# 1983 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

Elections to Trafford 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 Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 37,733 (45.1%) | 1.0 | 14 (63.6%) | 14 / 22 | 2 | 36 (57.1%) | 36 / 63 |
| Labour Party | 26,819 (32.0%) | 5.6 | 6 (27.3%) | 6 / 22 | 1 | 21 (33.3%) | 21 / 63 |
| Alliance | 19,156 (22.9%) | 4.6 | 2 (9.1%) | 2 / 22 | 1 | 6 (9.5%) | 6 / 63 |
| 21 | 6 | 36 |

## Ward results
### Altrincham

Altrincham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. S. Gordon* | 1,662 | 49.3 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | P. A. Baldwinson | 1,087 | 32.2 | +8.1 |
| | Alliance | G. E. Evans | 622 | 18.5 | −8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 575 | 17.1 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,371 | 41.2 | −0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bowdon

Bowdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Barker | 2,956 | 67.9 | +5.4 |
| | Alliance | A. P. Ratcliff | 920 | 21.1 | −9.2 |
| | Labour | J. A. Schoua | 479 | 11.0 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,036 | 46.8 | +14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,355 | 49.6 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broadheath

Broadheath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. M. L. Burton* | 1,833 | 48.8 | +4.1 |
| | Labour | R. J. Short | 1,187 | 31.6 | +4.0 |
| | Alliance | D. E. Armstrong | 736 | 19.6 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 646 | 17.2 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,756 | 46.5 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brooklands

Brooklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Taylor* | 2,630 | 63.3 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal | G. M. R. Willmott | 1,029 | 24.8 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | R. P. F. Phillips | 497 | 12.0 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,601 | 38.5 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,156 | 51.6 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bucklow

Bucklow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Rogers* | 1,738 | 67.9 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | M. E. Hindley | 532 | 20.8 | +1.1 |
| | Alliance | A. C. Halliday | 289 | 11.3 | −6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,206 | 47.1 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,559 | 37.0 | +2.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Clifford

Clifford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. S. Maher* | 2,141 | 58.5 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative | G. V. Burrows | 1,140 | 31.1 | −0.2 |
| | Alliance | W. C. Sumner | 379 | 10.4 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,001 | 27.3 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,660 | 43.3 | +2.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. E. Crosbie* | 1,852 | 44.7 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | S. Rogers | 1,407 | 33.9 | +3.7 |
| | Alliance | A. Vernon | 888 | 21.4 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 445 | 10.7 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,147 | 54.3 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. M. Dirikis | 1,950 | 45.4 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | L. M. Seex* | 1,805 | 42.0 | +12.6 |
| | SDP | K. W. Bower | 539 | 12.6 | −13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 3.4 | −12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,294 | 51.1 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Flixton

Flixton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | D. E. Earl* | 1,885 | 41.8 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative | P. Schofield | 1,819 | 40.3 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | G. Woodburn | 807 | 17.9 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | 1.5 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,511 | 56.0 | +3.5 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | | |

### Hale

Hale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N. W. Barrett* | 2,444 | 69.2 | +3.1 |
| | Alliance | H. E. Bayliss | 991 | 23.0 | −4.7 |
| | Labour | K. O'Hagan | 337 | 7.8 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,994 | 46.2 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,313 | 48.4 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Longford

Longford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Kelly* | 1,724 | 45.9 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | K. Silcock | 1,666 | 44.4 | +3.2 |
| | Alliance | M. L. Kugler | 363 | 9.7 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 1.5 | −2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,753 | 49.1 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mersey-St. Mary's

Mersey St. Marys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. P. Bannister* | 2,631 | 59.7 | −2.6 |
| | Alliance | J. B. Weightman | 1,185 | 26.9 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | N. J. Bentham | 592 | 13.4 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,446 | 32.8 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,408 | 46.5 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. A. Tully | 1,435 | 49.3 | +7.8 |
| | Conservative | D. Meadowcroft | 1,097 | 37.7 | −1.9 |
| | Alliance | C. R. Hedley | 377 | 13.0 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 338 | 11.6 | +9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,909 | 45.7 | +7.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Priory

Priory :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | J. M. Phillipson* | 1,670 | 46.7 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | G. N. Beck | 1,279 | 35.7 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | N. P. J. Cowell | 629 | 17.6 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 391 | 10.9 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,578 | 45.1 | +5.5 |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | | |

### Sale Moor

Sale Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. H. Merry* | 1,488 | 40.5 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | J. W. Robinson | 1,290 | 35.1 | +0.2 |
| | Alliance | R. C. Tweed | 892 | 24.3 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 5.4 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,670 | 46.7 | +4.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Martin's

St. Martins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. H. Mountain | 1,987 | 52.6 | +16.5 |
| | Conservative | S. G. Brownhill* | 1,275 | 33.7 | −9.5 |
| | Alliance | E. P. M. Wollaston | 516 | 13.7 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | 18.8 | +11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,778 | 44.2 | +0.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Stretford

Stretford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Walker* | 1,886 | 47.4 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | J. F. L. Wood | 1,598 | 40.1 | +9.9 |
| | Alliance | L. L. Sumner | 498 | 12.5 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 7.2 | −14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,982 | 48.0 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Talbot

Talbot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. C. Cronshaw* | 1,843 | 62.1 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | S. M. Dirikis | 781 | 26.3 | +0.8 |
| | Alliance | R. J. Allan | 346 | 11.6 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,062 | 35.8 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,970 | 39.6 | +0.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Timperley

Timperley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. J. Watkins* | 2,003 | 45.4 | −0.2 |
| | Alliance | G. K. Stuart | 1,834 | 41.6 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | R. Crewe | 575 | 13.0 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,412 | 49.1 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Urmston

Urmston (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. L. Brown | 1,706 | 43.4 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | C. Warbrick | 1,600 | 40.7 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | D. Acton | 1,269 | 32.3 | +5.5 |
| | Labour | A. G. Hodson | 1,095 | 27.8 | +1.0 |
| | SDP | P. J. Carlon | 867 | 22.0 | −4.5 |
| | SDP | H. Laffey | 815 | 20.7 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 8.4 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,932 | 50.2 | +2.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Village

Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Merrell | 1,643 | 38.1 | +2.2 |
| | Alliance | R. B. Slack* | 1,515 | 35.1 | −9.2 |
| | Labour | E. A. Starkey | 1,157 | 26.8 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 128 | 3.0 | −5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,315 | 51.8 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |