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Bowling and Barkerend
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2004 Boundaries of Bowling and Barkerend Ward
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Bowling and Barkerend
Location within West Yorkshire
Population20,618 Ward. 2011
OS grid reference SE178318
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRADFORD
Postcode district BD4 BD3
Dialling code 01274
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53°46′59″N1°43′59″W / 53.783°N 1.733°W / 53.783; -1.733 Coordinates: 53°46′59″N1°43′59″W / 53.783°N 1.733°W / 53.783; -1.733

Bowling and Barkerend is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,618. [1]

Contents

Bowling and Barkerend covers the area immediately east and south of Bradford centre. It includes the areas known as Barkerend, Bowling, East Bowling, Swaine Green, Cutler Heights and Goose Hill. St Clement's Church on Barkerend Road has Pre-Raphaelite decorations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Note that West Bowling is in neighbouring Little Horton ward.

Bradford UK ward map 2010 (Bowling & Barkerend) Bradford UK ward map 2010 (Bowling & Barkerend).svg
Bradford UK ward map 2010 (Bowling & Barkerend)

Boundaries

It is bounded on the west side by the Bradford Inner Ring Road (Canal Road, Shipley Airedale Road, Croft Street) then the railway line from Bradford Interchange to Halifax until it meets New Cross Street where the boundary heads south east around the edge of Parkside (New Cross Street, Avenue Road, Parkside Road and along the edge of the Cemetery). On the south side the boundary follows the Outer Ring Road (Rooley Lane, Sticker Lane) past Wakefield Road then forks east on Cutler Heights Lane which becomes Dick Lane as it curves northward. The boundary then follows the Bradford to Leeds railway line west. The boundary heads north again along Birksland Street and continues the same line between Gledhill Road and Whitehead Street, through the grounds of Leeds Road Hospital and along the edge of the allotments to Barkerend Road. Then north east along the path marking the edge of Bradford Moor Golf Course to re-join the Outer Ring Road (Killinghall Road). Along the north side the boundary forks west off Killinghall Road onto Northcote Road then turns west along Otley Road. The boundary loops south round Undercliffe Cemetery and back to Otley Road, as the road turns south the boundary continues west along the edge of the school fields to Bolton Road and continues west down the hill to Canal Road as it feeds into the inner ring road.

Councillors

Bowling and Barkerend ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour Party councillors, Rizwana Jamil, Imran Khan and Hassan Khan. [2]

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Mukhtar Ali (Lib Dem)Mohammed Jamil (Con)Rupert Oliver (Lib Dem)
2006 Zameer Hussain Shah (Con)Mohammed Jamil (Con)Rupert Oliver (Lib Dem)
October 2006 Zameer Shah (Con)Mohammed Jamil (Con)Rupert Oliver (Lab)
2007 Zameer Shah (Con)Mohammed Jamil (Con)Rupert Oliver (Lab)
2008 Zameer Shah (Con)Mohammed Jamil (Con)John Robertshaw (Con)
2010 Zameer Shah (Con)Mohammed Jamil (Con)John Robertshaw (Con)
2011 Zameer Shah (Con)Imran Ahmed Khan (Lab)John Robertshaw (Con)
2012 Zameer Shah (Con)Imran Khan (Lab)Hassan Uzzaman Khan (Lab)
2014 Rizwana Jamil (Lab)Imran Khan (Lab)Hassan Khan (Lab)
2015 Rizwana Jamil (Lab)Imran Khan (Lab)Hassan Khan (Lab)
2016 Rizwana Jamil (Lab)Imran Khan (Lab)Hassan Khan (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   Incumbent Rupert Oliver switched from the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2006. [3]

Elections in 2010s

May 2016

2016 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hassan Uzzaman Khan* 2,643 67
Liberal Democrats Bacha Sayed65017
TUSC Ian Slattery3519
Conservative Altaf Hussain2787
Majority1,99350.8
Turnout 3,92234
Labour hold Swing

May 2015

In the 2015 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Imran Ahmed Khan for the Labour Party was the incumbent. The election was held in conjunction with the 2015 UK general election. Turnout is often increased in local elections when held in conjunction with general elections.

2015 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Ahmed Khan 3,446 50.5 Decrease2.svg6.1
Conservative Mohammed Jamil1,38020.2Increase2.svg14.62
Liberal Democrats Susan Anne Elliott94213.8Decrease2.svg5.5
UKIP Brian Gilbert Jones79211.6Increase2.svg11.6
Green Dale Patrick Deacon2012.9Increase2.svg2.9
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Ian Slattery630.9Increase2.svg0.9
Majority2,06630.3Decrease2.svg7.42
Turnout 6,82461.6Increase2.svg18.6
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.42

May 2014

In the 2014 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Zafir Hussain Shah for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated in comparison to the 2012 election. [4]

2014 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rizwana Jamil 2,532 56.6 Increase2.svg14.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Andrew Stelling86319.3Increase2.svg6.9
Respect Mohammed Ashraf Miah82918.5Decrease2.svg15.6
Conservative Zaf Shah2495.6Decrease2.svg5.4
Majority1,66937.3Increase2.svg29.0
Turnout 5,40343.0Increase2.svg5.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg29.0

May 2012

In the 2012 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. John Anthony Robertshaw for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated in comparison to the party performances in the 2011 election.

2012 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hassan Uzzaman Khan 1,913 42.4 Decrease2.svg0.8
Respect Mohammed Asif Kahn1,53534.1Increase2.svg34.1
Liberal Democrats Amjad Ali56112.4Decrease2.svg12.4
Conservative John Anthony Robertshaw49811Decrease2.svg19.9
Majority3788.3Decrease2.svg4.0
Turnout 4,54637.5Decrease2.svg2.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg4.0

[5]

May 2011

In the 2011 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Mohammed Jamil for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party performances in the 2010 election.

2011 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Imran Ahmed Khan 2,003 43.2 Increase2.svg8.4
Conservative Mohammed Jamil1,43330.9Decrease2.svg5.7
Liberal Democrats Tracey Dawn Leeming1,15224.8Decrease2.svg0.9
Majority57012.3Increase2.svg14.1
Turnout 4,63640.0Decrease2.svg19.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg14.1

May 2010

In the 2010 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Zameer Shah for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party shares in the 2008 election. The election was held in conjunction with the 2010 General Election, turnout is often increased when local elections coincide with General Elections.

2010 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zameer Hussain Shah 2,357 36.6 Decrease2.svg6.3
Labour Rupert Oliver2,24134.8Increase2.svg1.9
Liberal Democrats Tracey Dawn Leeming1,65825.7Increase2.svg1.5
Majority1161.8Decrease2.svg8.8
Turnout 6,48659Increase2.svg23
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.8

Elections in 2000s

2008

In the 2008 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Rupert Oliver for the Labour Party was the incumbent though he had been elected for the Liberal Democrats. The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party shares in the 2007 election.

2008 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Antony Robertshaw 1,796 42.9 Decrease2.svg3.1
Labour Rupert Oliver1,37632.9Increase2.svg3.1
Liberal Democrats Tracey Dawn Leeming1,01224.2Increase2.svg2.4
Majority42010Decrease2.svg6.2
Turnout 4,20236Decrease2.svg3.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg6.2
2007

In the 2007 Election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Mohammed Jamil for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated in comparison the party shares in the 2006 election.

2007 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Jamil 2,094 45.99 Increase2.svg7.9
Labour Raymond Bage1,35529.76Increase2.svg2.3
Liberal Democrats Tracey Dawn Leeming98621.76Increase2.svg0.6
IndependentMuhammad Shakeel871.91N/A
Majority73916.23Increase2.svg5.5
Turnout 4,55339.12Decrease2.svg1.3
Conservative hold Swing 5.5

In July 2006 Rupert Oliver, elected for the Liberal Democrats, resigned the Liberal Democrat whip & joined the Labour Party.

2006

In the 2006 Election only one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Mukhtar Ali for the Liberal Democrats was the incumbent. The turnout does not include spoiled papers & is a percentage of the 2007 electorate. Percentages changed are expressed compared to the overall party showings in 2004.

2006 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zameer Shah 1,792 38.13 Decrease2.svg3.6
Labour Raymond Bage1,28927.43Increase2.svg4.0
Liberal Democrats Mukhtar Ali98921.04Decrease2.svg20.6
BNP Sharif Gawad63013.40Increase2.svg13.4
Majority50310.7017.5
Turnout 4,70040.4Decrease2.svg1.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing 17.5
2004

The ward was created after boundary changes in the 2004 election. All three councillor posts were up for election and each elector had three votes. The turnout is estimated as a third of the total votes cast as a fraction of the 2007 electorate. Candidate percentages are expressed as a fraction of this turnout estimate. The election was held in conjunction with the 2004 European election.

2004 United Kingdom local elections: Bowling and Barkerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rupert Oliver 2,448 50.8 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Jamil 1,827 37.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mukhtar Ali 1,810 37.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ghulam Chaudhury1,77036.7N/A
Conservative Zameer Shah1,67934.8N/A
Conservative Dawood Karim1,54532.0N/A
Labour Raymond Bage1,21225.1N/A
Labour Anthony Niland1,19624.8N/A
Labour Shofiqul Islam97720.3N/A
Turnout 4,82141.4N/A
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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