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]

Map of the results for the 2002 Bradford council election.

Election result
Bradford Local Election Result 2002[1]
Party 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 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
  1. "2002 results" (PDF). Bradford.gov. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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