2011 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

2011 UK local government election December 2023 September 2013 thumb|right|300px|2011 local election results in Bradford The 2011 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011. Ward results An asterisk denotes an incumbent. Baildon ward Baildon Conservative Party (UK) Roger L'Amie* 2,820 52.61 +10.77 Labour Party (UK) Jen Kilyon 1,132 21.12 +12.38 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barney Lerner 969 18.08 −19.33 Green Party of England and Wales Helen Broadhead 439 8.19 +3.42 1,688 31.49 5,387 47.12 +0.99 Conservative Party (UK) Bingley ward Bingley Conservative Party (UK) Mark Shaw 3,228 53.08 −0.01 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Mawson 1,940 31.90 +9.88 Green Party of England and Wales Arthur Arnold 612 10.06 −0.48 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vernon Whelan 301 4.95 −3.44 1,288 21.18 6,117 46.22 +2.36 Conservative Party (UK) Bingley Rural ward Bingley Rural Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Cooke* 3,280 58.71 +3.40 Labour Party (UK) Robert Beckwith 1,456 26.06 +11.02 Green Party of England and Wales Brian Newham 428 7.66 −0.05 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Sykes 423 7.57 −0.84 1,824 32.65 5,626 43.06 +1.37 Conservative Party (UK) Bolton & Undercliffe ward Bolton and Undercliffe Liberal Democrats (UK) Howard Middleton* 1,825 47.28 −9.78 Labour Party (UK) Gareth Logan 1,536 39.79 +15.04 Conservative Party (UK) Sadia Waheed 499 12.93 −3.70 289 7.49 3,914 35.30 −0.68 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bowling & Barkerend ward Bowling and Barkerend Labour Party (UK) Imran Khan 2,003 43.66 +13.69 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Jamil* 1,433 31.23 −15.07 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tracey Leeming 1,152 25.11 +3.30 570 12.42 4,636 40.02 +0.90 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bradford Moor ward Bradford Moor Labour Party (UK) Ghazanfer Khaliq* 2,835 66.58 +26.85 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ali Jamal 1,204 28.28 +1.74 Conservative Party (UK) Khalid Anjum 219 5.14 −28.59 1,631 38.30 4,301 37.14 −11.50 Labour Party (UK) City ward City Labour Party (UK) Shakeela Lal* 2,875 64.03 +9.81 Conservative Party (UK) Munir Ahmed 1,242 27.66 +2.22 Green Party of England and Wales Derek Curtis 226 5.03 +0.13 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robson Brown 147 3.27 −3.55 1,633 36.37 4,531 41.55 +1.48 Labour Party (UK) Clayton & Fairweather Green ward Clayton & Fairweather Green Labour Co-operative Carol Thirkill 2,172 55.52 +21.41 Conservative Party (UK) David Servant 1,184 30.27 −0.46 Green Party of England and Wales Patricia Porter 308 7.87 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Lorna Leeming 248 6.34 −7.32 988 25.26 3,935 35.80 −6.14 Labour Party (UK) Craven ward Craven Conservative Party (UK) Michael Kelly* 3,046 56.48 +5.07 Labour Party (UK) Peter Cheney 1,491 27.65 +4.43 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gerald Ebden 455 8.44 −3.18 Green Party of England and Wales Vanessa Pilny 401 7.44 +2.26 1,555 28.83 5,429 44.46 +5.66 Conservative Party (UK) Eccleshill ward Eccleshill Labour Party (UK) Ruth Billheimer 1,522 43.06 +24.66 Liberal Democrats (UK) Debbie Jessop 1,305 36.92 −7.52 Conservative Party (UK) Colin McPhee 708 20.03 +8.89 217 6.14 3,564 32.64 −6.05 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Great Horton ward Great Horton Labour Party (UK) John Godward* 3,059 75.38 +37.27 Conservative Party (UK) Qurban Hussain 625 15.40 −7.16 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Stelling 374 9.22 −22.12 2,434 59.98 4,101 36.61 −4.15 Labour Party (UK) Heaton ward Heaton Labour Party (UK) Rizwan Malik* 2,516 48.35 +9.29 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammad Masood 1,370 26.33 +2.69 Green Party of England and Wales Sonja McNally 1,114 21.41 −8.48 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lynne Gray 204 3.92 −3.50 1,146 22.02 5,224 48.16 −1.96 Labour Party (UK) Idle & Thackley ward Two councillors were elected in this ward, as Cllr. Ed Hall (Liberal Democrats) had resigned, citing personal reasons. Barnett Ben 119 contest 31 Bradford Council seats up for grabs on May 5 http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local_elections_2011/news_elections2011_news/8967063.Battle_lines_drawn_up_for_local_elections/ Telegraph & Argus 11 April 2011 26 September 2017 Idle and Thackley Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeanette Sunderland* 2,382 53.03 −5.80 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alun Griffiths 1,858 41.36 −17.47 Labour Party (UK) Frank Dignan 994 22.13 +9.59 Labour Party (UK) Yvonne Oliver 958 21.33 +8.97 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Clough 947 21.08 +3.64 Conservative Party (UK) Jackie Whiteley 782 17.41 −0.04 Green Party of England and Wales Stuart Winchester 406 9.04 N/A 864 19.23 4,526 38.23 −0.87 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Ilkley ward Ilkley Conservative Party (UK) Brian Smith* 3,153 53.39 −5.32 Labour Party (UK) Neil Fraser 1,625 27.51 +6.38 Liberal Democrats (UK) Samuel Harris 777 13.16 +0.85 UK Independence Party Paul Latham 351 5.94 N/A 1,528 25.87 5,949 52.86 +7.85 Conservative Party (UK) Keighley Central ward Keighley Central Labour Party (UK) Kaneez Akthar 2,523 43.44 +9.14 Conservative Party (UK) Zafar Ali* 2,445 42.10 −12.12 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gerald Brooksbank 533 9.18 −2.30 Green Party of England and Wales Julian Hughes 307 5.29 N/A 78 1.34 5,896 51.36 +1.97 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Keighley East ward Keighley East Labour Party (UK) Doreen Lee* 2,452 49.88 +11.94 Conservative Party (UK) David Harrison 1,779 36.19 +0.12 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Brooksbank 432 8.79 −4.10 Green Party of England and Wales Celia Hickson 253 5.15 N/A 673 13.69 4,956 42.65 +1.45 Labour Party (UK) Keighley West ward Keighley West Labour Party (UK) Jan Smithies 1,865 50.24 +9.33 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Herd 1,617 43.56 +22.39 Liberal Democrats (UK) Fran McAulay 230 6.20 +0.53 248 6.68 3,753 35.88 −0.92 Labour Party (UK) Little Horton ward Little Horton Labour Party (UK) Sher Khan* 3,144 86.78 +27.46 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liam Prentice 287 7.92 −6.33 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas McMeeking 192 5.30 −9.82 2,857 78.86 3,658 33.53 −4.47 Labour Party (UK) Manningham ward Asama Javed defected from Labour to Respect in March 2015. Wilde Claire Sitting Bradford councillor defects from Labour Party to Respect http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11885855.display/ Telegraph and Argus 27 March 2015 25 September 2017 Manningham Labour Party (UK) Asama Javed 3,981 73.15 +41.05 Liberal Democrats (UK) Qasim Khan 1,067 19.61 −33.93 Green Party of England and Wales John Robinson 243 4.47 −0.08 Conservative Party (UK) Sharaz Ahmed 151 2.77 −0.29 2,914 53.55 5,474 49.17 −4.38 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Queensbury ward In June 2011 Lynda Cromie and her husband Paul (also a councillor) left the British National Party citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents. O'Rourke Tanya Paul and Lynda Cromie stand down for 'personal reasons' http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9093128.Husband_and_wife_councillors_in_Queensbury_quit_the_BNP/ Telegraph and Argus 20 June 2011 27 September 2017 Queensbury British National Party Lynda Cromie* 1,461 34.79 −1.82 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Smith 1,136 27.05 −6.26 Labour Party (UK) Rosie Watson 994 23.67 +3.27 UK Independence Party Jason Smith 412 9.81 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Lisa Clarke 197 4.69 −5.00 325 7.74 4,217 38.03 −3.56 British National Party Royds ward In 2008, James Lewthwaite stood in this ward as a British National Party candidate. Royds Labour Party (UK) Gill Thornton* 1,809 53.66 +14.24 Conservative Party (UK) Sharon Robertshaw 959 28.45 +9.56 Democratic Nationalists James Lewthwaite 380 11.27 −21.21 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Bolton 223 6.62 −2.59 850 25.22 3,402 30.13 −4.64 Labour Party (UK) Shipley ward Shipley Green Party of England and Wales Kevin Warnes* 2,208 42.94 −0.97 Labour Party (UK) Alex Ross 1,333 25.92 +9.47 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Rowley 1,194 23.22 −1.45 UK Independence Party Philip Bird 219 4.26 +2.41 Liberal Democrats (UK) Russell Halliday 188 3.66 −2.27 875 17.02 5,162 47.79 +1.71 Green Party of England and Wales Thornton & Allerton ward Thornton and Allerton Conservative Party (UK) Michael McCabe* 1,922 47.37 +7.35 Labour Party (UK) Mark Blackburn 1,536 37.86 +15.20 Green Party of England and Wales Michael Rawnsley 470 11.58 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Shabir Khan 129 3.18 −8.64 386 9.51 4,083 37.64 +0.04 Conservative Party (UK) Toller ward Toller Labour Party (UK) Amir Hussain* 3,978 80.49 +34.24 Conservative Party (UK) Mahmood Hussain 590 11.94 −31.37 Green Party of England and Wales Dawud Islam 262 5.30 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Arif Mehmood 112 2.27 −8.16 3,388 68.56 4,990 43.55 −6.08 Labour Party (UK) Tong ward Tong Labour Party (UK) John Ruding* 1,772 61.23 +14.51 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Dymond 593 20.49 +3.25 Green Party of England and Wales Jason Crowley 187 6.46 N/A Democratic Nationalists Liam Haines 174 6.01 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Kirsty Yeadon 168 5.81 −3.63 1,179 40.74 2,915 24.76 −3.54 Labour Party (UK) Wharfedale ward Matt Palmer resigned from the Conservative Party to move to Jersey with his family in 2012. Redhead Jonathan Tory councillor resigns with a broadside at Bradford Council http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9961387.Tory_councillor_resigns_with_a_broadside_at_Bradford_Council/ Telegraph & Argus 3 October 2012 4 October 2017 The seat was retained for the party by Jackie Whiteley in a by-election 15th November 2012. Staff writer Conservative candidate takes Wharfedale seat http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/ilkleynews/10054649.Conservative_candidate_takes_Wharfedale_seat/ Telegraph & Argus 16 November 2012 4 October 2017 Wharfedale Conservative Party (UK) Matt Palmer* 2,801 59.74 −6.49 Labour Party (UK) Dave Allen 974 20.77 +7.49 Green Party of England and Wales Janet Souyave 502 10.71 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) James Main 412 8.79 −11.70 1,827 38.96 4,713 51.81 +8.82 Conservative Party (UK) Wibsey ward Wibsey Labour Party (UK) Ralph Berry* 1,814 52.50 +14.36 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Sheard 809 23.42 +3.16 UK Independence Party Jamie Illingworth 363 10.51 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Boulton 243 7.03 −6.73 English Democrats Andrew Clarke 226 6.54 N/A 1,005 29.09 3,472 35.12 −3.77 Labour Party (UK) Windhill & Wrose ward Windhill and Wrose Labour Party (UK) Susan Hinchcliffe 1,911 46.79 +16.92 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Watmough* 1,328 32.52 −0.53 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Sibley 591 14.47 −1.79 Green Party of England and Wales Helen Love 254 6.22 +4.05 583 14.28 4,106 38.88 −3.05 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Worth Valley ward Worth Valley Conservative Party (UK) Rebecca Poulsen 2,062 47.72 +4.53 Labour Party (UK) Mark Curtis 1,524 35.27 +4.30 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Swindells 423 9.79 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Sharon Purvis 312 7.22 −1.38 538 12.45 4,364 42.38 +0.03 Conservative Party (UK) Wyke ward Wyke Labour Party (UK) Sarah Ferriby* 1,962 53.04 +17.23 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Milczanowski 1,067 28.85 +3.38 Democratic Nationalists Neil Craig 402 10.87 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Hall 268 7.25 −3.58 895 24.20 3,726 37.17 −0.70 Labour Party (UK) By-elections between 2011 and 2012 elections Vote changes correspond to the 2011 Council election. Great Horton ward This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) who stood down after "adult content" was found on a council computer he had used. Staff writer Ex-Co-op bank boss Paul Flowers' home searched by police https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25012909 BBC News 20 November 2013 4 October 2017 Wright Steve Labour hold on easily to Great Horton ward http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9384746.Labour_hold_on_easily_to_Great_Horton_ward/ Telegraph and Argus 25 November 2011 4 October 2017 Great Horton by-election, 24 November 2011 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Jabar 1,993 58.58 −16.80 Conservative Party (UK) Mehrban Hussain 705 20.72 +5.32 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Slingsby 337 9.91 +0.69 UK Independence Party Jason Smith 294 8.64 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Celia Hickson 73 2.15 N/A 1,288 37.86 3,417 27.19 −9.42 Labour Party (UK) References 2011 Bradford Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 2011