1983 Derby City Council election

1983 Derby City Council election^[1]^[2]

5 May 1983

15 of the 44 seats in the Derby City Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Alliance
Last election	27	17	0
Seats before	26	18	0
Seats won	8	6	1
Seats after	25	18	1
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	21,467	17,159	7,952
Percentage	45.7%	36.6%	16.9%

Map showing the results of the 1983 Derby City Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 1983 Derby City Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Derby City Council in England.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections. 15 of the council's 44 seats were up for election. The Labour Party retained control of the council.

Overall results

1983 Derby City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	8	0	1	1	53.3	45.7	21,467
	Conservative	6	0	0		40.0	36.6	17,159
	Alliance	1	1	0	1	6.7	16.9	7,952
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	253
	CCU	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13
Total		15						46,932

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Tunnicliffe	1,803	59.9%
	Conservative	M. Tomlinson	910	30.2%
	Alliance	L. Wilson	298	9.9%
Turnout				31.9%
	Labour hold

Babington

Babington^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Maltby	2,424	72.8%
	Conservative	J. Hackney	657	19.7%
	Alliance	J. Cutler	250	7.5%
Turnout				38.7%
	Labour hold

Chaddesden

Chaddesden^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Streets	1,615	39.3%
	Conservative	G. Andrews	1,441	35.1%
	Alliance	K. Dibdon	1,053	25.6%
Turnout				45.9%
	Labour hold

Chellaston

Chellaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Lissett	1,903	52.7%
	Labour	M. Fuller	1,711	47.3%
Turnout				45.8%
	Conservative hold

Darley

Darley^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Wright	2,560	59.5%
	Labour	W. Denman	810	18.8%
	Alliance	P. Simpson	677	15.7%
	Independent	R. Morledge	253	5.9%
Turnout				45.6%
	Conservative hold

Derwent

Derwent^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	G. Kennedy	1,763	51.9%
	Labour	G. Topham	1,195	35.2%
	Conservative	C. Hadfield	425	12.5%
	CCU	S. Gibson	13	0.4%
Turnout				43.2%
	Alliance gain from Labour

Kingsway

Kingsway^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Johnson	1,752	53.4%
	Alliance	S. Seward	800	24.4%
	Labour	D. Dorrell	726	22.1%
Turnout				40.6%
	Conservative hold

Litchurch

Litchurch^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McGiven	2,041	73.2%
	Conservative	A. Phillips	486	17.4%
	Alliance	W. Mooney	261	9.4%
Turnout				35.0%
	Labour hold

Littleover

Littleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Wood	1,913	56.8%
	Labour	S. Bolton	878	26.1%
	Alliance	G. Taylor	486	14.4%
	Ecology	B. Sabine	88	2.6%
Turnout				48.3%
	Conservative hold

Mackworth

Mackworth^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Anderson	1,817	58.3%
	Conservative	B. Haller	916	29.4%
	Alliance	P. King	383	12.3%
Turnout				41.0%
	Labour hold

Mickleover

Mickleover^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Glen	Unopposed
Turnout			n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold

Normanton

Normanton^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Brocklehurst	2,012	61.0%
	Conservative	K. Dickenson	1,003	30.4%
	Alliance	P. Boateng	283	8.6%
Turnout				41.6%
	Labour hold

Osmaston

Osmaston^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Bull	1,461	72.9%
	Conservative	K. Lester	360	18.0%
	Alliance	G. Colman	182	9.1%
Turnout				28.3%
	Labour hold

Sinfin

Sinfin^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Mullarkey	1,828	58.5%
	Conservative	P. Foy	648	20.7%
	Alliance	C. Moore	647	20.7%
Turnout				41.2%
	Labour hold

Spondon

Spondon^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Rowley	2,185	52.0%
	Labour	M. Tanvir	1,146	27.3%
	Alliance	J. Barnett	869	20.7%
Turnout				41.6%
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1983". The Elections Centre.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1983. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Derby City Council Election Results 1979-1995" (PDF). Elections Centre.

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