1983 Plymouth City Council election

1983 UK local government election August 2019 1983 Plymouth City Council election Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1983 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3UHl3cWNBcDR6UE0/view Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK The Elections Centre 15 Parliamentary no yes 1979 Plymouth City Council election 1979 1987 Plymouth City Council election 1987 All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 5 May 1983 45.3% Conservative Party (UK) 115x50px|Blank 33 seats, 49.9% 34 1 34,407 43.2% 6.7% Labour Party (UK) 115x50px|Blank 26 seats, 41.1% 23 3 24,413 30.6% 10.5% Independent Conservative 115x50px|Blank 1 seat 3 2 2,261 2.8% 0.9% Plymouth City Council election 1983 map.svg Map showing the results of the 1983 Plymouth City Council elections. Council control Council control after election Conservative Conservative The 1983 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973. Overall results 1983 Plymouth City Council Election Conservative Party (UK) 34 3 2 1 56.7 43.2 34,407 6.7 Labour Party (UK) 23 0 3 3 38.3 30.6 24,413 10.5 Independent Conservative 3 2 0 2 0.0 2.8 2,261 0.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance 0 0 0 0.0 22.4 17,820 20.7 Ecology Party 0 0 0 0.0 3.8 810 New |- | colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total | style="text-align: right;" | 60 | colspan=5 | | style="text-align: right;" | 79,711 | style="text-align: right;" | Ward results Budshead (3 seats) thumb|Location of Budshead ward Budshead (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) E. Thomas 1,685 Labour Party (UK) R. Simmonds 1,589 Labour Party (UK) C. Payne 1,554 Conservative Party (UK) G. Sorby 821 Conservative Party (UK) H. Palmer 779 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Harris 770 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Cornish 764 Conservative Party (UK) A. O'Dowd 763 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Ford 761 38.7% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Compton (3 seats) thumb|Location of Compton ward Compton (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) G. Creber 2,599 Conservative Party (UK) R. Ray 2,532 Conservative Party (UK) G. Sloggett 2,522 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Simonds 732 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Airey 692 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Jean 659 Labour Party (UK) T. Brown 460 Labour Party (UK) P. Dufton 456 Labour Party (UK) T. Dennell 443 Ecology Party J. Storey 299 48.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Drake (3 seats) thumb|Location of Drake ward Drake (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Mitchell 2,626 Conservative Party (UK) J. Thorpe 2,407 Conservative Party (UK) T. Savery 2,368 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Pitt 824 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Saunders 814 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Nelson 789 Labour Party (UK) B. Blair 774 Labour Party (UK) B. Hill 723 Labour Party (UK) P. Barclay 664 43.6% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Efford (3 seats) thumb|Location of Efford ward Efford (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. King 1,884 Labour Party (UK) G. Draper 1,655 Conservative Party (UK) C. Stanbury 1,438 Labour Party (UK) H. Welch 1,394 Conservative Party (UK) R. Jillard 1,366 Conservative Party (UK) M. Leaves 1,343 SDP-Liberal Alliance E. Dodd 686 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Pedrick 643 48.9% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Eggbuckland (3 seats) thumb|Location of Eggbuckland ward Eggbuckland (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Pascoe 2,368 Conservative Party (UK) R. Morrell 2,267 Conservative Party (UK) D. Mackinem 2,195 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Coe 1,382 Labour Party (UK) F. Glanfield 1,129 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Goodworth 1,034 Labour Party (UK) L. Haines 1,022 SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Hall 971 Labour Party (UK) M. Hill 939 52.5% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Estover (3 seats) thumb|Location of Estover ward Estover (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) T. Jones 2,303 Conservative Party (UK) J. Roberts 2,282 Conservative Party (UK) M. Lacey 2,254 Labour Party (UK) M. Gilbert 1,079 Labour Party (UK) L. Smith 1,055 Labour Party (UK) P. Kelly 1,054 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Condon 1,013 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Ford 947 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Gardiner 898 43.4% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ham (3 seats) thumb|Location of Ham ward Ham (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Floyd 1,941 Labour Party (UK) W. Glanville 1,689 Labour Party (UK) C. Brimblecombe 1,606 Conservative Party (UK) C. Mills 927 Conservative Party (UK) T. Briggs 904 Conservative Party (UK) G. Paz 864 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Luscombe 773 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Hitt 698 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Barron 679 45.5% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Honicknowle (3 seats) thumb|Location of Honicknowle ward Honicknowle (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) P. Whitfield 2,360 Labour Party (UK) H. Dolley 2,277 Labour Party (UK) J. Ingham 2,203 Conservative Party (UK) M. Gray 1,360 Conservative Party (UK) A. Jarvis 1,328 Conservative Party (UK) M. Schwartz 1,235 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Whittle 779 SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Jackson 752 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Thomas 723 47.1% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Keyham (3 seats) thumb|Location of Keyham ward Keyham (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) H. Fox 1,344 Conservative Party (UK) D. Ackland 1,270 Labour Party (UK) D. Manley 1,268 Labour Party (UK) R. Lemin 1,214 Labour Party (UK) G. Lewis 1,194 SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Rawlings 1,183 Conservative Party (UK) C. Atkey 1,174 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Hoy 1,107 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Martin 1,084 43.7% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Mount Gould (3 seats) thumb|Location of Mount Gould ward Mount Gould (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Courtney 1,807 Conservative Party (UK) E. Thornton 1,676 Conservative Party (UK) H. Bates 1,630 Labour Party (UK) B. Lamb 1,037 Labour Party (UK) A. De Launey 1,006 Labour Party (UK) B. Dawe 969 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Pawley 848 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Jeffery 838 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Tall 803 45.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plympton Erle (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plympton Erle ward Plympton Erle (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Mills 2,009 Conservative Party (UK) A. Wright 1,959 Conservative Party (UK) J. Richards 1,939 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Hart 826 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Pedrick 816 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Thomas 769 Labour Party (UK) J. Fildew 537 Labour Party (UK) J. Bonney 465 Labour Party (UK) H. Faulds 441 36.3% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plympton St Mary (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plympton St Mary ward Plympton St Mary (3 seats) Independent Conservative P. Radmore 2,261 Independent Conservative J. Philpotts 1,681 Independent Conservative P. Humber 1,448 Conservative Party (UK) M. Parkinson 927 Conservative Party (UK) O. Hughes 894 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. Finn 844 Conservative Party (UK) J. Boyett 825 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Sharples 765 SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Pedrick 705 Labour Party (UK) E. Bunkin 447 Labour Party (UK) P. Bunkin 427 Labour Party (UK) W. Toms 417 52.2% Independent Conservative Independent Conservative Conservative Party (UK) Independent Conservative Conservative Party (UK) Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) D. Dicker 2,528 Conservative Party (UK) P. Hocken 2,402 Conservative Party (UK) D. Viney 2,321 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Robins 669 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Robins 659 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Williams 645 Labour Party (UK) G. Payne 572 Labour Party (UK) D. Perrin 424 Labour Party (UK) M. Wright 399 43.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plymstock Radford (3 seats) thumb|Location of Plymstock Radford ward Plymstock Radford (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) C. Easton 2,416 Conservative Party (UK) O. Kendall 2,037 Conservative Party (UK) O. Kendall 1,955 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Loxley 925 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Tice 807 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Hyde 766 Labour Party (UK) W. Williamson 547 Labour Party (UK) P. Blackburn 522 Labour Party (UK) B. Hendy 485 Ecology Party S. Shaw 338 50.1% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Southway (3 seats) thumb|Location of Southway ward Southway (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Scott 1,678 Labour Party (UK) W. Evans 1,652 Labour Party (UK) J. Jones 1,553 Conservative Party (UK) M. Gibson 1,234 Conservative Party (UK) P. Birrell 1,221 Conservative Party (UK) S. Sullivan 1,134 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Goodwins 813 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Goodwins 716 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Bowen 692 39.1% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Budeax (3 seats) thumb|Location of St Budeax ward St Budeax (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Bishop 1,742 Labour Party (UK) I. Rosevear 1,628 Labour Party (UK) C. Bishop 1,525 SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Luscombe 1,310 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Gallagher 1,118 Conservative Party (UK) A. Griffiths 1,049 Conservative Party (UK) D. Macmillan 1,047 Conservative Party (UK) R. Moiser 1,004 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Williams 942 48.9% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Peter (3 seats) thumb|Location of St Peter ward St Peter (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) R. Curry 1,490 Labour Party (UK) G. Clinick 1,472 Labour Party (UK) J. Leppard 1,203 Conservative Party (UK) J. Farrage 756 Conservative Party (UK) E. Brock 738 Conservative Party (UK) W. Turner 731 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Burns 600 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Goodison 582 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. Moule 537 33.9% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stoke (3 seats) thumb|Location of Stoke ward Stoke (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) C. Pascoe 2,323 Conservative Party (UK) J. Howe 2,180 Conservative Party (UK) C. Wilbraham 2,164 SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Hunter 940 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Hunter 938 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Cock 877 Labour Party (UK) L. Huckett 876 Labour Party (UK) M. Sheaff 824 Labour Party (UK) D. Smith 810 Ecology Party D. Lloyd 173 44.4% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sutton (3 seats) thumb|Location of Sutton ward Sutton (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) F. Freeman 1,426 Labour Party (UK) J. Finnigan 1,384 Conservative Party (UK) F. Brimacombe 1,353 Labour Party (UK) S. Cresswell 1,346 Conservative Party (UK) S. Hole 1,255 Conservative Party (UK) M. Glanville 1,235 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. York 890 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Edmonds 728 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Byatt 699 41.7% Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Trelawny (3 seats) thumb|Location of Trelawny ward Trelawny (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Mahoney 2,219 Conservative Party (UK) A. Parish 2,216 Conservative Party (UK) T. Drean 2,190 Labour Party (UK) P. Floyd 1,481 Labour Party (UK) J. Sewell 1,124 Labour Party (UK) C. Ryan 1,109 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Parry 1,013 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Pratt 905 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. House 812 60.0% Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1983 English local elections Category:May 1983 in the United Kingdom 1983 Category:1980s in Devon