2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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2024 City of Bradford District Borough Council election
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30 out of 90 seats to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderSusan Hinchcliffe [a] Rebecca Poulsen
Party Labour Independent Conservative
Last election56 seats, 40.9%5 seats, 7.3%16 seats, 30.3%
Seats before53915
Seats won1094
Seats after491313
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote41,65726,77125,244
Percentage32.8%21.1%19.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 8.1%Increase2.svg 13.8%Decrease2.svg 10.4%
 Fourth partyFifth party
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LeaderMatt EdwardsBrendan Stubbs
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election8 seats, 11.8%5 seats, 8.1%
Seats before85
Seats won43
Seats after105
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg
Popular vote19,5199,344
Percentage15.4%7.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.6%Decrease2.svg 0.7%
Bradford UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Susan Hinchcliffe
Labour

Leader after election

Susan Hinchcliffe
Labour

The 2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 2 May 2024. One third of councillors (30 out of 90) were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across England and Wales. [2] Labour retained their majority on the council.

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Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021 Bradford UK local election 2021 map.svg
Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021
Result of the most recent council election in 2023 Bradford UK ward map 2023 results.svg
Result of the most recent council election in 2023

Prior to the election the council had been under Labour majority control since the 2014 council election. Of the 30 seats contested in the previous election in 2023, Labour won 22 on 47.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won four seats on 24.0% of the vote, the Green Party won three seats on 14.5% of the vote, and the Liberal Democrats won one seat each on 8.5% of the vote. [3]

Positions up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. In that election, fifteen Labour councillors, eleven Conservative councillors, three Liberal Democrat councillors, two Green councillors, and two independent councillors were elected. [4]

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. [5] [6] The election used 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 were 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 took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Council composition

After 2023 electionBefore 2024 electionAfter 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 56 Labour 53 Labour 49
Conservative 16 Conservative 15 Conservative 13
Independent 5 Independent 9 Independent 13
Green 8 Green 8 Green 10
Liberal Democrats 5 Liberal Democrats 5 Liberal Democrats 5

Changes 2023–2024:

Results

Labour made a net loss of four seats, but retained their majority on the council. [10]

2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 10Decrease2.svg 433.3394942.241,65732.8-8.1
  Independent 9Increase2.svg 413.341314.426,77121.1+13.8
  Conservative 4Decrease2.svg 213.391310.025,24419.9-10.4
  Green 4Increase2.svg 213.361011.119,51915.4+3.6
  Liberal Democrats 3Steady2.svg10.0255.69,3447.4-0.7
  Yorkshire 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,5092.0+0.9
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,3061.0+0.9
  British Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01900.1Steady2.svg
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01100.1Steady2.svg
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01030.1Steady2.svg
  SDP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.058<0.1Steady2.svg

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.

Baildon

Baildon [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debbie Davies* 2,275 45.2 −16.4
Labour Gill Dixon1,92238.2+10.4
Independent Joe Ashton4909.7New
Green Carl Dunk2294.5−3.4
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson1172.3−0.4
Majority 3537.0−26.8
Rejected ballots210.4
Turnout 5,03342.2−2.0
Registered electors 11,910
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley

Bingley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marcus Dearden* 3,705 61.7 +13.8
Conservative Paul Golding1,69028.1−15.8
Green Rachael Drucquer3986.6+0.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell2123.5+1.8
Majority 2,01533.6+29.6
Rejected ballots701.2
Turnout 6,00542.8−6.7
Registered electors 14,007
Labour hold Swing

Bingley Rural

Bingley Rural [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoff Winnard 2,528 50.2 −5.5
Labour Jenny Kimber1,72334.2+13.6
Green Brian Newham54810.9+1.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Baranowski2394.7−2.1
Majority 80516.0−2.6
Rejected ballots450.9
Turnout 5,03834.2−7.2
Registered electors 14,703
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton and Undercliffe

Bolton and Undercliffe [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Ward 1,432 43.0 +8.7
Labour Simon Cunningham*1,16935.1−9.6
Conservative Wendy Harrison2848.5−7.3
Green Bruce Gulland2276.8+2.4
Yorkshire Wendy Barras1825.5New
TUSC Tom Gibson371.1+0.3
Majority 2637.9−2.5
Rejected ballots481.4
Turnout 3,33127.1−3.9
Registered electors 12,258
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Bowling and Barkerend

Bowling and Barkerend [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ismail Uddin 1,551 46.6 New
Labour Hassan Khan*1,33240.0−4.2
Green Andy Rickford2828.5+4.0
Conservative Ali Jamal2597.8−35.0
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton2286.8−1.7
Yorkshire Kyle Wood2196.6New
Majority 2196.6
Rejected ballots341.0
Turnout 3,87127.6−5.4
Registered electors 13,976
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Bradford Moor

Bradford Moor [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Riaz Ahmed* 2,052 52.6 +9.0
Labour Margaret Alipoor1,17930.2−9.6
Green Andrew Wood49412.7+10.5
Yorkshire Darren Longhorn1102.8New
Conservative Tkay Shana681.7−12.7
Majority 87322.418.6
Rejected ballots461.2
Turnout 3,90329.2−6.4
Registered electors 13,344
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

City

City [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Rizwan Saleem 2,224 52.5 New
Labour Co-op Aneela Ahmed*1,44834.2−29.6
Green Mateusz Tadych3007.1−0.2
Conservative Peter Kirk2676.3−1.5
Majority 77618.3−24.4
Rejected ballots300.7
Turnout 4,23927.2−4.5
Registered electors 15,572
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Clayton and Fairweather Green

Clayton and Fairweather Green [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mozalfa Ilyas 1,369 40.9 −15.1
Conservative Kate Lawton72021.5−10.9
Independent Sharat Hussain66119.8New
Green Susan Hassell36911.0+2.8
Liberal Democrats Steven Cotterill2256.7+3.3
Majority 64919.4−4.2
Rejected ballots391.2
Turnout 3,34427.6−2.9
Registered electors 12,105
Labour hold Swing

Craven

Craven [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Neil Whitaker 2,455 41.3 +14.4
Conservative George Buckley2,28838.5+6.5
Labour Andrew Knight73612.4−5.2
Yorkshire Peter Kaye2995.0−1.8
UKIP Leo Robinson1101.8New
Liberal Democrats Paul Mann591.0−0.4
Majority 1672.8−2.3
Rejected ballots160.3
Turnout 5,94742.0−2.8
Registered electors 14,155
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshill

Eccleshill [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brendan Stubbs* 1,211 35.3 −0.6
Labour Vera Martin1,16333.9−0.4
Conservative Ur Rasool41412.1−2.2
Green Sophie Vanicat2938.5+3.3
Yorkshire Jonathan Barras2888.4−1.8
TUSC Laura Fretwell661.9New
Majority 481.4−0.2
Rejected ballots240.7
Turnout 3,43525.9−1.1
Registered electors 13,229
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Horton

Great Horton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sirferaz Saddiq 1,692 41.8 New
Labour Co-op Abdul Jabar*1,45335.9−33.5
Conservative Sangeeta Khan2696.7−10.1
Yorkshire William Grant2486.1New
Green Steven Prosser2315.7−2.2
Liberal Democrats Sarah Moses1513.7−2.2
Majority 2395.9−46.7
Rejected ballots290.7
Turnout 4,04434.1−1.4
Registered electors 11,837
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Heaton

Heaton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ishtiaq Ahmed 2,183 51.1 New
Green Khalid Mahmood1,54436.2+24.4
Labour Ibrar Hussain*1,24529.2−43.6
Conservative Stephen Butler2966.9−5.7
Majority 63915.0−45.2
Rejected ballots260.6
Turnout 5,26841.1+7.0
Registered electors 12,809
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Idle and Thackley

Idle and Thackley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Owen Griffiths* 2,499 60.3 +10.6
Labour Gareth Logan88121.3+0.8
Yorkshire Lara Barras3097.5New
Conservative Shihab-ud-deen Basit2435.9−16.8
Green Tess Lawrence2105.1−2.0
Majority 1,61839.1+12.1
Rejected ballots200.5
Turnout 4,14230.8−3.6
Registered electors 13,406
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley

Ilkley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ros Brown 2,414 37.7 +11.8
Conservative Joanne Sugden2,24735.1+7.7
Independent Anne Hawkesworth*98815.4−14.1
Labour Michael Baldwin69410.8−4.1
Liberal Democrats John Briggs580.9−1.5
Majority 1672.6+0.5
Rejected ballots410.6
Turnout 6,40153.7−4.1
Registered electors 11,900
Green gain from Independent Swing

Keighley Central

Keighley Central [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohsin Hussain* 2,902 51.5 +1.4
Independent Vaz Shabir1,88933.5New
Conservative Clare Abberton4988.8−6.8
Green Peter Ferguson2344.2+0.4
Liberal Democrats Nick Allon1152.0+0.4
Majority 1,01318.0+14.2
Rejected ballots430.8
Turnout 5,63844.8−11.1
Registered electors 12,571
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East

Keighley East [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fulzar Ahmed 1,561 37.6 −10.5
Conservative Jenna Ambler1,38333.3−7.2
Independent Nasser Razak49111.8New
Green Duncan Hunnisett3628.7+4.0
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allon2967.1+5.4
SDP Alexander Richard Vann581.4+1.2
Majority 1784.3−3.7
Rejected ballots350.6
Turnout 4,15133.1−6.1
Registered electors 12,516
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West

Keighley West [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe O'Keeffe 1,238 39.7 −0.6
Conservative Julie Glentworth*96831.0−9.5
Green Adrian Farley44814.4+11.3
Reform UK Andrew Judson2979.5New
Yorkshire Dominic Atlas1133.6−1.2
Liberal Democrats David Hewitt571.8+0.1
Majority 2708.7+8.5
Rejected ballots260.8
Turnout 3,12126.3−5.7
Registered electors 11,832
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Little Horton

Little Horton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Talat Sajawal* 2,755 68.5 +13.2
Labour Andrew Mawson76919.1−18.6
Green Nurjahan Ali Arobi2205.5+3.8
Conservative Elizabeth Bell1503.7−0.4
Yorkshire Bob Buxton1293.2New
Majority 1,98649.4+31.8
Rejected ballots350.9
Turnout 4,02332.6−9.3
Registered electors 13,322
Independent hold Swing

Manningham

Manningham [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Muhammed Ali Islam 4,100 76.8 New
Labour Adil Hussain89916.8−60.7
Green Anne Betts Fetherston1933.6−2.2
Conservative Harry Burns1442.7−1.8
Majority 3,20160.0−6.0
Rejected ballots290.5
Turnout 5,33642+10.9
Registered electors 12,681
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Queensbury

Queensbury [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Luke Majkowski* 2,130 53.6 New
Labour Mobeen Hussain91923.1−6.9
Conservative Adam Paterson57414.4−40.6
Green Eithne Dodwell2797.0−3.7
Liberal Democrats Mary Whitrick711.8−8.9
Majority 1,21130.5+5.5
Rejected ballots130.3
Turnout 3,97331.8Steady2.svg
Registered electors 12,455
Independent hold Swing

Royds

Royds [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Thornton* 1,417 50.6 +1.2
Reform UK Richard Hainsworth47817.1New
Conservative Ekoumba Bayap Emmanuel39114.0−21.4
Green Michael Daw37413.4+7.6
Liberal Democrats Ines Riach1405.0+0.8
Majority 93933.5+19.5
Rejected ballots301.1
Turnout 2,80022.9
Registered electors 12,194
Labour hold Swing

Shipley

Shipley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Love* 3,251 63.6 +3.5
Labour Jane Elgar1,06420.8−1.4
Conservative Qais Hussain3617.1−5.3
Independent Nagbea2064.0New
Reform UK Phill Moncaster1663.2New
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Errington661.3−0.6
Majority 2,18742.8+4.9
Rejected ballots360.7
Turnout 5,11443.5
Registered electors 11,742
Green hold Swing

Thornton and Allerton

Thornton and Allerton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Mullaney* 1,721 45.4 −10.1
Conservative Robert George Goulding76120.1−11.0
Independent Qamar Ahmed66517.5New
Liberal Democrats Anthea Griffiths3429.0+2.0
Green Ismena Sorrell3048.0+1.6
Majority 96025.3+0.9
Rejected ballots471.2
Turnout 3,79329.6−4.3
Registered electors 12,798
Labour hold Swing

Toller

Toller [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Atira Malik 2,548 52.6 New
Labour Arshad Hussain*1,66534.4−53.0
Green Brian Ford4539.4−3.3
Conservative Jonty Sharp1753.6New
Majority 88318.2−56.5
Rejected ballots380.8
Turnout 4,84136.4
Registered electors 13,266
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Tong

Tong [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Matt Edwards* 1,620 60.6 +13.9
Labour Sharon Ratcliffe70726.4−8.8
Conservative Gladys Akenji Lum1836.8−9.2
Yorkshire David Herdson973.6New
Liberal Democrats Susan Elliott682.5New
Majority 91334.1+22.6
Rejected ballots301.1
Turnout 2,67521.2
Registered electors 12,601
Green hold Swing

Wharfedale

Wharfedale [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bob Felstead* 1,913 41.1 −6.9
Labour Bernard O'Connor1,84639.7+18.0
Green Chris Turner4189.0−10.4
Liberal Democrats Jamie Needle3287.0−14.3
Yorkshire Rachel Martins1483.2New
Majority 671.4
Rejected ballots320.7
Turnout 4,65348.1−5.2
Registered electors 9,661
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey

Wibsey [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Faiz Ilyas 913 31.6 −21.8
Independent Nick Peterken76626.6New
Green Alexander Radice43515.1+9.0
Yorkshire Stacey Head36712.7New
Conservative Owais Rajput29610.3−22.2
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Lubenko1053.6−4.4
Majority 1475.1−14.8
Rejected ballots321.1
Turnout 2,88227.1
Registered electors 10,633
Labour hold Swing

Windhill and Wrose

Windhill and Wrose [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Ross-Shaw* 1,551 51.6 +4.5
Conservative James Gill72824.2−14.5
Green John Wood38812.9+4.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Thorne34011.3+5.5
Majority 82327.4+19.0
Rejected ballots441.5
Turnout 3,00726.5
Registered electors 11,323
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley

Worth Valley [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Russell Brown* 2,327 56.4 −3.3
Labour Ashwaan Joomun-Whitehead1,30931.7+13.6
Green Alyson Telfer3287.9−2.8
Liberal Democrats Kay Kirkham1654.0+2.8
Majority 1,01824.7−16.9
Rejected ballots4812
Turnout 4,12937.7
Registered electors 10,937
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke

Wyke [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Hughes 1,157 43.3 +4.2
Conservative Malcolm McLean54420.3−24.0
Reform UK Ian Walker36513.6+12.0
Green Darren Parkinson2188.2+2.9
Liberal Democrats Kevin Anthony Hall2007.5+4.0
British Democrats James Graham Lewthwaite1907.1+0.9
Majority 61322.9+17.7
Rejected ballots250.9
Turnout 2,67424.8
Registered electors 10,745
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ The nine independents before the election included two groups: the Bradford Independent Group (four councillors), led by Talat Sajawal, and the Bradford South Independents (two councillors) led by Luke Majkowski. The other three independents did not belong to a group. [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Your councillors by party". City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Council, Bradford Metropolitan District. "District Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral Elections 2024". Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  3. ↑ McCormick, Sebastian (4 May 2023). "Bradford Council elections 2023: Find out the results in the different wards". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Election results by party, 6 May 2021". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Councillor resigns as Keighley's Town Mayor after his Pride apology sparks anger". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "City councillor resigns over comments by Keir Starmer on Israel-Palestine conflict". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "Bradford local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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