1983 Sheffield City Council election

1983 Sheffield City Council election
30 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council; 44 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1983 Sheffield City Council elections.
Majority party before election; Labour Party (UK);	Majority party after election ; Labour Party (UK);

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1983
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	21	2	1	+1	70.0	50.9	91,055	+2.9
Conservative	6	0	0	0	20.0	29.2	52,254	+5.9
Alliance	3	1	2	-1	10.0	19.7	35,257	-8.6
Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	234	-0.1

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Beauchief ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cliff Godber*	4,087	53.2	+11.7
	Labour	Val Shepherd	2,186	28.5	+2.6
	Alliance (SDP)	N. Knox	1,403	18.3	−13.2
Majority			2,684	24.7	+14.7
Turnout			7,676
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

Birley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank White*	4,130	59.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Shirely Rhodes	1,776	25.7	+8.1
	Alliance (SDP)	Roger Davison	1,011	14.6	−13.2
Majority			2,354	34.0	+7.2
Turnout			6,917
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.5

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Michie*	3,092	67.7	+6.0
	Alliance (SDP)	George Wilson	805	17.6	−12.3
	Conservative	Ian Saunders	667	14.6	+6.3
Majority			2,287	50.1	+18.3
Turnout			4,564
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.1

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Cheetham*	2,461	48.2	+4.4
	Labour	M. Mitchell	1,533	30.0	+2.5
	Alliance (SDP)	Patrick Smith	1,110	21.7	−7.0
Majority			928	18.2	+3.1
Turnout			5,104
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Jamison	3,508	52.6	+1.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	Malcolm Johnson*	2,744	41.1	−1.4
	Conservative	Stuart Dawson	389	5.8	0.0
	Communist	Paul Mackey	32	0.5	−0.2
Majority			764	11.5	+3.2
Turnout			6,673
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	+1.6

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Skinner*	3,804	76.8	+4.8
	Conservative	Thomas Seaton	690	13.9	+3.4
	Alliance (SDP)	Tony Pearce	417	8.4	−8.2
	Communist	Violet Gill	44	0.9	+0.1
Majority			3,114	62.9	+7.5
Turnout			4,955
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.7

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	Geoffrey Griffiths*	3,954	52.8	+3.3
	Labour	Henry Hanwell	2,742	36.6	−4.0
	Conservative	J. Edwards	785	10.5	+0.7
Majority			1,212	16.2	+7.3
Turnout			7,481
	Alliance hold		Swing	+3.6

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Brown*	3,408	61.2	+4.1
	Conservative	Colin Cavill	1,284	23.1	+4.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Dennis Boothroyd	871	15.6	−8.8
Majority			2,124	38.1	+5.4
Turnout			5,563
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Davey	4,786	59.1	+7.2
	Labour	A. Morgan	1,926	23.8	+1.1
	Alliance (SDP)	W. Lawrie	1,382	17.1	−8.3
Majority			2,860	35.3	+8.8
Turnout			8,094
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Neill*	4,761	60.4	+7.7
	Alliance (Liberal)	Arthur Fawthrop	1,895	24.0	−9.4
	Labour	L. Skinner	1,228	15.6	+1.7
Majority			2,866	36.4	+17.1
Turnout			7,884
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.5

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Butler*	3,941	72.6	+0.3
	Alliance (Liberal)	D. Wagland	824	15.2	−3.7
	Conservative	Lorna Banham	661	12.2	+3.5
Majority			3,117	57.4	−4.0
Turnout			5,426
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hobson*	4,319	59.4	+5.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	Peter McNutt	1,739	23.9	−6.3
	Labour	Dorothy Podlesny	1,205	16.6	+0.5
Majority			2,580	35.5	+12.1
Turnout			7,263
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.0

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elsie Smith*	3,654	61.5	+4.5
	Conservative	Dorothy Kennedy	1,395	23.5	+6.6
	Alliance (SDP)	Hilary Gooch	892	15.0	−10.9
Majority			2,259	38.0	+6.9
Turnout			5,941
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.0

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Clarke	3,744	56.0	+6.8
	Conservative	A. Byron	2,047	30.6	+4.5
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Scholfield	889	13.3	−10.2
Majority			1,697	25.4	+2.3
Turnout			6,680
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Morgan*	3,578	45.7	+2.3
	Conservative	William Travis	2,745	35.1	+10.0
	Alliance (Liberal)	Patrick Smith	1,500	19.2	−12.2
Majority			833	10.6	−1.4
Turnout			7,823
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.8

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Bower*	3,684	57.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Farrell Rollitt	1,754	27.4	+7.5
	Alliance (SDP)	A. Lyon	957	14.9	−11.5
Majority			1,930	30.2	+3.0
Turnout			6,395
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.7

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Colk	3,564	79.4	+8.1
	Conservative	Frank Brookes	521	11.6	+3.3
	Alliance (SDP)	Joan Dallamore	376	8.4	−11.2
	Communist	B. Oldale	27	0.6	−0.1
Majority			3,043	67.8	+16.1
Turnout			4,488
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Dootson*	3,993	57.5	+1.4
	Conservative	Christopher Goldsmith	1,908	27.5	+9.5
	Alliance (SDP)	I. Addison	1,043	15.0	−10.9
Majority			2,085	30.0	−0.2
Turnout			6,944
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.0

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Verhaert*	2,843	44.9	+2.6
	Labour	John Hesketh	2,456	38.7	+3.0
	Alliance (SDP)	Paul Metcalfe	1,037	16.3	−5.6
Majority			387	6.2	−0.4
Turnout			6,336
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.2

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Jones	3,706	68.3	+2.3
	Alliance (SDP)	Robert Shillito	907	16.7	−5.9
	Conservative	Patricia Oldfield	810	14.9	+6.1
Majority			2,799	51.6	+8.2
Turnout			5,423
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.1

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harold Lambert*	3,231	66.8	+6.6
	Conservative	G. Ranson	1,007	20.8	+5.5
	Alliance (Liberal)	S. Matthewman	542	11.2	−12.0
	Communist	Gordon Ashberry	57	1.2	−0.1
Majority			2,224	46.0	+9.0
Turnout			4,837
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.5

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Glenn*	3,880	59.5	+1.9
	Conservative	B. Farnsworth	1,907	29.2	+6.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Robert Mumford	731	11.2	−8.6
Majority			1,973	30.3	−4.7
Turnout			6,518
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.3

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Jackson*	3,464	68.6	+5.6
	Conservative	George Booth	963	19.0	+6.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	Philip Taylor	623	12.3	−12.2
Majority			2,501	49.6	+11.1
Turnout			5,050
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivienne Nicholson	3,937	83.3	+7.6
	Conservative	Jeremy Richardson	786	16.6	+7.4
Majority			3,151	66.7	+5.0
Turnout			4,723
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Knight*	2,934	63.3	+0.5
	Conservative	Anne Smith	1,052	22.7	+5.6
	Alliance (SDP)	E. Scott	571	12.3	−6.4
	Communist	M. Heywood	74	1.6	+0.3
Majority			1,882	40.6	−4.5
Turnout			4,631
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.5

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance (Liberal)	David Baker	3,287	38.5	-5.8
	Conservative	Sylvia Cowley	2,634	30.8	+5.9
	Labour	Patrick Heath	2,618	30.6	−0.1
Majority			633	7.7	−5.9
Turnout			8,539
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	-5.8

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Davies*	4,106	81.6	+6.8
	Alliance (SDP)	Pamela Brown	468	9.3	−9.0
	Conservative	Hedley Oldfield	455	9.0	+2.2
Majority			3,638	72.3	+15.8
Turnout			5,029
	Labour hold		Swing	+7.9

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Proctor	2,081	39.1	+2.8
	Alliance (Liberal)	M. Shaw	2,031	38.1	-6.6
	Alliance (Liberal)	June Hibberd	1,934
	Labour	John Johnston	1,920
	Conservative	Barrie Jones	1,213	22.8	+3.8
	Conservative	R. Homer	1,059
Majority			97	1.0	−7.4
Turnout			5,325
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing	+4.7

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Owen*	3,722	57.1	+3.6
	Conservative	Radcliffe Wilson-Wolfe	1,548	23.7	+7.3
	Alliance (SDP)	Dennis Brown	1,248	19.1	−10.9
Majority			2,174	33.4	+9.9
Turnout			6,518
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.8