1982 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982. Due to demographic changes in the city since the formation of the new City Council in 1973, and in common with some other English councils in 1982, substantial boundary changes to all wards were implemented in time for these elections. The most notable changes were as follows:

- The wards of Collegiate Church and Miles Platting were merged, with most of their combined areas forming a new Central ward.

- A new ward of Benchill was carved out of the existing wards of Baguley, Crossacres, and Woodhouse Park.

- Beswick ward became the new Beswick and Clayton ward.

- Lloyd Street ward became the new Fallowfield ward.

- Crossacres ward became the new Sharston ward.

- Alexandra ward became the new Whalley Range ward.

Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole council to be re-elected. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 1986, the second-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 1984, and the third-placed candidate serving a one-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Labour party retained overall control of the council.[1]

Election result

Manchester Council Election Result 1982

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	69	0	0	0	69.7	44.9	60,971	-12.1%
	Conservative	26	0	0	0	26.2	31.2	42,336	-0.9%
	Alliance	4	0	0	0	4.0	23.3	31,699	+13.1%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	483	+0.1%
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	106	+0.1%
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	70	+0.0%

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party		Seats	+/-
	Labour	69	-3
	Conservative	26	+3
	Alliance	4	0
	Labour hold

Ward results

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Barrett*	1,936	72.2	N/A
	Labour	Frank Dale*	1,870
	Labour	Norman Finley*	1,806
	Conservative	Arthur Davies	422	15.7	N/A
	Conservative	John Alblas	389
	Conservative	Ian Savell	374
	Alliance	Delsya Redford	323	12.0	N/A
	Alliance	John Smith	314
	Alliance	Gunther Kloss	295
Majority			1,384	56.5	N/A
Turnout			2,681	27.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Baguley

Baguley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Done*	2,261	54.9	N/A
	Labour	Anthony Burns*	2,160
	Labour	Winifred Smith	2,080
	Conservative	Christopher Ennis	1,009	24.5	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Fitzsimons	936
	Conservative	Dorothy Hurst	867
	Alliance	Leeming Griffiths	844	20.5	N/A
	Alliance	Georgina Hall	814
	Alliance	Muriel James	695
Majority			1,071	30.4	N/A
Turnout			4,114	41.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Tucker*	1,546	37.7	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Moore*	1,533
	Labour	Christopher Tucker	1,522	37.1	N/A
	Labour	Keith Bradley	1,480
	Labour	Rhona Graham	1,468
	Conservative	Beryl Moore	1,464
	Alliance	Fred Balcombe	1,030	25.1	N/A
	Alliance	Glenna Robson	975
	Alliance	Trevor Thomas	900
Majority			42	0.6	N/A
Turnout			4,098	39.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Benchill

Benchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Home	2,136	62.4	N/A
	Labour	Veronica Myers	2,125
	Labour	Neil Warren	2,050
	Alliance	Herbert Griffiths	827	24.1	N/A
	Alliance	Gilbert Stacey	751
	Alliance	Bridget Brannan	679
	Conservative	Valerie Corrigan	460	13.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Harrington	437
	Conservative	Tracey Dennett	422
Majority			1,223	48.9	N/A
Turnout			3,423	35.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Beswick and Clayton

Beswick and Clayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Egerton	2,167	67.8	N/A
	Labour	Jack Flanagan*	2,116
	Labour	Sidney Silverman*	1,979
	Conservative	Leonard Hockey	710	22.2	N/A
	Conservative	Keith West	536
	Conservative	Joan Swatton	533
	Alliance	Susan Birtwistle	318	9.9	N/A
	Alliance	Charles Hill	276
	Alliance	Ruth Levy	251
Majority			1,269	45.6	N/A
Turnout			3,195	36.4	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blackley

Blackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Chadwick*	2,307	58.7	N/A
	Labour	Edward Newman*	2,210
	Labour	Eileen Kelly	2,159
	Conservative	Valerie Hall	1,097	27.9	N/A
	Conservative	Paul Soden	979
	Conservative	Brian Whaite	961
	Alliance	Norman Towers	528	13.4	N/A
	Alliance	John Cookson	517
	Alliance	David Gordon	507
Majority			1,062	30.8	N/A
Turnout			3,932	41.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gilmore*	2,190	68.7	N/A
	Labour	Edward Grant*	2,064
	Labour	Michael Harrison	1,928
	Conservative	David Eager	579	18.2	N/A
	Conservative	Geoffrey Glover	518
	Conservative	Stephen Ellwood	502
	Alliance	Charles Harris	417	13.1	N/A
	Alliance	Colin Dowse	354
	Alliance	Peter Crichton-Gold	344
Majority			1,349	50.5	N/A
Turnout			3,186	33.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Brooklands

Brooklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Emery*	2,232	45.4	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur O'Connor	2,098
	Conservative	David Sumberg	2,047
	Labour	Roger Delahunty	1,699	34.6	N/A
	Labour	Richard Reddington	1,627
	Labour	Harold Reid	1,621
	Alliance	Jeffrey Burton	983	20.0	N/A
	Alliance	Lawrence Shields	943
	Alliance	Barry McColgan	941
Majority			348	10.8	N/A
Turnout			4,914	49.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burnage

Burnage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kershaw	1,924	40.2	N/A
	Conservative	Horace Platt*	1,920
	Conservative	Ronald Nicholson	1,892
	Labour	Graham Martin*	1,743	36.4	N/A
	Labour	Marilyn Taylor	1,721
	Labour	John Wilson	1,618
	Alliance	Christopher Muir	1,116	23.3	N/A
	Alliance	Thomas Burgess	1,114
	Alliance	Margaret Boyle	1,096
Majority			149	3.8	N/A
Turnout			4,783	47.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Reginald Latham*	1,713	68.4	N/A
	Labour	Gordon Conquest*	1,550
	Labour	Patricia Conquest*	1,538
	Alliance	Ernest Crank	497	19.8	N/A
	Alliance	Robert Young	363
	Alliance	Martin Nuttall	339
	Conservative	Jean Orr	294	11.7	N/A
	Conservative	Phylis Pacey	294
	Conservative	Alexander Perman	274
Majority			1,041	48.5	N/A
Turnout			2,504	27.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Charlestown

Charlestown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Lee	1,926	47.6	N/A
	Labour	David Ford	1,879
	Labour	Alan Wood	1,782
	Conservative	Sandra Cartwright	1,240	30.7	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur Ashmore	1,179
	Conservative	John Grimshaw	1,171
	Alliance	Sydney Earnshaw	876	21.7	N/A
	Alliance	Agnes Hart	737
	Alliance	Myra Landsman	719
Majority			542	17.0	N/A
Turnout			4,042	41.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Shaw*	2,031	61.3	N/A
	Labour	John Broderick*	1,996
	Labour	Nicholas Harris	1,912
	Alliance	Mohammed Aslam	775	23.4	N/A
	Alliance	John Czernenko	723
	Alliance	John Whitman	656
	Conservative	Russell Berg	508	15.3	N/A
	Conservative	David Philip	492
	Conservative	David Sparrow	469
Majority			1,137	37.9	N/A
Turnout			3,314	34.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Chorlton

Chorlton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Sanders*	2,326	43.8	N/A
	Conservative	Maureen Vince*	2,260
	Conservative	Cecil Franks*	2,249
	Labour	Michael Ash-Edwards	1,595	30.0	N/A
	Labour	Beverley Watson	1,538
	Labour	Stephen Darroch	1,478
	Alliance	John Commons	1,390	26.2	N/A
	Alliance	Mary James	1,301
	Alliance	Michael Palmer	1,235
Majority			654	13.7	N/A
Turnout			5,311	50.3	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Butler	1,822	44.0	N/A
	Conservative	Frederick Lever*	1,634
	Conservative	George Fildes*	1,577
	Labour	Basil Curley	1,341	32.4	N/A
	Labour	Richard Jones	1,333
	Labour	Kenneth Barnes	1,332
	Alliance	Gerald Landsman	980	23.6	N/A
	Alliance	Brian Gibbons	944
	Alliance	Teresa Lyons	857
Majority			236	11.6	N/A
Turnout			4,143	45.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Didsbury

Didsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joyce Hill*	2,912	50.3	N/A
	Conservative	John Duke*	2,903
	Conservative	Muriel Crawford*	2,826
	Alliance	Bernard Lever	1,911	33.0	N/A
	Alliance	Ronald Axtell	1,725
	Alliance	Jack Edwards	1,723
	Labour	Helen Gregory	970	16.7	N/A
	Labour	Vivien Prendiville	946
	Labour	Richard Ramsden	923
Majority			915	17.3	N/A
Turnout			5,793	53.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fallowfield

Fallowfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Morrison	1,696	40.6	N/A
	Labour	Joseph Holly	1,649
	Labour	Philip Openshaw	1,574
	Conservative	Paul Hackett	1,412	33.8	N/A
	Conservative	George Taylor	1,363
	Conservative	John Hardman	1,342
	Alliance	Robert Davison	1,067	25.5	N/A
	Alliance	James Bradley	1,062
	Alliance	Kenneth McKeon*	1,016
Majority			162	6.8	N/A
Turnout			4,175	38.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gorton North

Gorton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Brierley*	2,280	51.8	N/A
	Labour	Thomas Hamnett*	2,221
	Labour	Peter Hildrew*	2,116
	Alliance	Gerard Collins	1,168	26.5	N/A
	Alliance	Zygmunt Gazdecki	1,130
	Alliance	James Rowan	1,068
	Conservative	Agnes Caroll	950	21.6	N/A
	Conservative	Elizabeth Dimmock	901
	Conservative	Veronica Jones	884
Majority			948	25.3	N/A
Turnout			4,398	42.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Gorton South

Gorton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Barker*	1,880	49.0	N/A
	Labour	Kenneth Franklin*	1,766
	Labour	Valerie Stevens	1,676
	Conservative	Ronald Beaman	955	24.9	N/A
	Alliance	John Redfern	931	24.3	N/A
	Alliance	Elsie Hooper	923
	Alliance	Carole Helme	882
	Conservative	Peter Dunne	858
	Conservative	Clive Webb	824
	National Front	Alfred Coles	70	1.8	N/A
	National Front	John Hulse	52
	National Front	Bryan Nylan	44
Majority			721	24.1	N/A
Turnout			3,836	36.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Karney	1,839	55.7	N/A
	Labour	Graham Stringer	1,712
	Labour	Nilofar Siddiqi	1,656
	Conservative	Joyce Harding	862	26.1	N/A
	Conservative	Norman Jones	831
	Conservative	Richard Smith	785
	Alliance	Edward Charnley	598	18.1	N/A
	Alliance	Anthony Newman	595
	Alliance	Thomas Jones	547
Majority			794	29.6	N/A
Turnout			3,299	38.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Hulme

Hulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Keenlyside	2,105	63.1	N/A
	Labour	Valerie Dunn	1,992
	Labour	Sheila Robertson	1,931
	Alliance	Thomas McClure	811	24.3	N/A
	Alliance	Robert Taylor	707
	Alliance	David Nicholson	670
	Conservative	Grant Higginson	421	12.6	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Hardman	413
	Conservative	Clare Hare	388
Majority			1,120	38.8	N/A
Turnout			3,337	30.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Levenshulme

Levenshulme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Keith Whitmore*	2,029	42.2	N/A
	Alliance	Janet Blessing	1,792
	Alliance	Howard Smith*	1,743
	Conservative	John Barber*	1,573	32.7	N/A
	Conservative	Winifrede Carlton	1,484
	Conservative	John Monks	1,394
	Labour	Alison Jones	1,200	25.0	N/A
	Labour	John Rimington	1,189
	Labour	Rachel Pollard	1,177
Majority			170	9.5	N/A
Turnout			4,802	47.5	N/A
	Alliance win (new seat)
	Alliance win (new seat)
	Alliance win (new seat)

Lightbowne

Lightbowne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Murphy*	2,145	44.5	N/A
	Labour	Alison Kelly*	1,952
	Labour	Derek Shaw	1,950
	Conservative	Albert Bolland	1,340	27.8	N/A
	Conservative	Vincent Clare	1,333
	Conservative	Grace Cleworth	1,315
	Alliance	Frederick Pinder	1,184	24.6	N/A
	Alliance	James Ashley	1,168
	Alliance	Elizabeth Thompson	1,043
	Independent	George Croston	147	3.0	N/A
Majority			610	16.7	N/A
Turnout			4,816	47.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Byrne	1,875	44.5	N/A
	Labour	Kathleen Robinson	1,787
	Labour	Kenneth Strath	1,650
	Alliance	Altaf Ahmed	1,394	33.1	N/A
	Alliance	George Nevins	911
	Alliance	Joseph Podbylski	798
	Conservative	Nigel Davidson	741	17.6	N/A
	Conservative	John Watson	736
	Conservative	William O'Grady	688
	Independent	Geoffrey Chandler	199	4.7	N/A
Majority			256	11.4	N/A
Turnout			4,209	36.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Moss Side

Moss Side

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Paget*	2,285	62.5	N/A
	Labour	Arnold Spencer	2,123
	Labour	Jeffrey Wilner*	1,969
	Conservative	Robert Taylor	863	23.6	N/A
	Conservative	Mary Barnes	795
	Conservative	Joan Goldsby	758
	Alliance	Sarah Barber	400	10.9	N/A
	Alliance	Norman Allen	380
	Alliance	Lauriston Ford	362
	Workers Revolutionary	Frederick Marshall	106	2.9	N/A
Majority			1,106	38.9	N/A
Turnout			3,654	35.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Moston

Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin McLaren*	2,220	43.0	N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth Goulding	2,054	39.8	N/A
	Labour	William Risby	2,024
	Labour	Leonard Kelly	2,022
	Conservative	Gwendoline Hurley*	1,904
	Conservative	Gerald Carey	1,839
	Alliance	John Bailey	881	17.1	N/A
	Alliance	John Gradwell	808
	Alliance	Martin Gradwell	792
Majority			2	3.2	N/A
Turnout			5,155		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Tomlinson*	1,933	62.8	N/A
	Labour	John Smith*	1,925
	Labour	Michael Taylor*	1,875
	Conservative	David Booth	755	24.5	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Johnson	672
	Conservative	Kenneth Leeson	616
	Alliance	Joyce Laslett	389	12.6	N/A
	Alliance	Vera Towers	352
	Alliance	Geoffrey Mawson	344
Majority			1,120	38.3	N/A
Turnout			3,077	33.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Northenden

Northenden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Barnes	1,954	40.1	N/A
	Labour	Harold Brown	1,890
	Labour	Duncan Healey	1,881
	Conservative	George Leigh*	1,865	38.3	N/A
	Conservative	Dorothy Mountford	1,694
	Conservative	John Graham	1,639
	Alliance	John Holland	911	18.7	N/A
	Alliance	Julian Goldstone	888
	Alliance	Kenneth Lightowler	842
	Independent	Stanley Rose	137	2.8	N/A
Majority			16	1.8	N/A
Turnout			4,867	47.2	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Old Moat

Old Moat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Aikman*	2,053	41.8	N/A
	Conservative	Gerard Fitzsimons	1,924
	Conservative	Peter Hilton	1,888
	Labour	Trevor Allcock	1,649	33.5	N/A
	Labour	Deborah Bryson	1,520
	Labour	Roy Walters	1,493
	Alliance	Pamela Elwood	1,213	24.7	N/A
	Alliance	Anthony Parkinson	1,199
	Alliance	John Stevenson	1,148
Majority			239	8.2	N/A
Turnout			4,915	44.9	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Egan	1,926	44.2	N/A
	Labour	John Nicholson*	1,895
	Labour	Margaret Roff	1,823
	Conservative	Shakir Hussain	1,484	34.0	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Catchpole	1,350
	Conservative	Catherine McQuade	1,313
	Alliance	Peter Thompson	947	21.7	N/A
	Alliance	Audrey Greaves	920
	Alliance	David Tierney	843
Majority			339	10.1	N/A
Turnout			4,357	44.5	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Sharston

Sharston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Collis*	1,906	43.8	N/A
	Labour	Kevan Lim*	1,787
	Labour	William Jameson	1,735
	Conservative	Annie Spencer	1,329	30.5	N/A
	Conservative	Rodney Munn	1,322
	Conservative	Kathleen Hay	1,290
	Alliance	Eileen Bowers	1,115	25.6	N/A
	Alliance	Robert Bowers	1,112
	Alliance	Angus Bateman	1,052
Majority			406	13.2	N/A
Turnout			4,350		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Whalley Range

Whalley Range

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Rodgers*	2,029	44.4	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Neville	1,951
	Conservative	Michael Whetton	1,926
	Labour	David Grigg	1,371	30.0	N/A
	Labour	Anthony Williams	1,300
	Labour	Barclay Patoir	1,220
	Alliance	Roy Jarman	1,168	25.6	N/A
	Alliance	David Levy	1,057
	Alliance	Simon Lewis	1,057
Majority			555	14.4	N/A
Turnout			4,568	48.7	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Withington

Withington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Audrey Jones*	2,043	40.6	N/A
	Conservative	Joan Jacobs*	1,981	39.4	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Davies	1,854
	Alliance	David Sandiford*	1,836
	Conservative	Muriel Pierce	1,828
	Alliance	Graham Shaw	1,675
	Labour	Frank Booth	1,006	20.0	N/A
	Labour	Karl Grimshaw	991
	Labour	Adetutu Eko	929
Majority			18	1.2	N/A
Turnout			5,030	49.8	N/A
	Alliance win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald Hall*	2,164	63.9	N/A
	Labour	Griffith Berry*	2,062
	Labour	Thomas Farrell*	2,040
	Alliance	Eileen Wildman	635	18.7	N/A
	Alliance	Doreen Thomas	599
	Conservative	Constance Murphy	588	17.3	N/A
	Conservative	Joyce Norbury	581
	Conservative	Hilda Wootton	569
	Alliance	Thomas Huffer	540
Majority			1,405	45.1	N/A
Turnout			3,387	35.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).