# 1983 Langbaurgh Borough Council election

Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in May 1983. The whole council was up for election and The Labour Party won 31 seats giving it continued overall control of the council.

## Election result

Langbaurgh Borough Council local election result 1983 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 31 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 51.7% | 43.7% | 51,316 | -26,957 |
| Conservative | 29 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 48.3% | 39% | 45,757 | -31,786 |
| Alliance | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 11.6% | 13,638 | +11,837 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 6 | -6 | n/a | 5.7% | 6,744 | -6,491 |

## Ward Results
### Bankside

Bankside :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | R Haining | 833 | 65.6% | +10.5% |
| Labour | S Tombe | 753 | | |
| Alliance | N Bond | 387 | 24.1% | +24.1% |
| Independent | K Helm | 387 | 24.1% | +24.1% |
| Independent | S Jefferson | 245 | | |

### Belmont

Belmont :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | B Lythgoe | 1,449 | 45.4% | −12.2% |
| Conservative | P Hopwood | 1,416 | | |
| Alliance | P Bosworth | 1,059 | 33.2% | +33.2% |
| Labour | S Hunt | 677 | 21.3% | −21% |
| Labour | J Marvell | 616 | | |

### Brotton

Brotton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | V Miller | 702 | 35.9% | −8.3% |
| Conservative | M Smith | 678 | 34.7% | −7.5% |
| Conservative | K Hutchinson | 645 | | |
| Labour | I Little | 605 | | |
| Independent | A Slater | 576 | 29.4% | +29.4% |

### Church Lane

Church Lane :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | W Herlingshaw | 875 | 87.3% | +3.9% |
| Labour | W Martin | 873 | | |
| Alliance | J Mathewman | 127 | 12.7% | +12.7% |

### Coatham

Coatham :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R Hall | 659 | 44.1% | +10.7% |
| Conservative | J Dyball | 641 | | |
| Labour | J Coombe | 317 | 21.2% | −8.7% |
| Independent | J White | 316 | 21.2% | −15.5% |
| Labour | D Cummings | 307 | | |
| Alliance | J McGowan | 202 | 13.5% | +13.5% |
| Alliance | P Cockfroft | 201 | | |

### Dormanstown

Dormanstown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | T Collins | 1,836 | 62.8% | +9.5% |
| Labour | R Jones | 1,710 | | |
| Labour | A Taylor | 1,673 | | |
| Conservative | C Ridsdale | 595 | 20.4% | −4.2% |
| Conservative | J Milner | 591 | | |
| Conservative | P Milner | 569 | | |
| Alliance | J Todd | 491 | 16.8% | +16.8% |
| Alliance | D Best | 469 | | |

### Eston

Eston :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | I Cole | 1,057 | 68.7% | +1.4% |
| Labour | R Cooney | 1,025 | | |
| Labour | A Harvison | 951 | | |
| Alliance | T Goddard | 482 | 31.3% | +31.3% |

### Grangetown

Grangetown :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | P Harford | 1,040 | 68.9% | −16.4% |
| Labour | R Cooney | 888 | | |
| Independent | J Tombe | 286 | 19% | +19% |
| Alliance | R McLay | 183 | 12.1% | +12.1% |

### Guisborough

Guisborough :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | W Richardson | 1,299 | 55.6% | +1.6% |
| Conservative | J Hopwood | 1,255 | | |
| Conservative | D Davies | 1,196 | | |
| Labour | R Lewis | 1,037 | 44.4% | −1.6% |
| Labour | A Barrett | 1,013 | | |
| Labour | D Punshon | 917 | | |

### Hutton

Hutton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | B Bradley | 1,135 | 71.2% | −10.7% |
| Alliance | L Wilkinson | 328 | 20.6% | +20.6% |
| Labour | H Tout | 130 | 8.2% | −9.9% |

### Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | K Nilan | 1,148 | 39.9% | −16.3% |
| Labour | J Taylor | 1,133 | | |
| Labour | R Roberts | 1,062 | | |
| Conservative | A Wordsworth | 947 | 33% | −10.8% |
| Conservative | S Birt | 882 | | |
| Conservative | P Wright | 863 | | |
| Alliance | E Dobson | 404 | 14.1% | +14.1% |
| Independent | B Milburn | 375 | 13% | +13% |
| Alliance | T Wilson | 344 | | |
| Alliance | P Todd | 344 | | |

### Lockwood

Lockwood :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | S Kay | 1,156 | 68.5% | +15.4% |
| Labour | N Loughran | 1,000 | | |
| Conservative | R Wheeler | 532 | 31.5% | −15.4% |

### Loftus

Loftus :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | J Theobold | 1,671 | 48.6% | +5.7% |
| Labour | B Scott | 1,635 | | |
| Labour | N Lantsberry | 1,523 | | |
| Conservative | R Haynes | 962 | 28% | +8.9% |
| Alliance | D Penny | 804 | 23.4% | +23.4% |
| Alliance | W Gibson | 620 | | |

### Longbeck

Longbeck :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | N Cooney | 1,640 | 48.5% | −1.5% |
| Conservative | P Gains-Burril | 1,561 | | |
| Conservative | L Russell | 1,435 | | |
| Labour | G Houchen | 1,031 | 30.5% | −19.5% |
| Labour | M Jones | 746 | | |
| Alliance | N Herrell | 709 | 21% | +21% |
| Labour | A Mills | 701 | | |
| Alliance | P Sigsworth | 648 | | |
| Alliance | I Thompson | 644 | | |

### Newcomen

Newcomen :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | L Morgan | 821 | 38.2% | −4.8% |
| Labour | B Forster | 791 | | |
| Conservative | K Haith | 562 | 26.1% | −8.5% |
| Conservative | M Kirkpatrick | 542 | | |
| Alliance | S Wilson | 529 | 24.6% | +24.6% |
| Alliance | R Thomas | 441 | | |
| Independent | S Johnson | 239 | 11.1% | −11.3% |

### Normanby

Normanby :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | D Moore | 1,080 | 52.6% | −6.5% |
| Conservative | L Richardson | 819 | | |
| Labour | J Briggs | 564 | 27.5% | −13.4% |
| Labour | E Sickling | 425 | | |
| Alliance | H Martin | 408 | 19.9% | +19.9% |

### Ormesby

Ormesby :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | P Zoryk | 907 | 55.9% | −7.8% |
| Conservative | J Fagan | 898 | | |
| Labour | G Johnstone | 376 | 23.2% | −13.1% |
| Alliance | J Jarvis | 339 | 20.9% | +20.9% |
| Labour | K O'Neill | 328 | | |

### Overfields

Overfields :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | J Docherty | 948 | 56.3% | −11.3% |
| Labour | W Towers | 791 | | |
| Conservative | E Hall | 375 | 22.3% | −12.1% |
| Alliance | K Bayley | 362 | 21.5% | +21.5% |

### Redcar

Redcar :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | P Chisholm | 1,150 | 40.6% | +3.8% |
| Conservative | R Binns | 908 | | |
| Independent | G Smith | 630 | 22.3% | −16.7% |
| Alliance | D Raine | 568 | 20.1% | +20.1% |
| Labour | C Davis | 483 | 17.1% | −9.1% |

### Saltburn

Saltburn :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | A Collins | 1,918 | 52.6% | +15.2% |
| Conservative | B Brent | 1,326 | | |
| Conservative | M Hibbert | 1,289 | | |
| Labour | B Shepherd | 578 | 15.9% | +2.1% |
| Alliance | P Kilsby | 574 | 15.7% | +15.7% |
| Independent | F Shields | 573 | 15.7% | −33.1% |
| Labour | J Faulkner | 565 | | |
| Labour | M Shevis | 546 | | |
| Independent | J Wingham | 492 | | |

### Skelton

Skelton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | R Hill | 2,341 | 62.4% | +9.2% |
| Conservative | L Douglass | 2,140 | | |
| Conservative | E Carey | 1,472 | | |
| Labour | I Johnson | 1,412 | 37.6% | −9.2% |
| Labour | E Wesson | 754 | | |
| Labour | D McReddie | 753 | | |

### Skinningrove

Skinningrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | V Teasdale | 485 | 68.5% | +8.6% |
| | Conservative | K Hicks | 223 | 31.5% | −8.6% |

### South Bank

South Bank :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | A Seed | 1,350 | 74.3% | +6.1% |
| Labour | C Christie | 1,087 | | |
| Independent | O Reed | 467 | 25.7% | +25.7% |

### St. Germains

St. Germains :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | E Lightwing | 975 | 36.2% | +6.9% |
| Conservative | R Lawrenson | 956 | | |
| Independent | K Daws | 703 | 26.1% | −16.3% |
| Independent | K Barker | 685 | | |
| Alliance | B Williams | 551 | 20.4% | +20.4% |
| Labour | P Harford | 466 | 17.3% | −11% |
| Labour | M Learman | 392 | | |

### Teesville

Teesville :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | I Hewitson | 1,296 | 62% | +5.9% |
| Labour | H York | 1,242 | | |
| Labour | M McCormack | 1,237 | | |
| Conservative | J Mryddin-Baker | 796 | 38% | −5.9% |

### West Dyke

West Dyke :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | D Lane | 1,462 | 41.1% | +9.4% |
| Conservative | A Gwenlan | 1,462 | | |
| Conservative | P Wright | 1,206 | | |
| Alliance | J Benbow | 793 | 22.3% | +22.3% |
| Independent | D Bell | 770 | 21.6% | −8.5% |
| Alliance | S Wilson | 627 | | |
| Labour | M Pearson | 533 | 15% | −4.5% |
| Labour | P Todd | 452 | | |