Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on were held on Thursday, 1 May 1980, with boundary changes prompting the entirety of the council to be elected.
The boundary changes subtracted a ward from the existing 31 - decreasing the councillor total by three to 90 - with just under half the ward names surviving the changes:
Abolished: Allerton Bingley: Central, East, North & West Clayton, Ambler Thorn & Queensbury Craven: Silsden, Addingham, Kildwick & Steeton with Eastburn Denholme, Cullingworth, Bingley South & Wilsden Haworth, Oakworth & Oxenhope Ilkley: Ben Rhydding, Ilkley North, South & West Ilkley: Burley, Holme & Menston Keighley: Keighley Central, East & South Keighley: Morton & Keighley North East Keighley: North West & West Laisterdyke Manningham Shipley: Central, North & East Shipley: South & West
Created: Bingley Bingley Rural Clayton Craven Ilkley Keighley North Keighley South Keighley West Queensbury Rombalds Shipley East Shipley West Toller Worth Valley
The election resulted in the Labour gaining control of the council directly from the Conservatives.
Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: