All years
1983 council by-elections
192 by-elections on our record, 0 of them won by a different party from last time.
Every by-election
| Date | Ward | Winner | Previously |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan | Hellesdon NorthBroadland | SDP-Liberal Alliance 36.5% | Not known |
| 20 Jan | Axminster TownEast Devon | SDP-Liberal Alliance 53.3% | Not known |
| 10 Feb | HeadcornMaidstone | Conservative 49.7% | Not known |
| 17 Feb | DelamereCrewe and Nantwich | SDP-Liberal Alliance 45.3% | Not known |
| 17 Feb | ShavingtonCrewe and Nantwich | Conservative 51.4% | Not known |
| 17 Feb | Ebbw Vale SouthGwent | Labour 70.2% | Not known |
| 17 Feb | South LakeWokingham | SDP-Liberal Alliance 51.6% | Not known |
| 24 Feb | HarlesdenBrent | Labour 66.4% | Not known |
| 24 Feb | ConstableEssex | Conservative 68.1% | Not known |
| 24 Feb | Worthing (West Tarring)West Sussex | SDP-Liberal Alliance 52.8% | Not known |
| 3 Mar | Hoddesdon Town [merged f644d635]Broxbourne | SDP-Liberal Alliance 51.9% | Not known |
| 3 Mar | HerbertGreenwich | Labour 37.7% | Not known |
| 3 Mar | Grange [merged 333a4e73]Halton | Labour 58.9% | Not known |
| 3 Mar | DerbySefton | Labour 47.9% | Not known |
| 3 Mar | ClockhouseSutton | SDP-Liberal Alliance 51.3% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | HarborneBirmingham | Conservative 55.3% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | BullsmoorEnfield | Conservative 44.1% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | Cheltenham (Pittville)Gloucestershire | Conservative 41.7% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | St. StephensHertfordshire | SDP-Liberal Alliance 46.4% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | Hemingford GreyHuntingdonshire | Conservative 57.7% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | RiversideSouthwark | SDP-Liberal Alliance 56.5% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | Town End FarmSunderland | Labour 83.9% | Not known |
| 10 Mar | RosehillSutton | SDP-Liberal Alliance 59.0% | Not known |
| 17 Mar | Halton [merged b5cd18fd]Halton | Labour 54.9% | Not known |
| 17 Mar | Farnham SouthSurrey | SDP-Liberal Alliance 49.4% | Not known |
| 24 Mar | Keswick & St. JohnsCumbria | Conservative 55.6% | Not known |
| 24 Mar | TrelawneyDevon | Conservative 50.6% | Not known |
| 24 Mar | Old Hastings [merged f188cb9d]Hastings [merged 9eef0468] | SDP-Liberal Alliance 40.8% | Not known |
| 24 Mar | Meriden TudorHertfordshire | Conservative 37.8% | Not known |
| 24 Mar | QuarryOxfordshire | Conservative 45.8% | Not known |
| 24 Mar | Crofton & AckworthWakefield | Labour 50.8% | Not known |
| 14 Apr | St. AnnesColchester | Conservative 40.4% | Not known |
| 14 Apr | RainhamHavering | SDP-Liberal Alliance 54.0% | Not known |
| 14 Apr | StanwellSurrey | Labour 36.5% | Not known |
| 21 Apr | Medstead & SelborneHampshire | Conservative 72.3% | Not known |
| 28 Apr | Thamesmead EastBexley | Labour 40.8% | Not known |
| 28 Apr | NewburyRedbridge | Conservative 54.9% | Not known |
| 2 May | BlackleyManchester | Labour 56.9% | Not known |
| 5 May | Chadwell HeathBarking and Dagenham | Not recorded | Not known |
| 26 May | Sydenham WestLewisham | Conservative 44.3% | Not known |
| 26 May | Chipping SodburyNorthavon | Conservative 90.0% | Not known |
| 9 Jun | LONGBRIDGEBarking and Dagenham | Conservative 50.5% | Not known |
| 9 Jun | KingswoodCorby | Labour 46.6% | Not known |
| 23 Jun | ThornburyAvon | SDP-Liberal Alliance 46.0% | Not known |
| 23 Jun | West Lancashire SouthLancashire | Conservative 74.5% | Not known |
| 23 Jun | Lower MordenMerton | Conservative 52.4% | Not known |
| 7 Jul | Pitsea EastBasildon | Labour 53.0% | Not known |
| 7 Jul | AngleseyGosport | Conservative 63.8% | Not known |
| 7 Jul | WymondhamNorfolk | Conservative 43.0% | Not known |
| 7 Jul | GroveTower Hamlets | SDP-Liberal Alliance 72.8% | Not known |
| 14 Jul | Craven [merged c5738b19]Bradford | Conservative 40.4% | Not known |
| 14 Jul | Central & WestminsterCheshire | Labour 52.3% | Not known |
| 14 Jul | CribdenRossendale | Conservative 37.3% | Not known |
| 14 Jul | LongholmeRossendale | Labour 50.4% | Not known |
| 21 Jul | Swiss CottageCamden | Conservative 44.6% | Not known |
| 28 Jul | CentralPeterborough | Labour 42.6% | Not known |
| 28 Jul | BattleRother | SDP-Liberal Alliance 52.9% | Not known |
| 28 Jul | East PutneyWandsworth | Conservative 55.4% | Not known |
| 28 Jul | West HillWandsworth | Conservative 44.7% | Not known |
| 28 Jul | RedhatchWokingham | SDP-Liberal Alliance 56.6% | Not known |
| 28 Jul | RossallWyre | Conservative 40.7% | Not known |
| 4 Aug | Ponteland SouthCastle Morpeth | SDP-Liberal Alliance 54.1% | Not known |
| 4 Aug | BrockenhurstHampshire | Conservative 61.0% | Not known |
| 4 Aug | RumneySouth Glamorgan | Labour 40.8% | Not known |
| 4 Aug | WesternThamesdown | Labour 42.1% | Not known |
| 4 Aug | CorringhamThurrock | Labour 52.5% | Not known |
| 11 Aug | Bromley CommonBromley | SDP-Liberal Alliance 50.5% | Not known |
| 11 Aug | AngleseyCannock Chase | SDP-Liberal Alliance 43.5% | Not known |
| 11 Aug | Boughton HeathCity of Chester | SDP-Liberal Alliance 47.2% | Not known |
| 11 Aug | Market Harborough Rural No. 2Leicestershire | Conservative 70.8% | Not known |
| 18 Aug | LuddendenfootCalderdale | SDP-Liberal Alliance 42.3% | Not known |
| 18 Aug | Basingstoke NorthHampshire | Labour 52.8% | Not known |
| 18 Aug | Bilston EastWolverhampton | Labour 46.3% | Not known |
| 25 Aug | Ely WestEast Cambridgeshire | SDP-Liberal Alliance 58.0% | Not known |
| 1 Sept | LavenhamBabergh | Conservative 46.0% | Not known |
| 1 Sept | Chapel EastHigh Peak | SDP-Liberal Alliance 39.0% | Not known |
| 1 Sept | DrakeLewisham | Labour 39.9% | Not known |
| 8 Sept | CoggeshallBraintree | Conservative 40.4% | Not known |
| 8 Sept | Alston MoorEden | Not recorded | Not known |
| 8 Sept | Armley [merged c18f0e6c]Leeds | SDP-Liberal Alliance 56.3% | Not known |
| 8 Sept | Bramley [merged 9e86b053]Leeds | SDP-Liberal Alliance 47.2% | Not known |
| 8 Sept | CentralOadby And Wigston | Conservative 36.4% | Not known |
| 8 Sept | ConsortSouthwark | Labour 44.7% | Not known |
| 15 Sept | South BankCleveland | Labour 69.0% | Not known |
| 15 Sept | MortonCumbria | Labour 69.7% | Not known |
| 15 Sept | Surbiton HillKingston upon Thames | Conservative 51.8% | Not known |
| 15 Sept | Tolworth EastKingston upon Thames | SDP-Liberal Alliance 54.8% | Not known |
| 15 Sept | Bodmin St PetrocNorth Cornwall | SDP-Liberal Alliance 69.5% | Not known |
| 15 Sept | EmpressRushmoor | SDP-Liberal Alliance 61.5% | Not known |
| 22 Sept | CyncoedCardiff | SDP-Liberal Alliance 50.5% | Not known |
| 22 Sept | St. GeorgesCastle Point | Labour 47.3% | Not known |
| 22 Sept | St. MarysChiltern | Conservative 48.0% | Not known |
| 22 Sept | WarehamDorset | Conservative 61.6% | Not known |
| 22 Sept | CrosskeysIslwyn | Labour 53.1% | Not known |
| 22 Sept | BelgraveWestminster | Conservative 81.6% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | BarnhamArun | SDP-Liberal Alliance 50.1% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | RedvalesBury | Labour 58.1% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | Wood EndEaling | SDP-Liberal Alliance 51.7% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | LissEast Hampshire | SDP-Liberal Alliance 52.2% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | MoorlandLincoln | Labour 40.9% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | MartonMiddlesbrough | Conservative 50.3% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | Camperdown [merged b4abadc0]North Tyneside | Labour 77.7% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | Longbenton [merged f4417a82]North Tyneside | SDP-Liberal Alliance 49.4% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | LentonNottinghamshire | Conservative 66.2% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | Worksop WestNottinghamshire | Labour 38.7% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | BeauchiefSheffield | Conservative 53.1% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | Sutton & BoldSt. Helens | SDP-Liberal Alliance 50.5% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | SouthcliffTendring | Conservative 50.5% | Not known |
| 29 Sept | Grove GreenWaltham Forest | SDP-Liberal Alliance 46.5% | Not known |
| 6 Oct | Bedford No. 8Bedfordshire | SDP-Liberal Alliance 54.7% | Not known |
| 6 Oct | BalderstoneRochdale | Labour 43.0% | Not known |
| 6 Oct | AmotherbyRyedale | Conservative 54.2% | Not known |
| 6 Oct | Gossops GreenWest Sussex | Labour 49.7% | Not known |
| 6 Oct | Pound HillWest Sussex | Conservative 59.8% | Not known |
| 13 Oct | ThorpeEssex | Conservative 64.5% | Not known |
| 13 Oct | BinsteadIsle Of Wight | SDP-Liberal Alliance 44.7% | Not known |
| 13 Oct | EarlsfieldWandsworth | SDP-Liberal Alliance 41.3% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | HaptonBurnley | Labour 42.1% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | PenwerrisCarrick | Not recorded | Not known |
| 20 Oct | Brierley HillDudley | Labour 76.5% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | HarringayHaringey | Labour 55.2% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | EvingtonLeicestershire | Conservative 59.4% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | HumberstoneLeicestershire | Conservative 48.0% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | Castle DonningtonNorth West Leicestershire | Labour 49.2% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | Sutton-In-Ashfield (South)Nottinghamshire | Labour 72.8% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | Witney Rural No. 3Oxfordshire | Conservative 52.2% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | MarsdenPendle | Labour 52.2% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | Hateley HeathSandwell | Labour 54.1% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | Spring ValeWolverhampton | Labour 41.2% | Not known |
| 20 Oct | WestfieldYork | SDP-Liberal Alliance 43.2% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | St. PaulsBarnet | Labour 42.3% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | Baildon [merged 976fc417]Bradford | SDP-Liberal Alliance 61.1% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | WetheralCumbria | Conservative 52.5% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | Meon ValleyHampshire | Conservative 61.4% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | BarnsburyIslington | SDP-Liberal Alliance 51.9% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | Holloway [merged 521e1471]Islington [merged aa1c3d88] | Labour 46.0% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | EastMaidstone | SDP-Liberal Alliance 49.9% | Not known |
| 27 Oct | KessinglandWaveney | Conservative 50.3% | Not known |
| 3 Nov | Deal WestKent | Labour 58.3% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | BinfieldBerkshire | Conservative 59.4% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | KelvedonBraintree | Conservative 35.5% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | Moulsham LodgeChelmsford | SDP-Liberal Alliance 65.7% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | Walton [merged 3ad92267]Chesterfield | Conservative 49.8% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | Ardleigh GreenHavering | Conservative 48.7% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | Heath ParkHavering | Conservative 61.1% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | HylandsHavering | Conservative 33.4% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | MawneyHavering | Conservative 39.9% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | FawdonNewcastle Upon Tyne | SDP-Liberal Alliance 46.0% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | NewburnNewcastle Upon Tyne | Labour 48.6% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | Hampton NurseryRichmond upon Thames | SDP-Liberal Alliance 52.6% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | Hampton WickRichmond upon Thames | SDP-Liberal Alliance 57.3% | Not known |
| 10 Nov | Green Hill & TotteridgeWycombe | Conservative 43.8% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | Langdon HillsBasildon | SDP-Liberal Alliance 41.9% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | LinthorpeCleveland | Conservative 53.7% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | ArgyleEaling | Conservative 47.4% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | Farnborough WestHampshire | SDP-Liberal Alliance 47.4% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | GurnardIsle Of Wight | SDP-Liberal Alliance 49.1% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | Dawley MagnaShropshire | Labour 70.1% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | BrownhillsWalsall | Labour 63.5% | Not known |
| 17 Nov | Sunningdale & South AscotWindsor & Maidenhead | Conservative 60.2% | Not known |
| 24 Nov | CollegeCity of Chester | Labour 56.5% | Not known |
| 24 Nov | LatymerEnfield | Labour 66.2% | Not known |
| 24 Nov | HarlingtonMid Bedfordshire | Other 37.7% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | Redruth NorthCornwall | Labour 42.5% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | St. Day Lanner & CarharrackCornwall | Conservative 41.2% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | Poole No. 4 (South)Dorset | Conservative 43.9% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | Manor LeeLewisham | Labour 40.4% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | St. AndrewLewisham | Conservative 40.3% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | PickeringNorth Yorkshire | SDP-Liberal Alliance 59.7% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | LlansamletSwansea | Labour 58.6% | Not known |
| 1 Dec | Croxley Green [merged b7707561]Three Rivers | SDP-Liberal Alliance 51.8% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | Orford & BewseyCheshire | Labour 69.8% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | Tring CentralDacorum | Conservative 51.4% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | COLLEGE PARK & OLD OAKHammersmith and Fulham | Labour 55.0% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | Folkestone WestKent | Conservative 44.1% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | St. CrispinNorthampton | Labour 54.6% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | St. CrispinNorthamptonshire | Labour 54.2% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | Stone StreetShepway | Conservative 50.5% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | BlaenavonTorfaen | Not recorded | Not known |
| 8 Dec | Newbiggin WestWansbeck | Labour 48.1% | Not known |
| 8 Dec | Beech HillWigan | Labour 50.7% | Not known |
| 15 Dec | DownsideEastbourne | SDP-Liberal Alliance 57.5% | Not known |
| 15 Dec | GolborneKensington and Chelsea | Labour 53.4% | Not known |
| 15 Dec | SheringtonMilton Keynes | Conservative 62.2% | Not known |
| 15 Dec | St JustPenwith | Not recorded | Not known |
| 15 Dec | Addlestone BournesideRunnymede | Conservative 43.8% | Not known |
| 15 Dec | Pawlett & PuritonSedgemoor | Conservative 63.9% | Not known |
| 15 Dec | HuntspillSomerset | Conservative 69.8% | Not known |
| 15 Dec | BrafieldSouth Northamptonshire | Not recorded | Not known |
| 15 Dec | Tettenhall RegisWolverhampton | SDP-Liberal Alliance 49.6% | Not known |
| 22 Dec | AberdoveyMeirionnydd | Independent 30.2% | Not known |
| 29 Dec | HaverhillSuffolk | Labour 75.5% | Not known |