1983 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester 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. ^[1]

Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1983
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	27	3	0	+3	81.8	51.6	74,319	+6.7%
Conservative	4	0	4	-4	12.1	31.1	44,788	-0.1%
Alliance	2	1	0	+1	6.0	17.1	24,650	-6.2%
National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	128	+0.1%
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	108	+0.1%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	54	-0.3%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

	Seats	+/-
Labour	72	+3
Conservative	22	-4
Alliance	5	+1
Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Norman Finley*	2,447	75.6	+3.4
	Conservative	Stephen Lundy	503	15.5	−0.2
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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	%	±%
	Alliance	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
	Alliance 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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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
	Alliance	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	%	±%
	Alliance	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
	Alliance 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
	Alliance	Eileen Wildman	695	18.7	−0.0
Majority			1,461	39.4	−5.8
Turnout			3,712
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

References

^ Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).

[1] Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).

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