# 2002 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.

## Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 46.7 | 38.4 | 46,788 | +4.0% |
| Conservative | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36.7 | 38.5 | 46,837 | -5.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 16.6 | 20,178 | +1.1% |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4,775 | +0.6% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2,430 | -0.9% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 486 | +0.4% |
| Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 257 | +0.1% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council |
| | Labour | 41 | 38 |
| | Conservative | 37 | 38 |
| | Liberal Democrat | 11 | 12 |
| | Green | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Working majority | Working majority | -8 | -14 |

## Ward results

Baildon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alastair Thornton | 2,399 | 48.6 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | Edward Ward | 1,942 | 39.3 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | Isa Khan | 405 | 8.2 | −3.2 |
| | Green | Kevin Warnes | 192 | 3.9 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 457 | 9.2 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,944 | 40.5 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
Bingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Gill | 2,265 | 51.1 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Frank Needham | 1,471 | 33.2 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 428 | 9.7 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Arthur Arnold | 264 | 6.0 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | 17.9 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,438 | 42.0 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 | |
Bingley Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Eaton | 2,733 | 62.9 | −3.0 |
| | Labour | David Brown | 1,032 | 23.7 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Cole | 362 | 8.3 | −0.2 |
| | Green | John Francis Love | 218 | 5.0 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,701 | 39.1 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,350 | 37.0 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 | |
Bolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allan Hillary | 2,317 | 62.7 | +5.4 |
| | Labour | Jagtar Deol | 770 | 20.8 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | John Robertshaw | 606 | 16.4 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,547 | 41.9 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,711 | 36.6 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
Bowling :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony Niland | 1,683 | 45.2 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rupert Oliver | 1,163 | 31.2 | +19.3 |
| | Conservative | Habib-Ur Rehman | 876 | 23.5 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 14.0 | −10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,747 | 31.7 | +10.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -13.2 | |
Bradford Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Azhar Mahmood | 2,159 | 46.6 | +12.0 |
| | Labour | Susanne Rooney | 1,952 | 42.1 | −14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raihanna Ismail | 522 | 11.3 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 4.5 | −17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,658 | 43.7 | +13.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.0 | |
Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David John Servant | 1,454 | 44.1 | −9.3 |
| | Labour | Olayemi Fagborun | 1,192 | 36.1 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Leeming | 513 | 15.6 | +5.4 |
| | Green | Alexander Suchi | 138 | 4.2 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 262 | 7.9 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,304 | 32.4 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -6.1 | |
Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Eric Dawson | 2,358 | 54.9 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Francis Harrison | 1,364 | 31.7 | +12.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ambrose Micklem | 576 | 13.4 | +6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 994 | 23.1 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,304 | 34.5 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.9 | |
Eccleshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Ann Wallace | 1,087 | 32.9 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Gareth Logan | 1,045 | 31.6 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sheard | 598 | 18.1 | −11.5 |
| | BNP | Arthur Bentley | 486 | 14.7 | +14.7 |
| | Independent | Audrey Raistrick | 90 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 1.3 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,310 | 35.9 | +8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -2.2 | |
Great Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Flowers | 2,051 | 55.5 | +14.5 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Stubbs | 1,125 | 30.4 | −12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Mangeolles | 310 | 8.4 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Derek Curtis | 209 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 926 | 25.1 | +23.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,698 | 34.0 | +5.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +13.5 | |
Heaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Stanley King | 2,380 | 46.7 | +6.0 |
| | Labour | Imran Ahmed Khan | 2,032 | 39.9 | −7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Wright | 346 | 6.8 | +1.0 |
| | Green | Helen Kemp | 271 | 5.3 | −0.7 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Howard Miles | 68 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 348 | 6.8 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,104 | 43.0 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.8 | |
Idle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Sunderland | 2,192 | 50.3 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | Philip Kirkpatrick | 1,228 | 28.2 | −1.9 |
| | Labour | Mark Fieldhouse | 941 | 21.6 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 964 | 22.1 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,377 | 35.6 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +1.7 | |
Ilkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Hawkesworth | 3,048 | 64.2 | −0.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Dutton | 1,109 | 23.4 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carsten Svensgaard | 587 | 12.4 | −6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,939 | 40.9 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,478 | 43.0 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.9 | |
Keighley North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maxine Hepworth | 1,933 | 47.8 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Startin | 1,661 | 41.1 | −8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Main | 450 | 11.1 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 6.7 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,059 | 37.1 | +2.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.5 | |
Keighley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Prestage | 1,640 | 62.4 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | David McKay | 696 | 26.5 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Hallmann | 292 | 11.1 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 944 | 35.9 | +7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,653 | 29.8 | +4.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |
Keighley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Irene Ellison-Wood | 1,715 | 44.7 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Nancy Holdsworth | 1,194 | 31.2 | −0.7 |
| | Independent | Brian Hudson | 541 | 14.1 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cristopher Campbell Brown | 382 | 10.0 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 521 | 13.6 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,845 | 34.1 | +1.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
Little Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Taj Mubarik Salam | 1,903 | 50.9 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Jamshed Khan | 1,297 | 34.7 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Massen | 273 | 7.3 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Brian Ford | 167 | 4.5 | −0.2 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Ann Morgan | 96 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 606 | 16.2 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,745 | 36.8 | +10.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
Odsal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James O'Neill | 1,921 | 51.0 | +9.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael Ellis | 1,170 | 31.1 | −11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 579 | 15.4 | +0.1 |
| | Socialist Alliance | Ateeq Siddique | 93 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 751 | 20.0 | +19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,776 | 32.0 | +7.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |
Queensbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stuart Hanson | 1,706 | 43.0 | −11.6 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Green | 1,606 | 40.5 | +11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Robert Saul | 420 | 10.6 | +2.6 |
| | Green | Eileen Allen | 235 | 5.9 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 2.5 | −22.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,975 | 30.1 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -11.3 | |
Rombalds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Greaves | 2,892 | 56.8 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Graham Hill | 1,258 | 24.7 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 942 | 18.5 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,634 | 32.1 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,103 | 40.2 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.1 | |
Shipley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tony Miller | 1,443 | 50.9 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Derek Taylor | 680 | 24.0 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Craig | 519 | 18.3 | +1.4 |
| | Green | Christina Love | 192 | 6.8 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 763 | 26.9 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,843 | 29.4 | +5.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
Shipley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Martin Love | 2,252 | 42.0 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | John Anthony Carroll | 1,609 | 30.0 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | Vanda Greenwood | 405 | 22.5 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Dale | 292 | 5.4 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 643 | 12.0 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,362 | 47.1 | +3.7 |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.8 | |
Thornton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clive Richardson | 1,428 | 43.1 | −24.4 |
| | Independent | Melanie Milnes | 917 | 27.7 | +27.7 |
| | Labour | Gordon Winter | 666 | 20.1 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Weston | 188 | 5.7 | −8.1 |
| | Green | Michael Anthony Rawnsley | 114 | 3.4 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 511 | 15.4 | −37.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,314 | 34.9 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -26.0 | |
Toller :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Imran Hussain (British Politician) | 3,416 | 57.9 | +12.8 |
| | Conservative | Amjad Hussain | 2,143 | 36.3 | −11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Naveed Ilyas | 345 | 5.8 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,273 | 21.6 | +19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,950 | 49.2 | +3.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.0 | |
Tong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Ruding | 1,424 | 62.8 | +12.0 |
| | Conservative | J. Stead | 591 | 26.1 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Lambert | 253 | 11.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 833 | 36.7 | +21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,268 | 24.3 | +7.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +11.0 | |
Undercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Sowman | 1,467 | 42.1 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Masood | 1,072 | 30.8 | −9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Moore | 476 | 21.4 | −3.0 |
| | Green | Steven Schofield | 196 | 5.6 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 395 | 11.3 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,502 | 34.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |
University :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Choudhary Rangzeb | 3,431 | 55.6 | +11.2 |
| | Conservative | Khadim Hussain | 2,121 | 34.4 | −9.7 |
| | Green | John Edward Robinson | 327 | 5.3 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Chadwick | 293 | 4.7 | −0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,310 | 21.2 | +20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,194 | 43.9 | +12.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.4 | |
Wibsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keith Thomson | 1,987 | 59.9 | +10.9 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Craven | 951 | 28.7 | −10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beverley Beaumont | 380 | 11.41 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,036 | 31.2 | +21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,330 | 33.7 | +4.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.7 | |
Worth Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kristan Hopkins | 1,810 | 41.8 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Mark Curtis | 1,273 | 29.4 | +2.6 |
| | Independent | David Samuels | 882 | 20.3 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Quayle | 369 | 8.5 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | 12.4 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,349 | 36.5 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -2.1 | |
Wyke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Cummins | 1,455 | 46.2 | +12.8 |
| | Conservative | John David Hardy | 1,044 | 33.1 | −7.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 405 | 20.7 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 411 | 13.0 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,163 | 27.4 | +5.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +10.1 | |