1973 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The first elections to the newly created City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 93 seat council - three seats for each of the 31 wards - up for vote. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.

As well as replacing the County Borough of Bradford, the new council included:

• Municipal Borough of Keighley
• Baildon Urban District
• Bingley Urban District
• Denholme Urban District
• Ilkley Urban District
• Queensbury and Shelf Urban District (part)
• Shipley Urban District
• Silsden Urban District
• Skipton Rural District (part)

The election resulted in the Conservatives gaining control. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1973 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	53	0	0	0	57.0	42.8	52,999	N/A
	Labour	31	0	0	0	33.3	36.7	45,477	N/A
	Liberal	9	0	0	0	9.7	12.4	15,426	N/A
	British Campaign to Stop Immigration	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.1	6,363	N/A
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	2,900	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	328	N/A
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	326	N/A
	Social Credit	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	102	N/A

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections: ^[2]

Party		New council
	Conservatives	53
	Labour	31
	Liberals	9
Total		93
Working majority		13

Ward results

Allerton ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Ripley	1,989	38.9	N/A
	Conservative	N. Walker	1,958
	Conservative	A. Pollard	1,944
	Liberal	E. Evans	1,406	27.5	N/A
	Labour	R. Hallam	1,314	25.7	N/A
	Labour	J. Ruscoe	1,247
	Labour	H. Purton	1,246
	Liberal	A. Roberts	1,211
	Liberal	A. McCallum	1,187
	British Campaign to Stop Immigration	R. Hemmingway	400	7.8	N/A
	British Campaign to Stop Immigration	M. Noble	321
	British Campaign to Stop Immigration	J. Holden	316
Majority			583	11.4	N/A
Turnout			5,109		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

1. "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post . 11 May 1973. Scans
2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 February 2013.

Baildon ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lightowler	2,602	40.6	N/A
	Conservative	D. Moore	2,423
	Liberal	F. Atkinson	2,338	36.5	N/A
	Conservative	O. Merser	2,215
	Liberal	J. Bywell	2,028
	Liberal	M. Greenwood	1,939
	Labour	J. Lambert	1,468	22.9	N/A
	Labour	B. Prince	1,417
	Labour	G. Tiplady	1,351

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