2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
2014 UK local government election
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The 2014 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 22 May 2014.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results
| Bradford City Council Election Result 2014[2] | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Labour | 31 | 16 |  1 |
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51.6% | 40.5% | 55,210 | 5.6% | ||||||
| Conservative | 31 | 8 | |
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25.8% | 20.2% | 27,518 | 12.4% | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 31 | 3 | |
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9.7% | 11.1% | 15,106 | 10.7% | ||||||
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 1 |
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6.4% | 4.8% | 6,495 | 4.0% | ||||||
| UKIP | 16 | 1 | 1 |
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3.2% | 12.6% | 17,117 | 11.2% | ||||||
| Green | 15 | 1 | |
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3.2% | 5.0% | 6,863 | 1.9% | ||||||
| Respect | 9 | |
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0% | 4.3% | 5,818 | 0.1% | ||||||
| Peace | 1 | |
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0% | 0.7% | 985 | 0.7% | ||||||
| British Democrats | 2 | |
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0% | 0.2% | 267 | 4.2% | ||||||
| Party | Previous council | New council | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 45 | 46 | |||
| Conservative | 24 | 21 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 8 | 8 | |||
| Respect | 5 | 0 | |||
| Independent | 5 | 11 | |||
| Green | 3 | 3 | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 90 | 90 | |||
| Working majority | 0 | 2 | |||
Ward Results
Baildon ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Valerie Margaret Townend | 2,258 | 45.8% | 1.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian James Lyons | 1,473 | 29.9% | 7.3% | |
| Labour | Joseph Thomas Ashton | 842 | 17.1% | 4.9% | |
| Green | Alexander Charles Newsham | 330 | 6.7% | 3.5% | |
| Majority | 785 | 15.9% | 5.9% | ||
| Turnout | 4,929 | 41.6% | 33.7% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 3% |
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Bingley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Heseltine | 2,183 | 39.9% | 10.5% | |
| Labour | Andrew David Mawson | 1,307 | 23.9% | 1.5% | |
| UKIP | Lynne Hannam Edgley | 1,295 | 23.7% | 23.7% | |
| Green | Darren James Parkinson | 452 | 8.3% | 2.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Betty Briggs | 213 | 3.9% | 13.6% | |
| Majority | 876 | 16.0% | 8.9% | ||
| Turnout | 5,467 | 38.3% | 36.1% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 4.5% |
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Bingley Rural ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael George Ellis | 2,047 | 40.0% | 9.3% | |
| UKIP | Stephen Henry | 1,485 | 29.0% | 22.4% | |
| Labour | Andrew David McCormick | 935 | 18.3% | 3.0% | |
| Green | Brian Newham | 405 | 7.9% | 4.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kay Kirkham | 240 | 4.7% | 13.8% | |
| Majority | 562 | 11.0% | 17.0% | ||
| Turnout | 5,122 | 37.1% | 36.0% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 15.8% |
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Bolton and Undercliffe ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Emma Sunderland | 1,969 | 50.3% | 4.8% | |
| Labour | Frank Dignan | 1,462 | 37.4% | 12.2% | |
| Conservative | Christopher Michael Clapham | 412 | 10.5% | 7.8% | |
| Majority | 507 | 13.0% | 7.4% | ||
| Turnout | 3,911 | 35.1% | 27.7% | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.7% |
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Bowling and Barkerend ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rizwana Jamil | 2,532 | 55.8% | 21.3% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Andrew Stelling | 863 | 19.0% | 6.5% | |
| Respect | Mohammed Ashraf Miah | 829 | 18.3% | 15.4% | |
| Conservative | Zaf Shah | 249 | 5.5% | 30.8% | |
| Majority | 1,669 | 36.8% | 35.0% | ||
| Turnout | 4,534 | 36.4% | 22.6% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 13.9% |
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Bradford Moor ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Shafiq | 2,671 | 46.7% | 4.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Riaz Ahmed | 2,615 | 45.7% | 12.7% | |
| Respect | Arshad Ali | 238 | 4.2% | 4.2% | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Tunveer | 147 | 2.6% | 20.8% | |
| Majority | 56 | 1.0% | 8.6% | ||
| Turnout | 5,723 | 48.8% | 16.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.3% |
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City ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mohammed Nazam Azam | 3,510 | 78.0% | 15.5% | |
| Respect | Syed Musuab Ali | 656 | 14.6% | 14.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stacey Yeadon | 156 | 3.5% | 4.6% | |
| Conservative | Shahid Nabi | 142 | 3.2% | 17.5% | |
| Majority | 2,854 | 63.4% | 21.6% | ||
| Turnout | 4,502 | 36.9% | 22.6% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.5% |
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Clayton and Fairweather Green ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sinead Engel | 1,963 | 51.3% | 11.8% | |
| UKIP | James David Vasey | 1,037 | 27.1% | 27.1% | |
| Conservative | Andrea Louise Taylor | 674 | 17.6% | 9.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Pollard | 145 | 3.8% | 13.1% | |
| Majority | 926 | 24.2% | 11.5% | ||
| Turnout | 3,829 | 33.9% | 31.8% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 7.7% |
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Craven ward
A second seat (won by Christopher Atkinson) was contested following the death in office of Councillor Michael Kelly.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Andrew Charles Mallinson | 1,864 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Michael Atkinson | 1,852 | |||
| Independent | Catherine Jane Coates | 1478 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Charles Rowley | 1091 | |||
| Labour | Valerie Judith Carroll | 1073 | |||
| Independent | David Michael Mullen | 652 | |||
| Labour | Luke Edward Antony Joseph Maunsell | 626 | |||
| Green | Margaret Kathryn Forrest | 449 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Samuel Edwin Harris | 179 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Robert Thomas Powell | 128 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Eccleshill ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Geoff Reid | 1,541 | 35.0% | 3.9% | |
| Labour | Stephen James Davison | 1,324 | 30.1% | 2.8% | |
| Conservative | Terrance John Pearson | 514 | 11.7% | 5.4% | |
| Green | Robert Minter Nicholls | 391 | 8.9% | 8.9% | |
| Majority | 217 | 4.9% | 6.7% | ||
| Turnout | 4,402 | 36.5% | 23.9% | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.4% |
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Great Horton ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joanne Margaret Dodds | 2,696 | 63.2% | 7.8% | |
| UKIP | James Scott Beech | 694 | 16.3% | 16.3% | |
| Conservative | Abdul Samed Zaman | 548 | 13.2% | 11.0% | |
| Respect | Joe Hayat | 196 | 4.6% | 4.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Slingsby | 115 | 2.7% | 17.1% | |
| Majority | 2,002 | 46.9% | 15.3% | ||
| Turnout | 4,266 | 38.2% | 20.3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.3% |
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Heaton ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nussrat Mohammed | 1,784 | 36.3% | 0.6% | |
| Peace | Imdad Hussain | 985 | 20.1% | 20.1% | |
| Green | David Michael Ford | 893 | 18.2% | 1.7 | |
| Conservative | Sajid Mahmood | 665 | 13.5% | 16.7% | |
| Respect | Peter William John Davis | 408 | 8.3% | 4.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike McNally | 131 | 2.7% | 8.7% | |
| Majority | 799 | 16.3% | 10.7% | ||
| Turnout | 4,909 | 44.8% | 25.1% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 8.0% |
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The incumbent was Imdad Hussain who had been elected for the Labour party but was suspended from the Labour Party for two years in 2012 when he failed to declare being banned as a company director. He subsequently joined the Peace Party becoming their only councillor and standing under that banner for re-election.[4] Imdad was punched and his windscreen smashed in two separate incidents while canvassing for this election. He called for calm and said that tensions were really high.[5]
Idle and Thackley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic Fear | 2,334 | 57.5% | 5.6% | |
| Labour | Angela Tait | 889 | 21.9% | 3.5% | |
| Conservative | Peter Andrew Robert Mills | 838 | 20.6% | 4.2% | |
| Majority | 1,445 | 35.6% | 8.6% | ||
| Turnout | 4,061 | 33.0% | 45.6% | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.1% |
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Ilkley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Peter Gibbons | 2,705 | 51.7% | 1.4% | |
| Labour | Alexander James MacPherson | 1,303 | 24.9% | 4.6% | |
| Green | Brian Richard Ford | 508 | 9.7% | 2.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Alan Ferguson | 359 | 6.9% | 11.5% | |
| UKIP | Paul John Latham | 348 | 6.7% | 2.9% | |
| Majority | 1,402 | 26.8% | 4.1% | ||
| Turnout | 5,231 | 44.5% | 26.8% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.6% |
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Keighley Central ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Abid Hussain | 3,418 | 63.5% | 9.3% | |
| Conservative | Akbar Ali | 745 | 13.8% | 9.4% | |
| UKIP | George Michael Firth | 722 | 13.4% | 13.4% | |
| Green | Rohman Ali | 236 | 4.4% | 0.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Rogan | 222 | 4.1% | 13.2% | |
| Majority | 2,673 | 49.7% | 18.7% | ||
| Turnout | 5,381 | 46.0% | 25.0% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 9.4% |
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Keighley East ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen Pullen | 1,881 | 39.0% | 2.4% | |
| UKIP | Ian Bannister | 1,192 | 24.7% | 24.7% | |
| Conservative | Allan Joseph Doherty | 968 | 20.1% | 18.3% | |
| Respect | Shazad Murtaza | 492 | 10.2% | 10.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Brooksbank | 263 | 5.5% | 14.0% | |
| Majority | 689 | 14.3% | 11.2% | ||
| Turnout | 4,825 | 40.1% | 24.7% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 13.5% |
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Keighley West ward
In October 2016 Brian Morris quit UKIP and became an independent councillor.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UKIP | Brian Morris | 1,418 | 39.8% | 39.8% | |
| Labour | Keith Edward Dredge* | 1,252 | 35.1% | 4.1% | |
| Conservative | Ryan Thomas Andrew Brown | 613 | 17.2% | 19.6% | |
| Green | Barbara Elizabeth Archer | 208 | 5.8% | 5.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Taylor | 63 | |||
| Majority | 166 | 4.7% | 2.2% | ||
| Turnout | 3,566 | 31.1% | 28.7% | ||
| UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | 21.9% |
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Little Horton ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Naveeda Ikram* | 3,297 | 74.9% | 15.6% | |
| Respect | Shamsher Malik Yasin | 722 | 16.4% | 16.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Shabir Ahmed Butt | 181 | 4.1% | 14.8% | |
| Conservative | Altaf Hussain | 137 | 3.1% | 17.9% | |
| Majority | 2,575 | 58.5% | 20.2% | ||
| Turnout | 4,402 | 38.2% | 25.9% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.4% |
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Manningham ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shabir Hussain* | 3,218 | 61.3% | 2.2% | |
| Respect | Naweed Hussain | 1,617 | 30.8% | 30.8% | |
| Green | John Edward Robinson | 170 | 3.2% | 1.3% | |
| Conservative | Hassan Nadim | 120 | 2.3% | 5.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Isobel Chadwick | 92 | 1.8% | 25.9% | |
| Majority | 1,601 | 30.5% | 1.0% | ||
| Turnout | 5,246 | 46.1% | 20.3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 14.3% |
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Queensbury ward
Paul Cromie was elected to represent the British National Party in 2010 but then left the party in 2011 standing as The Queensbury Ward Independents with his wife Jane Cromie who won another of the Queensbury councillor seats in 2011.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Queensbury Ward Independents | Paul Gregory Smith Cromie* | 1,377 | 35.7% | 5.0% | |
| UKIP | Jason Paul Smith | 1,262 | 32.7% | 27.4% | |
| Labour | Rosemary Watson | 628 | 16.3% | 4.7% | |
| Conservative | John Antony Robertshaw | 489 | 12.7% | 17.8% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ruth Mary Sharples Weston | 89 | 2.3% | 9.9% | |
| Majority | 115 | 3.0% | 2.8% | ||
| Turnout | 3,855 | 32.1% | 25.8% | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | 11.2% |
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Royds ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Valerie Slater* | 1,389 | 40.5% | 1.0% | |
| UKIP | John James Worsley | 1,232 | 35.9% | 35.9% | |
| Conservative | David John Servant | 464 | 13.5% | 8.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Shauna Ann Devonshire | 177 | 5.2% | 11.6% | |
| British Democrats | James Graham Lewthwaite | 152 | 4.4% | 11.3% | |
| Majority | 157 | 4.6% | 14.4% | ||
| Turnout | 3,431 | 28.6% | 14.4% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 18.4% |
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Shipley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Hawarun Nessa Hussain* | 2,037 | 43.7% | 13.6% | |
| Labour | Aidan Paul Enright | 1,048 | 22.5% | 1.3% | |
| Conservative | Thomas William Banks | 805 | 17.3% | 9.2% | |
| UKIP | Philip Edward Bird | 647 | 13.9% | 8.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Liam James Preston | 118 | 2.5% | 11.6% | |
| Majority | 989 | 21.2% | 17.6% | ||
| Turnout | 4,665 | 41.2% | 23.6% | ||
| Green hold | Swing | 7.5% |
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Thornton and Allerton ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Richard Lee Dunbar | 1,737 | 45.5% | 15.2% | |
| Conservative | Clive Thomas Richardson | 1,685 | 44.1% | 4.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Anne Elliott | 298 | 7.8% | 7.0% | |
| Majority | 52 | 1.4% | 7.5% | ||
| Turnout | 3,818 | 33.1% | 40.6% | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 5.1% |
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Toller ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Imran Hussain* | 4,850 | 80.3% | 23.7% | |
| Respect | Bilal Ali | 660 | 10.9% | 7.5% | |
| Green | James Alistair Kirkcaldy | 209 | 3.5% | 1.1% | |
| Conservative | Hashim Mohammad Al-Kohan | 205 | 3.4% | 27.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Leeming | 93 | 1.5% | 4.3% | |
| Majority | 4,190 | 69.3% | 43.6% | ||
| Turnout | 6,043 | 50.8% | 2.4% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 8.1% |
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Tong ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Frederick Wainwright* | 1,156 | 42.4% | 0.3% | |
| UKIP | Bernard Francis Pringle | 945 | 34.7% | 34.7% | |
| Conservative | Edward Christopher Ward | 339 | 12.4% | 12.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Louise Yeadon | 159 | 5.8% | 12.1% | |
| British Democrats | Liam Andrew Kernaghan | 115 | 4.2% | 9.9% | |
| Majority | 211 | 7.7% | 10.2% | ||
| Turnout | 2,725 | 23.4% | 57.5% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 17.5% |
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The percentage change for the British Democratic Party (2013) candidate is compared to the British National Party candidate in the 2010 election.
Wharfedale ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gerald Anthony Granville Barker | 1,737 | 42.2% | 10.8% | |
| Independent | Stephen David Ellams | 1,017 | 24.7% | 24.7% | |
| Labour | Niccola Swan | 737 | 17.9% | 2.1% | |
| Green | Janet Souyave | 393 | 9.5% | 3.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul James Treadwell | 220 | 5.3% | 19.1% | |
| Majority | 720 | 17.5% | 11.1% | ||
| Turnout | 4,119 | 44.0% | 18.5% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5% |
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Chris Graves was the incumbent, who stood down at this election.
Wibsey ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lynne Eleanor Smith* | 1,467 | 41.7% | 1.5% | |
| UKIP | James Andrew Illingworth | 1,355 | 38.5% | 33.7% | |
| Conservative | Richard Ian Sheard | 499 | 14.2% | 9.1% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian James Boulton | 191 | 5.4% | 13.5% | |
| Majority | 112 | 3.2% | 13.7% | ||
| Turnout | 3,520 | 33.3% | 31.2% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 16.1% |
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Windhill and Wrose ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Vanda Greenwood* | 1,799 | 47.1% | 7.7% | |
| UKIP | Hong Vi La | 1,089 | 28.5% | 28.5% | |
| Conservative | Claire-Marie Elizabeth Parr | 467 | 12.2% | 5.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Thorne | 282 | 7.4% | 24.3% | |
| Green | Helen Love | 169 | 4.4% | 4.4% | |
| Majority | 710 | 18.6% | 10.8% | ||
| Turnout | 3,817 | 34.6% | 39.3% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 10.4% |
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Worth Valley ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Glen William Miller* | 1,384 | 34.2% | 10.9% | |
| UKIP | Peter Allan Gilchrist Corkindale | 1,169 | 28.9% | 28.9% | |
| Labour | Mark Bernard Curtis | 1,067 | 26.4% | 3.9% | |
| Green | Celia Ruth Hickson | 310 | 7.7% | 7.7% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 104 | 2.6% | 15.4% | |
| Majority | 215 | 5.3% | 9.5% | ||
| Turnout | 4,043 | 37.8% | 26.2% | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 19.9% |
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Wyke ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Warburton* | 1,349 | 40.6% | 2.7% | |
| UKIP | Lois Wood | 1,227 | 37.0% | 37.0% | |
| Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 524 | 15.8% | 11.5% | |
| Independent | Neil Craig | 119 | 3.6% | 3.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Anthony Hall | 93 | 2.8% | 14.4% | |
| Majority | 122 | 3.7% | 7.0% | ||
| Turnout | 3,319 | 32.0% | 32.0% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | 17.2% |
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