1983 Manchester City Council election

1983 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1983 Manchester City Council election England Arms of the City of Manchester.svg parliamentary no 1982 Manchester City Council election 1982 1983 05 05 y 1984 Manchester City Council election 1984 33 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council 50 Manchester 1983.png Map of results of 1983 election Leader of the Council Bill Egerton Labour Party (UK) Leader of the Council after election Bill Egerton Labour Party (UK) Bill Egerton Labour Party (UK) 69 seats,44.9% Beswick and Clayton 69 27 72 3 74,319 51.6% 5.7% Cecil Franks Conservative Party (UK) 26 seats,31.2% Chorlton 26 4 22 4 44,788 31.1% 0.6% Audrey Jones SDP-Liberal Alliance Withington 4 seats,23.3% 4 2 5 1 24,650 17.1% 5.2% Elections to Manchester City 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. Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993). Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party Labour Party (UK)74,319 (51.6%)51.6 Labour Party (UK) 5.7 27 (81.8%)27 33 Labour Party (UK) 3 72 (72.7%)72 99 Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK)44,788 (31.1%)31.1 Conservative Party (UK) 0.64 (12.1%)4 33 Conservative Party (UK) 422 (22.2%)22 99 Conservative Party (UK)Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance24,650 (17.1%)17.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance 5.2 2 (6.1%)2 33 SDP-Liberal Alliance 1 5 (5.1%)5 99 SDP-Liberal AllianceNational Front National Front (UK)128 (0.1%)0.1 National Front (UK) 0.10 (0.0%)0 33 National Front (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 99 National Front (UK)Communist Communist Party of Great Britain108 (0.1%)0.1 Communist Party of Great Britain N/A0 (0.0%)0 33 Communist Party of Great Britain N/A0 (0.0%)0 99 Communist Party of Great BritainIndependent Independent (politician)54 (0.0%)0.0 Independent (politician) 0.30 (0.0%)0 33 Independent (politician) 0 (0.0%)0 99 Independent (politician) + ↓ 72 5 22 Ward results Ardwick Ardwick Labour Party (UK) Norman Finley* 2,447 75.6 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Lundy 503 15.5 -0.2 Liberal Party (UK) Lauriston Ford 285 8.8 -3.2 1,944 60.1 +3.6 3,235 Labour Party (UK) +1.8 Baguley Baguley Labour Party (UK) Winifred Smith* 2,826 62.3 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Ennis 1,290 28.4 +3.9 Liberal Party (UK) Georgina Hall 419 9.2 -11.3 1,536 33.9 +3.4 4,535 Labour Party (UK) +1.7 Barlow Moor Barlow Moor Labour Party (UK) Christopher Tucker* 2,034 45.6 +8.5 Conservative Party (UK) Beryl Moore 1,702 38.2 +0.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) Simon Gluck 720 16.2 -9.0 332 7.5 +6.8 4,456 Labour Party (UK) +4.0 Benchill Benchill Labour Party (UK) Neil Warren* 2,579 72.1 +9.7 Conservative Party (UK) Mirjam Malbon 554 15.5 +2.0 Liberal Party (UK) Gilbert Stacey 443 12.4 -11.8 2,025 56.6 +7.6 3,576 Labour Party (UK) +3.8 Beswick and Clayton Beswick and Clayton Labour Party (UK) Sidney Silverman* 2,498 68.9 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Leonard Hockey 797 22.0 -0.2 Social Democratic Party (UK) Angus Bateman 244 6.7 -3.2 National Front (UK) Alfred Coles 84 2.3 +2.3 1,701 47.0 +1.3 3,623 Labour Party (UK) +0.6 Blackley Blackley Labour Party (UK) Eileen Kelly* 2,682 62.0 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Gerry Carey 1,238 28.6 +0.7 Liberal Party (UK) David Gordon 408 9.4 -4.0 1,444 33.4 +2.6 4,328 Labour Party (UK) +1.3 Bradford Bradford Labour Party (UK) Michael Harrison* 2,499 72.8 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Clive Webb 615 17.9 -0.3 Liberal Party (UK) Norman Towers 321 9.3 -3.7 1,884 54.8 +4.2 3,435 Labour Party (UK) +2.1 Brooklands Brooklands Conservative Party (UK) David Sumberg* 2,249 45.5 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) Paul Clarke 2,093 42.4 +7.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) Jeffrey Burton 598 12.1 -7.9 156 3.2 -7.7 4,940 Conservative Party (UK) -3.8 Burnage Burnage Labour Party (UK) Marilyn Taylor 2,294 44.1 +7.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Nicholson* 2,121 40.8 +0.6 Social Democratic Party (UK) Kenneth McKeon 783 15.1 -8.3 173 3.3 -0.4 5,198 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +3.5 Central Central Labour Party (UK) Patricia Conquest* 2,172 76.7 +8.3 Conservative Party (UK) Phyllis Pacey 352 12.4 +0.7 Social Democratic Party (UK) Teresa Lyons 306 10.8 -9.0 1,820 64.3 +15.7 2,830 Labour Party (UK) +3.8 Charlestown Charlestown Labour Party (UK) Alan Wood* 2,362 52.5 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Smith 1,407 31.3 +0.6 Social Democratic Party (UK) John Czernenko 728 16.2 -5.5 955 21.2 +4.2 4,497 Labour Party (UK) +2.1 Cheetham Cheetham Labour Party (UK) Nick Harris* 2,560 66.7 +5.4 Social Democratic Party (UK) Muhammad Qureshi 726 18.9 -4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Veronica Jones 551 14.4 -1.0 1,834 47.8 +9.9 3,837 Labour Party (UK) +4.9 Chorlton Chorlton Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Franks* 2,547 46.8 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) Graham Martin 1,986 36.5 +6.4 Liberal Party (UK) John Commons 876 16.1 -10.1 Communist Party of Great Britain Michael Waterfield 36 0.7 +0.7 561 10.3 -3.4 5,445 Conservative Party (UK) -1.7 Crumpsall Crumpsall Labour Party (UK) Basil Curley 1,887 44.3 +11.9 Conservative Party (UK) George Fildes* 1,836 43.1 -0.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) Gerald Landsman 541 12.7 -11.0 51 1.2 -10.4 4,264 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +6.4 Didsbury Didsbury Conservative Party (UK) Muriel Crawford* 2,877 52.3 +2.1 Social Democratic Party (UK) John Whitman 1,467 26.7 -6.3 Labour Party (UK) Gerrard Carroll 1,153 21.0 +4.2 1,410 25.7 +8.4 5,497 Conservative Party (UK) +4.2 Fallowfield Fallowfield Labour Party (UK) Philip Openshaw* 1,993 48.1 +7.5 Conservative Party (UK) John Hardman 1,587 38.3 +4.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) George Nevins 560 13.5 -12.0 406 9.8 +3.0 4,140 Labour Party (UK) +1.5 Gorton North Gorton North Labour Party (UK) John Wilson 2,695 54.6 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher McGregor 1,278 25.9 +4.3 Social Democratic Party (UK) Zygmunt Gazdecki 964 19.5 -7.0 1,417 28.7 +3.4 4,937 Labour Party (UK) -0.8 Gorton South Gorton South Labour Party (UK) Valerie Stevens* 2,247 52.3 +3.3 Liberal Party (UK) Dorothy Bell 1,282 29.9 +5.6 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Dunne 765 17.8 -7.1 965 22.5 -1.6 4,294 Labour Party (UK) -1.1 Harpurhey Harpurhey Labour Party (UK) Nilofar Siddiqi* 2,086 58.5 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Denise Jackson 883 24.8 -1.3 Social Democratic Party (UK) Edward Charnley 596 16.7 -1.4 1,203 33.7 +4.1 3,565 Labour Party (UK) +2.0 Hulme Hulme Labour Party (UK) Sheila Robertson* 2,535 75.3 +12.2 Conservative Party (UK) Clive Freemantle 432 12.8 +0.2 Liberal Party (UK) David Nicholson 401 11.9 -12.4 2,103 62.4 +23.6 3,368 Labour Party (UK) +6.0 Levenshulme Levenshulme Liberal Party (UK) Audrey Greaves 1,913 37.8 -4.4 Labour Party (UK) John Rimington 1,583 31.3 +6.3 Conservative Party (UK) John Monks 1,564 30.9 -1.8 330 6.5 -3.0 5,060 Liberal Party (UK) -5.3 Lightbowne Lightbowne Labour Party (UK) Derek Shaw* 2,543 53.3 +8.7 Conservative Party (UK) Albert Bolland 1,678 35.2 +7.3 Liberal Party (UK) John Cookson 551 11.5 -13.0 865 18.1 +1.4 4,772 Labour Party (UK) +0.7 Longsight Longsight Labour Party (UK) Kenneth Strath* 2,665 55.5 +10.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) Altaf Ahmed 1,163 24.2 -8.9 Conservative Party (UK) George Taylor 903 18.8 +1.2 Communist Party of Great Britain Geoffrey Chandler 72 1.5 +1.5 1,502 31.3 +19.8 4,803 Labour Party (UK) +9.9 Moss Side Moss Side Labour Party (UK) Sam Darby 2,770 72.3 +9.8 Conservative Party (UK) Grant Higginson 698 18.2 -5.4 Liberal Party (UK) Sarah Barber 362 9.5 -1.5 2,072 54.1 +15.2 3,830 Labour Party (UK) +7.6 Moston Moston Labour Party (UK) William Risby* 2,621 49.6 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Dave Eager 2,061 39.0 -0.8 Liberal Party (UK) Martin Gradwell 599 11.3 -5.7 560 10.6 +7.4 5,281 Labour Party (UK) +3.6 Newton Heath Newton Heath Labour Party (UK) Michael Taylor* 2,480 67.2 +4.4 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Johnson 880 23.8 -0.7 Liberal Party (UK) Vera Towers 286 7.8 -4.9 British National Front Bryan Nylan 44 1.2 +1.2 1,600 43.4 +5.1 3,690 Labour Party (UK) +2.5 Northenden Northenden Labour Party (UK) Duncan Healey* 2,433 44.4 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) George Leigh 2,290 41.8 +3.5 Social Democratic Party (UK) Lawrence Shields 754 13.8 -4.9 143 2.6 +0.8 5,477 Labour Party (UK) +0.4 Old Moat Old Moat Labour Party (UK) Keith Bradley 2,359 48.3 +14.7 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Hilton* 1,795 36.8 -5.0 Liberal Party (UK) Richard Clayton 729 14.9 -9.7 564 11.6 +3.3 4,883 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +9.8 Rusholme Rusholme Labour Party (UK) Margaret Roff* 2,102 46.9 +2.7 Conservative Party (UK) Shakir Hussain 1,242 27.7 -6.3 Liberal Party (UK) Guy Goodman 1,081 24.1 +2.4 Independent (politician) Frederick Melling 54 1.2 +1.2 860 19.2 +9.0 4,479 Labour Party (UK) +4.5 Sharston Sharston Labour Party (UK) William Jameson* 2,080 46.4 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Annie Spencer 1,398 31.2 +0.8 Liberal Party (UK) Herbert Griffiths 979 21.9 -3.7 682 15.2 +2.0 4,479 Labour Party (UK) +1.0 Whalley Range Whalley Range Conservative Party (UK) Michael Whetton* 2,063 45.9 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) Roy Walters 1,705 38.0 +7.9 Social Democratic Party (UK) Mary James 723 16.1 -9.5 358 8.0 -6.4 4,491 Conservative Party (UK) -3.2 Withington Withington Liberal Party (UK) David Sandiford 2,147 42.0 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Davies* 1,854 36.3 -3.1 Labour Party (UK) Raymond Write 1,111 21.7 +1.7 293 5.7 +4.5 5,112 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +2.2 Woodhouse Park Woodhouse Park Labour Party (UK) Frank Booth 2,239 60.3 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Parry 778 21.0 +3.6 Social Democratic Party (UK) Eileen Wildman 695 18.7 -0.0 1,461 39.4 -5.8 3,712 Labour Party (UK) -3.6 References expanded Category:1983 English local elections 1983 Category:1980s in Manchester