City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2008

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2008 local election results in Bradford

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008. [1]

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%±
Liberal Democrat John Cole* 3,122 55.32
Conservative David Herdson2,23039.51
Labour Vera Martin2925.17
Majority89215.80
Turnout 5,64448.80
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Bingley ward

Cllr. Colin Gill resigned in September 2008 due to strain the position had placed on his professional life. [2] John Pennington was elected in a by-election in December 2008, retaining the seat for the Conservative Party. [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.

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Gill* 3,529 62.97
Labour David Green94016.77
Liberal Democrat Jean Taylor64811.56
Green Arthur Arnold4878.69
Majority2,58946.20
Turnout 5,60442.99
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Eaton* 3,839 71.20
Labour James Newton69012.80
Liberal Democrat Alan Sykes4969.20
Green Brian Newham3676.81
Majority3,14958.40
Turnout 5,39240.49
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Chadwick 2,139 57.41
Labour Ronnie Fieldhouse79821.42
Conservative Isa Khan55714.95
Green Steven Schofield2326.23
Majority1,34135.99
Turnout 3,72634.04
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Incumbent Rupert Oliver switched from the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2006. [4]

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.

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.

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Robertshaw 1,796 42.93
Labour Rupert Oliver* (formerly Lib Dem)1,37632.89
Liberal Democrat Tracey Leeming1,01224.19
Majority42010.04
Turnout 4,18435.76
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Riaz Ahmed* 2,941 52.56
Labour Mohammed Shaukat1,86933.40
Conservative Sakhawat Hussain78614.05
Majority1,07219.16
Turnout 5,59648.22
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sajawal Hussain* 2,497 63.83
Conservative Saleem Kader81520.83
Liberal Democrat Chris Reid3448.79
Green Chris Howson2566.54
Majority1,68243.00
Turnout 3,91236.81
Labour hold Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Elaine Byrom* 1,578 37.19
Labour Sinead Engel1,32431.20
BNP Neil Crossley86920.48
Liberal Democrat Lorna Leeming3879.12
UKIP James Illingworth852.00
Majority2545.99
Turnout 4,24339.98
Conservative hold Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Adrian Naylor 3,162 67.22
Labour Robert Beckwith86618.41
Liberal Democrat Angela Pearson67614.37
Majority2,29648.81
Turnout 4,70438.22
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Dorothy Ann Wallace* 1,551 36.45
Conservative John Pennington1,30130.58
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi76317.93
Labour Tony Niland60214.15
Democratic NationalistsTrish Boyle380.89
Majority2505.88
Turnout 4,25537.40
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Cllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) stood down in 2011 after "adult content" was found on a council computer he had used. [5] Abdul Jabar retained the seat for the party in a by-election later the same year. [6]

Paul John Flowers is an English local politician and former Methodist minister. He is a former Labour councillor in Rochdale and Bradford, and was non-executive chairman of the Co-operative Bank.

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul John Flowers* 2,353 60.50
Conservative Qurban Hussain1,01426.07
Liberal Democrat Kasha de Verny52213.42
Majority1,33934.43
Turnout 3,88935.58
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sajid Akhtar 1,823 37.26
Green David Ford1,58732.43
Labour Ashiq Hussain1,01820.81
Liberal Democrat Tariq Mahmood4659.50
Majority2364.82
Turnout 4,89347.33
Conservative hold Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ed Hall 2,599 61.66
Conservative Ryan Atkinson1,14927.26
Labour Rosie Watson46711.08
Majority1,45034.40
Turnout 4,21536.27
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anne Gillian Hawkesworth* 3,245 64.35
Labour Andrew Dundas71914.26
Liberal Democrat Vaughan Bruce55310.97
Green Bryan Websdale52610.43
Majority2,52650.09
Turnout 5,04345.36
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Khadim Hussain* 2,559 52.86
Conservative Jamil Arshad1,40429.00
Liberal Democrat Roger Beaumont87818.14
Majority1,15523.86
Turnout 4,84143.25
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dorothy Clamp 2,059 43.47
Labour Malcolm Slater*1,99542.12
Liberal Democrat Judith Brooksbank68314.42
Majority641.35
Turnout 4,73740.93
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Keighley West ward

Robert Payne was subsequently found guilty of tax fraud and jailed in December 2013. [7]

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Payne 1,542 44.52
Labour Angela Sinfield1,47742.64
Liberal Democrat Frank McAulay44512.85
Majority651.88
Turnout 3,46432.12
Conservative gain from BNP Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ian Greenwood* 2,063 60.45
Liberal Democrat Alun Griffiths84324.70
Conservative Jamshad Khan50714.85
Majority1,22035.75
Turnout 3,41333.28
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammad Amin 2,319 43.25
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Ishrat Mirza*2,12239.57
Respect Arshad Ali3957.37
Conservative Adam Jamal2464.59
Green John Robinson2143.99
Anti-Crime PartyNorman Scarth661.23
Majority1973.67
Turnout 5,36249.14
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Walls* 1,713 38.08
BNP Eric Baxendale1,52133.82
Labour Graham Mahony71315.85
Liberal Democrat David Weston3066.80
UKIP Jason Smith2275.05
Democratic NationalistsLaura Beardsworth180.40
Majority1924.27
Turnout 4,49839.70
Conservative hold Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Thornton* 1,414 39.10
Conservative Derek Green92225.50
BNP Linden Baxendale69319.16
Liberal Democrat Susan Fletcher3118.60
Democratic NationalistsJim Lewthwaite2767.63
Majority49213.61
Turnout 3,61631.74
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Martin John Love* 2,238 47.78
Conservative Andy Rowley1,26426.99
Labour Emma Hoddinott68814.69
Liberal Democrat Christine Briggs2455.23
UKIP Philip Bird1533.27
Democratic NationalistsPaul Wood962.05
Majority97420.79
Turnout 4,68443.84
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Sykes 1,750 41.96
BNP Jenny Sampson1,05625.29
Labour Mark Blackburn83420.00
Liberal Democrat Ruth Weston47511.39
Democratic NationalistsRonald Craig571.37
Majority69516.66
Turnout 4,17137.79
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Councillor Arshad Hussain resigned from the Conservative group in February 2010 to become a Labour councillor. [8]

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Arshad Hussain* 1,986 35.67
Labour Sobia Kauser1,97835.53
Liberal Democrat Iqbal Khan1,32623.82
Green Sonja McNally2774.98
Majority80.14
Turnout 5,56748.00
Conservative hold Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Johnson* 1,060 36.74
Conservative Simon Buckingham85229.53
BNP Rita Cromie56919.72
Liberal Democrat Kirsty Yeadon32711.33
Democratic NationalistsJohn Shoesmith772.67
Majority2087.21
Turnout 2,88524.85
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dale Smith* 2,718 66.03
Liberal Democrat Vernon Whelan67716.45
Labour Philip Ferriby3739.06
Green Richard Howson3488.45
Majority2,04149.59
Turnout 4,11645.34
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Michael Adam Green* 1,397 38.46
Conservative Richard Sheard92125.36
BNP Clifford Cockayne59516.38
Liberal Democrat Brian Boulton41011.29
English Democrat Andrew Clarke1835.04
UKIP Stephen White1002.75
Democratic NationalistsTerry Wells260.72
Majority47613.11
Turnout 3,63235.46
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat John Hall 1,614 39.60
Labour Phil Thornton*1,29031.65
Conservative Chris Rowley70517.30
Democratic NationalistsMartin Craig2836.94
Green Linda Arnold1062.60
Independent Michael Breen781.91
Majority3247.95
Turnout 4,07637.50
Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kirstan Frederick Hopkins* 2,475 60.04
Labour Keith Dredge1,02724.92
Liberal Democrat Sam Harris3127.57
Green Betts Fetherston3087.47
Majority1,44835.13
Turnout 4,12239.79
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Alexander Robinson* 1,187 32.04
Conservative Richard Milczanowski1,09929.66
BNP Stephen Cromie62916.98
Liberal Democrat Kevin Hall45812.36
Democratic NationalistsNeil Craig3328.96
Majority882.38
Turnout 3,70535.96
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2008 and 2010 elections

Vote changes correspond to the 2008 Council election.

Bingley ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Colin Gill (Conservative Party). [2] [3]

Bingley by-election, 4 December 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Pennington 1,949 59.88 −3.10
Labour Andrew Mawson68921.17+4.39
Liberal Democrat Jean Taylor33210.20−1.36
Green Arthur Arnold1755.38−3.31
Democratic NationalistsJames Lewthwaite611.87N/A
UKIP Jason Smith491.51N/A
Majority1,26038.71
Turnout 3,26224.99−18.00
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. 1 2 Webber, Dan (30 September 2008). "Top councillor quits his post". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 Barnett, Ben (5 December 2008). "Tories hang on to Bingley seat". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Winrow, Jo (6 October 2006). "Rupert takes seat on Labour benches". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Staff writer (20 November 2013). "Ex-Co-op bank boss Paul Flowers' home searched by police". BBC News . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Wright, Steve (25 November 2011). "Labour hold on easily to Great Horton ward". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Staff writer (24 December 2013). "Former Bradford councillor Robert Payne jailed for tax fraud". BBC News . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Staff writer (2 February 2010). "Bradford Council groups now have same number of seats". Telegraph and Argus . Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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