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2007 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 3 May 2007.[1][2]

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 2,245 41.8
Liberal Democrats Sara Clarke 2,007 37.4
Labour Eleanor Kilyon 469 8.7
BNP Eric Baxendale 388 7.2
Green Robert Nicholls 256 4.8
Majority 238 4.4
Turnout 5,365 46.14
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bingley ward

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Bingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robin Ernest Owens 2,961 53.1
Labour Robert Beckwith 1,228 22.0
Green Arthur Arnold 588 10.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Whelan 468 8.4
UKIP James Beech 212 3.8
Anti-Crime Party Norman Scarth 120 2.2
Majority 1,733 31.1
Turnout 5,577 43.86
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

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Bingley Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Cooke 3,070 55.3
Labour James Newton 835 15.0
BNP Rita Cromie 647 11.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes 467 8.4
Green Brian Newham 337 6.1
UKIP Jason Smith 195 3.5
Majority 2,235 40.3
Turnout 5,551 41.69
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

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Bolton and Undercliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton* 2,050
Liberal Democrats Margaret Chadwick 1,835
Labour Ronnie Fieldhouse 919
Labour Sinead Engel 860
Conservative Ryan Atkinson 650
Conservative John Wills 545
Green Steve Schofield 327
Majority
Turnout 3,932 35.98
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

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Bowling and Barkerend
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammed Jamil* 2,094 46.3
Labour Ray Bage 1,355 30.0
Liberal Democrats Tracey Leeming 986 21.8
Independent Muhammad Shakeel 87 1.9
Majority 739 16.3
Turnout 4,522 39.12
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford Moor ward

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Bradford Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ghazanfer Khaliq* 2,210 39.7
Conservative Azhar Mahmood 1,876 33.7
Liberal Democrats Zubair Hussain 1,476 26.5
Majority 334 6.0
Turnout 5,562 48.64
Labour hold Swing

City ward

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City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shakeela Jan Lal 2,321 54.2
Conservative Waheed Ali 1,089 25.4
Respect Nadia Macgranthin 369 8.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Reid 292 6.8
Green Derek Curtis 210 4.9
Majority 1,232 28.8
Turnout 4,281 40.07
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

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Clayton & Fairweather Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Longthorn 1,523 34.1
Conservative Charles Malcolm Sykes* 1,372 30.7
BNP Kim Riach 960 21.5
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming 610 13.7
Majority 151 3.4
Turnout 4,465 41.94
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Craven ward

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Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael John Kelly* 2,434 51.4
Labour J. Alan Edwards 1,099 23.2
Liberal Democrats Angela Pearson 580 12.3
Independent Ian Bannister 376 7.9
Green Valerie Harris 245 5.2
Majority 1,335 28.2
Turnout 4,734 38.80
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

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Eccleshill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Beardmore* 1,959 44.4
BNP Jenny Sampson 1,032 23.4
Labour Tony Niland 811 18.4
Conservative David Chapman 491 11.1
UKIP Mel Rhodes 116 2.6
Majority 927 21
Turnout 4,409 38.69
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Horton ward

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Great Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Derek Godward* 1,698 38.1
Liberal Democrats Rafiq M. Sehgal 1,396 31.3
Conservative Richard Milczanowski 1,005 22.6
BNP Sharif Gawad 356 8.0
Majority 302 6.8
Turnout 4,455 40.76
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

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Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rizman Malik 1,985 39.1
Green David Michael Ford* 1,519 29.9
Conservative Elizabeth Hellmich 1,201 23.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Wright 377 7.4
Majority 466 9.2
Turnout 5,082 50.12
Labour gain from Green Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

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Idle and Thackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Sunderland* 2,681 58.8
Conservative Edward Ward 795 17.4
Labour Rosie Watson 563 12.4
BNP Patricia Boyle 518 11.4
Majority 1,886 41.4
Turnout 4,557 39.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

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Ilkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Martin Smith* 2,967 58.7
Labour Andrew Dundas 1,068 21.1
Liberal Democrats Barbara Pierscionek 622 12.3
Green Betts Fetherston 397 7.9
Majority 1,899 37.6
Turnout 5,054 45.01
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

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Labour incumbent Lynne Joyce was controversially dropped by the party for this election in favour of Mark Taylor.[3]

Keighley Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zafar Ali 2,886 54.2
Labour Mark Taylor 1,826 34.3
Liberal Democrats Roger Beaumont 611 11.5
Majority 1,060 19.9
Turnout 5,323 49.40
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Keighley East ward

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Keighley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doreen Lee 1,825 37.9
Conservative Dorothy Clamp* 1,735 36.1
BNP Rose Anne Thompson 630 13.1
Liberal Democrats Juidith Brooksbank 620 12.9
Majority 90 1.9
Turnout 4,810 41.20
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keighley West ward

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Keighley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Haigh 1,662 40.9
Conservative William Root 860 21.2
BNP Peter Clarke 740 18.2
Independent Brian Hudson 570 14.0
Liberal Democrats Maralyn Adey 230 5.7
Majority 802 19.7
Turnout 4,062 36.80
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

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Little Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sher Khan* 2,326 59.3
Conservative Mohammed Najeeb 593 15.1
Liberal Democrats John Massen 559 14.3
Respect Farhan Ali 443 11.3
Majority 1,733 44.2
Turnout 3,921 37.99
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

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Manningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Quasim Khan 3,052 53.5
Labour Choudhary Rangzeb* 1,830 32.1
Respect Arshad Ali 385 6.8
Green John Robinson 259 4.5
Conservative Ishrat Bukhari 175 3.1
Majority 1,222 21.4
Turnout 5,701 53.55
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Queensbury ward

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Queensbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Lynda Cromie 1,718 36.6
Conservative Stuart Hanson* 1,563 33.3
Labour Graham Mahony 957 20.4
Liberal Democrats Antony Habergham 455 9.7
Majority 155 3.3
Turnout 4,693 41.59
BNP gain from Conservative Swing

Royds ward

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Royds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Thornton 1,567 39.4
BNP James Lewthwaite 1,291 32.5
Conservative Derek Green 751 18.9
Liberal Democrats Edward Hallman 366 9.2
Majority 276 6.9
Turnout 3,975 34.78
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

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Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Kevin Robert Warnes* 2,162 43.9
Conservative Derek Taylor 1,215 24.7
Labour Kevin Armstrong 810 16.5
BNP Laura Beadsworth 354 7.2
Liberal Democrats John Hall 292 5.9
UKIP Philip Bird 91 1.8
Majority 947 19.2
Turnout 4,924 46.07
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

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Thornton and Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Evan McCabe* 1,696 40.0
BNP Clifford Cockayne 1,011 23.9
Labour Mark Blackburn 960 22.7
Liberal Democrats Ruth Weston 501 11.8
Blahl Party Carl Finlan 69 1.6
Majority 685 16.2
Turnout 4,237 37.60
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

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Toller
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amir Hussain* 2,639 46.3
Conservative Amjad Hussain 2,471 43.3
Liberal Democrats Owen Griffiths 595 10.4
Majority 168 2.9
Turnout 5,705 49.63
Labour hold Swing

Tong ward

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Tong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Ruding* 1,515 46.7
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi 704 21.7
Conservatives: Stop The Hospital Cuts Simon Buckingham 559 17.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Fletcher 306 9.4
UKIP Peter Brear 159 4.9
Majority 811 25.0
Turnout 3,243 28.30
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

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Wharfedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew James Steven Palmer* 2,602 66.2
Liberal Democrats Vernon Whelan 805 20.5
Labour Lorraine Kirkwood 522 13.3
Majority 1,797 45.7
Turnout 3,929 42.99
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

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Wibsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph David Ritchie Berry* 1,546 38.1
BNP Andrew Clarke 1,128 27.8
Conservative Richard Sheard 821 20.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton 558 13.8
Majority 418 10.3
Turnout 4,053 38.89
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

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Windhill and Wrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Watmough 1,520 33.1
Labour Susan Hinchcliffe 1,374 29.9
BNP Neil Craig 784 17.0
Conservative Andrew Rowley 748 16.3
Green Linda Arnold 100 2.2
Independent Michael Breen 73 1.6
Majority 146 3.2
Turnout 4,599 41.94
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Worth Valley ward

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Worth Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Henry Hill* 1,919 43.2
Labour Keith Dredge 1,376 31.0
BNP John Joy 766 17.2
Liberal Democrats Jack Taylor 382 8.6
Majority 543 12.2
Turnout 4,443 42.35
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

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Wyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Ferriby 1,416 35.8
BNP Robert Manby 1,103 27.9
Conservative John Stead 1,007 25.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall 428 10.8
Majority 313 7.9
Turnout 3,954 37.88
Labour gain from BNP Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Local elections 2007: Bradford". BBC News. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ Local election results 2007 (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ^ Shand, Alistair (6 April 2007). "Election 'runners and riders' revealed". Telegraph and Argus. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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