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The first elections to the newly created City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 10 May 1973, with the entirety of the 93 seat council - three seats for each of the 31 wards - up for vote. The Local Government Act 1972 stipulated that the elected members were to shadow and eventually take over from the predecessor corporation on 1 April 1974. The order in which the councillors were elected dictated their term serving, with third-place candidates serving two years and up for re-election in 1975, second-placed three years expiring in 1976 and 1st-placed five years until 1978.
As well as replacing the County Borough of Bradford, the new council included:
The election resulted in the Conservatives gaining control.[1][2]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 42.8 | 52,999 | N/A | |
Labour | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 36.7 | 45,477 | N/A | |
Liberal | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 15,426 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 6,363 | N/A | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2,900 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 328 | N/A | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 326 | N/A | |
Social Credit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 102 | N/A |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:[2]
Party | New council | |
---|---|---|
Conservatives | 53 | |
Labour | 31 | |
Liberals | 9 | |
Total | 93 | |
Working majority | 13 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Ripley | 1,989 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | N. Walker | 1,958 | |||
Conservative | A. Pollard | 1,944 | |||
Liberal | E. Evans | 1,406 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Hallam | 1,314 | 25.7 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Ruscoe | 1,247 | |||
Labour | H. Purton | 1,246 | |||
Liberal | A. Roberts | 1,211 | |||
Liberal | A. McCallum | 1,187 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | R. Hemmingway | 400 | 7.8 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | M. Noble | 321 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Holden | 316 | |||
Majority | 583 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,109 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Lightowler | 2,602 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Moore | 2,423 | |||
Liberal | F. Atkinson | 2,338 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | O. Merser | 2,215 | |||
Liberal | J. Bywell | 2,028 | |||
Liberal | M. Greenwood | 1,939 | |||
Labour | J. Lambert | 1,468 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Prince | 1,417 | |||
Labour | G. Tiplady | 1,351 | |||
Majority | 264 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,408 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Hall | 2,616 | 70.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Nelson | 2,531 | |||
Conservative | C. James | 2,527 | |||
Labour | J. Lough | 1,115 | 29.9 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Tatham | 1,107 | |||
Labour | M. Priestley | 1,071 | |||
Majority | 1,501 | 40.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,731 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Chapman | 2,937 | 60.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Carter | 2,884 | |||
Conservative | T. Shaw | 2,884 | |||
Labour | D. Mytom | 1,896 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Rankin | 1,620 | |||
Labour | P. Wall | 1,162 | |||
Majority | 1,041 | 21.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,833 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Rogers | 1,236 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | F. Sugden | 1,209 | |||
Conservative | T. Hall | 1,198 | 33.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | D. Wright | 1,182 | |||
Conservative | J. Cook | 1,166 | |||
Conservative | S. Dalgleish | 1,158 | |||
Labour | E. Brown | 851 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Bramhall | 812 | |||
Labour | A. Swindlehurst | 787 | |||
Ind. Conservative | H. Sissling | 328 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 38 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,613 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Brown | 1,164 | 59.4 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Moody | 1,162 | |||
Labour | D. Coughlin | 1,136 | |||
Conservative | B. Thresh | 794 | 40.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Stenhouse | 792 | |||
Conservative | E. Woodhead | 755 | |||
Majority | 370 | 18.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,958 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Johnson | 1,546 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Labour | J. McKenna | 1,399 | |||
Labour | M. Thornton | 1,344 | |||
Conservative | J. Ambler | 1,232 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Rees | 1,176 | |||
Conservative | K. Warrilow | 1,125 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | G. Lupton | 688 | 19.1 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | O. Noble | 622 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | D. Regan | 601 | |||
Communist | W. Speck | 129 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 314 | 8.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,595 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Goodwin | 3,007 | 52.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Hirst | 2,749 | |||
Conservative | A. Ormoncroyd | 2,686 | |||
Labour | C. Smith | 1,941 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Hallam | 1,641 | |||
Labour | K. Ryalis | 1,537 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | S. Merrick | 734 | 12.9 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | A. Parkes | 666 | |||
Majority | 1,066 | 18.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,682 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | M. Thackray | 1,382 | 36.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | N. Todd | 1,299 | |||
Liberal | W. Sheffield | 1,186 | |||
Conservative | N. Hudson | 1,148 | 30.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Smith | 1,138 | |||
Conservative | B. Moore | 1,107 | |||
Labour | E. Birkhead | 1,041 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Dunne | 1,019 | |||
Labour | P. Bowe | 1,012 | |||
Independent | C. Holland | 231 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 234 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,802 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Dennison | 1,892 | 45.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Horsfail | 1,891 | |||
Conservative | E. Johnson | 1,890 | |||
Labour | A. Hardman | 1,683 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Richardson | 1,607 | |||
Labour | S. Bennett | 1,546 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Merrick | 588 | 14.1 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | A. Charlesworth | 432 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | M. Lupton | 405 | |||
Majority | 209 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,163 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. King | 1,970 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Lee | 1,949 | |||
Conservative | L. Hamer | 1,926 | |||
Labour | J. McElroy | 882 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Bower | 861 | |||
Labour | B. Wright | 796 | |||
Liberal | G. Roberts | 782 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | F. Toczek | 659 | |||
Liberal | B. Turner | 622 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | V. Browning | 414 | 10.2 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Gough | 413 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | L. Knighton | 357 | |||
Majority | 1,088 | 26.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,048 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | P. Hockney | 2,878 | 48.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Rennison | 2,525 | |||
Liberal | A. Bagshaw | 2,084 | |||
Conservative | E. Garnett | 1,435 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | T. Keighley | 1,212 | |||
Labour | S. Dunne | 1,157 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Hemingway | 1,149 | |||
Labour | O. Hanson | 1,125 | |||
Conservative | R. Brook | 1,040 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | A. Webster | 509 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,443 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,979 | N/A | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Smith | 2,103 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | K. Elmsley | 1,928 | |||
Conservative | J. Spencer | 1,903 | |||
Liberal | C. Svensgaard | 1,672 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Normandale | 1,644 | |||
Liberal | F. Austick | 1,525 | |||
Labour | A. Fairburn | 715 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Labour | D. Warwick | 666 | |||
Labour | M. Fulker | 622 | |||
Majority | 431 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,490 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Wright | 2,719 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Lightband | 2,556 | |||
Conservative | H. Illingworth | 2,511 | |||
Labour | C. Dougherty | 927 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Beattle | 920 | |||
Liberal | J. Hefferon | 886 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Hutchinson | 832 | |||
Liberal | M. Laing | 770 | |||
Majority | 1,792 | 37.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,808 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Kemp | 2,553 | 54.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Harker | 2,484 | |||
Conservative | S. Midgley | 2,435 | |||
Labour | D. Hanson | 2,100 | 45.1 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Binns | 2,040 | |||
Labour | K. Clark | 2,027 | |||
Majority | 453 | 9.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,653 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Leech | 2,335 | 44.8 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Peacock | 2,289 | |||
Labour | M. Dempster | 2,243 | |||
Conservative | A. Smith | 1,996 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Whitehead | 1,918 | |||
Conservative | A. Ogden | 1,903 | |||
Liberal | J. Arnold | 886 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 339 | 6.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,217 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Rogers | 2,735 | 68.1 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Clarkson | 2,679 | |||
Labour | E. Newby | 2,713 | |||
Conservative | J. Snowden | 1,282 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Clough | 1,267 | |||
Conservative | A. Moran | 1,238 | |||
Majority | 1,453 | 36.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,017 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Womersley | 1,844 | 55.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Trigg | 1,818 | |||
Conservative | H. Milton | 1,762 | |||
Labour | G. Werham | 1,468 | 44.3 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Jeffrey | 1,314 | |||
Labour | E. Loud | 1,263 | |||
Majority | 376 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,312 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Moran | 1,162 | 61.7 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Anderson | 1,071 | |||
Labour | T. Wood | 1,056 | |||
Conservative | G. Farrar | 459 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Murray | 417 | |||
Conservative | C. York | 376 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | A. Cureton | 263 | 14.0 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. McDonald | 263 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | D. Pickles | 248 | |||
Majority | 703 | 37.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,884 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. McKee | 1,529 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Brown | 1,513 | |||
Labour | E. Capps | 1,504 | |||
Conservative | C. Hill | 603 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Whitehead | 592 | |||
Conservative | C. Harvey | 582 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | F. Boyes | 431 | 16.8 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | F. Coward | 386 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Whelan | 371 | |||
Majority | 926 | 36.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,563 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | B. Curtis | 1,139 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | M. Wood | 1,123 | |||
Conservative | R. Smith | 1,094 | |||
Independent | R. Sahid | 1,033 | 28.7 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Rhodes | 942 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Fielden | 899 | |||
Labour | C. Khan | 863 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | H. Gomersall | 379 | 10.5 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Woodrow | 342 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Tomilty | 326 | |||
Social Credit | J. Jennings | 102 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 106 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,595 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Mellor | 1,724 | 49.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | K. Carroll | 1,707 | |||
Conservative | C. Lang | 1,561 | |||
Labour | F. Bastow | 1,472 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Garnett | 1,463 | |||
Labour | H. Parr | 1,581 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Pearson | 261 | 7.5 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | R. Roberts | 243 | |||
Majority | 252 | 7.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,457 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Free | 2,756 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Armitage | 2,506 | |||
Labour | F. Thornton | 2,430 | |||
Conservative | E. Holgate | 1,530 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Oldfield | 1,281 | |||
Conservative | B. Raper | 1,255 | |||
Communist | L. Sheilds | 197 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,226 | 27.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,483 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Arthur | 2,917 | 69.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Evans | 2,910 | |||
Conservative | E. Mason | 2,896 | |||
Labour | E. Saville | 1,277 | 30.4 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Wilkes | 1,267 | |||
Labour | S. Saville | 1,229 | |||
Majority | 1,640 | 39.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,194 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Barker | 2,357 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Jerome | 1,822 | |||
Conservative | P. Pettit | 1,762 | |||
Independent | W. Cathey | 1,636 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Thorne | 1,449 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | D. Robinson | 1,278 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Rye | 1,263 | |||
Labour | D. Watt | 1,212 | |||
Liberal | W. Spinks | 923 | |||
Majority | 721 | 10.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,720 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Foers | 1,594 | 41.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Kinder | 1,506 | |||
Conservative | J. Singleton | 1,354 | |||
Labour | H. Pickering | 1,063 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Clarke | 1,014 | |||
Labour | L. Wassell | 959 | |||
Liberal | R. Taylor | 682 | 17.5 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | P. Barrows | 550 | 14.1 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | H. Scholes | 432 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | W. Thay | 402 | |||
Majority | 531 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,889 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Coope | 1,444 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Newby | 1,424 | 49.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Ibbotson | 1,406 | |||
Conservative | J. Mears | 1,397 | |||
Labour | R. Kitson | 1,332 | |||
Labour | L. Coughlin | 1,300 | |||
Majority | 20 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,868 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Hussain | 1,196 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Rawnsley | 1,130 | |||
Labour | A. Bennett | 1,067 | |||
Conservative | R. Heaton | 694 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Robinson | 680 | |||
Conservative | Z. Wyszecki | 647 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | T. Brown | 571 | 23.2 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | R. Connop | 541 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | N. Ratcliffe | 510 | |||
Majority | 502 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,461 | N/A | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. Hillam | 1,634 | 56.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Hodgson | 1,542 | |||
Conservative | R. Gross | 1,519 | |||
Labour | B. Howell | 998 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Clay | 942 | |||
Labour | F. Maden | 935 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | I. Jenkinson | 288 | 9.9 | N/A | |
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Stones | 276 | |||
British Campaign to Stop Immigration | J. Cusack | 261 | |||
Majority | 636 | 21.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,920 | N/A | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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