1983 Manchester City Council election

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Elections to Manchester 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

Manchester Council Election Result 1983
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2730+381.851.674,319+6.7%
  Conservative 404-412.131.144,788-0.1%
  Alliance 210+16.017.124,650-6.2%
  National Front 00000.00.1128+0.1%
  Communist 00000.00.1108+0.1%
  Independent 00000.00.054-0.3%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

PartySeats  +/-  
Labour 72+3
Conservative 22-4
Alliance 5+1
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Norman Finley*2,44775.6+3.4
Conservative Stephen Lundy50315.5-0.2
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance David Nicholson40111.9-12.4
Majority2,10362.4+23.6
Turnout 3,368
Labour hold Swing +6.0

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance 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
Alliance hold Swing -5.3

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Derek Shaw*2,54353.3+8.7
Conservative Albert Bolland1,67835.2+7.3
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance 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
Alliance Mary James72316.1-9.5
Majority3588.0-6.4
Turnout 4,491
Conservative hold Swing -3.2

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance 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
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +2.2

Woodhouse Park

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

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References

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