- Manchester Council election, 1983
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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]
Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 1983 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Labour 27 3 0 +3 81.8 51.6 74,319 +6.7% Conservative 4 0 4 -4 12.1 31.1 44,788 -0.1% SDP–Liberal Alliance 2 1 0 +1 6.0 17.1 24,650 -6.2% National Front 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 128 +0.1% Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 108 +0.1% Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 -0.3% After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party Seats +/- Labour 72 +3 Conservative 22 -4 Alliance 5 +1 Labour hold Ward results
Ardwick Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Norman Finley* 2,447 75.6 +3.4 Conservative Stephen Lundy 503 15.5 -0.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance Lauriston Ford 285 8.8 -3.2 Majority 1,944 60.1 +3.6 Turnout 3,235 Labour hold Swing +1.8 Baguley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Winifred Smith* 2,826 62.3 +7.3 Conservative Christopher Ennis 1,290 28.4 +3.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Georgina Hall 419 9.2 -11.3 Majority 1,536 33.9 +3.4 Turnout 4,535 Labour hold Swing +1.7 Barlow Moor Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Christopher Tucker* 2,034 45.6 +8.5 Conservative Beryl Moore 1,702 38.2 +0.5 SDP–Liberal Alliance Simon Gluck 720 16.2 -9.0 Majority 332 7.5 +6.8 Turnout 4,456 Labour hold Swing +4.0 Benchill Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Neil Warren* 2,579 72.1 +9.7 Conservative Mirjam Malbon 554 15.5 +2.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance Gilbert Stacey 443 12.4 -11.8 Majority 2,025 56.6 +7.6 Turnout 3,576 Labour hold Swing +3.8 Beswick and Clayton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sidney Silverman* 2,498 68.9 +1.1 Conservative Leonard Hockey 797 22.0 -0.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance Angus Bateman 244 6.7 -3.2 National Front Alfred Coles 84 2.3 +2.3 Majority 1,701 47.0 +1.3 Turnout 3,623 Labour hold Swing +0.6 Blackley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Eileen Kelly* 2,682 62.0 +3.3 Conservative Gerry Carey 1,238 28.6 +0.7 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Gordon 408 9.4 -4.0 Majority 1,444 33.4 +2.6 Turnout 4,328 Labour hold Swing +1.3 Bradford Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Harrison* 2,499 72.8 +4.0 Conservative Clive Webb 615 17.9 -0.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance Norman Towers 321 9.3 -3.7 Majority 1,884 54.8 +4.2 Turnout 3,435 Labour hold Swing +2.1 Brooklands Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative David Sumberg* 2,249 45.5 +0.1 Labour Paul Clarke 2,093 42.4 +7.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Jeffrey Burton 598 12.1 -7.9 Majority 156 3.2 -7.7 Turnout 4,940 Conservative hold Swing -3.8 Burnage Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Marilyn Taylor 2,294 44.1 +7.7 Conservative Ronald Nicholson* 2,121 40.8 +0.6 SDP–Liberal Alliance Kenneth McKeon 783 15.1 -8.3 Majority 173 3.3 -0.4 Turnout 5,198 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.5 Central Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Patricia Conquest* 2,172 76.7 +8.3 Conservative Phyllis Pacey 352 12.4 +0.7 SDP–Liberal Alliance Teresa Lyons 306 10.8 -9.0 Majority 1,820 64.3 +15.7 Turnout 2,830 Labour hold Swing +3.8 Charlestown Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alan Wood* 2,362 52.5 +4.9 Conservative Richard Smith 1,407 31.3 +0.6 SDP–Liberal Alliance John Czernenko 728 16.2 -5.5 Majority 955 21.2 +4.2 Turnout 4,497 Labour hold Swing +2.1 Cheetham Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nick Harris* 2,560 66.7 +5.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance Muhammad Qureshi 726 18.9 -4.4 Conservative Veronica Jones 551 14.4 -1.0 Majority 1,834 47.8 +9.9 Turnout 3,837 Labour hold Swing +4.9 Chorlton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Cecil Franks* 2,547 46.8 +3.0 Labour Graham Martin 1,986 36.5 +6.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance John Commons 876 16.1 -10.1 Communist Michael Waterfield 36 0.7 +0.7 Majority 561 10.3 -3.4 Turnout 5,445 Conservative hold Swing -1.7 Crumpsall Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Basil Curley 1,887 44.3 +11.9 Conservative George Fildes* 1,836 43.1 -0.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Gerald Landsman 541 12.7 -11.0 Majority 51 1.2 -10.4 Turnout 4,264 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.4 Didsbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Muriel Crawford* 2,877 52.3 +2.1 SDP–Liberal Alliance John Whitman 1,467 26.7 -6.3 Labour Gerrard Carroll 1,153 21.0 +4.2 Majority 1,410 25.7 +8.4 Turnout 5,497 Conservative hold Swing +4.2 Fallowfield Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Philip Openshaw* 1,993 48.1 +7.5 Conservative John Hardman 1,587 38.3 +4.5 SDP–Liberal Alliance George Nevins 560 13.5 -12.0 Majority 406 9.8 +3.0 Turnout 4,140 Labour hold Swing +1.5 Gorton North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour John Wilson 2,695 54.6 +2.7 Conservative Christopher McGregor 1,278 25.9 +4.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance Zygmunt Gazdecki 964 19.5 -7.0 Majority 1,417 28.7 +3.4 Turnout 4,937 Labour hold Swing -0.8 Gorton South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Valerie Stevens* 2,247 52.3 +3.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance Dorothy Bell 1,282 29.9 +5.6 Conservative Peter Dunne 765 17.8 -7.1 Majority 965 22.5 -1.6 Turnout 4,294 Labour hold Swing -1.1 Harpurhey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Nilofar Siddiqi* 2,086 58.5 +2.8 Conservative Denise Jackson 883 24.8 -1.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance Edward Charnley 596 16.7 -1.4 Majority 1,203 33.7 +4.1 Turnout 3,565 Labour hold Swing +2.0 Hulme Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sheila Robertson* 2,535 75.3 +12.2 Conservative Clive Freemantle 432 12.8 +0.2 SDP–Liberal Alliance David Nicholson 401 11.9 -12.4 Majority 2,103 62.4 +23.6 Turnout 3,368 Labour hold Swing +6.0 Levenshulme Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDP–Liberal Alliance Audrey Greaves 1,913 37.8 -4.4 Labour John Rimington 1,583 31.3 +6.3 Conservative John Monks 1,564 30.9 -1.8 Majority 330 6.5 -3.0 Turnout 5,060 SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -5.3 Lightbowne Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Derek Shaw* 2,543 53.3 +8.7 Conservative Albert Bolland 1,678 35.2 +7.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance John Cookson 551 11.5 -13.0 Majority 865 18.1 +1.4 Turnout 4,772 Labour hold Swing +0.7 Longsight Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Kenneth Strath* 2,665 55.5 +10.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Altaf Ahmed 1,163 24.2 -8.9 Conservative George Taylor 903 18.8 +1.2 Communist Geoffrey Chandler 72 1.5 +1.5 Majority 1,502 31.3 +19.8 Turnout 4,803 Labour hold Swing +9.9 Moss Side Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Sam Darby 2,770 72.3 +9.8 Conservative Grant Higginson 698 18.2 -5.4 SDP–Liberal Alliance Sarah Barber 362 9.5 -1.5 Majority 2,072 54.1 +15.2 Turnout 3,830 Labour hold Swing +7.6 Moston Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William Risby* 2,621 49.6 +6.5 Conservative Dave Eager 2,061 39.0 -0.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Martin Gradwell 599 11.3 -5.7 Majority 560 10.6 +7.4 Turnout 5,281 Labour hold Swing +3.6 Newton Heath Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Taylor* 2,480 67.2 +4.4 Conservative Stephen Johnson 880 23.8 -0.7 SDP–Liberal Alliance Vera Towers 286 7.8 -4.9 National Front Bryan Nylan 44 1.2 +1.2 Majority 1,600 43.4 +5.1 Turnout 3,690 Labour hold Swing +2.5 Northenden Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Duncan Healey* 2,433 44.4 +4.3 Conservative George Leigh 2,290 41.8 +3.5 SDP–Liberal Alliance Lawrence Shields 754 13.8 -4.9 Majority 143 2.6 +0.8 Turnout 5,477 Labour hold Swing +0.4 Old Moat Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Keith Bradley 2,359 48.3 +14.7 Conservative Peter Hilton* 1,795 36.8 -5.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance Richard Clayton 729 14.9 -9.7 Majority 564 11.6 +3.3 Turnout 4,883 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +9.8 Rusholme Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Margaret Roff* 2,102 46.9 +2.7 Conservative Shakir Hussain 1,242 27.7 -6.3 SDP–Liberal Alliance Guy Goodman 1,081 24.1 +2.4 Independent Frederick Melling 54 1.2 +1.2 Majority 860 19.2 +9.0 Turnout 4,479 Labour hold Swing +4.5 Sharston Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour William Jameson* 2,080 46.4 +2.8 Conservative Annie Spencer 1,398 31.2 +0.8 SDP–Liberal Alliance Herbert Griffiths 979 21.9 -3.7 Majority 682 15.2 +2.0 Turnout 4,479 Labour hold Swing +1.0 Whalley Range Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael Whetton* 2,063 45.9 +1.5 Labour Roy Walters 1,705 38.0 +7.9 SDP–Liberal Alliance Mary James 723 16.1 -9.5 Majority 358 8.0 -6.4 Turnout 4,491 Conservative hold Swing -3.2 Withington Party Candidate Votes % ±% SDP–Liberal Alliance David Sandiford 2,147 42.0 +1.4 Conservative Margaret Davies* 1,854 36.3 -3.1 Labour Raymond Write 1,111 21.7 +1.7 Majority 293 5.7 +4.5 Turnout 5,112 SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +2.2 Woodhouse Park Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Frank Booth 2,239 60.3 -3.6 Conservative Gladys Parry 778 21.0 +3.6 SDP–Liberal Alliance Eileen Wildman 695 18.7 -0.0 Majority 1,461 39.4 -5.8 Turnout 3,712 Labour hold Swing -3.6 References
- ^ "Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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