1983 Leeds City Council election

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Map of the results for the 1983 Leeds council election.

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected. [1]

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The unwinding of much of Alliance's momentum helped Labour defend most of their 1982 losses, with the Conservative and Alliance gains restricted to a seat apiece in Morley North and Burmantofts respectively. The Conservative ousted by the Alliance gain in ultra-marginal Horsforth the year before won his way back onto the council with the only other gain of the night. [1]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1983
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1902-257.640.190,584+5.7%
  Conservative 1120+233.336.381,908+0.5%
  Alliance 31109.123.051,880-6.4%
  Independent 00000.00.2539+0.2%
  Communist 00000.00.2468-0.0%
  Ecology 00000.00.1227-0.0%
  National Front 00000.00.1142+0.1%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Labour5654
Conservatives3234
Alliance1111
Total9999
Working majority 13   9 

Ward results

Aireborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Barber3,95843.2+1.0
Alliance (Liberal)M. Cooksey2,67829.2-7.4
Labour P. Booth2,53227.6+6.3
Majority1,28014.0+8.4
Turnout 9,168
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
Armley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)D. Selby2,98945.8-0.7
Labour B. Ewart2,14332.8+3.4
Conservative H. Hinchliffe1,34920.7-2.5
Communist J. Hodgson460.7-0.3
Majority84613.0-4.1
Turnout 6,527
Alliance hold Swing -2.0
Barwick & Kippax [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Monks3,65249.5+10.1
Conservative W. Hedley2,93739.8-2.9
Alliance (SDP)E. Ayres79210.7-7.2
Majority7159.7+6.4
Turnout 7,381
Labour hold Swing +6.5
Beeston [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Booth2,93754.3+8.0
Conservative W. Birch1,75532.5+0.5
Alliance (SDP)B. Pollard71213.2-8.5
Majority1,18221.9+7.5
Turnout 5,404
Labour hold Swing +3.7
Bramley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Miller3,34351.7+6.1
Alliance (Liberal)R. Barker2,01231.1-5.0
Conservative G. Broadbent1,11417.2-1.2
Majority1,33120.6+11.2
Turnout 6,469
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Burmantofts [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)T. Bland3,17445.6-7.5
Labour S. Armitage2,95442.5+7.4
Conservative S. Temple71510.3-0.7
National Front P. Vessey590.8+0.8
Communist M. Monkman560.8-0.1
Majority2203.2-14.9
Turnout 6,958
Alliance gain from Labour Swing -7.4
Chapel Allerton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C. Clarke4,04960.1+4.6
Conservative J. Moore1,80926.9-0.2
Alliance (Liberal)C. Smith87913.0-4.4
Majority2,24033.2+4.7
Turnout 6,737
Labour hold Swing +2.4
City & Holbeck [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Morris3,70564.4+2.7
Alliance (Liberal)A. Paton1,17720.5-2.0
Conservative D. Tomlinson87215.2-0.7
Majority2,52843.9+4.7
Turnout 5,754
Labour hold Swing +2.3
Cookridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Wheatley4,14155.9+0.0
Alliance (Liberal)P. Kelley1,90025.7-5.4
Labour F. Davis1,36218.4+5.4
Majority2,24130.3+5.5
Turnout 7,403
Conservative hold Swing +2.7
Garforth & Swillington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Lambert3,67344.1+9.5
Conservative N. May3,56242.8+2.2
Alliance (SDP)P. Wilson1,09513.1-11.7
Majority1111.3-4.6
Turnout 8,330
Labour hold Swing +3.6
Halton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Hyde4,02559.2+3.4
Labour W. Prichard1,70025.0+7.0
Alliance (SDP)J. Ratcliffe1,06915.7-10.4
Majority2,32534.2+4.5
Turnout 6,794
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Harehills [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. Simmons3,92465.1+4.9
Conservative C. Robins1,37422.8-2.7
Alliance (Liberal)N. Foster73212.1-2.2
Majority2,55042.3+7.6
Turnout 6,030
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Headingley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Thomas3,64653.6+7.8
Conservative D. Flowers2,19032.2+1.6
Alliance (SDP)C. Mularczyk82412.1-9.2
Communist B. Cooper1402.1-0.3
Majority1,45621.4+6.2
Turnout 6,800
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Horsforth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative V. Stevens3,87545.8+2.0
Alliance (Liberal)M. Crossfield3,72044.0-1.6
Labour A. Radford85810.2-0.4
Majority1551.8+0.0
Turnout 8,453
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing +1.8
Hunslet [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Battle 3,52083.5+9.9
Conservative R. Wilkinson4059.6+0.4
Alliance (SDP)D. Midgley2896.9-10.3
Majority3,11573.9+17.4
Turnout 4,214
Labour hold Swing +4.7
Kirkstall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Illingworth3,72756.2+0.5
Conservative A. Walkington1,80827.3-2.4
Alliance (Liberal)P. Meadowcroft1,01415.3+2.2
Communist B. Jackson781.2-0.2
Majority1,91929.0+2.9
Turnout 6,627
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Middleton [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Taylor3,30373.7+9.7
Conservative A. Larvin76517.1-0.4
Alliance (Liberal)L. Thackray4119.2-9.4
Majority2,53856.7+11.2
Turnout 4,479
Labour hold Swing +5.0
Moortown [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Sparling3,73947.9-1.6
Alliance (SDP)M. Harris2,71234.7-1.4
Labour G. Ford1,36317.4+2.9
Majority1,02713.1-0.3
Turnout 7,814
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
Morley North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. Marshall3,52246.5+5.3
Labour R. Cordingley3,16841.8+6.9
Alliance (SDP)H. Smith88611.7-12.2
Majority3544.7-1.5
Turnout 7,576
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -0.8
Morley South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Mitchell3,42650.2-1.0
Conservative R. Halpin2,18932.0+7.7
Alliance (SDP)S. Beagles6779.9-14.6
Independent S. Welham5397.9+7.9
Majority1,23718.1-8.6
Turnout 6,831
Labour hold Swing -4.3
North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Feldman4,01161.5+4.0
Alliance (SDP)M. Lance1,41521.7-9.0
Labour R. Davey1,10116.9+5.0
Majority2,59639.8+13.0
Turnout 6,527
Conservative hold Swing +6.5
Otley & Wharfedale [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance (Liberal)G. Kirkland5,19651.3+3.8
Conservative E. Davies3,84437.9-2.6
Labour J. Monksfield8698.6-0.3
Ecology A. Laurence2272.2-0.9
Majority1,35213.3+6.4
Turnout 10,136
Alliance hold Swing +3.2
Pudsey North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative I. Favell4,03150.1+5.5
Labour F. Burnley2,44430.4+2.2
Alliance (SDP)V. Hudson1,56919.5-7.7
Majority1,58719.7+3.3
Turnout 8,044
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
Pudsey South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Dickinson2,68839.4+5.5
Conservative P. Lee2,50036.6+2.1
Alliance (Liberal)A. Booker1,63724.0-7.5
Majority1882.8+2.2
Turnout 6,825
Labour hold Swing +1.7
Richmond Hill [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Hamilton3,63650.3+14.2
Alliance (Liberal)K. Norman2,97341.1-14.1
Conservative J. Higham5347.4-1.2
National Front H. Hilton831.1+1.1
Majority6639.2-10.0
Turnout 7,226
Labour hold Swing +14.1
Rothwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Walker3,60959.0+10.6
Conservative D. Boynton1,66727.3+1.7
Alliance (SDP)P. Burton79012.9-12.1
Communist R. Horsbrough500.8-0.1
Majority1,94231.8+9.0
Turnout 6,116
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Roundhay [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative P. Gruen4,58263.5+3.4
Alliance (Liberal)S. Holland1,44920.1-6.5
Labour C. Samuels1,18916.5+3.1
Majority3,13343.4+9.9
Turnout 7,220
Labour hold Swing +4.9
Seacroft [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Gabb3,40867.9+5.1
Conservative P. Hyde1,05221.0+2.1
Alliance (SDP)T. Ayres55911.1-7.2
Majority2,35646.9+2.9
Turnout 5,019
Labour hold Swing +1.5
University [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour N. Sloane3,23366.0+3.1
Conservative J. Mindell90418.5+2.3
Alliance (Liberal)J. Staines66413.6-5.4
Communist J. Rodgers982.0+0.0
Majority2,32947.5+3.6
Turnout 4,899
Labour hold Swing +0.4
Weetwood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Gill3,36945.9-0.3
Labour I. Steele2,52634.5+9.5
Alliance (SDP)G. Fox1,43719.6-9.3
Majority84311.5-5.9
Turnout 7,332
Conservative hold Swing -4.9
Wetherby [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Hudson4,97768.8-0.1
Alliance (Liberal)T. Burgess1,48020.5-1.5
Labour R. Bishop77710.7+1.6
Majority3,49748.3+1.3
Turnout 7,234
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
Whinmoor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Blower2,80748.4+8.2
Conservative M. Beardsall2,13536.8+2.3
Alliance (SDP)D. Mortimer86014.8-10.5
Majority67211.6+5.9
Turnout 5,802
Labour hold Swing +2.9
Wortley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. Fathers3,31243.5+6.5
Conservative H. Connah2,19828.8-2.1
Alliance (Liberal)A. Gilchrist2,10927.7-4.4
Majority1,11414.6+9.7
Turnout 7,619
Labour hold Swing +4.3

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