1982 Liverpool City Council election

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1982 Liverpool City Council election
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←  1980 6 May 1982 (1982-05-06) 1983  →
33 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards plus 2 by-elections
50 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour 42+2
Liberal 36-2
Conservative 210

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1982
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1642+248%39%54,780
  Liberal 1024-230%31%43,378
  Conservative 700021%25%34,935
  SDP 00%5%7,181
  Communist 00%0.4%510
  Independent Liberal 00%0.09%129
  Ecology 00%0.08%112
  Workers Revolutionary 00%0.04%57

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Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Hood1,64854%
Liberal David Vasmer1,14638%
Communist R. O'Hara1545%
Conservative G. A. Powell1003%
Majority 502
Registered electors 9,757
Turnout 3,04831%

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Millea2,46249%
Labour J. Williams1,52630%
Conservative R. Jones1,06421%
Majority 936
Registered electors 13,409
Turnout 5,05238%

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Morrison2,73152%
SDP R. Isaacson1,54229%
Labour C. R. Frais95818%
Majority 1,189
Registered electors 12,769
Turnout 5,05238%

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cathie Kaufman2,44948%
Labour J. Roberts1,45329%
Conservative T. P. Pink1,17523%
Majority 996
Registered electors 12,675
Turnout 5,07740%

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mary Johnston1,69339%
Labour A. C. Snowden1,57636%
Conservative Helen Rigby1,02023%
Communist J. Kay682%
Majority 117
Registered electors 12,127
Turnout 4,35736%

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Roberts1,97047%
Labour J. McIntosh1,77743%
Conservative A. Wilson42910%
Majority 193
Registered electors 11,592
Turnout 4,17636%

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Geoffrey Smith 2,072 43%
Labour E. J. Smith1,58933%
Conservative S. Fitzsimmons 1,20423%
Majority 483
Registered electors 13,578
Turnout 4,86536%

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Airey3,06953%
Liberal Neville Gordon Chinn1,86132%
Labour Susan Smith82614%
Majority 1,208
Registered electors 13,683
Turnout 5,75642%

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sally Atherton2,90544%
Liberal Len Tyrer2,84943%
Labour J. Clarke92214%
Majority 56
Registered electors 15,073
Turnout 6,67644%

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. B. Gladden2,41347%
Liberal John Bowen1,74234%
Conservative S. Hicklin93218%
Majority 671
Registered electors 14,005
Turnout 5,08736%

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter J. Rainford1,98841%
Labour Pauline Dunlop1,85638%
Conservative R. Hughes1,00021%
Majority 132
Registered electors 13,190
Turnout 4,84437%

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. H. Fitzpatrick2,55848%
SDP Helen Petrie1,48528%
Labour J. Mooney1,29624%
Majority 1,073
Registered electors 13,655
Turnout 5,33939%

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. J. Quick1,83943%
Liberal Charles Collins1,64138%
Conservative D. W. Patmore70116%
Communist J. Cook712%
Workers Revolutionary J. J. Maginnis331%
Majority 198
Registered electors 11,714
Turnout 4,28537%

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. H. Westbury2,36460%
SDP E. R. Jones81721%
Conservative J. L. Walsh77120%
Majority 1,547
Registered electors 12,016
Turnout 3,95233%

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Wiles1,82081%
Liberal R. J. Flood24011%
Conservative W. Scott1868%
Majority 1,580
Registered electors 10,014
Turnout 2,24622%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. C. V. Gregory2,30054%
Liberal Harold Glyn Rogers1,03524%
Conservative A. Brown92422%
Majority 1,265
Registered electors 11,579
Turnout 4,25937%

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. R. Snell2,13863%
SDP P. J. Kellett74722%
Liberal J. Mangan48814%
Majority 1,391
Registered electors 11,962
Turnout 3,37328%

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. R. Leach1,82448%
Liberal Arthur Eric Damsell1,55041%
Conservative A. Palin3569%
Communist S. P. Munby702%
Workers Revolutionary T. M. Cooper241%
Majority 1,754
Registered electors 10,664
Turnout 3,82436%

Grassendale

Grassendale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. F. Pine2,74146%
Liberal Gerard Patrick Scott2,53243%
Labour J. H. Stamper64311%
Majority 279
Registered electors 12,403
Turnout 5,91648%

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joyce Stephenson1,67043%
Labour K. D. Radcliffe1,60541%
Conservative T. N. Teppett59915%
Majority 65
Registered electors 12,609
Turnout 3,87431%

Melrose

Melrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Dalling1,98051%
Liberal Kevin Andrew Sewill1,58240%
Conservative Pauline Dougherty3539%
Majority 398
Registered electors 11,325
Turnout 3,91535%

Netherley

Netherley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Adams1,86965%
SDP F. S. Roderick54819%
Conservative Ann Nugent48017%
Majority 1,321
Registered electors 8,491
Turnout 2,89734%

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. Loftus2,26943%
Labour M. J. Smith1,86836%
Conservative W, H. Connolly92418%
Independent Liberal K. McCulloch1292%
Communist H. Mohin301%
Majority 401
Registered electors 12,061
Turnout 5,22043%

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herbert Edward Herrity2,29653%
Labour E. A. Taylor1,35931%
Conservative J. McDermott60314%
Communist J. G. Volleamere692%
Majority 937
Registered electors 11,767
Turnout 4,32737%

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Owens2,56965%
Conservative Christine Perkins70618%
SDP Helen Clucas68417%
Majority 1,885
Registered electors 12,370
Turnout 3,95932%

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. C. Evans1,97950%
Conservative C. J. Lister1,14429%
Liberal J. Ball82321%
Communist M. McLoughlin481%
Majority 835
Registered electors 12,013
Turnout 3,99433%

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Gamble1,98154%
Liberal Ernest Richard Stephenson1,49940%
Conservative R. C. Duncalf2226%
Majority 482
Registered electors 10,744
Turnout 3,70234%

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. McLean1,73070%
Conservative K. G. Watkin42117%
Liberal J. Farley32513%
Majority 1,309
Registered electors 9,891
Turnout 2,47625%

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal June Jones2,85057%
Labour J. A. Hackett1,31226%
Conservative D. Ellis79716%
Majority 1,538
Registered electors 12,445
Turnout 4,95940%

Valley

Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Astbury1,57150%
Liberal Edward Jameson85427%
Conservative Pamela Stephen73523%
Majority 717
Registered electors 10,142
Turnout 3,16031%

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Morgan2,08889%
Liberal J. Bannister25311%
Majority 1,835
Registered electors 9,339
Turnout 2,34125%

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative I. Brown1,70138%
Labour G. Devling1,36131%
SDP G. G. Endicott1,35831%
Majority 340
Registered electors 13,779
Turnout 4,42032%

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. G. Hallows2,38453%
Liberal E. M. Clein1,23928%
Labour D. A. Bradbury74017%
Ecology N. Everard1123%
Majority 1,145
Registered electors 12,817
Turnout 4,47535%

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