2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
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One third of seats (32 of 90) to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 15 11 4
Seats after 36 33 14
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 3 Decrease 1
Popular vote 41,212 42,815 28,579
Percentage 30.4% 31.6% 21.1%
Swing Increase 3.5% Decrease 0.1% Decrease 2.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party BNP Green
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 3 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 18,212 4,813
Percentage 13.4% 3.5%
Swing Increase 6.4% Decrease 3.6%
Map of the 2006 Bradford council election results. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, BNP in dark blue and Greens in green.
Majority party before election

No overall control

 Majority party after election

No overall control

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 4 May 2006.[1][2]

Election results

Bradford Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 6 1 Increase 5 46.9 30.4 41,212 Increase 3.5
  Conservative 11 2 5 Decrease 3 34.4 31.6 42,815 Decrease 0.1
  Liberal Democrats 4 1 2 Decrease 1 12.5 21.1 28,579 Decrease 2.2
  BNP 1 1 2 Decrease 1 3.1 13.4 18,212 Increase 6.4
  Green 1 0 0 Steady 3.1 3.5 4,813 Decrease 3.6

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward

Baildon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Valerie Townend* 2,595 48.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Briggs 2,120 39.5
Green Jonathan Hayes 417 7.8
Labour Mohammad Yaqoob 237 4.4
Majority 475 8.8
Turnout 5,369 46.17
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heseltine* 2,941 54.1
Labour Frank Needham 1,133 20.8
Green Arthur Arnold 691 12.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Fielden 676 12.4
Majority 1,808 33.2
Turnout 5,441 43.59
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Ellis 2,861 51.0
BNP Nicholas Stamp 1,085 19.3
Labour James Newton 945 16.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes 718 12.8
Majority 1,776 31.7
Turnout 5,609 42.23
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Gray* 2,146 56.7
Labour Anthony Niland 958 25.3
Conservative John Robertshaw 679 17.9
Majority 1,188 31.4
Turnout 3,783 34.49
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zameer Shah* 1,792 38.1
Labour Raymond Bage 1,289 27.4
Liberal Democrats Mukhtar Ali 989 21.0
BNP Sharif Gawad 630 13.4
Majority 503 10.7
Turnout 4,700 40.87
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Shafiq 2,129 42.4
Conservative Azhar Mahmood 1,486 29.6
Liberal Democrats Ali Jamal 1,410 28.1
Majority 643 12.8
Turnout 5,025 44.86
Labour hold Swing

City ward

City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Munir Ahmed 2,413 68.8
Liberal Democrats Tahir Mahmood 420 12.0
Conservative Daniel Paterson 350 10,0
Green John Robinson 324 9.2
Majority 1,993 56.8
Turnout 3,507 32.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Servant* 1,269 29.8
Labour Peter Longthorn 1,218 28.6
BNP Kim Riach 1,106 26.0
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming 665 15.6
Majority 51 1.2
Turnout 4,258 39.27
Conservative hold Swing

Craven ward

Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Mallinson* 2,636 60.1
Labour Steven Carter 1,000 22.8
Liberal Democrats Frances McAulay 751 17.1
Majority 1,636 37.3
Turnout 4,387 36.01
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin McPhee 1,205 30.2
BNP Peter Wade 1,142 28.6
Labour Gillian Thornton 920 23.0
Conservative David James 728 18.2
Majority 63 1.6
Turnout 3,995 35.32
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Great Horton ward

Two seats were contested after incumbent councillor Intkhab Alam was jailed in March 2006 for trying to pervert the course of justice after his minicab hit and killed a man.[3]

Great Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanne Dodds 1,772
Labour John Godward 1,577
Conservative Richard Milczanowski 1,219
Conservative Darryl Brock 1,017
Liberal Democrats Margaret Chadwick 746
Liberal Democrats Antony Habergham 659
Majority
Turnout 3,848 35.02
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammad Masood 1,477 32.8
Labour Mark Fielding 1,144 25.4
Green Steven Schofield 1,043 23.2
Liberal Democrats Tariq Mahmood 833 18.5
Majority 333 7.4
Turnout 4,497 44.89
Conservative hold Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Ward 2,604
Liberal Democrats Alun Griffiths 2,004
Conservative Derek Taylor 993
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi 904
Labour Richard Blackburn 703
Labour Rosemary Watson 578
Majority
Turnout 4,503 38.67
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Powell 2,760 58.1
Labour Andrew Dundas 1,092 23.0
Liberal Democrats Douglas Beaumont 896 18.9
Majority 1,668 35.1
Turnout 4,748 42.56
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shamim Akhtar 2,367 45.3
Liberal Democrats Kaneez Akhtar 1,455 27.9
Conservative Russell Brown 1,400 26.8
Majority 912 17.5
Turnout 5,222 49.14
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Pullen 1,954 39.3
Conservative Mark Francis Startin 1,364 27.5
BNP Rose Thompson 1,084 21.8
Liberal Democrats Judith Brooksbank 564 11.4
Majority 590 11.9
Turnout 4,966 42.55
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Rowen 1,827 40.4
BNP Ian Dawson 1,493 33.0
Conservative Lionel Lockley 822 18.2
Liberal Democrats Victoria Salmons 384 8.5
Majority 334 7.4
Turnout 4,526 41.08
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naveeda Ikram 2,456 68.4
Conservative Asad Malik 610 17.0
Liberal Democrats John Massen 525 14.6
Majority 1,846 51.4
Turnout 3,591 34.80
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shabir Hussain 2,212 46.8
Liberal Democrats Qasim Khan 2,160 45.7
Conservative Ishtiaq Ahmed 354 7.5
Majority 52 1.1
Turnout 4,726 45.51
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Paul Cromie 1,829 38.5
Conservative Tracey McNulty* 1,533 32.3
Labour Graham Mahony 935 19.7
Liberal Democrats Joan Collins 455 9.6
Majority 296 6.2
Turnout 4,752 42.52
BNP gain from Conservative Swing

Royds ward

Royds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Valerie Slater 1,393 36.8
BNP Lynda Jane Cromie 1,250 33.0
Conservative Richard Sheard 748 19.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Hallmann 397 10.5
Majority 143 3.8
Turnout 3,788 34.02
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Hawarun Hussain 1,875 36.7
Conservative John Carroll 1,299 25.4
Labour Lee Edwards 759 14.8
BNP Jennifer Sampson 747 14.6
Liberal Democrats John Hall 435 8.5
Majority 576 11.3
Turnout 5,115 47.60
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Valerie Binney 1,543 34.0
BNP Clifford Cockayne 1,354 29.9
Labour Susanne Rooney 942 20.8
Liberal Democrats Ruth Sharples 401 8.8
Green Michael Rawnsley 293 6.5
Majority 189 4.2
Turnout 4,533 39.86
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Toller
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Imran Hussain 2,428 42.6
Conservative Amjad Hussain* 1,786 31.4
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Sengal 1,480 26.0
Majority 642 11.3
Turnout 5,694 50.97
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Tong ward

Tong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Anthony Cairns 1,278 40.4
BNP Arthur Redfearn 1,012 32.0
Conservative Robert Stead 508 16.1
Liberal Democrats Maralyn Adey 366 11.6
Majority 266 8.4
Turnout 3,164 28.00
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Ian Greaves 2,571 61.7
Liberal Democrats Vernon Whelan 1,028 24.7
Labour Kevin Armstrong 568 13.6
Majority 1,543 37.0
Turnout 4,167 46.14
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynne Eleanor Smith 1,427 34.6
BNP Andrew Clarke 1,251 30.4
Conservative Dorothy Craven 928 22.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Fletcher 513 12.5
Majority 176 4.3
Turnout 4,119 39.33
Labour gain from BNP Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vanda Greenwood 1,215 28.2
Liberal Democrats John Watmough 1,166 27.0
BNP Neil Craig 1,022 23.7
Conservative David Herdson 738 17.1
Green Linda Arnold 170 3.9
Majority 49 1.1
Turnout 4,311 40.01
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Glen William Miller 1,790 37.9
Labour Trevor Lindley 1,225 26.0
BNP John Joy 1,161 24.6
Liberal Democrats James Main 543 11.5
Majority 565 12.0
Turnout 4,719 45.22
Conservative gain from BNP Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Warburton 1,273 32.0
BNP Robert Manby 1,142 28.7
Conservative John Stead 1,035 26.0
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall 528 13.3
Majority 131 3.3
Turnout 3,978 37.86
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Local elections 2006: Bradford". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ Local election results 2006 (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ^ Staff writer (17 July 2006). "Disgraced councillor made £12,000 claim". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 25 September 2017.