# 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 | |