2003 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election explained

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 1 May 2003. Before the election, Wibsey Labour councillor, Keith Thomson, had defected to Independent.^{[1] [2]} One third of the council was up for election, and it remained under no overall control.^{[3] [4]}

Election result

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"	Party	valign=top style="width: 30px"	Previous council	valign=top style="width: 30px"	New council
	Conservative	38	36
	Labour	37	36
	Liberal Democrat	12	14
	Green	2	3
	Independent	1	1
Total		90	90
Working majority

Notes and References

1. Web site: Councillors: By Party . bradford.gov.uk . 27 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20031015175950/http://www.bradford.gov.uk/council/councillors/byparty.asp . 15 October 2003.
2. Web site: Election 2003: party totals . bradford.gov.uk . 27 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030820120835/http://www.bradford.gov.uk/election2003/index.asp . 20 August 2003.
3. Web site: 2003 elections. bradford.gov. 15 June 2014.
4. News: Vote 2012: Bradford . 1 August 2015 . BBC News Online.