2007 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 3 May 2007. [1] [2]

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Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward

Baildon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger L'Amie 2,245 41.8
Liberal Democrats Sara Clarke2,00737.4
Labour Eleanor Kilyon4698.7
BNP Eric Baxendale3887.2
Green Robert Nicholls2564.8
Majority2384.4
Turnout 5,36546.14
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bingley ward

Bingley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Ernest Owens 2,961 53.1
Labour Robert Beckwith1,22822.0
Green Arthur Arnold58810.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Whelan4688.4
UKIP James Beech2123.8
Anti-Crime PartyNorman Scarth1202.2
Majority1,73331.1
Turnout 5,57743.86
Conservative hold Swing

Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Cooke 3,070 55.3
Labour James Newton83515.0
BNP Rita Cromie64711.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Sykes4678.4
Green Brian Newham3376.1
UKIP Jason Smith1953.5
Majority2,23540.3
Turnout 5,55141.69
Conservative hold Swing

Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton* 2,050
Liberal Democrats Margaret Chadwick 1,835
Labour Ronnie Fieldhouse919
Labour Sinead Engel860
Conservative Ryan Atkinson650
Conservative John Wills545
Green Steve Schofield327
Majority
Turnout 3,93235.98
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Jamil* 2,094 46.3
Labour Ray Bage1,35530.0
Liberal Democrats Tracey Leeming98621.8
Independent Muhammad Shakeel871.9
Majority73916.3
Turnout 4,52239.12
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ghazanfer Khaliq* 2,210 39.7
Conservative Azhar Mahmood1,87633.7
Liberal Democrats Zubair Hussain1,47626.5
Majority3346.0
Turnout 5,56248.64
Labour hold Swing

City ward

City
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shakeela Jan Lal 2,321 54.2
Conservative Waheed Ali1,08925.4
Respect Nadia Macgranthin3698.6
Liberal Democrats Chris Reid2926.8
Green Derek Curtis2104.9
Majority1,23228.8
Turnout 4,28140.07
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Longthorn 1,523 34.1
Conservative Charles Malcolm Sykes*1,37230.7
BNP Kim Riach96021.5
Liberal Democrats Lorna Leeming61013.7
Majority1513.4
Turnout 4,46541.94
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Craven ward

Craven
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael John Kelly* 2,434 51.4
Labour J. Alan Edwards1,09923.2
Liberal Democrats Angela Pearson58012.3
Independent Ian Bannister3767.9
Green Valerie Harris2455.2
Majority1,33528.2
Turnout 4,73438.80
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol Beardmore* 1,959 44.4
BNP Jenny Sampson1,03223.4
Labour Tony Niland81118.4
Conservative David Chapman49111.1
UKIP Mel Rhodes1162.6
Majority92721
Turnout 4,40938.69
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Great Horton ward

Great Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Derek Godward* 1,698 38.1
Liberal Democrats Rafiq M. Sehgal1,39631.3
Conservative Richard Milczanowski1,00522.6
BNP Sharif Gawad3568.0
Majority3026.8
Turnout 4,45540.76
Labour hold Swing

Heaton ward

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rizman Malik 1,985 39.1
Green David Michael Ford*1,51929.9
Conservative Elizabeth Hellmich1,20123.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Wright3777.4
Majority4669.2
Turnout 5,08250.12
Labour gain from Green Swing

Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Sunderland* 2,681 58.8
Conservative Edward Ward79517.4
Labour Rosie Watson56312.4
BNP Patricia Boyle51811.4
Majority1,88641.4
Turnout 4,55739.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ilkley ward

Ilkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Martin Smith* 2,967 58.7
Labour Andrew Dundas1,06821.1
Liberal Democrats Barbara Pierscionek62212.3
Green Betts Fetherston3977.9
Majority1,89937.6
Turnout 5,05445.01
Conservative hold Swing

Keighley Central ward

Labour incumbent Lynne Joyce was controversially dropped by the party for this election in favour of Mark Taylor. [3]

Keighley Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zafar Ali 2,886 54.2
Labour Mark Taylor1,82634.3
Liberal Democrats Roger Beaumont61111.5
Majority1,06019.9
Turnout 5,32349.40
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Keighley East ward

Keighley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Lee 1,825 37.9
Conservative Dorothy Clamp*1,73536.1
BNP Rose Anne Thompson63013.1
Liberal Democrats Juidith Brooksbank62012.9
Majority901.9
Turnout 4,81041.20
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Keighley West ward

Keighley West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Haigh 1,662 40.9
Conservative William Root86021.2
BNP Peter Clarke74018.2
Independent Brian Hudson57014.0
Liberal Democrats Maralyn Adey2305.7
Majority80219.7
Turnout 4,06236.80
Labour hold Swing

Little Horton ward

Little Horton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sher Khan* 2,326 59.3
Conservative Mohammed Najeeb59315.1
Liberal Democrats John Massen55914.3
Respect Farhan Ali44311.3
Majority1,73344.2
Turnout 3,92137.99
Labour hold Swing

Manningham ward

Manningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Quasim Khan 3,052 53.5
Labour Choudhary Rangzeb*1,83032.1
Respect Arshad Ali3856.8
Green John Robinson2594.5
Conservative Ishrat Bukhari1753.1
Majority1,22221.4
Turnout 5,70153.55
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Queensbury ward

Queensbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Lynda Cromie 1,718 36.6
Conservative Stuart Hanson*1,56333.3
Labour Graham Mahony95720.4
Liberal Democrats Antony Habergham4559.7
Majority1553.3
Turnout 4,69341.59
BNP gain from Conservative Swing

Royds ward

Royds
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gill Thornton 1,567 39.4
BNP James Lewthwaite1,29132.5
Conservative Derek Green75118.9
Liberal Democrats Edward Hallman3669.2
Majority2766.9
Turnout 3,97534.78
Labour hold Swing

Shipley ward

Shipley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kevin Robert Warnes* 2,162 43.9
Conservative Derek Taylor1,21524.7
Labour Kevin Armstrong81016.5
BNP Laura Beadsworth3547.2
Liberal Democrats John Hall2925.9
UKIP Philip Bird911.8
Majority94719.2
Turnout 4,92446.07
Green hold Swing

Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Evan McCabe* 1,696 40.0
BNP Clifford Cockayne1,01123.9
Labour Mark Blackburn96022.7
Liberal Democrats Ruth Weston50111.8
Blahl PartyCarl Finlan691.6
Majority68516.2
Turnout 4,23737.60
Conservative hold Swing

Toller ward

Toller
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amir Hussain* 2,639 46.3
Conservative Amjad Hussain2,47143.3
Liberal Democrats Owen Griffiths59510.4
Majority1682.9
Turnout 5,70549.63
Labour hold Swing

Tong ward

Tong
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Ruding* 1,515 46.7
BNP Leslie Nakonecznyi70421.7
Conservatives: Stop The Hospital CutsSimon Buckingham55917.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Fletcher3069.4
UKIP Peter Brear1594.9
Majority81125.0
Turnout 3,24328.30
Labour hold Swing

Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew James Steven Palmer* 2,602 66.2
Liberal Democrats Vernon Whelan80520.5
Labour Lorraine Kirkwood52213.3
Majority1,79745.7
Turnout 3,92942.99
Conservative hold Swing

Wibsey ward

Wibsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph David Ritchie Berry* 1,546 38.1
BNP Andrew Clarke1,12827.8
Conservative Richard Sheard82120.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Boulton55813.8
Majority41810.3
Turnout 4,05338.89
Labour hold Swing

Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Watmough 1,520 33.1
Labour Susan Hinchcliffe1,37429.9
BNP Neil Craig78417.0
Conservative Andrew Rowley74816.3
Green Linda Arnold1002.2
Independent Michael Breen731.6
Majority1463.2
Turnout 4,59941.94
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Henry Hill* 1,919 43.2
Labour Keith Dredge1,37631.0
BNP John Joy76617.2
Liberal Democrats Jack Taylor3828.6
Majority54312.2
Turnout 4,44342.35
Conservative hold Swing

Wyke ward

Wyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Ferriby 1,416 35.8
BNP Robert Manby1,10327.9
Conservative John Stead1,00725.5
Liberal Democrats Kevin Hall42810.8
Majority3137.9
Turnout 3,95437.88
Labour gain from BNP Swing

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  2. ↑ Local election results 2007 (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council . Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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