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    Local Elections 1983

    Local Elections 1983 was held on 5 May 1983. 3,727 seats were filled across 8,357 wards and divisions in 469 councils, from 32,054 candidates. Conservative Party won 1,444, Independent won 1,092 and The Labour Party won 803.

    Date
    5 May 1983
    Seats filled
    3,727
    Candidates
    32,054
    Councils
    469
    Local Elections 1983: seats and votes by party
    PartyCandidatesSeats wonVotesVote share
    Conservative Party9,6121,4448,500,28738.1%
    Independent4,0221,0921,520,2356.8%
    The Labour Party9,5908037,281,80632.7%
    SDP-Liberal Alliance742117481,2832.2%
    Lib/Sdp5,216853,053,22413.7%
    RES30748184,8700.8%
    Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales38938218,9411.0%
    Residents632947,7980.2%
    The Liberal Party392022,5810.1%
    Ind Con1021653,4420.2%
    Other571231,8780.1%
    All1,07910569,0152.6%
    LIB82558,9390.3%
    Ind Lab76137,9720.2%
    COMM89116,8690.1%
    Ind LIB1615,8100.0%
    MK711,7900.0%
    HVS211,0340.0%
    Ind SDP314850.0%
    True Ashf112080.0%
    Lady Ind110—
    RATE81066,7100.3%
    Ecol168025,9860.1%
    SDP46021,5980.1%
    Social Democratic Party19010,1040.0%
    PABAG1709,4860.0%
    PBP1107,7890.0%
    Lib/All1607,4900.0%
    Green Party3105,7020.0%
    PROT404,1620.0%
    Ind SOC603,9820.0%
    Ndm803,5500.0%
    AF Lib702,8620.0%
    BIG502,7570.0%
    IND RATE502,4230.0%
    WS302,3010.0%
    A Lib/SDP102,1870.0%
    WRFC802,1220.0%
    Whig201,9980.0%
    Prog301,9460.0%
    Local Elections 1983: results by council
    CouncilWards / divisionsSeats filledLargest partyIts seats
    Aberconwy11Independent1
    Aberconwy2013Independent9
    Adur134Conservative3
    Allerdale3414Independent8
    Alnwick176Independent3
    Alyn and Deeside232Independent1
    Alyn and Deeside12Conservative1
    Amber Valley70——
    Amber Valley80——
    Arfon3310Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales5
    Arun262Conservative1
    Ashfield150——
    Ashford458Conservative4
    Aylesbury Vale3814Conservative9
    Babergh3013Independent7
    Barking and Dagenham10——
    Barnsley224Labour3
    Barrow in Furness10——
    Barrow-in-Furness123Labour3
    Basildon140——
    Basingstoke and Deane200——
    Bassetlaw51Labour1
    Bassetlaw110——
    Bath10——
    Bath155Conservative5
    Bedford123Conservative2
    Bedford150——
    Berwick-upon-Tweed166Conservative4
    Beverley200——
    BEVERLEY412Conservative9
    Birmingham3916Labour9
    Blaby215Independent2
    Blackburn202Labour2
    Blackpool212Conservative2
    Blackpool12Labour2
    Blaenau Gwent92Labour2
    Blaenau Gwent113Labour3
    Blyth Valley179Conservative3
    Bolsover2412Labour12
    Bolton10——
    Bolton193Labour3
    Boothferry225Conservative3
    Boston177Independent5
    Bournemouth196Conservative4
    Bracknell Forest197Conservative7
    Bradford302Conservative1
    Braintree3328Conservative15
    Breckland4124Conservative13
    Brecknock2123Independent16
    Brentwood132Conservative2
    Bridgnorth2010Independent8
    Brighton1030Conservative18
    Brighton66Labour5
    Brighton & Hove100——
    Bristol, City of3430Conservative17
    Broadland163Independent2
    Bromsgrove2018Conservative14
    Broxbourne140——
    Broxtowe63Conservative3
    Broxtowe160——
    Burnley170——
    Bury151Conservative1
    Bury10——
    Calderdale190——
    Cambridge141Labour1
    Cannock Chase141All1
    Canterbury86Conservative6
    Canterbury1716Labour6
    Caradon3010Independent7
    Cardiff2638Conservative27
    Carlisle233Conservative3
    Carmarthen12Independent2
    Carmarthen208Independent8
    Carrick2015Conservative12
    Castle Morpeth218Independent6
    Castle Point136Conservative6
    Ceredigion4422Independent21
    Charnwood2914Conservative13
    Chelmsford3112SDP-Liberal Alliance8
    Cheltenham119SDP-Liberal Alliance5
    Cheltenham Borough Council30——
    Cherwell183Labour2
    Chester11Conservative1
    Chester-le-Street176Labour6
    Chesterfield109Conservative5
    Chesterfield109Labour9
    Chichester3313Conservative7
    Chiltern303Conservative2
    Chorley164Conservative2
    Christchurch78Labour3
    Christchurch50——
    City of Chester192Conservative1
    Cleethorpes23Labour3
    Cleethorpes162Independent1
    Colchester200——
    Colwyn2634The Liberal Party12
    Congleton60——
    Congleton91Lib/Sdp1
    Copeland2514Labour9
    Corby120——
    Cotswold3322Independent18
    Coventry185Labour4
    Craven10——
    Craven111Labour1
    Crawley120——
    Crewe and Nantwich202Conservative1
    Cynon Valley147Labour6
    Dacorum288Conservative7
    Darlington2520Labour9
    Dartford222Ind Lab1
    Dartford Borough Council10——
    Daventry122Independent2
    Delyn2411Labour9
    Derby154Conservative3
    Derbyshire Dales2511Conservative8
    Derwentside235Labour5
    Dinefwr2432Independent15
    Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council214Labour3
    Dover3113Conservative11
    Dover Borough Council40——
    Dudley242Conservative2
    Durham23Independent3
    Durham220——
    Dwyfor4029Independent27
    Easington170——
    Easington90——
    East Cambridgeshire1816Independent13
    East Devon205Conservative3
    East Dorset2212Conservative8
    East Dorset13Conservative2
    East Hampshire3110Conservative7
    East Hertfordshire307Conservative5
    East Lindsey4623Independent21
    East Lindsey22Independent1
    East Northamptonshire205Conservative5
    East Staffordshire253Conservative1
    East Yorkshire2213Independent6
    East Yorkshire24Conservative4
    Eastbourne100——
    Eastleigh90——
    Eastleigh60——
    Eden2830Independent23
    Ellesmere Port and Neston140——
    Elmbridge204Conservative3
    Epping Forest204Conservative2
    Epsom And Ewell1324RES21
    Erewash240——
    Exeter1814Conservative7
    Fareham141Conservative1
    Fenland2518Conservative14
    Forest Heath154Independent3
    Forest Of Dean2815Independent7
    Fylde107Conservative3
    Fylde129Conservative5
    Gateshead90——
    Gateshead130——
    Gedling243Conservative3
    Gillingham142Conservative2
    Glanford2941Conservative24
    Gloucester111Conservative1
    Glyndwr3729Independent27
    Gosport102Conservative2
    Gravesham1913Labour7
    Great Grimsby11Labour1
    Great Grimsby140——
    Great Yarmouth90——
    Great Yarmouth70——
    Greater London Council11Labour1
    Guildford50——
    Guildford168Conservative7
    Guildford Borough Council30——
    Halton161Ind Con1
    Hambleton3420Independent18
    Harborough2711Conservative9
    Harlow140——
    Harrogate132Conservative1
    Harrogate2022Conservative16
    Harrogate Borough Council40——
    Hart132Conservative1
    Hartlepool162Labour2
    Hastings102Lib/Sdp1
    Havant141Independent1
    Hereford90——
    Hertsmere130——
    High Peak255Independent4
    Hinckley And Bosworth1834Conservative28
    Holderness2018Independent16
    Horsham2514Conservative12
    Hove1012Conservative10
    Hove Borough Council30——
    Huntingdonshire180——
    Hyndburn160——
    Ipswich162Labour2
    Islwyn133Labour3
    Kennet3114Independent12
    Kerrier2210Independent5
    Kettering64Independent2
    Kettering162Conservative2
    King's Lynn And West Norfolk406Conservative4
    Kingston Upon Hull209Labour6
    Kingston Upon Hull, City of30——
    Kingswood13Conservative2
    Kingswood215Conservative2
    Kirklees242Conservative2
    Knowsley223Labour3
    Lancaster2914Conservative7
    Langbaurgh227Conservative4
    LANGBAURGH411Conservative9
    Leeds339Labour6
    Leicester City Council2814Labour12
    Leominster127Independent7
    Lewes2511Conservative8
    Lichfield132Conservative2
    Lichfield145Conservative4
    Lincoln117Labour5
    Liverpool3313Labour10
    Llanelli113Labour3
    Lliw Valley1032Labour25
    Luton1612Conservative6
    Luton Borough Council10——
    Macclesfield151Conservative1
    Macclesfield50——
    Maidstone72Conservative1
    Maidstone110——
    Maldon208Conservative3
    Malvern Hills3316Independent12
    Manchester335Labour4
    Mansfield189Labour6
    Medina2036SDP-Liberal Alliance21
    Meirionnydd3839Independent30
    Melton13Conservative2
    Melton166Conservative4
    Mendip3212Conservative9
    Merthyr Tydfil40——
    Merthyr Tydfil78Labour8
    Mid Bedfordshire3015Conservative11
    Mid Devon288Independent6
    Mid Suffolk3416Conservative10
    Mid Sussex94Conservative4
    Mid Sussex216Conservative3
    Middlesbrough254Conservative4
    Milton Keynes153Conservative2
    Mole Valley72Conservative1
    Mole Valley70——
    Monmouth11Conservative1
    Monmouth265Conservative4
    Montgomeryshire4032Independent30
    Montgomeryshire12Labour1
    Neath225Labour5
    New Forest22Conservative2
    New Forest3118Conservative10
    Newark And Sherwood318Labour7
    Newbury313Conservative3
    Newbury Borough Council10——
    Newcastle Upon Tyne265Labour4
    Newcastle-under-Lyme192Labour1
    Newport207Labour7
    North Bedfordshire514Conservative6
    North Cornwall2714Independent11
    North Devon187Independent5
    North Devon125Independent4
    North Dorset158Independent6
    North Dorset123Independent3
    North East Derbyshire269Labour7
    North Hertfordshire172RES1
    North Kesteven3026Independent24
    North Norfolk3614Independent10
    North Shropshire2016Independent15
    North Shropshire66Independent6
    North Tyneside111Labour1
    North Tyneside90——
    North Warwickshire193Conservative2
    North West Leicestershire225Labour2
    North Wiltshire4210Conservative7
    Northampton134Conservative4
    Northampton66Conservative4
    Northavon365Conservative3
    Northavon12Conservative2
    Norwich169Labour8
    Nottingham289Labour5
    Nuneaton and Bedworth152Conservative1
    Oadby And Wigston81Conservative1
    Ogwr5057Labour28
    Oldham10——
    Oldham191Labour1
    Oswestry106Independent6
    Oswestry56Labour3
    Oswestry Borough Council10——
    Oxford157Conservative3
    Pendle80——
    Pendle90——
    Penwith136Independent3
    Peterborough164Conservative2
    Plymouth2239Conservative22
    Poole1312Conservative9
    Poole Borough Council40——
    Port Talbot1029Labour22
    Port Talbot Borough Council100——
    Portsmouth1315Conservative6
    Preseli Pembrokeshire3122Independent21
    Preston200——
    Purbeck72Conservative2
    Radnor3633Independent33
    Reading1533Conservative17
    Redditch118Labour4
    Reigate & Banstead178Conservative6
    Restormel1816Independent7
    Rhondda120——
    Rhuddlan1932Independent21
    Rhymney Valley2148Labour34
    Ribble Valley2312Conservative11
    Richmondshire2520Independent20
    Rochdale201Conservative1
    Rochester-upon-Medway209Labour6
    Rochford130——
    Rossendale112Labour2
    Rother2616Conservative9
    Rother13Conservative2
    Rotherham162Labour2
    Rotherham61Labour1
    Rugby162RES2
    Runnymede142Conservative2
    Rushcliffe2814Conservative14
    Rushmoor151Conservative1
    Rutland1610Independent8
    Ryedale2613Independent9
    Ryedale23SDP-Liberal Alliance2
    Salford163Labour3
    Salford50——
    Salisbury3621Independent8
    Sandwell245Labour3
    Scarborough2219Conservative10
    Scarborough Borough Council50——
    Scunthorpe130——
    Sedgefield222Labour2
    Sedgemoor3111Conservative7
    Sefton234Conservative2
    Selby3517Independent7
    Sevenoaks285Conservative5
    Sevenoaks51Lib/Sdp1
    Sheffield295Labour5
    Shepway251Independent1
    Shrewsbury and Atcham161Conservative1
    Slough1433Labour20
    Solihull51Labour1
    Solihull123Conservative3
    South Bedfordshire183Conservative3
    South Buckinghamshire2012Conservative10
    South Cambridgeshire1912Independent8
    South Derbyshire75Labour3
    South Derbyshire122Labour2
    South Hams3315Conservative11
    South Hams13Conservative3
    South Herefordshire116Independent4
    South Holland2315Independent13
    South Kesteven3422Conservative14
    South Lakeland188Conservative5
    South Norfolk81Conservative1
    South Norfolk333Conservative3
    South Northamptonshire3225Conservative19
    South Oxfordshire3413Conservative8
    South Pembrokeshire3829Independent25
    South Ribble229Conservative8
    South Shropshire2822Independent22
    South Somerset4215Conservative5
    South Staffordshire307Conservative5
    South Tyneside209Labour7
    South Wight1624Conservative13
    Southampton150——
    Southend-on-Sea10——
    Southend-On-Sea122Conservative1
    Spelthorne1231Conservative27
    Spelthorne50——
    St Albans10——
    St Edmundsbury3214Conservative10
    St Helens10——
    St. Albans182Conservative2
    St. Helens172Labour2
    Stafford3014Conservative7
    Staffordshire Moorlands287Independent5
    Stevenage90——
    Stevenage40——
    Stockport50——
    Stockport1611Conservative4
    Stockton-on-Tees3012Conservative6
    Stoke On Trent201Labour1
    Stratford-on-Avon95Conservative4
    Stratford-On-Avon102Conservative2
    Stroud3123Conservative11
    Suffolk Coastal4227Conservative23
    Sunderland256Labour4
    Surrey Heath154Conservative4
    Swale171All1
    Swansea2313Labour8
    Taff-Ely3048Labour31
    Tameside192Labour1
    Tamworth81Conservative1
    Tamworth10——
    Tandridge140——
    Taunton Deane2913Conservative9
    Teesdale1913Independent12
    Teignbridge3013Conservative6
    Teignbridge35Conservative3
    Tendring3317Conservative8
    Test Valley2313Conservative11
    Tewkesbury315Independent3
    Thamesdown162Conservative1
    Thanet2723Conservative13
    The Wrekin347Labour7
    Three Rivers160——
    Thurrock32Conservative2
    Thurrock101Labour1
    Tonbridge And Malling182Conservative2
    Torbay126Conservative6
    Torfaen83COMM1
    Torfaen56Labour6
    Torridge2717Independent17
    Trafford210——
    Tunbridge Wells162Conservative2
    Tynedale328Conservative3
    Uttlesford3115Conservative11
    Vale of Glamorgan1110Conservative7
    Vale of Glamorgan1014Conservative12
    Vale Of White Horse3116Conservative13
    Vale Royal369Conservative7
    Wakefield213Labour2
    Walsall202Conservative1
    Wansbeck169Labour9
    Wansdyke292Conservative2
    Wansdyke11Conservative1
    Warrington2718Conservative13
    Warwick2028Conservative20
    Watford Borough Council121Labour1
    Waveney2022Conservative11
    Waverley2839Conservative32
    Wealden3316Conservative14
    Wear Valley213Conservative3
    Wellingborough156Conservative3
    Welwyn Hatfield50——
    Welwyn Hatfield100——
    West Devon2112Independent9
    West Dorset3824Independent17
    West Lancashire192Conservative1
    West Lindsey131Lib/Sdp1
    West Oxfordshire161Conservative1
    West Somerset1911Independent10
    West Wiltshire294Conservative4
    Weymouth and Portland123Conservative2
    Wigan241Labour1
    Winchester50——
    Winchester133Conservative3
    Windsor & Maidenhead2220Conservative16
    Windsor and Maidenhead50——
    Wirral223Conservative1
    Woking120——
    Wokingham180——
    Wolverhampton203Labour3
    Woodspring204Conservative3
    Worcester120——
    Worthing120——
    Wrexham Maelor7945Labour22
    Wychavon3710Independent9
    Wycombe278Conservative6
    Wycombe1710Conservative10
    Wyre225Conservative5
    Wyre58Conservative7
    Wyre Forest141Conservative1
    Ynys Mon-Isle of Anglesey4446Independent44
    York151Labour1

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