1990 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 4 May 1990, with one third of the council up for election as well as vacancies in Great Horton & Ilkley to be elected. Labour had suffered a defection prior to the election in the University ward, with the sitting councillor attempting, unsuccessfully, to defend it as a Conservative. Labour regained control of the council from no overall control following numerous gains from the Conservatives.[1][2]

Map of the results for the 1990 Bradford council election.

Election result

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Bradford Local Election Result 1990[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 24 4 0  4 75.0 50.4 91,284 +7.3%
  Conservative 8 0 4  4 25.0 36.1 65,322 -7.6%
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0   0.0 9.1 16,514 -1.3%
  Green 0 0 0   0.0 4.0 7,220 +3.7%
  Independent 0 0 0   0.0 0.4 663 +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 43 47
Conservatives 45 41
Liberal Democrat 2 2
Total 90 90
Working majority  -4   4 

Ward results

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Baildon[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Charlesworth 3,381 46.0 +1.9
Liberal Democrats M. Fielden 2,378 32.4 −8.4
Labour R. Watson 1,258 17.1 +5.1
Green M. Harris 328 4.5 +1.4
Majority 1,003 13.7 +10.4
Turnout 7,345
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Bingley[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Nunn 2,908 46.3 −6.2
Labour M. Slater 2,535 40.4 +8.0
Liberal Democrats A. Micklem 477 7.6 −0.2
Green M. Thompson 356 5.7 +5.7
Majority 373 5.9 −14.3
Turnout 6,276
Conservative hold Swing -7.1
Bingley Rural[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Eaton 3,467 53.6 −3.3
Labour M. Gregory 2,038 31.5 +10.2
Liberal Democrats S. Whitehead 484 7.5 −0.8
Green M. Love 479 7.4 +7.4
Majority 1,429 22.1 −13.5
Turnout 6,468
Conservative hold Swing -6.7
Bolton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Young 2,445 47.4 +8.4
Conservative J. Doyle 2,154 41.8 −9.7
Liberal Democrats M. Attenborough 559 10.8 +1.3
Majority 291 5.6 −6.8
Turnout 5,158
Labour hold Swing +9.0
Bowling[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Ellison 4,122 74.0 +6.9
Conservative H. Ibbotson 978 17.6 −3.8
Liberal Democrats G. Beacher 469 8.4 −3.2
Majority 3,144 56.5 +10.8
Turnout 5,569
Labour hold Swing +5.4
Bradford Moor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Billheimer 4,087 79.0 +18.1
Conservative S. Swaine 718 13.9 −9.3
Green I. Davis 367 7.1 −0.4
Majority 3,369 65.1 +27.4
Turnout 5,172
Labour hold Swing +13.7
Clayton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Mitchell 2,909 47.3 +3.7
Conservative R. Kelly 2,787 45.3 −11.1
Green L. Shawcross 454 7.4 +7.4
Majority 122 2.0 −10.7
Turnout 6,150
Labour hold Swing +7.4
Craven[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Dawson 2,911 47.2 −6.5
Labour R. Kelly 1,803 29.2 +10.1
Liberal Democrats G. Morgan 1,127 18.3 −9.0
Green G. Lambert 330 5.3 +5.3
Majority 1,108 18.0 −8.4
Turnout 6,171
Conservative hold Swing -8.3
Eccleshill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Lancaster 2,936 55.0 +7.7
Conservative B. Larkin 1,650 30.9 −12.7
Liberal Democrats I. Horner 510 9.6 +0.5
Green D. Stepan 238 4.5 +4.5
Majority 1,286 24.1 +20.3
Turnout 5,334
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.2
Great Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Collard 3,478 57.9 +4.6
Labour B. Lynch 3,006
Conservative M. Crabtree 1,955 32.5 −6.4
Conservative N. Roper 1,597
Green M. Knott 573 9.5 +9.5
Majority 1,523 25.4 +11.1
Turnout 6,006
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Heaton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. James 3,544 51.9 +9.6
Conservative K. Foulsham 2,683 39.3 −10.1
Green K. Timms 595 8.7 +8.7
Majority 861 12.6 +5.5
Turnout 6,822
Labour hold Swing +9.8
Idle[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Baxter 2,335 36.9 +4.3
Conservative R. Priestley 1,976 31.2 +1.1
Liberal Democrats S. Cawood 1,916 30.3 −7.0
Independent A. Garnett 1.1 1.6 +1.6
Majority 359 5.7 +1.1
Turnout 6,328
Labour hold Swing +1.6
Ilkley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Hawkesworth 3,449 54.6 −7.0
Conservative S. Lawson 3,284
Labour R. Fox 1,474 23.3 +3.3
Labour J. Luiba 1,351
Liberal Democrats R. Battey 802 12.7 −2.8
Liberal Democrats P. Cheney 641
Green S. Woodhouse 591 9.4 +9.4
Green R. Hamilton 458
Majority 1,975 31.3 −10.3
Turnout 6,316
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing -5.1
Keighley North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Wheeler 3,129 48.5 +4.8
Conservative V. Earle 2,416 37.5 −11.0
Liberal Democrats J. Beaumont 465 7.2 −0.6
Green F. Hutchinson 439 6.8 +6.8
Majority 713 11.1 +6.4
Turnout 6,449
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.9
Keighley South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Whiteley 3,701 71.9 +0.2
Conservative D. Robertshaw 904 17.6 −3.4
Liberal Democrats T. Brooksbank 315 6.1 −1.1
Green J. Crowson 225 4.4 +4.4
Majority 2,797 54.4 +3.7
Turnout 5,145
Labour hold Swing +1.8
Keighley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour I. Ellison-Wood 3,490 54.6 +4.4
Conservative K. Flanagan 2,132 33.3 −7.3
Liberal Democrats S. Green 491 7.7 −1.4
Green C. Davidson 279 4.4 +4.4
Majority 1,358 21.2 +11.6
Turnout 6,392
Labour hold Swing +5.8
Little Horton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Darr 3,455 71.6 +2.1
Conservative J. Kahn 748 15.5 −5.0
Liberal Democrats P. Robinson 619 12.8 +8.3
Majority 2,707 56.1 +7.1
Turnout 4,822
Labour hold Swing +3.5
Odsal[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Walters 3,727 55.4 +14.0
Conservative E. Byrom 2,363 35.1 −14.4
Liberal Democrats D. Rowley 637 9.5 +3.1
Majority 1,364 20.3 +12.1
Turnout 6,727
Labour hold Swing +14.2
Queensbury[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Hey 3,773 55.0 +11.9
Conservative Neil Hartley 3,083 45.0 −0.9
Majority 690 10.1 +7.3
Turnout 6,856
Labour hold Swing +6.4
Rombalds[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Gadsby-Peet 3,963 57.3 −4.8
Labour K. Best 1,974 28.5 +6.9
Liberal Democrats V. Whelan 984 14.2 −2.1
Majority 1,989 28.7 −11.7
Turnout 6,921
Conservative hold Swing -5.8
Shipley East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Miller 3,520 66.8 +7.2
Conservative P. Barker 1,233 23.4 −8.5
Liberal Democrats J. Whitehead 515 9.8 +1.3
Majority 2,287 43.4 +15.6
Turnout 5,268
Labour hold Swing +7.8
Shipley West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Cannell 3,157 44.2 +7.1
Conservative D. Heseltine 3,002 42.1 −10.4
Liberal Democrats T. Willis 525 7.4 −3.0
Green M. Ford 453 6.3 +6.3
Majority 155 2.2 −13.1
Turnout 7,137
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +8.7
Thornton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. McAvoy 2,782 47.1 +11.0
Conservative G. Chapman 2,438 41.3 −12.0
Liberal Democrats A. Griffiths 352 6.0 −0.5
Green C. Shawcross 337 5.7 +5.7
Majority 344 5.8 −11.4
Turnout 5,909
Labour hold Swing +11.5
Toller[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Hussein 3,499 54.3 −1.9
Conservative H. Greed 1,805 28.0 −15.8
Liberal Democrats A. Cruden 580 9.0 +9.0
Independent A. Malik 562 8.7 +8.7
Majority 1,694 26.3 +13.9
Turnout 6,446
Labour hold Swing +6.9
Tong[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Sutcliffe 3,164 76.2 +7.2
Conservative D. Owen 987 23.8 −0.4
Majority 2,177 52.4 +7.6
Turnout 4,151
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Undercliffe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Sowman 3,395 63.0 +20.6
Conservative B. Moore 1,470 27.3 −17.5
Liberal Democrats E. Hallman 527 9.8 −3.1
Majority 1,925 35.7 +33.3
Turnout 5,392
Labour hold Swing +19.0
University[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Qureshi 4,844 67.3 −6.9
Conservative M. Riaz 1,714 23.8 +7.2
Green K. Warnes 640 8.9 +3.6
Majority 3,130 43.5 −14.2
Turnout 7,198
Labour gain from Conservative Swing -7.0
Wibsey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Thomson 2,988 52.7 +8.5
Conservative R. Sheard 1,858 32.8 −12.8
Liberal Democrats B. Boulton 623 11.0 +0.7
Green P. Braham 203 3.6 +3.6
Majority 1,130 19.9 +18.5
Turnout 5,672
Labour hold Swing +10.6
Worth Valley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Midgley 2,554 44.0 −14.3
Labour D. Halsall 2,390 41.2 +6.9
Liberal Democrats J. Brooksbank 527 9.1 +1.7
Green M. Crowson 333 5.7 +5.7
Majority 164 2.8 −21.2
Turnout 5,804
Conservative hold Swing -10.6
Wyke[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Mangham 3,332 59.5 +9.8
Conservative J. Robertshaw 1,635 29.2 −10.0
Liberal Democrats J. Micklethwaite 632 11.3 +11.3
Majority 1,697 30.3 +19.8
Turnout 5,599
Labour hold Swing +9.9

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "District results: Bradford". The Yorkshire Post. 5 May 1990.
  2. ^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1991 (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 November 2021.