Map of the results for the 2003 Bradford council 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.[1][2] One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.[3][4]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 2003[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 13 1 2 Decrease1 43.3 30.4 33,604 -8.0%
  Conservative 10 1 3 Decrease2 33.3 32.6 35,988 -5.9%
  Liberal Democrats 6 2 0 Increase2 20.0 23.4 25,885 +6.8%
  Green 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 5.6 6,140 +1.7%
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.8 6,391 +5.4%
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.0 2,170 -0.0%
  Socialist Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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[5]
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

  1. ^ "Councillors: By Party". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 15 October 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Election 2003: party totals". bradford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "2003 elections" (PDF). bradford.gov. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
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