2002 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2002^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	14	1	4	3	46.7	38.4	46,788	+4.0%
Conservative	11	3	2	1	36.7	38.5	46,837	-5.2%
Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	1	13.3	16.6	20,178	+1.1%
Green	1	1	0	1	3.3	3.9	4,775	+0.6%
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	2,430	-0.9%
BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	486	+0.4%
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	257	+0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	41	38
	Conservative	37	38
	Liberal Democrat	11	12
	Green	1	2
Total		90	90
Working majority		-8	-14

Ward results

Baildon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alastair Thornton	2,399	48.6	+2.1
	Conservative	Edward Ward	1,942	39.3	−0.5
	Labour	Isa Khan	405	8.2	−3.2
	Green	Kevin Warnes	192	3.9	+1.7
Majority			457	9.2	+2.6
Turnout			4,944	40.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.3

Bingley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Gill	2,265	51.1	−3.9
	Labour	Frank Needham	1,471	33.2	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sykes	428	9.7	+3.1
	Green	Arthur Arnold	264	6.0	+1.9
Majority			794	17.9	−2.8
Turnout			4,438	42.0	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.4

Bingley Rural^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Eaton	2,733	62.9	−3.0
	Labour	David Brown	1,032	23.7	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Cole	362	8.3	−0.2
	Green	John Francis Love	218	5.0	+1.3
Majority			1,701	39.1	−4.8
Turnout			4,350	37.0	+5.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.4

Bolton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Hillary	2,317	62.7	+5.4
	Labour	Jagtar Deol	770	20.8	−0.6
	Conservative	John Robertshaw	606	16.4	−4.7
Majority			1,547	41.9	+6.1
Turnout			3,711	36.6	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.0

Bowling^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Niland	1,683	45.2	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Oliver	1,163	31.2	+19.3
	Conservative	Habib-Ur Rehman	876	23.5	−4.7
Majority			520	14.0	−10.2
Turnout			3,747	31.7	+10.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.2

Bradford Moor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Azhar Mahmood	2,159	46.6	+12.0
	Labour	Susanne Rooney	1,952	42.1	−14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Raihanna Ismail	522	11.3	+2.0
Majority			207	4.5	−17.0
Turnout			4,658	43.7	+13.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+13.0

Clayton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Servant	1,454	44.1	−9.3
	Labour	Olayemi Fagborun	1,192	36.1	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Leeming	513	15.6	+5.4
	Green	Alexander Suchi	138	4.2	+1.0
Majority			262	7.9	−12.2
Turnout			3,304	32.4	+4.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-6.1

Craven^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Dawson	2,358	54.9	+4.9
	Labour	Francis Harrison	1,364	31.7	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ambrose Micklem	576	13.4	+6.3
Majority			994	23.1	−2.7
Turnout			4,304	34.5	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.9

Eccleshill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Ann Wallace	1,087	32.9	−5.2
	Labour	Gareth Logan	1,045	31.6	−0.7
	Conservative	Richard Sheard	598	18.1	−11.5
	BNP	Arthur Bentley	486	14.7	+14.7
	Independent	Audrey Raistrick	90	2.7	+2.7
Majority			42	1.3	−4.5
Turnout			3,310	35.9	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	-2.2

Great Horton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Flowers	2,051	55.5	+14.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Stubbs	1,125	30.4	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Mangeolles	310	8.4	−0.9
	Green	Derek Curtis	209	5.7	+5.7
Majority			926	25.1	+23.0
Turnout			3,698	34.0	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.5

Heaton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Stanley King	2,380	46.7	+6.0
	Labour	Imran Ahmed Khan	2,032	39.9	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Wright	346	6.8	+1.0
	Green	Helen Kemp	271	5.3	−0.7
	Socialist Alliance	Howard Miles	68	1.3	+1.3
Majority			348	6.8	−0.1
Turnout			5,104	43.0	+7.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.8

Idle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Sunderland	2,192	50.3	+1.5
	Conservative	Philip Kirkpatrick	1,228	28.2	−1.9
	Labour	Mark Fieldhouse	941	21.6	+0.4
Majority			964	22.1	+3.4
Turnout			4,377	35.6	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.7

Ilkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Hawkesworth	3,048	64.2	−0.8
	Labour	Paul Dutton	1,109	23.4	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carsten Svensgaard	587	12.4	−6.3
Majority			1,939	40.9	−5.4
Turnout			4,478	43.0	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.9

Keighley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maxine Hepworth	1,933	47.8	+8.4
	Conservative	Mark Startin	1,661	41.1	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Main	450	11.1	+0.2
Majority			272	6.7	−3.6
Turnout			4,059	37.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.5

Keighley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Prestage	1,640	62.4	+4.2
	Conservative	David McKay	696	26.5	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Hallmann	292	11.1	−1.2
Majority			944	35.9	+7.2
Turnout			2,653	29.8	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Keighley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Ellison-Wood	1,715	44.7	+3.1
	Conservative	Nancy Holdsworth	1,194	31.2	−0.7
	Independent	Brian Hudson	541	14.1	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cristopher Campbell Brown	382	10.0	+1.3
Majority			521	13.6	+3.8
Turnout			3,845	34.1	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.9

Little Horton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Taj Mubarik Salam	1,903	50.9	+0.4
	Conservative	Jamshed Khan	1,297	34.7	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Massen	273	7.3	−0.1
	Green	Brian Ford	167	4.5	−0.2
	Socialist Alliance	Ann Morgan	96	2.6	+2.6
Majority			606	16.2	+3.1
Turnout			3,745	36.8	+10.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Odsal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James O'Neill	1,921	51.0	+9.0
	Conservative	Michael Ellis	1,170	31.1	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Boulton	579	15.4	+0.1
	Socialist Alliance	Ateeq Siddique	93	2.5	+2.5
Majority			751	20.0	+19.4
Turnout			3,776	32.0	+7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.3

Queensbury^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Hanson	1,706	43.0	−11.6
	Labour	Geoffrey Green	1,606	40.5	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Robert Saul	420	10.6	+2.6
	Green	Eileen Allen	235	5.9	+2.9
Majority			100	2.5	−22.6
Turnout			3,975	30.1	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-11.3

Rombalds^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Greaves	2,892	56.8	−5.0
	Labour	Graham Hill	1,258	24.7	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Hall	942	18.5	+1.8
Majority			1,634	32.1	−8.2
Turnout			5,103	40.2	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.1

Shipley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Miller	1,443	50.9	−2.8
	Conservative	Derek Taylor	680	24.0	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Craig	519	18.3	+1.4
	Green	Christina Love	192	6.8	+2.6
Majority			763	26.9	−1.7
Turnout			2,843	29.4	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Shipley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin Love	2,252	42.0	+5.0
	Conservative	John Anthony Carroll	1,609	30.0	−2.6
	Labour	Vanda Greenwood	405	22.5	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Dale	292	5.4	+0.1
Majority			643	12.0	+7.6
Turnout			5,362	47.1	+3.7
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.8

Thornton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Richardson	1,428	43.1	−24.4
	Independent	Melanie Milnes	917	27.7	+27.7
	Labour	Gordon Winter	666	20.1	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Weston	188	5.7	−8.1
	Green	Michael Anthony Rawnsley	114	3.4	−0.7
Majority			511	15.4	−37.5
Turnout			3,314	34.9	+7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-26.0

Toller^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Imran Hussain (British Politician)	3,416	57.9	+12.8
	Conservative	Amjad Hussain	2,143	36.3	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Naveed Ilyas	345	5.8	−1.6
Majority			1,273	21.6	+19.2
Turnout			5,950	49.2	+3.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.0

Tong^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ruding	1,424	62.8	+12.0
	Conservative	J. Stead	591	26.1	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	S. Lambert	253	11.2	−2.0
Majority			833	36.7	+21.9
Turnout			2,268	24.3	+7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.0

Undercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Sowman	1,467	42.1	+11.0
	Conservative	Mohammad Masood	1,072	30.8	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Moore	476	21.4	−3.0
	Green	Steven Schofield	196	5.6	+1.7
Majority			395	11.3	+2.1
Turnout			3,502	34.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.3

University^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Choudhary Rangzeb	3,431	55.6	+11.2
	Conservative	Khadim Hussain	2,121	34.4	−9.7
	Green	John Edward Robinson	327	5.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Chadwick	293	4.7	−0.0
Majority			1,310	21.2	+20.8
Turnout			6,194	43.9	+12.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.4

Wibsey^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Thomson	1,987	59.9	+10.9
	Conservative	Dorothy Craven	951	28.7	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Beaumont	380	11.41	−0.4
Majority			1,036	31.2	+21.4
Turnout			3,330	33.7	+4.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

Worth Valley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kristan Hopkins	1,810	41.8	−1.7
	Labour	Mark Curtis	1,273	29.4	+2.6
	Independent	David Samuels	882	20.3	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Quayle	369	8.5	+2.7
Majority			537	12.4	−4.3
Turnout			4,349	36.5	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.1

Wyke^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Cummins	1,455	46.2	+12.8
	Conservative	John David Hardy	1,044	33.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hall	405	20.7	−5.3
Majority			411	13.0	+5.8
Turnout			3,163	27.4	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "2002 results" (PDF). Bradford.gov. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "2002 results" (PDF). Bradford.gov. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[BBC-2] "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

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