1982 United Kingdom local elections

none 1982 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom legislative 1981 United Kingdom local elections 1981 1983 United Kingdom local elections 1983 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,103 out of 296 English districts and all 12 Scottish regions 6 May 1982 Councils Councils +/- Councillors Councillors +/- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.jpg 140 120 160 0 6 Margaret Thatcher 11 February 1975 Conservative Party (UK) 40% 2% 10,447 98 Michael Foot (1981).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Michael Foot 10 November 1980 Labour Party (UK) 29% 12% 8,774 225 David Steel 1985 (cropped).jpg 123 120 160 0 0 David Steeland the Gang of Four 7 July 1976& 26 March 1981 SDP–Liberal Alliance 27% 10% 1,850 395 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1982.Rallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1982 The Elections Centre https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0V1MW1lr1Z3VkgzM1JiLUdxRmc/view?pref=2&pli=1 3 May 2016Council compositions https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwA-5RleSBydOS11WmRkNk9MSkE/view?pref=2&pli=1 The Elections Centre 3 May 2016 The elections coincided with rising popularity of the Conservative government and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which was mostly attributed to the Falklands War.February 2018 The projected share of the vote was Conservatives 40%, Labour 29%, Liberal-SDP Alliance 27%. Elections were held in several English boroughs, including all those in London. The Conservatives held their ground, losing only 98 seats, leaving them with 10,447 seats. The main opposition Labour Party, under the leadership of Michael Foot, lost 225 seats, finishing with 8,774 councillors. For the newly formed Liberal-SDP Alliance, the 1982 local elections were the first nationwide electoral test.Curtice John Payne Clive Waller Robert 1983 Lessons of the 1982 English local elections https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379483901038 Electoral Studies 2 1 3–22 10.1016/0261-3794(83)90103-8 0261-3794 subscription They gained 395 seats and finished with 1,850 councillors. This meant that the Alliance had almost as many votes as Labour, but Labour still had nearly five times as many councillors. England London boroughs 1982 London local elections In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarking and Dagenham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarnet Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBexley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBrent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBromley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCamden Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCroydon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEaling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEnfield ‡ Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreenwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails Hackney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHammersmith and Fulham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHaringey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarrow Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHavering Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHillingdon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHounslow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIslington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKensington and Chelsea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsKingston upon Thames Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsLambeth Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsLewisham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsMerton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNewham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRedbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRichmond upon Thames Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthwark Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSutton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTower Hamlets Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWaltham Forest Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWandsworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWestminster Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Metropolitan boroughs Whole council In 13 metropolitan boroughs the whole council was up for election. In 13 boroughs there were new ward boundaries, following electoral boundary reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Council Previous control Result DetailsBirmingham ‡ Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsDudley ‡ No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsGateshead ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKirklees ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsKnowsley ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsManchester ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNewcastle upon Tyne ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Tyneside ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSalford ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Tyneside ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSunderland ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWakefield ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWolverhampton ‡ Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetails ‡ New ward boundaries Third of council 23 metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsBarnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBradford Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBury Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCalderdale No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCoventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsDoncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLiverpool No overall control No overall control holdDetailsOldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsRochdale Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsRotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSefton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsSolihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStockport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTrafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWalsall Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsWigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWirral Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetails District councils In 103 districts one third of the council was up for election. Council Previous control Result DetailsAdur SDP–Liberal Alliance SDP–Liberal Alliance holdDetailsAmber Valley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBarrow-in-Furness Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBasildon No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsBasingstoke and Deane Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsBassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsBath Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBlackburn No overall control No overall control holdDetailsBrentwood Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroadland Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBroxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsBurnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCambridge No overall control No overall control holdDetailsCannock Chase Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsChorley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsColchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCongleton Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsCraven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsCrawley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsCrewe and Nantwich No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDaventry No overall control No overall control holdDetailsDerby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsEast Devon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEastleigh Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEllesmere Port and Neston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsElmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsEpping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsFareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGillingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGloucester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGosport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Grimsby Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsGreat Yarmouth No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHalton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHarlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHart Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHartlepool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsHastings No overall control No overall control holdDetailsHavant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHereford SDP–Liberal Alliance SDP–Liberal Alliance holdDetailsHertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHuntingdon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsHyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsIpswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsLeominster Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsLincoln Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsMacclesfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMaidstone Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsMilton Keynes Conservative Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsMole Valley Independent politician No overall control gainDetailsNewcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNorth Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsNorwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsNuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsOadby and Wigston Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsOxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPendle No overall control No overall control holdDetailsPenwith Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsPeterborough Labour Party (UK) No overall control gainDetailsPreston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsPurbeck Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsReigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRossendale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRugby No overall control No overall control holdDetailsRunnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsRushmoor No overall control Conservative Party (UK) gainDetailsScunthorpe Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsShrewsbury and Atcham No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouth Bedfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouth Cambridgeshire Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsSouth Herefordshire Independent (politician) Independent (politician) holdDetailsSouth Lakeland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsSouthampton Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSouthend-on-Sea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSt Albans Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsStevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsStratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsSwale Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTamworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsTandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThamesdown Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsThree Rivers Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsThurrock No overall control Labour Party (UK) gainDetailsTonbridge and Malling Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsTunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWatford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWelwyn Hatfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWest Lindsey No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWest Oxfordshire No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWeymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control holdDetailsWinchester Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWokingham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWoodspring Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) holdDetailsWorcester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) holdDetailsWyre Forest No overall control No overall control holdDetailsYork No overall control No overall control holdDetails Scotland Regional councils 1982 Scottish regional elections Council Previous control Result DetailsBorders Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsCentral Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsDumfries and Galloway Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsFife Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsGrampian Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsHighland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsLothian Scottish Labour No overall control gainDetailsOrkney Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsShetland Independent politician Independent politician holdDetailsStrathclyde Scottish Labour Scottish Labour holdDetailsTayside Scottish Conservatives Scottish Conservatives holdDetailsWestern Isles Independent politician Independent politician holdDetails Notes References Local elections 2006. House of Commons Library Research Paper 06/26. Vote 1999 BBC News Vote 2000 BBC News Local elections