1983 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

1983 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 right|thumb|500px|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.District results: Bradford The Yorkshire Post 6 May 1983 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000032.stm Vote 2012: Bradford 2013-02-20 BBC News Online Election result Bradford local election result 1983 Conservative Party (UK) 16 1 0 +1 53.3 40.2 61,335 +1.6% Labour Party (UK) 14 0 1 -1 46.7 39.7 60,473 +7.0% SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 0 0 0 0.0 20.0 30,432 -8.1% Ecology Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 178 +0.0% Communist Party of Great Britain 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: PartyPrevious councilNew council Conservatives 43 44 Labour 41 40 Alliance 6 6 Total 90 90 Working majority #FFBF00 -4 darkgray #FFBF00 -2 darkgray Ward results Baildon Conservative Party (UK) A. Lightowler 2,780 45.7 +2.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) I. Blaine 2,419 39.8 -4.4 Labour Party (UK) E. English 878 14.4 +1.5 361 5.9 +4.6 6,077 Conservative Party (UK) +3.6 Bingley Conservative Party (UK) T. Shaw 2,536 47.6 -3.7 Labour Party (UK) G. Foster 1,847 34.7 +10.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) N. Tregoning 943 17.7 -6.4 689 12.9 -13.8 5,326 Conservative Party (UK) -6.9 Bingley Rural Conservative Party (UK) D. Conquest 3,203 62.2 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) T. Ball 1,099 21.3 +4.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Greenwood 849 16.5 -6.8 2,104 40.8 +3.9 5,151 Conservative Party (UK) -1.5 Bolton Conservative Party (UK) T. Hall 2,096 45.0 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) G. Porter 1,638 35.2 +6.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Minshull 925 19.8 -10.4 458 9.8 -1.3 4,659 Conservative Party (UK) -1.7 Bowling Labour Party (UK) D. Coughlin 2,923 62.0 +3.9 Conservative Party (UK) B. Moore 1,083 23.0 +1.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) G. Sutcliffe 707 15.0 -5.4 1,840 39.0 +2.5 4,713 Labour Party (UK) +1.2 Bradford Moor Labour Party (UK) J. Lambert 3,311 62.8 +10.3 Conservative Party (UK) G. Moore 1,085 20.6 -2.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) W. Whitley 872 16.5 -7.1 2,226 42.3 +13.4 5,268 Labour Party (UK) +6.3 Clayton Conservative Party (UK) R. Farley 2,548 47.0 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) G. Mitchell 2,153 39.7 +6.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) P. Garbutt 722 13.3 -10.5 395 7.3 -2.5 5,423 Conservative Party (UK) -1.2 Craven Conservative Party (UK) A. Jerome 2,602 47.1 +7.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) G. Funnell 1,839 33.3 -14.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Fisk 1,083 19.6 +7.8 763 13.8 +5.6 5,524 Conservative Party (UK) +11.0 Eccleshill Labour Party (UK) L. Crawforth 2,140 44.1 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) K. Sotomayor-Sugden 1,792 37.0 -3.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Ryan 916 18.9 -4.6 348 7.2 +2.2 4,848 Labour Party (UK) +6.0 Great Horton Labour Party (UK) J. Godward 2,606 49.2 +11.8 Conservative Party (UK) E. Byrom 2,136 40.3 +1.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Hargreaves 554 10.5 -13.5 470 8.9 +7.6 5,296 Labour Party (UK) +5.0 Heaton Conservative Party (UK) R. Huggon 2,824 50.2 +3.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Qureshi 1,582 28.1 +2.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) M. Pollard 1,217 21.6 -5.8 1,242 22.1 +2.3 5,623 Conservative Party (UK) +0.2 Idle Labour Party (UK) K. Baxter 1,705 36.0 +12.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Garnett 1,523 32.2 +1.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) D. Ward 1,503 31.8 -13.1 182 3.8 -9.9 4,731 Labour Party (UK) +5.5 Ilkley Conservative Party (UK) J. Lightband 3,099 63.8 +2.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) V. Lister 1,238 25.5 -4.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Corina 518 10.7 +1.7 1,861 38.3 +7.6 4,855 Conservative Party (UK) +3.8 Keighley North Conservative Party (UK) A. Trigg 2,176 37.5 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) F. Sunderland 2,077 35.8 +3.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) D. Beaumont 1,549 26.7 -6.3 99 1.7 -0.1 5,802 Conservative Party (UK) -0.5 Keighley South Labour Party (UK) G. Eccleston 2,796 61.5 +11.9 Conservative Party (UK) T. Whitley 965 21.2 +5.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) S. Green 786 17.3 -17.5 1,831 40.3 +25.4 4,547 Labour Party (UK) +3.1 Keighley West Labour Party (UK) B. Thorne 2,828 50.9 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Cowen 1,974 35.5 +4.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Arnold 752 13.5 -6.8 854 15.4 -2.3 5,554 Labour Party (UK) -1.2 Little Horton Labour Party (UK) A. Hameed 2,371 54.5 -1.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. McKenna 1,141 26.2 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) V. Holdsworth 841 19.3 -0.3 1,230 28.3 -2.2 4,353 Labour Party (UK) -1.1 Odsal Labour Party (UK) B. Kearns 2,403 46.0 +6.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Warren 2,021 38.7 +1.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) D. Rowley 796 15.2 -7.6 382 7.3 +4.9 5,220 Labour Party (UK) +2.4 Queensbury Conservative Party (UK) J. Hirst 2,526 45.6 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) J. Kerr 2,156 39.0 +3.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Farrar 853 15.4 -9.5 370 6.7 +2.3 5,535 Conservative Party (UK) +1.1 Rombalds Conservative Party (UK) R. Wightman 3,204 58.1 +0.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Svensgaard 1,614 29.3 -4.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Warwick 697 12.6 +3.5 1,590 28.8 +5.4 5,515 Conservative Party (UK) +2.7 Shipley East Labour Party (UK) E. Saville 2,493 54.3 +1.6 Conservative Party (UK) B. Larkin 1,341 29.2 +2.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) I. Horner 758 16.5 -2.8 1,152 25.1 -0.9 4,592 Labour Party (UK) -0.4 Shipley West Conservative Party (UK) J. Evans 3,266 55.4 +5.3 Labour Party (UK) G. Carey 1,467 24.9 +1.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) K. Trobridge 988 16.7 -7.4 Ecology Party S. Shepherd 178 3.0 +0.3 1,799 30.5 +4.7 5,899 Conservative Party (UK) +1.7 Thornton Conservative Party (UK) E. Kinder 2,281 50.6 -1.2 Labour Party (UK) F. Bastow 1,479 32.8 +4.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) B. Payne 749 16.6 -3.1 802 17.8 -5.4 4,509 Conservative Party (UK) -2.7 Toller Conservative Party (UK) E. Sunderland 2,238 41.4 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) B. Swindells 2,179 40.3 +4.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) H. Rashid 983 18.2 -5.5 59 1.1 -3.2 5,400 Conservative Party (UK) -1.6 Tong Labour Party (UK) T. Mahon 2,563 67.1 +15.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Sizer 793 20.8 -0.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) L. Robinson 462 12.1 -14.8 1,770 46.4 +21.6 3,818 Labour Party (UK) +8.1 Undercliffe Labour Party (UK) J. Allinson 2,408 51.4 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) H. Ibbotson 1,612 34.4 -2.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) R. Jenkins 666 14.2 -2.7 796 17.0 +6.9 4,686 Labour Party (UK) +3.4 University Labour Party (UK) T. Rooney 3,707 63.6 +30.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) S. Akbar 1,351 23.2 -19.2 Conservative Party (UK) D. Baggley 693 11.9 -2.9 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Ward 79 1.4 +1.4 2,356 40.4 +31.6 5,830 Labour Party (UK) +24.6 Wibsey Conservative Party (UK) J. Butterfield 2,030 43.3 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Cannell 1,913 40.8 +8.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) C. Thain 749 16.0 -11.9 117 2.5 -6.0 4,692 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -2.9 Worth Valley Conservative Party (UK) Eric Pickles 2,530 56.4 +0.6 Labour Party (UK) B. Leitch 1,302 29.0 +6.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) R. Taylor 654 14.6 -6.9 1,228 27.4 -5.7 4,486 Conservative Party (UK) -2.8 Wyke Labour Party (UK) C. Wardman 2,151 47.1 +5.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Owen 1,537 33.7 +1.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) C. Delaney 877 19.2 -7.3 614 13.4 +3.5 4,565 Labour Party (UK) +1.7 References 1 Bradford 1983 Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 1983