# 2007 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 3 May 2007.

## Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

### Baildon ward

Baildon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Roger L'Amie | 2,245 | 41.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sara Clarke | 2,007 | 37.4 |
| | Labour | Eleanor Kilyon | 469 | 8.7 |
| | BNP | Eric Baxendale | 388 | 7.2 |
| | Green | Robert Nicholls | 256 | 4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,365 | 46.14 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Bingley ward

Bingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robin Ernest Owens | 2,961 | 53.1 |
| | Labour | Robert Beckwith | 1,228 | 22.0 |
| | Green | Arthur Arnold | 588 | 10.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Whelan | 468 | 8.4 |
| | UKIP | James Beech | 212 | 3.8 |
| | Anti-Crime Party | Norman Scarth | 120 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,733 | 31.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,577 | 43.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Cooke | 3,070 | 55.3 |
| | Labour | James Newton | 835 | 15.0 |
| | BNP | Rita Cromie | 647 | 11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 467 | 8.4 |
| | Green | Brian Newham | 337 | 6.1 |
| | UKIP | Jason Smith | 195 | 3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,235 | 40.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,551 | 41.69 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Middleton* | 2,050 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Chadwick | 1,835 | |
| | Labour | Ronnie Fieldhouse | 919 | |
| | Labour | Sinead Engel | 860 | |
| | Conservative | Ryan Atkinson | 650 | |
| | Conservative | John Wills | 545 | |
| | Green | Steve Schofield | 327 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,932 | 35.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Jamil* | 2,094 | 46.3 |
| | Labour | Ray Bage | 1,355 | 30.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Leeming | 986 | 21.8 |
| | Independent | Muhammad Shakeel | 87 | 1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | 16.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,522 | 39.12 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ghazanfer Khaliq* | 2,210 | 39.7 |
| | Conservative | Azhar Mahmood | 1,876 | 33.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zubair Hussain | 1,476 | 26.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,562 | 48.64 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### City ward

City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Shakeela Jan Lal | 2,321 | 54.2 |
| | Conservative | Waheed Ali | 1,089 | 25.4 |
| | Respect | Nadia Macgranthin | 369 | 8.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Reid | 292 | 6.8 |
| | Green | Derek Curtis | 210 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,232 | 28.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,281 | 40.07 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter Longthorn | 1,523 | 34.1 |
| | Conservative | Charles Malcolm Sykes* | 1,372 | 30.7 |
| | BNP | Kim Riach | 960 | 21.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Leeming | 610 | 13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | 3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,465 | 41.94 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Craven ward

Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael John Kelly* | 2,434 | 51.4 |
| | Labour | J. Alan Edwards | 1,099 | 23.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Pearson | 580 | 12.3 |
| | Independent | Ian Bannister | 376 | 7.9 |
| | Green | Valerie Harris | 245 | 5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,335 | 28.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,734 | 38.80 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Beardmore* | 1,959 | 44.4 |
| | BNP | Jenny Sampson | 1,032 | 23.4 |
| | Labour | Tony Niland | 811 | 18.4 |
| | Conservative | David Chapman | 491 | 11.1 |
| | UKIP | Mel Rhodes | 116 | 2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 927 | 21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,409 | 38.69 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Great Horton ward

Great Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Derek Godward* | 1,698 | 38.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rafiq M. Sehgal | 1,396 | 31.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 1,005 | 22.6 |
| | BNP | Sharif Gawad | 356 | 8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,455 | 40.76 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Heaton ward

Heaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rizman Malik | 1,985 | 39.1 |
| | Green | David Michael Ford* | 1,519 | 29.9 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Hellmich | 1,201 | 23.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Wright | 377 | 7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | 9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,082 | 50.12 |
| | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Swing | |

### Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Sunderland* | 2,681 | 58.8 |
| | Conservative | Edward Ward | 795 | 17.4 |
| | Labour | Rosie Watson | 563 | 12.4 |
| | BNP | Patricia Boyle | 518 | 11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,886 | 41.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,557 | 39.10 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Ilkley ward

Ilkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Martin Smith* | 2,967 | 58.7 |
| | Labour | Andrew Dundas | 1,068 | 21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Pierscionek | 622 | 12.3 |
| | Green | Betts Fetherston | 397 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,899 | 37.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,054 | 45.01 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Keighley Central ward

Labour incumbent Lynne Joyce was controversially dropped by the party for this election in favour of Mark Taylor.
Keighley Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Zafar Ali | 2,886 | 54.2 |
| | Labour | Mark Taylor | 1,826 | 34.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Beaumont | 611 | 11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,060 | 19.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,323 | 49.40 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Keighley East ward

Keighley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Doreen Lee | 1,825 | 37.9 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Clamp* | 1,735 | 36.1 |
| | BNP | Rose Anne Thompson | 630 | 13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Juidith Brooksbank | 620 | 12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 90 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,810 | 41.20 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Keighley West ward

Keighley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sandra Haigh | 1,662 | 40.9 |
| | Conservative | William Root | 860 | 21.2 |
| | BNP | Peter Clarke | 740 | 18.2 |
| | Independent | Brian Hudson | 570 | 14.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maralyn Adey | 230 | 5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 802 | 19.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,062 | 36.80 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Little Horton ward

Little Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sher Khan* | 2,326 | 59.3 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Najeeb | 593 | 15.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Massen | 559 | 14.3 |
| | Respect | Farhan Ali | 443 | 11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,733 | 44.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,921 | 37.99 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Manningham ward

Manningham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Quasim Khan | 3,052 | 53.5 |
| | Labour | Choudhary Rangzeb* | 1,830 | 32.1 |
| | Respect | Arshad Ali | 385 | 6.8 |
| | Green | John Robinson | 259 | 4.5 |
| | Conservative | Ishrat Bukhari | 175 | 3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,222 | 21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,701 | 53.55 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Queensbury ward

Queensbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Lynda Cromie | 1,718 | 36.6 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Hanson* | 1,563 | 33.3 |
| | Labour | Graham Mahony | 957 | 20.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Habergham | 455 | 9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,693 | 41.59 |
| | BNP gain from Conservative | BNP gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Royds ward

Royds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Gill Thornton | 1,567 | 39.4 |
| | BNP | James Lewthwaite | 1,291 | 32.5 |
| | Conservative | Derek Green | 751 | 18.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Hallman | 366 | 9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,975 | 34.78 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Shipley ward

Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Kevin Robert Warnes* | 2,162 | 43.9 |
| | Conservative | Derek Taylor | 1,215 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | Kevin Armstrong | 810 | 16.5 |
| | BNP | Laura Beadsworth | 354 | 7.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 292 | 5.9 |
| | UKIP | Philip Bird | 91 | 1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 947 | 19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,924 | 46.07 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | |

### Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Evan McCabe* | 1,696 | 40.0 |
| | BNP | Clifford Cockayne | 1,011 | 23.9 |
| | Labour | Mark Blackburn | 960 | 22.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Weston | 501 | 11.8 |
| | Blahl Party | Carl Finlan | 69 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 685 | 16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,237 | 37.60 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Toller ward

Toller :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Amir Hussain* | 2,639 | 46.3 |
| | Conservative | Amjad Hussain | 2,471 | 43.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Owen Griffiths | 595 | 10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,705 | 49.63 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Tong ward

Tong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Ruding* | 1,515 | 46.7 |
| | BNP | Leslie Nakonecznyi | 704 | 21.7 |
| | Conservatives: Stop The Hospital Cuts | Simon Buckingham | 559 | 17.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Fletcher | 306 | 9.4 |
| | UKIP | Peter Brear | 159 | 4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 811 | 25.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,243 | 28.30 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Matthew James Steven Palmer* | 2,602 | 66.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vernon Whelan | 805 | 20.5 |
| | Labour | Lorraine Kirkwood | 522 | 13.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,797 | 45.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,929 | 42.99 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wibsey ward

Wibsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ralph David Ritchie Berry* | 1,546 | 38.1 |
| | BNP | Andrew Clarke | 1,128 | 27.8 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sheard | 821 | 20.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 558 | 13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | 10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,053 | 38.89 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Watmough | 1,520 | 33.1 |
| | Labour | Susan Hinchcliffe | 1,374 | 29.9 |
| | BNP | Neil Craig | 784 | 17.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Rowley | 748 | 16.3 |
| | Green | Linda Arnold | 100 | 2.2 |
| | Independent | Michael Breen | 73 | 1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,599 | 41.94 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Henry Hill* | 1,919 | 43.2 |
| | Labour | Keith Dredge | 1,376 | 31.0 |
| | BNP | John Joy | 766 | 17.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Taylor | 382 | 8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | 12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,443 | 42.35 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wyke ward

Wyke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sarah Ferriby | 1,416 | 35.8 |
| | BNP | Robert Manby | 1,103 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | John Stead | 1,007 | 25.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 428 | 10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 313 | 7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,954 | 37.88 |
| | Labour gain from BNP | Labour gain from BNP | Swing | |