5 years of local election results at Bradford Council: 2019–2024
At a glance 🗳️
You may or may not have noticed that very few, if any, political leaflets championing the transformative capabilities of prospective district councillors while shining a spotlight on the supposed shortcomings of either the incumbent, their competitors and their respective parties have made their way through your letterbox and into your home this year.
This might feel especially odd given that everyone seems to be talking about this year’s local elections – on TV, online, on podcasts, in print – which, we are led to believe, judging by the way the tone and substance of the national conversation, the most consequential local elections since, well, the last set of supposedly momentous elections. That was, of course, in 2024, which was pitched as a litmus test for what everyone thought would be, at the latest, a winter general election. A very wet Rishi Sunak proved otherwise.
But the reason it’s a little quieter in the Bradford district is that no local elections are taking place this year. In our authority, we elect councillors in thirds every three years, which results in what is sometimes referred to as a fallow fourth year. This isn’t unique to us, but it does mean a year of sitting on the sidelines. When we do get to the polling booths in 2026, who we vote for and why might be shaped by a totally different political backdrop. A lot can happen in a year.
This time around, in 2025, the story is a triple whammy of sorts. It’s the first test for the new government, the first test for the new opposition leader and the first test for the new multi-party era that aims to disrupt the longstanding traditional political duopoly of Labour and the Conservatives. And while we may not be taking part this time around, the overall and regional outcomes will have their reverberations.
Against this backdrop, in addition to observing trends, listening attentively to what voters are saying and absorbing plenty of brilliant analysis and commentary, we’ve also been busy looking back at how things have unfolded in our neck of the woods. A significant portion of that research will now be directed towards stories for next year, but we thought it worthwhile to publish some of the data we gathered, specifically the results for each ward since 2019. We hope you find it useful. We did.
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Baildon 2024
🔵 Debbie Davies, Conservative: 45% (elected)
🔴 Gill Dixon, Labour: 38%
⚪️ Joe Ashton, Independent: 10%
🟢 Carl Andrew Dunk, Green Party: 5%
🟡 David John Wilkinson, Liberal Democrats: 2%
2023
🔵 Mike Pollard, Conservative:44% (elected)
🔴 Peter Joseph Ashton, Labour:
🟢 Carl Andrew Dunk, Green Party: 5%
🟡 David John Wilkinson, Liberal Democrats: 5%
➡️ Phill Moncaster, Reform UK: 4%
2022: 🔵 Allison Elizabeth Coates
2021: 🔵 Debbie Davies
2019: 🔵 Mike Pollard
Bingley 2024
🔴 Marcus Peter Dearden, Labour (Independent as of 2025): 62% (elected)
🔵 Paul Golding, Conservative: 28%
🟢 Rachael Katharine Drucquer, Green Party: 7%
🟡 Peter Shannon Russell, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2023
🔴 Susan Katherine Fricker, Labour: 47% (elected)
🔵 Geoff Winnard, Conservative: 40%
🟢 Rachael Katharine Drucquer, Green Party: 9%
🟡 Peter Shannon Russell, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2022: 🔴 Joe Wheatley
2021: 🔴 Marcus Peter Dearden
2019: 🔵 Geoff Winnard
Bingley Rural 2024
🔵 Geoff Winnard, Conservative: 50% (elected)
🔴 Jenny Kimber, Labour: 34%
🟢 Brian Newham, Green Party: 11%
🟡 Helen Baranowski, Liberal Democrats: 5%
2023
🔵 Paul Gerald Sullivan, Conservative: 47% (elected)
🔴 Abdul Wahid Malik, Labour: 23%
⚪️ Cath Bacon, Independent: 18%
🟢 Brian Newham, Green Party: 8%
🟡 Helen Baranowski, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2022: 🔵 Falak Naz Ahmed
2021: 🔵 Sally Jane Birch, 🔵 Naveed Riaz
2019: 🔵 Paul Gerald Sullivan
Bolton and Undercliffe 2024
⚪️ David Ward, Independent: 43% (elected)
🔴 Simon Mark Cunningham, Labour: 35%
🔵 Wendy Harrison, Conservative: 9
🟢 Bruce Michael Gulland: Green Party: 7%
Ⓨ Wendy Barras: Yorkshire Party: 5%
🟥 Tom Ernest Gibson, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: 1%
2023
🔴 Suhail Mushtaq Choudhry, Labour: 60% (elected)
🟡 Suzanne Julia Lubenko, Liberal Democrats: 18%
🔵 Sukhchain Singh, Conservative: 9%
🟢 Bruce Michael Gulland, Green Party: 5%
Ⓨ Wendy Elaine Barras, Yorkshire Party: 5%
➡️ Sid Bourn, Reform UK: 3%
🟥 Tom Ernest Gibson, Trade Unionist: 1%
2022: 🔴 Julie Humphreys
2021: 🔴 Simon Mark Cunningham
2019: 🔴 Suhail Mushtaq Choudhry
Bowling and Barkerend 2024
⚪️ Ismail Uddin, Independent: 40% (elected)
🔴 Hassan Uzzaman Khan, Labour: 34%
🟢 Andy Rickford, Green Party: 7%
🔵 Ali Jamal, Conservative: 7%
🟡 Howard Middleton, Liberal Democrats: 6%
Ⓨ Kyle Michael Wood, Yorkshire Party: 6%
2023
🔴 Imran Ahmed Khan, Labour: 75% (elected)
🟡 Howard Middleton, Liberal Democrats: 8%
🔵 Muhammad Wasim Ul Fazal, Conservative: 7%
🟢 Andy Rickford, Green Party: 5%
Ⓨ Kyle Michael Wood, Yorkshire Party: 4%
2022: 🔴 Rizwana Jamil
2021: 🔴 Simon Mark Cunningham
2019: 🔴 Imran Ahmed Khan
Bradford Moor 2024
🟡 Riaz Ahmed, Liberal Democrats: 53% (elected)
🔴 Margaret Alipoor, Labour: 30%
🟢 Andrew Norman Wood, Green Party: 13%
Ⓨ Darren James Longhorn, Yorkshire Party: 3%
🔵 Tkay Shana, Conservative: 2%
2023
🔴 Zafar Iqbal, Labour: 56% (elected)
🟡 Mohammed Thair, Liberal Democrats:37%
🔵 Asif Iqbal, Conservative: 4%
Ⓨ William John James Grant, Yorkshire Party: 1%
🟢Andy Wood, Green Party: 1%
2022: 🔴 Mohammed Shafiq
2021: 🟡 Riaz Ahmed
2019: 🔴 Zafar Iqbal
City 2024
⚪️ Rizwan Saleem, Independent: 52% (elected)
🔴 Aneela Ahmed, Labour and Co-operative Party: 34%
🟢 Mateusz Tadych, Green Party: 7%
🔵 Peter Kirk, Conservative: 6%
2023
🔴 Shakeela Jan, Labour: 79% (elected)
🔵 Amena Imtiaz Patel, Conservative: 11%
🟢 Mateusz Tadych, Green Party: 10%
2022: 🔴 Mohammed Nazam Azam
2021: 🔴 Aneela Ahmed
2019: 🔴 Shakeela Jan
Clayton and Fairweather Green 2024
🔴 Mozalfa Ilyas, Labour: 41% (elected)
🔵 Kate Lawton, Conservative: 22%
⚪️ Sharat Hussain, Independent: 20%
🟢 Susan Elizabeth Hassell, Green Party: 11%
🟡 Steven Michael Cotterill, Liberal Democrats: 7%
2023
🔴 Carol Ann Thirkill, Labour: 69% (elected)
🔵 Kate Lawton, Conservative: 19%
🟢 Susan May, Green Party: 8%
🟡 Steven Michael Cotterill, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2022: 🔴 Mohammed Nazam Azam
2021: 🔴 Margaret Alipoor
2019: 🔴 Carol Ann Thirkill
Craven 2024
🟢 Neil Whitaker, Green Party: 41% (elected)
🔵 George William Buckley, Conservative: 38%
🔴 Andrew Mark James Knight, Labour: 12%
Ⓨ Peter John Kaye, Yorkshire Party: 5%
🟣 Leo Alexander Robinson, UKIP: 2%
🟡 Paul Michael Mann, Liberal Democrats: 1%
2023
🟢 Janet Ann Russell, Green Party: 49% (elected)
🔵 Eddie Irving, Conservative: 32%
🔴 Andrew Mark James Knight, Labour: 12%
Ⓨ Peter John Kaye, Yorkshire Party: 5%
🟡 Paul Michael Mann, Liberal Democrats: 1%
2022: 🟢 Caroline Whitaker
2021: 🔵 Peter William Clarke
2019: 🔵 Owen Michael Goodall
Eccleshill 2024
🟡 Brendan Robert Stubbs, Liberal Democrats: 35% (elected)
🔴 Vera Martin, Labour: 34%
🔵 Ur Rasool, Conservative: 12%
🟢 Sophie Francine Vanicat, Green Party: 9%
Ⓨ Jonathan Daniel Stewart Barras, Yorkshire Party: 8%
🟥 Laura Fretwell, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: 2%
2023
🔴 Ian Squire Parsons, Labour: 43% (elected)
🟡 Susan Knox, Liberal Democrats: 35%
🔵 Wajid Rasool, Conservative: 14%
Ⓨ Jonathan Daniel Stewart Barras, Yorkshire Party: 5%
🟢 Sophie Francine Vanicat, Green Party: 4%
2022: 🔴 Christopher James Hayden
2021: 🟡 Brendan Robert Stubbs
2019: 🟡 Susan Knox
Great Horton 2024
⚪️ Sirferaz Saddiq, Independent: 42% (elected)
🔴 Abdul Jabar, Labour: 36%
🔵 Sangeeta Kauser Khan, Conservative: 7%
Ⓨ William John Grant, Yorkshire Party: 6%
🟢 Steven George Prosser, Green Party: 6%
🟡 Sarah Mary Moses, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2023
🔴 Tariq Hussain, Labour: 70% (elected)
🔵 Sangeeta Kauser Khan, Conservative: 10%
⚪️ Harry Boota, Independent: 7%
🟡 Sarah Mary Moses, Liberal Democrats: 5%
🟢 Alexander John Eric Sykes, Green Party: 4%
Ⓨ William John Grant, Yorkshire Party: 3%
2022: 🔴 Joanne Margaret Dodds
2021: 🔴 Abdul Jabar
2019: 🔴 Tariq Hussain
Heaton 2024
⚪️ Ishtiaq Ahmed, Independent: 41% (elected)
🟢 Khalid Mahmood, Green Party: 29%
🔴 Ibrar Hussain, Labour: 24%
🔵 Stephen Mark Butler, Conservative: 6%
2023
🔴 Mohammed Amran, Labour: 58% (elected)
🟢 Khalid Mahmood, Green Party: 37%
🔵 Saika Kauser Khan, Conservative: 3%
🟡 Allah Ditta Ali, Liberal Democrats: 2%
2022: 🔴 Nussrat Mohammed
2021: 🔴 Ibrar Hussain
2019: 🔴 Mohammed Amran
Idle and Thackley 2024
🟡 Alun Owen Griffiths, Liberal Democrats: 60% (elected)
🔴 Gareth Logan, Labour: 21%
Ⓨ Lara Joy Barras, Yorkshire Party: 7%
🔵 Shihab-ud-deen Basim Ahmad Basit, Conservative: 6%
🟢 Tess Lawrence, Green Party: 5%
2023
🟡 Jeanette Sunderland, Liberal Democrats: 64% (elected)
🔴 Gareth David Logan, Labour: 19%
🔵 John Antony Robertshaw, Conservative: 10%
Ⓨ Lara Joy Barras, Yorkshire Party: 4%
🟢 Tess Lawrence, Green Party: 4%
2022: 🟡 Aislin Naylor
2021: 🟡 Alun Owen Griffiths
2019: 🟡 Jeanette Sunderland
Ilkley 2024
🟢 Ros Brown, Green Party: 38% (elected)
🔵 Joanne Sugden, Conservative: 35%
⚪️ Anne Gillian Hawkesworth, Independent: 15%
🔴 Michael Andrew Baldwin, Labour: 11%
🟡 John Briggs, Liberal Democrats: 1%
2023
🔵 David Nunns, Conservative: 42% (elected)
🟢 Ros Brown, Green Party: 39%
🔴 Michael Andrew Baldwin, Labour: 15%
🟡 Caroline Rosemary Jones, Liberal Democrats: 3%
2022: 🔵 Andrew John Patrick Loy
2021: ⚪️ Anne Gillian Hawkesworth
2019: 🔵 Kyle Jameson Green
Keighley Central 2024
🔴 Mohsin Hussain, Labour: 51% (elected)
⚪️ Vaz Shabir, Independent: 34%
🔵 Clare Alison Abberton, Conservative: 9%
🟢 Peter Alan Ferguson, Green Party: 4%
🟡 Nick Allon, Liberal Democrats: 2%
2023
🔴 Amjad Ali Zaman, Labour: 49% (elected)
🔵 Javaid Akhtar, Conservative: 36%
⚪️ Zafar Ali, independent: 9%
🟢 Alyson Claire Telfer, Green Party: 3%
⚪️ Leo Alexander Robinson, Independent: 1%
🟡 Nicholas James Allon, Liberal Democrats: 1%
2022: 🔵 Mohammed Nazam
2021: 🔴 Mohsin Hussain, 🔵 Mohammed Nazam
2019: 🔵 Zafar Ali
Keighley East 2024
🔴 Fulzar Ahmed, Labour: 38% (elected)
🔵 Jenna Ambler, Conservative: 33%
⚪️ Nasser Razak, Independent: 12%
🟢 Duncan Nigel Stuart Hunnisett, Green Party: 9%
🟡 Pauline Heather Allon, Liberal Democrats: 7%
🟥 Alexander Richard Vann, Social Democratic Party: 1%
2023
🔴 Lisa Ann Robinson, Labour: 51% (elected)
🔵 Martin Jon Crangle, Conservative: 36%
🟢 Duncan Nigel Stuart Hunnisett, Green Party: 7%
🟡 John Briggs, Liberal Democrats: 5%
🟥 Alexander Richard Vann, Social Democratic Party: 1%
2022: 🔴 Caroline Rebecca Davison Firth
2021: 🔴 Malcolm Slater
2019: 🔴 Doreen Lee
Keighley West 2024
🔴 Joe O'Keeffe, Labour: 40% (elected)
🔵 Julie Glentworth, Conservative: 31%
🟢 Adrian Stuart Farley, Green Party: 14%
➡️ Andrew Mark Judson, Reform UK: 10%
Ⓨ Dominic James Atlas, Yorkshire Party: 4%
🟡 David John Hewitt, Liberal Democrats: 2%
2023
🔴 Julie Lintern, Labour: 47% (elected)
🔵 Laura Ann Kelly, Conservative: 45%
🟡 Steven James Spoerry, Liberal Democrats: 4%
🟢 James Jonathan Whitaker, Green Party: 3%
2022: 🔴 Paul George Richard Godwin
2021: 🔵 Julie Glentworth
2019: 🔴 Julie Lintern
Little Horton 2024
⚪️ Talat Sajawal, Independent: 68% (elected)
🔴 Andrew Mawson, Labour: 19%
🟢 Nurjahan Ali Arobi, Green Party: 5%
🔵 Elizabeth Charlotte Bell, Conservative: 4%
Ⓨ Bob Buxton, Yorkshire Party: 3%
2023
🔴 Taj Mubarik Salam, Labour: 86% (elected)
Ⓨ Darren James Longhorn, Yorkshire Party: 4%
🔵 Muhammad Afzal, Conservative: 4%
🟢 Nurjahan Ali Arobi, Green Party: 3%
🟡 Tariq Mahmood, Liberal Democrats: 3%
2022: ⚪️ Noor Elahi
2021: ⚪️ Talat Sajawal
2019: 🔴 Taj Mubarik Salam
Manningham 2024
⚪️ Muhammed Ali Islam, Independent: 77% (elected)
🔴 Adil Shaan Hussain, Labour: 17%
🟢 Anne Betts Fetherston, Green Party: 4%
🔵 Harry Alexander Nickson Burns, Conservative: 3%
2023
🔴 Safina Kauser, Labour: 51% (elected)
⚪️ Muhammed Ali Islam, Independent: 44%
🟢 Anne Betts Fetherston, Green Party: 3%
🔵 Khalid Mahmood Anjum, Conservative: 2%
2022: 🔴 Shabir Hussain
2021: 🔴 Sarfraz Nazir
2019: 🔴 Sameena Akhtar
Queensbury 2024
⚪️ Luke Majkowski, Independent: 54% (elected)
🔴 Mobeen Hussain, Labour: 23%
🔵 Adam Luke Paterson, Conservative: 14%
🟢 Eithne Dodwell, Green Party: 7%
🟡 Mary Whitrick, Liberal Democrats: 2%
2023
🔴 Alex Mitchell, Labour: 5% (elected)
⚪️ Robert Paul Hargreaves, Independent: 31%
🔵 Adam Luke Paterson, Conservative: 25%
🟢 Eithne Dodwell,Green Party: 7%
🟡 Mary Whitrick, Liberal Democrats: 3%
2022: 🔴 Hazel Parsan
2021: 🔵 Luke Majkowski
2019: 🔵 Matthew Hywel Bibby
Royds 2024
🔴 Andrew Thornton, Labour: 51% (elected)
➡️ Richard Michael Hainsworth, Reform UK: 17%
🔵 Ekoumba Bayap Emmanuel, Conservative: 14%
🟢 Michael John Daw, Green Party: 13%
🟡 Ines Linda Riach, Liberal Democrats: 5%
2023
🔴 Angela Tait, Labour: 64% (elected)
🔵 Emmanuel Ludovick Ekoumba Bayap, Conservative: 22%
🟢 Ian Sharp, Green Party: 9%
🟡 Ines Linda Riach, Liberal Democrats: 5%
2022: 🔴 Ruth Wood
2021: 🔴 Andrew Thornton
2019: 🔴 Angela Tait
Shipley 2024
🟢 Martin John Love, Green Party: 64% (elected)
🔴 Jane Rosemary Elgar, Labour: 21%
🔵 Qais Hussain, Conservative: 7%
⚪️ Nagbea, Independent: 4%
➡️ Phill Moncaster, Reform UK: 3%
🟡 Nicholas Andrew Errington, Liberal Democrats: 1%
2023
🟢 Kevin Robert Warnes, Green Party: 65% (elected)
🔴 Vera Jane Martin, Labour: 25%
🔵 Paul Belcome Constantine Golding, Conservative: 9%
🟡 Nicholas Andrew Errington, Liberal Democrats: 2%
2022: 🟢 Anna Georgina Watson
2021: 🟢 Martin John Love
2019: 🟢 Kevin Robert Warnes
Thornton and Allerton 2024
🔴 Beverley Winifred Mullaney, Labour: 45% (elected)
🔵 Robert George Goulding, Conservative: 20%
⚪️ Qamar Ahmed, Independent: 18%
🟡 Anthea Lynne Griffiths, Liberal Democrats: 9%
🟢 Ismena Clare Sorrell, Green Party: 8%
2023
🔴 Sue Duffy, Labour: 62%
🔵 Jac Morton, Conservative: 21%
🟢 John Simon Whitaker, Green Party: 9%
🟡 Anthea Lynne Griffiths, Liberal Democrats: 9%
2022: 🔴 Karen Regan
2021: 🔴 Beverley Winifred Mullaney
2019: 🔴 Sue Duffy
Toller
⚪️ Atira Malik, Independent: 53% (elected)
🔴 Arshad Hussain, Labour: 34%
🟢 Brian Richard Ford, Green Party: 9%
🔵 Jonty Sharp, Conservative: 4%
2023
🔴 Fozia Shaheen, Labour: 82%
🟢 Brian Richard Ford, Green Party: 9%
🔵 Shaheen Iqbal, Conservative: 8%
2022: 🔴 Kamran Hussain
2021: 🔴 Arshad Hussain
2019: 🔴 Fozia Shaheen
Tong
🟢 Matt Edwards, Green Party: 61% (elected)
🔴 Sharon Ratcliffe, Labour: 26%
🔵 Gladys Akenji Lum, Conservative: 7%
Ⓨ David John Rowntree Herdson, Yorkshire Party: 4%
🟡 Susan Ann Elliott, Liberal Democrats: 3%
2023
🟢 Ursula Pauline Sutcliffe, Green Party: 60%
🔴 Kausar Parveen Mukhtar, Labour: 25%
🔵 Paul Turpin, Conservative: 9%
🟡 Susan Anne Elliott, Liberal Democrats: 4%
Ⓨ Baz Inman, Yorkshire Party: 3%
2022: 🟢 Celia Ruth Hickson
2021: 🟢 Matt Edwards
2019: 🟢 Kausar Mukhtar
Wharfedale
🔵 Bob Felstead, Conservative: 41% (elected)
🔴 Bernard James O’Connor, Labour: 40%
🟢 Chris Turner, Green Party: 9%
🟡 Jamie Luke Needle, Liberal Democrats: 7%
Ⓨ Rachel Martins, Yorkshire Party: 3%
2023
🔴 Christopher Eric Steels, Labour: 39% (elected)
🔵 Peter Sidney Cochrane, Conservative: 39%
🟢 Chris Turner, Green Party: 12%
🟡 Jamie Luke Needle, Liberal Democrats: 10%
2022: 🔵 Gerry Barker
2021: 🔵 Bob Felstead
2019: 🔵 Jackie Whiteley
Wibsey
🔴 Faiz Ilyas, Labour: 32% (elected)
⚪️ Nick Peterken, Independent: 27%
🟢 Alexander Thomas Radice, Green Party: 15%
Ⓨ Stacey Head, Yorkshire Party: 13%
🔵 Owais Rajput, Conservative: 10%
🟡 Suzanne Julia Lubenko, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2023
🔴 Ralph David Richie Berry, Labour: 56%
🔵 Nick Peterken, Conservative: 21%
🟡 Brian James Boulton, Liberal Democrats: 14%
🟢 Michael John Daw, Green Party: 5%
Ⓨ Bob Buxton, Yorkshire Party: 4%
2022: 🔴 Sabiya Akhtar Khan
2021: 🔴 David Michael Adam Green
2019: 🔴 Ralph David Richie Berry
Windhill and Wrose
🔴 Alex Ross-Shaw, Labour: 52% (elected)
🔵 James Andrew Gill, Conservative: 24%
🟢 John Wood, Green Party: 13%
🟡 Gillian Thorne, Liberal Democrats: 11%
2023
🔴 Susan Kathryn Hinchcliffe, Labour: 60% (elected)
🔵 Wendy Harrison, Conservative: 25%
🟡 Gillian Thorne, Liberal Democrats: 8%
🟢 John Wood, Green Party: 7%
2022: 🔴 Liz Rowe
2021: 🔴 Alex Ross-Shaw
2019: 🔴 Susan Kathryn Hinchcliffe
Worth Valley
🔵 Russell Brown, Conservative: 56% (elected)
🔴 Ashwaan Joomun-Whitehead, Labour: 32%
🟢 Alyson Claire Telfer, Green Party: 8%
🟡 Kay Kirkham, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2023
🔵 Rebecca Poulsen, Conservative: 59%
🔴 Ash Joomun-Whitehead, Labour: 32%
🟢 Hawarun Nesa Hussain, Green Party: 5%
🟡 Kay Kirkham, Liberal Democrats: 4%
2022: 🔵 Christopher John Herd
2021: 🔵 Russell Brown
2019: 🔵 Rebecca Poulsen
Wyke
🔴 Tom Hughes, Labour: 43% (elected)
🔵 Malcolm Arthur McLean, Conservative: 20%
➡️ Ian Walker, Reform UK: 14%
🟢 Darren James Parkinson, Green Party: 8%
🟡 Kevin Anthony Hall, Liberal Democrats: 7%
🟦 James Graham Lewthwaite, British Democratic Party: 7%
2023
🔴 Sarah Ferriby, Labour: 56% (elected)
🔵 Malcolm Arthur McLean, Conservative: 24%
🟡 Kevin Anthony Hall, Liberal Democrats: 6%
🟦 James Graham Lewthwaite, British Democratic Party: 5%
➡️ Ian Walker, Reform UK: 5%
🟢 Darren James Parkinson, Green Party: 5%
2022: 🔴 Andy Walsh
2021: 🔵 Joan Clarke
2019: 🔴 Sarah Ferriby