1982 Leeds City Council election

1982 UK local government election November 2019 July 2026 right|thumb|500px|Map of the results for the 1982 Leeds council election. Elections to Leeds City Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982, with one-third of the council to be elected. As well as that, there was a vacancy to fill after the defection of Whinmoor incumbent Edward Hewitt to the newly formed Alliance between the Liberal Party and the Labour-breakaway Social Democratic Party in February, following his colleague and Headingley councillor, Ernest Millet, who had also defected to the SDP two months prior.District results: Leeds The Yorkshire Post 7 May 1982 The first election featuring the Alliance seen their support increase by a third upon the previous election, mostly at the expense of the Labour vote, but also helped by the comparative absence of minor parties this election. The Alliance surge resulted in Leeds first three-way race for the popular vote, with the Conservatives pipping Labour by less than 3,000 votes. The large swings from Labour to Alliance produced gains in Burmantofts and Richmond Hill, as well as allowing Conservative gains in Barwick & Kippax, Garforth & Swillington, Morley North and Pudsey South. There was also an Alliance gain from the Conservatives in the already marginal Horsforth, but with the Ecologist absence playing a bigger role there. Despite the inferior vote and near-halving of their majority by six losses, Labour still won a plurality of the seats fought, and gained back the Headingley and Whinmoor seats they'd lost through defections. Election result Leeds local election result 1982 Labour Party (UK) 16 2 6 -4 47.1 34.4 69,222 -9.3% Conservative Party (UK) 13 4 1 +3 38.2 35.8 72,113 +1.4% SDP-Liberal Alliance 5 3 2 +1 14.7 29.4 59,161 +11.4% Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 475 -0.4% Ecology Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 284 -2.6% This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections: PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 60 56 Conservatives 29 32 Alliance 10 11 Total 99 99 Working majority #FFBF00 21 darkgray #FFBF00 13 darkgray Ward results Aireborough Conservative Party (UK) T. Hawkins 3,530 42.1 +1.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) G. McCabe 3,062 36.6 +6.5 Labour Party (UK) P. Booth 1,783 21.3 -5.0 468 5.6 -4.9 8,375 Conservative Party (UK) -2.4 Armley SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Roberts 2,531 46.5 -5.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Gunter 1,600 29.4 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Hinchliffe 1,260 23.1 +7.2 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Light 53 1.0 -0.1 931 17.1 -3.1 5,444 SDP-Liberal Alliance -1.5 Barwick & Kippax Conservative Party (UK) B. Rowley 2,797 42.7 +5.9 Labour Party (UK) K. Smith 2,581 39.4 -11.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) D. Howard 1,175 17.9 +11.8 216 3.3 -10.9 6,553 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +8.7 Beeston Labour Party (UK) Michael McGowan 2,297 46.3 -4.0 Conservative Party (UK) W. Birch 1,585 32.0 +4.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) L. Shaffner 1,074 21.7 +2.1 712 14.3 -8.3 4,956 Labour Party (UK) -4.1 Bramley Labour Party (UK) A. Atkinson 2,545 45.5 -19.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) A. Ballentyne 2,017 36.1 +22.7 Conservative Party (UK) F. Stubley 1,028 18.4 -3.5 528 9.4 -33.5 5,590 Labour Party (UK) -20.9 Burmantofts SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) M. Clay 3,235 53.1 +14.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Sedler 2,135 35.1 -12.3 Conservative Party (UK) V. Dodgson 666 10.9 +0.3 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Monkman 54 0.9 -2.3 1,100 18.1 +9.5 6,090 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) +13.3 Chapel Allerton Labour Party (UK) N. Taggart 3,307 55.5 +4.2 Conservative Party (UK) M. Sexton 1,609 27.0 -6.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Smith 1,041 17.5 +8.8 1,698 28.5 +11.1 5,957 Labour Party (UK) +5.5 City & Holbeck Labour Party (UK) C. Myers 3,022 61.7 -6.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) S. Gillen 1,101 22.5 +2.5 Conservative Party (UK) D. Tomlinson 778 15.9 +3.6 1,921 39.2 -8.6 4,901 Labour Party (UK) -4.3 Cookridge Conservative Party (UK) J. Carter 3,869 55.9 -2.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Johnson 2,152 31.1 +16.3 Labour Party (UK) U. Wadsworth 897 13.0 -8.9 1,717 24.8 -12.1 6,918 Conservative Party (UK) -9.5 Garforth & Swillington Conservative Party (UK) D. Schofield 2,895 40.5 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) E. Smith 2,473 34.6 -16.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) P. Wilson 1,777 24.9 +17.7 422 5.9 -7.1 7,145 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +9.4 Halton Conservative Party (UK) D. Wood 3,578 55.9 -3.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Ratcliffe 1,675 26.2 +19.3 Labour Party (UK) P. McGreevy 1,151 18.0 -15.9 1,903 29.7 +4.4 6,404 Conservative Party (UK) -11.3 Harehills Labour Party (UK) T. Briggs 3,083 60.2 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) F. Brownbridge 1,306 25.5 -2.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) T. Bland 736 14.4 +5.7 1,777 34.7 -0.9 5,125 Labour Party (UK) -0.4 Headingley Labour Party (UK) Paul Truswell 2,775 45.8 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Castle 1,853 30.6 +0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) E. Millet 1,291 21.3 +10.9 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Cooper 142 2.3 -2.8 922 15.2 +3.9 6,061 Labour Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance +1.9 Horsforth SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) J. Cummins 3,469 45.6 +2.0 Conservative Party (UK) V. Stevens 3,335 43.8 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Monksfield 803 10.6 -0.5 134 1.8 -1.8 7,607 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) -0.9 Hunslet Labour Party (UK) Trevor Park 2,823 73.6 -10.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) G. Fox 657 17.1 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Sibbald 354 9.2 +2.5 2,166 56.5 -19.1 3,834 Labour Party (UK) -9.5 Kirkstall Labour Party (UK) Bernard Atha 3,266 55.8 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Walkington 1,738 29.7 +3.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) J. Ackrill 769 13.1 +6.7 Communist Party of Great Britain B. Jackson 83 1.4 -0.8 1,528 26.1 -10.2 5,856 Labour Party (UK) -5.1 Middleton Labour Party (UK) I. Walters 2,287 64.0 -9.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) D. Hart 662 18.5 +8.4 Conservative Party (UK) A. Larvin 623 17.4 +4.2 1,625 45.5 -14.8 3,572 Labour Party (UK) -8.9 Moortown Conservative Party (UK) S. Symmonds 3,198 49.4 -3.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) M. Harris 2,333 36.1 +22.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Barker 938 14.5 -13.0 865 13.4 -12.0 6,469 Conservative Party (UK) -13.0 Morley North Conservative Party (UK) R. Verity 2,748 41.2 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) N. Hirst 2,334 35.0 -13.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) H. Smith 1,594 23.9 +15.0 414 6.2 -4.7 6,676 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +8.5 Morley South Labour Party (UK) K. Burnley 3,176 51.2 -14.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) E. Hewitt 1,521 24.5 +24.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Sturgeon 1,508 24.3 -3.6 1,655 26.7 -11.5 6,205 Labour Party (UK) -19.7 North Conservative Party (UK) K. Sibbald 3,430 57.5 -0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Midgley 1,833 30.7 +21.5 Labour Party (UK) B. Payne 706 11.8 -14.4 1,597 26.8 -4.5 5,969 Conservative Party (UK) -10.8 Otley & Wharfedale SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) C. Campbell 4,271 47.4 +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) E. Davies 3,650 40.5 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) P. Ward 800 8.9 -1.0 Ecology Party A. Laurence 284 3.2 -1.8 621 6.9 -2.8 9,005 SDP-Liberal Alliance -1.4 Pudsey North Conservative Party (UK) J. Bashall 3,386 44.6 -0.6 Labour Party (UK) N. Rhodes 2,140 28.2 -9.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) J. Fothergill 2,070 27.3 +9.9 1,246 16.4 +8.8 7,596 Conservative Party (UK) +4.4 Pudsey South Conservative Party (UK) J. Mortimer 2,182 34.6 -5.2 Labour Party (UK) D. Brown 2,141 33.9 -4.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) R. Keighley 1,991 31.5 +9.2 41 0.7 -1.2 6,314 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -0.6 Richmond Hill SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) S. Sadler 3,401 55.3 +33.6 Labour Party (UK) W. Prichard 2,222 36.1 -29.8 Conservative Party (UK) G. Bullock 529 8.6 -3.8 1,179 19.2 -25.1 6,152 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) +31.7 Rothwell Labour Party (UK) A. Hudson 2,811 48.4 -9.8 Conservative Party (UK) D. Boynton 1,485 25.6 -0.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) P. Burton 1,453 25.0 +15.9 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Horsbrough 56 1.0 -1.5 1,326 22.8 -9.3 5,805 Labour Party (UK) -4.6 Roundhay Conservative Party (UK) J. White 4,407 60.0 -1.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) L. Thackray 1,949 26.6 +12.4 Labour Party (UK) E. McGee 984 13.4 -6.1 2,458 33.5 -8.7 7,340 Conservative Party (UK) -7.0 Seacroft Labour Party (UK) A. Vollans 2,848 62.8 -15.7 Conservative Party (UK) J. Higham 855 18.9 +3.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) T. Ayres 831 18.3 +14.1 1,993 44.0 -19.3 4,534 Labour Party (UK) -9.7 University Labour Party (UK) D. Jenner 2,698 62.9 +0.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) N. Flood 814 19.0 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) H. Woodhead 693 16.1 -0.9 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Rodgers 87 2.0 -1.8 1,884 43.9 -1.3 4,292 Labour Party (UK) -2.5 Weetwood Conservative Party (UK) J. Hamilton 3,102 46.2 +0.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) S. Browning 1,937 28.9 +11.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Verity 1,671 24.9 -5.1 1,165 17.4 +1.1 6,710 Conservative Party (UK) -5.9 Wetherby Conservative Party (UK) J. Gray 4,474 68.9 +2.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) T. Burgess 1,424 21.9 +12.0 Labour Party (UK) P. Adams 591 9.1 -3.8 3,050 47.0 -6.8 6,489 Conservative Party (UK) -4.8 Whinmoor Labour Party (UK) G. Platt 1,866 40.2 -14.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Blower 1,843 Conservative Party (UK) M. Beardsall 1,600 34.5 -1.2 Conservative Party (UK) W. Buckland 1,527 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) P. Davies 1,173 25.3 +15.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Social Democratic Party (UK) M. Lance 1,072 243 5.7 -13.1 4,639 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance -6.5 Wortley Labour Party (UK) M. Bedford 2,468 37.0 -8.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Liberal Party (UK) A. Gilchrist 2,142 32.1 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) H. Connah 2,062 30.9 +2.9 326 4.9 -12.2 6,672 Labour Party (UK) -6.6 References 1 expanded Category:1982 English local elections 1982 Category:1980s in Leeds Category:May 1982 in the United Kingdom