1983 Sheffield City Council election

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1983 Sheffield City Council election
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←  1982 5 May 1983 1984  →
30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council
44 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Alliance
Seats won2163
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0Decrease2.svg1
Sheffield UK local election 1983 map.png
Map showing the results of the 1983 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election

Labour Party (UK)

Majority party after election

Labour Party (UK)

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election.

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Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1983
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2121+170.050.991,055+2.9
  Conservative 600020.029.252,254+5.9
  Alliance 312-110.019.735,257-8.6
  Communist 00000.00.1234-0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour6061
Conservatives1818
SDP–Liberal Alliance98
Total8787
Working majority 33  35 

Ward results

Beauchief [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cliff Godber* 4,087 53.2 +11.7
Labour Val Shepherd2,18628.5+2.6
Alliance (SDP)N. Knox1,40318.3−13.2
Majority 2,68424.7+14.7
Turnout 7,676
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
Birley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank White* 4,130 59.7 +5.1
Conservative Shirely Rhodes1,77625.7+8.1
Alliance (SDP)Roger Davison1,01114.6−13.2
Majority 2,35434.0+7.2
Turnout 6,917
Labour hold Swing -1.5
Brightside [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Michie* 3,092 67.7 +6.0
Alliance (SDP)George Wilson80517.6−12.3
Conservative Ian Saunders66714.6+6.3
Majority 2,28750.1+18.3
Turnout 4,564
Labour hold Swing +9.1
Broomhill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Cheetham* 2,461 48.2 +4.4
Labour M. Mitchell1,53330.0+2.5
Alliance (SDP)Patrick Smith1,11021.7−7.0
Majority 92818.2+3.1
Turnout 5,104
Conservative hold Swing +0.9
Burngreave [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Jamison 3,508 52.6 +1.8
Alliance (Liberal)Malcolm Johnson*2,74441.1−1.4
Conservative Stuart Dawson3895.80.0
Communist Paul Mackey320.5−0.2
Majority 76411.5+3.2
Turnout 6,673
Labour gain from Alliance Swing +1.6
Castle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Skinner* 3,804 76.8 +4.8
Conservative Thomas Seaton69013.9+3.4
Alliance (SDP)Tony Pearce4178.4−8.2
Communist Violet Gill440.9+0.1
Majority 3,11462.9+7.5
Turnout 4,955
Labour hold Swing +0.7
Chapel Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)Geoffrey Griffiths* 3,954 52.8 +3.3
Labour Henry Hanwell2,74236.6−4.0
Conservative J. Edwards78510.5+0.7
Majority 1,21216.2+7.3
Turnout 7,481
Alliance hold Swing +3.6
Darnall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Brown* 3,408 61.2 +4.1
Conservative Colin Cavill1,28423.1+4.7
Alliance (Liberal)Dennis Boothroyd87115.6−8.8
Majority 2,12438.1+5.4
Turnout 5,563
Labour hold Swing -0.3
Dore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Davey 4,786 59.1 +7.2
Labour A. Morgan1,92623.8+1.1
Alliance (SDP)W. Lawrie1,38217.1−8.3
Majority 2,86035.3+8.8
Turnout 8,094
Conservative hold Swing +3.0
Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Neill* 4,761 60.4 +7.7
Alliance (Liberal)Arthur Fawthrop1,89524.0−9.4
Labour L. Skinner1,22815.6+1.7
Majority 2,86636.4+17.1
Turnout 7,884
Conservative hold Swing +8.5
Firth Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Butler* 3,941 72.6 +0.3
Alliance (Liberal)D. Wagland82415.2−3.7
Conservative Lorna Banham66112.2+3.5
Majority 3,11757.4−4.0
Turnout 5,426
Labour hold Swing +2.0
Hallam [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Hobson* 4,319 59.4 +5.8
Alliance (Liberal)Peter McNutt1,73923.9−6.3
Labour Dorothy Podlesny1,20516.6+0.5
Majority 2,58035.5+12.1
Turnout 7,263
Conservative hold Swing +6.0
Handsworth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Smith* 3,654 61.5 +4.5
Conservative Dorothy Kennedy1,39523.5+6.6
Alliance (SDP)Hilary Gooch89215.0−10.9
Majority 2,25938.0+6.9
Turnout 5,941
Labour hold Swing -1.0
Heeley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Clarke 3,744 56.0 +6.8
Conservative A. Byron2,04730.6+4.5
Alliance (SDP)Robert Scholfield88913.3−10.2
Majority 1,69725.4+2.3
Turnout 6,680
Labour hold Swing +1.1
Hillsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Morgan* 3,578 45.7 +2.3
Conservative William Travis2,74535.1+10.0
Alliance (Liberal)Patrick Smith1,50019.2−12.2
Majority 83310.6−1.4
Turnout 7,823
Labour hold Swing -3.8
Intake [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Bower* 3,684 57.6 +4.0
Conservative Farrell Rollitt1,75427.4+7.5
Alliance (SDP)A. Lyon95714.9−11.5
Majority 1,93030.2+3.0
Turnout 6,395
Labour hold Swing -1.7
Manor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Colk 3,564 79.4 +8.1
Conservative Frank Brookes52111.6+3.3
Alliance (SDP)Joan Dallamore3768.4−11.2
Communist B. Oldale270.6−0.1
Majority 3,04367.8+16.1
Turnout 4,488
Labour hold Swing +2.4
Mosborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour S. Dootson* 3,993 57.5 +1.4
Conservative Christopher Goldsmith1,90827.5+9.5
Alliance (SDP)I. Addison1,04315.0−10.9
Majority 2,08530.0−0.2
Turnout 6,944
Labour hold Swing -4.0
Nether Edge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Verhaert* 2,843 44.9 +2.6
Labour John Hesketh2,45638.7+3.0
Alliance (SDP)Paul Metcalfe1,03716.3−5.6
Majority 3876.2−0.4
Turnout 6,336
Conservative hold Swing -0.2
Nether Shire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Jones 3,706 68.3 +2.3
Alliance (SDP)Robert Shillito90716.7−5.9
Conservative Patricia Oldfield81014.9+6.1
Majority 2,79951.6+8.2
Turnout 5,423
Labour hold Swing +4.1
Netherthorpe [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Lambert* 3,231 66.8 +6.6
Conservative G. Ranson1,00720.8+5.5
Alliance (Liberal)S. Matthewman54211.2−12.0
Communist Gordon Ashberry571.2−0.1
Majority 2,22446.0+9.0
Turnout 4,837
Labour hold Swing +0.5
Norton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Glenn* 3,880 59.5 +1.9
Conservative B. Farnsworth1,90729.2+6.6
Alliance (Liberal)Robert Mumford73111.2−8.6
Majority 1,97330.3−4.7
Turnout 6,518
Labour hold Swing -2.3
Owlerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Jackson* 3,464 68.6 +5.6
Conservative George Booth96319.0+6.6
Alliance (Liberal)Philip Taylor62312.3−12.2
Majority 2,50149.6+11.1
Turnout 5,050
Labour hold Swing -0.5
Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vivienne Nicholson 3,937 83.3 +7.6
Conservative Jeremy Richardson78616.6+7.4
Majority 3,15166.7+5.0
Turnout 4,723
Labour hold Swing +0.1
Sharrow [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howard Knight* 2,934 63.3 +0.5
Conservative Anne Smith1,05222.7+5.6
Alliance (SDP)E. Scott57112.3−6.4
Communist M. Heywood741.6+0.3
Majority 1,88240.6−4.5
Turnout 4,631
Labour hold Swing -2.5
South Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)David Baker 3,287 38.5 -5.8
Conservative Sylvia Cowley2,63430.8+5.9
Labour Patrick Heath2,61830.6−0.1
Majority 6337.7−5.9
Turnout 8,539
Alliance gain from Labour Swing -5.8
Southey Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Davies* 4,106 81.6 +6.8
Alliance (SDP)Pamela Brown4689.3−9.0
Conservative Hedley Oldfield4559.0+2.2
Majority 3,63872.3+15.8
Turnout 5,029
Labour hold Swing +7.9
Stocksbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Proctor 2,081 39.1 +2.8
Alliance (Liberal)M. Shaw 2,031 38.1 -6.6
Alliance (Liberal)June Hibberd1,934
Labour John Johnston1,920
Conservative Barrie Jones1,21322.8+3.8
Conservative R. Homer1,059
Majority 971.0−7.4
Turnout 5,325
Labour gain from Alliance Swing
Alliance hold Swing +4.7
Walkley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Owen* 3,722 57.1 +3.6
Conservative Radcliffe Wilson-Wolfe1,54823.7+7.3
Alliance (SDP)Dennis Brown1,24819.1−10.9
Majority 2,17433.4+9.9
Turnout 6,518
Labour hold Swing -1.8

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Sheffield Local Elections 1973-1995 scans" . Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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