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.
An asterisk denotes an incumbent
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 6.67 | N/A | |
Green | Brian Newham | 364 | 3.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,654 | 28.14 | |||
Turnout | 9,479 | 73.06 | +30.83 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 7.39 | N/A | |
Green | Steven Schofield | 149 | 2.24 | N/A | |
Democratic Nationalists | Glenis Fairclough | 57 | 0.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,361 | 20.44 | |||
Turnout | 6,690 | 62.85 | +28.36 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 2.92 | N/A | |
Majority | 116 | 1.80 | |||
Turnout | 6,486 | 58.99 | +18.11 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 3.51 | N/A | |
Green | Derek Curtis | 195 | 3.24 | −6.00 | |
UKIP | Hiren Koyani | 64 | 1.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,533 | 42.13 | |||
Turnout | 6,071 | 59.48 | +27.31 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 5.93 | N/A | |
Majority | 857 | 12.73 | |||
Turnout | 6,767 | 65.66 | +26.39 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
In 2006, Colin McPhee stood in this ward successfully as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | 4.20 | N/A | |
Majority | 734 | 11.67 | |||
Turnout | 6,305 | 60.40 | +25.08 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
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.
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | 4.32 | N/A | |
Majority | 473 | 6.77 | |||
Turnout | 7,033 | 68.05 | 23.16 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4.45 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,176 | 27.13 | |||
Turnout | 8,059 | 69.91 | +31.24 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 6.88 | N/A | |
UKIP | Paul Latham | 324 | 3.74 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,612 | 30.17 | |||
Turnout | 8,697 | 78.59 | +36.03 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,383 | 31.32 | |||
Turnout | 7,700 | 71.31 | +22.17 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 10.10 | N/A | |
Majority | 162 | 2.43 | |||
Turnout | 6,703 | 64.80 | +23.72 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4.55 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,110 | 31.76 | |||
Turnout | 6,698 | 64.06 | +18.55 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 5.33 | N/A | |
Majority | 15 | 0.21 | |||
Turnout | 7,204 | 66.40 | +23.88 | ||
BNP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 3.31 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,193 | +19.08 | |||
Turnout | 6,272 | 57.98 | +23.95 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 5.30 | N/A | |
Majority | 280 | 3.64 | |||
Turnout | 7,719 | 72.97 | +25.37 | ||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4.27 | N/A | |
Majority | 621 | 8.93 | |||
Turnout | 6,972 | 64.83 | +24.98 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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 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 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 3.42 | N/A | |
Green | Vanessa Pilny | 183 | 2.41 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,976 | 26.05 | |||
Turnout | 7,664 | 73.73 | 22.76 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
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]
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 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 6.35 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,085 | 28.64 | |||
Turnout | 7,307 | 80.92 | +34.78 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4.78 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,032 | 16.95 | |||
Turnout | 6,111 | 62.52 | +23.20 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 5.94 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,113 | 14.93 | |||
Turnout | 7,502 | 73.94 | +28.72 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4.43 | N/A | |
Majority | 664 | 10.69 | |||
Turnout | 6,237 | 64.05 | −20.48 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Vote changes correspond to 2010 Council election.
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Brown | 1,020 | 47.84 | +2.40 | |
Labour | Mark Curtis | 697 | 32.69 | +2.19 | |
Green | Robert Swindells | 235 | 11.02 | N/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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Toller is a ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council of West Yorkshire, England. The population of the ward as of the 2011 Census was 19,914.
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