1983 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

1983 UK local government 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
	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
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

References

^ "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post. 6 May 1983.
"Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

v t e (1982 ←) 1983 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1984)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blaby Blackburn Blackpool Blyth Valley Bolsover Boothferry Boston Bournemouth Bracknell Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Brighton Bristol Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Cleethorpes Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Dacorum Darlington Dartford Daventry Derby Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gillingham Glanford Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Guildford Halton Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hart Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Holderness Horsham Hove Huntingdon Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering King's Lynn and West Norfolk Kingston upon Hull Kingswood Lancaster Langbaurgh Leicester Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Luton Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Medina Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Mole Valley New Forest Newark Newbury Newcastle-under-Lyme North Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire Northampton Northavon Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochester-upon-Medway Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Scunthorpe Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Bucks South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Herefordshire South Holland South Kesteven South Lakeland South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Staffordshire South Wight Southampton Southend-on-Sea Spelthorne St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thamesdown Thanet The Wrekin Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Warrington Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Derbyshire West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Wimborne Winchester Windsor and Maidenhead Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest Yeovil York
District councils (Wales)	Aberconwy Afan Alyn and Deeside Anglesey - Ynys Môn Arfon Blaenau Gwent Brecknock Cardiff Carmarthen Ceredigion Colwyn Cynon Valley Delyn Dinefwr Dwyfor Glyndŵr Islwyn Llanelli Lliw Valley Meirionnydd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouth Montgomery Neath Newport Ogwr Preseli Radnor Rhondda Rhuddlan Rhymney Valley South Pembrokeshire Swansea Taff-Ely Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Maelor
See also: UK General election

v t e Council elections in West Yorkshire
Mayor	2021 2024
Bradford	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Calderdale	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Kirklees	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Leeds	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Wakefield	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
West Yorkshire CC	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
West Riding CC	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Categories: