2003 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 1 May 2003. Before the election, Wibsey Labour councillor, Keith Thomson, had defected to Independent.^[1]^[2] One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.^[3]^[4]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2003^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	13	1	2	1	43.3	30.4	33,604	-8.0%
Conservative	10	1	3	2	33.3	32.6	35,988	-5.9%
Liberal Democrats	6	2	0	2	20.0	23.4	25,885	+6.8%
Green	1	1	0	1	3.3	5.6	6,140	+1.7%
BNP	0	0	0		0.0	5.8	6,391	+5.4%
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	2,170	-0.0%
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	235	-0.0%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	38	36
	Labour	37	36
	Liberal Democrat	12	14
	Green	2	3
	Independent	1	1
Total		90	90
Working majority		-14	-18

Ward results

Baildon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Malcolm Cole	2,365	46.2	−2.4
	Conservative	Edward Ward	1,207	23.6	−15.8
	BNP	David Hobson	842	16.4	+16.4
	Labour	Miranda Vasey	564	11.0	+2.8
	Green	Kevin Warnes	143	2.8	−1.1
Majority			1,158	22.6	+13.4
Turnout			5,125	42.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.7

Bingley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Owens	1,972	49.4	−1.7
	Labour	Frank Needham	1,231	30.8	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sykes	505	12.6	+3.0
	Green	Arthur John Arnold	283	7.1	+1.1
Majority			741	18.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,001	37.6	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Bingley Rural^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cooke	2,149	57.4	−5.5
	Labour	James Newton	871	23.3	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fielden	474	12.7	+4.3
	Green	Brian Newham	250	6.7	+1.7
Majority			1,278	34.1	−5.0
Turnout			3,779	32.2	−4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.5

Bolton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Gray	1,866	52.6	−10.2
	BNP	Arthur Bentley	657	18.5	+18.5
	Labour	Jagtar Deol	606	17.1	−3.8
	Conservative	Peter Benson	420	11.8	−4.6
Majority			1,209	34.1	−7.8
Turnout			3,552	35.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-14.3

Bowling^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Oliver	2,077	61.3	+30.1
	Labour	Mohammed Darr	809	23.9	−21.3
	Conservative	Fayzul Islam	500	14.8	−8.8
Majority			1,268	37.4	+23.5
Turnout			3,395	29.9	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+25.7

Bradford Moor^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammod Islam	1,945	41.7	+30.4
	Conservative	Sakhawat Hussain	1,577	33.8	−12.8
	Labour	Susanne Rooney	1,147	24.6	−17.6
Majority			368	7.9	+3.4
Turnout			4,727	44.5	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.6

Clayton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Byrom	1,267	35.5	−8.6
	Labour	Olayemi Fagborun	1,058	29.6	−6.5
	BNP	Lynda Cromie	691	19.3	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Leeming	449	12.6	−3.0
	Green	Alexander Suchi	107	3.0	−1.2
Majority			209	5.8	−2.1
Turnout			3,578	34.9	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.0

Craven^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Emmott	2,178	56.6	+1.8
	Labour	Francis Harrison	996	25.9	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Hay	671	17.4	+4.0
Majority			1,182	30.7	+7.6
Turnout			3,858	31.1	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Eccleshill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Attenborough	1,130	37.9	+5.0
	Labour	Gareth Logan	847	28.4	−3.2
	BNP	Kerry Bedford	519	17.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Richard Sheard	431	14.4	−3.6
	Green	Joan Foulds	56	1.9	+1.9
Majority			283	9.5	+8.2
Turnout			2,987	32.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.1

Great Horton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Godward	1,263	37.8	−17.7
	Conservative	Richard Milczanowski	739	22.1	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Chadwick	573	17.1	+8.8
	BNP	James Breslin	546	16.3	+16.3
	Green	Derek Curtis	221	6.6	+1.0
Majority			524	15.7	−9.4
Turnout			3,346	31.3	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

Heaton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fielding	1,544	35.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Mohammad Masood	1,238	28.4	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Mirza	1,124	25.8	+19.0
	Green	John Francis Love	448	10.3	+5.0
Majority			306	7.0	+0.2
Turnout			4,372	37.9	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Idle^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Lesley Ozolins	2,266	52.1	+1.8
	BNP	Stewart Williams	874	20.1	+20.1
	Conservative	Harry Sissling	596	13.7	−14.5
	Labour	Shofiqul Islam	497	11.4	−10.2
	Green	Judith Wever	119	2.7	+2.7
Majority			1,392	32.0	+9.9
Turnout			4,359	35.4	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-9.1

Ilkley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Smith	2,441	57.9	−6.3
	Labour	Paul Dutton	994	23.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Keeley	777	18.4	+6.1
Majority			1,447	34.3	−6.5
Turnout			4,240	38.6	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.2

Keighley North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Slater	1,598	38.4	−9.4
	Conservative	Nancy Holdsworth	1,293	31.1	−10.0
	Green	Arif Hussain	871	20.9	+20.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Main	397	9.5	−1.6
Majority			305	7.3	+0.6
Turnout			4,174	37.9	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Keighley South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Joyce	1,149	51.2	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Campbell Brown	568	25.3	+14.2
	Conservative	Robert Payne	529	23.5	−2.9
Majority			581	25.9	−10.1
Turnout			2,282	26.4	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.7

Keighley West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Thorne	1,123	34.6	−10.2
	Conservative	David McKay	949	29.2	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Isa Khan	504	15.5	+5.5
	Independent	Brian Hudson	407	12.5	−1.6
	Independent	John Philip	264	8.1	+8.1
Majority			174	5.4	−8.2
Turnout			3,274	29.2	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

Little Horton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Greenwood	1,297	43.5	−7.5
	Conservative	Khadam Hussain	1,119	37.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michell	444	14.9	+7.6
	Green	Brian Ford	123	4.1	−0.3
Majority			174	6.0	−10.3
Turnout			2,991	30.9	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.1

Odsal^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Adam Green	1,604	50.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Stubbs	871	27.5	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Boulton	687	21.7	+6.3
Majority			733	23.2	+3.2
Turnout			3,184	27.3	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.6

Queensbury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	1,633	32.9	−10.1
	BNP	Paul Cromie	1,489	30.0	+30.0
	Labour	Carolyn Lowing	1,370	27.6	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lambert	472	9.5	−1.1
Majority			144	2.9	+0.4
Turnout			4,969	37.4	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-20.0

Rombalds^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer	2,678	57.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ambrose Micklem	906	19.3	+0.8
	Labour	Andrew Dundas	860	18.3	−6.4
	Green	Julie Cowdery	243	5.2	+5.2
Majority			1,772	37.8	+5.7
Turnout			4,704	37.2	−3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.2

Shipley East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Blackburn	1,172	38.9	−12.0
	BNP	Christopher Hill	773	25.6	+25.6
	Conservative	Derek Taylor	470	15.6	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Hall	464	15.4	−2.9
	Green	Christina Love	135	4.5	−2.3
Majority			399	13.2	−13.7
Turnout			3,016	31.3	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.8

Shipley West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Nicholls	2,423	50.3	+8.2
	Conservative	William Mills Oldfield	1,298	26.9	−3.1
	Labour	Vanda Greenwood	700	14.5	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Cole	397	8.2	+2.8
Majority			1,125	23.3	+11.3
Turnout			4,834	42.7	−4.4
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.6

Thornton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Buffham	1,381	44.1	+1.0
	Independent	Melanie Milnes	876	28.0	+0.3
	Labour	Catherine Rowen	540	17.2	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Weston	216	6.9	+1.2
	Green	Michael Rawnsley	119	3.8	+0.4
Majority			505	16.1	+0.7
Turnout			3,137	33.2	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Toller^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amir Hussain	1,623	43.1	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Reid	1,259	33.4	+27.6
	Conservative	John Robertshaw	886	23.5	−12.8
Majority			364	9.7	−11.9
Turnout			3,791	32.5	−16.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.2

Tong^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Johnson	1,172	63.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Michael George Ellis	379	20.4	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Collins	304	16.4	+5.2
Majority			793	42.7	+6.0
Turnout			1,863	20.0	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Undercliffe^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Jamil	1,124	36.5	+5.8
	Labour	Raymond Bage	890	28.9	−13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Hallmann	839	27.3	+5.8
	Green	Steven Schofield	222	7.2	+1.6
Majority			234	7.6	−3.7
Turnout			3,102	31.1	−3.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.5

University^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munir Ahmed	1,937	39.7	−15.9
	Conservative	Meherban Hussain	1,221	25.0	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Naveed Ilyas	721	14.8	+10.0
	Independent	Karl Dallas	623	12.8	+12.8
	Green	John Robinson	377	7.7	+2.4
Majority			716	14.7	−6.5
Turnout			4,906	36.2	−7.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-3.3

Wibsey^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Ritchie Berry	1,400	50.6	−9.3
	Conservative	Dorothy Craven	859	31.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Boulton	508	18.4	+6.9
Majority			541	19.5	−11.7
Turnout			2,788	28.8	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.8

Worth Valley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glen Miller	1,653	45.7	+4.0
	Labour	Mark Curtis	1,279	35.4	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Harris	448	12.4	+3.9
	Socialist Alliance	Jillian Crowther	235	6.5	+6.5
Majority			374	10.3	−2.0
Turnout			3,636	30.6	−5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.0

Wyke^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Watson	1,463	50.1	+3.9
	Conservative	John Arthur Stead	930	31.8	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Boulton	529	18.1	−2.6
Majority			533	18.2	+5.2
Turnout			2,940	25.4	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

By-elections between 2003 and 2004

Great Horton By-Election 16 October 2003^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Devlin	926	36.9	−0.9
	Conservative	Richard Milczanowski	764	30.4	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michell	692	27.6	+10.5
	Green	Derek Curtis	129	5.1	−1.5
Majority			162	6.5	−9.2
Turnout			2,511	23.4	−7.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-4.6

References

^ "Councillors: By Party". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ "Election 2003: party totals". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[1] "Councillors: By Party". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[2] "Election 2003: party totals". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af "2003 elections" (PDF). bradford.gov. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

[BBC-4] "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[byelections-5] "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

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