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1983 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

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]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1983[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 16 1 0 +1 53.3 40.2 61,335 +1.6%
  Labour 14 0 1 -1 46.7 39.7 60,473 +7.0%
  Alliance 0 0 0 0 0.0 20.0 30,432 -8.1%
  Ecology 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 178 +0.0%
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 79 +0.0%

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

Party Previous council New council
Conservatives 43 44
Labour 41 40
Alliance 6 6
Total 90 90
Working majority  -4   -2 

Ward results

Baildon[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Lightowler 2,780 45.7 +2.9
Alliance (Liberal) I. Blaine 2,419 39.8 −4.4
Labour E. English 878 14.4 +1.5
Majority 361 5.9 +4.6
Turnout 6,077
Conservative hold Swing +3.6
Bingley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Shaw 2,536 47.6 −3.7
Labour G. Foster 1,847 34.7 +10.1
Alliance (Liberal) N. Tregoning 943 17.7 −6.4
Majority 689 12.9 −13.8
Turnout 5,326
Conservative hold Swing -6.9
Bingley Rural[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Conquest 3,203 62.2 +1.9
Labour T. Ball 1,099 21.3 +4.9
Alliance (Liberal) M. Greenwood 849 16.5 −6.8
Majority 2,104 40.8 +3.9
Turnout 5,151
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
Bolton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Hall 2,096 45.0 +3.5
Labour G. Porter 1,638 35.2 +6.9
Alliance (SDP) J. Minshull 925 19.8 −10.4
Majority 458 9.8 −1.3
Turnout 4,659
Conservative hold Swing -1.7
Bowling[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Coughlin 2,923 62.0 +3.9
Conservative B. Moore 1,083 23.0 +1.4
Alliance (Liberal) G. Sutcliffe 707 15.0 −5.4
Majority 1,840 39.0 +2.5
Turnout 4,713
Labour hold Swing +1.2
Bradford Moor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Lambert 3,311 62.8 +10.3
Conservative G. Moore 1,085 20.6 −2.4
Alliance (SDP) W. Whitley 872 16.5 −7.1
Majority 2,226 42.3 +13.4
Turnout 5,268
Labour hold Swing +6.3
Clayton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Farley 2,548 47.0 +4.0
Labour G. Mitchell 2,153 39.7 +6.5
Alliance (SDP) P. Garbutt 722 13.3 −10.5
Majority 395 7.3 −2.5
Turnout 5,423
Conservative hold Swing -1.2
Craven[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Jerome 2,602 47.1 +7.1
Alliance (Liberal) G. Funnell 1,839 33.3 −14.9
Labour J. Fisk 1,083 19.6 +7.8
Majority 763 13.8 +5.6
Turnout 5,524
Conservative hold Swing +11.0
Eccleshill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Crawforth 2,140 44.1 +8.3
Conservative K. Sotomayor-Sugden 1,792 37.0 −3.8
Alliance (SDP) J. Ryan 916 18.9 −4.6
Majority 348 7.2 +2.2
Turnout 4,848
Labour hold Swing +6.0
Great Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Godward 2,606 49.2 +11.8
Conservative E. Byrom 2,136 40.3 +1.7
Alliance (SDP) J. Hargreaves 554 10.5 −13.5
Majority 470 8.9 +7.6
Turnout 5,296
Labour hold Swing +5.0
Heaton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Huggon 2,824 50.2 +3.1
Labour M. Qureshi 1,582 28.1 +2.7
Alliance (SDP) M. Pollard 1,217 21.6 −5.8
Majority 1,242 22.1 +2.3
Turnout 5,623
Conservative hold Swing +0.2
Idle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Baxter 1,705 36.0 +12.1
Conservative A. Garnett 1,523 32.2 +1.0
Alliance (Liberal) D. Ward 1,503 31.8 −13.1
Majority 182 3.8 −9.9
Turnout 4,731
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Ilkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Lightband 3,099 63.8 +2.9
Alliance (SDP) V. Lister 1,238 25.5 −4.7
Labour A. Corina 518 10.7 +1.7
Majority 1,861 38.3 +7.6
Turnout 4,855
Conservative hold Swing +3.8
Keighley North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Trigg 2,176 37.5 +2.7
Labour F. Sunderland 2,077 35.8 +3.7
Alliance (Liberal) D. Beaumont 1,549 26.7 −6.3
Majority 99 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 5,802
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
Keighley South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Eccleston 2,796 61.5 +11.9
Conservative T. Whitley 965 21.2 +5.6
Alliance (Liberal) S. Green 786 17.3 −17.5
Majority 1,831 40.3 +25.4
Turnout 4,547
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Keighley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Thorne 2,828 50.9 +2.2
Conservative M. Cowen 1,974 35.5 +4.6
Alliance (SDP) J. Arnold 752 13.5 −6.8
Majority 854 15.4 −2.3
Turnout 5,554
Labour hold Swing -1.2
Little Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Hameed 2,371 54.5 −1.0
Alliance (SDP) J. McKenna 1,141 26.2 +1.3
Conservative V. Holdsworth 841 19.3 −0.3
Majority 1,230 28.3 −2.2
Turnout 4,353
Labour hold Swing -1.1
Odsal[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Kearns 2,403 46.0 +6.3
Conservative R. Warren 2,021 38.7 +1.4
Alliance (Liberal) D. Rowley 796 15.2 −7.6
Majority 382 7.3 +4.9
Turnout 5,220
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Queensbury[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Hirst 2,526 45.6 +5.9
Labour J. Kerr 2,156 39.0 +3.6
Alliance (Liberal) M. Farrar 853 15.4 −9.5
Majority 370 6.7 +2.3
Turnout 5,535
Conservative hold Swing +1.1
Rombalds[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Wightman 3,204 58.1 +0.9
Alliance (Liberal) C. Svensgaard 1,614 29.3 −4.5
Labour J. Warwick 697 12.6 +3.5
Majority 1,590 28.8 +5.4
Turnout 5,515
Conservative hold Swing +2.7
Shipley East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Saville 2,493 54.3 +1.6
Conservative B. Larkin 1,341 29.2 +2.5
Alliance (Liberal) I. Horner 758 16.5 −2.8
Majority 1,152 25.1 −0.9
Turnout 4,592
Labour hold Swing -0.4
Shipley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Evans 3,266 55.4 +5.3
Labour G. Carey 1,467 24.9 +1.9
Alliance (SDP) K. Trobridge 988 16.7 −7.4
Ecology S. Shepherd 178 3.0 +0.3
Majority 1,799 30.5 +4.7
Turnout 5,899
Conservative hold Swing +1.7
Thornton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Kinder 2,281 50.6 −1.2
Labour F. Bastow 1,479 32.8 +4.3
Alliance (Liberal) B. Payne 749 16.6 −3.1
Majority 802 17.8 −5.4
Turnout 4,509
Conservative hold Swing -2.7
Toller[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Sunderland 2,238 41.4 +1.1
Labour B. Swindells 2,179 40.3 +4.4
Alliance (SDP) H. Rashid 983 18.2 −5.5
Majority 59 1.1 −3.2
Turnout 5,400
Conservative hold Swing -1.6
Tong[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Mahon 2,563 67.1 +15.5
Conservative J. Sizer 793 20.8 −0.8
Alliance (SDP) L. Robinson 462 12.1 −14.8
Majority 1,770 46.4 +21.6
Turnout 3,818
Labour hold Swing +8.1
Undercliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Allinson 2,408 51.4 +4.8
Conservative H. Ibbotson 1,612 34.4 −2.1
Alliance (SDP) R. Jenkins 666 14.2 −2.7
Majority 796 17.0 +6.9
Turnout 4,686
Labour hold Swing +3.4
University[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Rooney 3,707 63.6 +30.0
Alliance (SDP) S. Akbar 1,351 23.2 −19.2
Conservative D. Baggley 693 11.9 −2.9
Communist M. Ward 79 1.4 +1.4
Majority 2,356 40.4 +31.6
Turnout 5,830
Labour hold Swing +24.6
Wibsey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Butterfield 2,030 43.3 +3.0
Labour R. Cannell 1,913 40.8 +8.9
Alliance (SDP) C. Thain 749 16.0 −11.9
Majority 117 2.5 −6.0
Turnout 4,692
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -2.9
Worth Valley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Pickles 2,530 56.4 +0.6
Labour B. Leitch 1,302 29.0 +6.3
Alliance (Liberal) R. Taylor 654 14.6 −6.9
Majority 1,228 27.4 −5.7
Turnout 4,486
Conservative hold Swing -2.8
Wyke[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Wardman 2,151 47.1 +5.4
Conservative D. Owen 1,537 33.7 +1.9
Alliance (SDP) C. Delaney 877 19.2 −7.3
Majority 614 13.4 +3.5
Turnout 4,565
Labour hold Swing +1.7

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post. 6 May 1983.
  2. ^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
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