The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 4 May 2006.[1][2]
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One third of seats (32 of 90) to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 46 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the 2006 Bradford council election results. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, BNP in dark blue and Greens in green. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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 edit
An asterisk denotes an incumbent
Baildon ward edit
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 | 475 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,369 | 46.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bingley ward edit
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 | 1,808 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,441 | 43.59 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bingley Rural ward edit
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 | 1,776 | 31.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,609 | 42.23 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bolton & Undercliffe ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Gray* | 2,146 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | Anthony Niland | 958 | 25.3 | ||
Conservative | John Robertshaw | 679 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 1,188 | 31.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,783 | 34.49 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bowling & Barkerend ward edit
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 | 503 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,700 | 40.87 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Bradford Moor ward edit
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 | 643 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,025 | 44.86 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
City ward edit
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 | 1,993 | 56.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,507 | 32.17 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Clayton & Fairweather Green ward edit
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 | 51 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,258 | 39.27 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Craven ward edit
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 | 1,636 | 37.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,387 | 36.01 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Eccleshill ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 63 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,995 | 35.32 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Great Horton ward edit
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.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
Turnout | 3,848 | 35.02 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heaton ward edit
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 | 333 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,497 | 44.89 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Idle & Thackley ward edit
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 | |||||
Turnout | 4,503 | 38.67 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Ilkley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Colin Powell | 2,760 | 58.1 | ||
Labour | Andrew Dundas | 1,092 | 23.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Beaumont | 896 | 18.9 | ||
Majority | 1,668 | 35.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,748 | 42.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Keighley Central ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Shamim Akhtar | 2,367 | 45.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kaneez Akhtar | 1,455 | 27.9 | ||
Conservative | Russell Brown | 1,400 | 26.8 | ||
Majority | 912 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,222 | 49.14 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Keighley East ward edit
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 | 590 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,966 | 42.55 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Keighley West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 334 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,526 | 41.08 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Little Horton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Naveeda Ikram | 2,456 | 68.4 | ||
Conservative | Asad Malik | 610 | 17.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Massen | 525 | 14.6 | ||
Majority | 1,846 | 51.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,591 | 34.80 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Manningham ward edit
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 | 52 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,726 | 45.51 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Queensbury ward edit
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 | 296 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,752 | 42.52 | |||
BNP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Royds ward edit
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 | 143 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,788 | 34.02 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shipley ward edit
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 | 576 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,115 | 47.60 | |||
Green hold | Swing |
Thornton & Allerton ward edit
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 | 189 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,533 | 39.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Toller ward edit
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 | 642 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,694 | 50.97 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Tong ward edit
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 | 266 | 8.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,164 | 28.00 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wharfedale ward edit
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 | 1,543 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,167 | 46.14 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wibsey ward edit
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 | 176 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,119 | 39.33 | |||
Labour gain from BNP | Swing |
Windhill & Wrose ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 49 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,311 | 40.01 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Worth Valley ward edit
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 | 565 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,719 | 45.22 | |||
Conservative gain from BNP | Swing |
Wyke ward edit
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 | 131 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,978 | 37.86 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Local elections 2006: Bradford". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ Local election results 2006 (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ Staff writer (17 July 2006). "Disgraced councillor made £12,000 claim". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 25 September 2017.