1983 Liverpool City Council 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 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

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

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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%

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