The 2012 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 3 May 2012.Statement of Persons Nominated Bradford Council The elections took place shortly after the Bradford West by-election, in which the Respect Party's George Galloway pulled off a shock victory against the incumbent Labour Party. Held alongside was a referendum on directly elected mayors. The Labour Party were one seat short of an overall majority following the election, leaving the council in no overall control.
Election result Of the council's 90 seats, 30 were up for election.
Ward results An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Baildon ward
Bingley ward
Bingley Rural ward
Bolton & Undercliffe ward
Bowling & Barkerend ward
Bradford Moor ward Faisal Khan resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.
City ward Ruqayyah Collector resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.
Clayton & Fairweather Green ward
Craven ward In 2008, Adrian Naylor stood successfully in this ward as a Conservative Party candidate.
Eccleshill ward
Great Horton ward
Heaton ward Mohammad Shabbir resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013. He served as an independent councillor until April 2015 when he joined the Labour Party.
Idle & Thackley ward
Ilkley ward Anne Hawkesworth left the Conservative Party in January 2013 and joined The Independents: Adrian Naylor (Craven) and Chris Greaves (Wharfedale).
Keighley Central ward
Keighley East ward
Keighley West
Little Horton ward Ian Greenwood had been the Bradford City Council leader prior to the election. Alyas Karmani resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.
Manningham ward Ishtiaq Ahmed resigned from the Respect Party along with four other councillors in October 2013 and served as an independent councillor until March 2015 when he rejoined the party.
Queensbury ward
Royds ward
Shipley ward
Thornton & Allerton ward
Toller ward 163 (3.66%) ballot papers were rejected, compared to 48 (0.96%) in the 2008 election in this ward. Arshad Hussain stood successfully here as a Conservative Party candidate in 2008, before defecting in 2010 following a race row - his vote change corresponds to the 2008 Labour Party candidate, Sobia Kauser.
Tong ward
Wharfedale ward
Wibsey ward
Windhill & Wrose ward
Worth Valley ward
Wyke ward
Referendum result Mayoral referendums were held in 11 local authorities across England to decide whether to introduce directly elected mayors, as opposed in Bradford to the previous system of Councillors electing a leader of the council. Alongside Birmingham, Coventry, Leeds, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield, Bradford voted against directly elected mayors. Only Bristol and Doncaster voted in favour.
By-elections between 2012 and 2013 elections Vote changes correspond to the 2012 Council election.
Wharfedale ward This was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Matt Palmer, who had stood successfully for the Conservative Party in this ward in the 2003, 2007 and 2011 council elections, in early October.
See also Bradford local elections
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