2003 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

2003 UK local government election

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 1 May 2003. Before the election, Wibsey Labour councillor, Keith Thomson, had defected to Independent. One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2003
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	13	1	2	1	43.3	30.4	33,604	-8.0%
Conservative	10	1	3	2	33.3	32.6	35,988	-5.9%
Liberal Democrats	6	2	0	2	20.0	23.4	25,885	+6.8%
Green	1	1	0	1	3.3	5.6	6,140	+1.7%
BNP	0	0	0		0.0	5.8	6,391	+5.4%
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	2,170	-0.0%
Socialist Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	235	-0.0%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	38	36
	Labour	37	36
	Liberal Democrat	12	14
	Green	2	3
	Independent	1	1
Total		90	90
Working majority		-14	-18

Ward results

Baildon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Malcolm Cole	2,365	46.2	−2.4
	Conservative	Edward Ward	1,207	23.6	−15.8
	BNP	David Hobson	842	16.4	+16.4
	Labour	Miranda Vasey	564	11.0	+2.8
	Green	Kevin Warnes	143	2.8	−1.1
Majority			1,158	22.6	+13.4
Turnout			5,125	42.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.7

Bingley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Owens	1,972	49.4	−1.7
	Labour	Frank Needham	1,231	30.8	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Sykes	505	12.6	+3.0
	Green	Arthur John Arnold	283	7.1	+1.1
Majority			741	18.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,001	37.6	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Bingley Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Cooke	2,149	57.4	−5.5
	Labour	James Newton	871	23.3	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fielden	474	12.7	+4.3
	Green	Brian Newham	250	6.7	+1.7
Majority			1,278	34.1	−5.0
Turnout			3,779	32.2	−4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.5

Bolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Gray	1,866	52.6	−10.2
	BNP	Arthur Bentley	657	18.5	+18.5
	Labour	Jagtar Deol	606	17.1	−3.8
	Conservative	Peter Benson	420	11.8	−4.6
Majority			1,209	34.1	−7.8
Turnout			3,552	35.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-14.3

Bowling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Oliver	2,077	61.3	+30.1
	Labour	Mohammed Darr	809	23.9	−21.3
	Conservative	Fayzul Islam	500	14.8	−8.8
Majority			1,268	37.4	+23.5
Turnout			3,395	29.9	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+25.7

Bradford Moor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammod Islam	1,945	41.7	+30.4
	Conservative	Sakhawat Hussain	1,577	33.8	−12.8
	Labour	Susanne Rooney	1,147	24.6	−17.6
Majority			368	7.9	+3.4
Turnout			4,727	44.5	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+21.6

Clayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Byrom	1,267	35.5	−8.6
	Labour	Olayemi Fagborun	1,058	29.6	−6.5
	BNP	Lynda Cromie	691	19.3	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Leeming	449	12.6	−3.0
	Green	Alexander Suchi	107	3.0	−1.2
Majority			209	5.8	−2.1
Turnout			3,578	34.9	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.0

Craven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Emmott	2,178	56.6	+1.8
	Labour	Francis Harrison	996	25.9	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Hay	671	17.4	+4.0
Majority			1,182	30.7	+7.6
Turnout			3,858	31.1	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Eccleshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Attenborough	1,130	37.9	+5.0
	Labour	Gareth Logan	847	28.4	−3.2
	BNP	Kerry Bedford	519	17.4	+2.7
	Conservative	Richard Sheard	431	14.4	−3.6
	Green	Joan Foulds	56	1.9	+1.9
Majority			283	9.5	+8.2
Turnout			2,987	32.4	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.1

Great Horton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Godward	1,263	37.8	−17.7
	Conservative	Richard Milczanowski	739	22.1	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Chadwick	573	17.1	+8.8
	BNP	James Breslin	546	16.3	+16.3
	Green	Derek Curtis	221	6.6	+1.0
Majority			524	15.7	−9.4
Turnout			3,346	31.3	−2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.7

Heaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Fielding	1,544	35.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Mohammad Masood	1,238	28.4	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Mirza	1,124	25.8	+19.0
	Green	John Francis Love	448	10.3	+5.0
Majority			306	7.0	+0.2
Turnout			4,372	37.9	−5.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.9

Idle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Lesley Ozolins	2,266	52.1	+1.8
	BNP	Stewart Williams	874	20.1	+20.1
	Conservative	Harry Sissling	596	13.7	−14.5
	Labour	Shofiqul Islam	497	11.4	−10.2
	Green	Judith Wever	119	2.7	+2.7
Majority			1,392	32.0	+9.9
Turnout			4,359	35.4	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-9.1

Ilkley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Smith	2,441	57.9	−6.3
	Labour	Paul Dutton	994	23.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Keeley	777	18.4	+6.1
Majority			1,447	34.3	−6.5
Turnout			4,240	38.6	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.2

Keighley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Slater	1,598	38.4	−9.4
	Conservative	Nancy Holdsworth	1,293	31.1	−10.0
	Green	Arif Hussain	871	20.9	+20.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Main	397	9.5	−1.6
Majority			305	7.3	+0.6
Turnout			4,174	37.9	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Keighley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Joyce	1,149	51.2	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Campbell Brown	568	25.3	+14.2
	Conservative	Robert Payne	529	23.5	−2.9
Majority			581	25.9	−10.1
Turnout			2,282	26.4	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.7

Keighley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Thorne	1,123	34.6	−10.2
	Conservative	David McKay	949	29.2	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Isa Khan	504	15.5	+5.5
	Independent	Brian Hudson	407	12.5	−1.6
	Independent	John Philip	264	8.1	+8.1
Majority			174	5.4	−8.2
Turnout			3,274	29.2	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

Little Horton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Greenwood	1,297	43.5	−7.5
	Conservative	Khadam Hussain	1,119	37.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michell	444	14.9	+7.6
	Green	Brian Ford	123	4.1	−0.3
Majority			174	6.0	−10.3
Turnout			2,991	30.9	−5.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.1

Odsal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Adam Green	1,604	50.7	−0.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Stubbs	871	27.5	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Boulton	687	21.7	+6.3
Majority			733	23.2	+3.2
Turnout			3,184	27.3	−4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.6

Queensbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Smith	1,633	32.9	−10.1
	BNP	Paul Cromie	1,489	30.0	+30.0
	Labour	Carolyn Lowing	1,370	27.6	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lambert	472	9.5	−1.1
Majority			144	2.9	+0.4
Turnout			4,969	37.4	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-20.0

Rombalds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Palmer	2,678	57.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ambrose Micklem	906	19.3	+0.8
	Labour	Andrew Dundas	860	18.3	−6.4
	Green	Julie Cowdery	243	5.2	+5.2
Majority			1,772	37.8	+5.7
Turnout			4,704	37.2	−3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.2

Shipley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Blackburn	1,172	38.9	−12.0
	BNP	Christopher Hill	773	25.6	+25.6
	Conservative	Derek Taylor	470	15.6	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Hall	464	15.4	−2.9
	Green	Christina Love	135	4.5	−2.3
Majority			399	13.2	−13.7
Turnout			3,016	31.3	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.8

Shipley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Robert Nicholls	2,423	50.3	+8.2
	Conservative	William Mills Oldfield	1,298	26.9	−3.1
	Labour	Vanda Greenwood	700	14.5	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Cole	397	8.2	+2.8
Majority			1,125	23.3	+11.3
Turnout			4,834	42.7	−4.4
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.6

Thornton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Buffham	1,381	44.1	+1.0
	Independent	Melanie Milnes	876	28.0	+0.3
	Labour	Catherine Rowen	540	17.2	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Weston	216	6.9	+1.2
	Green	Michael Rawnsley	119	3.8	+0.4
Majority			505	16.1	+0.7
Turnout			3,137	33.2	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Toller
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amir Hussain	1,623	43.1	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Reid	1,259	33.4	+27.6
	Conservative	John Robertshaw	886	23.5	−12.8
Majority			364	9.7	−11.9
Turnout			3,791	32.5	−16.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.2

Tong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Johnson	1,172	63.2	+0.4
	Conservative	Michael George Ellis	379	20.4	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Collins	304	16.4	+5.2
Majority			793	42.7	+6.0
Turnout			1,863	20.0	−4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.0

Undercliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Jamil	1,124	36.5	+5.8
	Labour	Raymond Bage	890	28.9	−13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Hallmann	839	27.3	+5.8
	Green	Steven Schofield	222	7.2	+1.6
Majority			234	7.6	−3.7
Turnout			3,102	31.1	−3.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.5

University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Munir Ahmed	1,937	39.7	−15.9
	Conservative	Meherban Hussain	1,221	25.0	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Naveed Ilyas	721	14.8	+10.0
	Independent	Karl Dallas	623	12.8	+12.8
	Green	John Robinson	377	7.7	+2.4
Majority			716	14.7	−6.5
Turnout			4,906	36.2	−7.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-3.3

Wibsey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ralph Ritchie Berry	1,400	50.6	−9.3
	Conservative	Dorothy Craven	859	31.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Boulton	508	18.4	+6.9
Majority			541	19.5	−11.7
Turnout			2,788	28.8	−4.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.8

Worth Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glen Miller	1,653	45.7	+4.0
	Labour	Mark Curtis	1,279	35.4	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Harris	448	12.4	+3.9
	Socialist Alliance	Jillian Crowther	235	6.5	+6.5
Majority			374	10.3	−2.0
Turnout			3,636	30.6	−5.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.0

Wyke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Watson	1,463	50.1	+3.9
	Conservative	John Arthur Stead	930	31.8	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Boulton	529	18.1	−2.6
Majority			533	18.2	+5.2
Turnout			2,940	25.4	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

By-elections between 2003 and 2004

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	−9.2
Turnout			2,511	23.4	−7.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	-4.6

References

"Councillors: By Party". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
"Election 2003: party totals". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ "2003 elections" (PDF). bradford.gov. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
"Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
"Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

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