2006 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on 4 May 2006.^[1][2]

Ward results[]

An asterisk denotes an incumbent

Baildon ward[]

Baildon

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[]

Bingley

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[]

Bingley Rural

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[]

Bolton and Undercliffe

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[]

Bowling and Barkerend

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zameer Shah*	1,792	38.1
	Labour	Raymomd 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[]

Bradford Moor

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[]

City

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[]

Clayton & Fairweather Green

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[]

Craven

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[]

Eccleshill

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			63	1.6
Turnout			3,995	35.32
	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.^[3]

Great Horton

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
Turnout			3,848	35.02
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heaton ward[]

Heaton

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[]

Idle and Thackley

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[]

Ilkley

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			1,668	35.1
Turnout			4,748	42.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keighley Central ward[]

Keighley Central

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			912	17.5
Turnout			5,222	49.14
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley East ward[]

Keighley East

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[]

Keighley West

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			334	7.4
Turnout			4,526	41.08
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Horton ward[]

Little Horton

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[]

Manningham

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[]

Queensbury

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[]

Royds

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[]

Shipley

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[]

Thornton and Allerton

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[]

Toller

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[]

Tong

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[]

Wharfedale

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[]

Wibsey

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[]

Windhill and Wrose

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			49	1.1
Turnout			4,311	40.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Worth Valley ward[]

Worth Valley

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[]

Wyke

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

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