2000 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000, with one third of the council up for election. Labour lost control of the council to no overall control.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2000^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	15	11	0	11	50.0	43.7	45,422	+4.0%
Labour	10	0	13	13	33.3	34.4	35,729	-3.9%
Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	1	13.3	15.5	16,094	-1.3%
Green	1	1	0	1	3.3	3.3	3,410	+0.7%
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.9	2,980	+0.4%
Asian League	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	195	+0.2%
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	97	+0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	54	41
	Conservative	26	37
	Liberal Democrat	10	11
	Green	0	1
Total		90	90
Working majority		18	-8

Ward results

Baildon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Briggs	1,982	46.5	−8.4
	Conservative	Edward Christopher Ward	1,699	39.9	+9.7
	Labour	Carol Ann Jennings	484	11.4	−1.4
	Green	Kevin Robert Warnes	95	2.2	+0.1
Majority			283	6.6	−18.1
Turnout			4,260	35.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-9.0

Bingley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Heseltine	2,243	55.1	+5.0
	Labour	Eileen Mary Sinclair	1,399	34.3	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Anne Walter	267	6.5	−1.5
	Green	Muriel Winifred Thompson	165	4.0	−0.2
Majority			844	20.7	+8.4
Turnout			4,074	38.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.2

Bingley Rural^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phyllis Vera Pettit	2,479	65.9	+3.4
	Labour	James Albert Newton	824	21.9	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Iain Mead	322	8.5	−0.6
	Green	Arthur Albert John Arnold	139	3.7	+1.1
Majority			1,655	44.0	+7.4
Turnout			3,764	31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

Bolton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Middleton	1,675	57.3	+3.4
	Labour	Peter Cheney	628	21.5	−5.2
	Conservative	Michael Thomas Looby	618	21.2	+1.9
Majority			1,047	35.8	+8.6
Turnout			2,921	28.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.3

Bowling^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ryan	1,391	52.4	−6.8
	Conservative	John Cecil David Hardy	750	28.3	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Rosemary Harrington	317	11.9	−9.6
	Asian League	Farhan Hussain Khokhar	195	7.4	+7.4
Majority			641	24.2	−13.6
Turnout			2,653	21.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.9

Bradford Moor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ghazanfer Khaliq	1,827	56.1	+21.8
	Conservative	Asad Mercury Malik	1,128	34.6	−22.8
	Liberal Democrats	James E Mangeolles	302	9.3	+1.0
Majority			699	21.5	−1.7
Turnout			3,257	30.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+22.3

Clayton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Malcolm Sykes	1,561	53.4	+3.9
	Labour	Gillian Margaret Whitfield	973	33.3	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Edward John Hallmann	297	10.2	−1.0
	Green	Alexander Suchi	92	3.1	+0.4
Majority			588	20.1	+7.3
Turnout			2,923	28.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.6

Craven^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Keith James Harrison	2,059	49.9	+6.4
	Independent	Christopher Michael Atkinson	993	24.1	−0.4
	Labour	Benita Eileen Smith	779	18.9	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Gordon Hay	293	7.1	−4.4
Majority			1,066	25.8	+6.8
Turnout			4,124	33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

Eccleshill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Own Griffiths	1,002	38.1	+0.1
	Labour	Susanne Rooney	851	32.3	−0.7
	Conservative	James Ralph Ryder	780	29.6	+0.6
Majority			222	5.7	+0.7
Turnout			2,633	27.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+0.4

Great Horton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Moira Crabtree	1,358	43.0	+4.3
	Labour	Geoffrey Green	1,294	41.0	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Wright	292	9.2	−1.9
	Independent	Mohd Afzal	212	6.7	+6.7
Majority			64	2.0	−5.4
Turnout			3,156	28.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.7

Heaton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Craig Pitts	2,046	47.6	+4.1
	Conservative	John Antony Robertshaw	1,747	40.6	−2.2
	Green	Helen Theyer Kemp	257	6.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Alaric Tooby	248	5.8	−7.8
Majority			299	7.0	+6.3
Turnout			4,298	35.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Idle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Ward	1,732	48.7	−8.4
	Conservative	Philip Sweeney Kirkpatrick	1,068	30.1	+11.3
	Labour	Gareth David Logan	753	21.2	−2.9
Majority			664	18.7	−14.3
Turnout			3,553	30.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-9.8

Ilkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin George Powell	2,633	65.0	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Francis Keeley	758	18.7	+4.3
	Labour	Talib Hussain	658	16.2	−9.6
Majority			1,875	46.3	+12.6
Turnout			4,049	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Keighley North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Charles Mallinson	1,932	49.7	+13.5
	Labour	Alexander James MacPherson	1,531	39.4	−15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Brooksbank	424	10.9	+1.9
Majority			401	10.3	−8.4
Turnout			3,887	35.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+14.4

Keighley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Thomas	1,363	58.2	−9.3
	Conservative	Mark Francis Startin	690	29.5	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian James Inness	289	12.3	+1.8
Majority			673	28.7	−16.7
Turnout			2,342	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.3

Keighley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Geoffrey Mudd	1,583	41.7	−1.6
	Conservative	Arshed Majeed	1,209	31.8	+0.2
	Independent	Brian Hudson	677	17.8	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Lorraine Keeley	328	8.6	+1.2
Majority			374	9.8	−1.8
Turnout			3,797	32.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

Little Horton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sher Khan	1,474	50.5	−9.2
	Conservative	Jamshed Khan	1,091	37.4	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Brian Massen	217	7.4	−2.1
	Green	Brian Richard Ford	136	4.7	+2.4
Majority			383	13.1	−19.7
Turnout			2,918	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.8

Odsal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Johnson	1,257	42.6	+8.9
	Labour	James O'Neill	1,239	42.0	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian James Boulton	451	15.3	+0.7
Majority			18	0.6	−17.2
Turnout			2,947	24.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.2

Queensbury^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Walls	1,802	54.6	+6.0
	Labour	Gordon Winter	974	29.5	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Elizabeth Lambert	264	8.0	−2.3
	Independent	George Frank Riseborough	162	4.9	+1.6
	Green	Derek Curtis	98	3.0	+3.0
Majority			828	25.1	+14.3
Turnout			3,300	26.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.1

Rombalds^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Smith	2,799	61.8	+7.5
	Labour	David Leslie Anderson	975	21.5	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Hall	757	16.7	−5.1
Majority			1,824	40.3	+9.8
Turnout			4,531	35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.9

Shipley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phillip Thornton	1,300	53.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Michael Bryn Allcock	607	25.1	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pollard	410	17.0	−3.9
	Green	Martin John Love	101	4.2	−0.8
Majority			693	28.7	−3.0
Turnout			2,418	23.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.5

Shipley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Michael Ford	1,859	37.0	+7.3
	Conservative	David John Servant	1,256	32.6	−0.9
	Labour	James Robert Flood	1,256	25.0	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Craig	266	5.3	−0.6
Majority			220	4.4	+1.6
Turnout			5,020	43.4
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+4.1

Thornton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Valerie Binney	1,810	67.5	+9.9
	Labour	Munir Ahmed	390	14.5	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Wright	370	13.8	+3.3
	Green	Michael Anthony Rawnsley	112	4.2	+1.0
Majority			1,420	52.9	+24.1
Turnout			2,682	27.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.0

Toller^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arshad Hussain	2,639	47.5	+4.6
	Labour	Imran Hussain	2,506	45.1	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Reid	416	7.5	−0.9
Majority			133	2.4	−3.4
Turnout			5,561	45.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.1

Tong^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Anthony Cairns	800	50.8	−10.6
	Conservative	John Arthur Stead	567	36.0	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Hugh Cruden	207	13.1	−1.8
Majority			233	14.8	−23.0
Turnout			1,574	16.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.5

Undercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Intkhab Alam	1,203	40.5	+9.3
	Labour	S. Barnbrook	927	31.2	−15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Moore	727	24.4	+8.0
	Green	Steven Schofield	116	3.9	−2.0
Majority			276	9.3	−5.9
Turnout			2,973
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.2

University^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sajawal Hussain	2,202	44.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Tariq Mahmood	2,183	44.0	−2.9
	Green	John Edward Robinson	240	4.8	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Isobel Chadwick	237	4.8	−0.2
	Socialist Alternative	Sajjad Hussain Shah	97	2.0	+2.0
Majority			19	0.4	−6.0
Turnout			4,959	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

Wibsey^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie McMath	1,378	49.0	−0.3
	Conservative	Richard Ian Sheard	1,101	39.2	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shauna Ann Devonshire	332	11.8	−1.8
Majority			277	9.8	−2.5
Turnout			2,811	28.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Worth Valley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Michael Barker	1,703	43.5	+6.2
	Labour	John Cope	1,048	26.8	−1.1
	Independent	David Samuels	936	23.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel E Harris	228	5.8	−6.2
Majority			655	16.7	+7.3
Turnout			3,915	33.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-3.6

Wyke^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Philip Andrew Reynolds	1,067	40.6	+1.6
	Labour	Anthony Niland	876	33.3	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Anthony Hall	684	26.0	+8.3
Majority			191	7.3	+3.2
Turnout			2,627	22.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.7

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Bowling By-Election 22 March 2001^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Niland	1,014	44.0	−8.4
	Conservative	Zameer Shah	777	33.7	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Oliver	473	20.5	+8.6
Majority			237	10.3	−13.9
Turnout			2,264	18.6	−2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.9

Queensbury By-Election 7 June 2001^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoffrey Green	3,217	45.5	+16.0
	Conservative		2,744	38.8	−15.8
	Liberal Democrats		892	12.6	−4.6
	Independent		203	2.9	−2.0
	Asian League		13	0.2	+0.2
Majority			473	6.7	−18.4
Turnout			7,069	53.3	+27.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.9

Bingley Rural By-Election 6 December 2001^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Juliette Kinsey	1,576	65.2	−0.7
	Labour	James Newton	642	26.6	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Stewart	150	6.2	−2.4
	Green	John Love	50	2.1	−1.9
Majority			934	38.6	−5.4
Turnout			2,418	20.0	−11.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.7

References

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[BBC-2] "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[byelections-3] "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

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