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1 Election result  




2 Ward results  


2.1  Abercromby  




2.2  Aigburth  




2.3  Allerton  




2.4  Anfield  




2.5  Arundel  




2.6  Breckfield  




2.7  Broadgreen  




2.8  Childwall  




2.9  Church  




2.10  Clubmoor  




2.11  County  




2.12  Croxteth  




2.13  Dingle  




2.14  Dovecot  




2.15  Everton  




2.16  Fazakerley  




2.17  Gillmoss  




2.18  Granby  




2.19  Grassendale  




2.20  Kensington  




2.21  Melrose  




2.22  Netherley  




2.23  Old Swan  




2.24  Picton  




2.25  Pirrie  




2.26  St. Mary's  




2.27  Smithdown  




2.28  Speke  




2.29  Tuebrook  




2.30  Valley  




2.31  Vauxhall  




2.32  Warbreck  




2.33  Woolton  






3 References  













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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Seats   ±  
Labour 51 +9
Liberal 30 -6
Conservative 18 -1

Election result[edit]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1983
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 23 +9 0 +9 69% 47% 76,176
  Liberal 9 +2 -8 -6 27% 29% 47,021
  Conservative 3 0 -3 -3 9% 21% 34,363
  SDP 0 0 -2 -2 0% 3% 4,306
  Communist 0 0% 0.3% 456
  Independent 0 0% 0.04% 73

[2]

Ward results[edit]

Abercromby[edit]

Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Rutledge 2,010 74%
Liberal C. J. Leahy 371 14%
Conservative H. V. Tracy-Forster 237 9%
Communist F. Carroll 111 4%
Majority 1,773
Registered electors 9,370
Turnout 2,729 29%

Aigburth[edit]

Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Trevor Jones 2,624 46%
Labour J. D. Williams 1,591 28%
Conservative J. Mass 1,522 27%
Majority 1,033
Registered electors 13,755
Turnout 5,737 42%

Allerton[edit]

Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. S. Ross 3,092 57%
SDP W. M. Scott 812 15%
Labour A. J. R. Scott-Samuel 1,565 29%
Majority 1,527
Registered electors 12,752
Turnout 5,469 43%

Anfield[edit]

Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal P. V. Downes 2,322 42%
Labour J. E. Roberts 2,188 40%
Conservative A. Nugent 988 18%
Majority 134
Registered electors 12,672
Turnout 5,498 43%

Arundel[edit]

Arundel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Lyon-Taylor 2,075 40%
Liberal S. Hicks 2,016 38%
Conservative H. M. Rigby 984 19%
SDP G. Endicott 106 2%
Communist J. C. Blevin 63 1%
Majority 59
Registered electors 12,262
Turnout 5,244 43%

Breckfield[edit]

Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. McIntosh 2,296 48%
Liberal Jimmy Kendrick 2,189 46%
Conservative W. D. Henry 253 5%
Majority 107
Registered electors 11,720
Turnout 4,738 40%

Broadgreen[edit]

Broadgreen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. L. Dillon 2,599 44%
Liberal I. Ilkin 2,118 36%
Conservative S. Fitzsimmons 1,219 21%
Majority 481
Registered electors 13,599
Turnout 5,936 44%

Childwall[edit]

Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Neville Gordon Chinn 2,663 41%
Conservative M. Kingston 2,444 38%
Labour P. Kinsella 1,323 21%
Majority 189
Registered electors 13,704
Turnout 6,400 47%

Church[edit]

Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal E. M. Brash 3,726 51%
Conservative T. P. Pink 2,409 33%
Labour S. D. Fleming 1,241 17%
Majority 1,317
Registered electors 14,934
Turnout 7,376 49%

Clubmoor[edit]

Clubmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. P. Lafferty 3,651 61%
Liberal W. F. Burke 1,423 24%
Conservative S. Hicklin 877 15%
Majority 2,228
Registered electors 13,597
Turnout 5,951 44%

County[edit]

County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Mills 2,542 44%
Liberal N. T. Cardwell 2,370 41%
Conservative R. Hughes 816 14%
Majority 172
Registered electors 13,071
Turnout 5,801 44%

Croxteth[edit]

Croxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. R. Butler 2,845 50%
Labour A. Dunford 2,022 36%
SDP E. Gurny 777 14%
Majority 823
Registered electors 13,746
Turnout 5,644 41%

Dingle[edit]

Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Clarke 2,917 55%
Liberal C. Collins 1,810 34%
Conservative D. W. Patmore 532 10%
Communist J. Cook 44 1%
Majority 1,107
Registered electors 11,690
Turnout 5,303 45%

Dovecot[edit]

Dovecot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. P. Johnson 3,202 74%
Conservative R. J. A. Globe 768 18%
SDP H. Weaver 341 8%
Majority 2,434
Registered electors 11,912
Turnout 4,311 36%

Everton[edit]

Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Brady 2,449 85%
Conservative P. M. Pedley 215 7%
Liberal A. Williams 171 6%
Communist J. Kay 36 1%
Majority 2,234
Registered electors 9,673
Turnout 2,871 30%

Fazakerley[edit]

Fazakerley 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Nelson 2,860 63%
Labour J. L. Linden 2,807 62%
Conservative A. Brown 1,113 25%
Conservative J. H. Brash 1.002 22%
SDP J. P. Prince 544 12%
SDP S. D. Jones 503 11%
Majority 1,747
Registered electors 11,496
Turnout 4,517 39%

Gillmoss[edit]

Gillmoss
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. J. Murphy 2,887 75%
Conservative A. Gore 493 13%
SDP P. J. Kellett 472 12%
Majority 2,394
Registered electors 11,878
Turnout 3,852 32%

Granby[edit]

Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. D. Hamiltom 2,360 52%
Liberal Arthur Eric Damsell 1,827 40%
Conservative D. N. Gillott 264 6%
Communist E. F. Caddick 69 2%
SDP H. F. Clucas 40 1%
Majority 533
Registered electors 10,618
Turnout 4,560 43%

Grassendale[edit]

Grassendale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerard Patrick Scott 3,368 51%
Conservative J. Bennett 2,324 35%
Labour E. A. Taylor 783 12%
SDP R. Isaacson 174 3%
Majority 1,044
Registered electors 12,347
Turnout 6,649 54%

Kensington[edit]

Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Graham Hulme 2,182 45%
Labour A. D. Fogg 2,158 45%
Conservative T. N. Teppett 496 10%
Majority 24
Registered electors 12,680
Turnout 4,836 38%

Melrose[edit]

Melrose 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. P. Lancaster 2,677 55%
Labour P. A. Dunlop 2,580 53%
Liberal Kevin Andrew Sewill 1,868 39%
Liberal David Vasmer 1,776 37%
Conservative D. M. Cooper 217 4%
Conservative C. Cooper 215 4%
SDP T. McDonald 75 1.6%
SDP J. Diamond 72 1.5%
Majority 809
Registered electors 11,379
Turnout 4,835 42%

Netherley[edit]

Netherley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Derek Hatton 2,619 78%
Conservative A. Benfield 438 13%
SDP Ian Phillips 307 9%
Majority 2,181
Registered electors 8,049
Turnout 3,364 42%

Old Swan[edit]

Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Lloyd 2,662 45%
Liberal J. Smith 2,403 41%
Conservative J. L. D. Dowling 812 14%
Majority 259
Registered electors 12,002
Turnout 5,877 49%

Picton[edit]

Picton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Bradley 2,759 53%
Labour J. A. Devaney 1,898 37%
Conservative B. Keefe 463 9%
Communist J. G. Volleamere 69 1%
Majority 861
Registered electors 11,725
Turnout 5,189 44%

Pirrie[edit]

Pirrie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Black 3,682 76%
Conservative J. F. Atkinson 721 15%
SDP D. Stephenson 454 9%
Majority 2,961
Registered electors 12,217
Turnout 4,857 40%

St. Mary's[edit]

St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Humphries 2,793 56%
Liberal E. M. Clein 1,061 21%
Conservative R. A. Parkes 995 20%
SDP F. S. Roderick 158 3%
Majority 1,732
Registered electors 11,741
Turnout 5,007 43%

Smithdown[edit]

Smithdown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. M. Jenkins 2,454 54%
Liberal J. S. Clitherow 1,964 43%
Conservative B. J. Ardrey 146 3%
Majority 490
Registered electors 10,650
Turnout 4,564 43%

Speke[edit]

Speke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Stewart 2,552 78%
Conservative K. G. Watkin 436 13%
Liberal J. D. Ball 285 9%
Majority 2,116
Registered electors 9,740
Turnout 3,273 34%

Tuebrook[edit]

Tuebrook 2 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Pine 2,631
Liberal J. Crawley 2,482 47%
Labour D. W. Barratt 1,918 36%
Labour V. J. Wagner 1,703 32%
Conservative D. Ellis 728 14%
Conservative F. Oldham 616 12%
Majority 713
Registered electors 12,463
Turnout 5,277 42%

Valley[edit]

Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. J. Byrne 2,697 67%
Conservative P. C. Stephen 712 18%
Liberal Ernest Richard Stephenson 609 15%
Majority 1,985
Registered electors 9,916
Turnout 4,018 41%

Vauxhall[edit]

Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. E. Luckock 2,787 89%
Liberal R. J. Flood 230 7%
Conservative H. W. Drohan 115 4%
Majority 2,557
Registered electors 8,647
Turnout 3,132 36%

Warbreck[edit]

Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Hackett 1,982 37%
Liberal E. J. Lang 1,681 31%
Conservative R. B. Flude 1,697 31%
Communist K. C. Nelson 64 1%
Majority 285
Registered electors 13,933
Turnout 5,424 39%

Woolton[edit]

Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. McVeigh 3,498 66%
Labour H. G. Kilduff 1,097 21%
Liberal J. Joyce 415 8%
Majority 2,401
Registered electors 12,790
Turnout 5,329 42%

[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1983
  • ^ Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1983
  • ^ Liverpool Daily Post 6 May 1983

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