City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council elections were held on Thursday, 2 May 1996, with one third of the council up for election. Labour retained control of the council.[1] [2]
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | 0| align="right" | | align="right" | 0.0| align="right" | 0.3| align="right" | 362| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 58 | 71 | |||
| Conservative | 28 | 13 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 6 | |||
| Total | 90 | 90 | |||
| Working majority | |||||
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| M. Dominguez | align="right" | 151| align="right" | 5.3| align="right" | -3.8|-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| L. Wilkinson | align="right" | 38| align="right" | 1.1| align="right" | +1.1|-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| C. Thompson | align="right" | 43| align="right" | 0.8| align="right" | +0.8|-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"! style="background-color: " || Militant Labour| S. Jackson | align="right" | 130| align="right" | 2.8| align="right" | +2.8|-