1982 Manchester City Council election

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1982 Manchester City Council election
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←  1980 6 May 1982 (1982-05-06) 1983  →
99 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Bill Egerton Cecil Franks Keith Whitmore
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader's seat Beswick & Clayton Chorlton Levenshulme
Last election30 seats,
57.0%		4 seats,
32.1%		1 seats,
10.2%
Seats before57239
Seats won69264
Seats after69264
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote60,97142,74431,699
Percentage44.9%31.2%23.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg12.1%Decrease2.svg0.9%Increase2.svg13.1%
Manchester 1982.png
Map of results of 1982 election
Leader of the Council before election

Bill Egerton
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Bill Egerton
Labour

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982. Due to demographic changes in the city since the formation of the new City Council in 1973, and in common with some other English councils in 1982, substantial boundary changes to all wards were implemented in time for these elections. The most notable changes were as follows:

Contents

- The wards of Collegiate Church and Miles Platting were merged, with most of their combined areas forming a new Central ward.

- A new ward of Benchill was carved out of the existing wards of Baguley, Crossacres, and Woodhouse Park.

- Beswick ward became the new Beswick and Clayton ward.

- Lloyd Street ward became the new Fallowfield ward.

- Crossacres ward became the new Sharston ward.

- Alexandra ward became the new Whalley Range ward.

Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole council to be re-elected. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 1986, the second-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 1984, and the third-placed candidate serving a one-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Labour party retained overall control of the council. [1]

Election result

PartyVotesSeats
Labour Party 60,971 (44.9%)
Decrease2.svg 12.169 (69.7%)
69 / 99
Decrease2.svg 3
Conservative Party 42,336 (31.2%)
Decrease2.svg 0.926 (26.3%)
26 / 99
Increase2.svg 3
Alliance 31,699 (23.3%)
Increase2.svg 13.14 (4.0%)
4 / 99
Steady2.svg
Independent 483 (0.3%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Steady2.svg
Workers Revolutionary 106 (0.1%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Steady2.svg
National Front 70 (0.0%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
N/A


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Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Barrett*1,93672.2N/A
Labour Frank Dale*1,870
Labour Norman Finley*1,806
Conservative Arthur Davies42215.7N/A
Conservative John Alblas389
Conservative Ian Savell374
Liberal Delsya Redford32312.0N/A
Liberal John Smith314
Liberal Gunther Kloss295
Majority1,38456.5N/A
Turnout 2,68127.3N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Baguley

Baguley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frances Done*2,26154.9N/A
Labour Anthony Burns*2,160
Labour Winifred Smith2,080
Conservative Christopher Ennis1,00924.5N/A
Conservative Patricia Fitzsimons936
Conservative Dorothy Hurst867
Liberal Leeming Griffiths84420.5N/A
Liberal Georgina Hall814
Liberal Muriel James695
Majority1,07130.4N/A
Turnout 4,11441.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Tucker*1,54637.7N/A
Conservative Henry Moore*1,533
Labour Christopher Tucker1,52237.1N/A
Labour Keith Bradley 1,480
Labour Rhona Graham1,468
Conservative Beryl Moore1,464
SDP Fred Balcombe* 1,03025.1N/A
SDP Glenna Robson975
SDP Trevor Thomas*900
Majority420.6N/A
Turnout 4,09839.9N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Benchill

Benchill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Home2,13662.4N/A
Labour Veronica Myers2,125
Labour Neil Warren2,050
Liberal Herbert Griffiths82724.1N/A
Liberal Gilbert Stacey751
Liberal Bridget Brannan679
Conservative Valerie Corrigan46013.4N/A
Conservative David Harrington437
Conservative Tracey Dennett422
Majority1,22348.9N/A
Turnout 3,42335.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Egerton 2,16767.8N/A
Labour Jack Flanagan*2,116
Labour Sidney Silverman*1,979
Conservative Leonard Hockey71022.2N/A
Conservative Keith West536
Conservative Joan Swatton533
SDP Susan Birtwistle3189.9N/A
SDP Charles Hill276
SDP Ruth Levy251
Majority1,26945.6N/A
Turnout 3,19536.4N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Chadwick*2,30758.7N/A
Labour Edward Newman*2,210
Labour Eileen Kelly2,159
Conservative Valerie Hall1,09727.9N/A
Conservative Paul Soden979
Conservative Brian Whaite961
Liberal Norman Towers52813.4N/A
Liberal John Cookson517
Liberal David Gordon507
Majority1,06230.8N/A
Turnout 3,93241.1N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Gilmore*2,19068.7N/A
Labour Edward Grant*2,064
Labour Michael Harrison1,928
Conservative David Eager57918.2N/A
Conservative Geoffrey Glover518
Conservative Stephen Ellwood502
Liberal Charles Harris41713.1N/A
Liberal Colin Dowse354
SDP Peter Crichton-Gold344
Majority1,34950.5N/A
Turnout 3,18633.3N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brooklands

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yvonne Emery*2,23245.4N/A
Conservative Arthur O'Connor2,098
Conservative David Sumberg 2,047
Labour Roger Delahunty1,69934.6N/A
Labour Richard Reddington1,627
Labour Harold Reid1,621
SDP Jeffrey Burton98320.0N/A
SDP Lawrence Shields943
SDP Barry McColgan941
Majority34810.8N/A
Turnout 4,91449.3N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Burnage

Burnage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Kershaw1,92440.2N/A
Conservative Horace Platt*1,920
Conservative Ronald Nicholson1,892
Labour Graham Martin*1,74336.4N/A
Labour Marilyn Taylor1,721
Labour John Wilson1,618
SDP Christopher Muir1,11623.3N/A
SDP Thomas Burgess1,114
Liberal Margaret Boyle1,096
Majority1493.8N/A
Turnout 4,78347.1N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reginald Latham*1,71368.4N/A
Labour Gordon Conquest*1,550
Labour Patricia Conquest*1,538
SDP Ernest Crank49719.8N/A
SDP Robert Young363
SDP Martin Nuttall339
Conservative Jean Orr29411.7N/A
Conservative Phylis Pacey294
Conservative Alexander Perman274
Majority1,04148.5N/A
Turnout 2,50427.1N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Charlestown

Charlestown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Lee1,92647.6N/A
Labour David Ford1,879
Labour Alan Wood1,782
Conservative Sandra Cartwright1,24030.7N/A
Conservative Arthur Ashmore1,179
Conservative John Grimshaw1,171
SDP Sydney Earnshaw87621.7N/A
SDP Agnes Hart737
SDP Myra Landsman719
Majority54217.0N/A
Turnout 4,04241.1N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sally Shaw*2,03161.3N/A
Labour John Broderick*1,996
Labour Nicholas Harris1,912
SDP Mohammed Aslam77523.4N/A
SDP John Czernenko723
SDP John Whitman656
Conservative Russell Berg50815.3N/A
Conservative David Philip492
Conservative David Sparrow469
Majority1,13737.9N/A
Turnout 3,31434.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chorlton

Chorlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Sanders*2,32643.8N/A
Conservative Maureen Vince*2,260
Conservative Cecil Franks* 2,249
Labour Michael Ash-Edwards1,59530.0N/A
Labour Beverley Watson1,538
Labour Stephen Darroch1,478
Liberal John Commons1,39026.2N/A
SDP Mary James1,301
SDP Michael Palmer1,235
Majority65413.7N/A
Turnout 5,31150.3N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Butler1,82244.0N/A
Conservative Frederick Lever*1,634
Conservative George Fildes*1,577
Labour Basil Curley1,34132.4N/A
Labour Richard Jones1,333
Labour Kenneth Barnes1,332
SDP Gerald Landsman98023.6N/A
SDP Brian Gibbons944
SDP Teresa Lyons857
Majority23611.6N/A
Turnout 4,14345.1N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joyce Hill*2,91250.3N/A
Conservative John Duke*2,903
Conservative Muriel Crawford*2,826
SDP Bernard Lever1,91133.0N/A
Liberal Ronald Axtell1,725
Liberal Jack Edwards1,723
Labour Helen Gregory97016.7N/A
Labour Vivien Prendiville946
Labour Richard Ramsden923
Majority91517.3N/A
Turnout 5,79353.7N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Morrison1,69640.6N/A
Labour Joseph Holly1,649
Labour Philip Openshaw1,574
Conservative Paul Hackett1,41233.8N/A
Conservative George Taylor1,363
Conservative John Hardman1,342
SDP Robert Davison1,06725.5N/A
SDP James Bradley*1,062
SDP Kenneth McKeon*1,016
Majority1626.8N/A
Turnout 4,17538.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Brierley*2,28051.8N/A
Labour Thomas Hamnett*2,221
Labour Peter Hildrew*2,116
SDP Gerard Collins1,16826.5N/A
SDP Zygmunt Gazdecki1,130
SDP James Rowan1,068
Conservative Agnes Caroll95021.6N/A
Conservative Elizabeth Dimmock901
Conservative Veronica Jones884
Majority94825.3N/A
Turnout 4,39842.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Barker*1,88049.0N/A
Labour Kenneth Franklin*1,766
Labour Valerie Stevens1,676
Conservative Ronald Beaman95524.9N/A
Liberal John Redfern93124.3N/A
Liberal Elsie Hooper923
Liberal Carole Helme882
Conservative Peter Dunne858
Conservative Clive Webb824
National Front Alfred Coles701.8N/A
National Front John Hulse52
National Front Bryan Nylan44
Majority72124.1N/A
Turnout 3,83636.8N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Karney 1,839 55.7 N/A
Labour Graham Stringer 1,712
Labour Nilofar Siddiqi 1,656
Conservative Joyce Harding86226.1N/A
Conservative Norman Jones831
Conservative Richard Smith785
SDP Edward Charnley59818.1N/A
SDP Anthony Newman595
SDP Thomas Jones547
Majority79429.6N/A
Turnout 3,29938.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hulme

Hulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Keenlyside2,10563.1N/A
Labour Valerie Dunn1,992
Labour Sheila Robertson1,931
Liberal Thomas McClure81124.3N/A
Liberal Robert Taylor707
Liberal David Nicholson670
Conservative Grant Higginson42112.6N/A
Conservative Peter Hardman413
Conservative Clare Hare388
Majority1,12038.8N/A
Turnout 3,33730.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Keith Whitmore*2,02942.2N/A
Liberal Janet Blessing1,792
Liberal Howard Smith*1,743
Conservative John Barber*1,57332.7N/A
Conservative Winifrede Carlton1,484
Conservative John Monks1,394
Labour Alison Jones1,20025.0N/A
Labour John Rimington1,189
Labour Rachel Pollard1,177
Majority1709.5N/A
Turnout 4,80247.5N/A
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Murphy*2,14544.5N/A
Labour Alison Kelly*1,952
Labour Derek Shaw1,950
Conservative Albert Bolland1,34027.8N/A
Conservative Vincent Clare1,333
Conservative Grace Cleworth1,315
Liberal Frederick Pinder1,18424.6N/A
Liberal James Ashley1,168
Liberal Elizabeth Thompson1,043
Independent George Croston1473.0N/A
Majority61016.7N/A
Turnout 4,81647.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Byrne1,87544.5N/A
Labour Kathleen Robinson1,787
Labour Kenneth Strath1,650
SDP Altaf Ahmed1,39433.1N/A
SDP George Nevins911
SDP Joseph Podbylski798
Conservative Nigel Davidson74117.6N/A
Conservative John Watson736
Conservative William O'Grady688
Independent Geoffrey Chandler1994.7N/A
Majority25611.4N/A
Turnout 4,20936.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Moss Side

Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hugh Paget*2,28562.5N/A
Labour Arnold Spencer2,123
Labour Jeffrey Wilner*1,969
Conservative Robert Taylor86323.6N/A
Conservative Mary Barnes795
Conservative Joan Goldsby758
Liberal Sarah Barber40010.9N/A
SDP Norman Allen380
Liberal Lauriston Ford362
Workers Revolutionary Frederick Marshall1062.9N/A
Majority1,10638.9N/A
Turnout 3,65435.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin McLaren*2,22043.0N/A
Conservative Kenneth Goulding2,05439.8N/A
Labour William Risby2,024
Labour Leonard Kelly2,022
Conservative Gwendoline Hurley*1,904
Conservative Gerald Carey1,839
Liberal John Bailey88117.1N/A
Liberal John Gradwell808
Liberal Martin Gradwell792
Majority23.2N/A
Turnout 5,155N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clifford Tomlinson*1,93362.8N/A
Labour John Smith*1,925
Labour Michael Taylor*1,875
Conservative David Booth75524.5N/A
Conservative Stephen Johnson672
Conservative Kenneth Leeson616
Liberal Joyce Laslett38912.6N/A
Liberal Vera Towers352
Liberal Geoffrey Mawson344
Majority1,12038.3N/A
Turnout 3,07733.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Northenden

Northenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Barnes1,95440.1N/A
Labour Harold Brown1,890
Labour Duncan Healey1,881
Conservative George Leigh*1,86538.3N/A
Conservative Dorothy Mountford1,694
Conservative John Graham1,639
Liberal John Holland91118.7N/A
Liberal Julian Goldstone888
Liberal Kenneth Lightowler842
Independent Stanley Rose1372.8N/A
Majority161.8N/A
Turnout 4,86747.2N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Old Moat

Old Moat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Aikman*2,05341.8N/A
Conservative Gerard Fitzsimons1,924
Conservative Peter Hilton1,888
Labour Trevor Allcock1,64933.5N/A
Labour Deborah Bryson1,520
Labour Roy Walters1,493
Liberal Pamela Elwood1,21324.7N/A
Liberal Anthony Parkinson1,199
Liberal John Stevenson1,148
Majority2398.2N/A
Turnout 4,91544.9N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Egan1,92644.2N/A
Labour John Nicholson*1,895
Labour Margaret Roff1,823
Conservative Shakir Hussain1,48434.0N/A
Conservative Alan Catchpole1,350
Conservative Catherine McQuade1,313
Liberal Peter Thompson94721.7N/A
Liberal Audrey Greaves920
Liberal David Tierney843
Majority33910.1N/A
Turnout 4,35744.5N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sharston

Sharston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Collis*1,90643.8N/A
Labour Kevan Lim*1,787
Labour William Jameson1,735
Conservative Annie Spencer1,32930.5N/A
Conservative Rodney Munn1,322
Conservative Kathleen Hay1,290
SDP Eileen Bowers1,11525.6N/A
SDP Robert Bowers1,112
SDP Angus Bateman*1,052
Majority40613.3N/A
Turnout 4,350N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Rodgers*2,02944.4N/A
Conservative Andrew Neville1,951
Conservative Michael Whetton1,926
Labour David Grigg1,37130.0N/A
Labour Anthony Williams1,300
Labour Barclay Patoir1,220
SDP Roy Jarman1,16825.6N/A
SDP David Levy1,0570
SDP Simon Lewis1,057
Majority55514.4N/A
Turnout 4,56848.7N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Audrey Jones*2,04340.6N/A
Conservative Joan Jacobs*1,98139.4N/A
Conservative Margaret Davies1,854
Liberal David Sandiford*1,836
Conservative Muriel Pierce1,828
Liberal Graham Shaw1,675
Labour Frank Booth1,00620.0N/A
Labour Karl Grimshaw991
Labour Adetutu Eko929
Majority181.2N/A
Turnout 5,03049.8N/A
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gerald Hall*2,16463.9N/A
Labour Griffith Berry*2,062
Labour Thomas Farrell*2,040
SDP Eileen Wildman63518.7N/A
SDP Doreen Thomas599
Conservative Constance Murphy58817.3N/A
Conservative Joyce Norbury581
Conservative Hilda Wootton569
SDP Thomas Huffer540
Majority1,40545.1N/A
Turnout 3,38735.6N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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