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Revision as of 16:53, 10 May 2024

2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
30 out of 90 seats to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
46 seats needed for a majority
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Susan Hinchcliffe Rebecca Poulsen Multiple[a]
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Leader's seat Windhill and Wrose Worth Valley
Last election 56 seats, 47.0% 16 seats, 24.0% 5 seats, 4.2%
Current seats 53 15 9
Seats needed Steady Increase 31 Increase 37
  Blank Blank
Leader Matt Edwards Brendan Stubbs
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Tong Eccleshill
Last election 8 seat, 14.5% 5 seats, 8.5%
Current seats 8 5
Seats needed Increase 38 Increase 41
Incumbent Leader

Susan Hinchcliffe
Labour



The 2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 2 May 2024. One third of councillors (30 out of 90) were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across England and Wales.[1]

Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021
Result of the most recent council election in 2023

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Bradford was a district of the West Yorkshire metropolitan county.[2] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Yorkshire Combined Authority was established in 2014 and began electing the mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021.[3]

Since its formation, Bradford has been variously under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. The Green Party gained their first councillors on Bradford Council in 2002 and following these elections became the joint third largest group on the council.

Labour had regained control of the council from no overall control in the 2014 council election, gaining one seat to hold 46 out of 90 seats on the council. The Labour Party maintained its majority on the council in subsequent elections. Of the 30 seats contested in the previous election in 2023, Labour won 22 on 47.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won four seats on 24.0% of the vote, the Green Party won three seats on 14.5% of the vote, and the Liberal Democrats won one seat each on 8.5% of the vote.[4]

Positions up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. In that election, fifteen Labour councillors, eleven Conservative councillors, three Liberal Democrat councillors, two Green councillors, and two independent councillors were elected.[5]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[6][7] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Bradford aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 56 Labour 53
Conservative 16 Conservative 15
Independent 5 Independent 9
Green 8 Green 8
Liberal Democrats 5 Liberal Democrats 5

Changes:

  • June 2023: Mohammed Nazam is suspended from the Conservative Party after apologising for attending a Pride event and calling it a "lapse in judgement" that "contradicts [his] personal religious beliefs."[8]
  • October 2023: Sarfraz Nazir and Taj Salam resign from the Labour Party over Keir Starmer's comments on the Israel–Hamas war and join the Bradford Independent Group.[9]
  • March 13, 2024: Julie Lintern is suspended from the Labour Party after voting against the administration's budget.[10]

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.

Baildon

Baildon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Davies* 2,275 45.2 -16.4
Labour Gill Dixon 1,922 38.2 +10.4
Independent Joe Ashton 490 9.7 New
Green Carl Dunk 229 4.5 -3.4
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson 117 2.3 -0.4
Majority 353 7.0 -26.8
Rejected ballots 21 0.4
Turnout 5,033
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley

Bingley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marcus Dearden* 3,705 61.7 +13.8
Conservative Paul Golding 1,690 28.1 -15.8
Green Rachael Drucquer 398 6.6 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Russell 212 3.5 +1.8
Majority 2,015 33.6 +29.6
Rejected ballots 70 1.2
Turnout 6,005
Labour hold Swing

Bingley Rural

Bingley Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoff Winnard 2,528 50.2 -5.5
Labour Jenny Kimber 1,723 34.2 +13.6
Green Brian Newham 548 10.9 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Baranowski 239 4.7 -2.1
Majority 805 16.0 -2.6
Rejected ballots 45 0.9
Turnout 5,038
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton and Undercliffe

Bolton and Undercliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent David Ward 1,432
Labour Simon Cunningham* 1,169
Conservative Wendy Harrison 284
Green Bruce Gulland 227
Yorkshire Wendy Barras 182
TUSC Tom Gibson 37
Majority 263
Rejected ballots 48
Turnout 3,331
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Bowling and Barkerend

Bowling and Barkerend
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ismail Uddin 1,551
Labour Hassan Khan* 1,332
Green Andy Rickford 282
Conservative Ali Jamal 259
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton 228
Yorkshire Kyle Wood 219
Majority 219
Rejected ballots 34
Turnout 3,871
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Bradford Moor

Bradford Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Riaz Ahmed* 2,052
Labour Margaret Alipoor 1,179
Green Andrew Wood 494
Yorkshire Darren Longhorn 110
Conservative Tkay Shana 68
Majority 873
Rejected ballots 46
Turnout 3,903
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

City

City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rizwan Saleem 2,224
Labour Co-op Aneela Ahmed* 1,448
Green Mateusz Tadych 300
Conservative Peter Kirk 267
Majority 776
Rejected ballots 30
Turnout 4,239
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Clayton and Fairweather Green

Clayton and Fairweather Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mozalfa Ilyas 1,369
Conservative Kate Lawton 720
Independent Sharat Hussain 661
Green Susan Hassell 369
Liberal Democrats Steven Cotterill 225
Majority 649
Rejected ballots 39
Turnout 3,344
Labour hold Swing

Craven

Craven
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Neil Whitaker 2,455
Conservative George Buckley 2,288
Labour Andrew Knight 736
Yorkshire Peter Kaye 299
UKIP Leo Robinson 110
Liberal Democrats Paul Mann 59
Majority 167
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 5,947
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Eccleshill

Eccleshill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brendan Stubbs* 1,211
Labour Vera Martin 1,163
Conservative Ur Rasool 414
Green Sophie Vanicat 293
Yorkshire Jonathan Barras 288
TUSC Laura Fretwell 66
Majority 48
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 3,435
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Horton

Great Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sirferaz Saddiq 1,692
Labour Co-op Abdul Jabar* 1,453
Conservative Sangeeta Khan 269
Yorkshire William Grant 248
Green Steven Prosser 231
Liberal Democrats Sarah Moses 151
Majority 239
Rejected ballots 29
Turnout 4,044
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Heaton

Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ishtiaq Ahmed 2,183
Green Khalid Mahmood 1,544
Labour Ibrar Hussain* 1,245
Conservative Stephen Butler 296
Majority 639
Rejected ballots 26
Turnout 5,268
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Idle and Thackley

Idle and Thackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Owen Griffiths* 2,499
Labour Gareth Logan 881
Yorkshire Lara Barras 309
Conservative Shihab-ud-deen Basit 243
Green Tess Lawrence 210
Majority 1,618
Rejected ballots 20
Turnout 4,142
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley

Ilkley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Ros Brown 2,414
Conservative Joanne Sugden 2,247
Independent Anne Hawkesworth* 988
Labour Michael Baldwin 694
Liberal Democrats John Briggs 58
Majority 167
Rejected ballots 41
Turnout 6,401
Green gain from Independent Swing

Keighley Central

Keighley Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohsin Hussain* 2,902
Independent Vaz Shabir 1,889
Conservative Clare Abberton 498
Green Peter Ferguson 234
Liberal Democrats Nick Allon 115
Majority 1,013
Rejected ballots 43
Turnout 5,638
Labour hold Swing

Keighley East

Keighley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fulzar Ahmed 1,561
Conservative Jenna Ambler 1,383
Independent Nasser Razak 491
Green Duncan Hunnisett 362
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allon 296
SDP Alexander Richard Vann 58
Majority 178
Rejected ballots 35
Turnout 4,151
Labour hold Swing

Keighley West

Keighley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joe O'Keeffe 1,238
Conservative Julie Glentworth* 968
Green Adrian Farley 448
Reform UK Andrew Judson 297
Yorkshire Dominic Atlas 113
Liberal Democrats David Hewitt 57
Majority 270
Rejected ballots 26
Turnout 3,121
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Little Horton

Little Horton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Talat Sajawal* 2,755
Labour Andrew Mawson 769
Green Nurjahan Ali Arobi 220
Conservative Elizabeth Bell 150
Yorkshire Bob Buxton 129
Majority 1,986
Rejected ballots 35
Turnout 4,023
Independent hold Swing

Manningham

Manningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Muhammed Ali Islam 4,100
Labour Adil Hussain 899
Green Anne Betts Fetherston 193
Conservative Harry Burns 144
Majority 3,201
Rejected ballots 29
Turnout 5,336
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Queensbury

Queensbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Luke Majkowski* 2,130
Labour Mobeen Hussain 919
Conservative Adam Paterson 574
Green Eithne Dodwell 279
Liberal Democrats Mary Whitrick 71
Majority 1,211
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 3,973
Independent hold Swing

Royds

Royds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Thornton* 1,417
Reform UK Richard Hainsworth 478
Conservative Ekoumba Bayap Emmanuel 391
Green Michael Daw 374
Liberal Democrats Ines Riach 140
Majority 939
Rejected ballots 30
Turnout 2,800
Labour hold Swing

Shipley

Shipley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin Love* 3,251
Labour Jane Elgar 1,064
Conservative Qais Hussain 361
Independent Nagbea 206
Reform UK Phill Moncaster 166
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Errington 66
Majority 2,187
Rejected ballots 36
Turnout 5,114
Green hold Swing

Thornton and Allerton

Thornton and Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beverley Mullaney* 1,721
Conservative Robert George Goulding 761
Independent Qamar Ahmed 665
Liberal Democrats Anthea Griffiths 342
Green Ismena Sorrell 304
Majority 960
Rejected ballots 47
Turnout 3,793
Labour hold Swing

Toller

Toller
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Atira Malik 2,548
Labour Arshad Hussain* 1,665
Green Brian Ford 453
Conservative Jonty Sharp 175
Majority 883
Rejected ballots 38
Turnout 4,841
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Tong

Tong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Matt Edwards* 1,620
Labour Sharon Ratcliffe 707
Conservative Gladys Akenji Lum 183
Yorkshire David Herdson 97
Liberal Democrats Susan Elliott 68
Majority 913
Rejected ballots 30
Turnout 2,675
Green hold Swing

Wharfedale

Wharfedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Felstead* 1,913
Labour Bernard O'Connor 1,846
Green Chris Turner 418
Liberal Democrats Jamie Needle 328
Yorkshire Rachel Martins 148
Majority 67
Rejected ballots 32
Turnout 4,653
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey

Wibsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Faiz Ilyas 913
Independent Nick Peterken 766
Green Alexander Radice 435
Yorkshire Stacey Head 367
Conservative Owais Rajput 296
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Lubenko 105
Majority 147
Rejected ballots 32
Turnout 2,882
Labour hold Swing

Windhill and Wrose

Windhill and Wrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Ross-Shaw* 1,551
Conservative James Gill 728
Green John Wood 388
Liberal Democrats Gillian Thorne 340
Majority 823
Rejected ballots 44
Turnout 3,007
Labour hold Swing

Worth Valley

Worth Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Russell Brown* 2,327
Labour Ashwaan Joomun-Whitehead 1,309
Green Alyson Telfer 328
Liberal Democrats Kay Kirkham 165
Majority 1,018
Rejected ballots 48
Turnout 4,129
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke

Wyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Hughes 1,157
Conservative Malcolm McLean 544
Reform UK Ian Walker 365
Green Darren Parkinson 218
Liberal Democrats Kevin Anthony Hall 200
British Democratic James Graham Lewthwaite 190
Majority 613
Rejected ballots 25
Turnout 2,674
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Notes

  1. ^ Four independent councillors sit as the Bradford Independent Group led by Talat Sajawal, two sit as Bradford South Independents led by Luke Majkowski, one sits as an Ilkey Independent (Anne Hawkesworth) and two sit as just independent councillors.

References

  1. ^ Council, Bradford Metropolitan District. "District Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral Elections 2024". Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  3. ^ "West Yorkshire devolution deal". GOV.UK. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ McCormick, Sebastian (4 May 2023). "Bradford Council elections 2023: Find out the results in the different wards". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Election results by party, 6 May 2021". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Councillor resigns as Keighley's Town Mayor after his Pride apology sparks anger". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  9. ^ "City councillor resigns over comments by Keir Starmer on Israel-Palestine conflict". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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