Bowling and Barkerend

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.783
longitude= -1.733
official_name= Bowling and Barkerend
map_type= West Yorkshire
population = 18,226
metropolitan_borough= City of Bradford
metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
constituency_westminster= Bradford West
post_town= BRADFORD
postcode_district = BD4
postcode_area= BD
dial_code= 01274
os_grid_reference= SE178318Infobox_UK_Wards
WardName=Bowling and Barkerend
1stCouncillor= Rupert Oliver| 1stParty= Labour Party (UK)| 2ndCouncillor= Mohammed Jamil| 2ndParty= Conservative Party| 3rdCouncillor= Zameer Shah
3rdParty= Conservative Party

Bowling and Barkerend is an electoral ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.

Bowling and Barkerend covers the area immediately east and south of Bradford center. It includes the areas known as Barkerend, Bowling, East Bowling, Swaine Green, Cutler Heights and Goose Hill. St Clement's Church on Barkerend Road has Pre-Raphaelite decorations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Note that West Bowling is in neighbouring Little Horton Ward.

Boundaries

It is bounded on the west side by the Bradford Inner Ring Road (Canal Road, Shipley Airedale Road, Croft Street) then the railway line from Bradford Interchange to Halifax until it meets New Cross Street where the boundary heads south east around the edge of Parkside (New Cross Street, Avenue Road, Parkside Road and along the edge of the Cemetery). On the south side the boundary follows the Outer Ring Road (Rooley Lane, Sticker Lane) past Wakefield Road then forks east on Cutler Heights Lane which becomes Dick Lane as it curves northward. The boundary then follows the Bradford to Leeds railway line west. The boundary heads north again along Birksland Street and continues the same line between Gledhill Road and Whitehead Street, through the grounds of Leeds Road Hospital and along the edge of the allotments to Barkerend Road. Then north east along the path marking the edge of Bradford Moor Golf Course to re-join the Outer Ring Road (Killinghall Road). Along the north side the boundary forks west off Killinghall Road onto Northcote Road then turns west along Otley Road. The boundary loops south round Undercliffe Cemetery and back to Otley Road, as the road turns south the boundary continues west along the edge of the school fields to Bolton Road and continues west down the hill to Canal Road as it feeds into the inner ring road.

Election results

There were boundary changes in the 2004 election

All three councillor posts were up for election and each elector had three votes.

The turnout is estimated as a third of the total votes cast as a fraction of the 2007 electorate. Candidate percentages are expressed as a fraction of this turnout estimate.

Election box begin
title=United Kingdom local elections, 2004: Bowling and BarkerendElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rupert Oliver Elected
votes = 2,448
percentage = 50.8
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Jamil Elected
votes = 1,827
percentage = 37.9
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mukhtar Ali Elected
votes = 1,810
percentage = 37.5
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ghulam Chaudhury
votes = 1,770
percentage = 36.7
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Zameer Shah
votes = 1,679
percentage = 34.8
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dawood Karim
votes = 1,545
percentage = 32.0
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Bage
votes = 1,212
percentage = 25.1
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anthony Niland
votes = 1,196
percentage = 24.8
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Shofiqul Islam
votes = 977
percentage = 20.3
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 4,821
percentage = 41.4
change = N/A

The same results expressed by party

Election box begin for list
title=United Kingdom local elections, 2004: Bowling and BarkerendElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Rupert Oliver Mukhtar Ali
votes = 6,028
percentage = 41.7
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Jamil
votes = 5,051
percentage = 34.9
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = "None"
votes = 3,385
percentage = 23.4
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 14,464
percentage = 41.4
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 977
percentage = 6.8
change = N/A

In the 2006 Election only one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election.The turnout does not include spoiled papers & is a percentage of the 2007 electorate.Percentages changed are expressed compared to the overall party showings in 2004.

Election box begin
title=United Kingdom local elections, 2006: Bowling and BarkerendElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Zameer Shah Elected
votes = 1,792
percentage = 38.13
change = -3.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Bage
votes = 1,289
percentage = 27.43
change = +4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mukhtar Ali
votes = 989
percentage = 21.04
change = -20.6Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Sharif Gawad
votes = 630
percentage = 13.40
change = +13.4Election box majority
votes = 503
percentage = 10.70
change = 17.5Election box turnout
votes = 4,700
percentage = 40.4
change = -1.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing = 17.5

In July 2006 Rupert Oliver, elected for the Liberal Party, resigned the Liberal Party & joined the Labour Party.

In the 2007 Election only one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election.

Election box begin
title=United Kingdom local elections, 2007: Bowling and BarkerendElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mohammed Jamil Elected
votes = 2,094
percentage = 45.99
change = 7.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Raymond Bage
votes = 1,355
percentage = 29.76
change = 2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tracey Dawn Leeming
votes = 986
percentage = 21.76
change = 0.6Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Muhammad Shakeel
votes = 87
percentage = 1.91
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 739
percentage = 16.23
change = 5.5Election box turnout
votes = 4,553
percentage = 39.12
change = -1.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = 5.5

References

* [http://www.bcsp-web.org/mapguide_site/maingeo.cfm BCSP] (Internet Explorer only)
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/election_2004/bradford/bowling_and_barkerend.shtml BBC 2004 election results]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/2006/04/24/local_elections_2006_bradford_feature.shtml BBC 2006 election results]
* [http://www.bradford.gov.uk/asp/elections2007/index.asp?w=5 Council 2007 election results]
* [http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/display.var.957952.0.rupert_takes_seat_on_labour_benches.php Rupert takes seat on Labour benches]
* [http://www.bradfordinfo.com/census/WardProfiles/bowling%20and%20barkerend.pdf Council ward profile] (pdf)