City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2006

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The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 4 May 2006. [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 Valerie Townend* 2,595 48.3
Liberal Democrat Christine Briggs 2,120 39.5
Green Jonathan Hayes 417 7.8
Labour Mohammad Yaqoob 237 4.4
Majority 475 8.8
Turnout 5,369 46.17
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Heseltine* 2,941 54.1
Labour Frank Needham 1,133 20.8
Green Arthur Arnold 691 12.7
Liberal Democrat Margaret Fielden 676 12.4
Majority 1,808 33.2
Turnout 5,441 43.59
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Ellis 2,861 51.0
BNP Nicholas Stamp 1,085 19.3
Labour James Newton 945 16.8
Liberal Democrat Alan Sykes 718 12.8
Majority 1,776 31.7
Turnout 5,609 42.23
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Gray* 2,146 56.7
Labour Anthony Niland 958 25.3
Conservative John Robertshaw 679 17.9
Majority 1,188 31.4
Turnout 3,783 34.49
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Zameer Shah* 1,792 38.1
Labour Raymomd Bage 1,289 27.4
Liberal Democrat Mukhtar Ali 989 21.0
BNP Sharif Gawad 630 13.4
Majority 503 10.7
Turnout 4,700 40.87
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Shafiq 2,129 42.4
Conservative Azhar Mahmood 1,486 29.6
Liberal Democrat Ali Jamal 1,410 28.1
Majority 643 12.8
Turnout 5,025 44.86
Labour hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Munir Ahmed 2,413 68.8
Liberal Democrat Tahir Mahmood 420 12.0
Conservative Daniel Paterson 350 10,0
Green John Robinson 324 9.2
Majority 1,993 56.8
Turnout 3,507 32.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Servant* 1,269 29.8
Labour Peter Longthorn 1,218 28.6
BNP Kim Riach 1,106 26.0
Liberal Democrat Lorna Leeming 665 15.6
Majority 51 1.2
Turnout 4,258 39.27
Conservative hold Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Mallinson* 2,636 60.1
Labour Steven Carter 1,000 22.8
Liberal Democrat Frances McAulay 751 17.1
Majority 1,636 37.3
Turnout 4,387 36.01
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Colin McPhee 1,205 30.2
BNP Peter Wade 1,142 28.6
Labour Gillian Thornton 920 23.0
Conservative David James 728 18.2
Majority 63 1.6
Turnout 3,995 35.32
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Great Horton ward

Two seats were contested after incumbent councillor Intkhab Alam was jailed in March 2006 for trying to pervert the course of justice after his minicab hit and killed a man. [3]

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joanne Dodds 1,772
Labour John Godward 1,577
Conservative Richard Milczanowski 1,219
Conservative Darryl Brock 1,017
Liberal Democrat Margaret Chadwick 746
Liberal Democrat Antony Habergham 659
Majority
Turnout 3,848 35.02
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mohammad Masood 1,477 32.8
Labour Mark Fielding 1,144 25.4
Green Steven Schofield 1,043 23.2
Liberal Democrat Tariq Mahmood 833 18.5
Majority 333 7.4
Turnout 4,497 44.89
Conservative hold Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Ward 2,604
Liberal Democrat Alun Griffiths 2,004
Conservative Derek Taylor 993
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi 904
Labour Richard Blackburn 703
Labour Rosemary Watson 578
Majority
Turnout 4,503 38.67
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Powell 2,760 58.1
Labour Andrew Dundas 1,092 23.0
Liberal Democrat Douglas Beaumont 896 18.9
Majority 1,668 35.1
Turnout 4,748 42.56
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Shamim Akhtar 2,367 45.3
Liberal Democrat Kaneez Akhtar 1,455 27.9
Conservative Russell Brown 1,400 26.8
Majority 912 17.5
Turnout 5,222 49.14
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Pullen 1,954 39.3
Conservative Mark Francis Startin 1,364 27.5
BNP Rose Thompson 1,084 21.8
Liberal Democrat Judith Brooksbank 564 11.4
Majority 590 11.9
Turnout 4,966 42.55
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Catherine Rowen 1,827 40.4
BNP Ian Dawson 1,493 33.0
Conservative Lionel Lockley 822 18.2
Liberal Democrat Victoria Salmons 384 8.5
Majority 334 7.4
Turnout 4,526 41.08
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Naveeda Ikram 2,456 68.4
Conservative Asad Malik 610 17.0
Liberal Democrat John Massen 525 14.6
Majority 1,846 51.4
Turnout 3,591 34.80
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Shabir Hussain 2,212 46.8
Liberal Democrat Qasim Khan 2,160 45.7
Conservative Ishtiaq Ahmed 354 7.5
Majority 52 1.1
Turnout 4,726 45.51
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
BNP Paul Cromie 1,829 38.5
Conservative Tracey McNulty* 1,533 32.3
Labour Graham Mahony 935 19.7
Liberal Democrat Joan Collins 455 9.6
Majority 296 6.2
Turnout 4,752 42.52
BNP gain from Conservative Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Valerie Slater 1,393 36.8
BNP Lynda Jane Cromie 1,250 33.0
Conservative Richard Sheard 748 19.7
Liberal Democrat Edward Hallmann 397 10.5
Majority 143 3.8
Turnout 3,788 34.02
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Hawarun Hussain 1,875 36.7
Conservative John Carroll 1,299 25.4
Labour Lee Edwards 759 14.8
BNP Jennifer Sampson 747 14.6
Liberal Democrat John Hall 435 8.5
Majority 576 11.3
Turnout 5,115 47.60
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Binney 1,543 34.0
BNP Clifford Cockayne 1,354 29.9
Labour Susanne Rooney 942 20.8
Liberal Democrat Ruth Sharples 401 8.8
Green Michael Rawnsley 293 6.5
Majority 189 4.2
Turnout 4,533 39.86
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Imran Hussain 2,428 42.6
Conservative Amjad Hussain* 1,786 31.4
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Sengal 1,480 26.0
Majority 642 11.3
Turnout 5,694 50.97
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Anthony Cairns 1,278 40.4
BNP Arthur Redfearn 1,012 32.0
Conservative Robert Stead 508 16.1
Liberal Democrat Maralyn Adey 366 11.6
Majority 266 8.4
Turnout 3,164 28.00
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Christopher Ian Greaves 2,571 61.7
Liberal Democrat Vernon Whelan 1,028 24.7
Labour Kevin Armstrong 568 13.6
Majority 1,543 37.0
Turnout 4,167 46.14
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lynne Eleanor Smith 1,427 34.6
BNP Andrew Clarke 1,251 30.4
Conservative Dorothy Craven 928 22.5
Liberal Democrat Susan Fletcher 513 12.5
Majority 176 4.3
Turnout 4,119 39.33
Labour gain from BNP Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Vanda Greenwood 1,215 28.2
Liberal Democrat John Watmough 1,166 27.0
BNP Neil Craig 1,022 23.7
Conservative David Herdson 738 17.1
Green Linda Arnold 170 3.9
Majority 49 1.1
Turnout 4,311 40.01
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Glen William Miller 1,790 37.9
Labour Trevor Lindley 1,225 26.0
BNP John Joy 1,161 24.6
Liberal Democrat James Main 543 11.5
Majority 565 12.0
Turnout 4,719 45.22
Conservative gain from BNP Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Warburton 1,273 32.0
BNP Robert Manby 1,142 28.7
Conservative John Stead 1,035 26.0
Liberal Democrat Kevin Hall 528 13.3
Majority 131 3.3
Turnout 3,978 37.86
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Local elections 2006: Bradford". BBC News . 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Local election results 2006 (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Staff writer (17 July 2006). "Disgraced councillor made £12,000 claim". Telegraph & Argus . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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