1983 Liverpool City Council election

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1983 Liverpool City Council election
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←  1982 5 May 1983 (1983-05-05) 1984  →
35 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 33 wards, plus 2 by-elections, one for Fazakerley and one for Melrose
50 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council following it previously being under no overall control. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour 51+9
Liberal 30-6
Conservative 18-1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1983
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 23+90+969%47%76,176
  Liberal 9+2-8-627%29%47,021
  Conservative 30-3-39%21%34,363
  SDP 00-2-20%3%4,306
  Communist 00%0.3%456
  Independent 00%0.04%73

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Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Rutledge 2,010 74%
Liberal C. J. Leahy37114%
Conservative H. V. Tracy-Forster2379%
Communist F. Carroll1114%
Majority 1,773
Registered electors 9,370
Turnout 2,72929%

Aigburth

Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sir Trevor Jones 2,62446%
Labour J. D. Williams1,59128%
Conservative J. Mass1,52227%
Majority 1,033
Registered electors 13,755
Turnout 5,73742%

Allerton

Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. S. Ross3,09257%
Labour A. J. R. Scott-Samuel1,56529%
SDP W. M. Scott81215%
Majority 1,527
Registered electors 12,752
Turnout 5,46943%

Anfield

Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal P. V. Downes2,32242%
Labour J. E. Roberts2,18840%
Conservative A. Nugent98818%
Majority 134
Registered electors 12,672
Turnout 5,49843%

Arundel

Arundel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Lyon-Taylor2,07540%
Liberal S. Hicks2,01638%
Conservative H. M. Rigby98419%
SDP G. Endicott1062%
Communist J. C. Blevin631%
Majority 59
Registered electors 12,262
Turnout 5,24443%

Breckfield

Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. McIntosh2,29648%
Liberal Jimmy Kendrick2,18946%
Conservative W. D. Henry2535%
Majority 107
Registered electors 11,720
Turnout 4,73840%

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. L. Dillon 2,599 44%
Liberal I. Ilkin2,11836%
Conservative S. Fitzsimmons 1,21921%
Majority 481
Registered electors 13,599
Turnout 5,93644%

Childwall

Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Neville Gordon Chinn2,66341%
Conservative M. Kingston2,44438%
Labour P. Kinsella1,32321%
Majority 189
Registered electors 13,704
Turnout 6,40047%

Church

Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal E. M. Brash3,72651%
Conservative T. P. Pink2,40933%
Labour S. D. Fleming1,24117%
Majority 1,317
Registered electors 14,934
Turnout 7,37649%

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. P. Lafferty3,65161%
Liberal W. F. Burke1,42324%
Conservative S. Hicklin87715%
Majority 2,228
Registered electors 13,597
Turnout 5,95144%

County

County
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Mills2,54244%
Liberal N. T. Cardwell2,37041%
Conservative R. Hughes81614%
Majority 172
Registered electors 13,071
Turnout 5,80144%

Croxteth

Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. R. Butler2,84550%
Labour A. Dunford2,02236%
SDP E. Gurny77714%
Majority 823
Registered electors 13,746
Turnout 5,64441%

Dingle

Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Clarke2,91755%
Liberal C. Collins1,81034%
Conservative D. W. Patmore53210%
Communist J. Cook441%
Majority 1,107
Registered electors 11,690
Turnout 5,30345%

Dovecot

Dovecot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. P. Johnson3,20274%
Conservative R. J. A. Globe76818%
SDP H. Weaver3418%
Majority 2,434
Registered electors 11,912
Turnout 4,31136%

Everton

Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Brady2,44985%
Conservative P. M. Pedley2157%
Liberal A. Williams1716%
Communist J. Kay361%
Majority 2,234
Registered electors 9,673
Turnout 2,87130%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Nelson2,86063%
Labour J. L. Linden2,80762%
Conservative A. Brown1,11325%
Conservative J. H. Brash1.00222%
SDP J. P. Prince54412%
SDP S. D. Jones50311%
Majority 1,747
Registered electors 11,496
Turnout 4,51739%

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. J. Murphy2,88775%
Conservative A. Gore49313%
SDP P. J. Kellett47212%
Majority 2,394
Registered electors 11,878
Turnout 3,85232%

Granby

Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. D. Hamilton2,36052%
Liberal Arthur Eric Damsell1,82740%
Conservative D. N. Gillott2646%
Communist E. F. Caddick692%
SDP H. F. Clucas401%
Majority 533
Registered electors 10,618
Turnout 4,56043%

Grassendale

Grassendale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gerard Patrick Scott3,36851%
Conservative J. Bennett2,32435%
Labour E. A. Taylor78312%
SDP R. Isaacson1743%
Majority 1,044
Registered electors 12,347
Turnout 6,64954%

Kensington

Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Graham Hulme2,18245%
Labour A. D. Fogg2,15845%
Conservative T. N. Teppett49610%
Majority 24
Registered electors 12,680
Turnout 4,83638%

Melrose

Melrose 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. P. Lancaster2,67755%
Labour P. A. Dunlop2,58053%
Liberal Kevin Andrew Sewill1,86839%
Liberal David Vasmer1,77637%
Conservative D. M. Cooper2174%
Conservative C. Cooper2154%
SDP T. McDonald751.6%
SDP J. Diamond721.5%
Majority 809
Registered electors 11,379
Turnout 4,83542%

Netherley

Netherley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Hatton 2,61978%
Conservative A. Benfield43813%
SDP Ian Phillips3079%
Majority 2,181
Registered electors 8,049
Turnout 3,36442%

Old Swan

Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Lloyd2,66245%
Liberal J. Smith2,40341%
Conservative J. L. D. Dowling81214%
Majority 259
Registered electors 12,002
Turnout 5,87749%

Picton

Picton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Bradley2,75953%
Labour J. A. Devaney1,89837%
Conservative B. Keefe4639%
Communist J. G. Volleamere691%
Majority 861
Registered electors 11,725
Turnout 5,18944%

Pirrie

Pirrie
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Black3,68276%
Conservative J. F. Atkinson72115%
SDP D. Stephenson4549%
Majority 2,961
Registered electors 12,217
Turnout 4,85740%

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Humphries2,79356%
Liberal E. M. Clein1,06121%
Conservative R. A. Parkes99520%
SDP F. S. Roderick1583%
Majority 1,732
Registered electors 11,741
Turnout 5,00743%

Smithdown

Smithdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. M. Jenkins2,45454%
Liberal J. S. Clitherow1,96443%
Conservative B. J. Ardrey1463%
Majority 490
Registered electors 10,650
Turnout 4,56443%

Speke

Speke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour K. Stewart2,55278%
Conservative K. G. Watkin43613%
Liberal J. D. Ball2859%
Majority 2,116
Registered electors 9,740
Turnout 3,27334%

Tuebrook

Tuebrook 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Pine2,631
Liberal J. Crawley2,48247%
Labour D. W. Barratt1,91836%
Labour V. J. Wagner1,70332%
Conservative D. Ellis72814%
Conservative F. Oldham61612%
Majority 713
Registered electors 12,463
Turnout 5,27742%

Valley

Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. J. Byrne2,69767%
Conservative P. C. Stephen71218%
Liberal Ernest Richard Stephenson60915%
Majority 1,985
Registered electors 9,916
Turnout 4,01841%

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. E. Luckock2,78789%
Liberal R. J. Flood2307%
Conservative H. W. Drohan1154%
Majority 2,557
Registered electors 8,647
Turnout 3,13236%

Warbreck

Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Hackett1,98237%
Conservative R. B. Flude1,69731%
Liberal E. J. Lang1,68131%
Communist K. C. Nelson641%
Majority 285
Registered electors 13,933
Turnout 5,42439%

Woolton

Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. McVeigh3,49866%
Labour H. G. Kilduff1,09721%
Liberal J. Joyce4158%
Majority 2,401
Registered electors 12,790
Turnout 5,32942%

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