City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2011

2011 local election results in Bradford

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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 & Undercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling & Barkerend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Imran Khan	2,003	43.66	+13.69
	Conservative	Mohammed Jamil*	1,433	31.23	−15.07
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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

Ecclesfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ruth Billheimer	1,522	43.06	+24.66
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 & Thackley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jeanette Sunderland*	2,382	53.03	−5.80
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat 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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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

Manningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Javed Asama	3,981	73.15	+41.05
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

Queensbury ward

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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 & 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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat	Kirsty Yeadon	168	5.81	−3.63
Majority			1,179	40.74
Turnout			2,915	24.76	−3.54
	Labour hold		Swing

Wharfedale ward

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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 & Wrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Susan Hinchcliffe	1,911	46.79	+16.92
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 in order to concentrate on his responsibilities within the Co-operative Banking Group.^[2]

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 Democrat	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

Council elections in West Yorkshire

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Yorkshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

West Riding County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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