1982 Manchester City Council election

1982 Manchester City Council election
6 May 1982 (1982-05-06)
99 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 & Clayton Chorlton Withington
Last election 30 seats,
57.0% 		4 seats,
32.1% 		1 seats,
10.2%
Seats before 67 23 9
Seats won 69 26 4
Seats after 69 26 4
Seat change 2 3 5
Popular vote 175,762 121,324 85,363
Percentage 45.9% 31.7% 22.3%
Swing 11.1% 0.4% 12.1%
Map of results of 1982 election
Leader of the Council before election

Norman Morris
Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Bill Egerton
Labour

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982. Due to demographic changes in the city since the formation of the new City Council in 1973, and in common with some other English councils in 1982, substantial boundary changes to all wards were implemented in time for these elections. The most notable changes were as follows:

- The wards of Collegiate Church and Miles Platting were merged, with most of their combined areas forming a new Central ward.

- A new ward of Benchill was carved out of the existing wards of Baguley, Crossacres, and Woodhouse Park.

- Beswick ward became the new Beswick and Clayton ward.

- Lloyd Street ward became the new Fallowfield ward.

- Crossacres ward became the new Sharston ward.

- Alexandra ward became the new Whalley Range ward.

Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole council to be re-elected. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 1986, the second-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 1984, and the third-placed candidate serving a one-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Labour party retained overall control of the council.[1]

Election result

Party Votes Seats
Labour Party 175,762 (45.9%)
11.1 69 (69.7%)
69 / 99
 3
Conservative Party 121,324 (31.7%)
0.4 26 (26.3%)
26 / 99
 3
Alliance 85,363 (22.3%)
12.1 4 (4.0%)
4 / 99
Independent 483 (0.1%)
0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
National Front 166 (0.0%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
 N/A
Workers Revolutionary 106 (0.0%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
 N/A


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69 4 26

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Barrett* 1,936 67.9
Labour Frank Dale* 1,870 65.6
Labour Norman Finley* 1,806 63.3
Conservative Arthur Davies 422 14.8
Conservative John Alblas 389 13.6
Conservative Ian Savell 374 13.1
Liberal Delsya Redford 323 11.3
Liberal John Smith 314 11.0
Liberal Gunther Kloss 295 10.3
Majority 1,384 48.5
Turnout 2,851 27.4
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Baguley

Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frances Done* 2,261 51.9
Labour Anthony Burns* 2,160 49.6
Labour Winifred Smith 2,080 47.7
Conservative Christopher Ennis 1,009 23.2
Conservative Patricia Fitzsimons 936 21.5
Conservative Dorothy Hurst 867 19.9
Liberal Leeming Griffiths 844 19.4
Liberal Georgina Hall 814 18.7
Liberal Muriel James 695 16.0
Majority 1,071 24.6
Turnout 4,357 41.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Tucker* 1,546 35.6
Conservative Henry Moore* 1,533 35.3
Labour Christopher Tucker 1,522 35.1
Labour Keith Bradley 1,480 34.1
Labour Rhona Graham 1,468 33.8
Conservative Beryl Moore 1,464 33.8
SDP Fred Balcombe* 1,030 23.7
SDP Glenna Robson 975 22.5
SDP Trevor Thomas* 900 20.8
Majority 42 1.0
Turnout 4,337 39.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Benchill

Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Home 2,136 58.8
Labour Veronica Myers 2,125 58.5
Labour Neil Warren 2,050 56.4
Liberal Herbert Griffiths 827 22.8
Liberal Gilbert Stacey 751 20.7
Liberal Bridget Brannan 679 18.7
Conservative Valerie Corrigan 460 12.7
Conservative David Harrington 437 12.0
Conservative Tracey Dennett 422 11.6
Majority 1,223 33.7
Turnout 3,634 35.9
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Egerton 2,167 65.4
Labour Jack Flanagan* 2,116 63.9
Labour Sidney Silverman* 1,979 59.7
Conservative Leonard Hockey 710 21.4
Conservative Keith West 536 16.2
Conservative Joan Swatton 533 16.1
SDP Susan Birtwistle 318 9.6
SDP Charles Hill 276 8.3
SDP Ruth Levy 251 7.6
Majority 1,269 38.3
Turnout 3,314 36.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Blackley

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Chadwick* 2,307 56.0
Labour Edward Newman* 2,210 53.6
Labour Eileen Kelly 2,159 52.4
Conservative Valerie Hall 1,097 26.6
Conservative Paul Soden 979 23.8
Conservative Brian Whaite 961 23.3
Liberal Norman Towers 528 12.8
Liberal John Cookson 517 12.5
Liberal David Gordon 507 12.3
Majority 1,062 25.8
Turnout 4,121 41.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Gilmore* 2,190 67.1
Labour Edward Grant* 2,064 63.3
Labour Michael Harrison 1,928 59.1
Conservative David Eager 579 17.7
Conservative Geoffrey Glover 518 15.9
Conservative Stephen Ellwood 502 15.4
Liberal Charles Harris 417 12.8
Liberal Colin Dowse 354 10.8
SDP Peter Crichton-Gold 344 10.5
Majority 1,349 41.3
Turnout 3,263 33.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brooklands

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Yvonne Emery* 2,232 45.1
Conservative Arthur O'Connor 2,098 42.4
Conservative David Sumberg 2,047 41.3
Labour Roger Delahunty 1,699 34.3
Labour Richard Reddington 1,627 32.9
Labour Harold Reid 1,621 32.7
SDP Jeffrey Burton 983 19.9
SDP Lawrence Shields 943 19.0
SDP Barry McColgan 941 19.0
Majority 348 7.0
Turnout 4,952 49.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Burnage

Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Kershaw 1,924 37.7
Conservative Horace Platt* 1,920 37.6
Conservative Ronald Nicholson 1,892 37.0
Labour Graham Martin* 1,743 34.1
Labour Marilyn Taylor 1,721 33.7
Labour John Wilson 1,618 31.7
SDP Christopher Muir 1,116 21.8
SDP Thomas Burgess 1,114 21.8
Liberal Margaret Boyle 1,096 21.5
Majority 149 2.9
Turnout 5,109 47.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Central

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Latham* 1,713 67.7
Labour Gordon Conquest* 1,550 61.2
Labour Patricia Conquest* 1,538 60.7
SDP Ernest Crank 497 19.6
SDP Robert Young 363 14.3
SDP Martin Nuttall 339 13.4
Conservative Jean Orr 294 11.6
Conservative Phylis Pacey 294 11.6
Conservative Alexander Perman 274 10.8
Majority 1,041 41.1
Turnout 2,532 27.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Charlestown

Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Lee 1,926 44.8
Labour David Ford 1,879 43.7
Labour Alan Wood 1,782 41.4
Conservative Sandra Cartwright 1,240 28.8
Conservative Arthur Ashmore 1,179 27.4
Conservative John Grimshaw 1,171 27.2
SDP Sydney Earnshaw 876 20.4
SDP Agnes Hart 737 17.1
SDP Myra Landsman 719 16.7
Majority 542 12.6
Turnout 4,303 41.0
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Shaw* 2,031 58.8
Labour John Broderick* 1,996 57.8
Labour Nicholas Harris 1,912 55.3
SDP Mohammed Aslam 775 22.4
SDP John Czernenko 723 20.9
SDP John Whitman 656 19.0
Conservative Russell Berg 508 14.7
Conservative David Philip 492 14.2
Conservative David Sparrow 469 13.6
Majority 1,137 32.9
Turnout 3,455 34.1
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chorlton

Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Sanders* 2,326 41.9
Conservative Maureen Vince* 2,260 40.7
Conservative Cecil Franks* 2,249 40.5
Labour Michael Ash-Edwards 1,595 28.7
Labour Beverley Watson 1,538 27.7
Labour Stephen Darroch 1,478 26.6
Liberal John Commons 1,390 25.0
SDP Mary James 1,301 23.4
SDP Michael Palmer 1,235 22.2
Majority 654 11.8
Turnout 5,555 50.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Butler 1,822 42.6
Conservative Frederick Lever* 1,634 38.2
Conservative George Fildes* 1,577 36.8
Labour Basil Curley 1,341 31.3
Labour Richard Jones 1,333 31.1
Labour Kenneth Barnes 1,332 31.1
SDP Gerald Landsman 980 22.9
SDP Brian Gibbons 944 22.0
SDP Teresa Lyons 857 20.0
Majority 236 5.5
Turnout 4,282 45.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joyce Hill* 2,912 49.1
Conservative John Duke* 2,903 49.0
Conservative Muriel Crawford* 2,826 47.7
SDP Bernard Lever 1,911 32.2
Liberal Ronald Axtell 1,725 29.1
Liberal Jack Edwards 1,723 29.1
Labour Helen Gregory 970 16.4
Labour Vivien Prendiville 946 16.0
Labour Richard Ramsden 923 15.6
Majority 915 15.4
Turnout 5,927 53.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fallowfield

Fallowfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Morrison 1,696 39.1
Labour Joseph Holly 1,649 38.0
Labour Philip Openshaw 1,574 36.3
Conservative Paul Hackett 1,412 32.6
Conservative George Taylor 1,363 31.4
Conservative John Hardman 1,342 31.0
SDP Robert Davison 1,067 24.6
SDP James Bradley* 1,062 24.5
SDP Kenneth McKeon* 1,016 23.4
Majority 162 3.7
Turnout 4,335 38.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Brierley* 2,280 49.2
Labour Thomas Hamnett* 2,221 47.9
Labour Peter Hildrew* 2,116 45.6
SDP Gerard Collins 1,168 25.2
SDP Zygmunt Gazdecki 1,130 24.4
SDP James Rowan 1,068 23.0
Conservative Agnes Caroll 950 20.5
Conservative Elizabeth Dimmock 901 19.4
Conservative Veronica Jones 884 19.1
Majority 948 20.4
Turnout 4,637 42.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Barker* 1,880 48.1
Labour Kenneth Franklin* 1,766 45.2
Labour Valerie Stevens 1,676 42.9
Conservative Ronald Beaman 955 24.4
Liberal John Redfern 931 23.8
Liberal Elsie Hooper 923 23.6
Liberal Carole Helme 882 22.6
Conservative Peter Dunne 858 22.0
Conservative Clive Webb 824 21.1
National Front Alfred Coles 70 1.8
National Front John Hulse 52 1.3
National Front Bryan Nylan 44 1.1
Majority 721 18.5
Turnout 3,908 36.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Karney 1,839 55.7
Labour Graham Stringer 1,712 51.9
Labour Nilofar Siddiqi 1,656 50.2
Conservative Joyce Harding 862 26.1
Conservative Norman Jones 831 25.2
Conservative Richard Smith 785 23.8
SDP Edward Charnley 598 18.1
SDP Anthony Newman 595 18.0
SDP Thomas Jones 547 16.6
Majority 794 24.1
Turnout 3,299 38.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hulme

Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Keenlyside 2,105 60.9
Labour Valerie Dunn 1,992 57.7
Labour Sheila Robertson 1,931 55.9
Liberal Thomas McClure 811 23.5
Liberal Robert Taylor 707 20.5
Liberal David Nicholson 670 19.4
Conservative Grant Higginson 421 12.2
Conservative Peter Hardman 413 12.0
Conservative Clare Hare 388 11.2
Majority 1,120 32.4
Turnout 3,455 30.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Whitmore* 2,029 41.8
Liberal Janet Blessing 1,792 36.9
Liberal Howard Smith* 1,743 35.9
Conservative John Barber* 1,573 32.4
Conservative Winifrede Carlton 1,484 30.6
Conservative John Monks 1,394 28.7
Labour Alison Jones 1,200 24.7
Labour John Rimington 1,189 24.5
Labour Rachel Pollard 1,177 24.3
Majority 170 3.5
Turnout 4,851 47.5
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Murphy* 2,145 44.4
Labour Alison Kelly* 1,952 40.4
Labour Derek Shaw 1,950 40.4
Conservative Albert Bolland 1,340 27.7
Conservative Vincent Clare 1,333 27.6
Conservative Grace Cleworth 1,315 27.2
Liberal Frederick Pinder 1,184 24.5
Liberal James Ashley 1,168 24.2
Liberal Elizabeth Thompson 1,043 21.6
Independent George Croston 147 3.0
Majority 610 12.7
Turnout 4,831 47.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Byrne 1,875 43.5
Labour Kathleen Robinson 1,787 41.4
Labour Kenneth Strath 1,650 38.3
SDP Altaf Ahmed 1,394 32.3
SDP George Nevins 911 21.1
SDP Joseph Podbylski 798 18.5
Conservative Nigel Davidson 741 17.2
Conservative John Watson 736 17.1
Conservative William O'Grady 688 16.0
Independent Geoffrey Chandler 199 4.6
Majority 256 6.0
Turnout 4,313 36.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Moss Side

Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hugh Paget* 2,285 61.5
Labour Arnold Spencer 2,123 57.1
Labour Jeffrey Wilner* 1,969 53.0
Conservative Robert Taylor 863 23.2
Conservative Mary Barnes 795 21.4
Conservative Joan Goldsby 758 20.4
Liberal Sarah Barber 400 10.8
SDP Norman Allen 380 10.2
Liberal Lauriston Ford 362 9.7
Workers Revolutionary Frederick Marshall 106 2.9
Majority 1,106 29.8
Turnout 3,718 35.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin McLaren* 2,220 42.5
Conservative Kenneth Goulding 2,054 39.3
Labour William Risby 2,024 38.7
Labour Leonard Kelly 2,022 38.7
Conservative Gwendoline Hurley* 1,904 36.4
Conservative Gerald Carey 1,839 35.2
Liberal John Bailey 881 16.9
Liberal John Gradwell 808 15.5
Liberal Martin Gradwell 792 13.9
Majority 2 0.0
Turnout 5,228 49.9
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clifford Tomlinson* 1,933 58.0
Labour John Smith* 1,925 57.8
Labour Michael Taylor* 1,875 56.3
Conservative David Booth 755 22.7
Conservative Stephen Johnson 672 20.2
Conservative Kenneth Leeson 616 18.5
Liberal Joyce Laslett 389 11.7
Liberal Vera Towers 352 10.6
Liberal Geoffrey Mawson 344 10.3
Majority 1,120 33.6
Turnout 3,332 33.8
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Northenden

Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Barnes 1,954 39.8
Labour Harold Brown 1,890 38.5
Labour Duncan Healey 1,881 38.3
Conservative George Leigh* 1,865 38.0
Conservative Dorothy Mountford 1,694 34.5
Conservative John Graham 1,639 33.4
Liberal John Holland 911 18.6
Liberal Julian Goldstone 888 18.1
Liberal Kenneth Lightowler 842 17.2
Independent Stanley Rose 137 2.8
Majority 16 0.3
Turnout 4,907 47.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Aikman* 2,053 40.6
Conservative Gerard Fitzsimons 1,924 38.1
Conservative Peter Hilton 1,888 37.4
Labour Trevor Allcock 1,649 32.6
Labour Deborah Bryson 1,520 30.1
Labour Roy Walters 1,493 29.6
Liberal Pamela Elwood 1,213 24.0
Liberal Anthony Parkinson 1,199 23.7
Liberal John Stevenson 1,148 22.7
Majority 239 4.7
Turnout 5,052 45.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Egan 1,926 42.6
Labour John Nicholson* 1,895 41.9
Labour Margaret Roff 1,823 40.3
Conservative Shakir Hussain 1,484 32.8
Conservative Alan Catchpole 1,350 29.8
Conservative Catherine McQuade 1,313 29.0
Liberal Peter Thompson 947 20.9
Liberal Audrey Greaves 920 20.3
Liberal David Tierney 843 18.6
Majority 339 7.5
Turnout 4,526 44.5
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Sharston

Sharston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kenneth Collis* 1,906 42.1
Labour Kevan Lim* 1,787 39.4
Labour William Jameson 1,735 38.3
Conservative Annie Spencer 1,329 29.3
Conservative Rodney Munn 1,322 29.2
Conservative Kathleen Hay 1,290 28.5
SDP Eileen Bowers 1,115 24.6
SDP Robert Bowers 1,112 24.5
SDP Angus Bateman* 1,052 23.2
Majority 406 9.0
Turnout 4,530 46.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Whalley Range

Whalley Range
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Rodgers* 2,029 42.9
Conservative Andrew Neville 1,951 41.3
Conservative Michael Whetton 1,926 40.7
Labour David Grigg 1,371 29.0
Labour Anthony Williams 1,300 27.5
Labour Barclay Patoir 1,220 25.8
SDP Roy Jarman 1,168 24.7
SDP David Levy 1,057 22.4
SDP Simon Lewis 1,057 22.4
Majority 555 11.7
Turnout 4,729 48.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Audrey Jones* 2,043 40.5
Conservative Joan Jacobs* 1,981 39.3
Conservative Margaret Davies 1,854 36.7
Liberal David Sandiford* 1,836 36.4
Conservative Muriel Pierce 1,828 36.2
Liberal Graham Shaw 1,675 33.2
Labour Frank Booth 1,006 19.9
Labour Karl Grimshaw 991 19.6
Labour Adetutu Eko 929 18.4
Majority 18 0.4
Turnout 5,047 49.8
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerald Hall* 2,164 59.4
Labour Griffith Berry* 2,062 56.6
Labour Thomas Farrell* 2,040 56.0
SDP Eileen Wildman 635 17.4
SDP Doreen Thomas 599 16.4
Conservative Constance Murphy 588 16.1
Conservative Joyce Norbury 581 15.9
Conservative Hilda Wootton 569 15.6
SDP Thomas Huffer 540 14.8
Majority 1,405 38.6
Turnout 3,643 35.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

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