City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 90 councillors representing 30 wards, with each ward electing three councillors.^[1]

Summary results since 2012

Year	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Green	UKIP	Respect	Queensbury Independents	Independent
Year
2023	48	9	5	10	0	0	0	13
2023	56	16	5	8	0	0	0	5
2022	52	21	6	6	0	0	0	5
2021	51	25	7	3	0	0	0	4
2019	53	22	7	2	0	0	1	5
2018	52	22	8	2	0	0	1	5
2016	49	21	10	3	0	0	2	6
2015	46	23	9	3	1	0	2	6
2014	46	21	8	3	1	0	2	9
2012	45	24	8	3	0	5	2	3

Council elections

District result maps

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By-election results

1994–1998

Heaton By-Election 26 September 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	2,041	50.4
	Labour	1,808	44.6
	Liberal Democrats	202	5.0
Majority		233	5.8
Turnout		4,051	34.8
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Shipley West By-Election 9 October 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,263	36.8	−6.7
	Conservative	1,222	35.6	−0.6
	Green	667	19.4	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	284	8.3	−0.6
Majority		41	1.2
Turnout		3,436
	Labour hold	Swing

Baildon By-Election 20 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,614	52.3	−1.0
	Conservative	1,077	34.9	−0.7
	Labour	372	12.1	+1.0
	Independent	22	0.7	+0.7
Majority		537	17.4
Turnout		3,085	24.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

1998–2002

Little Horton By-Election 18 March 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,227	60.2	+18.5
	Conservative	538	26.4	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	272	13.4	+4.3
Majority		689	33.8
Turnout		2,037	17.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Bowling By-Election 22 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Niland	1,014	44.0	−8.4
	Conservative	Zameer Shah	777	33.7	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Oliver	473	20.5	+8.6
Majority			237	10.3
Turnout			2,264	18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensbury By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	3,217	45.5	+16.0
	Conservative	2,744	38.8	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats	892	12.6	−4.6
	Independent	203	2.9	−2.0
	Asian	13	0.2	+0.2
Majority		473	6.7
Turnout		7,069	53.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Bingley Rural By-Election 6 December 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Juliette Kinsey	1,576	65.2	−0.7
	Labour	James Newton	642	26.6	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Stewart	150	6.2	−2.4
	Green	John Love	50	2.1	−1.9
Majority			934	38.6
Turnout			2,418	20.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002–2006

Great Horton By-Election 16 October 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Devlin	926	36.9	−0.9
	Conservative	Richard Milczanowski	764	30.4	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michell	692	27.6	+10.5
	Green	Derek Curtis	129	5.1	−1.5
Majority			162	6.5
Turnout			2,511	23.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Craven By-Election 16 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Naylor	1,304	57.0	+13.4
	Labour	Steven Carter	669	29.2	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Frances McAulay	315	13.8	−3.7
Majority			635	27.8
Turnout			2,288	18.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keighley West By-Election 23 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Sinfield	1,819	47.0	+22.2
	BNP	Ian Dawson	1,216	31.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Lionel Lockley	627	16.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Salmons	208	5.4	−4.8
Majority			603	15.6
Turnout			3,870	35.1
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

2006–2010

Bingley Ward By-Election, 4 December 2008^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Allan Pennington	1,949
	Labour	Andrew David Mawson	689
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Taylor	332
	Green	Arthur Albert John Arnold	175
	Democratic Nationalists	Jim Lewthwaite	61
	UKIP	Jason Paul Smith	49
Majority			1,260
Turnout			3,262	24.99

2010–2014

Worth Valley Ward By-Election 25 November 2010^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Russell Brown	1,020
	Labour	Mark Bernard Curtis	697
	Green	Robert Edward Swindells	235
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Catherine Purvis	180
Majority			323
Turnout			2,139	19.46

Great Horton By-Election 24 November 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Jabar	1,993	58.6	−1.1
	Conservative	Mehrban Hussain	705	20.7	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Slingsby	337	9.9	−3.3
	UKIP	Jason Paul Smith	294	8.6	(+8.6)
	Green	Celia Ruth Hickson	73	2.1	(+2.1)
Majority			1,288	37.9	+3.9
Turnout			3,402	27.1	−8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

Wharfedale by-election 15 November 2012^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Whiteley	1,353	54.03	−6.77
	Labour	David Green	485	19.37	+0.63
	Green	Janet Souyave	320	12.78	−2.47
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Treadwell	222	8.87	+3.66
	UKIP	Samuel Fletcher	124	4.95	N/A
Majority			868	34.66
Turnout			2,516	27.51	−13.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014–2018

Wibsey by-election 14 July 2016^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joanne Lisa Sharp	1,207	51
	UKIP	Jason Paul Smith	655	27
	Conservative	Richard Ian Sheard	451	19
	Liberal Democrats	Angharad Elizabeth Griffiths	70	3
Majority			552	23
Turnout			2,383	23
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensbury by-election 4 May 2017^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew John Senior	2,175	56
	Independent	Jason Paul Smith	732	19
	Labour	Mobeen Hussain	697	18
	Green	Eithne Mary Dodwell	143	4
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Whitrick	135	3
Majority			1,443	37
Turnout			3,882	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018–2022

Bolton and Undercliffe by-election 7 February 2019^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Sunderland	1,733	51.3
	Labour	Amriz Hussain	1,153	34.1
	Conservative	Ranbir Singh	418	12.4
	Green	Phil Worsnop	73	2.2
Majority			580	17.2
Turnout			3,377
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "The City of Bradford (Electoral Changes) Order 2004". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. SI 2004/122. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Bingley Ward" (PDF). 4 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "Worth Valley Ward" (PDF). 26 November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "Wharfedale Ward By-Election, 2017". Bradford City Council. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
^ "Wibsey Ward By-Election, 2017". Bradford City Council. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
^ "Queensbury Ward By-Election, 2017". Bradford City Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bolton and Undercliffe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

External links

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

[2004order-1] "The City of Bradford (Electoral Changes) Order 2004". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. SI 2004/122. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[2] "Bingley Ward" (PDF). 4 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[3] "Worth Valley Ward" (PDF). 26 November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[4] "Wharfedale Ward By-Election, 2017". Bradford City Council. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[5] "Wibsey Ward By-Election, 2017". Bradford City Council. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[6] "Queensbury Ward By-Election, 2017". Bradford City Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

[7] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bolton and Undercliffe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.

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