# 2010 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May. The 2010 general election was held simultaneously, which greatly increased the turnout.

## Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

### Baildon ward

Baildon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Valerie Townend* | 4,012 | 47.29 | −1.04 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Denise Thomas | 3,162 | 37.27 | −2.22 |
| | Labour | Mairead Farndale | 1,040 | 12.26 | +7.84 |
| | Green | Robert Nicholls | 270 | 3.18 | −4.58 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 850 | 10.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,514 | 75.35 | +29.18 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bingley ward

Bingley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Heseltine* | 4,922 | 50.60 | −3.46 |
| | Labour | Andrew Mawson | 2,483 | 25.52 | +4.70 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lerner | 1,714 | 17.62 | +5.20 |
| | Green | Arthur Arnold | 609 | 6.26 | −6.44 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,439 | 25.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,769 | 74.37 | +30.78 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bingley Rural ward

Bingley Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Ellis* | 4,671 | 49.52 | −1.49 |
| | Labour | Robert Beckwith | 2,017 | 21.38 | +4.53 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Sykes | 1,752 | 18.57 | +5.77 |
| | UKIP | Paul Wright | 629 | 6.67 | N/A |
| | Green | Brian Newham | 364 | 3.86 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,654 | 28.14 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,479 | 73.06 | +30.83 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bolton & Undercliffe ward

Bolton and Undercliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Gray* | 3,047 | 45.77 | −10.96 |
| | Labour | Mark Fieldhouse | 1,686 | 25.33 | ±0.00 |
| | Conservative | Abdul Butt | 1,226 | 18.42 | +0.47 |
| | BNP | Sharif Gawad | 492 | 7.39 | N/A |
| | Green | Steven Schofield | 149 | 2.24 | N/A |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Glenis Fairclough | 57 | 0.86 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,361 | 20.44 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,690 | 62.85 | +28.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bowling & Barkerend ward

Bowling and Barkerend :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Zameer Shah* | 2,357 | 36.58 | −1.55 |
| | Labour | Rupert Oliver | 2,241 | 34.78 | +7.35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tracey Leeming | 1,658 | 25.73 | +4.69 |
| | Independent | Chris Johnson | 188 | 2.92 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 116 | 1.80 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,486 | 58.99 | +18.11 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford Moor ward

Bradford Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Shafiq* | 3,114 | 43.02 | +0.65 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shabir Butt | 2,416 | 33.38 | +5.32 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Bashir | 1,708 | 23.60 | −5.97 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 698 | 9.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,324 | 64.90 | +20.04 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### City ward

City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nazam Azam | 3,792 | 63.07 | −5.73 |
| | Conservative | Waheed Ali | 1,259 | 20.94 | +10.96 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ali Jamal | 491 | 8.17 | −3.81 |
| | Respect | Shabana Bashir | 211 | 3.51 | N/A |
| | Green | Derek Curtis | 195 | 3.24 | −6.00 |
| | UKIP | Hiren Koyani | 64 | 1.06 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,533 | 42.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,071 | 59.48 | +27.31 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Clayton & Fairweather Green ward

Clayton & Fairweather Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sinead Engel | 2,672 | 39.69 | +11.08 |
| | Conservative | David Servant* | 1,815 | 26.96 | −2.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Boyle | 1,140 | 16.93 | +1.31 |
| | BNP | Neil Crossley | 707 | 10.50 | −15.47 |
| | Independent | Mark Nicholson | 399 | 5.93 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 857 | 12.73 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,767 | 65.66 | +26.39 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Craven ward

Craven :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Mallinson* | 4,903 | 54.30 | −5.78 |
| | Labour | Peter Cheney | 2,295 | 25.42 | +2.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Pierscionek | 1,831 | 20.28 | +3.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,608 | 28.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,080 | 74.73 | +38.72 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Eccleshill ward

In 2006, Colin McPhee stood in this ward successfully as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
Eccleshill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoff Reid | 2,454 | 39.02 | +8.86 |
| | Labour | Tony Niland | 1,720 | 27.35 | +4.32 |
| | Conservative | Colin McPhee* | 1,078 | 17.14 | −1.08 |
| | BNP | Nicholas Asquith | 773 | 12.29 | −16.29 |
| | UKIP | Michael Feely | 264 | 4.20 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 734 | 11.67 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,305 | 60.40 | +25.08 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Great Horton ward

Great Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joanne Dodds* | 3,647 | 56.00 | +5.29 |
| | Conservative | Qurban Hussain | 1,567 | 24.06 | −7.93 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Habergham | 1,299 | 19.94 | −0.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,080 | 31.94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,578 | 58.47 | 23.44 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Heaton ward

Imdad Hussain joined the Peace Party in 2012, following suspension from the Labour Party over failing to declare a company directorship. He became the party's first and only Councillor.
Heaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Imdad Hussain | 2,600 | 37.20 | +11.76 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Masood* | 2,127 | 30.43 | −2.41 |
| | Green | Sonja McNally | 1,162 | 16.62 | −6.57 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liam Prentice | 799 | 11.43 | −7.09 |
| | Respect | Mohammad Abu-Bakr | 302 | 4.32 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | 6.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,033 | 68.05 | 23.16 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Idle & Thackley ward

Idle and Thackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Reid | 4,179 | 52.09 | −7.09 |
| | Conservative | Edward Ward | 2,003 | 24.97 | −0.54 |
| | Labour | Rosie Watson | 1,483 | 18.49 | +2.03 |
| | UKIP | Jeetender Sangha | 357 | 4.45 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,176 | 27.13 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,059 | 69.91 | +31.24 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Ilkley ward

Ilkley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Gibbons | 4,378 | 50.56 | −7.57 |
| | Labour | Andrew Dundas | 1,766 | 20.39 | −2.60 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Bruce | 1,595 | 18.42 | −0.45 |
| | Green | David Hesmondhalgh | 596 | 6.88 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Paul Latham | 324 | 3.74 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,612 | 30.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,697 | 78.59 | +36.03 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Keighley Central ward

Keighley Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Abid Hussain | 4,174 | 54.86 | +9.54 |
| | Conservative | Ali Akbar | 1,791 | 23.54 | −3.27 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Beaumont | 1,334 | 17.53 | −10.33 |
| | Green | Julian Hughes | 309 | 4.06 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,383 | 31.32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,700 | 71.31 | +22.17 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Keighley East ward

Keighley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Pullen* | 3,265 | 41.72 | +2.37 |
| | Conservative | Ronald Beale | 3,024 | 38.64 | +11.17 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Brooksbank | 1,537 | 19.64 | +8.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 241 | 3.08 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,891 | 70.99 | +28.44 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Keighley West ward

Keighley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Keith Dredge | 2,625 | 39.34 | −1.03 |
| | Conservative | Chris Herd | 2,463 | 36.91 | +18.75 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack Taylor | 911 | 13.65 | +5.17 |
| | Independent | Brian Hudson | 674 | 10.10 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 2.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,703 | 64.80 | +23.72 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Little Horton ward

Little Horton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Naveeda Ikram* | 3,638 | 59.75 | −8.65 |
| | Conservative | Suhail Choudhury | 1,287 | 21.14 | +4.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alun Griffiths | 1,164 | 19.12 | +4.50 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,351 | 38.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,139 | 59.87 | +25.07 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Manningham ward

Manningham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shabir Hussain* | 3,961 | 59.62 | +12.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Aurangzeb | 1,851 | 27.86 | −17.84 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Khan | 530 | 7.98 | +0.49 |
| | Green | John Robinson | 302 | 4.55 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,110 | 31.76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,698 | 64.06 | +18.55 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Queensbury ward

In June 2011 Paul Cromie and his wife Lynda (also a councillor) left the British National Party citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents.
Queensbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BNP | Paul Cromie* | 2,212 | 30.79 | −7.70 |
| | Conservative | Allan Shepherd | 2,197 | 30.58 | −1.68 |
| | Labour | Dave Allen | 1,511 | 21.03 | +1.35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stacey Yeadon | 882 | 12.28 | +2.70 |
| | UKIP | Jason Smith | 383 | 5.33 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 0.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,204 | 66.40 | +23.88 |
| | BNP hold | BNP hold | Swing | | |

### Royds ward

Royds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Val Slater* | 2,601 | 41.60 | +4.82 |
| | Conservative | Sally McCartney | 1,408 | 22.52 | +2.77 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bolton | 1,051 | 16.81 | +6.33 |
| | BNP | Eric Baxendale | 986 | 15.77 | −17.23 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | James Lewthwaite | 207 | 3.31 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,193 | +19.08 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,272 | 57.98 | +23.95 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Shipley ward

Shipley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Hawarun Hussain* | 2,321 | 30.16 | −6.50 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Rowley | 2,041 | 26.52 | +1.12 |
| | Labour | Alex Ross | 1,836 | 23.86 | +9.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Halliday | 1,090 | 14.16 | +5.66 |
| | UKIP | Philip Bird | 408 | 5.30 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 3.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,719 | 72.97 | +25.37 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Thornton & Allerton ward

Thornton and Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Valerie Binney* | 2,736 | 39.34 | +5.30 |
| | Labour | Mark Blackburn | 2,115 | 30.41 | +9.63 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Weston | 1,030 | 14.81 | 5.97 |
| | BNP | Jenny Sampson | 776 | 11.16 | −18.71 |
| | UKIP | John Worsley | 297 | 4.27 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 621 | 8.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,972 | 64.83 | +24.98 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Toller ward

Imran Hussain was later selected (in 2012) to contest the Bradford West constituency, which resulted in a shock victory for George Galloway of the Respect Party.
Toller :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Imran Hussain* | 4,337 | 57.19 | +14.54 |
| | Conservative | Amjad Hussain | 2,361 | 31.13 | −0.24 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ansar Miah | 444 | 5.85 | −20.14 |
| | Respect | Kauser Rauf | 259 | 3.42 | N/A |
| | Green | Vanessa Pilny | 183 | 2.41 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,976 | 26.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,664 | 73.73 | 22.76 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Tong ward

Tong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alan Wainwright | 2,418 | 42.92 | +2.53 |
| | Conservative | Craig Reynolds | 1,403 | 24.90 | +8.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kirsty Yeadon | 1,012 | 17.96 | +6.39 |
| | BNP | Rita Cromie | 801 | 14.22 | −17.77 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,015 | 18.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,656 | 48.44 | +20.45 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wharfedale ward

In February 2012 Chris Greaves was sacked by the Conservative Party for frequently voting with Labour at council meetings. A month later he formed The Independents with fellow ex-Conservative Adrian Naylor (Craven ward).
Wharfedale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chris Greaves* | 3,874 | 53.21 | −8.49 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vernon Whelan | 1,789 | 24.57 | −0.10 |
| | Labour | James Newton | 1,156 | 15.88 | +2.25 |
| | Green | Richard Howson | 462 | 6.35 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,085 | 28.64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,307 | 80.92 | +34.78 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wibsey ward

Wibsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Lynne Smith* | 2,454 | 40.30 | +5.65 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sheard | 1,422 | 23.35 | +0.82 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Boulton | 1,158 | 19.01 | 6.56 |
| | BNP | David Bond | 765 | 12.56 | −17.81 |
| | UKIP | Jamie Illingworth | 291 | 4.78 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,032 | 16.95 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,111 | 62.52 | +23.20 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Windhill & Wrose ward

Windhill and Wrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Vanda Greenwood* | 2,710 | 39.58 | +11.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Thorne | 2,174 | 31.75 | 4.70 |
| | Conservative | Richard Sibley | 1,182 | 17.26 | +0.14 |
| | BNP | John Mills | 781 | 11.41 | −12.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 536 | 7.83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,868 | 64.53 | 24.53 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Worth Valley ward

Worth Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Glen Miller* | 3,387 | 45.44 | +7.51 |
| | Labour | Mark Curtis | 2,274 | 30.51 | +4.55 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Harris | 1,350 | 18.11 | +6.60 |
| | Independent | Brian Morris | 443 | 5.94 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,113 | 14.93 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,502 | 73.94 | +28.72 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wyke ward

Wyke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Warburton* | 2,369 | 38.12 | +6.12 |
| | Conservative | Richard Milczanowski | 1,705 | 27.44 | +1.42 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hall | 1,073 | 17.27 | +3.99 |
| | BNP | Stephen Cromie | 792 | 12.75 | −15.96 |
| | Democratic Nationalists | Neil Craig | 275 | 4.43 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 664 | 10.69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,237 | 64.05 | −20.48 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2010 and 2011 elections

Vote changes correspond to 2010 Council election.

### Worth Valley ward

This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Kris Hopkins (Conservative Party), who resigned having won the Keighley parliamentary seat in the 2010 general election.
Worth Valley by-election, 25 November 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Russell Brown | 1,020 | 47.84 | +2.40 |
| | Labour | Mark Curtis | 697 | 32.69 | +2.19 |
| | Green | Robert Swindells | 235 | 11.02 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Purvis | 180 | 8.44 | −9.67 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 323 | 15.15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,139 | 19.46 | −58.48 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |