City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2018

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City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Elections, 2018

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  2016 3 May 2018 2019  

One third (30 of 90) to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderSusan HinchcliffeJohn PenningtonJeanette Sunderland
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
Leader's seatWindhill & WroseBingleyIdle & Thackley
Seats won20, 66.6%8, 26.6%2, 6.6%
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote65,20734,54712,159
Percentage51.8%27.4%9.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg11.8%Increase2.svg5.4%Decrease2.svg2.1%

Council control before election

Majority
Labour

Council control after election

Majority
Labour

2018 local election results in Bradford Bradford UK ward map 2018 results.svg
2018 local election results in Bradford

The 2018 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Bradford District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward for a four-year term so the councillors elected in 2018 last stood for election in 2014. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election. Before the election there was a Labour majority and afterwards Labour had increased their majority.

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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Result

Bradford Metropolitan District Council election results, 2018
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet% of total%Net %
  Labour 302030Increase2.svg366.651.865,207Increase2.svg11.8
  Conservative 29810Increase2.svg126.627.434,547Increase2.svg5.4
  Liberal Democrat 30201Decrease2.svg16.69.612,159Decrease2.svg2.1
  Green 30001Decrease2.svg10.06.27,859Increase2.svg0.2
  UKIP 7001Decrease2.svg10.01.62,070Decrease2.svg9.4
  Independent 3001Decrease2.svg10.01.52,003Decrease2.svg3.5
 Others1000Steady2.svg0.00.6773Decrease2.svg0.4
  Yorkshire Party 3000Steady2.svg0.00.4514N/A
  British Democratic 1000Steady2.svg0.00.1161N/A
  Democrats and Veterans 1000Steady2.svg0.00.0135N/A
  TUSC 1000Steady2.svg0.00.0115Steady2.svg
  Women's Equality 1000Steady2.svg0.00.076N/A
  Libertarian 1000Steady2.svg0.00.069N/A
 Totals17430100.0100.0125,688

Before the election the composition of the council was:

49219632
LabourConservativeLib DemIndGrQb

After the election the composition of the council was:

52228521
LabourConservativeLib DemIndGrQb
PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour 4952
Conservative 2122
Liberal Democrat 98
Independent 65
Green 32
The Queensbury Ward Independents21
Total9090

Results by ward

Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor. [1]

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Val Townend* 2,757 57.0 11.2
Labour Joe Ashton1,35127.910.9
Liberal Democrat David Wilkinson4449.2-20.7
Green Andrew Stanford1974.1-2.6
Women's Equality Cat Crossley761.61.6
Majority1,40629.113.2
Turnout 4,82540.0-1.6
Conservative hold Swing 0.2

Val Townend was the incumbent. The swing between Conservative & Labour was 0.2%. There were much bigger swings from the Liberal Democrats to both Conservatives (16.0%) & Labour (15.8%).

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Heseltine* 2,770 46.4 6.5
Labour Marcus Dearden2,44340.917.0
Green Rachael Drucquer2985.0-3.3
Yorkshire Party Mark Barton2303.93.9
Liberal Democrat Peter Russell2123.6-0.3
Majority3275.5-10.5
Turnout 5,95341.53.2
Conservative hold Swing -5.3

David Heseltine was the incumbent. There was a swing of 5.3% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time but got 23.7% of the vote in 2014 so the biggest swings are from UKIP to Labour (20.4%) and Conservative (15.1%).

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mike Ellis* 2,929 55.5 15.6
Labour Mohammed Miah1,22723.35.0
Liberal Democrat Helen Baranowski52710.05.3
Green Brian Newham3336.3-1.6
UKIP Derrick Hodgson2494.7-24.3
Majority1,70232.321.3
Turnout 5,26536.4-0.7
Conservative hold Swing 5.3

Mike Ellis was the incumbent. There was a 5.3% swing from Labour to Conservative. The biggest swing was 19.9% from UKIP to Conservative.

Bolton and Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ian Greenwood 1,686 44.5 7.1
Liberal Democrat Rachel Sunderland*1,59642.1-8.2
Conservative Rizwan Sakhawat3769.9-0.6
Green Jasmine Sharp1133.03.0
Majority902.4-10.6
Turnout 3,77132-2.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing 7.7

Rachel Sunderland was the incumbent for the Liberal Democrats & this ward was gained by Labour with a 7.7% swing.

Bowling and Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rizwana Jamil* 3,193 77.5 21.6
Liberal Democrat Howard Middleton3979.6-9.4
Conservative Kamran Sakhawat3097.52.0
TUSC Ian Slattery1152.82.8
Green Basit Khalid1012.52.5
Majority2,79667.831.0
Turnout 4,11531.6-4.8
Labour hold Swing 15.5

Rizwana Jamil was the incumbent for Labour and increased their majority with a 15.5% swing from the Liberal Democrats.

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Shafiq* 3,270 53.8 7.1
Independent Wajid Iqbal1,43223.623.6
Liberal Democrat Jafrul Gazi1,13618.7-27.0
Conservative Rahila Parveen1322.2-0.4
Green Phil Worsnop781.31.3
Majority1,83830.229.3
Turnout 6,04848.6-0.2
Labour hold Swing 17.1

Mohammed Shafiq was the incumbent for Labour. There was a swing of 17.1% from the Liberal Democrats who were second in 2014 to Labour. The biggest swing was a swing of 25.3% from Liberal Democrat to Independent and the swing between Labour and the Independent candidate was 8.2% from Labour to the Independent.

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mohammed Azam* 3,184 87.6 9.7
Green Charlotte Woollard2466.86.8
Liberal Democrat Ines Riach1794.91.5
Majority2,93880.917.5
Turnout 3,60929.4-7.5
Labour hold Swing 12.1

Mohammed Azam was the incumbent for Labour. Respect was second in 2014 though they did not stand this time creating the largest swing of 12.1% between Respect and Labour. The Conservative party did not stand in this ward this time either, this being the only ward in Bradford where one of the four largest parties did not stand.

Clayton and Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sinead Engel* 2,182 62.0 10.7
Conservative Harry Boota98327.910.3
Green Susan May2126.06.0
Liberal Democrat Steven Cotterill1404.00.2
Majority1,19934.09.9
Turnout 3,51730.1-3.8
Labour hold Swing 0.2

The incumbent was Sinead Engel for Labour. There was a swing of 0.2% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP was second in 2014 with 27.1% of the vote but did not stand this time so there was a swing of 18.9% from UKIP to Labour which was the biggest swing.

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Rebecca Whitaker 2,763 55.1 26.2
Labour Val Carroll1,61932.315.6
Green Caroline Whitaker3777.5-1.3
Liberal Democrat Bob Jones2484.91.9
Majority1,14422.822.8
Turnout 5,00737.1-2.3
Conservative hold Swing 5.3

The incumbent was Andrew Mallinson for the Conservatives who failed to get reselected by the local Conservative Party. Rebecca Whitaker gained selection instead. Whitaker had previously been a Silsden town councillor [2] . The swing was 5.3% from Labour to Conservative however the 2014 election was complicated by the election of a second councillor at the same time. The councillor which won the second seat was Christopher Atkinson as an independent who failed to be re-elected in 2015. No independent stood this time so the swing expressed between Conservative and Independent would be 23.5% to the Conservatives.

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Geoff Reid* 1,529 44.3 9.3
Labour Ian Parsons1,28037.17.0
Conservative Abdul Qayyum2477.2-4.5
Independent Terry Pearson1704.94.9
Yorkshire Party Lara Barras1313.83.8
Green Sarah Dick822.4-6.5
Majority2497.22.3
Turnout 3,43927.7-8.8
Liberal Democrat hold Swing 1.1

The incumbent was Geoff Reid for the Liberal Democrats. The swing was 1.1% from Labour to Liberal Democrat. The biggest swing was 7.9% from Green to Liberal Democrat.

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joanne Dodds* 3,076 83.5 20.3
Conservative Hashim Kohan39710.8-2.1
Green Lesley Hall1213.33.3
Liberal Democrat Dorothy Wallace862.3-0.4
Majority2,67972.725.8
Turnout 3,68033.4-4.8
Labour hold Swing 11.2

The incumbent was Joanne Dodds for Labour. There was a swing of 11.2% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP & Respect both stood in 2014 but not this time with 16.3% and 4.6% of the vote respectively. The largest swing therefore was 18.3% from UKIP to Labour.

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nussrat Mohammed* 2,969 74.1 37.7
Green Celia Hickson48512.1-6.1
Conservative Owais Rajput3619.0-4.5
Liberal Democrat Edward Hallmann1704.21.6
Majority2,48462.045.7
Turnout 3,98534.6-10.2
Labour hold Swing 21.9

Nussrat Mohammed was the incumbent for Labour. There was a swing of 21% from Green to Labour though that could also be expressed as a swing of 29.4% from the Peace party to Labour as The Peace party was second with 21.1% in 2014 but did not stand in 2018. The Peace party candidate in 2014 had been elected as a Labour councillor four years previously.

Idle and Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Julie Humphreys 2,327 56.2 -1.3
Labour Chris Hayden1,08726.24.4
Conservative Adnan Sakhawat43510.5-10.1
Yorkshire Party Jonathan Barras1804.34.3
Green Carl Dunk1062.62.6
Majority1,24029.9-5.6
Turnout 4,13532.5-0.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing -2.8

The incumbent was Dominic Fear for the Liberal Democrats who stood down at this election. There was a swing of 2.8% from Liberal Democrat to Labour though the largest swing was 7.2% from Conservative to Labour.

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mike Gibbons* 2,843 49.9 -1.8
Labour Aidan Higgins1,55627.32.4
Green Ros Brown67111.82.1
Liberal Democrat Thomas Franks60710.73.8
Majority1,28722.6-4.2
Turnout 5,67747.32.8
Conservative hold Swing -2.1

The incumbent was Mike Gibbons for the Conservative party. There was a swing of 2.1% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP gained 6.7% in 2014 & did not stand this time so the largest swing was 5.2% from UKIP to Liberal Democrat.

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Abid Hussain 3,532 76.0 12.5
Conservative Stephen Butler71515.41.5
Liberal Democrat Paul Mann1854.0-0.1
Green Allan Swales1823.9-0.5
Majority2,81760.611.0
Turnout 4,61440.0-6.0
Labour hold Swing 5.5

The incumbent was Abid Hussain for Labour. There was a swing of 5.5% from Conservative to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time but won 13.4% in 2014 so the biggest swing was 13.0% from UKIP to Labour.

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Caroline Firth 2,436 55.2 16.3
Conservative John Kirby1,52534.614.5
Green Trudie Jackson2876.56.5
Liberal Democrat Glen Cheney1543.5-2.0
Majority91120.76.4
Turnout 4,40236.1-4.0
Labour hold Swing -0.9

The incumbent was Stephen Pullen for Labour who stood down at this election [3] . There was a swing of 0.9% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP did not stand this time but won 24.7% in 2014 so the largest swings were 20.5% from UKIP to Labour & 19.6% from UKIP to Conservative. Respect also did not stand after winning 10.2% in 2014.

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Godwin 1,571 48.3 13.2
Conservative Peter Clarke1,10033.816.6
Independent Brian Morris*40112.312.3
Green Peter Ferguson1023.1-2.7
Liberal Democrat Jan Orys712.20.4
Majority47114.59.8
Turnout 3,24527.9-3.2
Labour gain from UKIP Swing 26.5

Brian Morris was the incumbent, having been elected for UKIP in 2014 and left the party to stand as an independent campaigning for the separation of Keighley, Ilkley & Shipley from Bradford in October 2016 [4] . There was no UKIP candidate this time so the swing from UKIP to Labour was 26.5%. If the swing is calculated comparing the vote for Morris as an Independent against the vote for Morris as a UKIP councillor it would be 20.3%.

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Fareeda Mir 3,375 84.6 9.7
Conservative Sakhawat Hussain2807.03.9
Liberal Democrat Angharad Griffiths2195.51.4
Green Nurjahan Ali Arobi972.42.4
Majority3,09577.519.1
Turnout 3,97134.6-3.6
Labour hold Swing 2.9

The incumbent was Naveeda Ikram for Labour who resigned from Labour and the council in November 2017 [5] . She had been suspended by Labour in October 2015 [6] after being accused of seeking care contracts for Nexus Assist and failing to declare an interest in the firm while a Councillor between November 2014 & August 2015. The jury was discharged for undisclosed reasons in Crown Court in December 2017 [7] and she was acquitted in the Court of Appeal in March 2018 [8] . She had been the first British Pakistani woman to be elected to Bradford council in 2004 and the first Muslim woman to be a Lord Mayor in the UK in 2011. There was a 2.9% swing from Conservative to Labour. Respect were second place with 16.4% in 2014 so the largest swing was 13.0% from Respect to Labour.

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Shabir Hussain* 3,609 83.2 21.8
Conservative Muhammad Hijazi3718.66.3
Green Bruce Barnes2515.82.5
Liberal Democrat Abid Iqbal872.00.3
Majority3,23874.644.1
Turnout 4,31837.3-8.8
Labour hold Swing 7.8

The incumbent was Shabir Hussain for Labour. There was a 7.8% swing from Conservative to Labour. In 2014 the second place party was Respect with 30.8% of the vote though they did not stand this time. The largest swing therefore was 26.3% from Respect to Labour.

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Robert Hargreaves 1,326 38.7 26.0
Labour Alex Mitchell92126.910.6
The Queensbury Ward IndependentsPaul Cromie*77322.5-13.2
UKIP Kathryn Illingworth1775.2-27.6
Liberal Democrat Tom Molloy1163.41.1
Green Eithne Dodwell1113.23.2
Majority40511.88.8
Turnout 3,42427.4-4.7
Conservative gain from The Queensbury Ward Independents Swing 19.6

The incumbent was Paul Cromie for the Queensbury Ward Independents. He won the seat for the BNP in 2006 and split from the BNP with his wife in 2011 forming the Queensbury Ward Independents [9] . Cromie was re-elected under the Queensbury Ward Independent banner in 2014 but in 2018 he did not campaign with no leafleting or canvassing. Cromie later said he stood for re-election to keep people happy but he wanted to retire [10] . There was a swing of 19.6% from Queensbury Ward Independents to Conservative but the biggest swing was 26.8% from UKIP to Conservative. Between Conservative & Labour the swing was 7.7% from Labour to Conservative.

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ruth Wood 1,392 46.9 6.4
Conservative David Servant70523.810.2
UKIP Jason Smith58219.6-16.3
Liberal Democrat Shauna Devonshire1123.8-1.4
Green Michael Stanlick993.33.3
Libertarian PartyJoshua Bastow692.32.3
Majority68723.218.6
Turnout 2,95924.2-4.4
Labour hold Swing 1.9

The incumbent was Valerie Slater for Labour. Slater stood down at this election having been the Deputy Council Leader & Deputy Leader of the Bradford Labour Group [11] . Slater had been Councillor for Royds since 2004. There was a swing of 1.9% from Conservative to Labour. The largest swing was 11.4% from UKIP to Labour.

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Vick Jenkins 2,530 47.1 24.7
Green Hawarun Hussain*1,83334.1-9.5
Conservative Falak Ahmed82315.3-1.9
Liberal Democrat Caroline Jones1733.20.7
Majority69713.0-8.2
Turnout 5,35946.25.0
Labour gain from Green Swing 17.1

The incumbent was Hawarun Hussain for the Green Party. Hussain had been a Councillor for Shipley since 2004. There was a swing of 17.1% from Green to Labour. UKIP did not stand this time having got almost 14% in 2014 so the biggest swing was 19.3% from UKIP to Labour.

Thornton and Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Richard Dunbar* 2,363 58.4 12.9
Conservative David Chapman1,29031.9-12.3
UKIP Alec Suchi1724.34.3
Green Norma Russell1182.92.9
Liberal Democrat James Hunt972.4-5.4
Majority1,07326.525.2
Turnout 4,04033.0-0.1
Labour hold Swing 12.6

The incumbent was Richard Dunbar for Labour. There was a swing of 12.6% from Conservative to Labour.

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kamran Hussain 4,177 73.0 -7.3
Conservative Amir Hussain1,26522.118.7
Green Sean Dobiech1542.7-0.8
Liberal Democrat Amjad Ali1091.90.4
Majority2,91250.9-18.5
Turnout 5,70546.1-4.8
Labour hold Swing -13.0

The incumbent was Imran Hussain who stood down as a Councillor at this election having been both Councillor and MP since his election as MP for Bradford East in 2015 [12] . There was a 13.0% swing from Labour to Conservative. Respect were second in 2014 with almost 11% of the vote so the biggest swing was 14.8% from Respect to Conservative.

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Wainwright* 1,285 51.2 8.7
Conservative Edward Ward50720.27.7
Green Matt Edwards37014.714.7
UKIP Lincoln Stead25310.1-24.6
Liberal Democrat Ian Vipond873.5-2.4
Majority77831.023.2
Turnout 2,50220.1-3.4
Labour hold Swing 0.5

The incumbent was Alan Wainwright for Labour. There was a swing of 0.5% from Labour to Conservative, both parties benefited from significant swings from UKIP, 16.7% to Labour & 16.2% to Conservative. The biggest swing was 19.7% from UKIP to Green.

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gerry Barker* 2,343 51.6 9.4
Labour Niccola Swan1,42431.313.4
Liberal Democrat Jamie Needle51211.35.9
Green Chris Turner2595.7-3.8
Majority91920.22.7
Turnout 4,53847.93.9
Conservative hold Swing -2.0

The swing was 2.0% from Conservative to Labour. Gerry Barker for Conservative was the incumbent. An independent was second with 24.7% in 2014 so there was a swing of 17.% from Independent to Conservative & the biggest swing was 19.1% from Independent to Labour.

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sabiya Khan 1,483 47.8 6.1
Conservative Richard Sheard81826.412.2
UKIP Jamie Illingworth51316.5-22.0
Liberal Democrat Brian Boulton1876.00.6
Green Dave Stevens953.13.1
Majority66521.418.2
Turnout 3,09628.9-4.4
Labour hold Swing 14.0

There was a swing of 14.0% from UKIP to Labour as UKIP was second in 2014. There was a swing of 3.0% from Labour to Conservative and the biggest swing was 17.1% from UKIP to Conservative. Lynne Eleanor Smith won the ward for Labour in 2014 but she died in May 2016 [13] . Joanne Lisa Sharp won the ward for Labour in the subsequent by-election and was thus the incumbent. [14]

Windhill and Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Vanda Greenwood* 2,063 59.3 12.2
Conservative Stephen Williams96427.715.5
Liberal Democrat Gillian Thorne2276.5-0.9
Green Helen Love2126.11.7
Majority1,09931.613.0
Turnout 3,46630
Labour hold Swing -1.6

The incumbent was Vanda Greenwood for Labour. There was a swing of 1.6% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP was second in 2014 with 28.5% so the swing was 20.4% from UKIP to Labour & the biggest swing was 22.0% from UKIP to Conservative.

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Chris Herd 2,313 56.2 22.0
Labour Mark Curtis1,47235.89.4
Green Janet Russell1944.7-3.0
Liberal Democrat Kay Kirkham1223.00.4
Majority84120.415.1
Turnout 4,10137.6-0.2
Conservative hold Swing 6.3

The incumbent was Glenn William Miller for the Conservatives who failed to gain reselection by the local Conservative party [15] . The swing was 6.3% from Labour to Conservative. UKIP were second with 28.9% in 2014 but did not stand this time so the biggest swing was 25.5% from UKIP to Conservative.

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David Warburton* 1,451 49.1 8.5
Conservative Francesca Stefanyszyn90030.514.7
British Democratic James Lewthwaite1615.55.5
Democrats and Veterans Stephen Crosby1354.64.6
UKIP John Worsley1244.2-32.8
Liberal Democrat Kevin Hall1033.50.7
Green Darren Parkinson752.52.5
Majority55118.715.0
Turnout 2,94927.1-4.9
Labour hold Swing -3.1

David Warburton for Labour was the incumbent. There was a 3.1% swing from Labour to Conservative. UKIP were second in 2014 with 32.8% so the swing was 20.6% from UKIP to Labour and the biggest swing was 23.7% from UKIP to Conservative.

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