1983 Manchester City Council election

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.

1983 Manchester City Council election

5 May 1983 (1983-05-05)
33 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council 50 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bill Egerton Cecil Franks Audrey Jones Party Labour Conservative Alliance Leader's seat Beswick and Clayton Chorlton Withington Last election 69 seats, 44.9% 26 seats, 31.2% 4 seats, 23.3% Seats before 69 26 4 Seats won 27 4 2 Seats after 72 22 5 Seat change 3 4 1 Popular vote 74,319 44,788 24,650 Percentage 51.6% 31.1% 17.1% Swing 5.7% 0.6% 5.2%
Map of results of 1983 election
Leader of the Council before election Bill Egerton Labour Leader of the Council after election Bill Egerton Labour

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Labour Party		74,319 (51.6%)		5.7	27 (81.8%)	27 / 33	3	72 (72.7%)	72 / 99
Conservative Party		44,788 (31.1%)		0.6	4 (12.1%)	4 / 33	4	22 (22.2%)	22 / 99
Alliance		24,650 (17.1%)		5.2	2 (6.1%)	2 / 33	1	5 (5.1%)	5 / 99
National Front		128 (0.1%)		0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Communist		108 (0.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 99
Independent		54 (0.0%)		0.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 33		0 (0.0%)	0 / 99

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Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Finley*	2,447	75.6	+3.4
	Conservative	Stephen Lundy	503	15.5	−0.2
	Liberal	Lauriston Ford	285	8.8	−3.2
Majority			1,944	60.1	+3.6
Turnout			3,235
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Baguley

Baguley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Winifred Smith*	2,826	62.3	+7.3
	Conservative	Christopher Ennis	1,290	28.4	+3.9
	Liberal	Georgina Hall	419	9.2	−11.3
Majority			1,536	33.9	+3.4
Turnout			4,535
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Tucker*	2,034	45.6	+8.5
	Conservative	Beryl Moore	1,702	38.2	+0.5
	SDP	Simon Gluck	720	16.2	−9.0
Majority			332	7.5	+6.8
Turnout			4,456
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

Benchill

Benchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Warren*	2,579	72.1	+9.7
	Conservative	Mirjam Malbon	554	15.5	+2.0
	Liberal	Gilbert Stacey	443	12.4	−11.8
Majority			2,025	56.6	+7.6
Turnout			3,576
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sidney Silverman*	2,498	68.9	+1.1
	Conservative	Leonard Hockey	797	22.0	−0.2
	SDP	Angus Bateman	244	6.7	−3.2
	National Front	Alfred Coles	84	2.3	+2.3
Majority			1,701	47.0	+1.3
Turnout			3,623
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Blackley

Blackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Kelly*	2,682	62.0	+3.3
	Conservative	Gerry Carey	1,238	28.6	+0.7
	Liberal	David Gordon	408	9.4	−4.0
Majority			1,444	33.4	+2.6
Turnout			4,328
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Harrison*	2,499	72.8	+4.0
	Conservative	Clive Webb	615	17.9	−0.3
	Liberal	Norman Towers	321	9.3	−3.7
Majority			1,884	54.8	+4.2
Turnout			3,435
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sumberg*	2,249	45.5	+0.1
	Labour	Paul Clarke	2,093	42.4	+7.8
	SDP	Jeffrey Burton	598	12.1	−7.9
Majority			156	3.2	−7.7
Turnout			4,940
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.8

Burnage

Burnage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marilyn Taylor	2,294	44.1	+7.7
	Conservative	Ronald Nicholson*	2,121	40.8	+0.6
	SDP	Kenneth McKeon	783	15.1	−8.3
Majority			173	3.3	−0.4
Turnout			5,198
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.5

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Conquest*	2,172	76.7	+8.3
	Conservative	Phyllis Pacey	352	12.4	+0.7
	SDP	Teresa Lyons	306	10.8	−9.0
Majority			1,820	64.3	+15.7
Turnout			2,830
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

Charlestown

Charlestown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wood*	2,362	52.5	+4.9
	Conservative	Richard Smith	1,407	31.3	+0.6
	SDP	John Czernenko	728	16.2	−5.5
Majority			955	21.2	+4.2
Turnout			4,497
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.1

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Harris*	2,560	66.7	+5.4
	SDP	Muhammad Qureshi	726	18.9	−4.4
	Conservative	Veronica Jones	551	14.4	−1.0
Majority			1,834	47.8	+9.9
Turnout			3,837
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Chorlton

Chorlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cecil Franks*	2,547	46.8	+3.0
	Labour	Graham Martin	1,986	36.5	+6.4
	Liberal	John Commons	876	16.1	−10.1
	Communist	Michael Waterfield	36	0.7	+0.7
Majority			561	10.3	−3.4
Turnout			5,445
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.7

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Basil Curley	1,887	44.3	+11.9
	Conservative	George Fildes*	1,836	43.1	−0.9
	SDP	Gerald Landsman	541	12.7	−11.0
Majority			51	1.2	−10.4
Turnout			4,264
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.4

Didsbury

Didsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Muriel Crawford*	2,877	52.3	+2.1
	SDP	John Whitman	1,467	26.7	−6.3
	Labour	Gerrard Carroll	1,153	21.0	+4.2
Majority			1,410	25.7	+8.4
Turnout			5,497
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

Fallowfield

Fallowfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Openshaw*	1,993	48.1	+7.5
	Conservative	John Hardman	1,587	38.3	+4.5
	SDP	George Nevins	560	13.5	−12.0
Majority			406	9.8	+3.0
Turnout			4,140
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Gorton North

Gorton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wilson	2,695	54.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Christopher McGregor	1,278	25.9	+4.3
	SDP	Zygmunt Gazdecki	964	19.5	−7.0
Majority			1,417	28.7	+3.4
Turnout			4,937
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

Gorton South

Gorton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Stevens*	2,247	52.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Dorothy Bell	1,282	29.9	+5.6
	Conservative	Peter Dunne	765	17.8	−7.1
Majority			965	22.5	−1.6
Turnout			4,294
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.1

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nilofar Siddiqi*	2,086	58.5	+2.8
	Conservative	Denise Jackson	883	24.8	−1.3
	SDP	Edward Charnley	596	16.7	−1.4
Majority			1,203	33.7	+4.1
Turnout			3,565
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Hulme

Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Robertson*	2,535	75.3	+12.2
	Conservative	Clive Freemantle	432	12.8	+0.2
	Liberal	David Nicholson	401	11.9	−12.4
Majority			2,103	62.4	+23.6
Turnout			3,368
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.0

Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Audrey Greaves	1,913	37.8	−4.4
	Labour	John Rimington	1,583	31.3	+6.3
	Conservative	John Monks	1,564	30.9	−1.8
Majority			330	6.5	−3.0
Turnout			5,060
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.3

Lightbowne

Lightbowne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Shaw*	2,543	53.3	+8.7
	Conservative	Albert Bolland	1,678	35.2	+7.3
	Liberal	John Cookson	551	11.5	−13.0
Majority			865	18.1	+1.4
Turnout			4,772
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Strath*	2,665	55.5	+10.9
	SDP	Altaf Ahmed	1,163	24.2	−8.9
	Conservative	George Taylor	903	18.8	+1.2
	Communist	Geoffrey Chandler	72	1.5	+1.5
Majority			1,502	31.3	+19.8
Turnout			4,803
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.9

Moss Side

Moss Side

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Darby	2,770	72.3	+9.8
	Conservative	Grant Higginson	698	18.2	−5.4
	Liberal	Sarah Barber	362	9.5	−1.5
Majority			2,072	54.1	+15.2
Turnout			3,830
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.6

Moston

Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Risby*	2,621	49.6	+6.5
	Conservative	Dave Eager	2,061	39.0	−0.8
	Liberal	Martin Gradwell	599	11.3	−5.7
Majority			560	10.6	+7.4
Turnout			5,281
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.6

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Taylor*	2,480	67.2	+4.4
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	880	23.8	−0.7
	Liberal	Vera Towers	286	7.8	−4.9
	National Front	Bryan Nylan	44	1.2	+1.2
Majority			1,600	43.4	+5.1
Turnout			3,690
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.5

Northenden

Northenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Healey*	2,433	44.4	+4.3
	Conservative	George Leigh	2,290	41.8	+3.5
	SDP	Lawrence Shields	754	13.8	−4.9
Majority			143	2.6	+0.8
Turnout			5,477
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

Old Moat

Old Moat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bradley	2,359	48.3	+14.7
	Conservative	Peter Hilton*	1,795	36.8	−5.0
	Liberal	Richard Clayton	729	14.9	−9.7
Majority			564	11.6	+3.3
Turnout			4,883
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.8

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Roff*	2,102	46.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Shakir Hussain	1,242	27.7	−6.3
	Liberal	Guy Goodman	1,081	24.1	+2.4
	Independent	Frederick Melling	54	1.2	+1.2
Majority			860	19.2	+9.0
Turnout			4,479
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

Sharston

Sharston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Jameson*	2,080	46.4	+2.8
	Conservative	Annie Spencer	1,398	31.2	+0.8
	Liberal	Herbert Griffiths	979	21.9	−3.7
Majority			682	15.2	+2.0
Turnout			4,479
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Whalley Range

Whalley Range

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Whetton*	2,063	45.9	+1.5
	Labour	Roy Walters	1,705	38.0	+7.9
	SDP	Mary James	723	16.1	−9.5
Majority			358	8.0	−6.4
Turnout			4,491
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.2

Withington

Withington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Sandiford	2,147	42.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Margaret Davies*	1,854	36.3	−3.1
	Labour	Raymond Write	1,111	21.7	+1.7
Majority			293	5.7	+4.5
Turnout			5,112
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.2

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Booth	2,239	60.3	−3.6
	Conservative	Gladys Parry	778	21.0	+3.6
	SDP	Eileen Wildman	695	18.7	−0.0
Majority			1,461	39.4	−5.8
Turnout			3,712
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6