title: 1983 Manchester City Council election
text: # 1983 Manchester City Council election
  
  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.
  
  ## Election result
  
  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 | Labour hold | Labour hold |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Ardwick
  
  Ardwick :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,944 | 60.1 | +3.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,235 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |
  
  ### Baguley
  
  Baguley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,536 | 33.9 | +3.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,535 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 | |
  
  ### Barlow Moor
  
  Barlow Moor :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 332 | 7.5 | +6.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,456 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 | |
  
  ### Benchill
  
  Benchill :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,025 | 56.6 | +7.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,576 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 | |
  
  ### Beswick and Clayton
  
  Beswick and Clayton :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,701 | 47.0 | +1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,623 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |
  
  ### Blackley
  
  Blackley :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,444 | 33.4 | +2.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,328 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
  
  ### Bradford
  
  Bradford :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,884 | 54.8 | +4.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,435 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |
  
  ### Brooklands
  
  Brooklands :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 156 | 3.2 | -7.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,940 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.8 | |
  
  ### Burnage
  
  Burnage :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 173 | 3.3 | -0.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,198 | | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 | |
  
  ### Central
  
  Central :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,820 | 64.3 | +15.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,830 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 | |
  
  ### Charlestown
  
  Charlestown :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 955 | 21.2 | +4.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,497 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.1 | |
  
  ### Cheetham
  
  Cheetham :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,834 | 47.8 | +9.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,837 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 | |
  
  ### Chorlton
  
  Chorlton :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 561 | 10.3 | -3.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,445 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.7 | |
  
  ### Crumpsall
  
  Crumpsall :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 51 | 1.2 | -10.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,264 | | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.4 | |
  
  ### Didsbury
  
  Didsbury :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,410 | 25.7 | +8.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,497 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 | |
  
  ### Fallowfield
  
  Fallowfield :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 406 | 9.8 | +3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,140 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |
  
  ### Gorton North
  
  Gorton North :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,417 | 28.7 | +3.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,937 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.8 | |
  
  ### Gorton South
  
  Gorton South :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 965 | 22.5 | -1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,294 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |
  
  ### Harpurhey
  
  Harpurhey :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,203 | 33.7 | +4.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,565 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |
  
  ### Hulme
  
  Hulme :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,103 | 62.4 | +23.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,368 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 | |
  
  ### Levenshulme
  
  Levenshulme :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 330 | 6.5 | -3.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,060 | | |
  | | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | -5.3 | |
  
  ### Lightbowne
  
  Lightbowne :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 865 | 18.1 | +1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,772 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |
  
  ### Longsight
  
  Longsight :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,502 | 31.3 | +19.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,803 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.9 | |
  
  ### Moss Side
  
  Moss Side :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,072 | 54.1 | +15.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,830 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.6 | |
  
  ### Moston
  
  Moston :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 560 | 10.6 | +7.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,281 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.6 | |
  
  ### Newton Heath
  
  Newton Heath :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,600 | 43.4 | +5.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,690 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
  
  ### Northenden
  
  Northenden :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 143 | 2.6 | +0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,477 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 | |
  
  ### Old Moat
  
  Old Moat :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 564 | 11.6 | +3.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,883 | | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.8 | |
  
  ### Rusholme
  
  Rusholme :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 860 | 19.2 | +9.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,479 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 | |
  
  ### Sharston
  
  Sharston :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 682 | 15.2 | +2.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,479 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 | |
  
  ### Whalley Range
  
  Whalley Range :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 358 | 8.0 | -6.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,491 | | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.2 | |
  
  ### Withington
  
  Withington :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 293 | 5.7 | +4.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,112 | | |
  | | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.2 | |
  
  ### Woodhouse Park
  
  Woodhouse Park :
  
  | Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,461 | 39.4 | -5.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,712 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -3.6 | |
  