1996 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

1996 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 right|thumb|500px|Map of the results for the 1996 Bradford council election. 1996 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with one third of the council up for election. Labour retained control of the council.District results: Bradford The Yorkshire Post 3 May 1996 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000032.stm Vote 2012: Bradford 2015-08-01 BBC News Online Election results Bradford local election result 1996 Labour Party (UK) 23 13 0 13 76.7 49.4 58,339 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) 4 0 15 15 13.3 31.8 37,575 +3.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3 2 0 2 9.9 16.3 19,302 +2.5 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 1,825 -0.4 Independent Labour 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 732 -0.2 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.3 | align="right" | 362 | align="right" | +0.1 |- This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 58 71 Conservative 28 13 Liberal Democrat 4 6 Total 90 90 Working majority #FFBF00 26 darkgray #FFBF00 52 darkgray Ward results Baildon Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Micklem 2,540 53.3 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) R. Cope 1,697 35.6 +1.6 Labour Party (UK) M. Yaqoob 531 11.1 -7.1 843 17.7 +8.1 4,768 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.0 Bingley Labour Party (UK) E. Sinclair 1,959 44.0 -12.5 Conservative Party (UK) C. Gill 1,903 42.7 +6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Svensgaard 412 9.2 +9.2 Green Party of England and Wales M. Thompson 179 4.0 -3.2 56 1.3 -18.9 4,453 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -9.4 Bingley Rural Conservative Party (UK) P. Pettit 2,030 46.4 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Leslie 1,802 41.2 -2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Hutton 541 12.4 -0.8 228 5.2 +4.9 4,373 Conservative Party (UK) +2.4 Bolton Liberal Democrats (UK) H. Middleton 2,073 54.0 +15.7 Labour Party (UK) B. Singh 1,096 28.5 -13.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Gaunt 673 17.5 -2.0 977 25.4 +21.4 3,842 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +14.7 Bowling Labour Party (UK) J. Ryan 1,819 57.1 +5.6 Independent Labour D. Coughlin 732 23.0 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ridyard 362 11.4 +3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) R. Harrington 273 8.6 -3.0 1,087 34.1 +9.3 3,186 Labour Party (UK) +4.6 Bradford Moor Labour Party (UK) G. Khaliq 2,046 50.0 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Choudhary 1,642 40.1 -2.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Collins 403 9.8 -2.8 404 9.9 +8.6 4,091 Labour Party (UK) +4.3 Clayton Labour Party (UK) G. Whitfield 1,992 51.2 +0.5 Conservative Party (UK) E. Byrom 1,487 38.2 -1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Wilson-Fletche 308 7.9 +1.4 Green Party of England and Wales M. Rawnsley 104 2.7 -0.4 505 13.0 +2.0 3,891 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +1.0 Craven Conservative Party (UK) D. Harrison 2,113 47.0 +4.6 Labour Party (UK) R. Kelly 1,762 39.2 -5.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) G. Morgan 623 13.8 +1.2 351 7.8 +5.1 4,498 Conservative Party (UK) +5.2 Eccleshill Labour Party (UK) S. Rooney 1,524 53.1 -7.3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Lycett 903 31.4 +5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Attenborough 444 15.5 +2.1 621 21.6 -12.7 2,871 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -6.3 Great Horton Labour Party (UK) F. Collard 2,230 60.2 -3.8 Conservative Party (UK) M. Crabtree 993 26.8 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Wright 370 10.0 -1.7 Green Party of England and Wales W. Taylor 112 3.0 +0.0 1,237 33.4 -9.2 3,705 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -4.6 Heaton Labour Party (UK) M. Ajeeb 2,251 45.1 -16.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. King 2,102 42.1 +15.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Cruden 405 8.1 +0.5 Green Party of England and Wales J. Robinson 231 4.6 +1.2 149 3.0 -31.7 4,989 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -15.8 Idle Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Ward 2,173 52.7 +15.0 Labour Party (UK) F. Dale 1,300 31.5 -16.9 Conservative Party (UK) A. White 648 15.7 +1.9 873 21.2 +10.4 4,121 Liberal Democrats (UK) +15.9 Ilkley Conservative Party (UK) C. Powell 2,421 51.5 -4.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Fox 1,515 32.2 -12.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Cohen 765 16.3 +16.3 906 19.3 +7.7 4,701 Conservative Party (UK) +3.8 Keighley North Labour Party (UK) A. Macpherson 2,512 55.6 -7.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Jepson 1,514 33.5 +8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Carter 490 10.8 -0.7 998 22.1 -15.4 4,516 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -7.6 Keighley South Labour Party (UK) S. Thomas 2,411 75.5 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) C. Coleman 463 14.5 +2.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Hamid 320 10.0 -3.7 1,948 61.0 +0.2 3,194 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Keighley West Labour Party (UK) A. Mudd 2,511 61.5 -3.9 Conservative Party (UK) W. Redman 1,099 26.9 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Brooksbank 470 11.5 -1.2 1,412 34.6 -9.1 4,080 Labour Party (UK) -4.5 Little Horton Labour Party (UK) M. Mir 1,857 65.8 -5.6 Conservative Party (UK) G. Johnson 454 16.1 +5.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Griffiths 359 12.7 +5.4 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | M. Dominguez | align="right" | 151 | align="right" | 5.3 | align="right" | -3.8 |- 1,403 49.7 -11.6 2,821 Labour Party (UK) -5.7 Odsal Labour Party (UK) J. O'Neill 2,316 59.6 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Robertshaw 1,037 26.7 +6.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) K. Hall 532 13.7 +2.3 1,279 32.9 -12.0 3,885 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -6.0 Queensbury Labour Party (UK) M. Mason 2,145 55.2 -10.0 Conservative Party (UK) L. Jagger 1,241 32.0 +8.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Saul 497 12.8 +2.3 904 23.3 -18.6 3,883 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -9.3 Rombalds Conservative Party (UK) D. Smith 2,446 50.8 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Atkins 1,588 33.0 +1.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Main 782 16.2 -8.9 858 17.8 +5.2 4,816 Conservative Party (UK) +2.6 Shipley East Labour Party (UK) P. Thornton 1,944 63.7 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) D. Servant 568 18.6 +3.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Hall 431 14.1 -0.1 Green Party of England and Wales M. Love 108 3.5 +3.5 1,376 45.1 -6.8 3,051 Labour Party (UK) -3.4 Shipley West Labour Party (UK) H. Gundry 2,121 43.5 -7.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Carroll 1,766 36.2 +2.2 Green Party of England and Wales D. Ford 554 11.4 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) J. Gregory 433 8.9 +1.7 355 7.3 -9.3 4,874 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -4.6 Thornton Labour Party (UK) D. Kettlewell 1,561 47.0 -4.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Ellis 1,155 34.8 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) H. Wright 477 14.4 +3.8 Green Party of England and Wales A. Suchi 87 2.6 -0.4 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | L. Wilkinson | align="right" | 38 | align="right" | 1.1 | align="right" | +1.1 |- 406 12.2 -4.8 3,318 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -2.4 Toller Labour Party (UK) D. Brown 2,891 52.2 +8.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Rashid 2,190 39.6 -6.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) S. Devonshire 280 5.1 -2.9 Green Party of England and Wales N. Taimuri 131 2.4 +0.2 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | C. Thompson | align="right" | 43 | align="right" | 0.8 | align="right" | +0.8 |- 701 12.7 +9.9 5,535 Labour Party (UK) +7.6 Tong Labour Party (UK) J. Cairns 1,555 73.7 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) E. Harker 301 14.3 +0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Devonshire 204 9.7 +0.7 Green Party of England and Wales P. Braham 49 2.3 +2.3 1,254 59.5 -4.3 2,109 Labour Party (UK) -2.1 Undercliffe Labour Party (UK) P. Foord 1,942 63.2 -4.3 Conservative Party (UK) E. Blackburn 690 22.5 +8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) E. Hallmann 440 14.3 +1.2 1,252 40.8 -12.7 3,072 Labour Party (UK) -6.3 University Labour Party (UK) S. Hussain 3,331 72.3 +3.9 Conservative Party (UK) I. Grieve 601 13.0 -8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) L. McKeever 277 6.0 +6.0 Green Party of England and Wales N. Tart 270 5.9 -4.6 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: Socialist Party (England and Wales)" | | Militant Labour | S. Jackson | align="right" | 130 | align="right" | 2.8 | align="right" | +2.8 |- 2,730 59.2 +12.0 4,609 Labour Party (UK) +6.0 Wibsey Labour Party (UK) V. McMath 2,129 61.2 -4.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Sheard 909 26.1 +3.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) B. Boulton 439 12.6 +0.5 1,220 35.1 -7.7 3,477 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -3.8 Worth Valley Labour Party (UK) J. Cope 1,808 43.6 -2.5 Conservative Party (UK) G. Hodgson 1,242 30.0 -4.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) D. Samuels 1,093 26.4 +6.5 566 13.7 +1.6 4,143 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -3.2 Wyke Labour Party (UK) A. Niland 1,890 57.9 -7.0 Conservative Party (UK) V. Owen 925 28.3 +8.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) H. Boulton 448 13.7 -1.8 965 29.6 -15.9 3,263 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -7.9 By-elections between 1996 and 1998 Heaton by-election 26 September 1996 http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm Local Authority Byelection Results gwydir.demon.co.uk 2015-08-10 29 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100329041227/http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/byelections/index.htm dead http://www.bradford.gov.uk/council/councillors/ward_heaton.html Councillors: Heaton Ward bradford.gov.uk 2015-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/19980131160316/http://www.bradford.gov.uk/council/councillors/ward_heaton.html 1998-01-31 Conservative Party (UK) John King 2,041 50.4 +8.3 Labour Party (UK) 1,808 44.6 -0.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 202 5.0 -3.1 233 5.8 +2.8 4,051 34.8 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +4.4 Shipley West by-election 9 October 1997 http://www.bradford.gov.uk/council/councillors/ward_shipleyw.html Councillors: Shipley West Ward bradford.gov.uk 2015-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/19980131160100/http://www.bradford.gov.uk/council/councillors/ward_shipleyw.html 1998-01-31 Labour Party (UK) Rowland Dale 1,263 36.8 -6.7 Conservative Party (UK) 1,222 35.6 -0.6 Green Party of England and Wales 667 19.4 +8.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 284 8.3 -0.6 41 1.2 -6.1 3,436 Labour Party (UK) -3.0 Baildon by-election 20 November 1997 http://www.bradford.gov.uk/council/councillors/ward_baildon.html Councillors: Baildon Ward bradford.gov.uk 2015-08-10 https://web.archive.org/web/19980131160457/http://www.bradford.gov.uk/council/councillors/ward_baildon.html 1998-01-31 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Cole 1,614 52.3 -1.0 Conservative Party (UK) 1,077 34.9 -0.7 Labour Party (UK) 372 12.1 +1.0 Independent (politician) 22 0.7 +0.7 537 17.4 -0.3 3,085 24.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) -0.1 References 1 Bradford 1996 Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 1996