1983 Cardiff City Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales November 2022 November 2022 The 1983 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 to the district council known as Cardiff City Council, in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in Wales and England. The Conservative Party regained control of the council from the Labour Party.Michael Thomas Cardiff is back in Tory hands South Wales Echo 6 May 1983 1 The previous Cardiff City Council election took place in 1979 and the next full elections took place in 1987.Cardiff Welsh District Council Election Results 1973-1991 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Cardiff-1973-1991.pdf The Elections Centre (Plymouth University) 27 June 2019 Ward changes This was the first election to be affected by the changes resulting from The City of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982.http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/556/pdfs/uksi_19820556_en.pdf The City of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982 legislation.gov.uk The National Archives 15 April 1982 27 June 2019 Boundaries were redrawn and the number of electoral wards increased from 21 to 26, with a reduction in the numbers of councillors elected per ward. New wards of Butetown, Caerau, Cyncoed, Fairwater, Heath, Lisvane and St Mellons, Llandaff North, Llanrumney, Pentwyn, Radyr & St Fagans, Trowbridge and Whitchurch & Tongwynlais were introduced. The number of councillors reduced overall from 75 to 65. Overview Labour had been in control of the council for the previous four years, but at the 1983 election the Conservatives regained control. With 34 councillors, they had an overall majority of three. Winning only three seats, the SDP-Liberal Alliance did not perform as well as they expected.Michael Thomas Cardiff could go 'private' South Wales Echo 6 May 1983 6 Labour blamed the ward boundary changes for the outcome. The former Labour council leader, Cllr John Reynolds, suggested it was a good performance, considering the number of council seats available had been reduced particularly in Labour voting areas. The Alliance failed to win seats in wards such as Gabalfa and blamed this on UK politics dominating the contest (with a possible general election on the horizon). The new Conservative council leader, Cllt Ron Watkiss, pledged to use the Tory majority to put some of the council's services out to private contractors. The next designated next Lord Mayor, Olwen Watkin and her designated deputy, Stan James, came top of the poll in Plasnewydd. Alliance husband and wife team, Mike German and Georgette German, won seats in neighbouring wards. Eileen Roberts, recently widowed by the death of Conservative MP Michael Roberts, won a council seat in Rhiwbina. Cardiff Council election result 1983 Conservative Party (UK) 34 19 3 +16 52.3 Labour Party (UK) 28 13 6 +7 43.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 3 0 +3 4.6 Plaid Cymru 0 0 0 ±0 0.0 4,037 Ecology Party 0 0 0 ±0 0.0 1,661 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain 0 0 0 ±0 0.0 214 |} Ward results Contests took place in all twenty six wards.(a)Election Results S. Glam. - Cardiff City Council South Wales Echo 6 May 1983 6-7(b) Adamsdown (2 seats) Adamsdown Labour Party (UK) J. A. Phillips 1,063 61.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) William Herbert * 1,062 Conservative Party (UK) W. Lewis 400 23.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A. L. Kelly 391 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Miles 178 10.3 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Minor 173 Plaid Cymru Sian A. Edwards 79 4.6 N/A Plaid Cymru Gwerfyl Arthur 47 30.6 N/A 5,626 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Butetown (1 seat) Butetown Labour Party (UK) Gaynor A. Legall 870 77.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) L. J. Day 251 22.4 N/A 46.2 N/A 2,427 Labour Party (UK) Caerau (2 seats) Caerau Labour Party (UK) W. H. Carling o 1,462 54.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) David J. Seligman o 1,237 Conservative Party (UK) A. H. Hinder 658 24.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) F. C. McAndrews 571 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. R. Blain 364 13.6 N/A Ecology Party G. P. Jones 195 7.3 N/A 35.7 N/A 7,501 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Canton (3 seats) Canton Conservative Party (UK) Bella Brown* 2,530 50.8 N/A Conservative Party (UK) D. O. Davey 2,215 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor C. Tyrrell 2,170 Labour Party (UK) C. D. Eccles 1,637 32.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Mark Drakeford 1,600 Labour Party (UK) J. Winslade 1,549 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Lawson 599 12.0 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance G. Shepherd 546 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. M. Smith 534 Plaid Cymru Keith Parry 212 4.3 N/A Plaid Cymru Peter J. Keelan 147 47.5 N/A 10,484 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cathays (3 seats) Cathays SDP-Liberal Alliance Michael J. German 1,742 36.9 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance Fred J. Hornblow 1,639 Labour Party (UK) Derek R. Allinson * 1,531 32.4 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance D. W. T. Rees 1,524 Labour Party (UK) M. F. Harris 1,496 Labour Party (UK) W. C. Laing 1,335 Conservative Party (UK) F. Moorcraft 961 20.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S. Phillips 909 Conservative Party (UK) E. Robinson 861 Plaid Cymru Owen John Thomas 261 5.5 N/A Ecology Party K. J. Pearson 225 4.8 45.7 N/A 10,321 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cyncoed (3 seats) Cyncoed Conservative Party (UK) R. A. Hennessey o 2,977 62.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A. John o 2,957 Conservative Party (UK) Stefan Terlezki o 2,926 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. A. Bryant 1,335 27.8 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance P. J. D. Bramall 1,308 SDP-Liberal Alliance G. S. Sagoo 1,556 Labour Party (UK) P. J. Williams 483 10.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. R. Lipman 468 Labour Party (UK) M. J. Parkinson 460 55.6 N/A 8,624 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Ely (3 seats) Ely Labour Party (UK) A. Buttle * 2,083 66.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Buttle * 1,926 Labour Party (UK) Charlie Gale * 1,904 Conservative Party (UK) H. Derrick 1,031 33.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) B. Sullivan 1,007 Conservative Party (UK) J. Bushrod 980 28.8 N/A 10,826 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Fairwater (3 seats) Fairwater Labour Party (UK) T. J. Ward o 1,845 46.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. J. Phillips o 1,807 Labour Party (UK) D. M. Evans o 1,685 Conservative Party (UK) B. Hall 1,452 36.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. A. Hallinan 1,324 Conservative Party (UK) F. B. Bowles 1,317 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. A. Griffin 669 16.9 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance Jacqui Gasson 500 38.7 N/A 10,253 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Gabalfa (1 seat) Gabalfa Labour Party (UK) C. Hutchinson 929 40.0 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance H. J. O'Brien 766 32.9 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. R. Turner 630 27.1 N/A 49.0 N/A 4,749 Labour Party (UK) Grangetown (3 seats) Grangetown Labour Party (UK) John Smith o 2,221 52.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. Bowen o 2,074 Labour Party (UK) C. Sheehan 2,032 Conservative Party (UK) J. P. O'Reilly * 1,978 47.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) G. E. Judd * 1,894 Conservative Party (UK) B. F. Moorcraft * 1,795 45.7 N/A 9,182 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Smith and Bowen were previously councillors for the South ward. Heath (3 seats) Heath Conservative Party (UK) C. D. Milsom o 2,840 57.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Ronald F. Watkiss o 2,830 Conservative Party (UK) T. D. Merridew 2,702 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Eldon 822 16.6 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance P. H. Williams 732 Labour Party (UK) R. S. Hughes 702 14.2 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance E. Fitzgerald-Kuhl 685 Labour Party (UK) B. R. Jones 650 Labour Party (UK) E. Scheeres 629 Ecology Party M. J. Evans 344 7.0 N/A Plaid Cymru H. M. Jones 241 4.9 N/A Plaid Cymru E. A. Coyle 185 9,357 52.9 N/A 9,182 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Milsom and Watkiss were previously councillors in the Llanishen ward. Lisvane and St Mellons (1 seat) Lisvane and St Mellons Conservative Party (UK) T. H. Davies o 1,152 71.5 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance D. I. Harrison 260 16.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. G. Picardie 199 12.4 N/A 33.9 N/A 4,752 Conservative Party (UK) Davies was the sitting councillor in the preceding ward of Lisvane, Llanedeyrn & St Mellons. Llandaff (2 seats) Llandaff Conservative Party (UK) M. E. Jones * 1,828 57.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Julius Hermer * 1,807 SDP-Liberal Alliance W. A. Slack 446 13.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) R. W. Rees 359 11.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) C. P. Byers 328 Ecology Party R. J. Rendell 299 9.3 N/A Plaid Cymru D. Cadog 275 8.6 N/A 47.6 N/A 6,739 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Llandaff North (2 seats) Llandaff North Labour Party (UK) M. D. Flynn o 1,576 44.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. M. Matthewson o 1,433 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. J. Sheppard 1,014 28.8 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance T. O. Jenkins 920 Conservative Party (UK) D. C.Porter 866 24.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. E. W. Lindsay 824 Plaid Cymru T. O'Neill 67 1.9 N/A 57.8 N/A 6,091 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Llanishen (3 seats) Llanishen Conservative Party (UK) L. O. Smith * 1,999 45.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) A. J. Thomas * 1,904 Conservative Party (UK) C. M. Saunders 1,890 Labour Party (UK) T. James o 1,578 35.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) A. Hobbs-Staff 1,550 Labour Party (UK) A. K. Verma o 1,506 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. J. Fitzgerald-Khul 707 16.0 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance J. D. Gough 705 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. M Adalja 599 Plaid Cymru A. Couch 130 2.9 N/A Plaid Cymru D. Balch 110 41.1 N/A 10,740 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Representation reduced from six seats to three at this election. Llanrumney (3 seats) Llanrumney Labour Party (UK) M. B. Llewellyn o 1,901 44.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) John R. Phillips o 1,711 Labour Party (UK) John A. Reynolds o 1,646 SDP-Liberal Alliance Vita V. Jones 1,297 30.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) E. R. McCarthy 1,041 24.6 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Tobin 1,028 Conservative Party (UK) S. Woods 1,028 SDP-Liberal Alliance E. Morgan 1,010 Conservative Party (UK) S. Brown 987 45.7 N/A 9,267 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South Glamorgan councillor Vita Jones had recently defected from Labour to the SDP-Liberal Alliance. Pentwyn (3 seats) Pentwyn Conservative Party (UK) R. Lewis o 1,763 42.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Newman o 1,746 Conservative Party (UK) W. J. Pursey 1,687 Labour Party (UK) S. J. Caesar 1,128 26.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) R. Longworth 1,116 Labour Party (UK) S. G. Lewis 1,041 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. McMahon 1,030 24.6 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Litchfield 1,024 SDP-Liberal Alliance F. A. J. Adams 985 Plaid Cymru A. Morgan 271 6.5 N/A 35.8 N/A 11,701 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Plasnewydd (4 seats) Plasnewydd Conservative Party (UK) Olwen M. Watkin * 2,227 36.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) S. A. James * 2,052 Conservative Party (UK) D. J. Evans * 1,969 SDP-Liberal Alliance Georgette O. J. German 1,819 29.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. C. Oldridge 1,743 Labour Party (UK) G. E. Jenkins 1,532 25.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Phelps 1,475 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. E. Hill 1,395 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. D. Powell 1,391 Labour Party (UK) J. Wilkinson 1,368 SDP-Liberal Alliance Jenny Randerson 1,346 Labour Party (UK) M. Walsh 1,346 Ecology Party P. Taylor 282 4.6 N/A Plaid Cymru G. M. Rees 191 3.1 N/A Plaid Cymru N. Hoyle 170 Plaid Cymru N. J. ap Glyn 162 Plaid Cymru C. H. Morgan 155 Communist Party of Great Britain R. Macmillan 74 1.2 N/A Communist Party of Great Britain R. Spencer 72 Communist Party of Great Britain J. Warhurst 68 50.9 N/A 12,039 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance The number of seats available increased from three to four at this election. Radyr & St Fagans (1 seat) Radyr & St Fagans Conservative Party (UK) L. Clarke o 1,156 55.1 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance Marion Drake 703 33.5 N/A Labour Party (UK) B. Drew o 240 11.4 N/A 54.3 N/A 3,869 Conservative Party (UK) Clarke was the sitting councillor for Radyr St Fagans & Tongwynlais. Drew was a councillor in the Rumney ward. Rhiwbina (3 seats) Rhiwbina Conservative Party (UK) E. J. Roberts 3,200 58.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Gareth J. J. Neale * 3,117 Conservative Party (UK) Jeffrey P. Sainsbury 3,099 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. R. Crossley 1,303 23.7 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance G. M. James 1,037 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. M. O'Brien 1,032 Labour Party (UK) S. I. Walters 783 14.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. R. Cocks 753 Labour Party (UK) R. T. Hill 665 Plaid Cymru L. R. Evans 211 3.8 N/A Plaid Cymru J. A. M. Jones 153 58.5 N/A 9,399 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Riverside (3 seats) Riverside Labour Party (UK) W. M. Walker * 1,699 43.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) J. M. Southern * 1,660 Labour Party (UK) Sue Essex 1,653 Conservative Party (UK) A. Johnson 1,301 33.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) M. Hughes 1,296 Conservative Party (UK) R. de Souza 1,272 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Mathias 601 15.3 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance J. N. Roberts 469 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Sura 418 Ecology Party A. S. Lukes 316 8.1 N/A 41.7 N/A 9,400 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Roath (3 seats) Roath Conservative Party (UK) C. F. Hutchings * 2,498 60.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) N. Lloyd-Edwards * 2,477 Conservative Party (UK) G. M. Brinks * 2,457 SDP-Liberal Alliance L. W. Kelloway 861 20.7 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance S. J. Soffa 823 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Callaghan 818 Labour Party (UK) I. S. Albrow 668 16.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) N. M. Davies 663 Labour Party (UK) E. A. Screen 625 Plaid Cymru G. Adams 123 3.0 N/A Plaid Cymru B. M. Smith 118 Plaid Cymru S. W. Evans 115 42.1 N/A 9,852 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Rumney (2 seats) Rumney Conservative Party (UK) J. B. Joslyn 1,677 53.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) L. D. Quinn 1,508 Labour Party (UK) P. H. Owen * 1,126 35.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Longden * 1,113 SDP-Liberal Alliance M. J. Morgan 340 10.8 N/A 46.9 N/A 6,696 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Splott (2 seats) Splott Labour Party (UK) D. R. Ormonde * 1,860 55.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Price * 1,759 Conservative Party (UK) F. Chichester 820 24.2 N/A Conservative Party (UK) R. D. James 751 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. M. Evans 603 7.8 N/A Plaid Cymru S. Lake 100 3.0 N/A 42.6 N/A 7,941 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Trowbridge (2 seats) Trowbridge Labour Party (UK) D. M. English o 1,120 76.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) Alun E. Michael o 1,103 Conservative Party (UK) A. T. McCabe 350 23.8 N/A 17.5 N/A 8,408 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) English and Michael were previously councillors in a larger Rumney ward. Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats) Whitchurch & Tongwynlais Conservative Party (UK) W. H. Griffiths o 3,460 54.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) B. J. Griffiths 3,320 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy H. Davies o 3,294 Conservative Party (UK) Victor Riley o 3,221 Labour Party (UK) T. Crews 1,445 22.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) D. Hutchinson 1,383 Labour Party (UK) J. Williams 1,291 Labour Party (UK) V. White 1,265 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Hickey 1,141 18.0 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance H.Howell 999 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Holder 993 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Morton 933 Plaid Cymru Harri Pritchard-Jones 285 4.5 N/A Plaid Cymru Alan Jobbins 209 54.6 N/A 11,600 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) (a) Elections Centre source also compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward. (b) South Wales Echo source also indicates existing councillors "but, because of boundary changes, not necessarily representing the ward being contested". It gives middle initials. It lists the 'green' candidates as "Ecology" and the 'Liberal/SDP' as "Alliance". * existing councillor, for the same ward o existing councillor, though because of boundary changes not for the same ward References Category:Council elections in Cardiff Cardiff City Council Category:1980s in Cardiff Category:Council elections in South Glamorgan