2007 UK local government election
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 3 May 2007.[1][2]
Ward results
An asterisk denotes an incumbent
Baildon ward
Baildon 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 | 238 | 4.4 | |
Turnout | 5,365 | 46.14 | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Bingley ward
Bingley 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 | 1,733 | 31.1 | |
Turnout | 5,577 | 43.86 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bingley Rural ward
Bingley Rural 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 | 2,235 | 40.3 | |
Turnout | 5,551 | 41.69 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bolton & Undercliffe ward
Bolton and Undercliffe 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 | | | |
Turnout | 3,932 | 35.98 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Bowling & Barkerend ward
Bowling and Barkerend 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 | 739 | 16.3 | |
Turnout | 4,522 | 39.12 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bradford Moor ward
Bradford Moor 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 | 334 | 6.0 | |
Turnout | 5,562 | 48.64 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
City ward
City 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 | 1,232 | 28.8 | |
Turnout | 4,281 | 40.07 | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Clayton & Fairweather Green ward
Clayton & Fairweather Green 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 | 151 | 3.4 | |
Turnout | 4,465 | 41.94 | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Craven ward
Craven 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 | 1,335 | 28.2 | |
Turnout | 4,734 | 38.80 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Eccleshill ward
Eccleshill 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 | 927 | 21 | |
Turnout | 4,409 | 38.69 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Great Horton ward
Great Horton 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 | 302 | 6.8 | |
Turnout | 4,455 | 40.76 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Heaton ward
Heaton 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 | 466 | 9.2 | |
Turnout | 5,082 | 50.12 | |
| Labour gain from Green | Swing | | |
Idle & Thackley ward
Idle and Thackley 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 | 1,886 | 41.4 | |
Turnout | 4,557 | 39.10 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Ilkley ward
Ilkley 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 | 1,899 | 37.6 | |
Turnout | 5,054 | 45.01 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Keighley Central ward
Labour incumbent Lynne Joyce was controversially dropped by the party for this election in favour of Mark Taylor.[3]
Keighley Central 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 | 1,060 | 19.9 | |
Turnout | 5,323 | 49.40 | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Keighley East ward
Keighley East 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 | 90 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 4,810 | 41.20 | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Keighley West ward
Keighley West 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 | 802 | 19.7 | |
Turnout | 4,062 | 36.80 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Little Horton ward
Little Horton 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 | 1,733 | 44.2 | |
Turnout | 3,921 | 37.99 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Manningham ward
Manningham 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 | 1,222 | 21.4 | |
Turnout | 5,701 | 53.55 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Queensbury ward
Queensbury 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 | 155 | 3.3 | |
Turnout | 4,693 | 41.59 | |
| BNP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Royds ward
Royds 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 | 276 | 6.9 | |
Turnout | 3,975 | 34.78 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Shipley ward
Shipley 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 | 947 | 19.2 | |
Turnout | 4,924 | 46.07 | |
| Green hold | Swing | | |
Thornton & Allerton ward
Thornton and Allerton 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 | 685 | 16.2 | |
Turnout | 4,237 | 37.60 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Toller ward
Toller 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 | 168 | 2.9 | |
Turnout | 5,705 | 49.63 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Tong ward
Tong 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 | 811 | 25.0 | |
Turnout | 3,243 | 28.30 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Wharfedale ward
Wharfedale 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 | 1,797 | 45.7 | |
Turnout | 3,929 | 42.99 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wibsey ward
Wibsey 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 | 418 | 10.3 | |
Turnout | 4,053 | 38.89 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Windhill & Wrose ward
Windhill and Wrose 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 | 146 | 3.2 | |
Turnout | 4,599 | 41.94 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Worth Valley ward
Worth Valley 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 | 543 | 12.2 | |
Turnout | 4,443 | 42.35 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wyke ward
Wyke 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 | 313 | 7.9 | |
Turnout | 3,954 | 37.88 | |
| Labour gain from BNP | Swing | | |
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