City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2014

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The 2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 22 May 2014. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Results of the 2014 local elections in Bradford Bradford UK ward map 2014 results.svg
Results of the 2014 local elections in Bradford

Results

Bradford City Council Election Result 2014 [2]
CandidatesVotes
Party Stood Elected Gained UnseatedNet % of total % Net %
  Labour 31 16Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg 51.6% 40.5% 55,210Increase2.svg5.6%
  Conservative 31 8Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2 25.8% 20.2% 27,518Decrease2.svg12.4%
  Liberal Democrat 31 3Steady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg 9.7% 11.1% 15,106Decrease2.svg10.7%
  Independent 6 2Increase2.svg1Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg1 6.4% 4.8% 6,495Increase2.svg4.0%
  UKIP 16 1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg1 3.2% 12.6% 17,117Increase2.svg11.2%
  Green 15 1Steady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg 3.2% 5.0% 6,863Increase2.svg1.9%
  Respect 9Steady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg 0% 4.3% 5,818Increase2.svg0.1%
  Peace 1Steady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg 0% 0.7% 985Increase2.svg0.7%
  British Democratic 2Steady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg 0% 0.2% 267Decrease2.svg4.2%
PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour 45 46
Conservative 24 21
Liberal Democrat 8 8
Respect 5 0
Independent 5 11
Green 3 3
UKIP 0 1
Total 90 90
Working majority 0  2 

Ward Results

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Valerie Margaret Townend 2,258 45.8% Decrease2.svg1.3%
Liberal Democrat Ian James Lyons 1,473 29.9%Decrease2.svg7.3%
Labour Joseph Thomas Ashton 842 17.1%Increase2.svg4.9%
Green Alexander Charles Newsham 330 6.7%Increase2.svg3.5%
Majority 785 15.9%Increase2.svg5.9%
Turnout 4,929 41.6%Decrease2.svg33.7%
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3%

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Heseltine 2,183 39.9% Decrease2.svg10.5%
Labour Andrew David Mawson 1,307 23.9%Decrease2.svg1.5%
UKIP Lynne Hannam Edgley 1,295 23.7%Increase2.svg23.7%
Green Darren James Parkinson 452 8.3% 2.0%
Liberal Democrat Christine Betty Briggs 213 3.9%Decrease2.svg13.6%
Majority 876 16.0%Decrease2.svg8.9%
Turnout 5,467 38.3%Decrease2.svg36.1%
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.5%

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael George Ellis 2,047 40.0% Decrease2.svg9.3%
UKIP Stephen Henry 1,485 29.0%Increase2.svg22.4%
Labour Andrew David McCormick 935 18.3%Decrease2.svg3.0%
Green Brian Newham 405 7.9%Increase2.svg4.1%
Liberal Democrat Kay Kirkham 240 4.7%Decrease2.svg13.8%
Majority 562 11.0%Decrease2.svg17.0%
Turnout 5,122 37.1%Decrease2.svg36.0%
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg15.8%

Bolton and Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Rachel Emma Sunderland 1,969 50.3% Increase2.svg4.8%
Labour Frank Dignan 1,462 37.4%Increase2.svg12.2%
Conservative Christopher Michael Clapham 412 10.5%Decrease2.svg7.8%
Majority 507 13.0%Decrease2.svg7.4%
Turnout 3,911 35.1%Decrease2.svg27.7%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing Increase2.svg3.7%

Bowling and Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rizwana Jamil 2,532 55.8% Increase2.svg21.3%
Liberal Democrat Michael Andrew Stelling 863 19.0%Decrease2.svg6.5%
Respect Mohammed Ashraf Miah 829 18.3%Increase2.svg15.4%
Conservative Zaf Shah 249 5.5%Decrease2.svg30.8%
Majority 1,669 36.8%Increase2.svg35.0%
Turnout 4,534 36.4%Decrease2.svg22.6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg13.9%

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Shafiq 2,671 46.7% Increase2.svg4.2%
Liberal Democrat Riaz Ahmed 2,615 45.7%Increase2.svg12.7%
Respect Arshad Ali 238 4.2%Increase2.svg4.2%
Conservative Mohammed Tunveer 147 2.6%Decrease2.svg20.8%
Majority 56 1.0%Decrease2.svg8.6%
Turnout 5,723 48.8%Decrease2.svg16.1
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.3%

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Nazam Azam 3,510 78.0% Increase2.svg15.5%
Respect Syed Musuab Ali 656 14.6%Increase2.svg14.6%
Liberal Democrat Stacey Yeadon 156 3.5%Decrease2.svg4.6%
Conservative Shahid Nabi 142 3.2%Decrease2.svg17.5%
Majority 2,854 63.4%Increase2.svg21.6%
Turnout 4,502 36.9%Decrease2.svg22.6%
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.5%

Clayton and Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sinead Engel 1,963 51.3% Increase2.svg11.8%
UKIP James David Vasey 1,037 27.1%Increase2.svg27.1%
Conservative Andrea Louise Taylor 674 17.6%Decrease2.svg9.2%
Liberal Democrat Nicola Pollard 145 3.8%Decrease2.svg13.1%
Majority 926 24.2%Increase2.svg11.5%
Turnout 3,829 33.9%Decrease2.svg31.8%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.7%

Craven ward

A second seat (won by Christopher Atkinson) was contested following the death in office of Councillor Michael Kelly. [3]

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Charles Mallinson 1864
Independent Christopher Michael Atkinson 1852
Independent Catherine Jane Coates 1478
Conservative Andrew Charles Rowley 1091
Labour Valerie Judith Carroll 1073
Independent David Michael Mullen 652
Labour Luke Edward Antony Joseph Maunsell 626
Green Margaret Kathryn Forrest 449
Liberal Democrat Samuel Edwin Harris 179
Liberal Democrat Michael Robert Thomas Powell 128
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Geoff Reid 1,541 35.0% Decrease2.svg3.9%
Labour Stephen James Davison 1,324 30.1%Increase2.svg2.8%
Conservative Terrance John Pearson 514 11.7%Decrease2.svg5.4%
Green Robert Minter Nicholls 391 8.9%Increase2.svg8.9%
Majority 217 4.9%Decrease2.svg6.7%
Turnout 4,402 36.5%Decrease2.svg23.9%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.4%

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joanne Margaret Dodds 2,696 63.2% Increase2.svg7.8%
UKIP James Scott Beech 694 16.3%Increase2.svg16.3%
Conservative Abdul Samed Zaman 548 63.2%Decrease2.svg11.0%
Respect Joseph Nael Hayat 196 4.6%Increase2.svg4.6%
Liberal Democrat Mary Slingsby 115 2.7%Decrease2.svg17.1%
Majority 2,002 46.9%Increase2.svg15.3%
Turnout 4,266 38.2%Decrease2.svg20.3%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.3%

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nussrat Mohammed 1,784 36.3% Decrease2.svg0.6%
Peace Imdad Hussain 985 20.1%Increase2.svg20.1%
Green David Michael Ford 893 18.2%Increase2.svg1.7
Conservative Sajid Mahmood 665 13.5%Decrease2.svg16.7%
Respect Peter William John Davis 408 8.3%Increase2.svg4.0%
Liberal Democrat Mike McNally 131 2.7%Decrease2.svg8.7%
Majority 799 16.3%Decrease2.svg10.7%
Turnout 4,909 44.8%Decrease2.svg25.1%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.0%

The incumbent was Imdad Hussain who had been elected for the Labour party but was suspended from the Labour Party for two years in 2012 when he failed to declare being banned as a company director. He subsequently joined the Peace Party becoming their only councillor and standing under that banner for re-election. [4] . Imdad was punched and his windscreen smashed in two separate incidents while canvassing for this election. He called for calm and said that tensions were really high. [5]

Idle and Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Dominic Fear 2,334 57.5% Increase2.svg5.6%
Labour Angela Tait 889 21.9%Increase2.svg3.5%
Conservative Peter Andrew Robert Mills 838 20.6%Decrease2.svg4.2%
Majority 1,445 35.6%Increase2.svg8.6%
Turnout 4,061 33.0%Decrease2.svg45.6%
Liberal Democrat hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.1%

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Peter Gibbons 2,705 51.7% Increase2.svg1.4%
Labour Alexander James MacPherson 1,303 24.9%Increase2.svg4.6%
Green Brian Richard Ford 508 9.7%Increase2.svg2.9%
Liberal Democrat Peter Alan Ferguson 359 6.9%Decrease2.svg11.5%
UKIP Paul John Latham 348 6.7%Increase2.svg2.9%
Majority 1,402 26.8%Decrease2.svg4.1%
Turnout 5,231 44.5%Decrease2.svg26.8%
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.6%

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abid Hussain 3,418 63.5% Increase2.svg9.3%
Conservative Akbar Ali 745 13.8%Decrease2.svg9.4%
UKIP George Michael Firth 722 13.4%Increase2.svg13.4%
Green Rohman Ali 236 4.4%Increase2.svg0.4%
Liberal Democrat Pauline Rogan 222 4.1%Decrease2.svg13.2%
Majority 2,673 49.7%Increase2.svg18.7%
Turnout 5,381 46.0%Decrease2.svg25.0%
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg9.4%

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Pullen 1,881 39.0% Decrease2.svg2.4%
UKIP Ian Bannister 1,192 24.7%Increase2.svg24.7%
Conservative Allan Joseph Doherty 968 20.1%Decrease2.svg18.3%
Respect Shazad Murtaza 492 10.2%Increase2.svg10.2%
Liberal Democrat Judith Brooksbank 263 5.5%Decrease2.svg14.0%
Majority 689 14.3%Increase2.svg11.2%
Turnout 4,825 40.1%Decrease2.svg24.7%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg13.5%

Keighley West ward

In October 2016 Brian Morris quit UKIP and became an independent councillor. [6]

UK Independence Party British political party

The UK Independence Party is a hard Eurosceptic, right-wing political party in the United Kingdom. It currently has one representative in the House of Lords and seven Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). It has four Assembly Members (AMs) in the National Assembly for Wales and one member in the London Assembly. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two Members of Parliament and was the largest UK party in the European Parliament.

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
UKIP Brian Morris 1,418 39.8% Increase2.svg39.8%
Labour Keith Edward Dredge* 1,252 35.1%Decrease2.svg4.1%
Conservative Ryan Thomas Andrew Brown 613 17.2%Decrease2.svg19.6%
Green Barbara Elizabeth Archer 208 5.8%Increase2.svg5.8%
Liberal Democrat Jack Taylor 63
Majority 166 4.7%Increase2.svg2.2%
Turnout 3,566 31.1%Decrease2.svg28.7%
UKIP gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg21.9%

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Naveeda Ikram* 3,297 74.9% Increase2.svg15.6%
Respect Shamsher Malik Yasin 722 16.4%Increase2.svg16.4%
Liberal Democrat Shabir Ahmed Butt 181 4.1%Decrease2.svg14.8%
Conservative Altaf Hussain 137 3.1%Decrease2.svg17.9%
Majority 2,575 58.5%Increase2.svg20.2%
Turnout 4,402 38.2% 25.9%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.4%

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Shabir Hussain* 3,218 61.3% Increase2.svg2.2%
Respect Naweed Hussain 1,617 30.8%Increase2.svg30.8%
Green John Edward Robinson 170 3.2%Decrease2.svg1.3%
Conservative Hassan Nadim 120 2.3%Decrease2.svg5.6%
Liberal Democrat Margaret Isobel Chadwick 92 1.8%Decrease2.svg25.9%
Majority 1,601 30.5%Decrease2.svg1.0%
Turnout 5,246 46.1%Decrease2.svg20.3%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg14.3%

Queensbury ward

Paul Cromie was elected to represent the British National Party in 2010 but then left the party in 2011 standing as The Queensbury Ward Independents with his wife Jane Cromie who won another of the Queensbury councillor seats in 2011. [7]

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%±
The Queensbury Ward IndependentsPaul Gregory Smith Cromie*1,37735.7%Increase2.svg5.0%
UKIP Jason Paul Smith 1,262 32.7%Increase2.svg27.4%
Labour Rosemary Watson 628 16.3%Decrease2.svg4.7%
Conservative John Antony Robertshaw 489 12.7%Decrease2.svg17.8%
Liberal Democrat Ruth Mary Sharples Weston 89 2.3%Decrease2.svg9.9%
Majority 115 3.0%Increase2.svg2.8%
Turnout 3,855 32.1%Decrease2.svg25.8%
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg11.2%

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Valerie Slater* 1,389 40.5% Decrease2.svg1.0%
UKIP John James Worsley 1,232 35.9%Increase2.svg35.9%
Conservative David John Servant 464 13.5%Decrease2.svg8.9%
Liberal Democrat Shauna Ann Devonshire 177 5.2%Decrease2.svg11.6%
British Democratic James Graham Lewthwaite 152 4.4%Decrease2.svg11.3%
Majority 157 4.6%Decrease2.svg14.4%
Turnout 3,431 28.6%Decrease2.svg14.4%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg18.4%

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Green Hawarun Nessa Hussain* 2,037 43.7% Increase2.svg13.6%
Labour Aidan Paul Enright 1,048 22.5%Decrease2.svg1.3%
Conservative Thomas William Banks 805 17.3%Decrease2.svg9.2%
UKIP Philip Edward Bird 647 13.9%Increase2.svg8.6%
Liberal Democrat Liam James Preston 118 2.5%Decrease2.svg11.6%
Majority 989 21.2%Increase2.svg17.6%
Turnout 4,665 41.2%Decrease2.svg23.6%
Green hold Swing Increase2.svg7.5%

Thornton and Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Lee Dunbar 1,737 45.5% Increase2.svg15.2%
Conservative Clive Thomas Richardson 1,685 44.1%Increase2.svg4.9%
Liberal Democrat Susan Anne Elliott 298 7.8%Decrease2.svg7.0%
Majority 52 1.4%Decrease2.svg7.5%
Turnout 3,818 33.1%Decrease2.svg40.6%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg5.1%

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Imran Hussain* 4,850 80.3% Increase2.svg23.7%
Respect Bilal Ali 660 10.9%Increase2.svg7.5%
Green James Alistair Kirkcaldy 209 3.5%Increase2.svg1.1%
Conservative Hashim Mohammad Al-Kohan 205 3.4%Decrease2.svg27.4%
Liberal Democrat David Leeming 93 1.5%Decrease2.svg4.3%
Majority 4,190 69.3%Increase2.svg43.6%
Turnout 6,043 50.8%Decrease2.svg2.4%
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg8.1%

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Frederick Wainwright* 1,156 42.4% Decrease2.svg0.3%
UKIP Bernard Francis Pringle 945 34.7%Increase2.svg34.7%
Conservative Edward Christopher Ward 339 12.4%Decrease2.svg12.4%
Liberal Democrat Kirsty Louise Yeadon 159 5.8%Decrease2.svg12.1%
British Democratic Liam Andrew Kernaghan 115 4.2%Decrease2.svg9.9%
Majority 211 7.7%Decrease2.svg10.2%
Turnout 2,725 23.4%Decrease2.svg57.5%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg17.5%

The percentage change for the British Democratic Party (2013) candidate is compared to the British National Party candidate in the 2010 election.

The British Democratic Party, commonly known as the British Democrats, is a British far-right political party. It was launched in 2013 in a village hall in Leicestershire by a ten-member steering committee which included former members of several political parties including the British National Party (BNP), Democratic Nationalists, Freedom Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP).

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gerald Anthony Granville Barker 1,737 42.2% Decrease2.svg10.8%
Independent Stephen David Ellams 1,017 24.7%Increase2.svg24.7%
Labour Niccola Swan 737 17.9%Increase2.svg2.1%
Green Janet Souyave 393 9.5%Increase2.svg3.2%
Liberal Democrat Paul James Treadwell 220 5.3%Decrease2.svg19.1%
Majority 720 17.5%Decrease2.svg11.1%
Turnout 4,119 44.0%Decrease2.svg18.5%
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.5%

Chris Graves was the incumbent, who stood down at this election.

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lynne Eleanor Smith* 1,467 41.7% Increase2.svg1.5%
UKIP James Andrew Illingworth 1,355 38.5%Increase2.svg33.7%
Conservative Richard Ian Sheard 499 14.2%Decrease2.svg9.1%
Liberal Democrat Brian James Boulton 191 5.4%Decrease2.svg13.5%
Majority 112 3.2%Decrease2.svg13.7%
Turnout 3,520 33.3%Decrease2.svg31.2%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg16.1%

Windhill and Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Vanda Greenwood* 1,799 47.1% Increase2.svg7.7%
UKIP Hong Vi La 1,089 28.5%Increase2.svg28.5%
Conservative Claire-Marie Elizabeth Parr 467 12.2%Decrease2.svg5.0%
Liberal Democrat Gillian Thorne 282 7.4%Decrease2.svg24.3%
Green Helen Love 169 4.4%Increase2.svg4.4%
Majority 710 18.6%Increase2.svg10.8%
Turnout 3,817 34.6%Decrease2.svg39.3%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.4%

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Glen William Miller* 1,384 34.2% Decrease2.svg10.9%
UKIP Peter Allan Gilchrist Corkindale 1,169 28.9%Increase2.svg28.9%
Labour Mark Bernard Curtis 1,067 26.4%Decrease2.svg3.9%
Green Celia Ruth Hickson 310 7.7%Increase2.svg7.7%
Liberal Democrat Alan Sykes 104 2.6%Decrease2.svg15.4%
Majority 215 5.3%Decrease2.svg9.5%
Turnout 4,043 37.8%Decrease2.svg26.2%
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg19.9%

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Warburton* 1,349 40.6% Increase2.svg2.7%
UKIP Lois Wood 1,227 37.0%Increase2.svg37.0%
Conservative Richard Milczanowski 524 15.8%Decrease2.svg11.5%
Independent Neil Craig 119 3.6%Increase2.svg3.6%
Liberal Democrat Kevin Anthony Hall 93 2.8%Decrease2.svg14.4%
Majority 122 3.7%Decrease2.svg7.0%
Turnout 3,319 32.0%Decrease2.svg32.0%
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg17.2%

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