1979_City_of_Bradford_Metropolitan_District_Council_election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on were held on the same day as the general election, with one third of 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%.[1][2][3]
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2019) |
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 16 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 48.5 | 46.1 | 113,102 | +7.4% | |
Conservative | 15 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 45.4 | 44.5 | 109,242 | -4.7% | |
Liberal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 22,706 | +0.5% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 265 | -0.5% | |
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This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
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Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Conservatives | 60 | 51 | |||
Labour | 28 | 38 | |||
Liberals | 4 | 4 | |||
Independent Labour | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 93 | 93 | |||
Working majority | 27 | 9 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Pollard | 4,716 | 48.4 | -10.0 | |
Labour | R. Hallam | 3,913 | 40.1 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | K. Buckley | 1,121 | 11.5 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 803 | 8.2 | -18.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,750 | 72.3 | +36.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | F. Atkinson | 4,516 | 46.5 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | W. Nunn | 3,168 | 32.6 | -23.3 | |
Labour | P. Clarke | 2,029 | 20.9 | -3.8 | |
Majority | 1,348 | 13.9 | -17.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,713 | 81.9 | +35.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +25.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Shaw | 5,074 | 52.0 | -10.2 | |
Labour | W. Welsh | 2,870 | 29.4 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | W. Tregonig | 1,812 | 18.6 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 2,204 | 22.6 | -13.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,756 | 78.8 | +37.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Baxter | 3,999 | 51.2 | +13.4 | |
Conservative | T. Hall | 3,815 | 48.8 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 184 | 2.3 | -7.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,814 | 70.6 | +36.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Coughlin | 3,420 | 65.3 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | R. Swanson | 1,816 | 34.7 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 1,604 | 30.6 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,236 | 67.3 | +33.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Sheals | 5,142 | 65.5 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | J. Rees | 2,750 | 34.8 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 2,392 | 30.3 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,892 | 70.9 | +28.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hurst | 6,712 | 52.9 | -8.9 | |
Labour | G. Mitchell | 5,970 | 47.1 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 742 | 5.8 | -20.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,682 | 74.8 | +39.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | K. Hawkins | 5,013 | 62.2 | +3.1 | |
Labour | J. Lawrence | 3,040 | 37.7 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 1,973 | 24.5 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,053 | 80.9 | +40.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Conquest | 5,051 | 60.2 | -13.9 | |
Labour | K. Carey | 2,115 | 25.2 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | S. Clemence | 1,229 | 14.6 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 2,936 | 35.0 | -20.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,395 | 79.2 | +36.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Lancaster | 4,153 | 54.3 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | L. Riggs | 3,493 | 45.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 660 | 8.6 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,646 | 70.6 | +32.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Rawnsley | 4,244 | 51.2 | +1.6 | |
Labour | A. Corina | 4,047 | 48.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 197 | 2.4 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,291 | 75.6 | +34.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Midgley | 3,959 | 46.1 | -10.7 | |
Conservative | L. Pickles | 3,236 | |||
Labour Co-op | H. Binns | 2,980 | 34.7 | +0.7 | |
Labour | F. Hutchinson | 2,723 | |||
Liberal | B. Kershaw | 1,652 | 19.2 | +10.0 | |
Liberal | H. Mortimer | 1,441 | |||
Majority | 256 | 11.4 | -11.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,995 | 67.8 | +30.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Emmott | 3,718 | 47.6 | -9.7 | |
Conservative | C. Hobson | 3,513 | |||
Labour | B. Lynch | 2,931 | 37.5 | +6.0 | |
Labour | I. Qureshi | 2,254 | |||
Liberal | A. Brook | 1,165 | 14.9 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 582 | 10.1 | -15.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,814 | 66.5 | +22.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | A. Bagshaw | 3,370 | 37.5 | -56.1 | |
Conservative | I. Marlowe | 2,888 | 32.1 | +32.1 | |
Labour | K. Briggs | 2,732 | 30.4 | +30.4 | |
Majority | 482 | 5.4 | -81.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,990 | 75.6 | +40.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -44.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Spencer | 4,677 | 60.1 | -11.1 | |
Liberal | C. Svensgaard | 1,813 | 23.3 | -5.5 | |
Labour | C. Haigh | 1,292 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Majority | 2,864 | 36.8 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,782 | 76.8 | +36.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Clavering | 3,585 | 56.1 | -7.4 | |
Liberal | D. Turner | 1,765 | 27.6 | +13.3 | |
Labour | L. Fox | 1,037 | 16.2 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 1,820 | 28.5 | -12.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,387 | 80.0 | +30.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -10.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Clarkson | 4,529 | 54.3 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | D. Robertshaw | 2,672 | 32.0 | -6.0 | |
Liberal | J. Brooksbank | 1,144 | 13.7 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 1,857 | 22.2 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,345 | 75.7 | +34.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Milton | 2,745 | 44.4 | -5.6 | |
Labour | J. Watson | 2,162 | 35.0 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | G. Sims | 1,275 | 20.6 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 583 | 9.4 | -11.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,182 | 79.0 | +38.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Bowen | 4,406 | 47.3 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | I. Cowen | 3,666 | 39.3 | -9.4 | |
Liberal | W. Edge | 1,244 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 740 | 7.9 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,316 | 77.5 | +34.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Wood | 3,595 | 70.3 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | H. Thorne | 1,521 | 29.7 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 2,074 | 40.5 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,116 | 65.0 | +33.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | K. Ryallis | 4,736 | 68.4 | +22.6 | |
Conservative | K. Warrillow | 1,583 | 22.9 | -9.5 | |
Liberal | N. Baggley | 600 | 8.7 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 3,153 | 45.6 | +32.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,919 | 61.4 | +32.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +16.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Ajeeb | 4,037 | 62.1 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | S. Bali | 2,200 | 33.8 | +5.6 | |
Independent | R. Shahid-Delvhi | 265 | 4.1 | -5.4 | |
Majority | 1,837 | 28.2 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,502 | 62.9 | +26.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Bentley | 4,177 | 53.0 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | C. Lang | 3,696 | 46.9 | -12.1 | |
Majority | 481 | 6.1 | -11.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,873 | 74.6 | +39.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Chadwick | 5,273 | 64.4 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | R. Wright | 2,920 | 35.6 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 2,353 | 28.7 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,193 | 75.2 | +35.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | O. Messer | 5,125 | 63.5 | -8.0 | |
Labour | F. Bastow | 2,940 | 36.5 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 2,185 | 27.1 | -16.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,065 | 77.7 | +34.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Smith | 4,226 | 54.0 | -8.5 | |
Labour | R. Holroyde | 3,606 | 46.0 | +16.1 | |
Majority | 620 | 7.9 | -24.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,832 | 75.1 | +37.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Smith | 5,445 | 69.9 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | J. Owen | 2,343 | 30.1 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 3,102 | 39.8 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,788 | 61.7 | +34.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Sowman | 3,476 | 54.7 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | H. Ibbotson | 2,880 | 45.3 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 596 | 9.4 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,356 | 72.8 | +31.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -1.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Armitage | 4,209 | 72.6 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | D. Bagley | 1,588 | 27.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 2,621 | 45.2 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,797 | 61.4 | +20.1 | ||
Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing | +4.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. Kearns | 3,826 | 50.3 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | P. Gross | 3,782 | 49.7 | -10.4 | |
Majority | 44 | 0.6 | -22.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,608 | 71.1 | +36.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Mangham | 5,015 | 58.1 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | K. Porter | 3,616 | 41.9 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 1,399 | 16.2 | -8.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,631 | 71.2 | +35.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -4.3 | |||
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- "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post. 4 May 1979. Scans
- "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- "Bradford election results". Telegraph & Argus. 4 May 1979.