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1979 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

1979 UK local government election

1979 UK local government election

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on the same day as the general election, with one third of the council up for election as well as double vacancies in Haworth, Oakworth & Oxenhope and Heaton. The University incumbent had defected from Labour to Independent Labour the year before. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control with voter turnout at 72.7%.

Election result

|seats % = 48.5 |votes % = 46.1 |plus/minus = +7.4 |seats % = 45.4 |votes % = 44.5 |plus/minus = -4.7 |seats % = 6.1 |votes % = 9.3 |plus/minus = +0.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = -0.5

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew councilConservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;"Independent Labour}}; width: 3px;"Total9393Working majority
Conservatives6051
Labour2838
Liberals44
Independent Labour10

Ward results

References

References

  1. (4 May 1979). "District results: Bradford". [[The Yorkshire Post]].
  2. "Vote 2012: Bradford". [[BBC News Online]].
  3. (4 May 1979). "Bradford election results". [[Telegraph & Argus]].
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