2024 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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 Gaza 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 summary ==

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 Luke Majkowski was elected in 2021 for the Conservatives. Royds Shipley Thornton and Allerton Toller Tong Wharfedale Wibsey Windhill and Wrose Worth Valley Wyke ==By-elections==

Worth Valley The by-election was caused by the death of Conservative councillor Russell Brown on 2 November 2025. ==Notes==