# 2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 4 May 2006.

## Election results

Bradford Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 46.9 | 30.4 | 41,212 | 3.5 |
| Conservative | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 34.4 | 31.6 | 42,815 | 0.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12.5 | 21.1 | 28,579 | 2.2 |
| BNP | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.1 | 13.4 | 18,212 | 6.4 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4,813 | 3.6 |

## Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

### Baildon ward

Baildon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Valerie Townend* | 2,595 | 48.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Briggs | 2,120 | 39.5 |
| | Green | Jonathan Hayes | 417 | 7.8 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Yaqoob | 237 | 4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 475 | 8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,369 | 46.17 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bingley ward

Bingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Heseltine* | 2,941 | 54.1 |
| | Labour | Frank Needham | 1,133 | 20.8 |
| | Green | Arthur Arnold | 691 | 12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Fielden | 676 | 12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,808 | 33.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,441 | 43.59 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Ellis | 2,861 | 51.0 |
| | BNP | Nicholas Stamp | 1,085 | 19.3 |
| | Labour | James Newton | 945 | 16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 718 | 12.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,776 | 31.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,609 | 42.23 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gray* | 2,146 | 56.7 |
| | Labour | Anthony Niland | 958 | 25.3 |
| | Conservative | John Robertshaw | 679 | 17.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,188 | 31.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,783 | 34.49 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Zameer Shah* | 1,792 | 38.1 |
| | Labour | Raymond Bage | 1,289 | 27.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mukhtar Ali | 989 | 21.0 |
| | BNP | Sharif Gawad | 630 | 13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 503 | 10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,700 | 40.87 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mohammed Shafiq | 2,129 | 42.4 |
| | Conservative | Azhar Mahmood | 1,486 | 29.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ali Jamal | 1,410 | 28.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 643 | 12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,025 | 44.86 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### City ward

City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Munir Ahmed | 2,413 | 68.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tahir Mahmood | 420 | 12.0 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Paterson | 350 | 10,0 |
| | Green | John Robinson | 324 | 9.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,993 | 56.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,507 | 32.17 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | David Servant* | 1,269 | 29.8 |
| | Labour | Peter Longthorn | 1,218 | 28.6 |
| | BNP | Kim Riach | 1,106 | 26.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Leeming | 665 | 15.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,258 | 39.27 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Craven ward

Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Mallinson* | 2,636 | 60.1 |
| | Labour | Steven Carter | 1,000 | 22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frances McAulay | 751 | 17.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,636 | 37.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,387 | 36.01 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Eccleshill ward

Eccleshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin McPhee | 1,205 | 30.2 |
| | BNP | Peter Wade | 1,142 | 28.6 |
| | Labour | Gillian Thornton | 920 | 23.0 |
| | Conservative | David James | 728 | 18.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 | 1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,995 | 35.32 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Great Horton ward

Two seats were contested after incumbent councillor Intkhab Alam was jailed in March 2006 for trying to pervert the course of justice after his minicab hit and killed a man.
Great Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joanne Dodds | 1,772 | |
| | Labour | John Godward | 1,577 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 1,219 | |
| | Conservative | Darryl Brock | 1,017 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Chadwick | 746 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Habergham | 659 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,848 | 35.02 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Heaton ward

Heaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Masood | 1,477 | 32.8 |
| | Labour | Mark Fielding | 1,144 | 25.4 |
| | Green | Steven Schofield | 1,043 | 23.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tariq Mahmood | 833 | 18.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | 7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,497 | 44.89 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Ward | 2,604 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alun Griffiths | 2,004 | |
| | Conservative | Derek Taylor | 993 | |
| | BNP | Leslie Nakonecznyi | 904 | |
| | Labour | Richard Blackburn | 703 | |
| | Labour | Rosemary Watson | 578 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,503 | 38.67 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Ilkley ward

Ilkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Colin Powell | 2,760 | 58.1 |
| | Labour | Andrew Dundas | 1,092 | 23.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Beaumont | 896 | 18.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,668 | 35.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,748 | 42.56 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Shamim Akhtar | 2,367 | 45.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kaneez Akhtar | 1,455 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | Russell Brown | 1,400 | 26.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 912 | 17.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,222 | 49.14 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Keighley East ward

Keighley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Stephen Pullen | 1,954 | 39.3 |
| | Conservative | Mark Francis Startin | 1,364 | 27.5 |
| | BNP | Rose Thompson | 1,084 | 21.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Brooksbank | 564 | 11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 590 | 11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,966 | 42.55 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Keighley West ward

Keighley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Catherine Rowen | 1,827 | 40.4 |
| | BNP | Ian Dawson | 1,493 | 33.0 |
| | Conservative | Lionel Lockley | 822 | 18.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Salmons | 384 | 8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | 7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,526 | 41.08 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Little Horton ward

Little Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Naveeda Ikram | 2,456 | 68.4 |
| | Conservative | Asad Malik | 610 | 17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Massen | 525 | 14.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,846 | 51.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,591 | 34.80 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Manningham ward

Manningham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Shabir Hussain | 2,212 | 46.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Qasim Khan | 2,160 | 45.7 |
| | Conservative | Ishtiaq Ahmed | 354 | 7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,726 | 45.51 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Queensbury ward

Queensbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BNP | Paul Cromie | 1,829 | 38.5 |
| | Conservative | Tracey McNulty* | 1,533 | 32.3 |
| | Labour | Graham Mahony | 935 | 19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Collins | 455 | 9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,752 | 42.52 |
| | BNP gain from Conservative | BNP gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Royds ward

Royds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Valerie Slater | 1,393 | 36.8 |
| | BNP | Lynda Jane Cromie | 1,250 | 33.0 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sheard | 748 | 19.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Hallmann | 397 | 10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,788 | 34.02 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Shipley ward

Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Green | Hawarun Hussain | 1,875 | 36.7 |
| | Conservative | John Carroll | 1,299 | 25.4 |
| | Labour | Lee Edwards | 759 | 14.8 |
| | BNP | Jennifer Sampson | 747 | 14.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hall | 435 | 8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 576 | 11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,115 | 47.60 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | |

### Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Valerie Binney | 1,543 | 34.0 |
| | BNP | Clifford Cockayne | 1,354 | 29.9 |
| | Labour | Susanne Rooney | 942 | 20.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Sharples | 401 | 8.8 |
| | Green | Michael Rawnsley | 293 | 6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 189 | 4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,533 | 39.86 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Toller ward

Toller :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Imran Hussain | 2,428 | 42.6 |
| | Conservative | Amjad Hussain* | 1,786 | 31.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sengal | 1,480 | 26.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 642 | 11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,694 | 50.97 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Tong ward

Tong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Anthony Cairns | 1,278 | 40.4 |
| | BNP | Arthur Redfearn | 1,012 | 32.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Stead | 508 | 16.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maralyn Adey | 366 | 11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 266 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,164 | 28.00 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wharfedale ward

Wharfedale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christopher Ian Greaves | 2,571 | 61.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vernon Whelan | 1,028 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | Kevin Armstrong | 568 | 13.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,543 | 37.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,167 | 46.14 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wibsey ward

Wibsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lynne Eleanor Smith | 1,427 | 34.6 |
| | BNP | Andrew Clarke | 1,251 | 30.4 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Craven | 928 | 22.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Fletcher | 513 | 12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 176 | 4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,119 | 39.33 |
| | Labour gain from BNP | Labour gain from BNP | Swing | |

### Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Vanda Greenwood | 1,215 | 28.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Watmough | 1,166 | 27.0 |
| | BNP | Neil Craig | 1,022 | 23.7 |
| | Conservative | David Herdson | 738 | 17.1 |
| | Green | Linda Arnold | 170 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,311 | 40.01 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Glen William Miller | 1,790 | 37.9 |
| | Labour | Trevor Lindley | 1,225 | 26.0 |
| | BNP | John Joy | 1,161 | 24.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Main | 543 | 11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 565 | 12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,719 | 45.22 |
| | Conservative gain from BNP | Conservative gain from BNP | Swing | |

### Wyke ward

Wyke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Warburton | 1,273 | 32.0 |
| | BNP | Robert Manby | 1,142 | 28.7 |
| | Conservative | John Stead | 1,035 | 26.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 528 | 13.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,978 | 37.86 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |