Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980, with boundary changes prompting the entirety of the council to be elected.
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The boundary changes subtracted a ward from the existing 31 - decreasing the councillor total by three to 90 - with just under half the ward names surviving the changes:
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The election resulted in the Labour gaining control of the council directly from the Conservatives.[1][2]
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.5 | 46.1 | 66,916 | +0.0% | |
Conservative | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.1 | 41.4 | 60,088 | -3.1% | |
Liberal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 15,736 | +1.5% | |
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,295 | +0.9% | |
Ratepayers & Residents Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 516 | +0.4% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 431 | +0.2% |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 38 | 50 | |||
Conservatives | 51 | 37 | |||
Liberals | 4 | 3 | |||
Total | 93 | 90 | |||
Working majority | -9 | 10 |
Ward results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | M. Atkinson | 3,389 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Lightowler | 2,629 | 36.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Moore | 2,394 | |||
Liberal | K. Greenwood | 1,903 | |||
Liberal | M. Greenwood | 1,732 | |||
Labour | I. Alan | 1,222 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Briggs | 1,214 | |||
Labour | S. Lancaster | 1,088 | |||
Majority | 763 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,237 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Booth | 2,166 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | T. Shaw | 2,092 | |||
Conservative | W. Nunn | 2,069 | |||
Labour | M. Mould | 1,757 | 35.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | M. Tregoning | 1,075 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Whitehead | 936 | |||
Majority | 409 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,998 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Hall | 2,890 | 55.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Conquest | 2,713 | |||
Conservative | J. Womersley | 2,611 | |||
Labour | C. Wall | 1,340 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Roberts | 962 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | S. Clemence | 925 | |||
Majority | 1,550 | 29.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,192 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Ryan | 2,131 | 50.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | T. Hall | 2,112 | 49.8 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Allinson | 2,112 | |||
Labour | A. Scriven | 2,076 | |||
Conservative | F. Lee | 2,048 | |||
Conservative | E. Wooler | 2,001 | |||
Majority | 19 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,243 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Coughlin | 3,229 | 74.4 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Wood | 3,202 | |||
Labour | S. Gratton | 3,187 | |||
Conservative | J. Claughton | 1,110 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Moore | 1,082 | |||
Conservative | E. Swanson | 1,064 | |||
Majority | 2,119 | 48.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,339 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Clarke | 3,289 | 68.9 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Lambert | 3,230 | |||
Labour | J. McKenna | 3,203 | |||
Conservative | L. Kelly | 1,483 | 31.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Crossley | 1,442 | |||
Conservative | M. Choudhury | 1,303 | |||
Majority | 1,806 | 37.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,772 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hirst | 2,266 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Farley | 2,246 | |||
Conservative | G. Seager | 2,224 | |||
Labour | G. Mitchell | 2,216 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Stead | 2,118 | |||
Labour | R. Baxter | 2,083 | |||
Majority | 50 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,482 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Hawkins | 2,218 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Jerome | 2,212 | |||
Conservative | J. Barker | 2,204 | |||
Liberal | R. Binns | 1,883 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Drew | 1,727 | |||
Liberal | J. Wells | 1,637 | |||
Labour | J. Lawrence | 1,353 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 335 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,454 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Dewhirst | 2,652 | 51.6 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Lancaster | 2,583 | |||
Labour | L. Crawforth | 2,528 | |||
Conservative | S. Swallow | 1,974 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Heaton | 1,853 | |||
Conservative | J. Lewis | 1,845 | |||
Ratepayers & Residents Association | J. Foulds | 516 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 678 | 13.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,142 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Thornton | 2,840 | 55.4 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Godward | 2,780 | |||
Labour | B. Kearns | 2,770 | |||
Conservative | J. Rawnsley | 2,286 | 44.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Ormondroyd | 2,228 | |||
Conservative | S. Briggs | 2,153 | |||
Majority | 554 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,126 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. King | 2,884 | 61.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Emmott | 2,876 | |||
Conservative | C. Hobson | 2,776 | |||
Labour | H. Rashid | 1,838 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Labour | D. McElroy | 1,742 | |||
Labour | J. Bruce | 1,730 | |||
Majority | 1,046 | 22.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,722 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | P. Hockney | 2,015 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Baxter | 1,830 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Bagshaw | 1,661 | |||
Labour | A. Emsley | 1,649 | |||
Labour | A. Miller | 1,610 | |||
Liberal | L. Rennison | 1,506 | |||
Conservative | T. Keighley | 1,457 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Garnett | 1,399 | |||
Conservative | R. Hughes-Rowlands | 1,248 | |||
Majority | 185 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,302 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Spencer | 2,693 | 55.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Lightband | 2,626 | |||
Conservative | A. Turner | 2,452 | |||
Liberal | T. Crawshaw | 1,175 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | S. Hobson | 1,091 | |||
Labour | |||||
Ecology | J. Fielding | 568 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Poole | 431 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Ecology | R. Adsell | 350 | |||
Majority | 1,518 | 31.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,867 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Gilmour | 2,193 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Trigg | 2,089 | |||
Labour | R. Hardacre | 2,028 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Sunderland | 1,974 | |||
Conservative | D. Smith | 1,877 | |||
Labour | M. Allison | 1,833 | |||
Liberal | G. Sims | 776 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Harrison | 618 | |||
Majority | 165 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,997 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Clarkson | 2,440 | 58.9 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Newby | 2,343 | |||
Labour | H. Peacock | 2,314 | |||
Liberal | J. Brooksbank | 867 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Dawson | 839 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Maxfield | 736 | |||
Conservative | T. McDaid | 718 | |||
Liberal | D. Beaumont | 631 | |||
Liberal | S. Green | 581 | |||
Majority | 1,573 | 37.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,146 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Bowen | 2,632 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Thorne | 2,620 | |||
Labour | P. Beeley | 2,483 | |||
Conservative | M. Cowen | 2,205 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Harrison | 2,077 | |||
Conservative | N. Smith | 1,975 | |||
Liberal | R. Taylor | 491 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | W. Edge | 452 | |||
Majority | 427 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,328 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Brown | 2,923 | 75.1 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Hameed | 2,685 | |||
Labour | K. Ryalls | 2,672 | |||
Conservative | V. Holdsworth | 968 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | B. Robinson | 837 | |||
Conservative | R. Robinson | 800 | |||
Majority | 1,955 | 50.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,891 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Bentley | 2,734 | 57.0 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Coope | 2,552 | |||
Labour | K. Parker | 2,487 | |||
Conservative | D. Mellor | 2,065 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | T. Hill | 1,985 | |||
Conservative | A. Rawnsley | 1,966 | |||
Majority | 669 | 13.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,799 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | I. Cookland | 2,438 | 51.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Hirst | 2,363 | |||
Labour | J. Smith | 2,323 | 48.8 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Alpin | 2,320 | |||
Conservative | J. Rees | 2,238 | |||
Labour | L. Woodward | 2,201 | |||
Majority | 115 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,761 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Clavering | 2,942 | 56.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | K. Emsley | 2,876 | |||
Conservative | A. Raistrick | 2,702 | |||
Liberal | C. Svensgaard | 931 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Fox | 817 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Labour | D. Warwick | 809 | |||
Liberal | K. Powell | 774 | |||
Labour | A. Pisacane | 735 | |||
Liberal | V. Whelan | 732 | |||
Ecology | P. Burnell | 476 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,011 | 38.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,166 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | N. Free | 3,008 | 62.9 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Saville | 2,916 | |||
Labour | C. Hunter | 2,780 | |||
Conservative | R. Wright | 1,121 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Shutt | 1,050 | |||
Conservative | P. Barker | 996 | |||
Liberal | D. Atkinson | 399 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Barker | 368 | |||
Ecology | K. Taylor | 251 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Ecology | C. Ormondroyd | 237 | |||
Ecology | P. Dean | 195 | |||
Majority | 1,887 | 39.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,779 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | O. Messer | 3,138 | 54.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Evans | 3,122 | |||
Conservative | S. Arthur | 3,089 | |||
Labour | M. Ryan | 1,984 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Jones | 1,912 | |||
Labour | K. Trobridge | 1,845 | |||
Liberal | G. Roberts | 683 | 11.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | R. Cole | 617 | |||
Majority | 1,154 | 19.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,805 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | I. Wassell | 2,056 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Kinder | 2,048 | 44.6 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Heaney | 2,035 | |||
Conservative | D. Downey | 2,019 | |||
Labour | B. Draxler | 1,969 | |||
Conservative | R. Smith | 1,966 | |||
Liberal | D. Garrad | 486 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | N. Baggley | 479 | |||
Liberal | L. Baggley | 453 | |||
Majority | 8 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,590 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Armitage | 2,379 | 50.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Pollard | 2,378 | 50.0 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Baines | 2,314 | |||
Conservative | D. Barker | 2,306 | |||
Conservative | B. Curtis | 2,289 | |||
Labour | A. Spiers | 2,272 | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,757 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Senior | 2,795 | 77.7 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Mahon | 2,698 | |||
Labour | D. Smith | 2,632 | |||
Conservative | V. Owen | 800 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Butterfield | 764 | |||
Majority | 1,995 | 55.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,595 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Goodyear | 2,637 | 60.4 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Haslan | 2,559 | |||
Labour | R. Sowman | 2,456 | |||
Conservative | H. Ibbotson | 1,727 | 39.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Davison | 1,701 | |||
Conservative | A. Craig | 1,600 | |||
Majority | 910 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,364 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Ajeeb | 3,911 | 80.7 | N/A | |
Labour | D. Coughlin | 3,717 | |||
Labour | I. Queriski | 3,597 | |||
Conservative | D. Baggley | 933 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Qureshi | 771 | |||
Conservative | Z. Khan | 734 | |||
Majority | 2,978 | 61.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,844 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. Hillam | 2,193 | 51.2 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Bastow | 2,087 | 48.8 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Corina | 2,020 | |||
Conservative | A. Hodgson | 2,016 | |||
Labour | L. Kearns | 1,995 | |||
Conservative | H. Thorne | 1,902 | |||
Majority | 106 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,280 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Hodgson | 2,270 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Eric Pickles | 2,229 | |||
Conservative | S. Midgley | 2,210 | |||
Labour | C. Foster | 1,475 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Cliff | 1,475 | |||
Labour | H. Laws | 1,436 | |||
Liberal | M. Kershaw | 604 | 13.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 795 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,349 | N/A | |||
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Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Birdsall | 2,990 | 64.2 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Lynch | 2,664 | |||
Labour | D. Mangham | 2,654 | |||
Conservative | H. Midgley | 1,665 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. George | 1,585 | |||
Conservative | D. Owen | 1,448 | |||
Majority | 1,325 | 28.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,655 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |