Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected. The council remained under no overall control.^[1][2]

Bradford Local Election Result 1983^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16	1	0	+1	53.3	40.2	61,335	+1.6%
	Labour	14	0	1	-1	46.7	39.7	60,473	+7.0%
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	20.0	30,432	-8.1%
	Ecology	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	178	+0.0%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	79	+0.0%

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservatives	43	44
	Labour	41	40
	Alliance	6	6
Total		90	90
Working majority		-4	-2

Baildon^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lightowler	2,780	45.7	+2.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	I. Blaine	2,419	39.8	−4.4
	Labour	E. English	878	14.4	+1.5
Majority			361	5.9	+4.6
Turnout			6,077
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

Bingley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Shaw	2,536	47.6	−3.7
	Labour	G. Foster	1,847	34.7	+10.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	N. Tregoning	943	17.7	−6.4
Majority			689	12.9	−13.8
Turnout			5,326
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.9

Bingley Rural^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Conquest	3,203	62.2	+1.9
	Labour	T. Ball	1,099	21.3	+4.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	M. Greenwood	849	16.5	−6.8
Majority			2,104	40.8	+3.9
Turnout			5,151
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.5

Bolton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Hall	2,096	45.0	+3.5
	Labour	G. Porter	1,638	35.2	+6.9
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Minshull	925	19.8	−10.4
Majority			458	9.8	−1.3
Turnout			4,659
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

Bowling^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Coughlin	2,923	62.0	+3.9
	Conservative	B. Moore	1,083	23.0	+1.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	G. Sutcliffe	707	15.0	−5.4
Majority			1,840	39.0	+2.5
Turnout			4,713
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

Bradford Moor^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Lambert	3,311	62.8	+10.3
	Conservative	G. Moore	1,085	20.6	−2.4
	Alliance (SDP)	W. Whitley	872	16.5	−7.1
Majority			2,226	42.3	+13.4
Turnout			5,268
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

Clayton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Farley	2,548	47.0	+4.0
	Labour	G. Mitchell	2,153	39.7	+6.5
	Alliance (SDP)	P. Garbutt	722	13.3	−10.5
Majority			395	7.3	−2.5
Turnout			5,423
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

Craven^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Jerome	2,602	47.1	+7.1
	Alliance (Liberal)	G. Funnell	1,839	33.3	−14.9
	Labour	J. Fisk	1,083	19.6	+7.8
Majority			763	13.8	+5.6
Turnout			5,524
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.0

Eccleshill^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Crawforth	2,140	44.1	+8.3
	Conservative	K. Sotomayor-Sugden	1,792	37.0	−3.8
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Ryan	916	18.9	−4.6
Majority			348	7.2	+2.2
Turnout			4,848
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

Great Horton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Godward	2,606	49.2	+11.8
	Conservative	E. Byrom	2,136	40.3	+1.7
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Hargreaves	554	10.5	−13.5
Majority			470	8.9	+7.6
Turnout			5,296
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.0

Heaton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Huggon	2,824	50.2	+3.1
	Labour	M. Qureshi	1,582	28.1	+2.7
	Alliance (SDP)	M. Pollard	1,217	21.6	−5.8
Majority			1,242	22.1	+2.3
Turnout			5,623
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

Idle^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Baxter	1,705	36.0	+12.1
	Conservative	A. Garnett	1,523	32.2	+1.0
	Alliance (Liberal)	D. Ward	1,503	31.8	−13.1
Majority			182	3.8	−9.9
Turnout			4,731
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.5

Ilkley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lightband	3,099	63.8	+2.9
	Alliance (SDP)	V. Lister	1,238	25.5	−4.7
	Labour	A. Corina	518	10.7	+1.7
Majority			1,861	38.3	+7.6
Turnout			4,855
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.8

Keighley North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Trigg	2,176	37.5	+2.7
	Labour	F. Sunderland	2,077	35.8	+3.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	D. Beaumont	1,549	26.7	−6.3
Majority			99	1.7	−0.1
Turnout			5,802
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.5

Keighley South^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Eccleston	2,796	61.5	+11.9
	Conservative	T. Whitley	965	21.2	+5.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	S. Green	786	17.3	−17.5
Majority			1,831	40.3	+25.4
Turnout			4,547
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

Keighley West^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Thorne	2,828	50.9	+2.2
	Conservative	M. Cowen	1,974	35.5	+4.6
	Alliance (SDP)	J. Arnold	752	13.5	−6.8
Majority			854	15.4	−2.3
Turnout			5,554
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Little Horton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Hameed	2,371	54.5	−1.0
	Alliance (SDP)	J. McKenna	1,141	26.2	+1.3
	Conservative	V. Holdsworth	841	19.3	−0.3
Majority			1,230	28.3	−2.2
Turnout			4,353
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

Odsal^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Kearns	2,403	46.0	+6.3
	Conservative	R. Warren	2,021	38.7	+1.4
	Alliance (Liberal)	D. Rowley	796	15.2	−7.6
Majority			382	7.3	+4.9
Turnout			5,220
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Queensbury^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hirst	2,526	45.6	+5.9
	Labour	J. Kerr	2,156	39.0	+3.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	M. Farrar	853	15.4	−9.5
Majority			370	6.7	+2.3
Turnout			5,535
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

Rombalds^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Wightman	3,204	58.1	+0.9
	Alliance (Liberal)	C. Svensgaard	1,614	29.3	−4.5
	Labour	J. Warwick	697	12.6	+3.5
Majority			1,590	28.8	+5.4
Turnout			5,515
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.7

Shipley East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Saville	2,493	54.3	+1.6
	Conservative	B. Larkin	1,341	29.2	+2.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	I. Horner	758	16.5	−2.8
Majority			1,152	25.1	−0.9
Turnout			4,592
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.4

Shipley West^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Evans	3,266	55.4	+5.3
	Labour	G. Carey	1,467	24.9	+1.9
	Alliance (SDP)	K. Trobridge	988	16.7	−7.4
	Ecology	S. Shepherd	178	3.0	+0.3
Majority			1,799	30.5	+4.7
Turnout			5,899
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.7

Thornton^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Kinder	2,281	50.6	−1.2
	Labour	F. Bastow	1,479	32.8	+4.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	B. Payne	749	16.6	−3.1
Majority			802	17.8	−5.4
Turnout			4,509
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.7

Toller^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Sunderland	2,238	41.4	+1.1
	Labour	B. Swindells	2,179	40.3	+4.4
	Alliance (SDP)	H. Rashid	983	18.2	−5.5
Majority			59	1.1	−3.2
Turnout			5,400
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.6

Tong^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Mahon	2,563	67.1	+15.5
	Conservative	J. Sizer	793	20.8	−0.8
	Alliance (SDP)	L. Robinson	462	12.1	−14.8
Majority			1,770	46.4	+21.6
Turnout			3,818
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

Undercliffe^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Allinson	2,408	51.4	+4.8
	Conservative	H. Ibbotson	1,612	34.4	−2.1
	Alliance (SDP)	R. Jenkins	666	14.2	−2.7
Majority			796	17.0	+6.9
Turnout			4,686
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

University^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Rooney	3,707	63.6	+30.0
	Alliance (SDP)	S. Akbar	1,351	23.2	−19.2
	Conservative	D. Baggley	693	11.9	−2.9
	Communist	M. Ward	79	1.4	+1.4
Majority			2,356	40.4	+31.6
Turnout			5,830
	Labour hold		Swing	+24.6

Wibsey^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Butterfield	2,030	43.3	+3.0
	Labour	R. Cannell	1,913	40.8	+8.9
	Alliance (SDP)	C. Thain	749	16.0	−11.9
Majority			117	2.5	−6.0
Turnout			4,692
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-2.9

Worth Valley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Pickles	2,530	56.4	+0.6
	Labour	B. Leitch	1,302	29.0	+6.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	R. Taylor	654	14.6	−6.9
Majority			1,228	27.4	−5.7
Turnout			4,486
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.8

Wyke^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Wardman	2,151	47.1	+5.4
	Conservative	D. Owen	1,537	33.7	+1.9
	Alliance (SDP)	C. Delaney	877	19.2	−7.3
Majority			614	13.4	+3.5
Turnout			4,565
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7