2000 UK local government election
Map of the results for the 2000 Bradford 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]
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
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