User:HLE/Bradford (ward)

Bradford was an electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It elected three Councillors to Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council using the first past the post electoral method, electing one Councillor every year without election on the fourth.

Election results

Bolton Council election 1979: Bradford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Skull	2,348	79.4	−7.6
	Conservative	H Kolia	648	21.6	+11.8
Majority			1,700	56.7	−19.5
Turnout			2,996	74.7	+33.7
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 9.7

Bolton Council election 1978: Bradford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Arthur Foster	1,451	86.0	+17.5
	Conservative	N Patel	165	9.8	−18.5
	Socialist (GB)	E Murphy	71	4.2	+1.0
Majority			1,286	76.2	+36.0
Turnout			1,687	41.0	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Labour 18.0

Bolton Council election 1976: Bradford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T McEwan	1,205	68.5	+5.4
	Conservative	A Mills	498	28.3	−8.6
	Socialist (GB)	N Duffield	56	3.2	+3.2
Majority			707	40.2	+14.0
Turnout			1,759	37.7	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	Con to Labour 7.0

Bolton Council election 1975: Bradford ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Skull	1,014	63.1	−13.9
	Conservative	S Haslam	593	36.9	+13.9
Majority			421	26.2
Turnout			1,607	34.0	+3.0
	Labour hold		Swing	Labour to Con 13.9

Bolton Council election 1973: Bradford ward (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Arthur Foster	1,119	27.1
	Labour	T McEwan	1,046	25.1
	Labour	C Skull	1,011	24.5
	Conservative	D Hall	329	8.0
	Conservative	C Gregory	325	7.9
	Conservative	D Harris	294	7.1
Turnout			4,124	31.0

References

• Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 12 July 2016.