1983 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 1983 Bradford council election. Bradford UK local election 1983 map.png
Map of the results for the 1983 Bradford council election.

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected. The council remained under no overall control. [1] [2]

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Election result

Bradford local election result 1983 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1610+153.340.261,335+1.6%
  Labour 1401-146.739.760,473+7.0%
  Alliance 00000.020.030,432-8.1%
  Ecology 00000.00.1178+0.0%
  Communist 00000.00.079+0.0%

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Conservatives4344
Labour4140
Alliance66
Total9090
Working majority -4  -2 

Ward results

Baildon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Lightowler2,78045.7+2.9
Alliance (Liberal)I. Blaine2,41939.8−4.4
Labour E. English87814.4+1.5
Majority 3615.9+4.6
Turnout 6,077
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
Bingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Shaw2,53647.6−3.7
Labour G. Foster1,84734.7+10.1
Alliance (Liberal)N. Tregoning94317.7−6.4
Majority 68912.9−13.8
Turnout 5,326
Conservative hold Swing -6.9
Bingley Rural [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Conquest3,20362.2+1.9
Labour T. Ball1,09921.3+4.9
Alliance (Liberal)M. Greenwood84916.5−6.8
Majority 2,10440.8+3.9
Turnout 5,151
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
Bolton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Hall2,09645.0+3.5
Labour G. Porter1,63835.2+6.9
Alliance (SDP)J. Minshull92519.8−10.4
Majority 4589.8−1.3
Turnout 4,659
Conservative hold Swing -1.7
Bowling [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Coughlin2,92362.0+3.9
Conservative B. Moore1,08323.0+1.4
Alliance (Liberal)G. Sutcliffe70715.0−5.4
Majority 1,84039.0+2.5
Turnout 4,713
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Bradford Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Lambert3,31162.8+10.3
Conservative G. Moore1,08520.6−2.4
Alliance (SDP)W. Whitley87216.5−7.1
Majority 2,22642.3+13.4
Turnout 5,268
Labour hold Swing +6.3
Clayton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Farley2,54847.0+4.0
Labour G. Mitchell2,15339.7+6.5
Alliance (SDP)P. Garbutt72213.3−10.5
Majority 3957.3−2.5
Turnout 5,423
Conservative hold Swing -1.2
Craven [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Jerome2,60247.1+7.1
Alliance (Liberal)G. Funnell1,83933.3−14.9
Labour J. Fisk1,08319.6+7.8
Majority 76313.8+5.6
Turnout 5,524
Conservative hold Swing +11.0
Eccleshill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Crawforth2,14044.1+8.3
Conservative K. Sotomayor-Sugden1,79237.0−3.8
Alliance (SDP)J. Ryan91618.9−4.6
Majority 3487.2+2.2
Turnout 4,848
Labour hold Swing +6.0
Great Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Godward2,60649.2+11.8
Conservative E. Byrom2,13640.3+1.7
Alliance (SDP)J. Hargreaves55410.5−13.5
Majority 4708.9+7.6
Turnout 5,296
Labour hold Swing +5.0
Heaton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Huggon2,82450.2+3.1
Labour M. Qureshi1,58228.1+2.7
Alliance (SDP)M. Pollard1,21721.6−5.8
Majority 1,24222.1+2.3
Turnout 5,623
Conservative hold Swing +0.2
Idle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Baxter1,70536.0+12.1
Conservative A. Garnett1,52332.2+1.0
Alliance (Liberal)D. Ward1,50331.8−13.1
Majority 1823.8−9.9
Turnout 4,731
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Ilkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Lightband3,09963.8+2.9
Alliance (SDP)V. Lister1,23825.5−4.7
Labour A. Corina51810.7+1.7
Majority 1,86138.3+7.6
Turnout 4,855
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
Keighley North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Trigg2,17637.5+2.7
Labour F. Sunderland2,07735.8+3.7
Alliance (Liberal)D. Beaumont1,54926.7−6.3
Majority 991.7−0.1
Turnout 5,802
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
Keighley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Eccleston2,79661.5+11.9
Conservative T. Whitley96521.2+5.6
Alliance (Liberal)S. Green78617.3−17.5
Majority 1,83140.3+25.4
Turnout 4,547
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Keighley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Thorne2,82850.9+2.2
Conservative M. Cowen1,97435.5+4.6
Alliance (SDP)J. Arnold75213.5−6.8
Majority 85415.4−2.3
Turnout 5,554
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Little Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Hameed2,37154.5−1.0
Alliance (SDP)J. McKenna1,14126.2+1.3
Conservative V. Holdsworth84119.3−0.3
Majority 1,23028.3−2.2
Turnout 4,353
Labour hold Swing -1.1
Odsal [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Kearns2,40346.0+6.3
Conservative R. Warren2,02138.7+1.4
Alliance (Liberal)D. Rowley79615.2−7.6
Majority 3827.3+4.9
Turnout 5,220
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Queensbury [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Hirst2,52645.6+5.9
Labour J. Kerr2,15639.0+3.6
Alliance (Liberal)M. Farrar85315.4−9.5
Majority 3706.7+2.3
Turnout 5,535
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
Rombalds [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Wightman3,20458.1+0.9
Alliance (Liberal)C. Svensgaard1,61429.3−4.5
Labour J. Warwick69712.6+3.5
Majority 1,59028.8+5.4
Turnout 5,515
Conservative hold Swing +2.7
Shipley East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Saville2,49354.3+1.6
Conservative B. Larkin1,34129.2+2.5
Alliance (Liberal)I. Horner75816.5−2.8
Majority 1,15225.1−0.9
Turnout 4,592
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Shipley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Evans3,26655.4+5.3
Labour G. Carey1,46724.9+1.9
Alliance (SDP)K. Trobridge98816.7−7.4
Ecology S. Shepherd1783.0+0.3
Majority 1,79930.5+4.7
Turnout 5,899
Conservative hold Swing +1.7
Thornton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Kinder2,28150.6−1.2
Labour F. Bastow1,47932.8+4.3
Alliance (Liberal)B. Payne74916.6−3.1
Majority 80217.8−5.4
Turnout 4,509
Conservative hold Swing -2.7
Toller [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Sunderland2,23841.4+1.1
Labour B. Swindells2,17940.3+4.4
Alliance (SDP)H. Rashid98318.2−5.5
Majority 591.1−3.2
Turnout 5,400
Conservative hold Swing -1.6
Tong [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Mahon2,56367.1+15.5
Conservative J. Sizer79320.8−0.8
Alliance (SDP)L. Robinson46212.1−14.8
Majority 1,77046.4+21.6
Turnout 3,818
Labour hold Swing +8.1
Undercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Allinson2,40851.4+4.8
Conservative H. Ibbotson1,61234.4−2.1
Alliance (SDP)R. Jenkins66614.2−2.7
Majority 79617.0+6.9
Turnout 4,686
Labour hold Swing +3.4
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Rooney 3,70763.6+30.0
Alliance (SDP)S. Akbar1,35123.2−19.2
Conservative D. Baggley69311.9−2.9
Communist M. Ward791.4+1.4
Majority 2,35640.4+31.6
Turnout 5,830
Labour hold Swing +24.6
Wibsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Butterfield2,03043.3+3.0
Labour R. Cannell1,91340.8+8.9
Alliance (SDP)C. Thain74916.0−11.9
Majority 1172.5−6.0
Turnout 4,692
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -2.9
Worth Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 2,53056.4+0.6
Labour B. Leitch1,30229.0+6.3
Alliance (Liberal)R. Taylor65414.6−6.9
Majority 1,22827.4−5.7
Turnout 4,486
Conservative hold Swing -2.8
Wyke [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Wardman2,15147.1+5.4
Conservative D. Owen1,53733.7+1.9
Alliance (SDP)C. Delaney87719.2−7.3
Majority 61413.4+3.5
Turnout 4,565
Labour hold Swing +1.7

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post . 6 May 1983.
  2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online . Retrieved 20 February 2013.