1996 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with one third of the council up for election. Labour retained control of the council.
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | 0 | align="right" | | align="right" | 0.0 | align="right" | 0.3 | align="right" | 362 | align="right" | +0.1 |-
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | M. Dominguez | align="right" | 151 | align="right" | 5.3 | align="right" | -3.8 |-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | L. Wilkinson | align="right" | 38 | align="right" | 1.1 | align="right" | +1.1 |-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | C. Thompson | align="right" | 43 | align="right" | 0.8 | align="right" | +0.8 |-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9" ! style="background-color: " | | Militant Labour | S. Jackson | align="right" | 130 | align="right" | 2.8 | align="right" | +2.8 |-