2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The 2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 2 May 2024. One third of councillors (30 out of 90) were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across England and Wales.^[2] Labour retained their majority on the council.

2024 City of Bradford District Borough Council election

← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2026 →
30 out of 90 seats to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 46 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Susan Hinchcliffe [a] Rebecca Poulsen Party Labour Independent Conservative Last election 56 seats, 40.9% 5 seats, 7.3% 16 seats, 30.3% Seats before 53 9 15 Seats won 10 9 4 Seats after 49 13 13 Seat change 4 4 2 Popular vote 41,657 26,771 25,244 Percentage 32.8% 21.1% 19.9% Swing 8.1% 13.8% 10.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Matt Edwards Brendan Stubbs Party Green Liberal Democrats Last election 8 seats, 11.8% 5 seats, 8.1% Seats before 8 5 Seats won 4 3 Seats after 10 5 Seat change 2 Popular vote 19,519 9,344 Percentage 15.4% 7.4% Swing 3.6% 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Susan Hinchcliffe Labour Leader after election Susan Hinchcliffe Labour

Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021

Result of the most recent council election in 2023

Prior to the election the council had been under Labour majority control since the 2014 council election. Of the 30 seats contested in the previous election in 2023, Labour won 22 on 47.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won four seats on 24.0% of the vote, the Green Party won three seats on 14.5% of the vote, and the Liberal Democrats won one seat each on 8.5% of the vote.^[3]

Positions up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. In that election, fifteen Labour councillors, eleven Conservative councillors, three Liberal Democrat councillors, two Green councillors, and two independent councillors were elected.^[4]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.^[5][6] The election used first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Bradford aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	56		Labour	53		Labour	49
	Conservative	16		Conservative	15		Conservative	13
	Independent	5		Independent	9		Independent	13
	Green	8		Green	8		Green	10
	Liberal Democrats	5		Liberal Democrats	5		Liberal Democrats	5

Changes 2023–2024:

• June 2023: Mohammed Nazam is suspended from the Conservative Party after apologising for attending a Pride event and calling it a "lapse in judgement" that "contradicts [his] personal religious beliefs."^[7]
• October 2023: Sarfraz Nazir and Taj Salam resign from the Labour Party over Keir Starmer's comments on the Israel–Hamas war and join the Bradford Independent Group.^[8]
• 13 March 2024: Julie Lintern is suspended from the Labour Party after voting against the administration's budget.^[9]

Results

Labour made a net loss of four seats, but retained their majority on the council.^[10]

2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	4	33.3	39	49	42.2	41,657	32.8	-8.1
	Independent	9	4	13.3	4	13	14.4	26,771	21.1	+13.8
	Conservative	4	2	13.3	9	13	10.0	25,244	19.9	-10.4
	Green	4	2	13.3	6	10	11.1	19,519	15.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	3		10.0	2	5	5.6	9,344	7.4	-0.7
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,509	2.0	+0.9
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,306	1.0	+0.9
	British Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	190	0.1
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	110	0.1
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	103	0.1
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	58	<0.1

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.

Baildon

Baildon^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debbie Davies*	2,275	45.2	−16.4
	Labour	Gill Dixon	1,922	38.2	+10.4
	Independent	Joe Ashton	490	9.7	New
	Green	Carl Dunk	229	4.5	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Wilkinson	117	2.3	−0.4
Majority			353	7.0	−26.8
Rejected ballots			21	0.4
Turnout			5,033	42.2	−2.0
Registered electors			11,910
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bingley

Bingley^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcus Dearden*	3,705	61.7	+13.8
	Conservative	Paul Golding	1,690	28.1	−15.8
	Green	Rachael Drucquer	398	6.6	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Russell	212	3.5	+1.8
Majority			2,015	33.6	+29.6
Rejected ballots			70	1.2
Turnout			6,005	42.8	−6.7
Registered electors			14,007
	Labour hold		Swing

Bingley Rural

Bingley Rural^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Winnard	2,528	50.2	−5.5
	Labour	Jenny Kimber	1,723	34.2	+13.6
	Green	Brian Newham	548	10.9	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Baranowski	239	4.7	−2.1
Majority			805	16.0	−2.6
Rejected ballots			45	0.9
Turnout			5,038	34.2	−7.2
Registered electors			14,703
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bolton and Undercliffe

Bolton and Undercliffe^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Ward	1,432	43.0	+8.7
	Labour	Simon Cunningham*	1,169	35.1	−9.6
	Conservative	Wendy Harrison	284	8.5	−7.3
	Green	Bruce Gulland	227	6.8	+2.4
	Yorkshire	Wendy Barras	182	5.5	New
	TUSC	Tom Gibson	37	1.1	+0.3
Majority			263	7.9	−2.5
Rejected ballots			48	1.4
Turnout			3,331	27.1	−3.9
Registered electors			12,258
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Bowling and Barkerend

Bowling and Barkerend^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ismail Uddin	1,551	46.6	New
	Labour	Hassan Khan*	1,332	40.0	−4.2
	Green	Andy Rickford	282	8.5	+4.0
	Conservative	Ali Jamal	259	7.8	−35.0
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Middleton	228	6.8	−1.7
	Yorkshire	Kyle Wood	219	6.6	New
Majority			219	6.6
Rejected ballots			34	1.0
Turnout			3,871	27.6	−5.4
Registered electors			13,976
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Bradford Moor

Bradford Moor^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Riaz Ahmed*	2,052	52.6	+9.0
	Labour	Margaret Alipoor	1,179	30.2	−9.6
	Green	Andrew Wood	494	12.7	+10.5
	Yorkshire	Darren Longhorn	110	2.8	New
	Conservative	Tkay Shana	68	1.7	−12.7
Majority			873	22.4	18.6
Rejected ballots			46	1.2
Turnout			3,903	29.2	−6.4
Registered electors			13,344
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

City

City^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rizwan Saleem	2,224	52.5	New
	Labour Co-op	Aneela Ahmed*	1,448	34.2	−29.6
	Green	Mateusz Tadych	300	7.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Peter Kirk	267	6.3	−1.5
Majority			776	18.3	−24.4
Rejected ballots			30	0.7
Turnout			4,239	27.2	−4.5
Registered electors			15,572
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Clayton and Fairweather Green

Clayton and Fairweather Green^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mozalfa Ilyas	1,369	40.9	−15.1
	Conservative	Kate Lawton	720	21.5	−10.9
	Independent	Sharat Hussain	661	19.8	New
	Green	Susan Hassell	369	11.0	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Cotterill	225	6.7	+3.3
Majority			649	19.4	−4.2
Rejected ballots			39	1.2
Turnout			3,344	27.6	−2.9
Registered electors			12,105
	Labour hold		Swing

Craven

Craven^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Neil Whitaker	2,455	41.3	+14.4
	Conservative	George Buckley	2,288	38.5	+6.5
	Labour	Andrew Knight	736	12.4	−5.2
	Yorkshire	Peter Kaye	299	5.0	−1.8
	UKIP	Leo Robinson	110	1.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Mann	59	1.0	−0.4
Majority			167	2.8	−2.3
Rejected ballots			16	0.3
Turnout			5,947	42.0	−2.8
Registered electors			14,155
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Eccleshill

Eccleshill^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Stubbs*	1,211	35.3	−0.6
	Labour	Vera Martin	1,163	33.9	−0.4
	Conservative	Ur Rasool	414	12.1	−2.2
	Green	Sophie Vanicat	293	8.5	+3.3
	Yorkshire	Jonathan Barras	288	8.4	−1.8
	TUSC	Laura Fretwell	66	1.9	New
Majority			48	1.4	−0.2
Rejected ballots			24	0.7
Turnout			3,435	25.9	−1.1
Registered electors			13,229
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Horton

Great Horton^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sirferaz Saddiq	1,692	41.8	New
	Labour Co-op	Abdul Jabar*	1,453	35.9	−33.5
	Conservative	Sangeeta Khan	269	6.7	−10.1
	Yorkshire	William Grant	248	6.1	New
	Green	Steven Prosser	231	5.7	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Moses	151	3.7	−2.2
Majority			239	5.9	−46.7
Rejected ballots			29	0.7
Turnout			4,044	34.1	−1.4
Registered electors			11,837
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Heaton

Heaton^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ishtiaq Ahmed	2,183	51.1	New
	Green	Khalid Mahmood	1,544	36.2	+24.4
	Labour	Ibrar Hussain*	1,245	29.2	−43.6
	Conservative	Stephen Butler	296	6.9	−5.7
Majority			639	15.0	−45.2
Rejected ballots			26	0.6
Turnout			5,268	41.1	+7.0
Registered electors			12,809
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Idle and Thackley

Idle and Thackley^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Owen Griffiths*	2,499	60.3	+10.6
	Labour	Gareth Logan	881	21.3	+0.8
	Yorkshire	Lara Barras	309	7.5	New
	Conservative	Shihab-ud-deen Basit	243	5.9	−16.8
	Green	Tess Lawrence	210	5.1	−2.0
Majority			1,618	39.1	+12.1
Rejected ballots			20	0.5
Turnout			4,142	30.8	−3.6
Registered electors			13,406
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ilkley

Ilkley^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Ros Brown	2,414	37.7	+11.8
	Conservative	Joanne Sugden	2,247	35.1	+7.7
	Independent	Anne Hawkesworth*	988	15.4	−14.1
	Labour	Michael Baldwin	694	10.8	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Briggs	58	0.9	−1.5
Majority			167	2.6	+0.5
Rejected ballots			41	0.6
Turnout			6,401	53.7	−4.1
Registered electors			11,900
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

Keighley Central

Keighley Central^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohsin Hussain*	2,902	51.5	+1.4
	Independent	Vaz Shabir	1,889	33.5	New
	Conservative	Clare Abberton	498	8.8	−6.8
	Green	Peter Ferguson	234	4.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Allon	115	2.0	+0.4
Majority			1,013	18.0	+14.2
Rejected ballots			43	0.8
Turnout			5,638	44.8	−11.1
Registered electors			12,571
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley East

Keighley East^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fulzar Ahmed	1,561	37.6	−10.5
	Conservative	Jenna Ambler	1,383	33.3	−7.2
	Independent	Nasser Razak	491	11.8	New
	Green	Duncan Hunnisett	362	8.7	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Allon	296	7.1	+5.4
	SDP	Alexander Richard Vann	58	1.4	+1.2
Majority			178	4.3	−3.7
Rejected ballots			35	0.6
Turnout			4,151	33.1	−6.1
Registered electors			12,516
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley West

Keighley West^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe O'Keeffe	1,238	39.7	−0.6
	Conservative	Julie Glentworth*	968	31.0	−9.5
	Green	Adrian Farley	448	14.4	+11.3
	Reform UK	Andrew Judson	297	9.5	New
	Yorkshire	Dominic Atlas	113	3.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Hewitt	57	1.8	+0.1
Majority			270	8.7	+8.5
Rejected ballots			26	0.8
Turnout			3,121	26.3	−5.7
Registered electors			11,832
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Horton

Little Horton^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Talat Sajawal*	2,755	68.5	+13.2
	Labour	Andrew Mawson	769	19.1	−18.6
	Green	Nurjahan Ali Arobi	220	5.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bell	150	3.7	−0.4
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	129	3.2	New
Majority			1,986	49.4	+31.8
Rejected ballots			35	0.9
Turnout			4,023	32.6	−9.3
Registered electors			13,322
	Independent hold		Swing

Manningham

Manningham^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Muhammed Ali Islam	4,100	76.8	New
	Labour	Adil Hussain	899	16.8	−60.7
	Green	Anne Betts Fetherston	193	3.6	−2.2
	Conservative	Harry Burns	144	2.7	−1.8
Majority			3,201	60.0	−6.0
Rejected ballots			29	0.5
Turnout			5,336	42	+10.9
Registered electors			12,681
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Queensbury

Queensbury^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Luke Majkowski*	2,130	53.6	New
	Labour	Mobeen Hussain	919	23.1	−6.9
	Conservative	Adam Paterson	574	14.4	−40.6
	Green	Eithne Dodwell	279	7.0	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Whitrick	71	1.8	−8.9
Majority			1,211	30.5	+5.5
Rejected ballots			13	0.3
Turnout			3,973	31.8
Registered electors			12,455
	Independent hold		Swing

Royds

Royds^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Thornton*	1,417	50.6	+1.2
	Reform UK	Richard Hainsworth	478	17.1	New
	Conservative	Ekoumba Bayap Emmanuel	391	14.0	−21.4
	Green	Michael Daw	374	13.4	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ines Riach	140	5.0	+0.8
Majority			939	33.5	+19.5
Rejected ballots			30	1.1
Turnout			2,800	22.9
Registered electors			12,194
	Labour hold		Swing

Shipley

Shipley^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin Love*	3,251	63.6	+3.5
	Labour	Jane Elgar	1,064	20.8	−1.4
	Conservative	Qais Hussain	361	7.1	−5.3
	Independent	Nagbea	206	4.0	New
	Reform UK	Phill Moncaster	166	3.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Errington	66	1.3	−0.6
Majority			2,187	42.8	+4.9
Rejected ballots			36	0.7
Turnout			5,114	43.5
Registered electors			11,742
	Green hold		Swing

Thornton and Allerton

Thornton and Allerton^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Mullaney*	1,721	45.4	−10.1
	Conservative	Robert George Goulding	761	20.1	−11.0
	Independent	Qamar Ahmed	665	17.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Anthea Griffiths	342	9.0	+2.0
	Green	Ismena Sorrell	304	8.0	+1.6
Majority			960	25.3	+0.9
Rejected ballots			47	1.2
Turnout			3,793	29.6	−4.3
Registered electors			12,798
	Labour hold		Swing

Toller

Toller^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Atira Malik	2,548	52.6	New
	Labour	Arshad Hussain*	1,665	34.4	−53.0
	Green	Brian Ford	453	9.4	−3.3
	Conservative	Jonty Sharp	175	3.6	New
Majority			883	18.2	−56.5
Rejected ballots			38	0.8
Turnout			4,841	36.4
Registered electors			13,266
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Tong

Tong^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matt Edwards*	1,620	60.6	+13.9
	Labour	Sharon Ratcliffe	707	26.4	−8.8
	Conservative	Gladys Akenji Lum	183	6.8	−9.2
	Yorkshire	David Herdson	97	3.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Elliott	68	2.5	New
Majority			913	34.1	+22.6
Rejected ballots			30	1.1
Turnout			2,675	21.2
Registered electors			12,601
	Green hold		Swing

Wharfedale

Wharfedale^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Felstead*	1,913	41.1	−6.9
	Labour	Bernard O'Connor	1,846	39.7	+18.0
	Green	Chris Turner	418	9.0	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Needle	328	7.0	−14.3
	Yorkshire	Rachel Martins	148	3.2	New
Majority			67	1.4
Rejected ballots			32	0.7
Turnout			4,653	48.1	−5.2
Registered electors			9,661
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wibsey

Wibsey^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faiz Ilyas	913	31.6	−21.8
	Independent	Nick Peterken	766	26.6	New
	Green	Alexander Radice	435	15.1	+9.0
	Yorkshire	Stacey Head	367	12.7	New
	Conservative	Owais Rajput	296	10.3	−22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Lubenko	105	3.6	−4.4
Majority			147	5.1	−14.8
Rejected ballots			32	1.1
Turnout			2,882	27.1
Registered electors			10,633
	Labour hold		Swing

Windhill and Wrose

Windhill and Wrose^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Ross-Shaw*	1,551	51.6	+4.5
	Conservative	James Gill	728	24.2	−14.5
	Green	John Wood	388	12.9	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Thorne	340	11.3	+5.5
Majority			823	27.4	+19.0
Rejected ballots			44	1.5
Turnout			3,007	26.5
Registered electors			11,323
	Labour hold		Swing

Worth Valley

Worth Valley^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Brown*	2,327	56.4	−3.3
	Labour	Ashwaan Joomun-Whitehead	1,309	31.7	+13.6
	Green	Alyson Telfer	328	7.9	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Kirkham	165	4.0	+2.8
Majority			1,018	24.7	−16.9
Rejected ballots			48	12
Turnout			4,129	37.7
Registered electors			10,937
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyke

Wyke^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Hughes	1,157	43.3	+4.2
	Conservative	Malcolm McLean	544	20.3	−24.0
	Reform UK	Ian Walker	365	13.6	+12.0
	Green	Darren Parkinson	218	8.2	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Anthony Hall	200	7.5	+4.0
	British Democrats	James Graham Lewthwaite	190	7.1	+0.9
Majority			613	22.9	+17.7
Rejected ballots			25	0.9
Turnout			2,674	24.8
Registered electors			10,745
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes

1. The nine independents before the election included two groups: the Bradford Independent Group (four councillors), led by Talat Sajawal, and the Bradford South Independents (two councillors) led by Luke Majkowski. The other three independents did not belong to a group.^[1]

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