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]

Election result

Bradford Local Election Result 1990^[1]
	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

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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^ "Vote 2012: Bradford". BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1991 (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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