Bradford Council - Wards and Councillors

Metropolitan borough · Yorkshire and the Humber · 90 seats in 30 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027

Reform UK run Bradford Council as a minority administration. The council has 90 councillors in 30 wards. Seats by party: Reform 27, Conservative 18, Labour 17, Other 15, Green 9, Lib Dem 4. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Control

Seats by party

Reform UK (Minority)

90 seats - 46 for a majority

Reform 27Labour 17Conservative 18Lib Dem 4Green 9Other 15

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (87 seats in 29 wards)

ShareSeats won

Other21.0%13

Labour20.2%17

Green19.4%9

Reform18.8%29

Conservative15.6%18

Lib Dem5.1%1

2026 election results for Bradford, ward by ward

Next election

6 May 2027

30 of 90 seats up, elected by thirds

Largest party

Reform 27

19 short of the 46 needed for a majority

Closest result

Keighley West

Reform won the last seat by 6 votes over another Reform candidate, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Worth Valley

Conservative hold, 12 February 2026 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

5 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

54%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 30 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Airedale Peter Kirk, Raph Cohn, George Buckley	7 May 2026 Conservative 39.3% lead 6.3 pts
Baildon Debbie Davies, Ian Eglin, David Ford	7 May 2026 Conservative 30.6% lead 10.1 pts
Bingley East Stuart Brown, Joe Wheatley, Susan Fricker	7 May 2026 Independent 32.0% lead 12.7 pts
Bingley West Falak Ahmed, Paul Sullivan, Geoff Winnard	7 May 2026 Conservative 36.6% lead 11.6 pts
Bolton & Undercliffe Md Zafar Niaz, Suhail Choudhry, Jon Barras	7 May 2026 Labour 29.8% lead 4.4 pts
Bowling & Barkerend Imran Khan, Hassan Khan, Rizwana Jamil	7 May 2026 Labour 32.1% lead 4.5 pts
Bradford Moor Ibrar Ali, Zafar Iqbal, Riaz Ahmed	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 30.1% lead 2.6 pts
City Nazam Azam, Sajawal Hussain, Shakeela Lal	7 May 2026 Labour 42.4% lead 19.1 pts
Clayton & Fairweather Green Carol Thirkill, Daniel Devaney, Richard Brown	7 May 2026 Reform 29.6% lead 3.1 pts
Eccleshill Selina Ward-Nicholson, Jayne Morgan, John Riley-Holmes	7 May 2026 Reform 31.3% lead 13.8 pts
Great Horton Vasim Akhtar, Joanne Dodds, Abdul Jabar	7 May 2026 Labour 33.5% lead 7.2 pts
Heaton & Frizinghall Nargus Rangzeb, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Khalid Mahmood	7 May 2026 Green 42.7% lead 10.2 pts
Holme Wood & Bierley Celia Hickson, Iain McInnes, Matt Edwards	7 May 2026 Green 49.2% lead 15.7 pts
Idle & Thackley Rachel Sunderland, Alun Griffiths, Aislin Naylor	18 June 2026 Lib Dem 55.6% lead 24.0 pts
Ilkley & Addingham Jane Sellers, Andrew Loy, Richard Downey	7 May 2026 Conservative 40.7% lead 5.9 pts
Keighley Central Vaz Shabir, Amjad Zaman, Amjid Ahmed	7 May 2026 Labour 24.4% lead 7.7 pts
Keighley East Angela Baker, Angela Fish, Caroline Firth	7 May 2026 Labour 28.6% lead 1.2 pts
Keighley West Peter Hill, Dawn Thewlis, Andrew Judson	7 May 2026 Reform 35.4% lead 4.9 pts
Little Horton Taj Salam, Noor Elahi, Talat Sajawal	7 May 2026 Your Bradford Independent group 44.3% lead 11.7 pts
Manningham Muhammed Islam, Muhammad Khan, Mohammed Saliss	7 May 2026 Your Bradford Independent group 59.3% lead 38.3 pts
Queensbury Chris Masterson, Robin Cumming, Ian Evans	7 May 2026 Reform 42.9% lead 27.9 pts
Royds Tony Wooffitt, Oliver Bolton-Williams, Stephen Place	7 May 2026 Reform 47.7% lead 24.9 pts
Shipley Anna Watson, Hawarun Hussain, Kevin Warnes	7 May 2026 Green 61.9% lead 46.7 pts
Thornton & Allerton Melanie Milnes, John Sharples, Lester Martin	7 May 2026 Reform 23.2% lead 4.7 pts
Toller Kamran Hussain, Arshad Hussain, Zohair Kamran	7 May 2026 Labour 22.7% lead 4.6 pts
Wharfedale Bob Felstead, Lottie Kitching, Peter Cochrane	7 May 2026 Conservative 32.7% lead 5.7 pts
Wibsey & Odsal Jason Townend, Steve Burd, Darren Ingham	7 May 2026 Reform 35.6% lead 11.9 pts
Windhill & Wrose Chris Howlett, Sally Birch, Stephen Broadbent	7 May 2026 Reform 39.1% lead 10.4 pts
Worth Valley Chris Herd, Paul Golding, Rebecca Poulsen	7 May 2026 Conservative 51.9% lead 31.1 pts
Wyke Adam Thompson-Day, Ian Walker, Ian Reed	7 May 2026 Reform 47.4% lead 30.3 pts

Airedale

George Buckley ConservativePeter Kirk ConservativeRaph Cohn Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative39.3%

Green33.0%

Reform17.7%

Labour4.7%

Yorkshire Party3.4%

Lib Dem1.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
George William Buckley Elected	Conservative	2,430
Peter Benedict Kirk Elected	Conservative	2,151
Raph Cohn Elected	Conservative	2,089
Caroline Whitaker	Green	2,038
Janet Russell	Green	1,897
Neil Whitaker	Green	1,893
Daniel James Keenan	Reform	1,092
Nathen James Keenan	Reform	987
Linda MacRo	Reform	947
Val Carroll	Labour	289
Wendy Neville	Labour	243
Peter John Kaye	Yorkshire Party	209
Jan Smithies	Labour	175
Michael John Dyson	Lib Dem	87
Alexander Robinson	UKIP	33

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Baildon

David Ford ConservativeDebbie Davies ConservativeIan Eglin Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative30.6%

Reform20.5%

Labour18.9%

Independent15.0%

Green11.7%

Lib Dem3.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Debbie Davies Elected	Conservative	2,455
Ian Peter Eglin Elected	Reform	1,649
David Michael Ford Elected	Conservative	1,546
Gill Dixon	Labour	1,522
Michael John Ward	Reform	1,497
Jamie Izzard	Reform	1,469
Alekss Belskis	Conservative	1,295
Sam Clifford-Hassan	Labour	1,286
Joe Ashton	Independent	1,207
Paul Anthony Vaughan	Labour	1,037
Carl Dunk	Green	937
Simon Bullock	Green	641
Elsie Watson	Green	617
Susan Ann Elliott	Lib Dem	262

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bingley East

Joe Wheatley IndependentStuart Brown ReformSusan Fricker Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Independent32.0%

Labour19.3%

Reform18.1%

Conservative14.2%

Green11.6%

Lib Dem4.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Joe Wheatley Elected	Independent	3,322
Susan Fricker Elected	Labour	2,007
Stuart Alan Brown Elected	Reform	1,882
Max Preston Blackwell	Reform	1,847
Derrick John Hodgson	Reform	1,649
Andrew David Fenton	Conservative	1,480
Ben Pickles	Labour	1,348
James Andrew Gill	Conservative	1,285
Jeremy Thackray	Green	1,204
Jane Elgar	Labour	1,140
Bradley Jake Whittingham	Conservative	1,049
Rob Eagle	Green	803
Jordan Robertshaw-Jowett	Green	686
Peter Russell	Lib Dem	452
Alexander Richard Vann	Social Democratic Party	42

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bingley West

Falak Ahmed ConservativeGeoff Winnard ConservativePaul Sullivan Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative36.6%

Green25.0%

Reform24.2%

Labour9.5%

Lib Dem3.8%

Social Democratic Party1.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Paul Gerald Sullivan Elected	Conservative	2,503
Geoff Winnard Elected	Conservative	2,080
Falak Naz Ahmed Elected	Conservative	1,902
Cath Bacon	Green	1,710
Bev Ford	Reform	1,655
Christopher James Peel	Reform	1,655
Sean Bernard Maguire	Reform	1,587
John Brazendale	Green	1,367
Rachael Drucquer	Green	1,359
Jenny Kimber	Labour	650
Tony Alderson	Labour	626
George Scaife	Labour	511
Helen Baranowski	Lib Dem	258
Paul Shkurka	Social Democratic Party	70

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bolton & Undercliffe

Jon Barras IndependentMd Zafar Niaz LabourSuhail Choudhry Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour29.8%

Reform25.4%

Your Bradford Independent group20.1%

Green14.9%

Lib Dem5.3%

Conservative4.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Suhail Choudhry Elected	Labour	1,400
Jon Barras Elected	Reform	1,193
Md Zafar Niaz Elected	Labour	1,131
Julie Humphreys	Labour	1,115
Chris Norton	Reform	1,101
Andrew Tetley	Reform	1,083
David Ward	Your Bradford Independent group	943
Helen Love	Green	697
Bruce Gulland	Green	623
larlaithe Ward	Green	544
Rajdeep Kaur Bhatti	Your Bradford Independent group	482
Imtiaz Sabir	Your Bradford Independent group	438
Benjamin James Senior	Lib Dem	248
Muhammad Afzal	Conservative	212
Safeer Hussain Ghori	Conservative	156
Tasaver Hussain Syed	Conservative	147

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bowling & Barkerend

Hassan Khan LabourImran Khan LabourRizwana Jamil Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour32.1%

Your Bradford Independent group27.6%

Green16.2%

Reform15.6%

Lib Dem5.0%

Conservative3.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rizwana Jamil Elected	Labour	1,394
Imran Ahmed Khan Elected	Labour	1,346
Hassan Uzzaman Khan Elected	Labour	1,294
Mukhtar Ali	Your Bradford Independent group	1,198
Sakib Ali	Your Bradford Independent group	1,148
Mazeena Zaki	Your Bradford Independent group	988
Sadaf Dar	Green	705
Wendy Barras	Reform	678
Gavin Lee	Green	668
Mark William Hall	Reform	659
Bernard Blessington	Reform	645
Gordon North	Green	612
Howard Middleton	Lib Dem	217
Malik Farouq	Conservative	156
Yakubu Mandafiya John	Conservative	151
Sangeeta Kauser Khan	Conservative	128

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bradford Moor

Ibrar Ali Your Bradford Independent groupRiaz Ahmed Lib DemZafar Iqbal Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Lib Dem30.1%

Your Bradford Independent group27.5%

Labour26.5%

Green11.4%

Reform2.5%

Conservative2.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Riaz Ahmed Elected	Lib Dem	1,977
Ibrar Ali Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	1,810
Zafar Iqbal Elected	Labour	1,741
Ushman Shabir	Your Bradford Independent group	1,473
Mohammad Shafiq	Labour	1,395
Wajid Jahangir	Labour	1,172
Raja Shahzaib Khan	Lib Dem	1,129
Jafrul Kabir Gazi	Lib Dem	942
Adil Afzal	Green	747
Diane McInnes	Green	405
Andy Rickford	Green	390
Neil Clifford Ford	Reform	163
Gareth Ingham	Reform	139
ljaz Ahmed Choudhary	Conservative	134
Muhammad Ashraf	Conservative	131
Roger Pinto-Smith	Reform	131
Bushra Parveen	Conservative	108

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

City

Nazam Azam LabourSajawal Hussain LabourShakeela Lal Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour42.4%

Green23.3%

Your Bradford Independent group19.0%

Reform3.7%

Conservative3.4%

Independent2.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nazam Azam Elected	Labour	2,033
Sajawal Hussain Elected	Labour	1,512
Shakeela Jan Lal Elected	Labour	1,472
Mohammed Haleem	Green	1,119
Majid Ali	Your Bradford Independent group	913
Rizwan Saleem	Your Bradford Independent group	911
Shazia Sheikh	Green	879
Matthew Tadych	Green	750
Sundas Ali	Your Bradford Independent group	601
Maureen Patricia Harrison	Reform	177
Paul Hogan	Reform	171
Pollyanna Greene-Wright	Conservative	162
Simon Smith	Reform	157
Mohammad Naeem	Independent	123
Saeeka Tabassum	Independent	102
Tayyeb Munir	Conservative	98
Alhassan Osman	Conservative	89
Bahlal Khalid Saleem	Independent	88
Tariq Mahmood	Lib Dem	79

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Clayton & Fairweather Green

Carol Thirkill LabourDaniel Devaney IndependentRichard Brown Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform29.6%

Labour26.5%

Green17.1%

Your Bradford Independent group12.0%

Conservative8.7%

Lib Dem6.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Daniel Devaney Elected	Reform	1,387
Richard Brown Elected	Reform	1,349
Carol Ann Thirkill Elected	Labour	1,241
John Worsley	Reform	1,212
Sinead Engel	Labour	1,116
Mozalfa Ilyas	Labour	1,108
Sadiq Hameed	Green	800
Zaf Shah	Green	757
Asim Suleman	Green	705
Nabeela Abid	Your Bradford Independent group	564
Waqas Mirza	Your Bradford Independent group	560
Afraheem Shahzad	Your Bradford Independent group	499
Kate Lawton	Conservative	409
John Hudson	Conservative	384
Judith Brooksbank	Lib Dem	288
Mohammed Nazam	Conservative	258

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Eccleshill

Jayne Morgan ReformJohn Riley-Holmes ReformSelina Ward-Nicholson Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform31.3%

Labour17.5%

Lib Dem17.1%

Green11.4%

Independent6.5%

Independent5.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jayne Margaret Morgan Elected	Reform	1,634
John Keith Riley-Holmes Elected	Reform	1,594
Selina Ward-Nicholson Elected	Reform	1,544
Chris Hayden	Labour	914
Brendan Robert Stubbs	Lib Dem	890
Suzanne Julia Lubenko	Lib Dem	817
Ian Parsons	Labour	804
Gillian Thorne	Lib Dem	737
Vera Martin	Labour	722
Kevin Hullah	Green	596
Junaid Sawar	Green	547
Dominic Sheeran	Green	534
Wajid Rasool	Independent	340
Raja Sakhawat Hussain	Independent	296
Doctor Jamshad	Independent	279
Nadeem Butt	Conservative	199
Zubair Hussain	Conservative	156
Khalid Mahmood	Conservative	144
Laura Maddie Fretwell	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	69

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Great Horton

Abdul Jabar LabourJoanne Dodds LabourVasim Akhtar Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour33.5%

Your Bradford Independent group26.3%

Green17.1%

Reform11.7%

Conservative4.9%

Independent3.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Jabar Elected	Labour	1,584
Vasim Akhtar Elected	Labour	1,495
Joanne Margaret Dodds Elected	Labour	1,476
Tariq Hussain	Your Bradford Independent group	1,243
Saddiq Sirferaz	Your Bradford Independent group	1,234
Mazafar Iqbal	Your Bradford Independent group	1,049
Hannah Capes	Green	810
Mike Daw	Green	681
Robbie Deacon	Green	661
Pauline Ann Brierley	Reform	555
Darrell Wilson	Reform	506
Jitendra Gupta	Reform	493
Paul Richard Roberts	Conservative	232
Dawn Julia Collins	Conservative	218
Coral Whittlestone	Conservative	206
Abid Zaman	Independent	175
Sarah Marie Moses	Lib Dem	128

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Heaton & Frizinghall

Ishtiaq Ahmed Your Bradford Independent groupKhalid Mahmood GreenNargus Rangzeb Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green42.7%

Your Bradford Independent group32.5%

Labour15.1%

Reform4.6%

Conservative3.2%

Lib Dem1.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Khalid Mahmood Elected	Green	2,440
Nargus Rangzeb Elected	Green	1,913
Ishtiaq Ahmed Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	1,857
Mohammed Hanif	Green	1,824
Aleem Bashir	Your Bradford Independent group	1,518
Shabana Bashir	Your Bradford Independent group	1,280
Nussrat Mohammed	Labour	863
Sijyy Ahmad Sajjad	Labour	842
Humayun Islam	Labour	631
Leslie Bennett	Reform	265
Fred Knowles	Reform	260
Glenn Stuart Nixon	Reform	245
Megan Lesley Cowen	Conservative	182
Kathleen Mary Egan	Conservative	167
John Kevin Passman	Conservative	153
Adrian Jason Todd	Lib Dem	106

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Holme Wood & Bierley

Celia Hickson GreenIain McInnes GreenMatt Edwards Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green49.2%

Reform33.5%

Labour10.3%

Conservative4.6%

Lib Dem2.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Matt Edwards Elected	Green	1,665
Celia Hickson Elected	Green	1,444
Iain McInnes Elected	Green	1,348
Steve Hammond	Reform	1,132
John William Jakes	Reform	1,094
Nicky Knowles	Reform	1,085
Nigel Guy	Labour	347
Martin Hussain Bottomley	Labour	337
Richard Duncan Lewis	Labour	281
Stuart Anthony Hastings	Conservative	154
Alexander Keith Metcalfe	Conservative	116
Shamas Khan	Conservative	106
Ines Linda Riach	Lib Dem	83

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Idle & Thackley

Aislin Naylor Lib DemAlun Griffiths Lib DemRachel Sunderland Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 18 June 2026 (3 seats)

Lib Dem55.6%

Reform31.6%

Green4.7%

Labour4.2%

Conservative3.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rachel Emma Sunderland Elected	Lib Dem	2,784
Alun Owen Griffiths Elected	Lib Dem	2,746
Aislin Naylor Elected	Lib Dem	2,714
Tom Macpherson le Maire	Reform	1,582
David Llewelyn Mills	Reform	1,573
John Michael Riley	Reform	1,528
Melissa Jacobs	Green	237
Tess Lawrence	Green	229
Evelyne Godfrey	Labour	208
Stuart Hurlbut	Green	204
David Bryant	Conservative	195
Paul Wright	Labour	191
Gareth David Logan	Labour	190
Sally Cook	Conservative	142
Richard Edward John Wightman	Conservative	127

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Ilkley & Addingham

Andrew Loy ConservativeJane Sellers ConservativeRichard Downey Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative40.7%

Green34.8%

Labour9.5%

Lib Dem7.6%

Reform7.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew John Patrick Loy Elected	Conservative	3,775
Richard Michael Downey Elected	Conservative	3,678
Jane Isabel Sellers Elected	Conservative	3,602
Ros Brown	Green	3,229
Ellen D'Arcy	Green	2,679
Richard Wilson	Green	2,476
Stephen Anthony Hey	Labour	881
Mark Fredrick Stidworthy	Lib Dem	707
Greg Robinson	Reform	687
Ray Lenik	Reform	657
Craig Sanderson	Reform	653
Lorraine Dowson	Labour	595
John Flaherty	Labour	478

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Keighley Central

Amjad Zaman LabourAmjid Ahmed IndependentVaz Shabir Your Bradford Independent group

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour24.4%

Independent16.7%

Your Bradford Independent group15.7%

Independent14.4%

Independent10.7%

Green5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Amjad Ali Zaman Elected	Labour	2,342
Amjid Nazir Ahmed Elected	Independent	1,597
Vaz Shabir Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	1,508
Nasser Razak	Independent	1,383
Muhammad Basharat	Independent	1,029
Roisin Mary Engel	Labour	580
Ashley Pates	Green	539
Ian Berrisford	Reform	533
Harry Alexander Nickson Burns	Conservative	506
Leslie Benjamin Dean	Reform	492
David Wilford	Labour	482
Gez Lloyd-Brown	Reform	477
Robert George Goulding	Conservative	463
Ryan Walsh	Green	460
James Whitaker	Green	445
Sean Michael Spence	Conservative	441
James David Naylor	Lib Dem	145

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Keighley East

Angela Baker ReformAngela Fish ConservativeCaroline Firth Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour28.6%

Reform27.4%

Conservative26.3%

Green13.4%

Lib Dem4.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Caroline Rebecca Davison Firth Elected	Labour	1,658
Angela Jayne Baker Elected	Reform	1,587
Angela Marie Fish Elected	Conservative	1,523
Wendy Harrison	Conservative	1,495
Lisa Robinson	Labour	1,466
Fulzar Ahmed	Labour	1,418
Tom Commis	Reform	1,416
Alan John Outlaw	Reform	1,292
Mohammed Muazzam	Conservative	1,151
Polly Burton	Green	777
Duncan Hunnisett	Green	611
Stephen Miles	Green	575
Nicholas James Allon	Lib Dem	251

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Keighley West

Andrew Judson ReformDawn Thewlis ReformPeter Hill Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform35.4%

Conservative30.5%

Labour17.8%

Green12.8%

Lib Dem3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Mark Judson Elected	Reform	1,597
Peter Henry Hill Elected	Conservative	1,375
Dawn Alison Thewlis Elected	Reform	1,336
Garry Morton	Reform	1,330
Helen Goulding	Conservative	1,248
Howard Buckley	Conservative	1,174
Martyn Oliver	Labour	801
Ash Joomun-Whitehead	Labour	701
Amanda Patchett	Labour	610
Dawn Harris	Green	576
Frances Powell	Green	476
Ian Linnegan	Green	473
David John Hewitt	Lib Dem	160

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Little Horton

Noor Elahi Your Bradford Independent groupTaj Salam Your Bradford Independent groupTalat Sajawal Your Bradford Independent group

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Your Bradford Independent group44.3%

Labour32.6%

Green7.8%

Reform4.9%

Independent4.2%

Independent3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Talat Sajawal Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	2,513
Taj Salam Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	2,219
Noor Elahi Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	2,035
Imran Khan	Labour	1,848
Maz Zaman	Labour	1,568
Jude Sykes Rowe	Labour	1,038
Nurjahan Ali Arobi	Green	440
Christine Boyd	Green	399
Sophie Vanicat	Green	371
Will Grant	Reform	277
Paul Roper	Reform	251
Dave Leonard	Reform	250
Shafi Ullah Khan	Independent	240
Maj Asghar	Independent	172
John Malcolm Charles Cole	Lib Dem	91
Jacquie Jarvis	Conservative	88
Abdul Sattar	Conservative	71
Ashfaq Rasool	Conservative	68

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Manningham

Mohammed Saliss Your Bradford Independent groupMuhammad Khan Your Bradford Independent groupMuhammed Islam Your Bradford Independent group

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Your Bradford Independent group59.3%

Labour21.0%

Green15.4%

Conservative1.8%

Reform1.4%

Lib Dem1.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Muhammed Ali Islam Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	3,796
Muhammad Haseeb Khan Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	3,070
Mohammed Saliss Elected	Your Bradford Independent group	2,999
Safina Kauser	Labour	1,345
Fatima Safa Ali	Labour	1,037
Shazad Ali	Green	983
Ashraf Miah	Labour	962
Bruce Barnes	Green	510
Ahdam Rana	Green	498
Susan Andrews	Conservative	116
Steve Call	Reform	91
Rosemary Izzard	Reform	90
Khalid Mahmood Anjum	Conservative	88
Siobhan Marie Helliwell	Reform	80
Anthony Stockdale	Lib Dem	72
Ian Cowen	Conservative	59

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Queensbury

Chris Masterson ReformIan Evans ReformRobin Cumming Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform42.9%

Independent15.0%

Green13.1%

Labour12.5%

Conservative10.8%

Lib Dem5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Robin Cumming Elected	Reform	2,344
Ian David Evans Elected	Reform	2,311
Chris Masterson Elected	Reform	2,128
Paul Gregory Smith Cromie	Independent	821
Sophie Williams	Green	716
Alex Mitchell	Labour	685
Charlotte Woollard	Green	624
Ashley Victor Isherwood	Labour	607
Robert Steven Illingworth	Conservative	591
Anni Raw	Green	583
Gill Thornton	Labour	581
Adam Paterson	Conservative	545
Phoenix Mae Talbot	Conservative	490
Muhammad Asjad Baig	Lib Dem	305

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Royds

Oliver Bolton-Williams ReformStephen Place ReformTony Wooffitt Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform47.7%

Labour22.8%

Green16.7%

Conservative8.3%

Lib Dem4.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Oliver Darryl Bolton-Williams Elected	Reform	1,652
Stephen Anthony Place Elected	Reform	1,609
Tony Wooffitt Elected	Reform	1,566
Angela Tait	Labour	789
Andrew Thornton	Labour	714
Simon Mark Cunningham	Labour	694
Tabitha Bast	Green	577
Emily McDowall	Green	569
Will Worboys	Green	479
Charles Robert Jason Agar	Conservative	289
Hazel Bateman	Conservative	284
Ian Jack Fletcher	Conservative	242
Steven Michael Cotterill	Lib Dem	157

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Shipley

Anna Watson GreenHawarun Hussain GreenKevin Warnes Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green61.9%

Reform15.2%

Labour11.7%

Conservative6.0%

Lib Dem3.9%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kevin Warnes Elected	Green	3,747
Anna Watson Elected	Green	3,744
Hawarun Hussain Elected	Green	3,408
Stuart Baggaley	Reform	918
Peter Anthony Robinson	Reform	845
Ben Lundergan	Reform	838
Jen Kilyon	Labour	708
Qasem Awan	Labour	602
Athif Khan	Labour	530
Anita Belska	Conservative	361
Thomas Felix Creighton	Conservative	358
Geoffrey Michael Whiteley	Conservative	333
Christopher Anthony Morley	Lib Dem	238
Tom Ernest Gibson	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	78

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Thornton & Allerton

John Sharples ReformLester Martin ReformMelanie Milnes Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform23.2%

Labour18.5%

Green12.2%

Independent12.1%

Independent9.9%

Conservative9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Lester Graham Martin Elected	Reform	1,607
Melanie Jane Milnes Elected	Reform	1,597
John Sharples Elected	Reform	1,458
Beverley Mullaney	Labour	1,279
Omar Hussain	Labour	1,038
Nana Abena Owusuwah Hagan	Labour	915
Alice Patterson	Green	847
Gordon James Payne	Independent	840
Farah Rahman	Green	692
Osman Gondal	Independent	684
Maaria Rehman	Green	641
Clive Thomas Richardson	Conservative	621
Qamar Ahmed	Independent	569
John Antony Robertshaw	Conservative	392
Anthea Lynne Griffiths	Lib Dem	373
Safeyan Siddique	Conservative	218
Michael Cockayne	Heritage Party	98

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Toller

Arshad Hussain IndependentKamran Hussain LabourZohair Kamran Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Labour22.7%

Independent18.1%

Independent16.3%

Independent14.8%

Green12.6%

Independent7.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kamran Hussain Elected	Labour	2,155
Arshad Hussain Elected	Independent	1,723
Zohair Kamran Elected	Independent	1,548
Fozia Shaheen	Labour	1,530
Sophie Bibi	Independent	1,403
Raf Rafaqat	Labour	1,377
Aisha Bibi	Green	1,201
Hamza Rehman	Green	1,007
Muneeb Yaqub	Green	823
Mahfooz Ahmed Khan	Independent	704
Sharat Hussain	Independent	402
Mohammed Imran Suleman Bhatti	Conservative	142
Brian Hinchliffe	Reform	139
Mark Lawrenson	Reform	139
Parvez Akhtar	Conservative	131
Caz Ramsden	Reform	113
Ghafoor Hussain	Conservative	113
Andrew John Sunderland	Lib Dem	93

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wharfedale

Bob Felstead ConservativeLottie Kitching GreenPeter Cochrane Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative32.7%

Green27.0%

Labour18.9%

Reform14.7%

Lib Dem6.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bob Felstead Elected	Conservative	2,571
Lottie Kitching Elected	Green	2,122
Peter Sidney Cochrane Elected	Conservative	2,060
Jo White	Conservative	2,036
Chris Turner	Green	2,004
Christopher Eric Steele	Labour	1,490
Daniel Guy	Green	1,474
Peter Martin Iliff	Labour	1,230
Nicholas Charles Carter	Reform	1,159
Amanda Peters	Labour	1,078
Ronald Harriman	Reform	1,022
Dan Neal	Reform	1,016
Pauline Heather Allon	Lib Dem	521

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wibsey & Odsal

Darren Ingham ReformJason Townend ReformSteve Burd Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform35.6%

Labour23.7%

Green18.3%

Your Bradford Independent group10.2%

Conservative7.5%

Lib Dem4.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve Burd Elected	Reform	1,641
Darren Peter Ingham Elected	Reform	1,541
Jason Mark Townend Elected	Reform	1,525
Faiz Ilyas	Labour	1,091
Ralph Berry	Labour	1,083
Sabiya Akhtar Khan	Labour	971
Alex Radice	Green	845
Andrew Wood	Green	623
Brian Ford	Green	615
Nick Peterken	Your Bradford Independent group	471
Alayna Khan	Your Bradford Independent group	366
David Cowell	Conservative	347
Hassan Butt	Conservative	286
Amena Patel	Conservative	238
Mary Whitrick	Lib Dem	212

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Windhill & Wrose

Chris Howlett ReformSally Birch ReformStephen Broadbent Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform39.1%

Labour28.7%

Green11.7%

Conservative8.1%

Independent7.5%

Lib Dem4.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sally Birch Elected	Reform	1,874
Stephen Nigel Broadbent Elected	Reform	1,852
Chris Howlett Elected	Reform	1,730
Susan Kathryn Hinchcliffe	Labour	1,373
Liz Rowe	Labour	1,217
Alex Ross-Shaw	Labour	1,203
Kurt McMillan	Green	561
Ralph Saunders	Green	517
Aly Telfer	Green	455
Stephen Mark Butler	Conservative	387
Gazz Hall	Independent	357
Harriet Wood	Conservative	346
Tkay Shana	Conservative	267
Anthony Stephen Meadows	Lib Dem	236

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Worth Valley

Chris Herd ConservativePaul Golding ConservativeRebecca Poulsen Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative51.9%

Reform20.8%

Green13.4%

Labour9.1%

Lib Dem2.7%

Independent2.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rebecca Poulsen Elected	Conservative	3,740
Christopher John Herd Elected	Conservative	3,392
Paul Belcome Constantine Golding Elected	Conservative	3,075
Helen Ingham-Cook	Reform	1,501
Craig Whale	Reform	1,457
Judith White	Reform	1,412
Patrick Wilson	Green	970
Josie McMaster	Green	771
Brian Newham	Green	700
Peter James Kates	Labour	658
Tamara Michelle Christian	Labour	575
Pat Oxley	Labour	556
Kay Kirkham	Lib Dem	194
Sabine Ebert-Forbes	Independent	150

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wyke

Adam Thompson-Day ReformIan Reed ReformIan Walker Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform47.4%

Labour17.1%

Green15.9%

Conservative10.3%

Lib Dem5.4%

British Democratic Party3.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ian Reed Elected	Reform	2,181
Adam Thompson-Day Elected	Reform	2,119
Ian Walker Elected	Reform	2,081
Tom Hughes	Labour	787
Andrew Neilly	Green	733
Sharon Ratcliffe	Labour	716
Andy Walsh	Labour	701
Will Robinson	Green	685
Kay Thomas	Green	660
Peter Crossley Bateman	Conservative	474
Stephen Leslie Goodwill	Conservative	450
Richard Milczanowski	Conservative	357
Kevin Anthony Hall	Lib Dem	248
James Graham Lewthwaite	British Democratic Party	180

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

2 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Bolton & Undercliffe	Jon Barras	Reform 2026	Independent
Clayton & Fairweather Green	Daniel Devaney	Reform 2026	Independent

Next election

Seats up on 6 May 2027

30 of 90 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:

Reform 9 Conservative 7 Labour 6 Other 4 Green 2 Lib Dem 1 Independent 1

Ward	Councillor whose term ends
Airedale	Raph Cohn Conservative
Baildon	David Ford Conservative
Bingley East	Stuart Brown Reform
Bingley West	Falak Ahmed Conservative
Bolton & Undercliffe	Md Zafar Niaz Labour
Bowling & Barkerend	Hassan Khan Labour
Bradford Moor	Zafar Iqbal Labour
City	Shakeela Lal Labour
Clayton & Fairweather Green	Carol Thirkill Labour
Eccleshill	Selina Ward-Nicholson Reform
Great Horton	Joanne Dodds Labour
Heaton & Frizinghall	Ishtiaq Ahmed Your Bradford Independent group
Holme Wood & Bierley	Iain McInnes Green
Idle & Thackley	Aislin Naylor Lib Dem
Ilkley & Addingham	Jane Sellers Conservative
Keighley Central	Vaz Shabir Your Bradford Independent group
Keighley East	Angela Fish Conservative
Keighley West	Dawn Thewlis Reform
Little Horton	Noor Elahi Your Bradford Independent group
Manningham	Mohammed Saliss Your Bradford Independent group
Queensbury	Chris Masterson Reform
Royds	Tony Wooffitt Reform
Shipley	Hawarun Hussain Green
Thornton & Allerton	John Sharples Reform
Toller	Zohair Kamran Independent
Wharfedale	Peter Cochrane Conservative
Wibsey & Odsal	Jason Townend Reform
Windhill & Wrose	Chris Howlett Reform
Worth Valley	Paul Golding Conservative
Wyke	Ian Walker Reform

Term end dates from Open Council Data.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

1 by-election since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
12 February 2026	Worth Valley	Conservative hold	51.6%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Bradford East	21%	Labour	Labour 33%
Bradford West	21%	Labour	Labour 22%
Bradford South	20%	Labour	Labour 40%
Keighley and Ilkley	19%	Conservative	Conservative 36%
Shipley	19%	Labour	Labour 37%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Bradford

546,413 residents in 209,856 households

Voted Leave in 2016

54% 2 above GB

Degree or higher

27% 7 below GB

No qualifications

24% 6 above GB

Own their home

62% 1 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

15% 2 below GB

Rent privately

23% 3 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

33% 2 above GB

Aged 65 and over

19% 3 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.