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1 Election result  




2 Ward results  


2.1  Ardwick  




2.2  Baguley  




2.3  Barlow Moor  




2.4  Benchill  




2.5  Beswick and Clayton  




2.6  Blackley  




2.7  Bradford  




2.8  Brooklands  




2.9  Burnage  




2.10  Central  




2.11  Charlestown  




2.12  Cheetham  




2.13  Chorlton  




2.14  Crumpsall  




2.15  Didsbury  




2.16  Fallowfield  




2.17  Gorton North  




2.18  Gorton South  




2.19  Harpurhey  




2.20  Hulme  




2.21  Levenshulme  




2.22  Lightbowne  




2.23  Longsight  




2.24  Moss Side  




2.25  Moston  




2.26  Newton Heath  




2.27  Northenden  




2.28  Old Moat  




2.29  Rusholme  




2.30  Sharston  




2.31  Whalley Range  




2.32  Withington  




2.33  Woodhouse Park  






3 References  













1983 Manchester City Council election







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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

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Manchester Council Election Result 1983
Party 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:

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

Ward results

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Ardwick

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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