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 -

[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

[edit] By-election results

Heaton By-Election 26 September 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		2,041	50.4
	Labour		1,808	44.6
	Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats		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 Democrats 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 Democrats		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 Democrats	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 Democrats		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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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	Ian Dawson	1,216	31.4	+2.3
	Conservative	Lionel Lockley	627	16.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Salmons	208	5.4	-4.8
Majority			603	15.6
Turnout			3,870	35.1
	Labour gain from British National		Swing

[edit] External links

• Bradford Council