2011 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

2011 local election results in Bradford

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

Ward results

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An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Baildon ward

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Vote changes correspond to the 2011 Council election.

Great Horton ward

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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

References

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  1. ^ Barnett, Ben (11 April 2011). "119 contest 31 Bradford Council seats up for grabs on May 5". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. ^ Wilde, Claire (27 March 2015). "Sitting Bradford councillor defects from Labour Party to Respect". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. ^ O'Rourke, Tanya (20 June 2011). "Paul and Lynda Cromie stand down for 'personal reasons'". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  4. ^ Redhead, Jonathan (3 October 2012). "Tory councillor resigns with a broadside at Bradford Council". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  5. ^ Staff writer (16 November 2012). "Conservative candidate takes Wharfedale seat". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ Staff writer (20 November 2013). "Ex-Co-op bank boss Paul Flowers' home searched by police". BBC News. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ Wright, Steve (25 November 2011). "Labour hold on easily to Great Horton ward". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 4 October 2017.