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Elections to Leeds City Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected.[1]
The unwinding of much of Alliance's momentum helped Labour defend most of their 1982 losses, with the Conservative and Alliance gains restricted to a seat apiece in Morley North and Burmantofts respectively. The Conservative ousted by the Alliance gain in ultra-marginal Horsforth the year before won his way back onto the council with the only other gain of the night.[1]
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 57.6 | 40.1 | 90,584 | +5.7% | |
Conservative | 11 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 33.3 | 36.3 | 81,908 | +0.5% | |
Alliance | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.1 | 23.0 | 51,880 | -6.4% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 539 | +0.2% | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 468 | -0.0% | |
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 227 | -0.0% | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 142 | +0.1% |
This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 56 | 54 | |||
Conservatives | 32 | 34 | |||
Alliance | 11 | 11 | |||
Total | 99 | 99 | |||
Working majority | 13 | 9 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Barber | 3,958 | 43.2 | +1.0 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | M. Cooksey | 2,678 | 29.2 | −7.4 | |
Labour | P. Booth | 2,532 | 27.6 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 1,280 | 14.0 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,168 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (Liberal) | D. Selby | 2,989 | 45.8 | −0.7 | |
Labour | B. Ewart | 2,143 | 32.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | H. Hinchliffe | 1,349 | 20.7 | −2.5 | |
Communist | J. Hodgson | 46 | 0.7 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 846 | 13.0 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,527 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Monks | 3,652 | 49.5 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | W. Hedley | 2,937 | 39.8 | −2.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | E. Ayres | 792 | 10.7 | −7.2 | |
Majority | 715 | 9.7 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,381 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Booth | 2,937 | 54.3 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | W. Birch | 1,755 | 32.5 | +0.5 | |
Alliance (SDP) | B. Pollard | 712 | 13.2 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 1,182 | 21.9 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,404 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Miller | 3,343 | 51.7 | +6.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | R. Barker | 2,012 | 31.1 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | G. Broadbent | 1,114 | 17.2 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 1,331 | 20.6 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,469 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (Liberal) | T. Bland | 3,174 | 45.6 | −7.5 | |
Labour | S. Armitage | 2,954 | 42.5 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | S. Temple | 715 | 10.3 | −0.7 | |
National Front | P. Vessey | 59 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Communist | M. Monkman | 56 | 0.8 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 220 | 3.2 | −14.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,958 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | -7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Clarke | 4,049 | 60.1 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | J. Moore | 1,809 | 26.9 | −0.2 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | C. Smith | 879 | 13.0 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 2,240 | 33.2 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,737 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Morris | 3,705 | 64.4 | +2.7 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | A. Paton | 1,177 | 20.5 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | D. Tomlinson | 872 | 15.2 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 2,528 | 43.9 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,754 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Wheatley | 4,141 | 55.9 | +0.0 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | P. Kelley | 1,900 | 25.7 | −5.4 | |
Labour | F. Davis | 1,362 | 18.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 2,241 | 30.3 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,403 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Lambert | 3,673 | 44.1 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | N. May | 3,562 | 42.8 | +2.2 | |
Alliance (SDP) | P. Wilson | 1,095 | 13.1 | −11.7 | |
Majority | 111 | 1.3 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,330 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Hyde | 4,025 | 59.2 | +3.4 | |
Labour | W. Prichard | 1,700 | 25.0 | +7.0 | |
Alliance (SDP) | J. Ratcliffe | 1,069 | 15.7 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 2,325 | 34.2 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,794 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Simmons | 3,924 | 65.1 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | C. Robins | 1,374 | 22.8 | −2.7 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | N. Foster | 732 | 12.1 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 2,550 | 42.3 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,030 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Thomas | 3,646 | 53.6 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | D. Flowers | 2,190 | 32.2 | +1.6 | |
Alliance (SDP) | C. Mularczyk | 824 | 12.1 | −9.2 | |
Communist | B. Cooper | 140 | 2.1 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 1,456 | 21.4 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,800 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | V. Stevens | 3,875 | 45.8 | +2.0 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | M. Crossfield | 3,720 | 44.0 | −1.6 | |
Labour | A. Radford | 858 | 10.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 155 | 1.8 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,453 | ||||
Conservative gain from Alliance | Swing | +1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Battle | 3,520 | 83.5 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | R. Wilkinson | 405 | 9.6 | +0.4 | |
Alliance (SDP) | D. Midgley | 289 | 6.9 | −10.3 | |
Majority | 3,115 | 73.9 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,214 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Illingworth | 3,727 | 56.2 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | A. Walkington | 1,808 | 27.3 | −2.4 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | P. Meadowcroft | 1,014 | 15.3 | +2.2 | |
Communist | B. Jackson | 78 | 1.2 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 1,919 | 29.0 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,627 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Taylor | 3,303 | 73.7 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | A. Larvin | 765 | 17.1 | −0.4 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | L. Thackray | 411 | 9.2 | −9.4 | |
Majority | 2,538 | 56.7 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,479 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Sparling | 3,739 | 47.9 | −1.6 | |
Alliance (SDP) | M. Harris | 2,712 | 34.7 | −1.4 | |
Labour | G. Ford | 1,363 | 17.4 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,027 | 13.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,814 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Marshall | 3,522 | 46.5 | +5.3 | |
Labour | R. Cordingley | 3,168 | 41.8 | +6.9 | |
Alliance (SDP) | H. Smith | 886 | 11.7 | −12.2 | |
Majority | 354 | 4.7 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,576 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Mitchell | 3,426 | 50.2 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | R. Halpin | 2,189 | 32.0 | +7.7 | |
Alliance (SDP) | S. Beagles | 677 | 9.9 | −14.6 | |
Independent | S. Welham | 539 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Majority | 1,237 | 18.1 | −8.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,831 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Feldman | 4,011 | 61.5 | +4.0 | |
Alliance (SDP) | M. Lance | 1,415 | 21.7 | −9.0 | |
Labour | R. Davey | 1,101 | 16.9 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 2,596 | 39.8 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,527 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance (Liberal) | G. Kirkland | 5,196 | 51.3 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | E. Davies | 3,844 | 37.9 | −2.6 | |
Labour | J. Monksfield | 869 | 8.6 | −0.3 | |
Ecology | A. Laurence | 227 | 2.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 1,352 | 13.3 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,136 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | I. Favell | 4,031 | 50.1 | +5.5 | |
Labour | F. Burnley | 2,444 | 30.4 | +2.2 | |
Alliance (SDP) | V. Hudson | 1,569 | 19.5 | −7.7 | |
Majority | 1,587 | 19.7 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,044 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Dickinson | 2,688 | 39.4 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | P. Lee | 2,500 | 36.6 | +2.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | A. Booker | 1,637 | 24.0 | −7.5 | |
Majority | 188 | 2.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,825 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Hamilton | 3,636 | 50.3 | +14.2 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | K. Norman | 2,973 | 41.1 | −14.1 | |
Conservative | J. Higham | 534 | 7.4 | −1.2 | |
National Front | H. Hilton | 83 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 663 | 9.2 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,226 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Walker | 3,609 | 59.0 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | D. Boynton | 1,667 | 27.3 | +1.7 | |
Alliance (SDP) | P. Burton | 790 | 12.9 | −12.1 | |
Communist | R. Horsbrough | 50 | 0.8 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 1,942 | 31.8 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,116 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Gruen | 4,582 | 63.5 | +3.4 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | S. Holland | 1,449 | 20.1 | −6.5 | |
Labour | C. Samuels | 1,189 | 16.5 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 3,133 | 43.4 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,220 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Gabb | 3,408 | 67.9 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | P. Hyde | 1,052 | 21.0 | +2.1 | |
Alliance (SDP) | T. Ayres | 559 | 11.1 | −7.2 | |
Majority | 2,356 | 46.9 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,019 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Sloane | 3,233 | 66.0 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | J. Mindell | 904 | 18.5 | +2.3 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | J. Staines | 664 | 13.6 | −5.4 | |
Communist | J. Rodgers | 98 | 2.0 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 2,329 | 47.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,899 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Gill | 3,369 | 45.9 | −0.3 | |
Labour | I. Steele | 2,526 | 34.5 | +9.5 | |
Alliance (SDP) | G. Fox | 1,437 | 19.6 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 843 | 11.5 | −5.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,332 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Hudson | 4,977 | 68.8 | −0.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | T. Burgess | 1,480 | 20.5 | −1.5 | |
Labour | R. Bishop | 777 | 10.7 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 3,497 | 48.3 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,234 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Blower | 2,807 | 48.4 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | M. Beardsall | 2,135 | 36.8 | +2.3 | |
Alliance (SDP) | D. Mortimer | 860 | 14.8 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 672 | 11.6 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,802 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | P. Fathers | 3,312 | 43.5 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | H. Connah | 2,198 | 28.8 | −2.1 | |
Alliance (Liberal) | A. Gilchrist | 2,109 | 27.7 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 1,114 | 14.6 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,619 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 |