1983 Liverpool City Council election

1983 UK local government election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council following it previously being under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1983
	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

Ward results

Abercromby

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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%

References

v t e (1982 ←) 1983 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1984)
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See also: UK General election

v t e Local elections in Merseyside
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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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