The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May. The 2010 general election was held simultaneously, which greatly increased the turnout.

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward

Baildon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Townend*	4,012	47.29	−1.04
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Thomas	3,162	37.27	−2.22
	Labour	Mairead Farndale	1,040	12.26	+7.84
	Green	Robert Nicholls	270	3.18	−4.58
Majority			850	10.02
Turnout			8,514	75.35	+29.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heseltine*	4,922	50.60	−3.46
	Labour	Andrew Mawson	2,483	25.52	+4.70
	Liberal Democrats	David Lerner	1,714	17.62	+5.20
	Green	Arthur Arnold	609	6.26	−6.44
Majority			2,439	25.07
Turnout			9,769	74.37	+30.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ellis*	4,671	49.52	−1.49
	Labour	Robert Beckwith	2,017	21.38	+4.53
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sykes	1,752	18.57	+5.77
	UKIP	Paul Wright	629	6.67	N/A
	Green	Brian Newham	364	3.86	N/A
Majority			2,654	28.14
Turnout			9,479	73.06	+30.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Gray*	3,047	45.77	−10.96
	Labour	Mark Fieldhouse	1,686	25.33	±0.00
	Conservative	Abdul Butt	1,226	18.42	+0.47
	BNP	Sharif Gawad	492	7.39	N/A
	Green	Steven Schofield	149	2.24	N/A
	Democratic Nationalists	Glenis Fairclough	57	0.86	N/A
Majority			1,361	20.44
Turnout			6,690	62.85	+28.36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zameer Shah*	2,357	36.58	−1.55
	Labour	Rupert Oliver	2,241	34.78	+7.35
	Liberal Democrats	Tracey Leeming	1,658	25.73	+4.69
	Independent	Chris Johnson	188	2.92	N/A
Majority			116	1.80
Turnout			6,486	58.99	+18.11
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Shafiq*	3,114	43.02	+0.65
	Liberal Democrats	Shabir Butt	2,416	33.38	+5.32
	Conservative	Mohammed Bashir	1,708	23.60	−5.97
Majority			698	9.64
Turnout			7,324	64.90	+20.04
	Labour hold		Swing

City ward

City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nazam Azam	3,792	63.07	−5.73
	Conservative	Waheed Ali	1,259	20.94	+10.96
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Jamal	491	8.17	−3.81
	Respect	Shabana Bashir	211	3.51	N/A
	Green	Derek Curtis	195	3.24	−6.00
	UKIP	Hiren Koyani	64	1.06	N/A
Majority			2,533	42.13
Turnout			6,071	59.48	+27.31
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sinead Engel	2,672	39.69	+11.08
	Conservative	David Servant*	1,815	26.96	−2.85
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Boyle	1,140	16.93	+1.31
	BNP	Neil Crossley	707	10.50	−15.47
	Independent	Mark Nicholson	399	5.93	N/A
Majority			857	12.73
Turnout			6,767	65.66	+26.39
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Craven ward

Craven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Mallinson*	4,903	54.30	−5.78
	Labour	Peter Cheney	2,295	25.42	+2.62
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Pierscionek	1,831	20.28	+3.16
Majority			2,608	28.88
Turnout			9,080	74.73	+38.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eccleshill ward

In 2006, Colin McPhee stood in this ward successfully as a Liberal Democrat candidate.

Eccleshill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Reid	2,454	39.02	+8.86
	Labour	Tony Niland	1,720	27.35	+4.32
	Conservative	Colin McPhee*	1,078	17.14	−1.08
	BNP	Nicholas Asquith	773	12.29	−16.29
	UKIP	Michael Feely	264	4.20	N/A
Majority			734	11.67
Turnout			6,305	60.40	+25.08
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Dodds*	3,647	56.00	+5.29
	Conservative	Qurban Hussain	1,567	24.06	−7.93
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Habergham	1,299	19.94	−0.16
Majority			2,080	31.94
Turnout			6,578	58.47	23.44
	Labour hold		Swing

Heaton ward

Imdad Hussain joined the Peace Party in 2012, following suspension from the Labour Party over failing to declare a company directorship. He became the party's first and only Councillor.

Heaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imdad Hussain	2,600	37.20	+11.76
	Conservative	Mohammad Masood*	2,127	30.43	−2.41
	Green	Sonja McNally	1,162	16.62	−6.57
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Prentice	799	11.43	−7.09
	Respect	Mohammad Abu-Bakr	302	4.32	N/A
Majority			473	6.77
Turnout			7,033	68.05	23.16
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Reid	4,179	52.09	−7.09
	Conservative	Edward Ward	2,003	24.97	−0.54
	Labour	Rosie Watson	1,483	18.49	+2.03
	UKIP	Jeetender Sangha	357	4.45	N/A
Majority			2,176	27.13
Turnout			8,059	69.91	+31.24
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Gibbons	4,378	50.56	−7.57
	Labour	Andrew Dundas	1,766	20.39	−2.60
	Liberal Democrats	Vaughan Bruce	1,595	18.42	−0.45
	Green	David Hesmondhalgh	596	6.88	N/A
	UKIP	Paul Latham	324	3.74	N/A
Majority			2,612	30.17
Turnout			8,697	78.59	+36.03
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abid Hussain	4,174	54.86	+9.54
	Conservative	Ali Akbar	1,791	23.54	−3.27
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Beaumont	1,334	17.53	−10.33
	Green	Julian Hughes	309	4.06	N/A
Majority			2,383	31.32
Turnout			7,700	71.31	+22.17
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Pullen*	3,265	41.72	+2.37
	Conservative	Ronald Beale	3,024	38.64	+11.17
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Brooksbank	1,537	19.64	+8.28
Majority			241	3.08
Turnout			7,891	70.99	+28.44
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Dredge	2,625	39.34	−1.03
	Conservative	Chris Herd	2,463	36.91	+18.75
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Taylor	911	13.65	+5.17
	Independent	Brian Hudson	674	10.10	N/A
Majority			162	2.43
Turnout			6,703	64.80	+23.72
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naveeda Ikram*	3,638	59.75	−8.65
	Conservative	Suhail Choudhury	1,287	21.14	+4.15
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Griffiths	1,164	19.12	+4.50
Majority			2,351	38.61
Turnout			6,139	59.87	+25.07
	Labour hold		Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shabir Hussain*	3,961	59.62	+12.81
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Aurangzeb	1,851	27.86	−17.84
	Conservative	Mohammed Khan	530	7.98	+0.49
	Green	John Robinson	302	4.55	N/A
Majority			2,110	31.76
Turnout			6,698	64.06	+18.55
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensbury ward

In June 2011 Paul Cromie and his wife Lynda (also a councillor) left the British National Party citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents. ^[1]

Queensbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Paul Cromie*	2,212	30.79	−7.70
	Conservative	Allan Shepherd	2,197	30.58	−1.68
	Labour	Dave Allen	1,511	21.03	+1.35
	Liberal Democrats	Stacey Yeadon	882	12.28	+2.70
	UKIP	Jason Smith	383	5.33	N/A
Majority			15	0.21
Turnout			7,204	66.40	+23.88
	BNP hold		Swing

Royds ward

Royds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Slater*	2,601	41.60	+4.82
	Conservative	Sally McCartney	1,408	22.52	+2.77
	Liberal Democrats	John Bolton	1,051	16.81	+6.33
	BNP	Eric Baxendale	986	15.77	−17.23
	Democratic Nationalists	James Lewthwaite	207	3.31	N/A
Majority			1,193	+19.08
Turnout			6,272	57.98	+23.95
	Labour hold		Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hawarun Hussain*	2,321	30.16	−6.50
	Conservative	Andrew Rowley	2,041	26.52	+1.12
	Labour	Alex Ross	1,836	23.86	+9.02
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Halliday	1,090	14.16	+5.66
	UKIP	Philip Bird	408	5.30	N/A
Majority			280	3.64
Turnout			7,719	72.97	+25.37
	Green hold		Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Binney*	2,736	39.34	+5.30
	Labour	Mark Blackburn	2,115	30.41	+9.63
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Weston	1,030	14.81	5.97
	BNP	Jenny Sampson	776	11.16	−18.71
	UKIP	John Worsley	297	4.27	N/A
Majority			621	8.93
Turnout			6,972	64.83	+24.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

Toller ward

Imran Hussain was later selected (in 2012) to contest the Bradford West constituency, which resulted in a shock victory for George Galloway of the Respect Party.

Toller

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imran Hussain*	4,337	57.19	+14.54
	Conservative	Amjad Hussain	2,361	31.13	−0.24
	Liberal Democrats	Ansar Miah	444	5.85	−20.14
	Respect	Kauser Rauf	259	3.42	N/A
	Green	Vanessa Pilny	183	2.41	N/A
Majority			1,976	26.05
Turnout			7,664	73.73	22.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Tong ward

Tong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wainwright	2,418	42.92	+2.53
	Conservative	Craig Reynolds	1,403	24.90	+8.85
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Yeadon	1,012	17.96	+6.39
	BNP	Rita Cromie	801	14.22	−17.77
Majority			1,015	18.02
Turnout			5,656	48.44	+20.45
	Labour hold		Swing

Wharfedale ward

In February 2012 Chris Greaves was sacked by the Conservative Party for frequently voting with Labour at council meetings. ^[2] A month later he formed The Independents with fellow ex-Conservative Adrian Naylor ( Craven ward). ^[3]

Wharfedale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Greaves*	3,874	53.21	−8.49
	Liberal Democrats	Vernon Whelan	1,789	24.57	−0.10
	Labour	James Newton	1,156	15.88	+2.25
	Green	Richard Howson	462	6.35	N/A
Majority			2,085	28.64
Turnout			7,307	80.92	+34.78
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Smith*	2,454	40.30	+5.65
	Conservative	Richard Sheard	1,422	23.35	+0.82
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Boulton	1,158	19.01	6.56
	BNP	David Bond	765	12.56	−17.81
	UKIP	Jamie Illingworth	291	4.78	N/A
Majority			1,032	16.95
Turnout			6,111	62.52	+23.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vanda Greenwood*	2,710	39.58	+11.40
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Thorne	2,174	31.75	4.70
	Conservative	Richard Sibley	1,182	17.26	+0.14
	BNP	John Mills	781	11.41	−12.30
Majority			536	7.83
Turnout			6,868	64.53	24.53
	Labour hold		Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glen Miller*	3,387	45.44	+7.51
	Labour	Mark Curtis	2,274	30.51	+4.55
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Harris	1,350	18.11	+6.60
	Independent	Brian Morris	443	5.94	N/A
Majority			1,113	14.93
Turnout			7,502	73.94	+28.72
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Warburton*	2,369	38.12	+6.12
	Conservative	Richard Milczanowski	1,705	27.44	+1.42
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hall	1,073	17.27	+3.99
	BNP	Stephen Cromie	792	12.75	−15.96
	Democratic Nationalists	Neil Craig	275	4.43	N/A
Majority			664	10.69
Turnout			6,237	64.05	−20.48
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2010 and 2011 elections

Vote changes correspond to 2010 Council election.

Worth Valley ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Kris Hopkins ( Conservative Party), who resigned having won the Keighley parliamentary seat in the 2010 general election. ^[4]

Worth Valley by-election, 25 November 2010 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Brown	1,020	47.84	+2.40
	Labour	Mark Curtis	697	32.69	+2.19
	Green	Robert Swindells	235	11.02	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Purvis	180	8.44	−9.67
Majority			323	15.15
Turnout			2,139	19.46	−58.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

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