Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982, with one third of the council to be elected. The council fell to no overall control after the elections.[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 | 37 | 43 | |||
| Labour | 50 | 41 | |||
| Alliance | 3 | 6 | |||
| Total | 90 | 90 | |||
| Working majority | |||||