The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Baildon ward

Baildon

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

Bingley

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

Bingley Rural

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

Bolton and Undercliffe

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

Bowling and Barkerend

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

Bradford Moor

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

City

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

Clayton & Fairweather Green

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

Craven

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

Eccleshill

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

Great Horton

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

Heaton

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

Two councillors were elected in this ward, as Cllr. Ed Hall ( Liberal Democrats) had resigned, citing personal reasons. ^[1]

Idle and Thackley

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

Ilkley

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

Keighley Central

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

Keighley East

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

Keighley West

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

Little Horton

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

Asama Javed defected from Labour to Respect in March 2015. ^[2]

Manningham

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

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]

Queensbury

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

In 2008, James Lewthwaite stood in this ward as a British National Party candidate.

Royds

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

Shipley

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

Thornton and Allerton

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

Toller

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

Tong

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

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]

Wharfedale

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

Wibsey

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

Windhill and Wrose

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

Worth Valley

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

Wyke

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

Vote changes correspond to the 2011 Council election.

Great Horton ward

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]}

Great Horton by-election, 24 November 2011

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

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