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]
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 | 43 | 44 | |||
| Labour | 41 | 40 | |||
| Alliance | 6 | 6 | |||
| Total | 90 | 90 | |||
| Working majority | |||||