1983 City of Lincoln Council election

1983 City of Lincoln Council election^[1]^[2]
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results 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.

Overall results

1983 City of Lincoln Council Election
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

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey^[3]
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

Birchwood

Birchwood^[3]
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

Boultham

Boultham^[3]
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

Note: T. Rook had been elected as a Democratic Labour councillor in 1979^[3]

Bracebridge

Bracebridge^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Jenkins	1,603	61.3%
	Labour	W. Fielder	1,011	38.7%
Turnout				45.4%
	Conservative hold

Carholme

Carholme^[3]
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

Castle

Castle^[3]
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

Longdales

Longdales^[3]
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

Minster

Minster^[3]
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

Moorland

Moorland^[3]
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

Park

Park^[3]
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

Tritton

Tritton^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Hurst	1,344	69.1%
	Conservative	R. Seale	601	30.9%
Turnout				44.8%
	Labour hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1983". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Councillors - Abbey ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ "Councillors - Park ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[1] "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.

[2] "Local Election Summaries 1983". The Elections Centre.

[results-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[4] "Councillors - Abbey ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[glebe-5] "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[castle-6] "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

[carholme-7] "Councillors - Castle ward". Archived from the original on 26 August 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[park-8] "Councillors - Park ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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