1976 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election explained

Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on 6 May 1976, with one third of council up for election as well as vacancies in Bolton and Thornton. The election resulted in the Conservatives retaining control with voter turnout at 39.7%.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Election result

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || British National| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0.0| align="right" | 0.1| align="right" | 125| align="right" | +0.1%|-

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

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"	Party	valign=top style="width: 30px"	Previous council	valign=top style="width: 30px"	New council
	Conservatives	57	61
	Labour	28	27
	Liberals	8	5
Total		93	93
Working majority

Ward results

|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || British National| R. Shears| align="right" | 125 | align="right" | 3.8| align="right" | +3.8|-

Notes and References

1. News: District results: Bradford . . 7 May 1976 . Scans
2. News: Vote 2012: Bradford . 20 February 2013 . BBC News Online.
3. News: Bradford election results . . 7 May 1976 .