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The 2016 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 5 May 2016. This was on the same day as other local elections. One councillor was elected in each ward of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, for a four-year term. Each ward is represented by three councillors, the election of which is staggered, so only one third of the councillors were elected in this election.

Of the Council's 90 seats, 30 were up for election.

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Bradford Council election, 2016
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	30	15					40
	Conservative	30	5					22
	Liberal Democrats	30	4					12
	Green	26	1					6
	UKIP	20	0					11
	Independent	9	2					5
	TUSC	1	0						351
	British Democrats	1	0						89

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	46	49
	Conservative	23	21
	Liberal Democrats	9	10
	Independent	8	6
	Green	3	3
	UKIP	1	1
Total		90	90
Working majority		2

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Baildon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debbie Davies	2,192	47.53
	Labour	Peter Joseph Ashton	988	21.42
	Liberal Democrats	John Malcolm Charles Cole	866	18.78
	UKIP	Dale Andrew Normington	382	8.28
	Green	Carl Andrew Dunk	184	3.99
Majority			1,204	26.11
Turnout			4,612	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bingley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Allan Pennington*	2,720	45
	Labour	Joe Wheatley	1,673	28
	UKIP	Sara Hardman	876	14
	Green	Matthew Clive Edwards	528	9
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Shannon Russell	283	5
Majority			1,047	17.2
Turnout			6,080	44
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bingley Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Naveed Riaz	1,990	38
	UKIP	Derrick John Hodgson	1,282	24
	Labour	Barney James Simkins O'Connor	1.208	23
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Baranowski	505	10
	Green	Brian Newham	305	6
Majority			708	13.4
Turnout			5,290	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bolton and Undercliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Ward	2,088	52.2
	Labour	Frank Dignan	1,214	30.4
	UKIP	Jonathan Daniel Stewart Barras	443	11.1
	Conservative	Geoff Whiteley	179	4.5
	Green	Alexander Charles Newsham	75	1.9
Majority			874	21.9
Turnout			3,999	37
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bowling and Barkerend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hassan Uzzaman Khan*	2,643	67
	Liberal Democrats	Bacha Sayed	650	17
	TUSC	Ian Slattery	351	9
	Conservative	Altaf Hussain	278	7
Majority			1,993	50.8
Turnout			3,922	34
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent Faisal Khan was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor^[3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.^[4]

Bradford Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Riaz Ahmed	2,586	49.5
	Labour	Sabiya Khan	2,536	48.6
	Conservative	Naveed Ilyas	100	1.9
Majority			50	1
Turnout			5,222	46
	Liberal Democrats gain from Respect		Swing

The incumbent Ruqayyah Collector was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor^[3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.^[4]

City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aneela Bano Ahmed	2,192	57
	Conservative	Munir Ahmed	1,356	35
	Green	David Cooper	251	6
	Liberal Democrats	Tariq Mahmood	80	2
Majority			836	21.6
Turnout			3,879	36
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anjali Michelle Swallow*	1,990	54
	Conservative	Mohammed 'Harry' Boota	708	19
	UKIP	James David Vasey	702	19
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Michael Cotterill	160	4
	Green	Norma Russell	145	4
Majority			1,282	34.6
Turnout			3,705	34
	Labour hold		Swing

Craven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	The Independents	Adrian Paul Naylor*	1,767	38
	Conservative	Peter William Clarke	1,324	28
	Labour	Val Carroll	1,225	26
	Green	Peter Alan Rawstron Ferguson	197	4
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Stuart Ebden	185	4
Majority			443	9.4
Turnout			4,698	36
	Independent hold		Swing

Eccleshill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Robert Stubbs	1,678	44
	Labour	Munsaf Dad Saddiq	1,123	30
	UKIP	Lara Joy Barras	611	16
	Conservative	Terry Pearson	281	7
	Green	Helen Love	87	2
Majority			555	14.7
Turnout			3,780	33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Horton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Jabar*	2,894	72
	UKIP	Jamie Illingworth	445	11
	Conservative	Hashim Mohammad Kohan	304	8
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Slingsby	238	6
	Green	Michael John Stanlick	132	3
Majority			2,449	61
Turnout			4,013	39
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent Mohammad Shabbir was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served until April 2015 as an independent councillor,^[3] he then joined the Labour Party.^[5]

Heaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad Shabbir*	2,236	48
	Conservative	Sajid Akhtar	1,566	34
	Green	Celia Ruth Hickson	727	16
	Liberal Democrats	Sayed Salman	92	2
Majority			670	14.5
Turnout			4,621	42
	Labour hold		Swing

Idle and Thackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Owen Griffiths*	2,567	60
	Labour	Rupert Oliver	654	15
	UKIP	Garry Blackmore	640	15
	Conservative	Falak Naz Ahmed	267	6
	Green	Sarah Elizabeth Dick	130	3
Majority			1,913	44.9
Turnout			4,258	35
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ilkley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Gillian Hawkesworth*	2,260	42
	Conservative	Paul Marcus Barrett	1,386	26
	Labour	Henri Forbes Murison	1,147	21
	Green	Claire Darling	309	6
	UKIP	Paul John Latham	224	4
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Kirkham	103	2
Majority			874	16.1
Turnout			5,429	46
	Independent hold		Swing

Keighley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Khadim Hussain*	2,571	46
	Labour	Kaneez Akthar	1,634	29
	Conservative	Abdul Nasser Razak	641	11
	UKIP	Mark Philip Hudson	437	8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Mann	187	3
	Green	Daisy May Knight	143	3
	Independent	Allah Ditta	34	1
Majority			937	16.6
Turnout			5,647	51
	Independent hold		Swing

Keighley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Slater*	2,671	57
	Conservative	Mark Francis Startin	994	21
	UKIP	Mark Eric Shaw	735	16
	Green	Jonni Thurling	154	3
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Beetham	123	3
Majority			1,677	35.9
Turnout			4,677	40
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adrian Stuart Farley*	1,588	45
	Conservative	Christopher John Herd	1,034	29
	UKIP	Ian Ross Dermondy	754	21
	Green	Brian Richard Ford	77	2
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Isobel Chadwick	71	2
Majority			554	15.7
Turnout			3,524	32
	Labour hold		Swing

The incumbent Alyas Karmani was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor^[3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.^[4]

Little Horton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Talat Sajawal	2,561	55
	Labour	Omar Hussain	1,814	39
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Vipond	130	3
	Conservative	Rizwan Sakhawat	110	2
	Green	Nurjahan Ali Arobi	81	2
Majority			747	15.9
Turnout			4,696	44
	Independent gain from Respect		Swing

The incumbent Ishtiaq Ahmed was elected as a councillor for the Respect Party but resigned from the party in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor^[3] until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.^[4]

Manningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarfraz Nazir	3,233	70
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Ishrat Mirza	1,019	22
	Green	John Edward Robinson	197	4
	Conservative	Ghazanfar Hussain	195	4
Majority			2,214	47.7
Turnout			4,644	44
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Queensbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	The Queensbury Ward Independents	Lynda Jane Cromie	1,507	38
	UKIP	Jason Paul Smith	972	25
	Labour	Andy Walsh	674	17
	Conservative	Michael Walls*	597	15
	Green	Eithne Mary Dodwell	128	3
	Liberal Democrats	James Hunt	53	1
Majority			535	13.6
Turnout			3,931	33
	The Queensbury Ward Independents gain from Conservative

Royds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Thornton*	1,398	44
	UKIP	Lois Wood	1,173	37
	Conservative	Ryan John Gerald Robertshaw	462	15
	Liberal Democrats	Shauna Ann Devonshire	136	4
Majority			225	7.1
Turnout			3,169	27
	Labour hold		Swing

Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin John Love*	2,231	47
	Labour	Ben Pickles	1,579	33
	Conservative	David John Servant	800	17
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Betty Briggs	152	3
Majority			652	13.7
Turnout			4,762	43
	Green hold		Swing

Thornton and Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Winifred Mullaney	1,795	43.4
	Conservative	Charles Malcolm Sykes*	1,501	36.3
	UKIP	Michael Evan McCabe	533	12.9
	Green	Helen Elizabeth Marriott	200	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Anne Elliott	111	2.7
Majority			294	7.1
Turnout			4,140	36
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Toller

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arshad Hussain*	3,254	64
	Green	Sean Dobiech	1,315	26
	Conservative	Raja Altaf Hussain	189	3
	Independent	Kasir Bashir Hussain	185	4
	Liberal Democrats	Amjad Ali	148	3
Majority			1,939	38.1
Turnout			5,091	45
	Labour hold		Swing

Tong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Johnson*	1,143	46
	UKIP	Lincoln Stead	823	33
	Conservative	Eddie Ward	372	15
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Louise Yeadon	161	6
Majority			320	12.8
Turnout			2,499	22
	Labour hold		Swing

Wharfedale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Smith*	2,145	54
	Labour	Caroline Rebecca Davison Firth	906	23
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jones	491	12
	Green	Janet Souyave	395	10
Majority			1,239	31.5
Turnout			3,937	42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wibsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Michael Adam Green*	1,651	47
	UKIP	Bernie Pringle	739	21
	Conservative	Richard Ian Sheard	547	16
	Independent	Khurram Shehzad	310	9
	Liberal Democrats	Brian James Boulton	156	4
	Green	Andrew Martin Robinson	121	3
Majority			912	25.9
Turnout			3,524	34
	Labour hold		Swing

Windhill and Wrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Ross-Shaw*	1,858	51
	UKIP	Hong Vi La	657	18
	Conservative	George Alexander Morrall	638	18
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Thorne	289	8
	Green	Phillip Thornton	172	5
Majority			1,201	33.2
Turnout			3,614	33
	Labour hold		Swing

Worth Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Brown*	1,589	41
	Labour	Mark Bernard Curtis	1,200	31
	UKIP	John Stevens Kirby	643	17
	Green	Kevin Leahi Campbell-Wright	296	8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sykes	129	3
Majority			389	10.1
Turnout			3,857	36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosie Watson	1,147	36
	UKIP	John James Worsley	701	22
	Independent	David Alexander Robinson	659	21
	Conservative	Francesca Louise Stefanyszyn	449	14
	British Democrats	James Graham Lewthwaite	89	3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Anthony Hall	88	3
	Green	Darren James Parkinson	71	2
Majority			446	13.9
Turnout			3,204	32
	Labour hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Lisa Carmody (Conservative Party).^[6]

Queensbury by-election 4 May 2017^[7]

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	37.2
Turnout			3,882	32
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election triggered by the death in office of Cllr. Lynne Smith (Labour).^[8]

Wibsey by-election 14 July 2017^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Lisa Sharp		51
	UKIP	Jason Paul Smith		27
	Conservative	Richard Ian Sheard		19
	Liberal Democrats	Angharad Elizabeth Griffiths		3
Majority
Turnout				23
	Labour hold		Swing

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