1990 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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Map of the results for the 1990 Bradford council election. Bradford UK local election 1990 map.png
Map of the results for the 1990 Bradford council election.

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 1990, with one third of the council up for election as well as vacancies in Great Horton & Ilkley to be elected. Labour had suffered a defection prior to the election in the University ward, with the sitting councillor attempting, unsuccessfully, to defend it as a Conservative. Labour regained control of the council from no overall control following numerous gains from the Conservatives. [1] [2]

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Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1990 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2440Increase2.svg475.050.491,284+7.3%
  Conservative 804Decrease2.svg425.036.165,322-7.6%
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.09.116,514-1.3%
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.04.07,220+3.7%
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.00.4663+0.2%

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour4347
Conservatives4541
Liberal Democrat22
Total9090
Working majority -4  4 

Ward results

Baildon [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Charlesworth3,38146.0+1.9
Liberal Democrats M. Fielden2,37832.4-8.4
Labour R. Watson1,25817.1+5.1
Green M. Harris3284.5+1.4
Majority1,00313.7+10.4
Turnout 7,345
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Bingley [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Nunn2,90846.3-6.2
Labour M. Slater2,53540.4+8.0
Liberal Democrats A. Micklem4777.6-0.2
Green M. Thompson3565.7+5.7
Majority3735.9-14.3
Turnout 6,276
Conservative hold Swing -7.1
Bingley Rural [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Eaton3,46753.6-3.3
Labour M. Gregory2,03831.5+10.2
Liberal Democrats S. Whitehead4847.5-0.8
Green M. Love4797.4+7.4
Majority1,42922.1-13.5
Turnout 6,468
Conservative hold Swing -6.7
Bolton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Young2,44547.4+8.4
Conservative J. Doyle2,15441.8-9.7
Liberal Democrats M. Attenborough55910.8+1.3
Majority2915.6-6.8
Turnout 5,158
Labour hold Swing +9.0
Bowling [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Ellison4,12274.0+6.9
Conservative H. Ibbotson97817.6-3.8
Liberal Democrats G. Beacher4698.4-3.2
Majority3,14456.5+10.8
Turnout 5,569
Labour hold Swing +5.4
Bradford Moor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Billheimer4,08779.0+18.1
Conservative S. Swaine71813.9-9.3
Green I. Davis3677.1-0.4
Majority3,36965.1+27.4
Turnout 5,172
Labour hold Swing +13.7
Clayton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Mitchell2,90947.3+3.7
Conservative R. Kelly2,78745.3-11.1
Green L. Shawcross4547.4+7.4
Majority1222.0-10.7
Turnout 6,150
Labour hold Swing +7.4
Craven [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Dawson2,91147.2-6.5
Labour R. Kelly1,80329.2+10.1
Liberal Democrats G. Morgan1,12718.3-9.0
Green G. Lambert3305.3+5.3
Majority1,10818.0-8.4
Turnout 6,171
Conservative hold Swing -8.3
Eccleshill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Lancaster2,93655.0+7.7
Conservative B. Larkin1,65030.9-12.7
Liberal Democrats I. Horner5109.6+0.5
Green D. Stepan2384.5+4.5
Majority1,28624.1+20.3
Turnout 5,334
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.2
Great Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Collard3,47857.9+4.6
Labour B. Lynch3,006
Conservative M. Crabtree1,95532.5-6.4
Conservative N. Roper1,597
Green M. Knott5739.5+9.5
Majority1,52325.4+11.1
Turnout 6,006
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Heaton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. James3,54451.9+9.6
Conservative K. Foulsham2,68339.3-10.1
Green K. Timms5958.7+8.7
Majority86112.6+5.5
Turnout 6,822
Labour hold Swing +9.8
Idle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Baxter2,33536.9+4.3
Conservative R. Priestley1,97631.2+1.1
Liberal Democrats S. Cawood1,91630.3-7.0
Independent A. Garnett1.11.6+1.6
Majority3595.7+1.1
Turnout 6,328
Labour hold Swing +1.6
Ilkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Hawkesworth3,44954.6-7.0
Conservative S. Lawson3,284
Labour R. Fox1,47423.3+3.3
Labour J. Luiba1,351
Liberal Democrats R. Battey80212.7-2.8
Liberal Democrats P. Cheney641
Green S. Woodhouse5919.4+9.4
Green R. Hamilton458
Majority1,97531.3-10.3
Turnout 6,316
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -5.1
Keighley North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Wheeler3,12948.5+4.8
Conservative V. Earle2,41637.5-11.0
Liberal Democrats J. Beaumont4657.2-0.6
Green F. Hutchinson4396.8+6.8
Majority71311.1+6.4
Turnout 6,449
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.9
Keighley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour L. Whiteley3,70171.9+0.2
Conservative D. Robertshaw90417.6-3.4
Liberal Democrats T. Brooksbank3156.1-1.1
Green J. Crowson2254.4+4.4
Majority2,79754.4+3.7
Turnout 5,145
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Keighley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour I. Ellison-Wood3,49054.6+4.4
Conservative K. Flanagan2,13233.3-7.3
Liberal Democrats S. Green4917.7-1.4
Green C. Davidson2794.4+4.4
Majority1,35821.2+11.6
Turnout 6,392
Labour hold Swing +5.8
Little Horton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Darr3,45571.6+2.1
Conservative J. Kahn74815.5-5.0
Liberal Democrats P. Robinson61912.8+8.3
Majority2,70756.1+7.1
Turnout 4,822
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Odsal [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Walters3,72755.4+14.0
Conservative E. Byrom2,36335.1-14.4
Liberal Democrats D. Rowley6379.5+3.1
Majority1,36420.3+12.1
Turnout 6,727
Labour hold Swing +14.2
Queensbury [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Hey3,77355.0+11.9
Conservative Neil Hartley3,08345.0-0.9
Majority69010.1+7.3
Turnout 6,856
Labour hold Swing +6.4
Rombalds [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Gadsby-Peet3,96357.3-4.8
Labour K. Best1,97428.5+6.9
Liberal Democrats V. Whelan98414.2-2.1
Majority1,98928.7-11.7
Turnout 6,921
Conservative hold Swing -5.8
Shipley East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Miller3,52066.8+7.2
Conservative P. Barker1,23323.4-8.5
Liberal Democrats J. Whitehead5159.8+1.3
Majority2,28743.4+15.6
Turnout 5,268
Labour hold Swing +7.8
Shipley West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Cannell3,15744.2+7.1
Conservative D. Heseltine3,00242.1-10.4
Liberal Democrats T. Willis5257.4-3.0
Green M. Ford4536.3+6.3
Majority1552.2-13.1
Turnout 7,137
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.7
Thornton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. McAvoy2,78247.1+11.0
Conservative G. Chapman2,43841.3-12.0
Liberal Democrats A. Griffiths3526.0-0.5
Green C. Shawcross3375.7+5.7
Majority3445.8-11.4
Turnout 5,909
Labour hold Swing +11.5
Toller [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Hussein3,49954.3-1.9
Conservative H. Greed1,80528.0-15.8
Liberal Democrats A. Cruden5809.0+9.0
Independent A. Malik5628.7+8.7
Majority1,69426.3+13.9
Turnout 6,446
Labour hold Swing +6.9
Tong [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Sutcliffe3,16476.2+7.2
Conservative D. Owen98723.8-0.4
Majority2,17752.4+7.6
Turnout 4,151
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Undercliffe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Sowman3,39563.0+20.6
Conservative B. Moore1,47027.3-17.5
Liberal Democrats E. Hallman5279.8-3.1
Majority1,92535.7+33.3
Turnout 5,392
Labour hold Swing +19.0
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Qureshi4,84467.3-6.9
Conservative M. Riaz1,71423.8+7.2
Green K. Warnes6408.9+3.6
Majority3,13043.5-14.2
Turnout 7,198
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.0
Wibsey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Thomson2,98852.7+8.5
Conservative R. Sheard1,85832.8-12.8
Liberal Democrats B. Boulton62311.0+0.7
Green P. Braham2033.6+3.6
Majority1,13019.9+18.5
Turnout 5,672
Labour hold Swing +10.6
Worth Valley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Midgley2,55444.0-14.3
Labour D. Halsall2,39041.2+6.9
Liberal Democrats J. Brooksbank5279.1+1.7
Green M. Crowson3335.7+5.7
Majority1642.8-21.2
Turnout 5,804
Conservative hold Swing -10.6
Wyke [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Mangham3,33259.5+9.8
Conservative J. Robertshaw1,63529.2-10.0
Liberal Democrats J. Micklethwaite63211.3+11.3
Majority1,69730.3+19.8
Turnout 5,599
Labour hold Swing +9.9

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