| Election Name: | 2024 City of Bradford District Borough Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2023 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Next Election: | 2026 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | 30 out of 90 seats to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 46 |
| Leader1: | Susan Hinchcliffe |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 56 seats, 40.9% |
| Seats Before1: | 53 |
| Seats1: | 10 |
| Seats After1: | 49 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 41,657 |
| Percentage1: | 32.8% |
| Swing1: | 8.1% |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Last Election2: | 5 seats, 7.3% |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 26,771 |
| Percentage2: | 21.1% |
| Swing2: | 13.8% |
| Leader3: | Rebecca Poulsen |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 16 seats, 30.3% |
| Seats Before3: | 15 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 13 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 25,244 |
| Percentage3: | 19.9% |
| Swing3: | 10.4% |
| Leader4: | Matt Edwards |
| Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election4: | 8 seats, 11.8% |
| Seats Before4: | 8 |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Seats After4: | 10 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 19,519 |
| Percentage4: | 15.4% |
| Swing4: | 3.6% |
| Leader5: | Brendan Stubbs |
| Party5: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election5: | 5 seats, 8.1% |
| Seats Before5: | 5 |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seats After5: | 5 |
| Popular Vote5: | 9,344 |
| Percentage5: | 7.4 |
| Swing5: | 0.7% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Susan Hinchcliffe |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Susan Hinchcliffe |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
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.[1] Labour retained their majority on the council.
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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] [5] 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.
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 56 | 53 | 49 | ||||||
| 16 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 13 | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Changes 2023–2024:
Labour made a net loss of four seats, but retained their majority on the council.[9]
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk.