# 2008 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008.

## Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

### Baildon ward

Baildon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cole* | 3,122 | 55.32 |
| | Conservative | David Herdson | 2,230 | 39.51 |
| | Labour | Vera Martin | 292 | 5.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 892 | 15.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,644 | 48.80 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Bingley ward

Cllr. Colin Gill resigned in September 2008 due to strain the position had placed on his professional life. John Pennington was elected in a by-election in December 2008, retaining the seat for the Conservative Party.
Bingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Gill* | 3,529 | 62.97 |
| | Labour | David Green | 940 | 16.77 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Taylor | 648 | 11.56 |
| | Green | Arthur Arnold | 487 | 8.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,589 | 46.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,604 | 42.99 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Margaret Eaton* | 3,839 | 71.20 |
| | Labour | James Newton | 690 | 12.80 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 496 | 9.20 |
| | Green | Brian Newham | 367 | 6.81 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,149 | 58.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,392 | 40.49 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Chadwick | 2,139 | 57.41 |
| | Labour | Ronnie Fieldhouse | 798 | 21.42 |
| | Conservative | Isa Khan | 557 | 14.95 |
| | Green | Steven Schofield | 232 | 6.23 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,341 | 35.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,726 | 34.04 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Bowling & Barkerend ward

Incumbent Rupert Oliver switched from the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2006.
Bowling and Barkerend :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Robertshaw | 1,796 | 42.93 |
| | Labour | Rupert Oliver* (formerly Lib Dem) | 1,376 | 32.89 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Leeming | 1,012 | 24.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 420 | 10.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,184 | 35.76 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Riaz Ahmed* | 2,941 | 52.56 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Shaukat | 1,869 | 33.40 |
| | Conservative | Sakhawat Hussain | 786 | 14.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,072 | 19.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,596 | 48.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### City ward

City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sajawal Hussain* | 2,497 | 63.83 |
| | Conservative | Saleem Kader | 815 | 20.83 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Reid | 344 | 8.79 |
| | Green | Chris Howson | 256 | 6.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,682 | 43.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,912 | 36.81 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Elaine Byrom* | 1,578 | 37.19 |
| | Labour | Sinead Engel | 1,324 | 31.20 |
| | BNP | Neil Crossley | 869 | 20.48 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Leeming | 387 | 9.12 |
| | UKIP | James Illingworth | 85 | 2.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 254 | 5.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,243 | 39.98 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Craven ward

Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Adrian Naylor | 3,162 | 67.22 |
| | Labour | Robert Beckwith | 866 | 18.41 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Pearson | 676 | 14.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,296 | 48.81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,704 | 38.22 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Ann Wallace* | 1,551 | 36.45 |
| | Conservative | John Pennington | 1,301 | 30.58 |
| | BNP | Leslie Nakonecznyi | 763 | 17.93 |
| | Labour | Tony Niland | 602 | 14.15 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Trish Boyle | 38 | 0.89 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 250 | 5.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,255 | 37.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Great Horton ward

Cllr. Paul Flowers (Labour Party) stood down in 2011 after "adult content" was found on a council computer he had used. Abdul Jabar retained the seat for the party in a by-election later the same year.
Great Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul John Flowers* | 2,353 | 60.50 |
| | Conservative | Qurban Hussain | 1,014 | 26.07 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kasha de Verny | 522 | 13.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,339 | 34.43 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,889 | 35.58 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Heaton ward

Heaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sajid Akhtar | 1,823 | 37.26 |
| | Green | David Ford | 1,587 | 32.43 |
| | Labour | Ashiq Hussain | 1,018 | 20.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tariq Mahmood | 465 | 9.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 4.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,893 | 47.33 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ed Hall | 2,599 | 61.66 |
| | Conservative | Ryan Atkinson | 1,149 | 27.26 |
| | Labour | Rosie Watson | 467 | 11.08 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,450 | 34.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,215 | 36.27 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Ilkley ward

Ilkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anne Gillian Hawkesworth* | 3,245 | 64.35 |
| | Labour | Andrew Dundas | 719 | 14.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Bruce | 553 | 10.97 |
| | Green | Bryan Websdale | 526 | 10.43 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,526 | 50.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,043 | 45.36 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Khadim Hussain* | 2,559 | 52.86 |
| | Conservative | Jamil Arshad | 1,404 | 29.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Beaumont | 878 | 18.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,155 | 23.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,841 | 43.25 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Keighley East ward

Keighley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Clamp | 2,059 | 43.47 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Slater* | 1,995 | 42.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Brooksbank | 683 | 14.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 1.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,737 | 40.93 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Keighley West ward

Robert Payne was subsequently found guilty of tax fraud and jailed in December 2013.
Keighley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Payne | 1,542 | 44.52 |
| | Labour | Angela Sinfield | 1,477 | 42.64 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank McAulay | 445 | 12.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 1.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,464 | 32.12 |
| | Conservative gain from BNP | Conservative gain from BNP | Swing | |

### Little Horton ward

Little Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ian Greenwood* | 2,063 | 60.45 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alun Griffiths | 843 | 24.70 |
| | Conservative | Jamshad Khan | 507 | 14.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,220 | 35.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,413 | 33.28 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Manningham ward

Manningham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mohammad Amin | 2,319 | 43.25 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Ishrat Mirza* | 2,122 | 39.57 |
| | Respect | Arshad Ali | 395 | 7.37 |
| | Conservative | Adam Jamal | 246 | 4.59 |
| | Green | John Robinson | 214 | 3.99 |
| | Anti-Crime Party | Norman Scarth | 66 | 1.23 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 197 | 3.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,362 | 49.14 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Queensbury ward

Queensbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Walls* | 1,713 | 38.08 |
| | BNP | Eric Baxendale | 1,521 | 33.82 |
| | Labour | Graham Mahony | 713 | 15.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Weston | 306 | 6.80 |
| | UKIP | Jason Smith | 227 | 5.05 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Laura Beardsworth | 18 | 0.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 4.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,498 | 39.70 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Royds ward

Royds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew Thornton* | 1,414 | 39.10 |
| | Conservative | Derek Green | 922 | 25.50 |
| | BNP | Linden Baxendale | 693 | 19.16 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Fletcher | 311 | 8.60 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Jim Lewthwaite | 276 | 7.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 492 | 13.61 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,616 | 31.74 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Shipley ward

Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Martin John Love* | 2,238 | 47.78 |
| | Conservative | Andy Rowley | 1,264 | 26.99 |
| | Labour | Emma Hoddinott | 688 | 14.69 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Briggs | 245 | 5.23 |
| | UKIP | Philip Bird | 153 | 3.27 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Paul Wood | 96 | 2.05 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 974 | 20.79 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,684 | 43.84 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | |

### Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Sykes | 1,750 | 41.96 |
| | BNP | Jenny Sampson | 1,056 | 25.29 |
| | Labour | Mark Blackburn | 834 | 20.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Weston | 475 | 11.39 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Ronald Craig | 57 | 1.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 695 | 16.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,171 | 37.79 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Toller ward

Councillor Arshad Hussain resigned from the Conservative group in February 2010 to become a Labour councillor.
Toller :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arshad Hussain* | 1,986 | 35.67 |
| | Labour | Sobia Kauser | 1,978 | 35.53 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iqbal Khan | 1,326 | 23.82 |
| | Green | Sonja McNally | 277 | 4.98 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8 | 0.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,567 | 48.00 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Tong ward

Tong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Johnson* | 1,060 | 36.74 |
| | Conservative | Simon Buckingham | 852 | 29.53 |
| | BNP | Rita Cromie | 569 | 19.72 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Yeadon | 327 | 11.33 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | John Shoesmith | 77 | 2.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 7.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,885 | 24.85 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dale Smith* | 2,718 | 66.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vernon Whelan | 677 | 16.45 |
| | Labour | Philip Ferriby | 373 | 9.06 |
| | Green | Richard Howson | 348 | 8.45 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,041 | 49.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,116 | 45.34 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wibsey ward

Wibsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Michael Adam Green* | 1,397 | 38.46 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sheard | 921 | 25.36 |
| | BNP | Clifford Cockayne | 595 | 16.38 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 410 | 11.29 |
| | English Democrat | Andrew Clarke | 183 | 5.04 |
| | UKIP | Stephen White | 100 | 2.75 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Terry Wells | 26 | 0.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 476 | 13.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,632 | 35.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 1,614 | 39.60 |
| | Labour | Phil Thornton* | 1,290 | 31.65 |
| | Conservative | Chris Rowley | 705 | 17.30 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Martin Craig | 283 | 6.94 |
| | Green | Linda Arnold | 106 | 2.60 |
| | Independent | Michael Breen | 78 | 1.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 7.95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,076 | 37.50 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kirstan Frederick Hopkins* | 2,475 | 60.04 |
| | Labour | Keith Dredge | 1,027 | 24.92 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Harris | 312 | 7.57 |
| | Green | Betts Fetherston | 308 | 7.47 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,448 | 35.13 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,122 | 39.79 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wyke ward

Wyke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Alexander Robinson* | 1,187 | 32.04 |
| | Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 1,099 | 29.66 |
| | BNP | Stephen Cromie | 629 | 16.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 458 | 12.36 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Neil Craig | 332 | 8.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | 2.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,705 | 35.96 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

## By-elections between 2008 and 2010 elections

Vote changes correspond to the 2008 Council election.

### Bingley ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Colin Gill (Conservative Party).
Bingley by-election, 4 December 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Pennington | 1,949 | 59.88 | −3.10 |
| | Labour | Andrew Mawson | 689 | 21.17 | +4.39 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Taylor | 332 | 10.20 | −1.36 |
| | Green | Arthur Arnold | 175 | 5.38 | −3.31 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | James Lewthwaite | 61 | 1.87 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Jason Smith | 49 | 1.51 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,260 | 38.71 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,262 | 24.99 | −18.00 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |