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The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections took place on Thursday 6 May. The
2010 general election was held simultaneously, which greatly increased the turnout.
Ward results
''An asterisk denotes an incumbent''
Baildon ward
Bingley ward
Bingley Rural ward
Bolton & Undercliffe ward
Bowling & Barkerend ward
Bradford Moor ward
City ward
Clayton & Fairweather Green ward
Craven ward
Eccleshill ward
In 2006, Colin McPhee stood in this ward successfully as a
Liberal Democrat
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Active parties
Former parties
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*Liberal democracy
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candidate.
Great Horton ward
Heaton ward
Imdad Hussain joined the
Peace Party in 2012, following suspension from the
Labour Party over failing to declare a company directorship. He became the party's first and only Councillor.
Idle & Thackley ward
Ilkley ward
Keighley Central ward
Keighley East ward
Keighley West ward
Little Horton ward
Manningham ward
Queensbury ward
In June 2011 Paul Cromie and his wife Lynda (also a councillor) left the
British National Party
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citing 'personal reasons'. They now stand as The Queensbury Ward Independents.
Royds ward
Shipley ward
Thornton & Allerton ward
Toller ward
''Imran Hussain was later selected (in 2012) to contest the
Bradford West
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constituency, which resulted in a
shock victory for
George Galloway
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of the
Respect Party
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.''
Tong ward
Wharfedale ward
In February 2012 Chris Greaves was sacked by the
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
for frequently voting with
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
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at council meetings.
A month later he formed
The Independents with fellow ex-Conservative Adrian Naylor (
Craven ward).
Wibsey ward
Windhill & Wrose ward
Worth Valley ward
Wyke ward
By-elections between 2010 and 2011 elections
''Vote changes correspond to 2010 Council election.''
Worth Valley ward
This was triggered by the resignation of
Cllr. Kris Hopkins (
Conservative Party
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), who resigned having won the
Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish
in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford.
Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...
parliamentary seat in the
2010 general election.
References
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Bradford
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Bradford
Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
2010s in West Yorkshire