1976 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of council up for election as well as vacancies in Bolton and Thornton. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control with voter turnout at 39.7%. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1976 ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	22	5	1	+4	66.7	48.4	62,607	-2.8%
	Labour	10	1	2	-1	30.3	34.2	44,177	+2.8%
	Liberal	1	0	3	-3	3.0	7.9	10,163	-3.9%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.3	9,399	+6.1%
	Ratepayers & Residents Association	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	2,151	-0.4%
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	392	+0.3%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	213	-0.0%
	British National	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	125	+0.1%
	Social Credit	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	74	-0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	57	61
	Labour	28	27
	Liberals	8	5
Total		93	93
Working majority		21	29

Ward results

Allerton ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Walker	2,819	52.0	−6.8
	Labour	J. Whiteside	1,852	34.1	+5.0
	National Front	D. Regan	402	7.4	+7.4
	Liberal	A. Roberts	350	6.4	−5.7
Majority			967	17.8	−11.8
Turnout			5,423	41.2	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.9

1. "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post . 7 May 1976. Scans
2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 February 2013.
3. "Bradford election results". Telegraph & Argus . 7 May 1976.

Baildon ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Moore	2,727	52.9	+16.4
	Liberal	K. Greenwood	1,502	29.1	−16.3
	Labour	D. Foster	926	18.0	−0.1

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