2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
2008 UK local government election
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The 2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008.[1]
Ward results
An asterisk denotes an incumbent
Baildon ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Cole* | 3,122 | 55.32 | ||
| Conservative | David Herdson | 2,230 | 39.51 | ||
| Labour | Vera Martin | 292 | 5.17 | ||
| Majority | 892 | 15.80 | |||
| Turnout | 5,644 | 48.80 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Bingley ward
Cllr. Colin Gill resigned in September 2008 due to strain the position had placed on his professional life.[2] John Pennington was elected in a by-election in December 2008, retaining the seat for the Conservative Party.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Gill* | 3,529 | 62.97 | ||
| Labour | David Green | 940 | 16.77 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Taylor | 648 | 11.56 | ||
| Green | Arthur Arnold | 487 | 8.69 | ||
| Majority | 2,589 | 46.20 | |||
| Turnout | 5,604 | 42.99 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Bingley Rural ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Eaton* | 3,839 | 71.20 | ||
| Labour | James Newton | 690 | 12.80 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 496 | 9.20 | ||
| Green | Brian Newham | 367 | 6.81 | ||
| Majority | 3,149 | 58.40 | |||
| Turnout | 5,392 | 40.49 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Bolton & Undercliffe ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Chadwick | 2,139 | 57.41 | ||
| Labour | Ronnie Fieldhouse | 798 | 21.42 | ||
| Conservative | Isa Khan | 557 | 14.95 | ||
| Green | Steven Schofield | 232 | 6.23 | ||
| Majority | 1,341 | 35.99 | |||
| Turnout | 3,726 | 34.04 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Bowling & Barkerend ward
Incumbent Rupert Oliver switched from the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2006.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Robertshaw | 1,796 | 42.93 | ||
| Labour | Rupert Oliver* (formerly Lib Dem) | 1,376 | 32.89 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tracey Leeming | 1,012 | 24.19 | ||
| Majority | 420 | 10.04 | |||
| Turnout | 4,184 | 35.76 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Bradford Moor ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Riaz Ahmed* | 2,941 | 52.56 | ||
| Labour | Mohammed Shaukat | 1,869 | 33.40 | ||
| Conservative | Sakhawat Hussain | 786 | 14.05 | ||
| Majority | 1,072 | 19.16 | |||
| Turnout | 5,596 | 48.22 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
City ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sajawal Hussain* | 2,497 | 63.83 | ||
| Conservative | Saleem Kader | 815 | 20.83 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Reid | 344 | 8.79 | ||
| Green | Chris Howson | 256 | 6.54 | ||
| Majority | 1,682 | 43.00 | |||
| Turnout | 3,912 | 36.81 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Clayton & Fairweather Green ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Elaine Byrom* | 1,578 | 37.19 | ||
| Labour | Sinead Engel | 1,324 | 31.20 | ||
| BNP | Neil Crossley | 869 | 20.48 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lorna Leeming | 387 | 9.12 | ||
| UKIP | James Illingworth | 85 | 2.00 | ||
| Majority | 254 | 5.99 | |||
| Turnout | 4,243 | 39.98 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Craven ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Adrian Naylor | 3,162 | 67.22 | ||
| Labour | Robert Beckwith | 866 | 18.41 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Angela Pearson | 676 | 14.37 | ||
| Majority | 2,296 | 48.81 | |||
| Turnout | 4,704 | 38.22 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Eccleshill ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Ann Wallace* | 1,551 | 36.45 | ||
| Conservative | John Pennington | 1,301 | 30.58 | ||
| BNP | Leslie Nakonecznyi | 763 | 17.93 | ||
| Labour | Tony Niland | 602 | 14.15 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Trish Boyle | 38 | 0.89 | ||
| Majority | 250 | 5.88 | |||
| Turnout | 4,255 | 37.40 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Great Horton ward
Cllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) stood down in 2011 after "adult content" was found on a council computer he had used.[5] Abdul Jabar retained the seat for the party in a by-election later the same year.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul John Flowers* | 2,353 | 60.50 | ||
| Conservative | Qurban Hussain | 1,014 | 26.07 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kasha de Verny | 522 | 13.42 | ||
| Majority | 1,339 | 34.43 | |||
| Turnout | 3,889 | 35.58 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Heaton ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sajid Akhtar | 1,823 | 37.26 | ||
| Green | David Ford | 1,587 | 32.43 | ||
| Labour | Ashiq Hussain | 1,018 | 20.81 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tariq Mahmood | 465 | 9.50 | ||
| Majority | 236 | 4.82 | |||
| Turnout | 4,893 | 47.33 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Idle & Thackley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Hall | 2,599 | 61.66 | ||
| Conservative | Ryan Atkinson | 1,149 | 27.26 | ||
| Labour | Rosie Watson | 467 | 11.08 | ||
| Majority | 1,450 | 34.40 | |||
| Turnout | 4,215 | 36.27 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Ilkley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anne Gillian Hawkesworth* | 3,245 | 64.35 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Dundas | 719 | 14.26 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Bruce | 553 | 10.97 | ||
| Green | Bryan Websdale | 526 | 10.43 | ||
| Majority | 2,526 | 50.09 | |||
| Turnout | 5,043 | 45.36 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Keighley Central ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Khadim Hussain* | 2,559 | 52.86 | ||
| Conservative | Jamil Arshad | 1,404 | 29.00 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Beaumont | 878 | 18.14 | ||
| Majority | 1,155 | 23.86 | |||
| Turnout | 4,841 | 43.25 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Keighley East ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dorothy Clamp | 2,059 | 43.47 | ||
| Labour | Malcolm Slater* | 1,995 | 42.12 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Brooksbank | 683 | 14.42 | ||
| Majority | 64 | 1.35 | |||
| Turnout | 4,737 | 40.93 | |||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Keighley West ward
Robert Payne was subsequently found guilty of tax fraud and jailed in December 2013.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Payne | 1,542 | 44.52 | ||
| Labour | Angela Sinfield | 1,477 | 42.64 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Frank McAulay | 445 | 12.85 | ||
| Majority | 65 | 1.88 | |||
| Turnout | 3,464 | 32.12 | |||
| Conservative gain from BNP | Swing | ||||
Little Horton ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ian Greenwood* | 2,063 | 60.45 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alun Griffiths | 843 | 24.70 | ||
| Conservative | Jamshad Khan | 507 | 14.85 | ||
| Majority | 1,220 | 35.75 | |||
| Turnout | 3,413 | 33.28 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Manningham ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammad Amin | 2,319 | 43.25 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Ishrat Mirza* | 3,111 | 39.57 | ||
| Respect | Arshad Ali | 395 | 7.37 | ||
| Conservative | Adam Jamal | 246 | 4.59 | ||
| Green | John Robinson | 214 | 3.99 | ||
| Anti-Crime Party | Norman Scarth | 66 | 1.23 | ||
| Majority | 197 | 3.67 | |||
| Turnout | 5,362 | 49.14 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Queensbury ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Walls* | 1,713 | 38.08 | ||
| BNP | Eric Baxendale | 1,521 | 33.82 | ||
| Labour | Graham Mahony | 713 | 15.85 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Weston | 306 | 6.80 | ||
| UKIP | Jason Smith | 227 | 5.05 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Laura Beardsworth | 18 | 0.40 | ||
| Majority | 192 | 4.27 | |||
| Turnout | 4,498 | 39.70 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Royds ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Andrew Thornton* | 1,414 | 39.10 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Green | 922 | 25.50 | ||
| BNP | Linden Baxendale | 693 | 19.16 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Fletcher | 311 | 8.60 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Jim Lewthwaite | 276 | 7.63 | ||
| Majority | 492 | 13.61 | |||
| Turnout | 3,616 | 31.74 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Shipley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Martin John Love* | 2,238 | 47.78 | ||
| Conservative | Andy Rowley | 1,264 | 26.99 | ||
| Labour | Emma Hoddinott | 688 | 14.69 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Briggs | 245 | 5.23 | ||
| UKIP | Philip Bird | 153 | 3.27 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Paul Wood | 96 | 2.05 | ||
| Majority | 974 | 20.79 | |||
| Turnout | 4,684 | 43.84 | |||
| Green hold | Swing | ||||
Thornton & Allerton ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Sykes | 1,750 | 41.96 | ||
| BNP | Jenny Sampson | 1,056 | 25.29 | ||
| Labour | Mark Blackburn | 834 | 20.00 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth Weston | 475 | 11.39 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Ronald Craig | 57 | 1.37 | ||
| Majority | 695 | 16.66 | |||
| Turnout | 4,171 | 37.79 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Toller ward
Councillor Arshad Hussain resigned from the Conservative group in February 2010 to become a Labour councillor.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arshad Hussain* | 1,986 | 35.67 | ||
| Labour | Sobia Kauser | 1,978 | 35.53 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Iqbal Khan | 1,326 | 23.82 | ||
| Green | Sonja McNally | 277 | 4.98 | ||
| Majority | 8 | 0.14 | |||
| Turnout | 5,567 | 48.00 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Tong ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Johnson* | 1,060 | 36.74 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Buckingham | 852 | 29.53 | ||
| BNP | Rita Cromie | 569 | 19.72 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Yeadon | 327 | 11.33 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | John Shoesmith | 77 | 2.67 | ||
| Majority | 208 | 7.21 | |||
| Turnout | 2,885 | 24.85 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Wharfedale ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dale Smith* | 2,718 | 66.03 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Vernon Whelan | 677 | 16.45 | ||
| Labour | Philip Ferriby | 373 | 9.06 | ||
| Green | Richard Howson | 348 | 8.45 | ||
| Majority | 2,041 | 49.59 | |||
| Turnout | 4,116 | 45.34 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Wibsey ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Michael Adam Green* | 1,397 | 38.46 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Sheard | 921 | 25.36 | ||
| BNP | Clifford Cockayne | 595 | 16.38 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 410 | 11.29 | ||
| English Democrat | Andrew Clarke | 183 | 5.04 | ||
| UKIP | Stephen White | 100 | 2.75 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Terry Wells | 26 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 476 | 13.11 | |||
| Turnout | 3,632 | 35.46 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Windhill & Wrose ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 1,614 | 39.60 | ||
| Labour | Phil Thornton* | 1,290 | 31.65 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Rowley | 705 | 17.30 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Martin Craig | 283 | 6.94 | ||
| Green | Linda Arnold | 106 | 2.60 | ||
| Independent | Michael Breen | 78 | 1.91 | ||
| Majority | 324 | 7.95 | |||
| Turnout | 4,076 | 37.50 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Worth Valley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kirstan Frederick Hopkins* | 2,475 | 60.04 | ||
| Labour | Keith Dredge | 1,027 | 24.92 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Harris | 312 | 7.57 | ||
| Green | Betts Fetherston | 308 | 7.47 | ||
| Majority | 1,448 | 35.13 | |||
| Turnout | 4,122 | 39.79 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Wyke ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Alexander Robinson* | 1,187 | 32.04 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 1,099 | 29.66 | ||
| BNP | Stephen Cromie | 629 | 16.98 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 458 | 12.36 | ||
| Democratic Nationalists | Neil Craig | 332 | 8.96 | ||
| Majority | 88 | 2.38 | |||
| Turnout | 3,705 | 35.96 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections between 2008 and 2010 elections
Vote changes correspond to the 2008 Council election.
Bingley ward
This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Colin Gill (Conservative Party).[2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Pennington | 1,949 | 59.88 | −3.10 | |
| Labour | Andrew Mawson | 689 | 21.17 | +4.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Taylor | 332 | 10.20 | −1.36 | |
| Green | Arthur Arnold | 175 | 5.38 | −3.31 | |
| Democratic Nationalists | James Lewthwaite | 61 | 1.87 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Jason Smith | 49 | 1.51 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,260 | 38.71 | |||
| Turnout | 3,262 | 24.99 | −18.00 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||