1983 City of Lincoln Council election

1983 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1982 5 May 1983 1984 →
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1983 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives seats.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1983 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 5 May 1983. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of the top-polling candidates at the all out election of 1979. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	8	3	0	3	72.7	46.4	12,532
	Conservative	3	0	3	3	27.3	39.2	10,575
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	13.2	3,561
	Ecology	0	0	0		0.0	0.7	181
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	118
	Rev Reform	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	17
Total		11						26,984

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter West^[4]	1,150	51.2%
	Conservative	J. Frost	722	32.2%
	Alliance	M. Sedgwick	372	16.6%
Turnout				41.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lawrence Wells^[5]	910	40.9%
	Conservative	W. Crumblehulme	864	38.8%
	Labour	L. Retallack	418	18.8%
	Independent Labour	K. Erskine	34	1.5%
Turnout				40.2%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Rook	1,305	52.1%
	Conservative	P. Samways	870	34.7%
	Alliance	L. Davis	264	10.5%
	Ecology	C. Moulton	65	2.6%
Turnout				51.3%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Jenkins	1,603	61.3%
	Labour	W. Fielder	1,011	38.7%
Turnout				45.4%
	Conservative hold

1983 City of Lincoln Council election

Overall results

Ward results

Abbey

Birchwood

Boultham

Bracebridge

Carholme

Castle

Longdales

Minster

Moorland

Park

Tritton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Campbell	1,185	43.3%
	Labour	B. Phippard	799	29.2%
	Alliance	S. England	684	25.0%
	Ecology	S. Moulton	69	2.5%
Turnout				49.5%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anthony Morgan^[6]	1,419	55.8%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	766	30.1%
	Alliance	E. Thompson	356	14.0%
Turnout				49.1%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Murray^[7]	1,160	46.0%
	Conservative	C. North	979	38.8%
	Alliance	R. Barnes	356	14.1%
	Independent Labour	M. King	27	1.1%
Turnout				51.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jerome O'Brien^[5]	1,481	44.8%
	Conservative	J. Sullivan	1,352	40.9%
	Alliance	C. Davis	415	12.6%
	Independent Labour	N. Erskin	57	1.7%
Turnout				53.9%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Abbott	1,051	46.5%
	Labour	R. Hodson	949	42.0%
	Alliance	C. Robins	243	10.8%
	Rev Reform	T. Kyle	17	0.8%
Turnout				45.7%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Jackson^[8]	1,004	48.1%
	Conservative	K. Pullen	582	27.9%
	Alliance	F. Allen	453	21.7%
	Ecology	G. Bosworth	47	2.3%
Turnout				41.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roland Hurst	1,344	69.1%
	Conservative	R. Seale	601	30.9%
Turnout				44.8%
	Labour hold