1982 Sheffield City Council election

1982 Sheffield City Council election
← 1980 6 May 1982 1983 →
29 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council; 44 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1982 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 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election.

Quick facts 29 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	20	1	1	68.9	48.0	79,719	-4.9
Alliance	3	1	1	10.3	28.3	46,997	+16.0
Conservative	6	0	0	20.7	23.3	38,765	-10.7
Communist	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	388	-0.4
Independent	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	163	N/A
Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sween Batiste*	2,964	41.5	−24.4
	Alliance	Neil Panter	2,251	31.5	+31.5
	Labour	Justin Wren-Lewis	1,847	25.9	−8.1
	Independent	John Charles	75	1.0	+1.0
Majority			713	10.0	−21.9
Turnout			7,137
	Conservative hold		Swing	-27.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Marshall*	3,420	54.6	−11.9
	Alliance	Roger Davison	1,740	27.8	+27.8
	Conservative	Glenda Leitch	1,104	17.6	−15.9
Majority			1,680	26.8	−6.2
Turnout			6,264
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rae Whitfield	2,919	61.7	−14.1
	Alliance	George Wilson*	1,417	29.9	+29.9
	Conservative	Victoria Sellers	393	8.3	−15.8
Majority			1,502	31.8	−19.9
Turnout			4,729
	Labour hold		Swing	-22.0

Election result

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marvyn Moore*	2,058	43.8	−6.5
	Alliance	Martin Hayes-Allen	1,346	28.7	+3.7
	Labour	Brian Fischer	1,290	27.5	+2.8
Majority			712	15.1	−10.2
Turnout			4,694
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Damms	3,089	50.8	+11.7
	Alliance	David Johnson*	2,586	42.5	−8.9
	Conservative	Shirely Rhodes	351	5.8	−1.5
	Communist	Stephen Howell	46	0.7	−1.4
	Workers Revolutionary	Keith McCormick	6	0.1	+0.1
Majority			503	8.3	−4.0
Turnout			6,078
	Labour gain from Alliance		Swing	+10.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Horton*	3,252	72.0	−3.0
	Alliance	Tony Pearce	752	16.6	+11.0
	Conservative	Joan Graham	474	10.5	−6.0
	Communist	Violet Gill	36	0.8	−2.0
Majority			2,500	55.4	−3.1
Turnout			4,514
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Roger Wilson*	3,236	49.5	−11.5
	Labour	Henry Hanwell**	2,658	40.6	+9.5
	Conservative	Francis Brookes	645	9.8	+2.0
Majority			578	8.9	−21.0
Turnout			6,539
	Alliance hold		Swing	-10.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Munn*	2,770	57.1	−5.6
	Alliance	Dennis Boothroyd	1,185	24.4	+12.7
	Conservative	Colin Cavill	895	18.4	−7.2
Majority			1,585	32.7	−4.4
Turnout			4,850
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Joel Thompson*	3,870	51.9	−12.0
	Alliance	Edward Mullin	1,894	25.4	+15.8
	Labour	Donald Lemons**	1,695	22.7	−3.8
Majority			1,976	26.5	−10.9
Turnout			7,459
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Freeman*	3,827	52.7	−17.1
	Alliance	Arthur Fawthrop	2,423	33.4	+19.1
	Labour	Anthony Sweeney	1,009	13.9	−1.9
Majority			1,404	19.3	−34.7
Turnout			7,259
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Barton*	3,710	72.3	−8.8
	Alliance	Christopher Fenn	972	18.9	+11.0
	Conservative	Lorna Banham	447	8.7	−3.3
Majority			2,738	53.4	−15.7
Turnout			5,129
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Wragg*	3,620	53.6	−13.7
	Alliance	Paul Metcalfe	2,036	30.2	+18.0
	Labour	Dorothy Podlesny**	1,090	16.1	−4.4
Majority			1,584	23.4	−23.4
Turnout			6,746
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Mose	3,092	57.0	−13.3
	Alliance	Hilary Gooch	1,407	25.9	+25.9
	Conservative	Bernard Kennedy	919	16.9	−12.7
Majority			1,685	31.1	−9.6
Turnout			5,418
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.6

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mukesh Savani	2,803	49.2	−9.8
	Conservative	Sidney Cordle	1,488	26.1	−5.9
	Alliance	Donald Smith	1,339	23.5	+16.7
	Communist	Neville Taylor	68	1.2	−0.9
Majority			1,315	23.1	−3.9
Turnout			5,698
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Mills*	3,363	43.4	−9.9
	Alliance	June Hibberd**	2,432	31.4	+31.4
	Conservative	William Travis	1,943	25.1	−21.6
Majority			931	12.0	+5.4
Turnout			7,738
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.6

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Green	3,174	53.6	−6.2
	Alliance	Ted Lyon	1,560	26.4	+18.5
	Conservative	Farrell Rollitt	1,181	19.9	−12.3
Majority			1,614	27.2	−0.4
Turnout			5,915
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.3

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Capelin	2,912	71.3	−4.8
	Alliance	Joan Dallamore	801	19.6	+13.4
	Conservative	Simon Briggs	341	8.3	−5.9
	Communist	Arnold Archer	28	0.7	−2.8
Majority			2,111	51.7	−9.1
Turnout			4,082
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Wall**	3,293	56.1	−15.8
	Alliance	Dennis Vernals	1,519	25.9	+25.9
	Conservative	Christopher Goldsmith	1,058	18.0	−10.0
Majority			1,774	30.2	−13.7
Turnout			5,870
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Smith*	2,434	42.3	−11.4
	Labour	Marilyn Tsiorvas	2,054	35.7	−0.5
	Alliance	David Tummon	1,258	21.9	+11.9
Majority			380	6.6	−10.9
Turnout			5,746
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wigfield*	3,442	66.0	−11.1
	Alliance	Robert Shillito	1,179	22.6	+22.6
	Conservative	Patricia Oldfield	462	8.8	−11.1
	Independent	Joe Williams	88	1.7	+1.7
	Communist	Paul Mackey	41	0.8	−2.1
Majority			2,263	43.4	−13.8
Turnout			5,212
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Laurent*	2,865	60.2	−10.6
	Alliance	Peter Stubbs	1,106	23.2	+19.6
	Conservative	Radcliffe Wilson-Wolfe	727	15.3	−10.2
	Communist	Valerie Seabright	62	1.3	+1.3
Majority			1,759	37.0	−8.3
Turnout			4,760
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Moore	3,419	57.6	−4.0
	Conservative	Paul Mort	1,341	22.6	−7.6
	Alliance	Robert Mumford	1,173	19.8	+11.6
Majority			2,078	35.0	+3.6
Turnout			5,933
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mathews	3,000	63.0	−11.6
	Alliance	Robert Scholfield	1,168	24.5	+24.5
	Conservative	Dorothy Kennedy	591	12.4	−10.9
Majority			1,832	38.5	−12.8
Turnout			4,759
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Mulhearn*	3,253	75.7	−8.5
	Alliance	Stephen Truslove	601	14.0	+14.0
	Conservative	Thomas Seaton	395	9.2	−3.8
	Communist	David Bruce	45	1.0	−1.8
Majority			2,652	61.7	−9.5
Turnout			4,294
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Tigwell	2,993	62.8	−1.8
	Alliance	Christopher Walker	892	18.7	+18.7
	Conservative	George Booth	815	17.1	−14.7
	Communist	Brian Turley	62	1.3	−2.2
Majority			2,101	44.1	+11.3
Turnout			4,762
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Philip Howson	3,774	44.3	+18.3
	Labour	Ruth Blunkett	2,616	30.7	−8.2
	Conservative	Sylvia Cowley	2,123	24.9	−10.1
Majority			1,158	13.6	+10.3
Turnout			8,513
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+13.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stent	3,488	74.8	−12.9
	Alliance	Stewart Dalton	854	18.3	+18.3
	Conservative	Hedley Oldfield	318	6.8	−5.4
Majority			2,634	56.5	−19.0
Turnout			4,660
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Malcolm Brelsford	2,166	44.7	−7.5
	Labour	Ann Proctor	1,759	36.3	+11.8
	Conservative	Barrie Jones	922	19.0	−4.3
Majority			407	8.4	−19.3
Turnout			4,847
	Alliance hold		Swing	-9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Wood*	3,444	53.5	−12.4
	Alliance	Jane Padget	1,930	30.0	+30.0
	Conservative	Stuart Dawson	1,059	16.4	−17.6
Majority			1,514	23.5	−8.4
Turnout			6,433
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.2