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Chapter 6  West Yorkshire

6.1  Bradford

Baildon

John Cole  LD  2,365
Edward Ward  C  1,207
David Hobson  BNP  842
Miranda Vasey  Lab  564
Kevin Warnes  Grn  143

Bingley

Robin Owens  C  1,972 
Frank Needham  Lab  1,231 
Alan Sykes  LD  505 
Arthur Arnold  Grn  283 

Bingley Rural

Andrew Cooke  C  2,149 
James Newton  Lab  871 
Margaret Fielden  LD  474 
Brian Newham  Grn  250 

Bolton

David Gray  LD  1,866
Arthur Bentley  BNP  657
Jagtar Deol  Lab  606
Peter Benson  C  420

Bowling

Rupert Oliver  LD  2,077 
Mohammed Darr  Lab  809 
Fayzul Islam  C  500 

Bradford Moor

Mohammod Islam  LD  1,945 
Sakhawat Hussain  C  1,577 
Susanne Rooney  Lab  1,147 

Clayton

Elaine Byrom  C  1,267 
Olayemi Fagborun  Lab  1,058 
Lynda Cromie  BNP  691 
Lorna Leeming  LD  449 
Alexander Suchi  Grn  107 

Craven

David Emmott  C  2,178 
Melvyn Harrison  Lab  996 
Hamish Hay  LD  671 

Eccleshill

Michael Attenborough  LD  1,130 
Gareth Logan  Lab  847 
Kerry Bedford  BNP  519 
Richard Sheard  C  431 
Joan Foulds  Grn  56 

Great Horton

John Godward  Lab  1,263 
Richard Milczanowski  C  739 
Margaret Chadwick  LD  573 
James Breslin  BNP  546 
Derek Curtis  Grn  221 

Heaton

Mark Fielding  Lab  1,544 
Mohammed Masood  C  1,238 
Mohammed Mirza  LD  1,124 
John Love  Grn  448 

Idle

Anne Ozolins  LD  2,266 
Stewart Williams  BNP  874 
Harry Sissling  C  596 
Shofiqul Islam  Lab  497 
Judith Wever  Grn  119 

Ilkley

Brian Smith  C  2,441 
Paul Dutton  Lab  994 
James Keeley  LD  777 

Keighley North

Malcolm Slater  Lab  1,598 
Nancy Holdsworth  C  1,293 
Arif Hussain  Grn  871 
James Main  LD  397 

Keighley South

Lynne Joyce  Lab  1,149 
Christopher Brown  LD  568 
Robert Payne  C  529 

Keighley West

Barry Thorne  Lab  1,123 
David Mckay  C  949 
Richard Quayle  LD  504 
Brian Hudson  Ind  407 
John Philip  Ind  264 

Little Horton

Ian Greenwood  Lab  1,297 
Khadam Hussain  C  1,119 
Paul Michell  LD  444 
Brian Ford  Grn  123 

Odsal

David Green  Lab  1,604 
Jonathon Stubbs  C  871 
Christopher Boulton  LD  687 

Queensbury

Andrew Smith  C  1,633 
Paul Cromie  BNP  1,489 
Carolyn Lowing  Lab  1,370 
Susan Lambert  LD  472 

Rombalds

Matthew Palmer  C  2,678 
Ambrose Micklem  LD  906 
Andrew Dundas  Lab  860 
Julie Cowdery  Grn  243 

Shipley East

Mark Blackburn  Lab  1,172 
Christopher Hill  BNP  773 
Derek Taylor  C  470 
John Hall  LD  464 
Christina Love  Grn  135 

Shipley West

Robert Nicholls  Grn  2,423 
William Oldfield  C  1,298 
Vanda Greenwood  Lab  700 
Alexander Cole  LD  397 

Thornton

John Buffham  C  1,381 
Melanie Milnes  Ind  876 
Catherine Rowen  Lab  540 
David Weston  LD  216 
Michael Rawnsley  Grn  119 

Toller

Amir Hussain  Lab  1,623 
Christine Reid  LD  1,259 
John Robertshaw  C  886 

Tong

Michael Johnson  Lab  1,172 
Michael Ellis  C  379 
Joan Collins  LD  304 

Undercliffe

Mohammed Jamil  C  1,124 
Raymond Bage  Lab  890 
Edward Hallmann  LD  839 
Steven Schofield  Grn  222 

University

Munir Ahmed  Lab  1,937 
Mehrban Hussain  C  1,221 
Naveed Ilyas  LD  721 
Karl Dallas  Ind  623 
John Robinson  Grn  377 

Wibsey

Ralph Berry  Lab  1,400 
Dorothy Craven  C  859 
Brian Boulton  LD  508 

Worth Valley

Glen Miller  C  1,653 
Mark Curtis  Lab  1,279 
Samuel Harris  LD  448 
Jillian Crowther  Soc All  235 

Wyke

Rosemary Watson  Lab  1,463 
John Stead  C  930 
Matthew Boulton  LD  529 

Consolidated Results — Bradford

Conservative           35,988  32.6%  10 councillors
Labour                 33,604  30.4%  13 councillors
Liberal Democrat       25,885  23.4%   6 councillors
British National Party  6,391   5.8%
Green Party             6,140   5.6%   1 councillor
Independents            2,170   2.0%
Socialist Alliance        235   0.2%

6.2  Calderdale

Brighouse

Craig Whittaker  C  885
George Richardson  Lab  760
Dorothy Anderson  Ind  540
Glen Mattock  LD  213

Calder Valley

Michael Taylor  LD  1,113
Stewart Brown  Lab  749
Jamie Johnson  Grn  541
Darren Midgley  C  512

Elland

Diane Park  LD  1,194
Stanley Sutcliffe  Lab  469
Michael Clarke  C  401

Greetland and Stainland

Elizabeth Ingleton  LD  1,769
Bryce Corkish  C  662
Nigel Ambler  Lab  363

Hipperholme and Lightcliffe

Graham Hall  C  1,390
Adrian O'Connor  Ind  769
Keith Butterick  Lab  533

Illingworth

Richard Mulhall  BNP  896
Zoe Marston  Lab  840
Richard Maycock  C  580

Luddendenfoot

Christine Bampton-Smith  LD  1,277
Susan Press  Lab  577
Annette Getty  C  548
Steven Hutton  Grn  342

Mixenden

Stephen Pearson  LD  986
Jane Shooter  BNP  700
Robert Metcalfe  Lab  682
John Wainwright  C  136

Northowram and Shelf

William Carpenter  C  1,231
Graham Nalton  BNP  1,119
Derek Haviour  Lab  525
John Pulman  Ind  270
Janet Sherrard-Smith  LD  243

Ovenden

Linda Riordan  Lab  837
Andrew Mellor  BNP  618
Pamela Burton  LD  512
Joan Wainwright  C  142

Rastrick

John Williamson  C  1,052
Pamela Fellows  Lab  598
John Durkin  LD  431

Ryburn

Raynor Booth  C  1,069
Judith Gannon  Lab  861
Anthony Crowther  LD  826

St John's

Mohammed Najib  Lab  1,480
Shakar Saghir  C  980
John Beacroft-Mitchell  LD  566
Andrew Mulligan  BNP  480

Skircoat

Grenville Horsfall  C  1,404
Maura Wilson  Lab  681
Mark Scholes  LD  544

Sowerby Bridge (2)

Amanda Byrne  C  871
Andrew Feather  C  862
Michael Marsden  Lab  774
John Gregory  BNP  711
Michael Higgins  Lab  670
Christian Jackson  BNP  600
Paul Stevenson  LD  411
Siobhen Stow  LD  396

Todmorden

Hilary Myers  LD  1,155
Frank McManus  Lab  729
Thiruvenkatar Krishnapillai  C  310

Town

Timothy Swift  Lab  1,148
Stephen Baines  C  833
Christopher Godridge  BNP  782
Elisabeth Wilson  LD  337

Warley

John Hardy  C  1,521
Catherine Groves  Lab  599
Josef Rez  LD  481

Consolidated Results — Calderdale

Conservative           14,527  30.5%  9 councillors
Labour                 13,205  27.8%  3 councillors
Liberal Democrat       12,058  25.4%  6 councillors
British National Party  5,306  11.2%  1 councillor
Independents            1,579   3.3%
Green Party               883   1.9%

6.3  Kirklees

Almondbury

Sylvia Smithson  LD  1,562
David Harvey  Lab  589
Neil Kelly  C  555
Brian Strudwick  Grn  251
Ian Brooke  Soc All  88

Batley East

Jonathan Bloom  LD  2,507
George Speight  Lab  1,778
Gillian Cass  BNP  656
Ian McCord  C  464
Nicholas Ayres  Grn  146

Batley West

Paul Battye  LD  1,683
Gwenneth Grailey  Lab  1,507
Jonathan Pygott  BNP  1,075
David Hall  C  288
Stephen Turnbull  Grn  149

Birkby

Annie Smith  Lab  2,263
Reggie Sharp  C  947
Elliott Grimes  LD  546
John Phillips  Grn  240
Susan Johnson  Soc All  122

Birstall and Birkenshaw

Brian Snelson  C  1,758
Michael Williams  Lab  1,217
John Wilkinson  BNP  724
Jean Tasker  LD  388
Clive Lord  Grn  217

Cleckheaton

Kath Pinnock  LD  1,533
John Dick  Lab  869
Simon Sugden  C  779
Stephen Harrison  Grn  147

Colne Valley West

Gordon Beever  LD  1,696
Dorothy Lindley  C  1,688
Neil Colquhoun  Lab  497
Sandra Leyland  Grn  221
Michael Andrassy  Soc All  88

Crosland Moor

Mohammed Sarwar  LD  1,781
Ian Leedham  Lab  1,290
Neil Craven  C  744
David Hill  Grn  259
Macsood Humayun  Soc All  119

Dalton

Roger Battye  LD  1,554
Peter McBride  Lab  1,433
Paul King  C  294
David Honour  Grn  224

Deighton

Ken Smith  Lab  1,026
Richard Pinnock  LD  979
Hope Byram  C  164
Edward Adams  Grn  110
Joseph Whiteside  Soc All  33

Denby Dale

Maggie Blanshard  Lab  2,070
Malcolm Smith  C  1,662
Emma Bone  LD  587
Andrew Stimson  Grn  367

Dewsbury East

Paul Kane  Lab  1,690
Gary Denison  LD  1,437
David Huntington  BNP  840
James Taylor  C  246
John Ayre  Grn  94

Dewsbury West

Keith Oldroyd  LD  2,008
Paul Ellis  Lab  1,394
Lee Wetherill  BNP  648
John Nottingham  C  530
Heidi Smithson  Grn  111

Golcar

Christine Iredale  LD  1,297
Mark Ewington  Lab  1,017
Karen Tweed  C  640
Lesley Hedges  Grn  358
Ian McLellan  Lib  337

Heckmondwike

David Sheard  Lab  1,634
Roger Roberts  C  1,294
Tabasum Aslam  LD  901
Gillian Redshaw  Grn  282

Holme Valley North

Michael Bower  LD  1,826
Richard Dixon  C  1,165
Patricia Colling  Lab  753
Barry Ward  Grn  346
Melodie Staniforth  Loony  80

Holme Valley South

Donald Firth  C  2,032
Louise Baldock  Lab  1,112
Jeanette Leadbeater  LD  1,061
Leslie Bailey  Grn  305
Roger Keely  Soc All  81

Kirkburton

Adrian Murphy  C  1,820
Derek Hardcastle  Grn  1,774
Gerald Ramsden  Lab  755
Gerald Edinburgh  LD  305

Lindley

Tony Woodhead  LD  2,025
Annabel Herriott  C  1,110
Donald Cameron  Lab  563
Richard Plunkett  Grn  247
John Nunn  UKIP  166

Mirfield

Kathleen Taylor  C  1,802
Karl Hanson  BNP  1,361
Douglas Morgan  Lab  951
Brian Firth  LD  298
Claire Plunkett  Grn  113

Newsome

Andrew Cooper  Grn  1,984
Garth Pratt  Lab  651
Anne Thornton  LD  290
Jean Goodison  Soc Alt  165
Anah Mahenn  C  159

Paddock

John O'Reilly  LD  1,621
Gary Dimmock  Lab  1,381
Jonathan Garside  C  406
Joan Smithson  Grn  288

Spen

Harry Fox  Lab  1,680
Derrick Yates  C  1,343
Kenneth Lee  LD  400
David Arundell  Grn  168

Thornhill

Imtiaz Ameen  C  1,821
Nicholas Cass  BNP  1,456
David Beetham  Lab  1,352
Stephen Bird  LD  504
Gillian Jolly  Grn  110

Consolidated Results — Kirklees

Labour                           29,472  29.9%   6 councillors
Liberal Democrat                 28,789  29.2%  12 councillors
Conservative                     23,711  24.1%   5 councillors
Green Party                       8,511   8.6%   1 councillor
British National Party            6,760   6.9%
Socialist Alliance                  531   0.5%
Liberal Party                       337   0.3%
UK Independence Party               166   0.2%
Socialist Alternative               165   0.2%
Official Monster Raving Loony Party  80   0.1%

6.4  Leeds

AGS = Alliance for Green Socialism

Aireborough

Stuart Andrew  C  2,899
Mike King  Lab  2,652
Ian Hutton  LD  1,043

Armley

Janet Harper  Lab  1,676
Glenn Broadbent  C  572
Stephen McBarron  LD  562
Luke Russell  Grn  523
Isaac Lyne  Soc All  66

Barwick and Kippax

James Lewis  Lab  2,950
Alec Shelbrooke  C  2,364
Natasha De Vere  LD  622
Christopher Andrews  BNP  535
Elizabeth Holmes  Grn  210

Beeston

Adam Ogilvie  Lab  1,492
William Birch  C  987
Thomas Linden  BNP  368
Kathleen Fenton  LD  366
Irene Draycup  Grn  80
Philip Goodfield  Soc All  79

Bramley

Ted Hanley  Lab  1,763
Julian Cummins  LD  1,520
Michael Best  C  394
Francis Gray  Grn  167

Burmantofts

Ralph Pryke  LD  1,706
Geoffrey Holloran  Lab  1,530
Patricia Hyde  C  203

Chapel Allerton

Norma Hutchinson  Lab  1,697
Garth Frankland  AGS  947
Roger Illingworth  C  590
Sitara Khan  LD  81

City and Holbeck

Mohammed Iqbal  Lab  1,292
Eric Scott  LD  525
Michael Wheeler  C  421
David Jones  Soc Alt  234
Janet Pritchard  Grn  216

Cookridge

Barry Anderson  C  3,336
Sue Bentley  LD  1,903
Patrick Hennigan  Lab  1,083

Garforth and Swillington

Andrea Harrison  Lab  2,876
Robert Semple  C  1,631
Ian Dowling  LD  1,095
Tracy Andrews  BNP  656

Halton

David Schofield  C  2,902
Doris McGee  Lab  2,134
David Hollingsworth  LD  989

Harehills

Alan Taylor  LD  2,683
John Clare  Lab  1,491
Karl Steenson  C  174
Azar Iqbal  AGS  128

Headingley

Gregory Mulholland  LD  1,668
Safdar Hussain  Lab  764
Lesley Jeffries  Grn  351
Richard Smith  C  241
Katherine Owen  Soc All  158

Horsforth

Brian Cleasby  LD  2,404
Neil Hunt  C  1,997
Tony Addison  Lab  884
Andrea Binns  Grn  280

Hunslet

John Erskine  Lab  1,264
Ann Norman  LD  320
Anthony Larvin  C  290
Catherine Harmer  Grn  122

Kirkstall

John Illingworth  Lab  1,580
Toby Fursdon  LD  1,080
Charles Moore  C  406
Martin Reed  Grn  391

Middleton

Stuart Bruce  Lab  1,630
David Boynton  C  697
Sadie Fisher  LD  445
Patricia Capstick  Grn  191

Moortown

Richard Harker  LD  2,637
David Dresser  Lab  1,303
Peter Knowles  C  936
Michael Davies  AGS  215

Morley North

Thomas Leadley  Ind  2,473
Alex Sobel  Lab  1,809
Stephen Kearns  C  1,126
Christine Golton  LD  442

Morley South

Debra Coupar  Lab  2,033
Judith Elliott  C  1,484
Christopher Beverley  BNP  1,064
Rochelle Harris  LD  621
Charles Slingsby  Ind  402

North

Ruth Feldman  C  2,561
Judith Chapman  LD  2,272
Doreen Illingworth  Lab  957
Brian Jackson  AGS  95

Otley and Wharfedale

Gerard Francis  C  2,790
Graham Kirkland  LD  2,581
John Eveleigh  Lab  1,615
Paul Marchant  Grn  338

Pudsey North

Amanda Carter  C  3,827
Tina Davy  Lab  1,383
Christine Glover  LD  850

Pudsey South

Josephine Jarosz  Lab  2,270
Jason Aldiss  C  1,768
John Burke  LD  637
Richard Warrington  BNP  437
Yvonne Clarke  Grn  179

Richmond Hill

Marlene Lyons  Lab  1,509
Mark Collett  BNP  550
Keith Norman  LD  483
Simon Church  C  225

Rothwell

Steve Smith  LD  2,495
Brian Walker  Lab  2,109
Caroline Judge  C  451

Roundhay

Matthew Lobley  C  2,417
Michael Fox  Lab  2,347
John Skinner  LD  901
Paul Ellis  Grn  260
Malcolm Christie  AGS  180

Seacroft

Brian Selby  Lab  2,003
Pauline Davies  LD  403
Alistair Ingham  BNP  356
Donald Townsley  C  261

University

Gerald Harper  Lab  1,000
Joan Ewens  LD  930
Robert Winfield  C  185
Bluebell Eikonoklastes  Grn  153
Steven Skinner  Soc All  125

Weetwood

Brian Jennings  LD  2,196
Dudley Parker  Lab  1,336
Timothy Metcalfe  C  922
David Webb  Grn  370

Wetherby

Andrew Millard  C  4,644
Reginald Steel  Lab  1,493
Edmund Conybeare  LD  899

Whinmoor

Peter Gruen  Lab  1,868
Graeme Shaw  C  989
Colin Campbell  LD  486
Marten Gibson  BNP  344
Amanda Munro  AGS  68

Wortley

David Blackburn  Grn  2,843
Jane Dowson  Lab  1,239
Victoria Richmond  C  423
Leanne Winfield  LD  251

Consolidated Results — Leeds

Labour                       55,032  35.6%  16 councillors
Conservative                 45,113  29.2%   8 councillors
Liberal Democrat             38,196  24.7%   7 councillors
Green Party                   6,674   4.3%   1 councillor
British National Party        4,310   2.8%
Independents                  2,875   1.9%   1 councillor
Alliance for Green Socialism  1,633   1.1%
Socialist Alliance              662   0.4%

6.5  Wakefield

Castleford Ferry Fryston

James Nicholson  Lab  1,117
John Bird  Ind  621
Madge Richards  C  166

Castleford Glasshoughton

Paul Phelps  Lab  1,655
Charles Scholes  C  399

Castleford Whitwood

Peter Box  Lab  1,424
Elizabeth Rhodes  C  320
Kathryn Summerscales  Soc Lab  148

Crofton and Ackworth

Roy Hirst  Lab  1,310
James McDougall  LD  769
Christopher Hazell  Ind  640
Michael Ledgard  C  530

Featherstone

Graham Isherwood  Lab  1,554
Terence Brown  C  433
Zane Carpenter  Soc Lab  192

Hemsworth

Glyn Lloyd  Lab  1,384
Roy Bateman  Ind  579
Eamonn Mullins  C  301

Horbury

Janet Holmes  Lab  1,519
Caroline Smith  C  1,054
Mark Goodair  LD  695
John Aveyard  BNP  629
John Alexander  Ind  161

Knottingley

Graham Clarke  Lab  1,297
David Howarth  C  403
Carey Chambers  LD  261
Colin Batty  UKIP  185

Normanton and Sharlston

Barry Smith  Lab  1,354
Graeme Milner  Ind  797
Allan Couch  C  370
Norman Hartshorne  Soc Lab  237

Ossett

Elizabeth Knowles  LD  1,639
Donald Hitchen  Lab  1,112
Suzy Cass  BNP  784
Glenn Armitage  C  689

Pontefract North

Clive Tennant  Lab  1,443
Richard Molloy  C  536
Howard Burdon  UKIP  352
John Gill  Soc Alt  149

Pontefract South

Philip Booth  C  1,290
Patricia Garbutt  Lab  1,270
James Marran  UKIP  224
Alan Hyman  Soc All  141

South Elmsall

Allan Garbutt  Lab  1,398
Ian Hall  C  664

South Kirkby

Mollie Wright  Lab  1,714
Christian I'Anson  C  403

Stanley and Altofts

Kevin Swift  Lab  1,129
Pauline Mitchell  C  849
Michael Burch  LD  578
Steve Gilks  Ind  501
Thomas Appleyard  Soc Lab  130

Stanley and Wrenthorpe

David Lund  Lab  1,266
James Dick  C  954
Alexander Adie  Ind  808
Margaret Dodd  LD  658

Wakefield Central

Denise Jeffery  Lab  1,430
Jane Brown  C  1,251
Catherine Holmes  Ind  567

Wakefield East

Richard Hayward  Lab  1,091
John Berry  C  639
Alan Dale  LD  532
Georgina Fenton  Ind  436
Michael Griffiths  Soc Alt  241

Wakefield North

Elizabeth Rhodes  Lab  1,103
Michael Mitchell  C  708
Douglas Dale  LD  558
Jeffrey Warrinder  Ind  254
Keith Wells  UKIP  152

Wakefield Rural

June Drysdale  C  1,514
Maureen Cummings  Lab  1,132
Michael Greensmith  Ind  527
Susan Morgan  LD  451

Wakefield South

David Hopkins  C  1,695
Hazel Chowcat  Lab  976
Nicholas Hazell  Ind  873
Stephen Nuthall  LD  559
Stephen Selby  Ind  132

Consolidated Results — Wakefield

Labour                 27,678  46.1%  17 councillors
Conservative           15,168  25.3%   3 councillors
Independents            6,896  11.5%
Liberal Democrat        6,700  11.2%   1 councillor
British National Party  1,413   2.4%
UK Independence Party     913   1.5%
Socialist Labour Party    707   1.2%
Socialist Alternative     390   0.6%
Socialist Alliance        141   0.2%

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