1983 Leeds City Council election

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected.[1]

Map of the results for the 1983 Leeds council election.

The unwinding of much of Alliance's momentum helped Labour defend most of their 1982 losses, with the Conservative and Alliance gains restricted to a seat apiece in Morley North and Burmantofts respectively. The Conservative ousted by the Alliance gain in ultra-marginal Horsforth the year before won his way back onto the council with the only other gain of the night.[1]

Election result
Leeds Local Election Result 1983
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 19 0 2 -2 57.6 40.1 90,584 +5.7%
  Conservative 11 2 0 +2 33.3 36.3 81,908 +0.5%
  Alliance 3 1 1 0 9.1 23.0 51,880 -6.4%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 539 +0.2%
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 468 -0.0%
  Ecology 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 227 -0.0%
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 142 +0.1%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Labour 56 54
Conservatives 32 34
Alliance 11 11
Total 99 99
Working majority  13    9 

Ward results
Aireborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Barber 3,958 43.2 +1.0
Alliance (Liberal) M. Cooksey 2,678 29.2 -7.4
Labour P. Booth 2,532 27.6 +6.3
Majority 1,280 14.0 +8.4
Turnout 9,168
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
Armley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) D. Selby 2,989 45.8 -0.7
Labour B. Ewart 2,143 32.8 +3.4
Conservative H. Hinchliffe 1,349 20.7 -2.5
Communist J. Hodgson 46 0.7 -0.3
Majority 846 13.0 -4.1
Turnout 6,527
Alliance hold Swing -2.0
Barwick & Kippax[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Monks 3,652 49.5 +10.1
Conservative W. Hedley 2,937 39.8 -2.9
Alliance (SDP) E. Ayres 792 10.7 -7.2
Majority 715 9.7 +6.4
Turnout 7,381
Labour hold Swing +6.5
Beeston[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Booth 2,937 54.3 +8.0
Conservative W. Birch 1,755 32.5 +0.5
Alliance (SDP) B. Pollard 712 13.2 -8.5
Majority 1,182 21.9 +7.5
Turnout 5,404
Labour hold Swing +3.7
Bramley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Miller 3,343 51.7 +6.1
Alliance (Liberal) R. Barker 2,012 31.1 -5.0
Conservative G. Broadbent 1,114 17.2 -1.2
Majority 1,331 20.6 +11.2
Turnout 6,469
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Burmantofts[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) T. Bland 3,174 45.6 -7.5
Labour S. Armitage 2,954 42.5 +7.4
Conservative S. Temple 715 10.3 -0.7
National Front P. Vessey 59 0.8 +0.8
Communist M. Monkman 56 0.8 -0.1
Majority 220 3.2 -14.9
Turnout 6,958
Alliance gain from Labour Swing -7.4
Chapel Allerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Clarke 4,049 60.1 +4.6
Conservative J. Moore 1,809 26.9 -0.2
Alliance (Liberal) C. Smith 879 13.0 -4.4
Majority 2,240 33.2 +4.7
Turnout 6,737
Labour hold Swing +2.4
City & Holbeck[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Morris 3,705 64.4 +2.7
Alliance (Liberal) A. Paton 1,177 20.5 -2.0
Conservative D. Tomlinson 872 15.2 -0.7
Majority 2,528 43.9 +4.7
Turnout 5,754
Labour hold Swing +2.3
Cookridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Wheatley 4,141 55.9 +0.0
Alliance (Liberal) P. Kelley 1,900 25.7 -5.4
Labour F. Davis 1,362 18.4 +5.4
Majority 2,241 30.3 +5.5
Turnout 7,403
Conservative hold Swing +2.7
Garforth & Swillington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Lambert 3,673 44.1 +9.5
Conservative N. May 3,562 42.8 +2.2
Alliance (SDP) P. Wilson 1,095 13.1 -11.7
Majority 111 1.3 -4.6
Turnout 8,330
Labour hold Swing +3.6
Halton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Hyde 4,025 59.2 +3.4
Labour W. Prichard 1,700 25.0 +7.0
Alliance (SDP) J. Ratcliffe 1,069 15.7 -10.4
Majority 2,325 34.2 +4.5
Turnout 6,794
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Harehills[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Simmons 3,924 65.1 +4.9
Conservative C. Robins 1,374 22.8 -2.7
Alliance (Liberal) N. Foster 732 12.1 -2.2
Majority 2,550 42.3 +7.6
Turnout 6,030
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Headingley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Thomas 3,646 53.6 +7.8
Conservative D. Flowers 2,190 32.2 +1.6
Alliance (SDP) C. Mularczyk 824 12.1 -9.2
Communist B. Cooper 140 2.1 -0.3
Majority 1,456 21.4 +6.2
Turnout 6,800
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Horsforth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative V. Stevens 3,875 45.8 +2.0
Alliance (Liberal) M. Crossfield 3,720 44.0 -1.6
Labour A. Radford 858 10.2 -0.4
Majority 155 1.8 +0.0
Turnout 8,453
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing +1.8
Hunslet[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Battle 3,520 83.5 +9.9
Conservative R. Wilkinson 405 9.6 +0.4
Alliance (SDP) D. Midgley 289 6.9 -10.3
Majority 3,115 73.9 +17.4
Turnout 4,214
Labour hold Swing +4.7
Kirkstall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Illingworth 3,727 56.2 +0.5
Conservative A. Walkington 1,808 27.3 -2.4
Alliance (Liberal) P. Meadowcroft 1,014 15.3 +2.2
Communist B. Jackson 78 1.2 -0.2
Majority 1,919 29.0 +2.9
Turnout 6,627
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Middleton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Taylor 3,303 73.7 +9.7
Conservative A. Larvin 765 17.1 -0.4
Alliance (Liberal) L. Thackray 411 9.2 -9.4
Majority 2,538 56.7 +11.2
Turnout 4,479
Labour hold Swing +5.0
Moortown[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Sparling 3,739 47.9 -1.6
Alliance (SDP) M. Harris 2,712 34.7 -1.4
Labour G. Ford 1,363 17.4 +2.9
Majority 1,027 13.1 -0.3
Turnout 7,814
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
Morley North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Marshall 3,522 46.5 +5.3
Labour R. Cordingley 3,168 41.8 +6.9
Alliance (SDP) H. Smith 886 11.7 -12.2
Majority 354 4.7 -1.5
Turnout 7,576
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -0.8
Morley South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Mitchell 3,426 50.2 -1.0
Conservative R. Halpin 2,189 32.0 +7.7
Alliance (SDP) S. Beagles 677 9.9 -14.6
Independent S. Welham 539 7.9 +7.9
Majority 1,237 18.1 -8.6
Turnout 6,831
Labour hold Swing -4.3
North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Feldman 4,011 61.5 +4.0
Alliance (SDP) M. Lance 1,415 21.7 -9.0
Labour R. Davey 1,101 16.9 +5.0
Majority 2,596 39.8 +13.0
Turnout 6,527
Conservative hold Swing +6.5
Otley & Wharfedale[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) G. Kirkland 5,196 51.3 +3.8
Conservative E. Davies 3,844 37.9 -2.6
Labour J. Monksfield 869 8.6 -0.3
Ecology A. Laurence 227 2.2 -0.9
Majority 1,352 13.3 +6.4
Turnout 10,136
Alliance hold Swing +3.2
Pudsey North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative I. Favell 4,031 50.1 +5.5
Labour F. Burnley 2,444 30.4 +2.2
Alliance (SDP) V. Hudson 1,569 19.5 -7.7
Majority 1,587 19.7 +3.3
Turnout 8,044
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
Pudsey South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Dickinson 2,688 39.4 +5.5
Conservative P. Lee 2,500 36.6 +2.1
Alliance (Liberal) A. Booker 1,637 24.0 -7.5
Majority 188 2.8 +2.2
Turnout 6,825
Labour hold Swing +1.7
Richmond Hill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Hamilton 3,636 50.3 +14.2
Alliance (Liberal) K. Norman 2,973 41.1 -14.1
Conservative J. Higham 534 7.4 -1.2
National Front H. Hilton 83 1.1 +1.1
Majority 663 9.2 -10.0
Turnout 7,226
Labour hold Swing +14.1
Rothwell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Walker 3,609 59.0 +10.6
Conservative D. Boynton 1,667 27.3 +1.7
Alliance (SDP) P. Burton 790 12.9 -12.1
Communist R. Horsbrough 50 0.8 -0.1
Majority 1,942 31.8 +9.0
Turnout 6,116
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Roundhay[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Gruen 4,582 63.5 +3.4
Alliance (Liberal) S. Holland 1,449 20.1 -6.5
Labour C. Samuels 1,189 16.5 +3.1
Majority 3,133 43.4 +9.9
Turnout 7,220
Labour hold Swing +4.9
Seacroft[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Gabb 3,408 67.9 +5.1
Conservative P. Hyde 1,052 21.0 +2.1
Alliance (SDP) T. Ayres 559 11.1 -7.2
Majority 2,356 46.9 +2.9
Turnout 5,019
Labour hold Swing +1.5
University[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Sloane 3,233 66.0 +3.1
Conservative J. Mindell 904 18.5 +2.3
Alliance (Liberal) J. Staines 664 13.6 -5.4
Communist J. Rodgers 98 2.0 +0.0
Majority 2,329 47.5 +3.6
Turnout 4,899
Labour hold Swing +0.4
Weetwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Gill 3,369 45.9 -0.3
Labour I. Steele 2,526 34.5 +9.5
Alliance (SDP) G. Fox 1,437 19.6 -9.3
Majority 843 11.5 -5.9
Turnout 7,332
Conservative hold Swing -4.9
Wetherby[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Hudson 4,977 68.8 -0.1
Alliance (Liberal) T. Burgess 1,480 20.5 -1.5
Labour R. Bishop 777 10.7 +1.6
Majority 3,497 48.3 +1.3
Turnout 7,234
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
Whinmoor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Blower 2,807 48.4 +8.2
Conservative M. Beardsall 2,135 36.8 +2.3
Alliance (SDP) D. Mortimer 860 14.8 -10.5
Majority 672 11.6 +5.9
Turnout 5,802
Labour hold Swing +2.9
Wortley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Fathers 3,312 43.5 +6.5
Conservative H. Connah 2,198 28.8 -2.1
Alliance (Liberal) A. Gilchrist 2,109 27.7 -4.4
Majority 1,114 14.6 +9.7
Turnout 7,619
Labour hold Swing +4.3

References
  1. "District results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 6 May 1983.
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