour hold Swing

Bradford Moor

Bradford Moor (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zafar Iqbal* 2,607 56.0 Decrease2.svg 26.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Thair1,72737.1Increase2.svg 30.9
Conservative Asif Iqbal1924.1Decrease2.svg 4.0
Yorkshire William Grant681.5New
Green Andy Wood631.4Decrease2.svg 2.2
Majority 88018.9Decrease2.svg 55.0
Rejected ballots34
Turnout 4,657
Labour hold Swing

City

City (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shakeela Lal* 2,513 79.1 Decrease2.svg 3.3
Conservative Amena Patel34811.0Increase2.svg 5.8
Green Mateusz Tadych31710.0Increase2.svg 3.5
Majority 2,16568.1Decrease2.svg 7.8
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 3,178
Labour hold Swing

Clayton and Fairweather Green

Clayton and Fairweather Green (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carol Thirkill* 2,071 69.3 Increase2.svg 8.9
Conservative Kate Lawton57419.2Decrease2.svg 4.8
Green Susan May2287.6Decrease2.svg 2.7
Liberal Democrats Steven Cotterill1153.8Decrease2.svg 0.6
Majority 1,49750.1Increase2.svg 13.7
Rejected ballots16
Turnout 2,988
Labour hold Swing

Craven

Craven (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Janet Russell 2,831 49.5 Increase2.svg 30.4
Conservative Eddie Irving1,83832.1Increase2.svg 4.5
Labour Andrew Knight70012.2Decrease2.svg 10.5
Yorkshire Peter Kaye2804.9Increase2.svg 1.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Mann731.3Decrease2.svg 3.0
Majority 99317.4Increase2.svg 12.5
Rejected ballots8
Turnout 5,722
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshill

Eccleshill (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Parsons 1,447 43.1 Increase2.svg 10.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Knox*1,17334.9Decrease2.svg 5.3
Conservative Wajid Rasool46713.9Increase2.svg 6.4
Yorkshire Jonathan Barras1524.5Increase2.svg 2.0
Green Sophie Vanicat1213.6Increase2.svg 0.3
Majority 2748.2Increase2.svg 0.6
Rejected ballots20
Turnout 3,360
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Great Horton

Great Horton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tariq Hussain* 2,374 70.2 Decrease2.svg 5.2
Conservative Sangeeta Khan35010.4Increase2.svg 0.5
Independent Harry Boota2537.5New
Liberal Democrats Sarah Moses1574.6Decrease2.svg 1.7
Green Alexander Sykes1364.0Decrease2.svg 4.5
Yorkshire William Grant1103.3New
Majority 2,20459.8Decrease2.svg 5.7
Rejected ballots11
Turnout 3,380
Labour hold Swing

Heaton

Heaton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Amran* 2,821 58.4 Decrease2.svg 16.6
Green Khalid Mahmood1,76936.6Increase2.svg 22.5
Conservative Saika Khan1673.5Decrease2.svg 3.5
Liberal Democrats Allah Ali741.5Decrease2.svg 2.4
Majority 1,05221.8Decrease2.svg 39.1
Rejected ballots24
Turnout 4,831
Labour hold Swing

Idle and Thackley

Idle and Thackley (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Sunderland* 2,686 63.7 Increase2.svg 1.7
Labour Gareth Logan80519.1Increase2.svg 5.3
Conservative John Robertshaw4049.6Increase2.svg 3.9
Yorkshire Lara Barras1613.8New
Green Tess Lawrence1593.8Decrease2.svg 1.8
Majority 1,88144.6Decrease2.svg 3.6
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 4,215
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley

Ilkley (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Nunns 2,655 41.9 Increase2.svg 5.5
Green Ros Brown2,49539.3Increase2.svg 13.9
Labour Michael Baldwin97715.4Decrease2.svg 4.4
Liberal Democrats Caroline Jones2143.4Decrease2.svg 15.0
Majority 1602.6Decrease2.svg 8.4
Rejected ballots26
Turnout 6,341
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central

Keighley Central (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amjad Zaman 3,125 49.3 Increase2.svg 9.5
Conservative Javaid Akhtar2,28436.0Decrease2.svg 13.8
Independent Zafar Ali*5809.2New
Green Alyson Telfer1782.8Decrease2.svg 3.8
Independent Leo Robinson851.3New
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Allon841.3Decrease2.svg 2.5
Majority 84113.3Increase2.svg 3.3
Rejected ballots41
Turnout 6,336
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keighley East

Keighley East (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Robinson 2,015 51.2 Decrease2.svg 3.0
Conservative Martin Crangle1,42536.2Increase2.svg 10.6
Green Duncan Hunnisett2706.9Decrease2.svg 9.1
Liberal Democrats John Briggs1864.7Decrease2.svg 0.5
SDP Alexander Vann371.0New
Majority 59015.0Decrease2.svg 12.6
Rejected ballots36
Turnout 3,933
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West

Keighley West (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Lintern* 1,507 47.3 Increase2.svg 0.2
Conservative Laura Kelly1,44745.5Increase2.svg 19.7
Liberal Democrats Steven Spoerry1274.0Decrease2.svg 1.8
Green James Whitaker1023.2New
Majority 601.8Decrease2.svg 19.5
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 3,183
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton

Little Horton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Taj Salam* 2,763 85.7 Decrease2.svg 0.1
Yorkshire Darren Longhorn1384.3New
Conservative Muhammad Afzal1273.9Decrease2.svg 0.8
Green Nurjahan Ali Arobi1043.2Decrease2.svg 0.9
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood912.8Decrease2.svg 2.6
Majority 2,62581.4Increase2.svg 1.0
Rejected ballots23
Turnout 3,223
Labour hold Swing

Manningham

Manningham (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Safina Kauer 2,502 50.9 Decrease2.svg 38.0
Independent Muhammed Islam2,15343.8New
Green Anne Fetherston1693.4Decrease2.svg 1.9
Conservative Khalid Anjum891.8Decrease2.svg 1.6
Majority 3497.1Decrease2.svg 76.5
Rejected ballots22
Turnout 4,913
Labour hold Swing

Queensbury

Queensbury (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Mitchell 1,206 35.3 Increase2.svg 8.1
Independent Robert Hargreaves1,04230.5New
Conservative Adam Paterson84924.9Decrease2.svg 7.5
Green Eithne Dodwell2296.7Decrease2.svg 3.9
Liberal Democrats Mary Whitrick862.5Decrease2.svg 5.8
Majority 1644.8Decrease2.svg 0.4
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 3,412
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Royds

Royds (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angela Tait* 1,713 63.9 Increase2.svg 21.3
Conservative Emmanuel Ekoumba Bayap59222.1Increase2.svg 5.2
Green Ian Sharp2519.4Increase2.svg 2.3
Liberal Democrats Ines Riach1244.6Decrease2.svg 1.8
Majority 1,12141.8Increase2.svg 26.2
Rejected ballots13
Turnout 2,680
Labour hold Swing

Shipley

Shipley (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kevin Warnes* 3,204 64.6 Increase2.svg 9.3
Labour Vera Martin1,23824.9Decrease2.svg 7.1
Conservative Paul Golding4238.5Increase2.svg 0.5
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Errington982.0Increase2.svg 0.1
Majority 1,96639.7Increase2.svg 16.4
Rejected ballots33
Turnout 4,963
Green hold Swing

Thornton and Allerton

Thornton and Allerton (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Duffy* 2,224 61.8 Increase2.svg 5.5
Conservative Jac Morton74320.7Decrease2.svg 6.5
Green John Whitaker3229.0Decrease2.svg 2.2
Liberal Democrats Anthea Griffiths3078.5Increase2.svg 3.1
Majority 1,48141.1Increase2.svg 12.0
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 3,596
Labour hold Swing

Toller

Toller (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Folia Shaheen* 3,190 82.4 Decrease2.svg 5.6
Green Brian Ford3549.1Increase2.svg 5.4
Conservative Shaheen Iqbal3268.4Increase2.svg 4.8
Majority 2,83673.3Decrease2.svg 10.1
Rejected ballots31
Turnout 3,870
Labour hold Swing

Tong

Tong (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ursula Sutcliffe 1,546 59.8 Increase2.svg 29.6
Labour Kausar Mukhtar*65025.2Decrease2.svg 5.1
Conservative Paul Turpin2218.6Decrease2.svg 1.7
Liberal Democrats Susan Elliott923.6Decrease2.svg 1.3
Yorkshire Baz Inman752.9New
Majority 89634.6Increase2.svg 34.5
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 2,584
Green gain from Labour Swing

Wharfedale

Wharfedale (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Steele 1,718 39.4 Increase2.svg 18.1
Conservative Peter Cochrane1,69238.8Decrease2.svg 8.6
Green Chris Turner53412.2Decrease2.svg 1.5
Liberal Democrats Jamie Needle4209.6Decrease2.svg 8.0
Majority 260.8Decrease2.svg 25.3
Rejected ballots15
Turnout 4,364
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Wibsey

Wibsey (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ralph Berry* 1,470 55.9 Increase2.svg 10.2
Conservative Nick Peterken54820.8Increase2.svg 2.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton37514.3Increase2.svg 7.9
Green Michael Daw1204.6Decrease2.svg 0.8
Yorkshire Bob Buxton1164.4New
Majority 92235.1Increase2.svg 10.2
Rejected ballots10
Turnout 2,629
Labour hold Swing

Windhill and Wrose

Windhill and Wrose (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Hinchcliffe* 1,834 60.4 Increase2.svg 10.6
Conservative Wendy Harrison75324.8Increase2.svg 5.8
Liberal Democrats Gillian Thorne2397.9Increase2.svg 1.1
Green John Wood2127.0Decrease2.svg 2.0
Majority 1,08135.6Increase2.svg 4.8
Rejected ballots18
Turnout 3,038
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley

Worth Valley (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rebecca Poulsen* 2,412 59.2 Decrease2.svg 2.1
Labour Ash Joomun Whitehead1,29031.7Increase2.svg 13.1
Green Hawarun Hussain1874.6Decrease2.svg 9.5
Liberal Democrats Kay Kirkham1824.5Decrease2.svg 1.6
Majority 1,12227.5Decrease2.svg 15.2
Rejected ballots17
Turnout 4,071
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke

Wyke (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Ferriby* 1,542 56.0 Increase2.svg 10.4
Conservative Malcolm McLean65423.8Increase2.svg 5.2
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall1545.6Increase2.svg 0.1
British Democrats James Lewthwaite1405.1Decrease2.svg 19.4
Reform UK Ian Walker1354.9New
Green Darren Parkinson1284.6Decrease2.svg 1.3
Majority 88832.2Increase2.svg 11.1
Rejected ballots14
Turnout 2,753
Labour hold Swing

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