# 1982 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± |
| Labour | 42 | +2 |
| Liberal | 36 | -2 |
| Conservative | 21 | 0 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1982 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 16 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 48% | 39% | 54,780 |
| Liberal | 10 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 30% | 31% | 43,378 |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21% | 25% | 34,935 |
| SDP | 0 | | | | 0% | 5% | 7,181 |
| Communist | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.4% | 510 |
| Independent Liberal | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.09% | 129 |
| Ecology | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.08% | 112 |
| Workers Revolutionary | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.04% | 57 |

## Ward results
### Abercromby

Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | A. Hood | 1,648 | 54% |
| | Liberal | David Vasmer | 1,146 | 38% |
| | Communist | R. O'Hara | 154 | 5% |
| | Conservative | G. A. Powell | 100 | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 502 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,757 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,048 | 31% |

### Aigburth

Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Peter Millea | 2,462 | 49% |
| | Labour | J. Williams | 1,526 | 30% |
| | Conservative | R. Jones | 1,064 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 936 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,409 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,052 | 38% |

### Allerton

Allerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | T. Morrison | 2,731 | 52% |
| | SDP | R. Isaacson | 1,542 | 29% |
| | Labour | C. R. Frais | 958 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,189 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,769 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,052 | 38% |

### Anfield

Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Cathie Kaufman | 2,449 | 48% |
| | Labour | J. Roberts | 1,453 | 29% |
| | Conservative | T. P. Pink | 1,175 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 996 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,675 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,077 | 40% |

### Arundel

Arundel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Mary Johnston | 1,693 | 39% |
| | Labour | A. C. Snowden | 1,576 | 36% |
| | Conservative | Helen Rigby | 1,020 | 23% |
| | Communist | J. Kay | 68 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 117 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,127 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,357 | 36% |

### Breckfield

Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William Roberts | 1,970 | 47% |
| | Labour | J. McIntosh | 1,777 | 43% |
| | Conservative | A. Wilson | 429 | 10% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,592 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,176 | 36% |

### Broadgreen

Broadgreen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Smith | 2,072 | 43% |
| | Labour | E. J. Smith | 1,589 | 33% |
| | Conservative | S. Fitzsimmons | 1,204 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 483 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,578 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,865 | 36% |

### Childwall

Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | S. Airey | 3,069 | 53% |
| | Liberal | Neville Gordon Chinn | 1,861 | 32% |
| | Labour | Susan Smith | 826 | 14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,208 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,683 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,756 | 42% |

### Church

Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sally Atherton | 2,905 | 44% |
| | Liberal | Len Tyrer | 2,849 | 43% |
| | Labour | J. Clarke | 922 | 14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,073 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,676 | 44% |

### Clubmoor

Clubmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. B. Gladden | 2,413 | 47% |
| | Liberal | John Bowen | 1,742 | 34% |
| | Conservative | S. Hicklin | 932 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,005 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,087 | 36% |

### County

County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Peter J. Rainford | 1,988 | 41% |
| | Labour | Pauline Dunlop | 1,856 | 38% |
| | Conservative | R. Hughes | 1,000 | 21% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 132 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,190 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,844 | 37% |

### Croxteth

Croxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | E. H. Fitzpatrick | 2,558 | 48% |
| | SDP | Helen Petrie | 1,485 | 28% |
| | Labour | J. Mooney | 1,296 | 24% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,073 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,655 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,339 | 39% |

### Dingle

Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. J. Quick | 1,839 | 43% |
| | Liberal | Charles Collins | 1,641 | 38% |
| | Conservative | D. W. Patmore | 701 | 16% |
| | Communist | J. Cook | 71 | 2% |
| | Workers Revolutionary | J. J. Maginnis | 33 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,714 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,285 | 37% |

### Dovecot

Dovecot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | W. H. Westbury | 2,364 | 60% |
| | SDP | E. R. Jones | 817 | 21% |
| | Conservative | J. L. Walsh | 771 | 20% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,547 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,016 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,952 | 33% |

### Everton

Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | F. Wiles | 1,820 | 81% |
| | Liberal | R. J. Flood | 240 | 11% |
| | Conservative | W. Scott | 186 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,580 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,014 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,246 | 22% |

### Fazakerley

Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. C. V. Gregory | 2,300 | 54% |
| | Liberal | Harold Glyn Rogers | 1,035 | 24% |
| | Conservative | A. Brown | 924 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,265 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,579 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,259 | 37% |

### Gillmoss

Gillmoss :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | W. R. Snell | 2,138 | 63% |
| | SDP | P. J. Kellett | 747 | 22% |
| | Liberal | J. Mangan | 488 | 14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,391 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,962 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,373 | 28% |

### Granby

Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D. R. Leach | 1,824 | 48% |
| | Liberal | Arthur Eric Damsell | 1,550 | 41% |
| | Conservative | A. Palin | 356 | 9% |
| | Communist | S. P. Munby | 70 | 2% |
| | Workers Revolutionary | T. M. Cooper | 24 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,754 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,664 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,824 | 36% |

### Grassendale

Grassendale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | E. F. Pine | 2,741 | 46% |
| | Liberal | Gerard Patrick Scott | 2,532 | 43% |
| | Labour | J. H. Stamper | 643 | 11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,403 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,916 | 48% |

### Kensington

Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Joyce Stephenson | 1,670 | 43% |
| | Labour | K. D. Radcliffe | 1,605 | 41% |
| | Conservative | T. N. Teppett | 599 | 15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,609 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,874 | 31% |

### Melrose

Melrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | M. Dalling | 1,980 | 51% |
| | Liberal | Kevin Andrew Sewill | 1,582 | 40% |
| | Conservative | Pauline Dougherty | 353 | 9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 398 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,325 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,915 | 35% |

### Netherley

Netherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Heather Adams | 1,869 | 65% |
| | SDP | F. S. Roderick | 548 | 19% |
| | Conservative | Ann Nugent | 480 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,321 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,491 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,897 | 34% |

### Old Swan

Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | A. Loftus | 2,269 | 43% |
| | Labour | M. J. Smith | 1,868 | 36% |
| | Conservative | W, H. Connolly | 924 | 18% |
| | Independent Liberal | K. McCulloch | 129 | 2% |
| | Communist | H. Mohin | 30 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 401 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,061 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,220 | 43% |

### Picton

Picton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Herbert Edward Herrity | 2,296 | 53% |
| | Labour | E. A. Taylor | 1,359 | 31% |
| | Conservative | J. McDermott | 603 | 14% |
| | Communist | J. G. Volleamere | 69 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 937 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,767 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,327 | 37% |

### Pirrie

Pirrie :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | P. Owens | 2,569 | 65% |
| | Conservative | Christine Perkins | 706 | 18% |
| | SDP | Helen Clucas | 684 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,885 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,370 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,959 | 32% |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | R. C. Evans | 1,979 | 50% |
| | Liberal | J. Ball | 823 | 21% |
| | Conservative | C. J. Lister | 1,144 | 29% |
| | Communist | M. McLoughlin | 48 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 835 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,013 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,994 | 33% |

### Smithdown

Smithdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | A. Gamble | 1,981 | 54% |
| | Liberal | Ernest Richard Stephenson | 1,499 | 40% |
| | Conservative | R. C. Duncalf | 222 | 6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,744 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,702 | 34% |

### Speke

Speke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. McLean | 1,730 | 70% |
| | Liberal | J. Farley | 325 | 13% |
| | Conservative | K. G. Watkin | 421 | 17% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,309 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,891 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,476 | 25% |

### Tuebrook

Tuebrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | June Jones | 2,850 | 57% |
| | Labour | J. A. Hackett | 1,312 | 26% |
| | Conservative | D. Ellis | 797 | 16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,538 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,445 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,959 | 40% |

### Valley

Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | P. Astbury | 1,571 | 50% |
| | Liberal | Edward Jameson | 854 | 27% |
| | Conservative | Pamela Stephen | 735 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 717 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,142 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,160 | 31% |

### Vauxhall

Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. Morgan | 2,088 | 89% |
| | Liberal | J. Bannister | 253 | 11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,835 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,339 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,341 | 25% |

### Warbreck

Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | I. Brown | 1,701 | 38% |
| | Labour | G. Devling | 1,361 | 31% |
| | SDP | G. G. Endicott | 1,358 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 340 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,779 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,420 | 32% |

### Woolton

Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C. G. Hallows | 2,384 | 53% |
| | Liberal | E. M. Clein | 1,239 | 28% |
| | Labour | D. A. Bradbury | 740 | 17% |
| | Ecology | N. Everard | 112 | 3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,145 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,817 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,475 | 35% |