2000 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 2000, with one third of the council up for election. Labour lost control of the council to no overall control. [1][2]

Map of the results for the 2000 Bradford council election.

Election result
Bradford Local Election Result 2000[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 15 11 0 11 50.0 43.7 45,422 +4.0%
  Labour 10 0 13 13 33.3 34.4 35,729 -3.9%
  Liberal Democrats 4 1 0 1 13.3 15.5 16,094 -1.3%
  Green 1 1 0 1 3.3 3.3 3,410 +0.7%
  Independent 0 0 0 0.0 2.9 2,980 +0.4%
  Asian League 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 195 +0.2%
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 97 +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 54 41
Conservative 26 37
Liberal Democrat 10 11
Green 0 1
Total 90 90
Working majority  18   -8 

Ward results
Baildon[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Briggs 1,982 46.5 -8.4
Conservative Edward Christopher Ward 1,699 39.9 +9.7
Labour Carol Ann Jennings 484 11.4 -1.4
Green Kevin Robert Warnes 95 2.2 +0.1
Majority 283 6.6 -18.1
Turnout 4,260 35.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.0
Bingley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Heseltine 2,243 55.1 +5.0
Labour Eileen Mary Sinclair 1,399 34.3 -3.4
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Anne Walter 267 6.5 -1.5
Green Muriel Winifred Thompson 165 4.0 -0.2
Majority 844 20.7 +8.4
Turnout 4,074 38.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.2
Bingley Rural[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phyllis Vera Pettit 2,479 65.9 +3.4
Labour James Albert Newton 824 21.9 -3.9
Liberal Democrats Timothy Iain Mead 322 8.5 -0.6
Green Arthur Albert John Arnold 139 3.7 +1.1
Majority 1,655 44.0 +7.4
Turnout 3,764 31.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
Bolton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Middleton 1,675 57.3 +3.4
Labour Peter Cheney 628 21.5 -5.2
Conservative Michael Thomas Looby 618 21.2 +1.9
Majority 1,047 35.8 +8.6
Turnout 2,921 28.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.3
Bowling[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Ryan 1,391 52.4 -6.8
Conservative John Cecil David Hardy 750 28.3 +9.1
Liberal Democrats Julie Rosemary Harrington 317 11.9 -9.6
Asian League Farhan Hussain Khokhar 195 7.4 +7.4
Majority 641 24.2 -13.6
Turnout 2,653 21.5
Labour hold Swing -7.9
Bradford Moor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ghazanfer Khaliq 1,827 56.1 +21.8
Conservative Asad Mercury Malik 1,128 34.6 -22.8
Liberal Democrats James E Mangeolles 302 9.3 +1.0
Majority 699 21.5 -1.7
Turnout 3,257 30.4
Labour hold Swing +22.3
Clayton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Malcolm Sykes 1,561 53.4 +3.9
Labour Gillian Margaret Whitfield 973 33.3 -3.4
Liberal Democrats Edward John Hallmann 297 10.2 -1.0
Green Alexander Suchi 92 3.1 +0.4
Majority 588 20.1 +7.3
Turnout 2,923 28.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.6
Craven[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Keith James Harrison 2,059 49.9 +6.4
Independent Christopher Michael Atkinson 993 24.1 -0.4
Labour Benita Eileen Smith 779 18.9 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Hamish Gordon Hay 293 7.1 -4.4
Majority 1,066 25.8 +6.8
Turnout 4,124 33.0
Conservative hold Swing +3.4
Eccleshill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alun Own Griffiths 1,002 38.1 +0.1
Labour Susanne Rooney 851 32.3 -0.7
Conservative James Ralph Ryder 780 29.6 +0.6
Majority 222 5.7 +0.7
Turnout 2,633 27.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +0.4
Great Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moira Crabtree 1,358 43.0 +4.3
Labour Geoffrey Green 1,294 41.0 -5.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Wright 292 9.2 -1.9
Independent Mohd Afzal 212 6.7 +6.7
Majority 64 2.0 -5.4
Turnout 3,156 28.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.7
Heaton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Craig Pitts 2,046 47.6 +4.1
Conservative John Antony Robertshaw 1,747 40.6 -2.2
Green Helen Theyer Kemp 257 6.0 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Hugh Alaric Tooby 248 5.8 -7.8
Majority 299 7.0 +6.3
Turnout 4,298 35.6
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Idle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Ward 1,732 48.7 -8.4
Conservative Philip Sweeney Kirkpatrick 1,068 30.1 +11.3
Labour Gareth David Logan 753 21.2 -2.9
Majority 664 18.7 -14.3
Turnout 3,553 30.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.8
Ilkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin George Powell 2,633 65.0 +5.4
Liberal Democrats James Francis Keeley 758 18.7 +4.3
Labour Talib Hussain 658 16.2 -9.6
Majority 1,875 46.3 +12.6
Turnout 4,049 36.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Keighley North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Charles Mallinson 1,932 49.7 +13.5
Labour Alexander James MacPherson 1,531 39.4 -15.4
Liberal Democrats Judith Brooksbank 424 10.9 +1.9
Majority 401 10.3 -8.4
Turnout 3,887 35.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +14.4
Keighley South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Thomas 1,363 58.2 -9.3
Conservative Mark Francis Startin 690 29.5 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Ian James Inness 289 12.3 +1.8
Majority 673 28.7 -16.7
Turnout 2,342 25.1
Labour hold Swing -8.3
Keighley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Geoffrey Mudd 1,583 41.7 -1.6
Conservative Arshed Majeed 1,209 31.8 +0.2
Independent Brian Hudson 677 17.8 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Tracy Lorraine Keeley 328 8.6 +1.2
Majority 374 9.8 -1.8
Turnout 3,797 32.3
Labour hold Swing -0.9
Little Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sher Khan 1,474 50.5 -9.2
Conservative Jamshed Khan 1,091 37.4 +10.5
Liberal Democrats John Brian Massen 217 7.4 -2.1
Green Brian Richard Ford 136 4.7 +2.4
Majority 383 13.1 -19.7
Turnout 2,918 26.7
Labour hold Swing -9.8
Odsal[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Johnson 1,257 42.6 +8.9
Labour James O'Neill 1,239 42.0 -9.6
Liberal Democrats Brian James Boulton 451 15.3 +0.7
Majority 18 0.6 -17.2
Turnout 2,947 24.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.2
Queensbury[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Walls 1,802 54.6 +6.0
Labour Gordon Winter 974 29.5 -8.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Elizabeth Lambert 264 8.0 -2.3
Independent George Frank Riseborough 162 4.9 +1.6
Green Derek Curtis 98 3.0 +3.0
Majority 828 25.1 +14.3
Turnout 3,300 26.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.1
Rombalds[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dale Smith 2,799 61.8 +7.5
Labour David Leslie Anderson 975 21.5 -2.4
Liberal Democrats John Hall 757 16.7 -5.1
Majority 1,824 40.3 +9.8
Turnout 4,531 35.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.9
Shipley East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phillip Thornton 1,300 53.8 +0.8
Conservative Michael Bryn Allcock 607 25.1 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Pollard 410 17.0 -3.9
Green Martin John Love 101 4.2 -0.8
Majority 693 28.7 -3.0
Turnout 2,418 23.8
Labour hold Swing -1.5
Shipley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Michael Ford 1,859 37.0 +7.3
Conservative David John Servant 1,256 32.6 -0.9
Labour James Robert Flood 1,256 25.0 -5.8
Liberal Democrats Ronald Craig 266 5.3 -0.6
Majority 220 4.4 +1.6
Turnout 5,020 43.4
Green gain from Labour Swing +4.1
Thornton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Valerie Binney 1,810 67.5 +9.9
Labour Munir Ahmed 390 14.5 -14.2
Liberal Democrats Helen Wright 370 13.8 +3.3
Green Michael Anthony Rawnsley 112 4.2 +1.0
Majority 1,420 52.9 +24.1
Turnout 2,682 27.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.0
Toller[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arshad Hussain 2,639 47.5 +4.6
Labour Imran Hussain 2,506 45.1 -3.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Reid 416 7.5 -0.9
Majority 133 2.4 -3.4
Turnout 5,561 45.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +4.1
Tong[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Anthony Cairns 800 50.8 -10.6
Conservative John Arthur Stead 567 36.0 +12.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian Hugh Cruden 207 13.1 -1.8
Majority 233 14.8 -23.0
Turnout 1,574 16.5
Labour hold Swing -11.5
Undercliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Intkhab Alam 1,203 40.5 +9.3
Labour S. Barnbrook 927 31.2 -15.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Moore 727 24.4 +8.0
Green Steven Schofield 116 3.9 -2.0
Majority 276 9.3 -5.9
Turnout 2,973
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.2
University[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sajawal Hussain 2,202 44.4 +3.8
Conservative Tariq Mahmood 2,183 44.0 -2.9
Green John Edward Robinson 240 4.8 -0.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Isobel Chadwick 237 4.8 -0.2
Socialist Alternative Sajjad Hussain Shah 97 2.0 +2.0
Majority 19 0.4 -6.0
Turnout 4,959 31.3
Labour hold Swing +3.3
Wibsey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Valerie McMath 1,378 49.0 -0.3
Conservative Richard Ian Sheard 1,101 39.2 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Shauna Ann Devonshire 332 11.8 -1.8
Majority 277 9.8 -2.5
Turnout 2,811 28.9
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Worth Valley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Michael Barker 1,703 43.5 +6.2
Labour John Cope 1,048 26.8 -1.1
Independent David Samuels 936 23.9 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Samuel E Harris 228 5.8 -6.2
Majority 655 16.7 +7.3
Turnout 3,915 33.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -3.6
Wyke[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Philip Andrew Reynolds 1,067 40.6 +1.6
Labour Anthony Niland 876 33.3 -9.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Anthony Hall 684 26.0 +8.3
Majority 191 7.3 +3.2
Turnout 2,627 22.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +5.7

By-elections between 2000 and 2002
Bowling By-Election 22 March 2001[3]
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 -13.9
Turnout 2,264 18.6 -2.9
Labour hold Swing -6.9
Queensbury By-Election 7 June 2001[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Green 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 League 13 0.2 +0.2
Majority 473 6.7 -18.4
Turnout 7,069 53.3 +27.2
Labour hold Swing +15.9
Bingley Rural By-Election 6 December 2001[3]
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 -5.4
Turnout 2,418 20.0 -11.7
Conservative hold Swing -2.7

References
  1. "Election 2000 - Overall Results". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 July 2001. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. "Members of council 2000 - 2002". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 April 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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