1980 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elect…

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.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1980^[1]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	50	55.5	46.1	66,916	+0.0
Conservative	37	41.1	41.4	60,088	-3.1
Liberal	3	3.3	10.8	15,736	+1.5
Ecology	0	0.0	0.9	1,295	+0.9
Ratepayers & Residents Association	0	0.0	0.4	516	+0.4
Independent	0	0.0	0.3	431	+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	38	50
	Conservatives	51	37
	Liberals	4	3
Total		93	90
Working majority		-9	10

Ward results

Baildon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Atkinson	3,389	46.8	N/A
	Conservative	A. Lightowler	2,629	36.3	N/A
	Conservative	D. Moore	2,394
	Liberal	K. Greenwood	1,903
	Liberal	M. Greenwood	1,732
	Labour	I. Alan	1,222	16.9	N/A
	Labour	K. Briggs	1,214
	Labour	S. Lancaster	1,088
Majority			763	10.5	N/A
Turnout			7,237		N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bingley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Booth	2,166	43.3	N/A
	Conservative	T. Shaw	2,092
	Conservative	W. Nunn	2,069
	Labour	M. Mould	1,757	35.2	N/A
	Liberal	M. Tregoning	1,075	21.5	N/A
	Liberal	J. Whitehead	936
Majority			409	8.2	N/A
Turnout			4,998		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bingley Rural^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Hall	2,890	55.7	N/A
	Conservative	D. Conquest	2,713
	Conservative	J. Womersley	2,611
	Labour	C. Wall	1,340	25.8	N/A
	Liberal	E. Roberts	962	18.5	N/A
	Liberal	S. Clemence	925
Majority			1,550	29.8	N/A
Turnout			5,192		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bolton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ryan	2,131	50.2	N/A
	Conservative	T. Hall	2,112	49.8	N/A
	Labour	J. Allinson	2,112
	Labour	A. Scriven	2,076
	Conservative	F. Lee	2,048
	Conservative	E. Wooler	2,001
Majority			19	0.4	N/A
Turnout			4,243		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bowling^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Coughlin	3,229	74.4	N/A
	Labour	T. Wood	3,202
	Labour	S. Gratton	3,187
	Conservative	J. Claughton	1,110	25.6	N/A
	Conservative	P. Moore	1,082
	Conservative	E. Swanson	1,064
Majority			2,119	48.8	N/A
Turnout			4,339		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bradford Moor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Clarke	3,289	68.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Lambert	3,230
	Labour	J. McKenna	3,203
	Conservative	L. Kelly	1,483	31.1	N/A
	Conservative	G. Crossley	1,442
	Conservative	M. Choudhury	1,303
Majority			1,806	37.8	N/A
Turnout			4,772		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Clayton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hirst	2,266	50.6	N/A
	Conservative	R. Farley	2,246
	Conservative	G. Seager	2,224
	Labour	G. Mitchell	2,216	49.4	N/A
	Labour	E. Stead	2,118
	Labour	R. Baxter	2,083
Majority			50	1.1	N/A
Turnout			4,482		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Craven^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Hawkins	2,218	40.7	N/A
	Conservative	A. Jerome	2,212
	Conservative	J. Barker	2,204
	Liberal	R. Binns	1,883	34.5	N/A
	Liberal	E. Drew	1,727
	Liberal	J. Wells	1,637
	Labour	J. Lawrence	1,353	24.8	N/A
Majority			335	6.1	N/A
Turnout			5,454		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eccleshill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Dewhirst	2,652	51.6	N/A
	Labour	P. Lancaster	2,583
	Labour	L. Crawforth	2,528
	Conservative	S. Swallow	1,974	38.4	N/A
	Conservative	P. Heaton	1,853
	Conservative	J. Lewis	1,845
	Ratepayers & Residents Association	J. Foulds	516	10.0	N/A
Majority			678	13.2	N/A
Turnout			5,142		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Great Horton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Thornton	2,840	55.4	N/A
	Labour	J. Godward	2,780
	Labour	B. Kearns	2,770
	Conservative	J. Rawnsley	2,286	44.6	N/A
	Conservative	H. Ormondroyd	2,228
	Conservative	S. Briggs	2,153
Majority			554	10.8	N/A
Turnout			5,126		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Heaton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. King	2,884	61.1	N/A
	Conservative	D. Emmott	2,876
	Conservative	C. Hobson	2,776
	Labour	H. Rashid	1,838	38.9	N/A
	Labour	D. McElroy	1,742
	Labour	J. Bruce	1,730
Majority			1,046	22.1	N/A
Turnout			4,722		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Idle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Hockney	2,015	38.0	N/A
	Labour	K. Baxter	1,830	34.5	N/A
	Liberal	A. Bagshaw	1,661
	Labour	A. Emsley	1,649
	Labour	A. Miller	1,610
	Liberal	L. Rennison	1,506
	Conservative	T. Keighley	1,457	27.5	N/A
	Conservative	A. Garnett	1,399
	Conservative	R. Hughes-Rowlands	1,248
Majority			185	3.5	N/A
Turnout			5,302		N/A
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Ilkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Spencer	2,693	55.3	N/A
	Conservative	J. Lightband	2,626
	Conservative	A. Turner	2,452
	Liberal	T. Crawshaw	1,175	24.1	N/A
	Liberal	S. Hobson	1,091
	Labour
	Ecology	J. Fielding	568	11.7	N/A
	Independent	C. Poole	431	8.9	N/A
	Ecology	R. Adsell	350
Majority			1,518	31.2	N/A
Turnout			4,867		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Keighley North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Gilmour	2,193	43.9	N/A
	Conservative	A. Trigg	2,089
	Labour	R. Hardacre	2,028	40.6	N/A
	Labour	F. Sunderland	1,974
	Conservative	D. Smith	1,877
	Labour	M. Allison	1,833
	Liberal	G. Sims	776	15.5	N/A
	Liberal	P. Harrison	618
Majority			165	3.3	N/A
Turnout			4,997		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Keighley South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Clarkson	2,440	58.9	N/A
	Labour	E. Newby	2,343
	Labour	H. Peacock	2,314
	Liberal	J. Brooksbank	867	20.9	N/A
	Conservative	G. Dawson	839	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	J. Maxfield	736
	Conservative	T. McDaid	718
	Liberal	D. Beaumont	631
	Liberal	S. Green	581
Majority			1,573	37.9	N/A
Turnout			4,146		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Keighley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Bowen	2,632	49.4	N/A
	Labour	B. Thorne	2,620
	Labour	P. Beeley	2,483
	Conservative	M. Cowen	2,205	41.4	N/A
	Conservative	H. Harrison	2,077
	Conservative	N. Smith	1,975
	Liberal	R. Taylor	491	9.2	N/A
	Liberal	W. Edge	452
Majority			427	8.0	N/A
Turnout			5,328		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Little Horton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Brown	2,923	75.1	N/A
	Labour	A. Hameed	2,685
	Labour	K. Ryalls	2,672
	Conservative	V. Holdsworth	968	24.9	N/A
	Conservative	B. Robinson	837
	Conservative	R. Robinson	800
Majority			1,955	50.2	N/A
Turnout			3,891		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Odsal^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Bentley	2,734	57.0	N/A
	Labour	J. Coope	2,552
	Labour	K. Parker	2,487
	Conservative	D. Mellor	2,065	43.0	N/A
	Conservative	T. Hill	1,985
	Conservative	A. Rawnsley	1,966
Majority			669	13.9	N/A
Turnout			4,799		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Queensbury^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Cookland	2,438	51.2	N/A
	Conservative	J. Hirst	2,363
	Labour	J. Smith	2,323	48.8	N/A
	Labour	H. Alpin	2,320
	Conservative	J. Rees	2,238
	Labour	L. Woodward	2,201
Majority			115	2.4	N/A
Turnout			4,761		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Rombalds^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Clavering	2,942	56.9	N/A
	Conservative	K. Emsley	2,876
	Conservative	A. Raistrick	2,702
	Liberal	C. Svensgaard	931	18.0	N/A
	Labour	L. Fox	817	15.8	N/A
	Labour	D. Warwick	809
	Liberal	K. Powell	774
	Labour	A. Pisacane	735
	Liberal	V. Whelan	732
	Ecology	P. Burnell	476	9.2	N/A
Majority			2,011	38.9	N/A
Turnout			5,166		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Shipley East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Free	3,008	62.9	N/A
	Labour	E. Saville	2,916
	Labour	C. Hunter	2,780
	Conservative	R. Wright	1,121	23.5	N/A
	Conservative	A. Shutt	1,050
	Conservative	P. Barker	996
	Liberal	D. Atkinson	399	8.3	N/A
	Liberal	R. Barker	368
	Ecology	K. Taylor	251	5.3	N/A
	Ecology	C. Ormondroyd	237
	Ecology	P. Dean	195
Majority			1,887	39.5	N/A
Turnout			4,779		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Shipley West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Messer	3,138	54.1	N/A
	Conservative	J. Evans	3,122
	Conservative	S. Arthur	3,089
	Labour	M. Ryan	1,984	34.2	N/A
	Labour	J. Jones	1,912
	Labour	K. Trobridge	1,845
	Liberal	G. Roberts	683	11.8	N/A
	Liberal	R. Cole	617
Majority			1,154	19.9	N/A
Turnout			5,805		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thornton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Wassell	2,056	44.8	N/A
	Conservative	E. Kinder	2,048	44.6	N/A
	Labour	A. Heaney	2,035
	Conservative	D. Downey	2,019
	Labour	B. Draxler	1,969
	Conservative	R. Smith	1,966
	Liberal	D. Garrad	486	10.6	N/A
	Liberal	N. Baggley	479
	Liberal	L. Baggley	453
Majority			8	0.2	N/A
Turnout			4,590		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Toller^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Armitage	2,379	50.0	N/A
	Conservative	A. Pollard	2,378	50.0	N/A
	Labour	H. Baines	2,314
	Conservative	D. Barker	2,306
	Conservative	B. Curtis	2,289
	Labour	A. Spiers	2,272
Majority			1	0.0	N/A
Turnout			4,757		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Tong^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Senior	2,795	77.7	N/A
	Labour	T. Mahon	2,698
	Labour	D. Smith	2,632
	Conservative	V. Owen	800	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	J. Butterfield	764
Majority			1,995	55.5	N/A
Turnout			3,595		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Undercliffe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Goodyear	2,637	60.4	N/A
	Labour	E. Haslan	2,559
	Labour	R. Sowman	2,456
	Conservative	H. Ibbotson	1,727	39.6	N/A
	Conservative	D. Davison	1,701
	Conservative	A. Craig	1,600
Majority			910	20.8	N/A
Turnout			4,364		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

University^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Ajeeb	3,911	80.7	N/A
	Labour	D. Coughlin	3,717
	Labour	I. Queriski	3,597
	Conservative	D. Baggley	933	19.3	N/A
	Conservative	M. Qureshi	771
	Conservative	Z. Khan	734
Majority			2,978	61.5	N/A
Turnout			4,844		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Wibsey^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Hillam	2,193	51.2	N/A
	Labour	F. Bastow	2,087	48.8	N/A
	Labour	A. Corina	2,020
	Conservative	A. Hodgson	2,016
	Labour	L. Kearns	1,995
	Conservative	H. Thorne	1,902
Majority			106	2.5	N/A
Turnout			4,280		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Worth Valley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Hodgson	2,270	52.2	N/A
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	2,229
	Conservative	S. Midgley	2,210
	Labour	C. Foster	1,475	33.9	N/A
	Labour	S. Cliff	1,475
	Labour	H. Laws	1,436
	Liberal	M. Kershaw	604	13.9	N/A
Majority			795	18.3	N/A
Turnout			4,349		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wyke^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Birdsall	2,990	64.2	N/A
	Labour	B. Lynch	2,664
	Labour	D. Mangham	2,654
	Conservative	H. Midgley	1,665	35.8	N/A
	Conservative	R. George	1,585
	Conservative	D. Owen	1,448
Majority			1,325	28.5	N/A
Turnout			4,655		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)