Local Election Results 2008
Bradford
ACP = Anti-Crime Party
DemNat = Democratic Nationalist
EDP = English Democrats Party
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By-elections for Bradford (may be incomplete): 16th October 2003 (Great Horton)
— 16th March 2006 (Craven)
— 23rd March 2006 (Keighley W.)
— 4th December 2008 (Bingley)
— 25th November 2010 (Worth Valley)
— 24th November 2011 (Great Horton)
— 15th November 2012 (Wharfedale)
— 14th July 2016 (Wibsey)
— 4th May 2017 (Queensbury)
— 7th February 2019 (Bolton & Undercliffe)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
48987 |
37.1% |
14 |
| Labour |
38185 |
28.9% |
9 |
| Liberal Democrat |
28887 |
21.9% |
6 |
| Green Party |
6946 |
5.3% |
1 |
| British National Party |
6695 |
5.1% |
0 |
| Democratic Nationalist |
1203 |
0.9% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
565 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Respect - The Unity Coalition |
395 |
0.3% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
183 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
78 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Anti-Crime Party |
66 |
0.0% |
0 |
| John Cole |
LD |
3122 |
55.3% |
| David Herdson |
C |
2230 |
39.5% |
| Vera Martin |
Lab |
292 |
5.2% |
| Colin Gill |
C |
3529 |
63.0% |
| David Green |
Lab |
940 |
16.8% |
| Jean Taylor |
LD |
648 |
11.6% |
| Arthur Arnold |
Grn |
487 |
8.7% |
| Margaret Eaton |
C |
3839 |
71.2% |
| James Newton |
Lab |
690 |
12.8% |
| Alan Sykes |
LD |
496 |
9.2% |
| Brian Newham |
Grn |
367 |
6.8% |
| Margaret Chadwick |
LD |
2139 |
57.4% |
| Ronnie Fieldhouse |
Lab |
798 |
21.4% |
| Isa Khan |
C |
557 |
14.9% |
| Steven Schofield |
Grn |
232 |
6.2% |
| John Robertshaw |
C |
1796 |
42.9% |
| Rupert Oliver |
Lab |
1376 |
32.9% |
| Tracey Leeming |
LD |
1012 |
24.2% |
| Riaz Ahmed |
LD |
2941 |
52.6% |
| Mohammed Shaukat |
Lab |
1869 |
33.4% |
| Sakhawat Hussain |
C |
786 |
14.0% |
| Sajawal Hussain |
Lab |
2497 |
63.8% |
| Saleem Kader |
C |
815 |
20.8% |
| Chris Reid |
LD |
344 |
8.8% |
| Chris Howson |
Grn |
256 |
6.5% |
| Elaine Byrom |
C |
1578 |
37.2% |
| Sinead Engel |
Lab |
1324 |
31.2% |
| Neil Crossley |
BNP |
869 |
20.5% |
| Lorna Leeming |
LD |
387 |
9.1% |
| James Illingworth |
UKIP |
85 |
2.0% |
| Adrian Naylor |
C |
3162 |
67.2% |
| Robert Beckwith |
Lab |
866 |
18.4% |
| Angela Pearson |
LD |
676 |
14.4% |
| Ann Wallace |
LD |
1551 |
36.5% |
| John Pennington |
C |
1301 |
30.6% |
| Leslie Nakonecznyi |
BNP |
763 |
17.9% |
| Tony Niland |
Lab |
602 |
14.1% |
| Trish Boyle |
DemNat |
38 |
0.9% |
| Paul Flowers |
Lab |
2353 |
60.5% |
| Qurban Hussain |
C |
1014 |
26.1% |
| Kasha de Verny |
LD |
522 |
13.4% |
| Sajid Akhtar |
C |
1823 |
37.3% |
| David Ford |
Grn |
1587 |
32.4% |
| Ashiq Hussain |
Lab |
1018 |
20.8% |
| Tariq Mahmood |
LD |
465 |
9.5% |
| Ed Hall |
LD |
2599 |
61.7% |
| Ryan Atkinson |
C |
1149 |
27.3% |
| Rosie Watson |
Lab |
467 |
11.1% |
| Anne Hawkesworth |
C |
3245 |
64.3% |
| Andrew Dundas |
Lab |
719 |
14.3% |
| Vaughan Bruce |
LD |
553 |
11.0% |
| Bryan Websdale |
Grn |
526 |
10.4% |
| Khadim Hussain |
Lab |
2559 |
52.9% |
| Jamil Arshad |
C |
1404 |
29.0% |
| Roger Beaumont |
LD |
878 |
18.1% |
| Dorothy Clamp |
C |
2059 |
43.5% |
| Malcolm Slater |
Lab |
1995 |
42.1% |
| Judith Brooksbank |
LD |
683 |
14.4% |
| Robert Payne |
C |
1542 |
44.5% |
| Angela Sinfield |
Lab |
1477 |
42.6% |
| Frank McAulay |
LD |
445 |
12.8% |
| Ian Greenwood |
Lab |
2063 |
60.4% |
| Alun Griffiths |
LD |
843 |
24.7% |
| Jamshad Khan |
C |
507 |
14.9% |
| Mohammad Amin |
Lab |
2319 |
43.2% |
| Mohammed Mirza |
LD |
2122 |
39.6% |
| Arshad Ali |
Respect |
395 |
7.4% |
| Adam Jamal |
C |
246 |
4.6% |
| John Robinson |
Grn |
214 |
4.0% |
| Norman Scarth |
ACP |
66 |
1.2% |
| Michael Walls |
C |
1713 |
38.1% |
| Eric Baxendale |
BNP |
1521 |
33.8% |
| Graham Mahony |
Lab |
713 |
15.9% |
| David Weston |
LD |
306 |
6.8% |
| Jason Smith |
UKIP |
227 |
5.0% |
| Laura Beardsworth |
DemNat |
18 |
0.4% |
| Andrew Thornton |
Lab |
1414 |
39.1% |
| Derek Green |
C |
922 |
25.5% |
| Linden Baxendale |
BNP |
693 |
19.2% |
| Susan Fletcher |
LD |
311 |
8.6% |
| Jim Lewthwaite |
DemNat |
276 |
7.6% |
| Martin Love |
Grn |
2238 |
47.8% |
| Andy Rowley |
C |
1264 |
27.0% |
| Emma Hoddinott |
Lab |
688 |
14.7% |
| Christine Briggs |
LD |
245 |
5.2% |
| Philip Bird |
UKIP |
153 |
3.3% |
| Paul Wood |
DemNat |
96 |
2.0% |
| Charles Sykes |
C |
1750 |
41.9% |
| Jenny Sampson |
BNP |
1056 |
25.3% |
| Mark Blackburn |
Lab |
834 |
20.0% |
| Ruth Weston |
LD |
475 |
11.4% |
| Ronald Craig |
DemNat |
57 |
1.4% |
| Arshad Hussain |
C |
1986 |
35.7% |
| Sobia Kauser |
Lab |
1978 |
35.5% |
| Iqbal Khan |
LD |
1326 |
23.8% |
| Sonja McNally |
Grn |
277 |
5.0% |
| Michael Johnson |
Lab |
1060 |
36.7% |
| Simon Buckingham |
C |
852 |
29.5% |
| Rita Cromie |
BNP |
569 |
19.7% |
| Kirsty Yeadon |
LD |
327 |
11.3% |
| John Shoesmith |
DemNat |
77 |
2.7% |
| Dale Smith |
C |
2718 |
66.0% |
| Vernon Whelan |
LD |
677 |
16.4% |
| Philip Ferriby |
Lab |
373 |
9.1% |
| Richard Howson |
Grn |
348 |
8.5% |
| David Green |
Lab |
1397 |
38.5% |
| Richard Sheard |
C |
921 |
25.4% |
| Clifford Cockayne |
BNP |
595 |
16.4% |
| Brian Boulton |
LD |
410 |
11.3% |
| Andrew Clarke |
EDP |
183 |
5.0% |
| Stephen White |
UKIP |
100 |
2.8% |
| Terry Wells |
DemNat |
26 |
0.7% |
| John Hall |
LD |
1614 |
39.6% |
| Phil Thornton |
Lab |
1290 |
31.6% |
| Chris Rowley |
C |
705 |
17.3% |
| Martin Craig |
DemNat |
283 |
6.9% |
| Linda Arnold |
Grn |
106 |
2.6% |
| Michael Breen |
Ind |
78 |
1.9% |
| Kristian Hopkins |
C |
2475 |
60.0% |
| Keith Dredge |
Lab |
1027 |
24.9% |
| Sam Harris |
LD |
312 |
7.6% |
| Betts Fetherston |
Grn |
308 |
7.5% |
| David Robinson |
Lab |
1187 |
32.0% |
| Richard Milczanowski |
C |
1099 |
29.7% |
| Stephen Cromie |
BNP |
629 |
17.0% |
| Kevin Hall |
LD |
458 |
12.4% |
| Neil Craig |
DemNat |
332 |
9.0% |
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