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1983 Sheffield City Council election
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1983 Sheffield City Council election England Parliamentary no yes 1982 Sheffield City Council election 1982 1984 Sheffield City Council election 1984 30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 5 May 1983 Labour Party (UK) 21 1 Conservative Party (UK) 6 0 SDP–Liberal Alliance 3 1 Sheffield UK local election 1983 map.png 400px Map showing the results of the 1983 Sheffield City Council elections. Majority party Majority party after election Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election.
Election result
Sheffield local election result 1983
Labour Party (UK)
21
2
1
+1
70.0
50.9
91,055
+2.9
Conservative Party (UK)
6
0
0
0
20.0
29.2
52,254
+5.9
SDP–Liberal Alliance
3
1
2
-1
10.0
19.7
35,257
-8.6
Communist Party of Great Britain
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
234
-0.1
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
PartyPrevious councilNew council Labour 60 61 Conservatives 18 18 SDP–Liberal Alliance 9 8 Total 87 87 Working majority #FFBF00 33 darkgray #FFBF00 35 darkgray
Ward results
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Conservative Party (UK)
Cliff Godber*
4,087
53.2
+11.7
Labour Party (UK)
Val Shepherd
2,186
28.5
+2.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
N. Knox
1,403
18.3
-13.2
2,684
24.7
+14.7
7,676
Conservative Party (UK)
+4.5
Birley
Labour Party (UK)
Frank White*
4,130
59.7
+5.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Shirely Rhodes
1,776
25.7
+8.1
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Roger Davison
1,011
14.6
-13.2
2,354
34.0
+7.2
6,917
Labour Party (UK)
-1.5
Brightside
Labour Party (UK)
Bill Michie*
3,092
67.7
+6.0
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
George Wilson
805
17.6
-12.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Ian Saunders
667
14.6
+6.3
2,287
50.1
+18.3
4,564
Labour Party (UK)
+9.1
Broomhill
Conservative Party (UK)
Graham Cheetham*
2,461
48.2
+4.4
Labour Party (UK)
M. Mitchell
1,533
30.0
+2.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Patrick Smith
1,110
21.7
-7.0
928
18.2
+3.1
5,104
Conservative Party (UK)
+0.9
Burngreave
Labour Party (UK)
James Jamison
3,508
52.6
+1.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Malcolm Johnson*
2,744
41.1
-1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Stuart Dawson
389
5.8
0.0
Communist Party of Great Britain
Paul Mackey
32
0.5
-0.2
764
11.5
+3.2
6,673
Labour Party (UK)
SDP-Liberal Alliance
+1.6
Castle
Labour Party (UK)
David Skinner*
3,804
76.8
+4.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Seaton
690
13.9
+3.4
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Tony Pearce
417
8.4
-8.2
Communist Party of Great Britain
Violet Gill
44
0.9
+0.1
3,114
62.9
+7.5
4,955
Labour Party (UK)
+0.7
Chapel Green
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Geoffrey Griffiths*
3,954
52.8
+3.3
Labour Party (UK)
Henry Hanwell
2,742
36.6
-4.0
Conservative Party (UK)
J. Edwards
785
10.5
+0.7
1,212
16.2
+7.3
7,481
SDP-Liberal Alliance
+3.6
Darnall
Labour Party (UK)
David Brown*
3,408
61.2
+4.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Colin Cavill
1,284
23.1
+4.7
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Dennis Boothroyd
871
15.6
-8.8
2,124
38.1
+5.4
5,563
Labour Party (UK)
-0.3
Dore
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Davey
4,786
59.1
+7.2
Labour Party (UK)
A. Morgan
1,926
23.8
+1.1
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
W. Lawrie
1,382
17.1
-8.3
2,860
35.3
+8.8
8,094
Conservative Party (UK)
+3.0
Ecclesall
Conservative Party (UK)
John Neill*
4,761
60.4
+7.7
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Arthur Fawthrop
1,895
24.0
-9.4
Labour Party (UK)
L. Skinner
1,228
15.6
+1.7
2,866
36.4
+17.1
7,884
Conservative Party (UK)
+8.5
Firth Park
Labour Party (UK)
Terry Butler*
3,941
72.6
+0.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
D. Wagland
824
15.2
-3.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Lorna Banham
661
12.2
+3.5
3,117
57.4
-4.0
5,426
Labour Party (UK)
+2.0
Hallam
Conservative Party (UK)
R. Hobson*
4,319
59.4
+5.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Peter McNutt
1,739
23.9
-6.3
Labour Party (UK)
Dorothy Podlesny
1,205
16.6
+0.5
2,580
35.5
+12.1
7,263
Conservative Party (UK)
+6.0
Handsworth
Labour Party (UK)
Elsie Smith*
3,654
61.5
+4.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Dorothy Kennedy
1,395
23.5
+6.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Hilary Gooch
892
15.0
-10.9
2,259
38.0
+6.9
5,941
Labour Party (UK)
-1.0
Heeley
Labour Party (UK)
S. Clarke
3,744
56.0
+6.8
Conservative Party (UK)
A. Byron
2,047
30.6
+4.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Robert Scholfield
889
13.3
-10.2
1,697
25.4
+2.3
6,680
Labour Party (UK)
+1.1
Hillsborough
Labour Party (UK)
D. Morgan*
3,578
45.7
+2.3
Conservative Party (UK)
William Travis
2,745
35.1
+10.0
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Patrick Smith
1,500
19.2
-12.2
833
10.6
-1.4
7,823
Labour Party (UK)
-3.8
Intake
Labour Party (UK)
Mike Bower*
3,684
57.6
+4.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Farrell Rollitt
1,754
27.4
+7.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
A. Lyon
957
14.9
-11.5
1,930
30.2
+3.0
6,395
Labour Party (UK)
-1.7
Manor
Labour Party (UK)
Paul Colk
3,564
79.4
+8.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Frank Brookes
521
11.6
+3.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Joan Dallamore
376
8.4
-11.2
Communist Party of Great Britain
B. Oldale
27
0.6
-0.1
3,043
67.8
+16.1
4,488
Labour Party (UK)
+2.4
Mosborough
Labour Party (UK)
S. Dootson*
3,993
57.5
+1.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Goldsmith
1,908
27.5
+9.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
I. Addison
1,043
15.0
-10.9
2,085
30.0
-0.2
6,944
Labour Party (UK)
-4.0
Nether Edge
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Verhaert*
2,843
44.9
+2.6
Labour Party (UK)
John Hesketh
2,456
38.7
+3.0
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Paul Metcalfe
1,037
16.3
-5.6
387
6.2
-0.4
6,336
Conservative Party (UK)
-0.2
Nether Shire
Labour Party (UK)
Stephen Jones
3,706
68.3
+2.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Robert Shillito
907
16.7
-5.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Oldfield
810
14.9
+6.1
2,799
51.6
+8.2
5,423
Labour Party (UK)
+4.1
Netherthorpe
Labour Party (UK)
Harold Lambert*
3,231
66.8
+6.6
Conservative Party (UK)
G. Ranson
1,007
20.8
+5.5
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
S. Matthewman
542
11.2
-12.0
Communist Party of Great Britain
Gordon Ashberry
57
1.2
-0.1
2,224
46.0
+9.0
4,837
Labour Party (UK)
+0.5
Norton
Labour Party (UK)
B. Glenn*
3,880
59.5
+1.9
Conservative Party (UK)
B. Farnsworth
1,907
29.2
+6.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Robert Mumford
731
11.2
-8.6
1,973
30.3
-4.7
6,518
Labour Party (UK)
-2.3
Owlerton
Labour Party (UK)
Helen Jackson*
3,464
68.6
+5.6
Conservative Party (UK)
George Booth
963
19.0
+6.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
Philip Taylor
623
12.3
-12.2
2,501
49.6
+11.1
5,050
Labour Party (UK)
-0.5
Park
Labour Party (UK)
Vivienne Nicholson
3,937
83.3
+7.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Jeremy Richardson
786
16.6
+7.4
3,151
66.7
+5.0
4,723
Labour Party (UK)
+0.1
Sharrow
Labour Party (UK)
Howard Knight*
2,934
63.3
+0.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Anne Smith
1,052
22.7
+5.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
E. Scott
571
12.3
-6.4
Communist Party of Great Britain
M. Heywood
74
1.6
+0.3
1,882
40.6
-4.5
4,631
Labour Party (UK)
-2.5
South Wortley
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
David Baker
3,287
38.5
-5.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Sylvia Cowley
2,634
30.8
+5.9
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Heath
2,618
30.6
-0.1
633
7.7
-5.9
8,539
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Labour Party (UK)
-5.8
Southey Green
Labour Party (UK)
Sandra Davies*
4,106
81.6
+6.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Pamela Brown
468
9.3
-9.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Hedley Oldfield
455
9.0
+2.2
3,638
72.3
+15.8
5,029
Labour Party (UK)
+7.9
Stocksbridge
Labour Party (UK)
Ann Proctor
2,081
39.1
+2.8
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
M. Shaw
2,031
38.1
-6.6
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Liberal Party (UK)
June Hibberd
1,934
Labour Party (UK)
John Johnston
1,920
Conservative Party (UK)
Barrie Jones
1,213
22.8
+3.8
Conservative Party (UK)
R. Homer
1,059
97
1.0
-7.4
5,325
Labour Party (UK)
SDP-Liberal Alliance
SDP-Liberal Alliance
+4.7
Walkley
Labour Party (UK)
William Owen*
3,722
57.1
+3.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Radcliffe Wilson-Wolfe
1,548
23.7
+7.3
SDP-Liberal Alliance
Social Democratic Party (UK)
Dennis Brown
1,248
19.1
-10.9
2,174
33.4
+9.9
6,518
Labour Party (UK)
-1.8
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