1976 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

1976 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of council up for election as well as vacancies in Bolton and Thornton. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control with voter turnout at 39.7%.District results: Bradford The Yorkshire Post 7 May 1976 Scans https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/vote2012/council/E08000032.stm Vote 2012: Bradford 20 February 2013 BBC News OnlineBradford election results Telegraph & Argus 7 May 1976 Election result Bradford local election result 1976 Conservative Party (UK) 22 5 1 +4 66.7 48.4 62,607 -2.8% Labour Party (UK) 10 1 2 -1 30.3 34.2 44,177 +2.8% Liberal Party (UK) 1 0 3 -3 3.0 7.9 10,163 -3.9% National Front (UK) 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.3 9,399 +6.1% Ratepayers & Residents Association 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.7 2,151 -0.4% Independent Conservative 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 392 +0.3% Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 213 -0.0% |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.1 | align="right" | 125 | align="right" | +0.1% |- Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 74 -0.1% This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Conservatives 57 61 Labour 28 27 Liberals 8 5 Total 93 93 Working majority #FFBF00 21 darkgray #FFBF00 29 darkgray Ward results Allerton Conservative Party (UK) N. Walker 2,819 52.0 -6.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Whiteside 1,852 34.1 +5.0 National Front (UK) D. Regan 402 7.4 +7.4 Liberal Party (UK) A. Roberts 350 6.4 -5.7 967 17.8 -11.8 5,423 41.2 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) -5.9 Baildon Conservative Party (UK) D. Moore 2,727 52.9 +16.4 Liberal Party (UK) K. Greenwood 1,502 29.1 -16.3 Labour Party (UK) D. Foster 926 18.0 -0.1 1,225 23.8 +14.8 5,155 45.8 -1.9 Conservative Party (UK) +16.3 Bingley: Central, East, North & West Conservative Party (UK) M. Carter 3,379 61.6 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) S. Barlow 1,107 20.2 -1.3 Liberal Party (UK) P. Blaine 999 18.2 -6.6 2,272 41.4 +12.6 5,485 45.6 +4.6 Conservative Party (UK) +4.6 Bolton Conservative Party (UK) F. Lee 1,822 42.2 -6.4 Conservative Party (UK) E. Wooler 1,480 Labour Party (UK) E. Brown 1,205 27.9 +0.9 Liberal Party (UK) W. Sheffield 787 18.2 -6.0 Liberal Party (UK) F. Sugden 694 National Front (UK) E. Barszak 500 11.6 +11.6 342 14.3 -7.3 4,314 37.3 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) -3.6 Bowling Labour Party (UK) R. Kitson 1,104 46.0 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) P. Kitchingman 875 36.4 -2.7 National Front (UK) J. Dawson 422 17.6 +17.6 229 9.5 +4.6 2,401 32.1 +7.1 Labour Party (UK) +2.3 Bradford Moor Labour Party (UK) J. McKenna 2,344 46.8 +11.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Ambler 1,649 32.9 -3.4 National Front (UK) J. Merrick 1,018 20.3 +20.3 695 13.9 +12.5 5,011 45.9 +12.3 Labour Party (UK) +7.6 Clayton, Ambler Thorn & Queensbury Conservative Party (UK) J. Hirst 3,460 55.9 -10.9 Labour Party (UK) C. Smith 2,056 33.2 +3.7 National Front (UK) S. Merrick 514 8.3 +8.3 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Baruch 160 2.6 -1.0 1,404 22.7 -14.6 6,190 38.5 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) -7.3 Craven: Silsden, Addingham, Kildwick & Steeton with Eastburn Conservative Party (UK) A. Jerome 3,228 72.1 +16.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Walton 1,249 27.9 +10.5 1,979 44.2 +12.6 4,477 48.5 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) +2.8 Denholme, Cullingworth, Bingley South & Wilsden Conservative Party (UK) N. Nelson 3,271 79.8 +21.1 Labour Party (UK) P. Wall 829 20.2 +1.1 2,442 59.6 +23.0 4,100 40.0 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) +10.0 Eccleshill Conservative Party (UK) H. Smith 1,619 40.4 -2.8 Labour Party (UK) G. Midwood 1,397 34.9 +5.5 Liberal Party (UK) N. Todd 600 15.0 -8.2 National Front (UK) K. Farrow 388 9.7 +5.5 222 5.5 -8.4 4,004 38.3 +5.3 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) -4.1 Great Horton Conservative Party (UK) H. Oromndroyd 2,279 52.5 -2.0 Labour Party (UK) D. Bowers 1,591 36.6 +5.3 National Front (UK) W. Thay 473 10.9 +10.9 688 15.8 -7.3 4,343 42.5 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) -3.6 Haworth, Oakworth & Oxenhope Conservative Party (UK) W. Proom 2,941 66.4 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) H. Binns 1,485 33.5 +2.1 1,456 32.9 -4.3 4,426 38.0 +5.6 Conservative Party (UK) -2.1 Heaton Conservative Party (UK) R. Bateson 2,737 59.2 -14.9 Labour Party (UK) B. Longbottom 1,150 24.9 -0.9 National Front (UK) A. Cureton 431 9.3 +9.3 Liberal Party (UK) R. Barton 302 6.5 +6.5 1,587 34.3 -14.0 4,620 42.5 +8.8 Conservative Party (UK) -7.0 Idle Liberal Party (UK) J. Rennison 1,622 34.6 -0.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Worsley 1,521 32.5 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) K. Hemingway 1,156 24.7 +2.9 National Front (UK) S. Matson 383 8.2 +5.9 101 2.2 -8.1 4,682 40.5 +3.0 Liberal Party (UK) -4.0 Ilkley: Ben Rhydding, Ilkley North, South & West Conservative Party (UK) J. Lightbank 2,244 51.1 +3.6 Ratepayers & Residents Association G. Ingle 2,151 48.9 +6.4 93 2.1 -2.9 4,395 46.5 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) -1.4 Ilkley: Burley, Holme & Menston Conservative Party (UK) K. Emsley 2,531 64.5 +11.2 Liberal Party (UK) C. Svensgaard 891 22.7 -12.8 Labour Party (UK) C. Hunter 500 12.7 +1.7 1,640 41.8 +24.0 3,922 53.9 +0.4 Conservative Party (UK) +12.0 Keighley: Keighley Central, East & South Labour Party (UK) E. Newby 2,044 46.7 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) H. Harrison 1,770 40.4 +4.4 National Front (UK) G. Wright 288 6.6 +0.4 Liberal Party (UK) M. Arnold 276 6.3 -7.5 274 6.3 -1.6 4,378 40.9 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Keighley: Morton & Keighley North East Conservative Party (UK) A. Trigg 2,023 65.3 +1.2 Labour Party (UK) K. Clark 822 26.5 -0.8 National Front (UK) S. Wood 255 8.2 -0.4 1,201 38.7 +2.0 3,100 41.1 +7.9 Conservative Party (UK) +1.0 Keighley: North West & West Conservative Party (UK) P. Gilmour 2,375 46.2 -6.3 Labour Party (UK) B. Thorne 2,138 41.5 -0.3 National Front (UK) A. Fairey 321 6.2 +0.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Arnold 311 6.0 +6.0 237 4.6 -6.0 5,145 44.3 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -3.0 Laisterdyke Labour Party (UK) L. Coughlin 1,393 57.3 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) R. Robinson 711 29.3 -10.2 National Front (UK) C. Murgatroyd 325 13.4 +13.4 682 28.1 +7.0 2,429 32.5 +10.8 Labour Party (UK) +3.5 Little Horton Labour Party (UK) T. Brown 1,880 57.6 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Townsend 1,018 31.2 -14.4 National Front (UK) T. Cranston 365 11.2 +11.2 862 26.4 +17.7 3,263 29.3 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) +8.8 Manningham Labour Party (UK) F. Sunderland 1,883 49.2 +15.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Wood 1,449 37.9 -15.0 National Front (UK) L. Ramsden 418 10.9 +10.9 Social Credit Party of Great Britain and Northern Ireland J. Jennings 74 1.9 -1.3 434 11.3 -7.5 3,824 34.5 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +15.1 Odsal Conservative Party (UK) K. Caroll 2,292 54.2 -1.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Thornton 1,564 37.0 -7.1 National Front (UK) F. Harris 376 8.9 +8.9 728 17.2 +5.3 4,232 40.9 +10.0 Conservative Party (UK) +2.6 Shipley: Central, North & East Labour Party (UK) E. Saville 1,924 49.7 -12.6 Conservative Party (UK) M. Holling 1,489 38.5 +2.4 Liberal Party (UK) M. Stapylton 403 10.4 +10.4 Communist Party of Great Britain L. Shields 53 1.4 -0.1 435 11.2 -15.0 3,869 35.2 +1.8 Labour Party (UK) -7.5 Shipley: South & West Conservative Party (UK) J. Evans 3,242 70.3 -0.3 Labour Party (UK) F. Bastow 1,370 29.7 +9.3 1,872 40.6 -9.6 4,612 46.2 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) -4.8 Thornton Conservative Party (UK) E. Kinder 2,336 47.8 -5.4 Conservative Party (UK) G. Chapman 2,276 Labour Party (UK) F. Longstaff 1,153 23.6 -0.4 Liberal Party (UK) R. Taylor 611 12.5 -10.3 National Front (UK) D. Brook 397 8.1 +8.1 Independent Conservative P. Townsend 392 8.0 +8.0 1,123 24.2 -4.9 4,889 41.8 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) -2.5 Tong Labour Party (UK) T. Mahon 2,082 62.6 +0.9 Conservative Party (UK) L. Heginbotham 807 24.2 -14.1 National Front (UK) S. Collins 314 9.4 +9.4 |- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: British National Party" | | British National | R. Shears | align="right" | 125 | align="right" | 3.8 | align="right" | +3.8 |- 1,275 38.3 +15.1 3,328 27.2 +8.2 Labour Party (UK) +7.5 Undercliffe Conservative Party (UK) W. Boyce 1,419 40.1 -3.9 Labour Party (UK) G. Goodyear 1,330 37.6 +3.3 National Front (UK) D. Matson 446 12.6 +8.3 Liberal Party (UK) E. McElveen 345 9.7 -7.6 89 2.5 -7.2 3,540 40.8 +8.9 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -3.6 University Labour Party (UK) G. Rawnsley 1,370 42.4 -8.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Dines 757 23.5 -16.8 Liberal Party (UK) M. Sheikh 723 22.4 +22.4 National Front (UK) N. Ratcliffe 377 11.7 +2.9 613 19.0 +8.3 3,227 39.6 +12.2 Labour Party (UK) +4.1 Wibsey Conservative Party (UK) A. Hodgson 1,817 47.6 -18.8 Labour Party (UK) T. Baines 1,149 30.1 -3.5 Liberal Party (UK) A. Barker 441 11.5 +11.5 National Front (UK) D. Brown 411 10.8 +10.8 668 17.5 -15.4 3,818 36.5 +9.3 Conservative Party (UK) -7.6 Wyke Labour Party (UK) D. Birdall 2,124 78.7 +30.7 National Front (UK) G. Lupton 575 21.3 +21.3 1,549 57.4 +53.4 2,699 23.7 -1.6 Labour Party (UK) +4.7 References 1 Bradford 1976 Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, 1976 Bradford Metropolitan District Council election