2011 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.
Ward results edit
An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Baildon ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger L'Amie* | 2,820 | 52.61 | +10.77 | |
Labour | Jen Kilyon | 1,132 | 21.12 | +12.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barney Lerner | 969 | 18.08 | −19.33 | |
Green | Helen Broadhead | 439 | 8.19 | +3.42 | |
Majority | 1,688 | 31.49 | |||
Turnout | 5,387 | 47.12 | +0.99 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bingley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Shaw | 3,228 | 53.08 | −0.01 | |
Labour | Andrew Mawson | 1,940 | 31.90 | +9.88 | |
Green | Arthur Arnold | 612 | 10.06 | −0.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vernon Whelan | 301 | 4.95 | −3.44 | |
Majority | 1,288 | 21.18 | |||
Turnout | 6,117 | 46.22 | +2.36 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bingley Rural ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Cooke* | 3,280 | 58.71 | +3.40 | |
Labour | Robert Beckwith | 1,456 | 26.06 | +11.02 | |
Green | Brian Newham | 428 | 7.66 | −0.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 423 | 7.57 | −0.84 | |
Majority | 1,824 | 32.65 | |||
Turnout | 5,626 | 43.06 | +1.37 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bolton & Undercliffe ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Howard Middleton* | 1,825 | 47.28 | −9.78 | |
Labour | Gareth Logan | 1,536 | 39.79 | +15.04 | |
Conservative | Sadia Waheed | 499 | 12.93 | −3.70 | |
Majority | 289 | 7.49 | |||
Turnout | 3,914 | 35.30 | −0.68 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bowling & Barkerend ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Imran Khan | 2,003 | 43.66 | +13.69 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Jamil* | 1,433 | 31.23 | −15.07 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tracey Leeming | 1,152 | 25.11 | +3.30 | |
Majority | 570 | 12.42 | |||
Turnout | 4,636 | 40.02 | +0.90 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bradford Moor ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ghazanfer Khaliq* | 2,835 | 66.58 | +26.85 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ali Jamal | 1,204 | 28.28 | +1.74 | |
Conservative | Khalid Anjum | 219 | 5.14 | −28.59 | |
Majority | 1,631 | 38.30 | |||
Turnout | 4,301 | 37.14 | −11.50 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
City ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shakeela Lal* | 2,875 | 64.03 | +9.81 | |
Conservative | Munir Ahmed | 1,242 | 27.66 | +2.22 | |
Green | Derek Curtis | 226 | 5.03 | +0.13 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robson Brown | 147 | 3.27 | −3.55 | |
Majority | 1,633 | 36.37 | |||
Turnout | 4,531 | 41.55 | +1.48 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clayton & Fairweather Green ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Carol Thirkill | 2,172 | 55.52 | +21.41 | |
Conservative | David Servant | 1,184 | 30.27 | −0.46 | |
Green | Patricia Porter | 308 | 7.87 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorna Leeming | 248 | 6.34 | −7.32 | |
Majority | 988 | 25.26 | |||
Turnout | 3,935 | 35.80 | −6.14 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Craven ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Kelly* | 3,046 | 56.48 | +5.07 | |
Labour | Peter Cheney | 1,491 | 27.65 | +4.43 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gerald Ebden | 455 | 8.44 | −3.18 | |
Green | Vanessa Pilny | 401 | 7.44 | +2.26 | |
Majority | 1,555 | 28.83 | |||
Turnout | 5,429 | 44.46 | +5.66 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Eccleshill ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Billheimer | 1,522 | 43.06 | +24.66 | |
Liberal Democrats | Debbie Jessop | 1,305 | 36.92 | −7.52 | |
Conservative | Colin McPhee | 708 | 20.03 | +8.89 | |
Majority | 217 | 6.14 | |||
Turnout | 3,564 | 32.64 | −6.05 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Great Horton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Godward* | 3,059 | 75.38 | +37.27 | |
Conservative | Qurban Hussain | 625 | 15.40 | −7.16 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Stelling | 374 | 9.22 | −22.12 | |
Majority | 2,434 | 59.98 | |||
Turnout | 4,101 | 36.61 | −4.15 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heaton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rizwan Malik* | 2,516 | 48.35 | +9.29 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Masood | 1,370 | 26.33 | +2.69 | |
Green | Sonja McNally | 1,114 | 21.41 | −8.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Gray | 204 | 3.92 | −3.50 | |
Majority | 1,146 | 22.02 | |||
Turnout | 5,224 | 48.16 | −1.96 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Idle & Thackley ward edit
Two councillors were elected in this ward, as Cllr. Ed Hall (Liberal Democrats) had resigned, citing personal reasons.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Sunderland* | 2,382 | 53.03 | −5.80 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alun Griffiths | 1,858 | 41.36 | −17.47 | |
Labour | Frank Dignan | 994 | 22.13 | +9.59 | |
Labour | Yvonne Oliver | 958 | 21.33 | +8.97 | |
Conservative | Christopher Clough | 947 | 21.08 | +3.64 | |
Conservative | Jackie Whiteley | 782 | 17.41 | −0.04 | |
Green | Stuart Winchester | 406 | 9.04 | N/A | |
Majority | 864 | 19.23 | |||
Turnout | 4,526 | 38.23 | −0.87 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Ilkley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Smith* | 3,153 | 53.39 | −5.32 | |
Labour | Neil Fraser | 1,625 | 27.51 | +6.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Harris | 777 | 13.16 | +0.85 | |
UKIP | Paul Latham | 351 | 5.94 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,528 | 25.87 | |||
Turnout | 5,949 | 52.86 | +7.85 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Keighley Central ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kaneez Akthar | 2,523 | 43.44 | +9.14 | |
Conservative | Zafar Ali* | 2,445 | 42.10 | −12.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gerald Brooksbank | 533 | 9.18 | −2.30 | |
Green | Julian Hughes | 307 | 5.29 | N/A | |
Majority | 78 | 1.34 | |||
Turnout | 5,896 | 51.36 | +1.97 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Keighley East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Lee* | 2,452 | 49.88 | +11.94 | |
Conservative | David Harrison | 1,779 | 36.19 | +0.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | Judith Brooksbank | 432 | 8.79 | −4.10 | |
Green | Celia Hickson | 253 | 5.15 | N/A | |
Majority | 673 | 13.69 | |||
Turnout | 4,956 | 42.65 | +1.45 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Keighley West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jan Smithies | 1,865 | 50.24 | +9.33 | |
Conservative | Christopher Herd | 1,617 | 43.56 | +22.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fran McAulay | 230 | 6.20 | +0.53 | |
Majority | 248 | 6.68 | |||
Turnout | 3,753 | 35.88 | −0.92 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Horton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sher Khan* | 3,144 | 86.78 | +27.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liam Prentice | 287 | 7.92 | −6.33 | |
Conservative | Thomas McMeeking | 192 | 5.30 | −9.82 | |
Majority | 2,857 | 78.86 | |||
Turnout | 3,658 | 33.53 | −4.47 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Manningham ward edit
Asama Javed defected from Labour to Respect in March 2015.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Asama Javed | 3,981 | 73.15 | +41.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | Qasim Khan | 1,067 | 19.61 | −33.93 | |
Green | John Robinson | 243 | 4.47 | −0.08 | |
Conservative | Sharaz Ahmed | 151 | 2.77 | −0.29 | |
Majority | 2,914 | 53.55 | |||
Turnout | 5,474 | 49.17 | −4.38 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Queensbury ward edit
In June 2011 Lynda Cromie and her husband Paul (also a councillor) left the British National Party citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BNP | Lynda Cromie* | 1,461 | 34.79 | −1.82 | |
Conservative | Andrew Smith | 1,136 | 27.05 | −6.26 | |
Labour | Rosie Watson | 994 | 23.67 | +3.27 | |
UKIP | Jason Smith | 412 | 9.81 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Clarke | 197 | 4.69 | −5.00 | |
Majority | 325 | 7.74 | |||
Turnout | 4,217 | 38.03 | −3.56 | ||
BNP hold | Swing |
Royds ward edit
In 2008, James Lewthwaite stood in this ward as a British National Party candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gill Thornton* | 1,809 | 53.66 | +14.24 | |
Conservative | Sharon Robertshaw | 959 | 28.45 | +9.56 | |
Democratic Nationalists | James Lewthwaite | 380 | 11.27 | −21.21 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Bolton | 223 | 6.62 | −2.59 | |
Majority | 850 | 25.22 | |||
Turnout | 3,402 | 30.13 | −4.64 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shipley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Kevin Warnes* | 2,208 | 42.94 | −0.97 | |
Labour | Alex Ross | 1,333 | 25.92 | +9.47 | |
Conservative | Andrew Rowley | 1,194 | 23.22 | −1.45 | |
UKIP | Philip Bird | 219 | 4.26 | +2.41 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Halliday | 188 | 3.66 | −2.27 | |
Majority | 875 | 17.02 | |||
Turnout | 5,162 | 47.79 | +1.71 | ||
Green hold | Swing |
Thornton & Allerton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael McCabe* | 1,922 | 47.37 | +7.35 | |
Labour | Mark Blackburn | 1,536 | 37.86 | +15.20 | |
Green | Michael Rawnsley | 470 | 11.58 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Shabir Khan | 129 | 3.18 | −8.64 | |
Majority | 386 | 9.51 | |||
Turnout | 4,083 | 37.64 | +0.04 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Toller ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Amir Hussain* | 3,978 | 80.49 | +34.24 | |
Conservative | Mahmood Hussain | 590 | 11.94 | −31.37 | |
Green | Dawud Islam | 262 | 5.30 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Arif Mehmood | 112 | 2.27 | −8.16 | |
Majority | 3,388 | 68.56 | |||
Turnout | 4,990 | 43.55 | −6.08 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Tong ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Ruding* | 1,772 | 61.23 | +14.51 | |
Conservative | Paul Dymond | 593 | 20.49 | +3.25 | |
Green | Jason Crowley | 187 | 6.46 | N/A | |
Democratic Nationalists | Liam Haines | 174 | 6.01 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Yeadon | 168 | 5.81 | −3.63 | |
Majority | 1,179 | 40.74 | |||
Turnout | 2,915 | 24.76 | −3.54 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wharfedale ward edit
Matt Palmer resigned from the Conservative Party to move to Jersey with his family in 2012.[4] The seat was retained for the party by Jackie Whiteley in a by-election 15th November 2012.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matt Palmer* | 2,801 | 59.74 | −6.49 | |
Labour | Dave Allen | 974 | 20.77 | +7.49 | |
Green | Janet Souyave | 502 | 10.71 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | James Main | 412 | 8.79 | −11.70 | |
Majority | 1,827 | 38.96 | |||
Turnout | 4,713 | 51.81 | +8.82 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wibsey ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ralph Berry* | 1,814 | 52.50 | +14.36 | |
Conservative | Richard Sheard | 809 | 23.42 | +3.16 | |
UKIP | Jamie Illingworth | 363 | 10.51 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 243 | 7.03 | −6.73 | |
English Democrat | Andrew Clarke | 226 | 6.54 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,005 | 29.09 | |||
Turnout | 3,472 | 35.12 | −3.77 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Windhill & Wrose ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Hinchcliffe | 1,911 | 46.79 | +16.92 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Watmough* | 1,328 | 32.52 | −0.53 | |
Conservative | Richard Sibley | 591 | 14.47 | −1.79 | |
Green | Helen Love | 254 | 6.22 | +4.05 | |
Majority | 583 | 14.28 | |||
Turnout | 4,106 | 38.88 | −3.05 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Worth Valley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rebecca Poulsen | 2,062 | 47.72 | +4.53 | |
Labour | Mark Curtis | 1,524 | 35.27 | +4.30 | |
Green | Robert Swindells | 423 | 9.79 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Purvis | 312 | 7.22 | −1.38 | |
Majority | 538 | 12.45 | |||
Turnout | 4,364 | 42.38 | +0.03 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wyke ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Ferriby* | 1,962 | 53.04 | +17.23 | |
Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 1,067 | 28.85 | +3.38 | |
Democratic Nationalists | Neil Craig | 402 | 10.87 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 268 | 7.25 | −3.58 | |
Majority | 895 | 24.20 | |||
Turnout | 3,726 | 37.17 | −0.70 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2011 and 2012 elections edit
Vote changes correspond to the 2011 Council election.
Great Horton ward edit
This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) who stood down after "adult content" was found on a council computer he had used.[6][7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Jabar | 1,993 | 58.58 | −16.80 | |
Conservative | Mehrban Hussain | 705 | 20.72 | +5.32 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Slingsby | 337 | 9.91 | +0.69 | |
UKIP | Jason Smith | 294 | 8.64 | N/A | |
Green | Celia Hickson | 73 | 2.15 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,288 | 37.86 | |||
Turnout | 3,417 | 27.19 | −9.42 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ Barnett, Ben (11 April 2011). "119 contest 31 Bradford Council seats up for grabs on May 5". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Wilde, Claire (27 March 2015). "Sitting Bradford councillor defects from Labour Party to Respect". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- ^ O'Rourke, Tanya (20 June 2011). "Paul and Lynda Cromie stand down for 'personal reasons'". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ Redhead, Jonathan (3 October 2012). "Tory councillor resigns with a broadside at Bradford Council". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Staff writer (16 November 2012). "Conservative candidate takes Wharfedale seat". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Staff writer (20 November 2013). "Ex-Co-op bank boss Paul Flowers' home searched by police". BBC News. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Wright, Steve (25 November 2011). "Labour hold on easily to Great Horton ward". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 4 October 2017.