1983 Manchester City Council election

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1983 Manchester City Council election
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←  1982 5 May 1983 (1983-05-05) 1984  →
33 of 99 seats
to Manchester City Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Bill Egerton Cecil Franks Audrey Jones
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Leader's seat Beswick & Clayton Chorlton Withington
Last election69 seats,
44.9%		26 seats,
31.2%		4 seats,
23.3%
Seats before69264
Seats won2742
Seats after72225
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg4Increase2.svg1
Popular vote74,31944,78824,650
Percentage51.6%31.1%17.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.7%Decrease2.svg0.1%Decrease2.svg6.2%
Manchester 1983.png
Map of results of 1983 election
Leader of the Council before election

Bill Egerton
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Bill Egerton
Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1987. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. [1]

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Labour Party 74,319 (51.6%)
Increase2.svg 6.727 (81.8%)
27 / 33
Increase2.svg 372 (72.7%)
72 / 99
Conservative Party 44,788 (31.1%)
Decrease2.svg 0.14 (12.1%)
4 / 33
Decrease2.svg 422 (22.2%)
22 / 99
Alliance 24,650 (17.1%)
Decrease2.svg 6.22 (6.1%)
2 / 33
Increase2.svg 15 (5.1%)
5 / 99
National Front 128 (0.1%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 33
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Communist 108 (0.1%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 33
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
Independent 54 (0.0%)
Decrease2.svg 0.30 (0.0%)
0 / 33
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
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Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Finley*2,44775.6+3.4
Conservative Stephen Lundy50315.5−0.2
Liberal Lauriston Ford2858.8−3.2
Majority1,94460.1+3.6
Turnout 3,235
Labour hold Swing +1.8

Baguley

Baguley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Winifred Smith*2,82662.3+7.3
Conservative Christopher Ennis1,29028.4+3.9
Liberal Georgina Hall4199.2−11.3
Majority1,53633.9+3.4
Turnout 4,535
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Tucker*2,03445.6+8.5
Conservative Beryl Moore1,70238.2+0.5
SDP Simon Gluck72016.2−9.0
Majority3327.5+6.8
Turnout 4,456
Labour hold Swing +4.0

Benchill

Benchill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Warren*2,57972.1+9.7
Conservative Mirjam Malbon55415.5+2.0
Liberal Gilbert Stacey44312.4−11.8
Majority2,02556.6+7.6
Turnout 3,576
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sidney Silverman*2,49868.9+1.1
Conservative Leonard Hockey79722.0−0.2
SDP Angus Bateman2446.7−3.2
National Front Alfred Coles842.3+2.3
Majority1,70147.0+1.3
Turnout 3,623
Labour hold Swing +0.6

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Kelly*2,68262.0+3.3
Conservative Gerry Carey1,23828.6+0.7
Liberal David Gordon4089.4−4.0
Majority1,44433.4+2.6
Turnout 4,328
Labour hold Swing +1.3

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Harrison*2,49972.8+4.0
Conservative Clive Webb61517.9−0.3
Liberal Norman Towers3219.3−3.7
Majority1,88454.8+4.2
Turnout 3,435
Labour hold Swing +2.1

Brooklands

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Sumberg*2,24945.5+0.1
Labour Paul Clarke2,09342.4+7.8
SDP Jeffrey Burton59812.1−7.9
Majority1563.2−7.7
Turnout 4,940
Conservative hold Swing -3.8

Burnage

Burnage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Taylor2,29444.1+7.7
Conservative Ronald Nicholson*2,12140.8+0.6
SDP Kenneth McKeon78315.1−8.3
Majority1733.3−0.4
Turnout 5,198
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.5

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Conquest*2,17276.7+8.3
Conservative Phyllis Pacey35212.4+0.7
SDP Teresa Lyons30610.8−9.0
Majority1,82064.3+15.7
Turnout 2,830
Labour hold Swing +3.8

Charlestown

Charlestown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Wood*2,36252.5+4.9
Conservative Richard Smith1,40731.3+0.6
SDP John Czernenko72816.2−5.5
Majority95521.2+4.2
Turnout 4,497
Labour hold Swing +2.1

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Harris*2,56066.7+5.4
SDP Muhammad Qureshi72618.9−4.4
Conservative Veronica Jones55114.4−1.0
Majority1,83447.8+9.9
Turnout 3,837
Labour hold Swing +4.9

Chorlton

Chorlton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cecil Franks*2,54746.8+3.0
Labour Graham Martin1,98636.5+6.4
Liberal John Commons87616.1−10.1
Communist Michael Waterfield360.7+0.7
Majority56110.3−3.4
Turnout 5,445
Conservative hold Swing -1.7

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Basil Curley1,88744.3+11.9
Conservative George Fildes*1,83643.1−0.9
SDP Gerald Landsman54112.7−11.0
Majority511.2−10.4
Turnout 4,264
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.4

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Muriel Crawford*2,87752.3+2.1
SDP John Whitman1,46726.7−6.3
Labour Gerrard Carroll1,15321.0+4.2
Majority1,41025.7+8.4
Turnout 5,497
Conservative hold Swing +4.2

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Philip Openshaw*1,99348.1+7.5
Conservative John Hardman1,58738.3+4.5
SDP George Nevins56013.5−12.0
Majority4069.8+3.0
Turnout 4,140
Labour hold Swing +1.5

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wilson2,69554.6+2.7
Conservative Christopher McGregor1,27825.9+4.3
SDP Zygmunt Gazdecki96419.5−7.0
Majority1,41728.7+3.4
Turnout 4,937
Labour hold Swing -0.8

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Stevens*2,24752.3+3.3
Liberal Dorothy Bell1,28229.9+5.6
Conservative Peter Dunne76517.8−7.1
Majority96522.5−1.6
Turnout 4,294
Labour hold Swing -1.1

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nilofar Siddiqi*2,08658.5+2.8
Conservative Denise Jackson88324.8−1.3
SDP Edward Charnley59616.7−1.4
Majority1,20333.7+4.1
Turnout 3,565
Labour hold Swing +2.0

Hulme

Hulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheila Robertson*2,53575.3+12.2
Conservative Clive Freemantle43212.8+0.2
Liberal David Nicholson40111.9−12.4
Majority2,10362.4+23.6
Turnout 3,368
Labour hold Swing +6.0

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Audrey Greaves1,91337.8−4.4
Labour John Rimington1,58331.3+6.3
Conservative John Monks1,56430.9−1.8
Majority3306.5−3.0
Turnout 5,060
Liberal hold Swing -5.3

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Shaw*2,54353.3+8.7
Conservative Albert Bolland1,67835.2+7.3
Liberal John Cookson55111.5−13.0
Majority86518.1+1.4
Turnout 4,772
Labour hold Swing +0.7

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Strath*2,66555.5+10.9
SDP Altaf Ahmed1,16324.2−8.9
Conservative George Taylor90318.8+1.2
Communist Geoffrey Chandler721.5+1.5
Majority1,50231.3+19.8
Turnout 4,803
Labour hold Swing +9.9

Moss Side

Moss Side
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sam Darby2,77072.3+9.8
Conservative Grant Higginson69818.2−5.4
Liberal Sarah Barber3629.5−1.5
Majority2,07254.1+15.2
Turnout 3,830
Labour hold Swing +7.6

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Risby*2,62149.6+6.5
Conservative Dave Eager2,06139.0−0.8
Liberal Martin Gradwell59911.3−5.7
Majority56010.6+7.4
Turnout 5,281
Labour hold Swing +3.6

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Taylor*2,48067.2+4.4
Conservative Stephen Johnson88023.8−0.7
Liberal Vera Towers2867.8−4.9
National Front Bryan Nylan441.2+1.2
Majority1,60043.4+5.1
Turnout 3,690
Labour hold Swing +2.5

Northenden

Northenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Duncan Healey*2,43344.4+4.3
Conservative George Leigh2,29041.8+3.5
SDP Lawrence Shields75413.8−4.9
Majority1432.6+0.8
Turnout 5,477
Labour hold Swing +0.4

Old Moat

Old Moat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Keith Bradley 2,35948.3+14.7
Conservative Peter Hilton*1,79536.8−5.0
Liberal Richard Clayton72914.9−9.7
Majority56411.6+3.3
Turnout 4,883
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.8

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Roff*2,10246.9+2.7
Conservative Shakir Hussain1,24227.7−6.3
Liberal Guy Goodman1,08124.1+2.4
Independent Frederick Melling541.2+1.2
Majority86019.2+9.0
Turnout 4,479
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Sharston

Sharston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Jameson*2,08046.4+2.8
Conservative Annie Spencer1,39831.2+0.8
Liberal Herbert Griffiths97921.9−3.7
Majority68215.2+2.0
Turnout 4,479
Labour hold Swing +1.0

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Whetton*2,06345.9+1.5
Labour Roy Walters1,70538.0+7.9
SDP Mary James72316.1−9.5
Majority3588.0−6.4
Turnout 4,491
Conservative hold Swing -3.2

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Sandiford2,14742.0+1.4
Conservative Margaret Davies*1,85436.3−3.1
Labour Raymond Write1,11121.7+1.7
Majority2935.7+4.5
Turnout 5,112
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.2

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Booth2,23960.3−3.6
Conservative Gladys Parry77821.0+3.6
SDP Eileen Wildman69518.7−0.0
Majority1,46139.4−5.8
Turnout 3,712
Labour hold Swing -3.6

References

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