City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2010

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2010 local election results in Bradford

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May. The 2010 General Election was held simultaneously, which greatly increased the turnout.

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Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Townend* 4,012 47.29 −1.04
Liberal Democrat Denise Thomas 3,162 37.27−2.22
Labour Mairead Farndale 1,040 12.26 +7.84
Green Robert Nicholls 270 3.18−4.58
Majority 850 10.02
Turnout 8,514 75.35 +29.18
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Heseltine* 4,922 50.60 −3.46
Labour Andrew Mawson 2,483 25.52 +4.70
Liberal Democrat David Lerner 1,714 17.62 +5.20
Green Arthur Arnold 609 6.26−6.44
Majority 2,439 25.07
Turnout 9,769 74.37 +30.78
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Ellis* 4,671 49.52 −1.49
Labour Robert Beckwith 2,017 21.38 +4.53
Liberal Democrat Alan Sykes 1,752 18.57 +5.77
UKIP Paul Wright 629 6.67N/A
Green Brian Newham 364 3.86N/A
Majority 2,654 28.14
Turnout 9,479 73.06 +30.83
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Gray* 3,047 45.77 −10.96
Labour Mark Fieldhouse 1,686 25.33 ±0.00
Conservative Abdul Butt 1,226 18.42 +0.47
BNP Sharif Gawad 492 7.39N/A
Green Steven Schofield 149 2.24N/A
Democratic Nationalists Glenis Fairclough 57 0.86N/A
Majority 1,361 20.44
Turnout 6,690 62.85 +28.36
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Zameer Shah* 2,357 36.58 −1.55
Labour Rupert Oliver 2,241 34.78 +7.35
Liberal Democrat Tracey Leeming 1,658 25.73 +4.69
Independent Chris Johnson 188 2.92N/A
Majority 116 1.80
Turnout 6,486 58.99 +18.11
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Shafiq* 3,114 43.02 +0.65
Liberal Democrat Shabir Butt 2,416 33.38 +5.32
Conservative Mohammed Bashir 1,708 23.60−5.97
Majority 698 9.64
Turnout 7,324 64.90 +20.04
Labour hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nazam Azam 3,792 63.07 −5.73
Conservative Waheed Ali 1,259 20.94 +10.96
Liberal Democrat Ali Jamal 491 8.17−3.81
Respect Shabana Bashir 211 3.51N/A
Green Derek Curtis 195 3.24−6.00
UKIP Hiren Koyani 64 1.06N/A
Majority 2,533 42.13
Turnout 6,071 59.48 +27.31
Labour hold Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sinead Engel 2,672 39.69 +11.08
Conservative David Servant* 1,815 26.96−2.85
Liberal Democrat Philip Boyle 1,140 16.93 +1.31
BNP Neil Crossley 707 10.50−15.47
Independent Mark Nicholson 399 5.93N/A
Majority 857 12.73
Turnout 6,767 65.66 +26.39
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Mallinson* 4,903 54.30 −5.78
Labour Peter Cheney 2,295 25.42 +2.62
Liberal Democrat Barbara Pierscionek 1,831 20.28 +3.16
Majority 2,608 28.88
Turnout 9,080 74.73 +38.72
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

In 2006, Colin McPhee stood in this ward successfully as a Liberal Democrat candidate.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Geoff Reid 2,454 39.02 +8.86
Labour Tony Niland 1,720 27.35 +4.32
Conservative Colin McPhee* 1,078 17.14−1.08
BNP Nicholas Asquith 773 12.29−16.29
UKIP Michael Feely 264 4.20N/A
Majority 734 11.67
Turnout 6,305 60.40 +25.08
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joanne Dodds* 3,647 56.00 +5.29
Conservative Qurban Hussain 1,567 24.06−7.93
Liberal Democrat Antony Habergham 1,299 19.94−0.16
Majority 2,080 31.94
Turnout 6,578 58.47 23.44
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Imdad Hussain joined the Peace Party in 2012, following suspension from the Labour Party over failing to declare a company directorship. He became the party's first and only Councillor.

Peace Party (UK) political party in the United Kingdom

The Peace Party is a small political party within the United Kingdom which presents an avowedly pacifist and environmentalist platform.

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.

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Imdad Hussain 2,600 37.20 +11.76
Conservative Mohammad Masood* 2,127 30.43−2.41
Green Sonja McNally 1,162 16.62−6.57
Liberal Democrat Liam Prentice 799 11.43−7.09
Respect Mohammad Abu-Bakr 302 4.32N/A
Majority 473 6.77
Turnout 7,033 68.05 23.16
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Chris Reid 4,179 52.09 −7.09
Conservative Edward Ward 2,003 24.97−0.54
Labour Rosie Watson 1,483 18.49 +2.03
UKIP Jeetender Sangha 357 4.45N/A
Majority 2,176 27.13
Turnout 8,059 69.91 +31.24
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mike Gibbons 4,378 50.56 −7.57
Labour Andrew Dundas 1,766 20.39−2.60
Liberal Democrat Vaughan Bruce 1,595 18.42−0.45
Green David Hesmondhalgh 596 6.88N/A
UKIP Paul Latham 324 3.74N/A
Majority 2,612 30.17
Turnout 8,697 78.59 +36.03
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abid Hussain 4,174 54.86 +9.54
Conservative Ali Akbar 1,791 23.54−3.27
Liberal Democrat Roger Beaumont 1,334 17.53−10.33
Green Julian Hughes 309 4.06N/A
Majority 2,383 31.32
Turnout 7,700 71.31 +22.17
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Steve Pullen* 3,265 41.72 +2.37
Conservative Ronald Beale 3,024 38.64 +11.17
Liberal Democrat Judith Brooksbank 1,537 19.64 +8.28
Majority 241 3.08
Turnout 7,891 70.99 +28.44
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Keith Dredge 2,625 39.34 −1.03
Conservative Chris Herd 2,463 36.91 +18.75
Liberal Democrat Jack Taylor 911 13.65 +5.17
Independent Brian Hudson 674 10.10N/A
Majority 162 2.43
Turnout 6,703 64.80 +23.72
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Naveeda Ikram* 3,638 59.75 −8.65
Conservative Suhail Choudhury 1,287 21.14 +4.15
Liberal Democrat Alun Griffiths 1,164 19.12 +4.50
Majority 2,351 38.61
Turnout 6,139 59.87 +25.07
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Shabir Hussain* 3,961 59.62 +12.81
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Aurangzeb 1,851 27.86−17.84
Conservative Mohammed Khan 530 7.98 +0.49
Green John Robinson 302 4.55N/A
Majority 2,110 31.76
Turnout 6,698 64.06 +18.55
Labour hold Swing

Queensbury ward

In June 2011 Paul Cromie and his wife Lynda (also a councillor) left the British National Party citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents. [1]

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its current leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK government. Founded in 1982, the party reached its greatest level of success in the 2000s, when it had over fifty seats in local government, one seat on the London Assembly, and two Members of the European Parliament.

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BNP Paul Cromie* 2,212 30.79 −7.70
Conservative Allan Shepherd 2,197 30.58−1.68
Labour Dave Allen 1,511 21.03 +1.35
Liberal Democrat Stacey Yeadon 882 12.28 +2.70
UKIP Jason Smith 383 5.33N/A
Majority 15 0.21
Turnout 7,204 66.40 +23.88
BNP hold Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Val Slater* 2,601 41.60 +4.82
Conservative Sally McCartney 1,408 22.52 +2.77
Liberal Democrat John Bolton 1,051 16.81 +6.33
BNP Eric Baxendale 986 15.77−17.23
Democratic Nationalists James Lewthwaite 207 3.31N/A
Majority 1,193 +19.08
Turnout 6,272 57.98 +23.95
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Hawarun Hussain* 2,321 30.16 −6.50
Conservative Andrew Rowley 2,041 26.52 +1.12
Labour Alex Ross 1,836 23.86 +9.02
Liberal Democrat Russell Halliday 1,090 14.16 +5.66
UKIP Philip Bird 408 5.30N/A
Majority 280 3.64
Turnout 7,719 72.97 +25.37
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Binney* 2,736 39.34 +5.30
Labour Mark Blackburn 2,115 30.41 +9.63
Liberal Democrat Ruth Weston 1,030 14.81 5.97
BNP Jenny Sampson 776 11.16−18.71
UKIP John Worsley 297 4.27N/A
Majority 621 8.93
Turnout 6,972 64.83 +24.98
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Imran Hussain was later selected (in 2012) to contest the Bradford West constituency, which resulted in a shock victory for George Galloway of the Respect Party.

Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Bradford West is a constituency of the city of Bradford represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Naz Shah, of the Labour Party.

George Galloway British politician, broadcaster, and writer

George Galloway is a British politician, broadcaster and writer. Between 1987 and 2015, with a gap in 2010–12, he represented four constituencies as a Member of Parliament, elected as a candidate for the Labour Party and later the Respect Party.

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Imran Hussain* 4,337 57.19 +14.54
Conservative Amjad Hussain 2,361 31.13−0.24
Liberal Democrat Ansar Miah 444 5.85−20.14
Respect Kauser Rauf 259 3.42N/A
Green Vanessa Pilny 183 2.41N/A
Majority 1,976 26.05
Turnout 7,664 73.73 22.76
Labour hold Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Wainwright 2,418 42.92 +2.53
Conservative Craig Reynolds 1,403 24.90 +8.85
Liberal Democrat Kirsty Yeadon 1,012 17.96 +6.39
BNP Rita Cromie 801 14.22−17.77
Majority 1,015 18.02
Turnout 5,656 48.44 +20.45
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

In February 2012 Chris Greaves was sacked by the Conservative Party for frequently voting with Labour at council meetings. [2] A month later he formed The Independents with fellow ex-Conservative Adrian Naylor (Craven ward). [3]

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

Craven (Bradford ward) electoral ward of Bradford City Council

Craven is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,373.

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Chris Greaves* 3,874 53.21 −8.49
Liberal Democrat Vernon Whelan 1,789 24.57−0.10
Labour James Newton 1,156 15.88 +2.25
Green Richard Howson 462 6.35N/A
Majority 2,085 28.64
Turnout 7,307 80.92 +34.78
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lynne Smith* 2,454 40.30 +5.65
Conservative Richard Sheard 1,422 23.35 +0.82
Liberal Democrat Brian Boulton 1,158 19.01 6.56
BNP David Bond 765 12.56−17.81
UKIP Jamie Illingworth 291 4.78N/A
Majority 1,032 16.95
Turnout 6,111 62.52 +23.20
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Vanda Greenwood* 2,710 39.58 +11.40
Liberal Democrat Gillian Thorne 2,174 31.75 4.70
Conservative Richard Sibley 1,182 17.26 +0.14
BNP John Mills 781 11.41−12.30
Majority 536 7.83
Turnout 6,868 64.53 24.53
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Glen Miller* 3,387 45.44 +7.51
Labour Mark Curtis 2,274 30.51 +4.55
Liberal Democrat Sam Harris 1,350 18.11 +6.60
Independent Brian Morris 443 5.94N/A
Majority 1,113 14.93
Turnout 7,502 73.94 +28.72
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Warburton* 2,369 38.12 +6.12
Conservative Richard Milczanowski 1,705 27.44 +1.42
Liberal Democrat Kevin Hall 1,073 17.27 +3.99
BNP Stephen Cromie 792 12.75−15.96
Democratic Nationalists Neil Craig 275 4.43N/A
Majority 664 10.69
Turnout 6,237 64.05−20.48
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2010 and 2011 elections

Vote changes correspond to 2010 Council election.

Worth Valley ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Kris Hopkins (Conservative Party), who resigned having won the Keighley parliamentary seat in the 2010 general election. [4]

Worth Valley by-election, 25th November 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Russell Brown 1,020 47.84 +2.40
Labour Mark Curtis 697 32.69 +2.19
Green Robert Swindells 235 11.02N/A
Liberal Democrat Sharon Purvis 180 8.44−9.67
Majority 323 15.15
Turnout 2,139 19.46−58.48
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ O'Rourke, Tanya (20 June 2011). "Paul and Lynda Cromie stand down for 'personal reasons'". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Winrow, Jo (16 February 2012). "Wharfedale Tory councillor is kicked out by party". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Staff writer (28 March 2012). "Independents form group". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  4. ↑ http://britainvotes.survation.com/2010/11/by-election-preview-25th-november/
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