Bradford local elections

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One third of Bradford Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

Conservative 1973 - 1980

Labour 1980 - 1982

No overall control 1982 - 1986

Labour 1986 - 1988

No overall control 1988 - 1990

Labour 1990 - 2000

No overall control 2000 - present

[edit] Council elections

Bradford Council election, 1998

Bradford Council election, 1999

Bradford Council election, 2000

Bradford Council election, 2002

Bradford Council election, 2003

Bradford Council election, 2004

Bradford Council election, 2006

Bradford Council election, 2007

Bradford Council election, 2008

[edit] By-election results

Heaton By-Election 26 September 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,041	50.4
	Labour		1,808	44.6
	Liberal Democrat		202	5.0
Majority			233	5.8
Turnout			4,051	34.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shipley West By-Election 9 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,263	36.8	-6.7
	Conservative		1,222	35.6	-0.6
	Green		667	19.4	+8.0
	Liberal Democrat		284	8.3	-0.6
Majority			41	1.2
Turnout			3,436
	Labour hold		Swing

Baildon By-Election 20 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,614	52.3	-1.0
	Conservative		1,077	34.9	-0.7
	Labour		372	12.1	+1.0
	Independent		22	0.7	+0.7
Majority			537	17.4
Turnout			3,085	24.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Little Horton By-Election 18 March 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,227	60.2	+18.5
	Conservative		538	26.4	-14.2
	Liberal Democrat		272	13.4	+4.3
Majority			689	33.8
Turnout			2,037	17.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Bowling By-Election 22 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Niland	1,014	44.0	-8.4
	Conservative	Zameer Shah	777	33.7	+5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Rupert Oliver	473	20.5	+8.6
Majority			237	10.3
Turnout			2,264	18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensbury By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		3,217	45.5	+16.0
	Conservative		2,744	38.8	-15.8
	Liberal Democrat		892	12.6	-4.6
	Independent		203	2.9	-2.0
	Asian		13	0.2	+0.2
Majority			473	6.7
Turnout			7,069	53.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bingley Rural By-Election 6 December 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Juliette Kinsey	1,576	65.2	-0.7
	Labour	James Newton	642	26.6	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	James Stewart	150	6.2	-2.4
	Green	John Love	50	2.1	-1.9
Majority			934	38.6
Turnout			2,418	20.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Horton By-Election 16 October 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Devlin	926	36.9	-0.9
	Conservative	Richard Milczanowski	764	30.4	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Michell	692	27.6	+10.5
	Green	Derek Curtis	129	5.1	-1.5
Majority			162	6.5
Turnout			2,511	23.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Craven By-Election 16 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Naylor	1,304	57.0	+13.4
	Labour	Steven Carter	669	29.2	+10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Frances McAulay	315	13.8	-3.7
Majority			635	27.8
Turnout			2,288	18.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Keighley West By-Election 23 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Sinfield	1,819	47.0	+22.2
	British National Party	Ian Dawson	1,216	31.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Lionel Lockley	627	16.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria Salmons	208	5.4	-4.8
Majority			603	15.6
Turnout			3,870	35.1
	Labour gain from British National Party		Swing

[edit] External links

• Bradford Council