Map of the results for the 1983 Leeds council election.

Elections to Leeds City Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected.[1]

The unwinding of much of Alliance's momentum helped Labour defend most of their 1982 losses, with the Conservative and Alliance gains restricted to a seat apiece in Morley North and Burmantofts respectively. The Conservative ousted by the Alliance gain in ultra-marginal Horsforth the year before won his way back onto the council with the only other gain of the night.[1]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1983
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 19 0 2 -2 57.6 40.1 90,584 +5.7%
  Conservative 11 2 0 +2 33.3 36.3 81,908 +0.5%
  Alliance 3 1 1 0 9.1 23.0 51,880 -6.4%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 539 +0.2%
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 468 -0.0%
  Ecology 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 227 -0.0%
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 142 +0.1%

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Labour 56 54
Conservatives 32 34
Alliance 11 11
Total 99 99
Working majority  13    9 

Ward results

Aireborough[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Barber 3,958 43.2 +1.0
Alliance (Liberal) M. Cooksey 2,678 29.2 -7.4
Labour P. Booth 2,532 27.6 +6.3
Majority 1,280 14.0 +8.4
Turnout 9,168
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
Armley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) D. Selby 2,989 45.8 -0.7
Labour B. Ewart 2,143 32.8 +3.4
Conservative H. Hinchliffe 1,349 20.7 -2.5
Communist J. Hodgson 46 0.7 -0.3
Majority 846 13.0 -4.1
Turnout 6,527
Alliance hold Swing -2.0
Barwick & Kippax[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Monks 3,652 49.5 +10.1
Conservative W. Hedley 2,937 39.8 -2.9
Alliance (SDP) E. Ayres 792 10.7 -7.2
Majority 715 9.7 +6.4
Turnout 7,381
Labour hold Swing +6.5
Beeston[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Booth 2,937 54.3 +8.0
Conservative W. Birch 1,755 32.5 +0.5
Alliance (SDP) B. Pollard 712 13.2 -8.5
Majority 1,182 21.9 +7.5
Turnout 5,404
Labour hold Swing +3.7
Bramley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Miller 3,343 51.7 +6.1
Alliance (Liberal) R. Barker 2,012 31.1 -5.0
Conservative G. Broadbent 1,114 17.2 -1.2
Majority 1,331 20.6 +11.2
Turnout 6,469
Labour hold Swing +5.5
Burmantofts[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) T. Bland 3,174 45.6 -7.5
Labour S. Armitage 2,954 42.5 +7.4
Conservative S. Temple 715 10.3 -0.7
National Front P. Vessey 59 0.8 +0.8
Communist M. Monkman 56 0.8 -0.1
Majority 220 3.2 -14.9
Turnout 6,958
Alliance gain from Labour Swing -7.4
Chapel Allerton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Clarke 4,049 60.1 +4.6
Conservative J. Moore 1,809 26.9 -0.2
Alliance (Liberal) C. Smith 879 13.0 -4.4
Majority 2,240 33.2 +4.7
Turnout 6,737
Labour hold Swing +2.4
City & Holbeck[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Morris 3,705 64.4 +2.7
Alliance (Liberal) A. Paton 1,177 20.5 -2.0
Conservative D. Tomlinson 872 15.2 -0.7
Majority 2,528 43.9 +4.7
Turnout 5,754
Labour hold Swing +2.3
Cookridge[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Wheatley 4,141 55.9 +0.0
Alliance (Liberal) P. Kelley 1,900 25.7 -5.4
Labour F. Davis 1,362 18.4 +5.4
Majority 2,241 30.3 +5.5
Turnout 7,403
Conservative hold Swing +2.7
Garforth & Swillington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Lambert 3,673 44.1 +9.5
Conservative N. May 3,562 42.8 +2.2
Alliance (SDP) P. Wilson 1,095 13.1 -11.7
Majority 111 1.3 -4.6
Turnout 8,330
Labour hold Swing +3.6
Halton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Hyde 4,025 59.2 +3.4
Labour W. Prichard 1,700 25.0 +7.0
Alliance (SDP) J. Ratcliffe 1,069 15.7 -10.4
Majority 2,325 34.2 +4.5
Turnout 6,794
Conservative hold Swing -1.8
Harehills[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Simmons 3,924 65.1 +4.9
Conservative C. Robins 1,374 22.8 -2.7
Alliance (Liberal) N. Foster 732 12.1 -2.2
Majority 2,550 42.3 +7.6
Turnout 6,030
Labour hold Swing +3.8
Headingley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Thomas 3,646 53.6 +7.8
Conservative D. Flowers 2,190 32.2 +1.6
Alliance (SDP) C. Mularczyk 824 12.1 -9.2
Communist B. Cooper 140 2.1 -0.3
Majority 1,456 21.4 +6.2
Turnout 6,800
Labour hold Swing +3.1
Horsforth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative V. Stevens 3,875 45.8 +2.0
Alliance (Liberal) M. Crossfield 3,720 44.0 -1.6
Labour A. Radford 858 10.2 -0.4
Majority 155 1.8 +0.0
Turnout 8,453
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing +1.8
Hunslet[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Battle 3,520 83.5 +9.9
Conservative R. Wilkinson 405 9.6 +0.4
Alliance (SDP) D. Midgley 289 6.9 -10.3
Majority 3,115 73.9 +17.4
Turnout 4,214
Labour hold Swing +4.7
Kirkstall[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Illingworth 3,727 56.2 +0.5
Conservative A. Walkington 1,808 27.3 -2.4
Alliance (Liberal) P. Meadowcroft 1,014 15.3 +2.2
Communist B. Jackson 78 1.2 -0.2
Majority 1,919 29.0 +2.9
Turnout 6,627
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Middleton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Taylor 3,303 73.7 +9.7
Conservative A. Larvin 765 17.1 -0.4
Alliance (Liberal) L. Thackray 411 9.2 -9.4
Majority 2,538 56.7 +11.2
Turnout 4,479
Labour hold Swing +5.0
Moortown[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Sparling 3,739 47.9 -1.6
Alliance (SDP) M. Harris 2,712 34.7 -1.4
Labour G. Ford 1,363 17.4 +2.9
Majority 1,027 13.1 -0.3
Turnout 7,814
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
Morley North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Marshall 3,522 46.5 +5.3
Labour R. Cordingley 3,168 41.8 +6.9
Alliance (SDP) H. Smith 886 11.7 -12.2
Majority 354 4.7 -1.5
Turnout 7,576
Conservative gain from Labour Swing -0.8
Morley South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Mitchell 3,426 50.2 -1.0
Conservative R. Halpin 2,189 32.0 +7.7
Alliance (SDP) S. Beagles 677 9.9 -14.6
Independent S. Welham 539 7.9 +7.9
Majority 1,237 18.1 -8.6
Turnout 6,831
Labour hold Swing -4.3
North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Feldman 4,011 61.5 +4.0
Alliance (SDP) M. Lance 1,415 21.7 -9.0
Labour R. Davey 1,101 16.9 +5.0
Majority 2,596 39.8 +13.0
Turnout 6,527
Conservative hold Swing +6.5
Otley & Wharfedale[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) G. Kirkland 5,196 51.3 +3.8
Conservative E. Davies 3,844 37.9 -2.6
Labour J. Monksfield 869 8.6 -0.3
Ecology A. Laurence 227 2.2 -0.9
Majority 1,352 13.3 +6.4
Turnout 10,136
Alliance hold Swing +3.2
Pudsey North[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative I. Favell 4,031 50.1 +5.5
Labour F. Burnley 2,444 30.4 +2.2
Alliance (SDP) V. Hudson 1,569 19.5 -7.7
Majority 1,587 19.7 +3.3
Turnout 8,044
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
Pudsey South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Dickinson 2,688 39.4 +5.5
Conservative P. Lee 2,500 36.6 +2.1
Alliance (Liberal) A. Booker 1,637 24.0 -7.5
Majority 188 2.8 +2.2
Turnout 6,825
Labour hold Swing +1.7
Richmond Hill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Hamilton 3,636 50.3 +14.2
Alliance (Liberal) K. Norman 2,973 41.1 -14.1
Conservative J. Higham 534 7.4 -1.2
National Front H. Hilton 83 1.1 +1.1
Majority 663 9.2 -10.0
Turnout 7,226
Labour hold Swing +14.1
Rothwell[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Walker 3,609 59.0 +10.6
Conservative D. Boynton 1,667 27.3 +1.7
Alliance (SDP) P. Burton 790 12.9 -12.1
Communist R. Horsbrough 50 0.8 -0.1
Majority 1,942 31.8 +9.0
Turnout 6,116
Labour hold Swing +4.4
Roundhay[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Gruen 4,582 63.5 +3.4
Alliance (Liberal) S. Holland 1,449 20.1 -6.5
Labour C. Samuels 1,189 16.5 +3.1
Majority 3,133 43.4 +9.9
Turnout 7,220
Labour hold Swing +4.9
Seacroft[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Gabb 3,408 67.9 +5.1
Conservative P. Hyde 1,052 21.0 +2.1
Alliance (SDP) T. Ayres 559 11.1 -7.2
Majority 2,356 46.9 +2.9
Turnout 5,019
Labour hold Swing +1.5
University[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Sloane 3,233 66.0 +3.1
Conservative J. Mindell 904 18.5 +2.3
Alliance (Liberal) J. Staines 664 13.6 -5.4
Communist J. Rodgers 98 2.0 +0.0
Majority 2,329 47.5 +3.6
Turnout 4,899
Labour hold Swing +0.4
Weetwood[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Gill 3,369 45.9 -0.3
Labour I. Steele 2,526 34.5 +9.5
Alliance (SDP) G. Fox 1,437 19.6 -9.3
Majority 843 11.5 -5.9
Turnout 7,332
Conservative hold Swing -4.9
Wetherby[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Hudson 4,977 68.8 -0.1
Alliance (Liberal) T. Burgess 1,480 20.5 -1.5
Labour R. Bishop 777 10.7 +1.6
Majority 3,497 48.3 +1.3
Turnout 7,234
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
Whinmoor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Blower 2,807 48.4 +8.2
Conservative M. Beardsall 2,135 36.8 +2.3
Alliance (SDP) D. Mortimer 860 14.8 -10.5
Majority 672 11.6 +5.9
Turnout 5,802
Labour hold Swing +2.9
Wortley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Fathers 3,312 43.5 +6.5
Conservative H. Connah 2,198 28.8 -2.1
Alliance (Liberal) A. Gilchrist 2,109 27.7 -4.4
Majority 1,114 14.6 +9.7
Turnout 7,619
Labour hold Swing +4.3

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai "District results: Leeds". The Yorkshire Post. 6 May 1983.
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