Election Results

All the results from across Bradford and West Yorkshire...

Labour has strengthened its hold on Bradford council with the party gaining three seats at this year’s council elections

The Liberal Democrats gained a seat whilst the Conservatives lost two and two Independents also lost their seats.

Labour gained the city ward seat from an independent whilst Liberal Democrats held their Bolton and Undercliffe seat with former MP David Ward now back on Bradford Council

Labour now has 49 seats on Bradford council with 21 Conservatives, ten Liberal Democrat, six Independents, three Green and one UKIP councillor.

Bradford:

Baildon Ward - Conservative Hold

Debbie Davies - Conservative - 2192 with 48% of the vote

Bingley Ward - Conservative Hold

John Pennington - 2720 with 45% of the vote

Bingley Rural - Conservative Hold

Naveed Riaz - 1990 with 38% of the vote

Bolton and Undercliffe Ward - Lib Dem Hold

David Ward Liberal Democrats - 2,088 with 52% of the vote

Bowling and Barkerend Ward - Labour Hold

Hassan Khan - Labour - 2,643 with 67% of the vote

Bradford Moor Ward - Lib Dem Gain

Riaz Ahmed - Liberal Democrats - 2586 with 50% of the vote

City Ward - Labour Gain

Aneela Bano Ahmed - Labour 2,192 with 57% of the vote

Clayton and Fairweather Green - Labour Hold

Anjali Michelle Swallow - Labour 1,990 with 54% of the vote

Craven Ward - Independent Hold

Adrian Paul Naylor - Independent - 1767 with 38% of the vote

Eccleshill Ward - Lib Dem Hold

Brendan Stubbs - Liberal Democrats - 1,678 with 44% of the vote

Great Horton Ward - Labour Hold

Abdul Jabar - Labour - 2,894 with 72% of the vote

Heaton Ward - Labour Hold

Mohammed Shabbir - Labour - 2,236 with 48% of the vote

Idle and Thackley Ward - Lib Dem Hold

Alun Griffiths - Liberal Demcrats - 2,567 with 60% of the vote

Ilkley Ward - Independents Hold

Anne Hawkesworth - The Independents - 2260 with 42% of the vote

Keighley Central Ward - Independent Gain

Khadim Hussain - Independent - 2571 with 46% of the vote

Keighley East - Labour Hold

Malcolm Slater - Labour - 2671 with 57% of the vote

Keighley West - Labour Hold

Adrian Farley - Labour = 1588 with 45% of the votes

Little Horton Ward - New Independent Councillor 

Talat Sajawal - Independent - 2561 with 55% of the vote

Manningham Ward - Labour Gain

Sarfraz Nazir - Labour - 3,233 with 70% of the vote

Queensbury Ward - Independent Gain From the Tories

Lynda Cromie - Queensbury Ward Independent - 1,507 with 38% of the votes

Royds Ward - Labour Hold

Andrew Thornton - Labour 1,398 with 44% of the vote

Shipley Ward - Green Hold

 Martin Love - Green Party - 2231 - 47% of the vote

Thornton and Allerton Ward - Labour Gain

Beverley Mullaney - Labour - 1,795 with 43% of the votes

Toller Ward - Labour Hold

Arshad Hussain - Labour 3,254 with 64% of the votes

Tong- Labour hold

Michael Johnson - Labour - 1143 - 46% 

Wharfedale- Conservative hold

Dale Smith - Conservative - 2145 - 54% of the votes

Wibsey Ward - Labour Hold

David Green - Labour - 1,651 with 47% of the vote

Windhill & Wrose- Labour hold

Alex Ross-Shaw - Labour - 1858 - 51% 

Worth Valley - Conservative Hold

Russell Brown - Conservatives - 1589 with 41% of the votes

Wyke Ward - Labour Gain

Rosie Watson - labour 1,147 with 36% of the votes

Political make-up of Leeds City Council following local elections

As a result of the local elections in Leeds on May 5 2016, the make-up of the city council is as follows:

Overall political composition:

Labour [LAB]: 63 seats (no change)

Conservative [CON]: 19 seats (no change)

Lib Dem [LD]: 9 seats (no change)

Morley Borough Independents [MBI]: 5 seats (no change)

Green: (GR) 3 seats (no change)

Labour maintained control of Wakefield .

They took 19 of the 21 contested seats in Wakefield, Conservative won the other two with a gain of one.

Wakefield's election leaves Labour with 53 seats, Conservatives on seven, UKIP with two and one Independent.

Labour took 11 of the 23 seats being contested in Kirklees but is still one short of a majority after the conservatives made some gains

The election leaves Labour with 34 seats in Kirklees , the Conservatives on 20, Liberal Democrats on nine, Greens on three and three Independents.

In Calderdale Labour lost one seat to the Conservatives but remain the largest party

The new Calderdale council is made up of : Labour 23 seats , Conservative 22, Liberal Democrat five, and one Independent.