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2021 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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The 2021 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of seats were up for election, with three wards (Bingley Rural, Keighley Central, and Wharfedale) electing two councillors.^[2]

Map showing the results of the 2021 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Ward results

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2021 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election^[3]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	15	1	45.5	36	51	56.7	60,676	40.9	-5.1
	Conservative	11	4	33.3	14	25	27.8	44,965	30.3	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	9.1	4	7	7.8	12,006	8.1	-2.5
	Independent	2	3	6.1	2	4	4.4	10,758	7.3	+6.9
	Green	2	1	6.1	1	3	3.3	17,504	11.8	-1.0
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,614	1.1	+0.7
	British Democratic	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	213	0.1	-0.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	161	0.1	New
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	102	0.1	-4.5
	Freedom Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	69	<0.1	New
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	59	<0.1	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	57	<0.1	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	55	<0.1	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debbie Davies	3,320	61.56	14.03
	Labour	Peter Ashton	1,500	27.81	6.39
	Green	Carl Dunk	425	7.88	3.89
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Errington	148	2.74	16.04
Majority			1,820	33.75	7.64
Turnout			5,393	44.2	5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcus Dearden	3,388	47.9	+20.4
	Conservative	John Pennington	3,103	43.9	-0.8
	Green	Rachael Drucquer	460	6.5	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Allon	123	1.7	-3.0
Rejected ballots			30	0.4
Majority			285	4.03	N/A
Turnout			7,074	49.5	+5.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Birch	3,427	55.7	+18.1
	Conservative	Naveed Riaz	2,417	39.3	+1.7
	Labour	Brandon Henderson	1,268	20.6	-2.2
	Labour	Abdul Malik	1,047	17.0	-5.8
	Green	Brian Newham	563	9.2	+3.4
	Green	Hawarun Hussain	421	6.8	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Baranowski	417	6.8	-2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Kirkham	393	6.4	-3.1
	Independent	Robert Beckwith	300	4.9	New
Majority			1,149
Turnout			6,171	41.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Cunningham	1,692	44.7	+14.3
	Independent	David Ward	1,299	34.3	-17.9
	Conservative	Jo Reynard	598	15.8	+11.3
	Green	Grace Featherstone	165	4.4	+2.5
	TUSC	Tom Gibson	29	0.8	New
Majority			393	10.4	N/A
Turnout			3783	31	-6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+6.5

2021_City_of_Bradford_Metropolitan_District_Council_election

2021 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Results

Ward results

Baildon

Bingley

Bingley Rural

Bolton and Undercliffe

Bowling and Barkerend

Bradford Moor

City

Clayton and Fairweather Green

Craven

Eccleshill

Great Horton

Heaton

Idle and Thackley

Ilkley

Keighley Central

Keighley East

Keighley West

Little Horton

Manningham

Queensbury

Royds

Shipley

Thornton and Allerton

Toller

Tong

Wharfedale

Wibsey

Windhill and Wrose

Worth Valley

Wyke

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hassan Khan	2,031	44.2	-23.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Jamil	1,968	42.8	+35.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Hunt	392	8.5	-8.1
	Green	Basit Khalid	207	4.5	New
Majority			63	1.4	-49
Turnout			4598	33	-1
	Labour hold		Swing	-29.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Riaz Ahmed	2,023	43.6	-5.9
	Labour	Cath Bacon	1844	39.8	-8.8
	Conservative	Sakhawat Hussain	668	14.4	+12.5
	Green	Tessa Dunning	103	2.2	New
Majority			179	3.8	+2.8
Turnout			4638	35.6	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aneela Ahmed	2,544	63.8	7.3
	Independent	Tahir Zeb	841	21.1	New
	Conservative	Owais Rajput	309	7.8	-27.2
	Green	Charlotte Woollard	293	7.3	+0.8
Majority			1703	42.7	+21.1
Turnout			3987	31.7	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Alipoor	2,069	56.0	+2.3
	Conservative	John Robertshaw	1198	32.4	+13.3
	Green	Susan May	301	8.2	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Cotterill	125	3.4	-0.9
Majority			871	23.6	-11.0
Turnout			3693	30.5	-4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Clarke	2,010	32.0	+3.8
	Green	Caroline Whitaker	1691	26.9	+22.7
	Labour	Val Carroll	1106	17.6	-8.5
	Independent	Adrian Naylor	956	15.2	-22.4
	Yorkshire	Peter Kaye	430	6.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Mann	88	1.4	-2.5
Majority			319	5.1	N/A
Turnout			6281	44.8	+8.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Stubbs	1,251	35.9	-8.5
	Labour	Christopher Hayden	1195	34.3	+4.6
	Conservative	Zubby Hussain	499	14.3	+6.9
	Yorkshire	Jonathan Barras	357	10.2	New
	Green	Caroline Duvier	182	5.2	+2.9
Majority			56	1.6	13.7
Turnout			3484	27.0	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Jabar	2,833	69.4	-2.7
	Conservative	Amjed Hussain	688	16.8	+9.2
	Green	Lesley Hall	321	7.9	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Moses	243	5.9	0.0
Majority			2145	52.6	-8.4
Turnout			4085	35.5	-3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ibrar Hussain	3,038	72.8	+24.4
	Conservative	Shirley Rayner	527	12.6	-21.3
	Green	Celia Ruth Hickson	493	11.8	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James McCarthy	117	2.8	-12.9
Majority			2511	60.2	+45.7
Turnout			4175	34.1	-7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Griffiths	2,315	49.7	-10.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Whiteley	1056	22.7	+16.4
	Labour	Andrea Stephenson	956	20.5	+5.1
	Green	Tess Lawrence	333	7.1	+4.0
Majority			1259	27.0	-17.9
Turnout			4660	34.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Hawkesworth	2,084	29.5	-12.1
	Conservative	David Nunns	1,933	27.4	+1.9
	Green	Ros Brown	1,827	25.9	+20.2
	Labour	George Scaife	1,053	14.9	-6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Spoerry	168	2.4	+0.5
Majority			151	2.1	-14.0
Turnout			7,065	57.8	+11.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Keighley Central^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohsin Hussain	3,412	50.1	+21.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Nazam	2,400	35.3	+23.9
	Independent	Javaid Akhtar	2,143	31.5	New
	Labour	Christine Chapman	2,096	30.8	+1.9
	Conservative	Clare Abberton	1,063	15.6	+4.2
	Green	James Whitaker	261	3.8	+1.3
	Green	Alyson Telfer	198	2.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Allon	111	1.6	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Franks	82	1.2	-2.1
Majority			257
Turnout			6,844	55.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Bradford Independent Group		Swing

Keighley East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Slater	2,355	48.1	-9.0
	Conservative	Stuart Currie	1963	40.1	+18.8
	Green	Swami Anahata	230	4.7	+1.4
	Yorkshire	Bob Buxton	230	4.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jones	85	1.7	-0.9
	TUSC	Jake Shoulder	28	0.6	New
	SDP	Alexander Vann	9	0.2	New
Majority			392	8.0	-27.9
Turnout			4900	39.2	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Keighley West^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Glentworth	1,556	40.50	+20.2
	Labour	Adrian Farley	1,550	40.34	-4.8
	Yorkshire	Dom Bower	184	4.79	New
	Independent	Jane Lee	160	4.16	New
	Green	Brian Ford	119	3.10	+0.9
	UKIP	Ian Bannister	102	2.65	-18.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Jones	66	1.72	-0.3
	For Britain	Leo Robinson	55	1.43	New
	SDP	Alexander Taylor	50	1.30	New
Majority			6	0.16	N/A
Turnout			3,842	32.0	-8.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Horton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Talat Sajawal	2,798	55.3	+0.8
	Labour	Omar Hussain	1906	37.7	-0.9
	Conservative	Emmanuel Ekoumba Bayap	209	4.1	+1.8
	Green	Nurjahan Ali Arobi	86	1.7	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Abid Iqbal	61	1.2	-1.6
Majority			892	17.6	+1.7
Turnout			5060	41.9	-2.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarfraz Nazir	2,959	77.5	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jafrul Gazi	466	12.2	-9.7
	Green	Bruce Barnes	220	5.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Toseef Tariq	171	4.5	+0.3
Majority			2493	66	+18.3
Turnout			3816	31.1	-12.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Majkowski	2,217	55.0	+39.8
	Labour	Alex Mitchell	1,208	30.0	+12.9
	Green	Eithne Dodwell	430	10.7	+7.4
	Reform UK	Richard Hainsworth	105	2.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Whitrick	70	1.7	+0.4
Majority			1009	25.0	N/A
Turnout			4030	31.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Thornton	1,641	49.4	+5.3
	Conservative	Paul Turpin	1,174	35.4	+20.8
	Green	Ian Sharp	191	5.8	New
	Independent	Colin Duke	177	5.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Shauna Devonshire	138	4.2	-0.1
Majority			467	14.0	-20.5
Turnout			3,321
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin Love	3,405	60.1	+13.2
	Labour	Mohammed Bashir	1,261	22.2	-11.0
	Conservative	Christopher Clough	704	12.4	-4.4
	Yorkshire	Darren Longhorn	191	3.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	David Wilkinson	107	1.9	-1.3
Majority			2,144	37.9	+24.2
Turnout			5,668
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Mullaney	2,409	55.5	+12.1
	Conservative	Jac Morton	1,348	31.1	-5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anthea Pickard	305	7.0	+5.3
	Green	Anna Watson	277	6.4	+1.8
Majority			1,061	24.4	+17.3
Turnout			4,339	33.9	-2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arshad Hussain	3,605	87.35	+23.5
	Green	Sean Dobiech	522	12.65	+8.9
Majority			3,083	74.70
Turnout			4,127
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matt Edwards	1,586	46.7	*New*
	Labour	Tom Hughes	1,196	35.2	-10.5
	Conservative	Harry Boota	544	16.0	+1.1
	Freedom Alliance	Ruth Blackwell	69	2.0	New
Majority			390	11.5	N/A
Turnout			3,395
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Felstead	2,448	48.0	-6.5
	Conservative	Dale Smith	2,148	42.1	-12.4
	Labour	Christopher Steele	1,109	21.7	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Needle	1,084	21.3	+8.8
	Green	Chris Turner	991	19.4	+9.4
	Labour	Phillip Shaw	838	16.4	-6.6
	Green	Sophie Vanicat	398	7.8	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Russell	346	6.8	-5.7
Majority
Turnout			5,124	53.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Green	1,728	53.4	+6.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Peterken	1,051	32.5	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Boulton	259	8.0	+3.6
	Green	David Stevens	199	6.1	+2.7
Majority			677	19.9	+10.5
Turnout			3,237
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Ross-Shaw	1,695	47.1	-4.3
	Conservative	Jordan Booth	1,393	38.7	+21.0
	Green	Helen Love	300	8.3	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Thorne	209	5.8	-2.2
Majority			302	8.4	-25.3
Turnout			3,597
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Brown	2,791	59.7	+18.5
	Labour	Umar Ghafoor	845	18.1	-13.0
	Green	Janet Russell	498	10.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wilson	318	6.8	+3.5
	Yorkshire	Joanna Kaye	222	4.7	New
Majority			1,946	41.6	+31.5
Turnout			4,674
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Clarke	1,527	44.3	+30.3
	Labour	Rosie Watson	1,349	39.1	+3.3
	British Democratic	James Lewthwaite	213	6.2	+3.4
	Green	Darren Parkinson	184	5.3	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hall	120	3.5	+0.8
	Reform UK	Ian Walker	56	1.6	New
Majority			178	5.2	N/A
Turnout			3,449
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing