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    1978 handbook

    Bradford: 1978 local elections

    31 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1977) (93 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 61 · Labour 27 · The Liberal Party 5 · Other 0

    After (end of 1978) (93 seats, Elections Centre)

    Conservative 60 · Labour 28 · The Liberal Party 4 · Other 1

    Ward results

    Bradford Moor1 seat · turnout 42.3%
    W. JohnsonLabour2,295 ✓
    D. TylerConservative1,672
    R. GoldbergSU456
    S. WoodNF194
    Craven1 seat · turnout 40.5%
    J. BarkerConservative2,299
    D. WrightLabour1,509
    A. FaireyNF82
    Eccleshill1 seat · turnout 37.6%
    S. SwallowConservative1,805 ✓
    A. DewhirstLabour1,710
    F. SugdenLIB340
    T. HawthornNF113
    Great Horton1 seat · turnout 41.0%
    A. DennisonConservative2,154
    R. StorkLabour2,057
    A. CuretonNF136
    Ilkley1 seat · turnout 40.2%
    E. WrightConservative2,797
    R. JonesLIB1,130
    Keighley West1 seat · turnout 42.6%
    B. ThorneLabour2,465
    H. HarrisonConservative2,447
    K. O'NeillNF106
    No. 1 (Bradford: Allerton)1 seat · turnout 36.0%
    B. CurtisConservative2,803 ✓
    J. WhitesideLabour1,529
    K. BuckleyLIB351
    A. SmithNF106
    No. 10 (Bradford: Little Horton)1 seat · turnout 28.4%
    A. HameedLabour1,449 ✓
    K. WarrillowConservative1,024
    N. BaggleyLIB346
    M. MirzaInd Lab204
    G. BrownNF140
    No. 11 (Bradford: Manningham)1 seat · turnout 36.1%
    H. BainesLabour2,109 ✓
    S. BaileyConservative1,093
    R. ShahidIndependent369
    A. SmithsonLIB157
    R. FaireyNF134
    No. 13 (Bradford: Thornton)1 seat · turnout 37.7%
    G. ChapmanConservative2,392 ✓
    R. HolroydeLabour1,146
    S. PearsonLIB191
    F. HarrisNF103
    No. 14 (Bradford: Tong)1 seat · turnout 27.5%
    J. SeniorLabour2,160
    J. OwenConservative1,047
    G. RobinsonNF127
    No. 15 (Bradford: Undercliffe)1 seat · turnout 41.7%
    G GoodLabour1,932
    M. StanleyConservative1,507
    D. MatsonNF165
    No. 16 (Bradford: University)1 seat · turnout 40.9%
    M. HussainLabour2,005 ✓
    D. BaggleyConservative747
    A. PatelIndependent421
    C. HillLIB130
    T. BrownNF99
    No. 19 (Bradford: Clayton & Queensbury)1 seat · turnout 35.0%
    I. CooklandConservative3,566
    D. HopkinsLabour2,040
    J. WoodNF164
    No. 2 (Bradford: Bolton)1 seat · turnout 34.3%
    E. WoolerConservative1,748 ✓
    E. SteadLabour1,381
    J. MoranLIB415
    E. BarszczakNF116
    No. 20 (Keighley: Haworth-Oakworth- Oxenhope)1 seat · turnout 37.6%
    G. HodgsonConservative2,497 ✓
    H. BinnsLabour1,496
    H. MortimerThe Liberal Party407
    No. 22 (Keighley: Central-East-South)1 seat · turnout 41.3%
    H. PeacockLabour2,332 ✓
    D. RobertsConservative1,682
    J. BrooksbankLIB301
    J. DawsonNF105
    No. 23 (Keighley: Morton & North End)1 seat · turnout 40.0%
    J. WomersleyConservative1,542 ✓
    S. BowenLabour908
    G. SimsLIB548
    K. InghamNF83
    No. 24 (Baildon)1 seat · turnout 46.6%
    A. LightowlerConservative2,989
    P. ClarkeLabour1,320
    K. GreenwoodLIB1,040
    No. 26 (Bingley: Central-East-North-West)1 seat · turnout 41.8%
    A. ChapmanConservative3,139
    B. LynchLabour1,311
    I. RossLIB598
    No. 27 (Ilkley: Burley-Holme-Menston)1 seat · turnout 49.5%
    D. SmithConservative2,443
    C. HunterLabour852
    C. SvensgaardLIB552
    No. 29 (Shipley: South & West)1 seat · turnout 42.7%
    Steve ArthurConservative3,104
    P. LancasterLabour1,233
    No. 3 (Bradford: Bowling)1 seat · turnout 33.5%
    B. KearnsLabour1,551
    D. ConquestConservative917
    S. CollinsNF113
    No. 7 (Bradford: Heaton)1 seat · turnout 44.3%
    King J.Conservative2,775 ✓
    M. AjeebLabour1,527
    M. HowardLIB392
    G. WrightNF150
    No. 8 (Bradford: Idle)1 seat · turnout 35.1%
    P. HockneyLIB3,863
    A. FarrowNF264
    No. 9 (Bradford: Laisterdyke)1 seat · turnout 31.8%
    J. FieldhouseLabour1,670
    H. ThorneConservative786
    Odsal1 seat · turnout 35.6%
    D. MellorConservative2,196
    J. BruceLabour1,524
    Shipley East2 seats · turnout 38.1%
    N. FreeLabour2,477
    B. ChadwickLabour2,465
    D. CookeConservative1,697
    M. HollingsConservative1,634
    South-Wil1 seat · turnout 42.4%
    E. HallConservative3,277
    P. WallLabour817
    S. ClemenceLIB329
    Wibsey1 seat · turnout 34.9%
    F. HillamConservative2,210
    F. BastowLabour1,347
    D. BrownNF119
    Wyke1 seat · turnout 35.5%
    B. SealLabour2,619
    K. PorterConservative1,575