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    1983 handbook

    Wakefield: 1983 local elections

    21 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1982) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 49 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 6 · Conservative 6 · Other 2

    After (end of 1983) (63 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 51 · Conservative 6 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 4 · Other 2

    Ward results

    Castleford Ferry Fryston1 seat · turnout 41.0%
    N. KennedyLabour2,262
    R. SloanLib/Sdp2,119
    Castleford Glasshoughton1 seat · turnout 32.0%
    D. ThompsonLabour2,601
    R. HaighConservative517
    N. BlythLib/Sdp326
    Castleford Whitwood1 seat · turnout 34.3%
    P. BoxLabour2,930
    B. NewmanLib/Sdp512
    Crofton & Ackworth1 seat · turnout 41.5%
    J. WooffindinLib/Sdp2,032
    R. HirstLabour2,018
    S. EldenConservative711
    Featherstone1 seat · turnout 29.8%
    E. LongleyLabour2,472
    D. DaleLib/Sdp710
    Hemsworth1 seat · turnout 34.6%
    W. ChambersLabour2,687
    R. WrigglesworthLib/Sdp1,240
    Horbury1 seat · turnout 38.0%
    P. McNeillLabour1,804 ✓
    C. SeniorConservative1,097
    B. DeanRES913
    M. CaldwellLib/Sdp408
    Knottingley1 seat
    G. ClarkeLabour0 ✓
    Normanton & Sharlston1 seat · turnout 35.6%
    P. BarrettLabour2,937
    C. CatherallConservative929
    B. WoodsLib/Sdp250
    Ossett1 seat · turnout 38.7%
    E. WilliamsonLabour1,595
    P. BlockleyLib/Sdp1,549
    M. ParkinsonConservative1,297
    Pontefract North1 seat · turnout 31.1%
    F. WardLabour2,414
    A. LunnConservative883
    J. WoodsLib/Sdp347
    Pontefract South1 seat · turnout 40.2%
    B. BullockLabour2,220
    G. HoltConservative2,218
    South Elmsall1 seat · turnout 37.2%
    D. KenninghamLabour2,385
    C. LockettLib/Sdp1,565
    South Kirkby1 seat · turnout 42.0%
    G. BuckleyLabour2,496
    H. MillsInd Lab1,431
    A. JohnsonLib/Sdp652
    Stanley & Altofts1 seat · turnout 38.4%
    J. KennyLabour2,402
    G. HallConservative1,325
    P. PeelLib/Sdp581
    Stanley & Wrenthorpe1 seat · turnout 33.9%
    E. ThompsonLabour1,751
    R. HawkinConservative1,386
    D. WalkerLib/Sdp667
    Wakefield Central1 seat · turnout 37.0%
    D. HinchliffeLabour2,381
    K. BlackburnConservative1,378
    E. WilkinsonLib/Sdp585
    Wakefield East1 seat · turnout 36.6%
    C. CroxallLabour2,448
    A. EasterConservative1,012
    A. BallLib/Sdp881
    Wakefield North1 seat · turnout 37.3%
    C. HeinitzLabour2,339
    L. ArchboldConservative1,381
    M. WalkerLib/Sdp482
    Wakefield Rural1 seat · turnout 39.5%
    R. MajorConservative1,809 ✓
    M. MorrisLabour1,210
    A. BarlowTRUE LAB1,077
    P. LoweLib/Sdp488
    Wakefield South1 seat · turnout 42.2%
    A. LofthouseConservative2,738
    L. BrightonLabour1,336
    T. WalshLib/Sdp901