1980 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council 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

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

Ward results

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