City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2007

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The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 3 May 2007. [1] [2]

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Local government body in England

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Bradford. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

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Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roger L'Amie 2,245 41.8
Liberal Democrat Sara Clarke 2,007 37.4
Labour Eleanor Kilyon 469 8.7
BNP Eric Baxendale 388 7.2
Green Robert Nicholls 256 4.8
Majority 238 4.4
Turnout 5,365 46.14
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robin Ernest Owens 2,961 53.1
Labour Robert Beckwith 1,228 22.0
Green Arthur Arnold 588 10.5
Liberal Democrat Susan Whelan 468 8.4
UKIP James Beech 212 3.8
Anti-Crime Party Norman Scarth 120 2.2
Majority 1,733 31.1
Turnout 5,577 43.86
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Cooke 3,070 55.3
Labour James Newton 835 15.0
BNP Rita Cromie 647 11.7
Liberal Democrat Alan Sykes 467 8.4
Green Brian Newham 337 6.1
UKIP Jason Smith 195 3.5
Majority 2,235 40.3
Turnout 5,551 41.69
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Howard Middleton* 2,050
Liberal Democrat Margaret Chadwick 1,835
Labour Ronnie Fieldhouse 919
Labour Sinead Engel 860
Conservative Ryan Atkinson 650
Conservative John Wills 545
Green Steve Schofield 327
Majority
Turnout 3,932 35.98
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mohammed Jamil* 2,094 46.3
Labour Ray Bage 1,355 30.0
Liberal Democrat Tracey Leeming 986 21.8
Independent Muhammad Shakeel 87 1.9
Majority 739 16.3
Turnout 4,522 39.12
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ghazanfer Khaliq* 2,210 39.7
Conservative Azhar Mahmood 1,876 33.7
Liberal Democrat Zubair Hussain 1,476 26.5
Majority 334 6.0
Turnout 5,562 48.64
Labour hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Shakeela Jan Lal 2,321 54.2
Conservative Waheed Ali 1,089 25.4
Respect Nadia Macgranthin 369 8.6
Liberal Democrat Chris Reid 292 6.8
Green Derek Curtis 210 4.9
Majority 1,232 28.8
Turnout 4,281 40.07
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Peter Longthorn 1,523 34.1
Conservative Charles Malcolm Sykes* 1,372 30.7
BNP Kim Riach 960 21.5
Liberal Democrat Lorna Leeming 610 13.7
Majority 151 3.4
Turnout 4,465 41.94
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael John Kelly* 2,434 51.4
Labour J. Alan Edwards 1,099 23.2
Liberal Democrat Angela Pearson 580 12.3
Independent Ian Bannister 376 7.9
Green Valerie Harris 245 5.2
Majority 1,335 28.2
Turnout 4,734 38.80
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Carol Beardmore* 1,959 44.4
BNP Jenny Sampson 1,032 23.4
Labour Tony Niland 811 18.4
Conservative David Chapman 491 11.1
UKIP Mel Rhodes 116 2.6
Majority 927 21
Turnout 4,409 38.69
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Derek Godward* 1,698 38.1
Liberal Democrat Rafiq M. Sehgal 1,396 31.3
Conservative Richard Milczanowski 1,005 22.6
BNP Sharif Gawad 356 8.0
Majority 302 6.8
Turnout 4,455 40.76
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rizman Malik 1,985 39.1
Green David Michael Ford* 1,519 29.9
Conservative Elizabeth Hellmich 1,201 23.6
Liberal Democrat Helen Wright 377 7.4
Majority 466 9.2
Turnout 5,082 50.12
Labour gain from Green Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jeanette Sunderland* 2,681 58.8
Conservative Edward Ward 795 17.4
Labour Rosie Watson 563 12.4
BNP Patricia Boyle 518 11.4
Majority 1,886 41.4
Turnout 4,557 39.10
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Martin Smith* 2,967 58.7
Labour Andrew Dundas 1,068 21.1
Liberal Democrat Barbara Pierscionek 622 12.3
Green Betts Fetherston 397 7.9
Majority 1,899 37.6
Turnout 5,054 45.01
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Labour incumbent Lynne Joyce was controversially dropped by the party for this election in favour of Mark Taylor. [3]

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Zafar Ali 2,886 54.2
Labour Mark Taylor 1,826 34.3
Liberal Democrat Roger Beaumont 611 11.5
Majority 1,060 19.9
Turnout 5,323 49.40
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Doreen Lee 1,825 37.9
Conservative Dorothy Clamp* 1,735 36.1
BNP Rose Anne Thompson 630 13.1
Liberal Democrat Juidith Brooksbank 620 12.9
Majority 90 1.9
Turnout 4,810 41.20
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sandra Haigh 1,662 40.9
Conservative William Root 860 21.2
BNP Peter Clarke 740 18.2
Independent Brian Hudson 570 14.0
Liberal Democrat Maralyn Adey 230 5.7
Majority 802 19.7
Turnout 4,062 36.80
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sher Khan* 2,326 59.3
Conservative Mohammed Najeeb 593 15.1
Liberal Democrat John Massen 559 14.3
Respect Farhan Ali 443 11.3
Majority 1,733 44.2
Turnout 3,921 37.99
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Quasim Khan 3,052 53.5
Labour Choudhary Rangzeb* 1,830 32.1
Respect Arshad Ali 385 6.8
Green John Robinson 259 4.5
Conservative Ishrat Bukhari 175 3.1
Majority 1,222 21.4
Turnout 5,701 53.55
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BNP Lynda Cromie 1,718 36.6
Conservative Stuart Hanson* 1,563 33.3
Labour Graham Mahony 957 20.4
Liberal Democrat Antony Habergham 455 9.7
Majority 155 3.3
Turnout 4,693 41.59
BNP gain from Conservative Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Gill Thornton 1,567 39.4
BNP James Lewthwaite 1,291 32.5
Conservative Derek Green 751 18.9
Liberal Democrat Edward Hallman 366 9.2
Majority 276 6.9
Turnout 3,975 34.78
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Kevin Robert Warnes* 2,162 43.9
Conservative Derek Taylor 1,215 24.7
Labour Kevin Armstrong 810 16.5
BNP Laura Beadsworth 354 7.2
Liberal Democrat John Hall 292 5.9
UKIP Philip Bird 91 1.8
Majority 947 19.2
Turnout 4,924 46.07
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Evan McCabe* 1,696 40.0
BNP Clifford Cockayne 1,011 23.9
Labour Mark Blackburn 960 22.7
Liberal Democrat Ruth Weston 501 11.8
Blahl Party Carl Finlan 69 1.6
Majority 685 16.2
Turnout 4,237 37.60
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Amir Hussain* 2,639 46.3
Conservative Amjad Hussain 2,471 43.3
Liberal Democrat Owen Griffiths 595 10.4
Majority 168 2.9
Turnout 5,705 49.63
Labour hold Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Ruding* 1,515 46.7
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi 704 21.7
Conservatives: Stop The Hospital Cuts Simon Buckingham 559 17.2
Liberal Democrat Susan Fletcher 306 9.4
UKIP Peter Brear 159 4.9
Majority 811 25.0
Turnout 3,243 28.30
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Matthew James Steven Palmer* 2,602 66.2
Liberal Democrat Vernon Whelan 805 20.5
Labour Lorraine Kirkwood 522 13.3
Majority 1,797 45.7
Turnout 3,929 42.99
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ralph David Ritchie Berry* 1,546 38.1
BNP Andrew Clarke 1,128 27.8
Conservative Richard Sheard 821 20.3
Liberal Democrat Brian Boulton 558 13.8
Majority 418 10.3
Turnout 4,053 38.89
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat John Watmough 1,520 33.1
Labour Susan Hinchcliffe 1,374 29.9
BNP Neil Craig 784 17.0
Conservative Andrew Rowley 748 16.3
Green Linda Arnold 100 2.2
Independent Michael Breen 73 1.6
Majority 146 3.2
Turnout 4,599 41.94
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Henry Hill* 1,919 43.2
Labour Keith Dredge 1,376 31.0
BNP John Joy 766 17.2
Liberal Democrat Jack Taylor 382 8.6
Majority 543 12.2
Turnout 4,443 42.35
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sarah Ferriby 1,416 35.8
BNP Robert Manby 1,103 27.9
Conservative John Stead 1,007 25.5
Liberal Democrat Kevin Hall 428 10.8
Majority 313 7.9
Turnout 3,954 37.88
Labour gain from BNP Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2007: Bradford". BBC News . 4 May 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Local election results 2007 (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Shand, Alistair (6 April 2007). "Election 'runners and riders' revealed". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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