City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2012

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Map of the results of the 2012 Bradford council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Respect in light red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Greens in green and independent in grey.

The 2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 3 May 2012. [1] The elections took place shortly after the Bradford West by-election, in which the Respect Party's George Galloway pulled off a shock victory against the incumbent Labour Party. Held alongside was a referendum on directly elected mayors. The Labour Party were one seat short of an overall majority following the election, leaving the council in no overall control.

The Respect Party was a left-wing to far-left political party active in the United Kingdom between 2004 and 2016. At the height of its success in 2007, the party had one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons and nineteen councillors in local government.

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.

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Election Result

Of the Council's 90 seats, 30 were up for election.

Bradford Council election, 2012 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 12 6 3Increase2.svg3 37.6 47,219
  Conservative 8 1 7Decrease2.svg6 23.4 29,332
  Respect 5 5 0Increase2.svg5 14.7 18,475
  Liberal Democrat 3 0 3Decrease2.svg3 13.5 16,932
  Green 1 1 0Increase2.svg1 5.2 6,507
  Independent 1 1 0Increase2.svg1 1.5 1,836
  UKIP 0 0 0Steady2.svg 2.8 3,482
 Democratic Nationalists 0 0 0Steady2.svg 0.8 1,042
  BNP 0 0 0Steady2.svg 0.4 549
  Socialist Labour 0 0 0Steady2.svg 0.1 97

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Debbie Davies 1,844 38.19 −1.33
Liberal Democrat Ian Lyons 1,632 33.80−30.86
Labour Jen Kilyon 757 15.68 +10.50
UKIP James Fell 331 6.85N/A
Green Alexander Newsham 265 5.49N/A
Majority 212 4.39
Turnout 4,846 41.96−6.84
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Pennington 2,790 54.13 −8.84
Labour Andrew Mawson 1,522 29.53 +12.76
Green Arthur Arnold 593 11.51 +2.82
Liberal Democrat Kay Kirkham 249 4.83−6.73
Majority 1,268 26.26
Turnout 5,191 38.16−4.83
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Margaret Eaton* 2,775 58.34 −7.11
Labour Robert Beckwith 1,202 25.27 +7.83
Green Brian Newham 499 10.49 +3.68
Liberal Democrat Alan Sykes 281 5.91−3.29
Majority 1,573 33.07
Turnout 4,785 35.82−4.67
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Tracey Leeming 1,888 48.96 −8.44
Labour Gareth Logan 1,175 30.47 +9.05
Respect Tazeem Sawaiz 529 13.72N/A
Conservative Ryan Robertshaw 264 6.85−8.10
Majority 713 18.49
Turnout 3,887 34.84 +0.80
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Hassan Khan 1,913 42.45 +9.56
Respect Mohammed Khan 1,535 34.06N/A
Liberal Democrat Amjad Ali 561 12.45−11.74
Conservative John Robertshaw* 498 11.05−31.88
Majority 378 8.39
Turnout 4,546 37.47 +1.71
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Faisal Khan resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Respect Faisal Khan 2,720 42.06 N/A
Liberal Democrat Riaz Ahmed* 2,085 32.24−20.31
Labour Salma Iqbal 1,441 22.28−11.12
UKIP Jim Dempsey 143 2.21N/A
Conservative Abid Majid 78 1.21−12.84
Majority 635 9.82
Turnout 6,508 54.98 +6.77
Respect gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

City ward

Ruqayyah Collector resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Respect Ruqayyah Collector 2,570 56.10 N/A
Labour Sajawal Hussain* 1,797 39.23−24.60
Liberal Democrat Lynne Gray 116 2.53−6.26
Conservative Susan Mills 98 2.14−18.69
Majority 773 16.87
Turnout 4,611 37.64 +0.83
Respect gain from Labour Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michelle Swallow 1,605 44.28 +13.07
Conservative David Servant 905 24.97−12.23
Respect Dawud Islam 762 21.02N/A
Liberal Democrat Lorna Leeming 353 9.74 +0.62
Majority 700 19.31
Turnout 3,648 32.30−7.68
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Craven ward

In 2008, Adrian Naylor stood successfully in this ward as a Conservative Party candidate. [5]

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
PartyCandidateVotes%±
The IndependentsAdrian Naylor*1,83640.36−26.86
Conservative Andrew Rowley 1,204 26.47−40.75
Labour Val Carroll 1,134 24.93 +6.52
Liberal Democrat Stuart Ebden 184 4.04−10.33
Green Robert Nicholls 182 4.00N/A
Majority 632 13.89
Turnout 4,572 37.25−0.97
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Ann Wallace* 1,511 45.35 +8.90
Labour Yvonne Oliver 1,242 37.27 +23.13
Conservative Edward Ward 328 9.84−20.73
Green David Ford 251 7.53N/A
Majority 269 8.07
Turnout 3,360 29.99−8.35
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abdul Jabar 2,293 48.16 −12.34
Respect Salim Jelani 1,542 32.39N/A
Liberal Democrat Mary Slingsby 536 11.26−2.16
UKIP Pal Bjornstom 390 8.19N/A
Majority 751 15.77
Turnout 4,796 42.89 +7.31
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Mohammad Shabbir resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013. [3] He served as an independent councillor until April 2015 when he joined the Labour Party. [6]

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%±
Respect Mohammad Shabbir 2,036 39.61 N/A
Conservative Sajid Akhtar* 1,331 25.89−11.36
Labour Rizwana Jamil 1,021 19.86−0.94
Green Celia Hickson 384 7.47−24.96
UKIP Sonja McNally 302 5.88N/A
Liberal Democrat Dominic Fear 66 1.28−8.22
Majority 705 13.72
Turnout 5,167 46.50−0.83
Respect gain from Conservative Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Alun Griffiths* 1,968 51.67 −9.99
Labour Michael Brown 959 25.18 +14.10
Conservative Howard Clough 589 15.46−11.80
Green Vanessa Pliny 293 7.69N/A
Majority 1,009 26.49
Turnout 3,828 31.70−4.56
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Anne Hawkesworth left the Conservative Party in January 2013 and joined The Independents: Adrian Naylor (Craven) and Chris Greaves (Wharfedale). [7]

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 (ward) electoral ward of Bradford City Council

Wharfedale is a ward in the north east of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England and is situated in Wharfedale, one of the Yorkshire dales. It consists of the settlements of Burley-in-Wharfedale, Burley Woodhead and Menston along with surrounding moorland. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 Census was 11,836.

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anne Hawkesworth* 2,436 49.33 −15.01
Labour Ann Cryer 1,683 34.08 +19.83
UKIP Paul Latham 354 7.17N/A
Green Brian Ford 238 4.82−5.61
Liberal Democrat Peter Ferguson 227 4.60−6.37
Majority 753 15.25
Turnout 4,954 43.92−1.44
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Khadim Hussain* 2,435 47.23 −5.63
Conservative Zafar Ali 2,169 42.07 +13.07
Liberal Democrat Gerald Brooksbank 552 10.71−7.43
Majority 266 5.16
Turnout 5,218 44.64 +1.39
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Malcolm Slater 2,511 58.83 +16.72
Conservative Dorothy Clamp* 1,400 32.80−10.66
Liberal Democrat Judith Brooksbank 357 8.36−6.05
Majority 1,111 26.03
Turnout 4,315 36.79−4.14
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keighley West

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Adrian Farley 1,876 62.39 +19.75
Conservative Brian Hudson 844 28.07−16.45
Liberal Democrat Mike Wilkinson 287 9.54−3.30
Majority 1,032 34.32
Turnout 3,050 28.91−3.21
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Respect Alyas Karmani 2,191 47.83 N/A
Labour Ian Greenwood* 2,174 47.46−12.99
Conservative Andrea Taylor 120 2.62−12.24
Liberal Democrat Shabir Butt 96 2.10−22.60
Majority 17 0.37
Turnout 4,603 41.52 +8.25
Respect gain from Labour Swing

Manningham ward

Ishtiaq Ahmed resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor [3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party. [4]

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Respect Ishtiaq Ahmed 3,265 57.45 +50.09
Labour Soofi Amin 2,126 37.41−5.84
Green John Robinson 147 2.59−1.40
Conservative Qurban Malik 87 1.53−3.06
Liberal Democrat Brendan Stubbs 58 1.02−38.55
Majority 1,139 20.04
Turnout 5,725 50.03 +0.89
Respect gain from Labour Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Walls* 1,073 30.20 −7.88
Labour Rosie Watson 956 26.91 +11.06
UKIP Jason Smith 884 24.88 +19.83
BNP Eric Baxendale 549 15.45−18.36
Liberal Democrat Michael Stelling 91 2.56−4.24
Majority 117 3.29
Turnout 3,570 31.50−8.20
Conservative hold Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Andrew Thornton* 1,771 58.90 +19.79
Conservative Sharon Robertshaw 571 18.99−6.51
Democratic Nationalists James Lewthwaite 453 15.06 +7.43
Liberal Democrat Brian Boulton 212 7.05−1.55
Majority 1,200 39.91
Turnout 3,035 26.43−5.31
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Martin Love* 2,323 52.02 +4.24
Labour Andrew McCormick 862 19.30 +4.61
Conservative Mike Pollard 755 16.91−10.08
UKIP Philip Bird 297 6.65 +3.38
Liberal Democrat Christine Briggs 132 2.96−2.27
Socialist Labour Christopher Butler 97 2.17N/A
Majority 1,461 32.71
Turnout 4,484 40.57−3.27
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Charles Sykes* 1,633 45.29 +3.34
Labour Mark Blackburn 1,074 29.78 +9.79
Respect Patrick Mulligan 648 17.97N/A
Liberal Democrat Kezia Rooke 251 6.96−4.42
Majority 559 15.50
Turnout 3,633 33.36−4.43
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

163 (3.66%) ballot papers were rejected, compared to 48 (0.96%) in the 2008 election in this ward. Arshad Hussain stood successfully here as a Conservative Party candidate in 2008, before defecting in 2010 following a race row - his vote change corresponds to the 2008 Labour Party candidate, Sobia Kauser.

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Arshad Hussain* 3,346 78.07 +42.54
Liberal Democrat David Leeming 482 11.25−12.57
Conservative Rosie Russell 458 10.69−24.99
Majority 2,864 66.82
Turnout 4,449 37.83−10.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michael Johnson* 1,385 57.61 +28.87
Respect Sarah Cartin 385 16.01N/A
Liberal Democrat Kirsty Yeadon 358 14.89 +3.56
Democratic Nationalists Liam Kernaghan 276 11.48 +8.81
Majority 1,000 41.60
Turnout 2,444 21.11−3.74
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dale Smith* 2,252 60.80 −5.24
Labour Dave Allen 694 18.74 +9.67
Green Janet Souyave 565 15.25 +6.80
Liberal Democrat Gillian Thorne 193 5.21−11.24
Majority 1,558 42.06
Turnout 3,718 40.53−4.81
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Green* 1,753 52.85 +14.29
UKIP Jamie Illingworth 781 23.55 +20.79
Conservative Thomas McMeeking 399 12.03−13.39
Liberal Democrat Christopher Boulton 384 11.58 +0.26
Majority 972 29.30
Turnout 3,330 33.52−1.94
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alex Ross-Shaw 1,604 43.96 +12.31
Liberal Democrat John Watmough 1,401 38.39−1.20
Conservative Derek Green 367 10.06−7.24
Green Helen Love 277 7.59 +4.99
Majority 203 5.56
Turnout 3,669 34.84−2.67
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Russell Brown 1,372 42.33 −17.71
Labour Mark Curtis 1,141 35.21 +10.29
Green Robert Swindells 490 15.12 +7.65
Liberal Democrat Sharon Purvis 238 7.34−0.23
Majority 231 7.13
Turnout 3,284 31.72−8.07
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Robinson* 1,767 54.42 +22.38
Conservative Richard Milczanowski 692 21.31−8.35
Democratic Nationalists Neil Craig 313 9.64 +0.68
Respect James Clayton 292 8.99N/A
Liberal Democrat Kevin Hall 183 5.64−6.73
Majority 1,075 33.11
Turnout 3,268 31.96−4.00
Labour hold Swing

Referendum result

Mayoral referenda were held in 11 local authorities across England to decide whether to introduce directly elected mayors, as opposed in Bradford to the previous system of Councillors electing a leader of the Council. Alongside Birmingham, Coventry, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield, Bradford voted against directly elected mayors. Only Bristol and Doncaster voted in favour.

Bradford Mayoral referendum 2012
Choice Votes %
X mark.svg No66,28355.13
Yes 53,949 44.87
Total votes120,232100.00
Registered voters and turnout 341,126 35.25

By-elections between 2012 and 2013 elections

Vote changes correspond to the 2012 Council election.

Wharfedale ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Matt Palmer, who had stood successfully for the Conservative Party in this ward in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 council elections, in early October. [8] [9]

Wharfedale by-election, 15 November 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Jackie Whiteley 1,353 54.03 −6.77
Labour David Green 485 19.37 +0.63
Green Janet Souyave 320 12.78−2.47
Liberal Democrat Paul Treadwell 222 8.87 +3.66
UKIP Samuel Fletcher 124 4.95N/A
Majority 868 34.66
Turnout 2,516 27.51−13.02
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Bradford local elections

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  1. ↑ Statement of Persons Nominated Bradford Council
  2. ↑ http://www.englishelections.org.uk/england/l12/bradford.php
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