1983 Plymouth City Council election^[1]

← 1979 5 May 1983 1987 →
All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.3%
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Ind. Conservative Last election 33 seats, 49.9% 26 seats, 41.1% 1 seat Seats won 34 23 3 Seat change 1 3 2 Popular vote 34,407 24,413 2,261 Percentage 43.2% 30.6% 2.8 Swing 6.7% 10.5% 0.9%
Map showing the results of the 1983 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1983 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.^[1]

Overall results

1983 Plymouth City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	34	3	2	1	56.7	43.2	34,407	6.7
	Labour	23	0	3	3	38.3	30.6	24,413	10.5
	Ind. Conservative	3	2	0	2	0.0	2.8	2,261	0.9
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	22.4	17,820	20.7
	Ecology	0	0	0		0.0	3.8	810	New
Total		60						79,711

Ward results

Budshead (3 seats)

Compton (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats)

Efford (3 seats)

Eggbuckland (3 seats)

Estover (3 seats)

Ham (3 seats)

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Keyham (3 seats)

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Southway (3 seats)

St Budeax (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats)

Sutton (3 seats)

Trelawny (3 seats)