2024 City of Bradford District Borough Council election

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30 out of 90 seats toCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 46 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Susan Hinchcliffe [a] Rebecca Poulsen Party Labour Independent Conservative Last election 56 seats, 40.9% 5 seats, 7.3% 16 seats, 30.3% Seats before 53 9 15 Seats won 10 9 4 Seats after 49 13 13 Seat change 4 4 2 Popular vote 41,657 26,771 25,244 Percentage 32.8% 21.1% 19.9% Swing 8.1% 13.8% 10.4%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Matt Edwards Brendan Stubbs Party Green Liberal Democrats Last election 8 seats, 11.8% 5 seats, 8.1% Seats before 8 5 Seats won 4 3 Seats after 10 5 Seat change 2 Popular vote 19,519 9,344 Percentage 15.4% 7.4% Swing 3.6% 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Susan Hinchcliffe Labour Leader after election Susan Hinchcliffe Labour

The2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election took place on 2 May 2024. One third of councillors (30 out of 90) were elected. The election took place alongsideother local elections across England and Wales.^[2] Labour retained their majority on the council.

Prior to the election the council had been under Labour majority control since the2014 council election. Of the 30 seats contested in theprevious election in 2023, Labour won 22 on 47.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won four seats on 24.0% of the vote, the Green Party won three seats on 14.5% of the vote, and theLiberal Democrats won one seat each on 8.5% of the vote.^[3]

Positions up for election in 2024 were lastelected in 2021. In that election, fifteen Labour councillors, eleven Conservative councillors, threeLiberal Democrat councillors, two Green councillors, and two independent councillors were elected.^[4]

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.^[5][6] The election usedfirst-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

Allregistered electors (British,Irish,Commonwealth andEuropean Union citizens) living in Bradford aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Changes 2023–2024:

• June 2023: Mohammed Nazam is suspended from the Conservative Party after apologising for attending a Pride event and calling it a "lapse in judgement" that "contradicts [his] personal religious beliefs."^[7]
• October 2023: Sarfraz Nazir and Taj Salam resign from the Labour Party overKeir Starmer's comments on theGaza war and join the Bradford Independent Group.^[8]
• 13 March 2024: Julie Lintern is suspended from the Labour Party after voting against the administration's budget.^[9]

Labour made a net loss of four seats, but retained their majority on the council.^[10]

2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	4	33.3	39	49	42.2	41,657	32.8	-8.1
	Independent	9	4	13.3	4	13	14.4	26,771	21.1	+13.8
	Conservative	4	2	13.3	9	13	10.0	25,244	19.9	-10.4
	Green	4	2	13.3	6	10	11.1	19,519	15.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	3		10.0	2	5	5.6	9,344	7.4	-0.7
	Yorkshire	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,509	2.0	+0.9
	Reform	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,306	1.0	+0.9
	British Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	190	0.1	0.0
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	110	0.1	0.0
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	103	0.1	0.0
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	58	<0.1	0.0

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.

Queensbury^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Luke Majkowski*	2,130	53.6	New
	Labour	Mobeen Hussain	919	23.1	−6.9
	Conservative	Adam Paterson	574	14.4	−40.6
	Green	Eithne Dodwell	279	7.0	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Whitrick	71	1.8	−8.9
Majority			1,211	30.5	+5.5
Rejected ballots			13	0.3
Turnout			3,973	31.8
Registered electors			12,455
	Independenthold		Swing

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