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

[1] Bowling and Barkerend covers the area immediately east and south of Bradford centre.

St Clement's Church on Barkerend Road has Pre-Raphaelite decorations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

Incumbent Rupert Oliver switched from the Lib Dems to Labour in October 2006.

The percentage changes are calculated in comparison to the party performances in the 2011 election.

The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party performances in the 2010 election.

The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party shares in the 2008 election.

Rupert Oliver for the Labour Party was the incumbent though he had been elected for the Liberal Democrats.

The turnout is estimated as a third of the total votes cast as a fraction of the 2007 electorate.