The 2024 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 alongside other local elections across England and Wales. Labour retained their majority on the council.
Background
Prior to the election the council had been under Labour majority control since the 2014 council election. Of the 30 seats contested in the previous 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 the Liberal Democrats won one seat each on 8.5% of the vote.
Positions up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021. In that election, fifteen Labour councillors, eleven Conservative councillors, three Liberal Democrat councillors, two Green councillors, and two independent councillors were elected.
Electoral process
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. The election used first-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.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European 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.
Council composition
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."
- October 2023: Sarfraz Nazir and Taj Salam resign from the Labour Party over Keir Starmer's comments on the Israel–Hamas war and join the Bradford Independent Group.
- 13 March 2024: Julie Lintern is suspended from the Labour Party after voting against the administration's budget.
Results
Labour made a net loss of four seats, but retained their majority on the council.
Ward results
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.
Baildon
Bingley
Bingley Rural
Bolton and Undercliffe
Bowling and Barkerend
Bradford Moor
City
Clayton and Fairweather Green
Craven
Eccleshill
Great Horton
Heaton
Idle and Thackley
Ilkley
Keighley Central
Keighley East
Keighley West
Little Horton
Manningham
Queensbury
Royds
Shipley
Thornton and Allerton
Toller
Tong
Wharfedale
Wibsey
Windhill and Wrose
Worth Valley
Wyke
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