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.

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1983

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
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" |	Conservatives	43	44
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color; width: 3px;" |	Labour	41	40
style="background-color: Template:SDP-Liberal Alliance/meta/color; width: 3px;" |	Alliance	6	6
Total		90	90
Working majority		-4	-2

Ward results

Baildon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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