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1980 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
1980 UK local government election
1980 UK local government election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980, with boundary changes prompting the entirety of the council to be elected.
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:
Abolished:
- Allerton
- Bingley: Central, East, North & West
- Clayton, Ambler Thorn & Queensbury
- Craven: Silsden, Addingham, Kildwick & Steeton with Eastburn
- Denholme, Cullingworth, Bingley South & Wilsden
- Haworth, Oakworth & Oxenhope
- Ilkley: Ben Rhydding, Ilkley North, South & West
- Ilkley: Burley, Holme & Menston
- Keighley: Keighley Central, East & South
- Keighley: Morton & Keighley North East
- Keighley: North West & West
- Laisterdyke
- Manningham
- Shipley: Central, North & East
- Shipley: South & West Created:
- Bingley
- Bingley Rural
- Clayton
- Craven
- Ilkley
- Keighley North
- Keighley South
- Keighley West
- Queensbury
- Rombalds
- Shipley East
- Shipley West
- Toller
- Worth Valley
The election resulted in Labour gaining control of the council directly from the Conservatives.
Election result
|seats % = 55.5 |votes % = 46.1 |plus/minus = +0.0 |seats % = 41.1 |votes % = 41.4 |plus/minus = -3.1 |seats % = 3.3 |votes % = 10.8 |plus/minus = +1.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = +0.9 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = +0.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.3 |plus/minus = +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 | Labour Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Liberal Party (UK)}}; width: 3px;" | Total | 93 | 90 | Working majority | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 38 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Conservatives | 51 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Liberals | 4 | 3 |
Ward results
References
References
- (2 May 1980). "District results: Bradford". [[The Yorkshire Post]].
- "Vote 2012: Bradford". [[BBC News Online]].
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