1978 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 4 May 1978, with one third of council up for election as well as an extra vacancy in Shipley: Central, North & East. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control with voter turnout at 38.3%. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1978 ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18	1	2	-1	56.2	49.2	61,930	+0.8%
	Labour	13	2	0	+2	40.6	38.7	48,771	+4.5%
	Liberal	1	0	1	-1	3.1	8.8	11,110	+0.9%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	2,619	-5.2%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	790	+0.6%
	Socialist Unity	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	456	+0.4%
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	204	+0.2%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	61	60
	Labour	26	28
	Liberals	5	4
	Independent Labour	1	1
Total		93	93
Working majority		29	27

Ward results

Allerton ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Curtis	2,803	58.4	+6.4
	Labour	J. Whiteside	1,529	31.9	−2.3
	Liberal	K. Buckley	361	7.5	+1.1
	National Front	A. Smith	106	2.2	−5.2
Majority			1,274	26.5	+8.7
Turnout			4,799	36.1	−5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

1. "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post . 4 May 1978. Scans
2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 February 2013.
3. "Bradford election results". Telegraph & Argus . 4 May 1978.

Baildon ^{[1] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lightowler	2,989	55.9	+3.0
	Labour	P. Clarke	1,320	24.7	+6.7
	Liberal	Kathleen Greenwood	1,040	19.4	−9.7

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