1983 Lancaster City Council election

5 May 1983 (1983-05-05)

All 60 seats to Lancaster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Last election	37 seats	14 seats	3 seats
Seats won	37	15	6
Seat change	=	1	3
Popular vote	40,768	32,097	11,614

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Residents	Independent
Last election	0 seat	6
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	1	5
Popular vote	5,400	2,959

Leader before election

Conservative

Leader after election

Conservative

The 1983 Lancaster City Council election took place on 5 May 1983. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Summary

The election resulted in a Conservative majority hold.

Election result

1983 Lancaster City Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	54	37	5	5				40,768
	Labour	44	15	5	4	1			32,097
	Residents	23	1	1		1			5,400
	Independent	5	1		5	5			2,959
	Liberal	21	6	3		3			11,614

Ward Results

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Alexandra

Alexandra (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Garbutt	883	50.6
	Conservative	D. Kershaw	862	49.4
	Conservative	K. Warren	789
	Conservative	C. Bottomley	774
	Labour	T. Masheder	732
	Labour	T. Tattersall	670
Turnout			4,710	43.7
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Arkholme

Arkholme (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Fairhurst Ms.	520	72.6
	Liberal	D. Wood	196	27.4
Turnout			716	60.9
	Conservative hold

Bolton-Le-Sands

Bolton-Le-Sands (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Briggs	Unopposed
	Conservative	W. Rigg	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bulk

Bulk (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Bryning	1,325	53.0
	Labour	J. Yates Ms.	1,249
	Labour	I. Barker	1,221
	Conservative	R. Slater	509	20.4
	Liberal	A. Orlowski Ms.	354	14.2
	Liberal	A. Gee	333
	Residents	A. Buczynski	310	12.4
	Residents	M. Varey	274
	Residents	S. Arsmtrong Ms.	267
Turnout			5,942	46.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Carnforth

Carnforth (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Watson	798	52.5
	Labour	E. Jones Ms.	722	47.5
	Labour	E. Clarke Ms.	557
Turnout			2,077	38.5
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Castle

Castle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Henig	1,240	44.4
	Labour	L. Shaw	1,211
	Labour	P. Rye	1,119
	Conservative	K. Bowker	846	30.3
	Conservative	D. Dodd	810
	Conservative	G. Lowthion	739
	Liberal	J. Fender	434	15.5
	Liberal	D. Towers	383
	Residents	G. Woodhead	274	9.8
	Residents	E. Fisher Ms.	240
	Residents	E. Bailey	203
Turnout			7,499	52.3
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Caton

Caton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	S. Mews	991	55.5
	Liberal	M. Rushton Ms.	791
	Conservative	M. Williams Ms.	637	35.7
	Conservative	M. Potts Ms.	572
	Labour	T. Myall	156	8.7
	Labour	G. Barnes	152
Turnout			3,299	61.0
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Ellel

Ellel (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Carr	1,191	72.6
	Conservative	W. Kitchen	1,020
	Labour	W. Glaister	450	27.4
Turnout			2,661	51.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Halton-With-Aughton

Halton-With-Aughton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Towers	418	40.0
	Liberal	R. Fenton Ms.	393	37.6
	Labour	D. Noonan	124	11.9
	Residents	P. Woodruff	110	10.5
Turnout			1,045	57.0
	Conservative hold

Harbour

Harbour (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Jackson	1,003	41.2
	Conservative	K. Brook	578	23.8
	Liberal	P. Kerwin	459	18.9
	Labour	C. Robinson	393	16.2
	Conservative	C. Simmons	367
	Labour	D. Robinson Ms.	263
Turnout			3,063	54.5
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Heysham Central

Heysham Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	J. Taylor Ms.	887	44.2
	Conservative	B. Ford Ms.	809	40.3
	Conservative	R. Pettigrew	692
	Labour	J. Mackenzie	312	15.5
Turnout			2,700	53.4
	Residents gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Heysham North

Heysham North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Bryan	650	38.5
	Conservative	M. Kennan	640
	Liberal	M. Clarke Ms.	585	34.7
	Labour	S. Ogle	453	26.8
Turnout			2,328	43.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heysham South

Heysham South (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Pym	1,123	53.1
	Conservative	J. Rawnsley	1,105
	Conservative	F. Weller	1,097
	Labour	D. Beesley	992	46.9
	Labour	D. Slater	991
	Labour	M. Kewin Ms.	896
Turnout			6,204	49.7
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Hornby

Hornby (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Fletcher	460	60.5
	Liberal	E. Tinker Ms.	300	39.5
Turnout			760	57.0
	Conservative hold

John O'Gaunt

John O'Gaunt (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	B. Freeman	1,055	37.3
	Liberal	P. Walker	998
	Liberal	L. Boyle Ms.	929
	Labour	P. Kavanagh	911	32.2
	Labour	J. Gallacher	897
	Labour	G. Coats Ms.	887
	Conservative	J. Dougherty	694	24.5
	Conservative	P. Jamieson Ms.	669
	Conservative	S. Matthews Ms.	661
	Residents	S. Brooks Ms.	171	6.0
	Residents	D. Buczynski	145
	Residents	S. Hudson	134
Turnout			8,039	52.0
	Liberal gain from Independent
	Liberal gain from Independent
	Liberal gain from Independent

Kellet

Kellet (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth Ms.	620	79.2
	Labour	J. Pratt	163	20.8
Turnout			783	56.0
	Conservative hold

Overton

Overton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Mashiter	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold

Parks

Parks (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Race Ms.	1,158	79.5
	Conservative	J. Dawson	1,120
	Labour	B. Ogston	299	20.5
Turnout			2,577	47.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Poulton

Poulton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Burns Ms.	997	63.9
	Conservative	W. Thornton	793
	Conservative	M. Bicker	793
	Independent	I. Woods Ms.	563	36.1
	Independent	I. Harrison	490
Turnout			3,636	40.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Scotforth East

Scotforth East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Kenyon	933	35.3
	Conservative	G. Newsham	890
	Labour	J. Baker	890	33.7
	Labour	S. Denwood Ms.	860
	Labour	M. Bidmead Ms.	831
	Liberal	J. Gilbert	559	21.2
	Liberal	B. Austin	524
	Liberal	P. Horton	501
	Residents	J. Freeman	260	9.8
	Residents	J. Pacula	245
	Residents	C. Woods	170
Turnout			7,163	46.4
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold

Scotforth West

Scotforth West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Simpson	1,078	48.8
	Conservative	D. Sykes	1,024
	Conservative	J. Ball	997
	Labour	I. Clifford	711	32.2
	Labour	L. Robertson	691
	Labour	K. Barooah Ms.	655
	Residents	J. Pacula	422	19.1
Turnout			5,578	47.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Silverdale

Silverdale (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Wilson Ms.	428	47.1
	Independent	M. Thomas	290	31.9
	Labour	W. Mumford Ms.	191	21.0
Turnout			909	53.8
	Conservative hold

Skerton Central

Skerton Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Henderson Ms.	1,105	66.5
	Labour	J. Horner Ms.	983
	Liberal	P. Ruddy	323	19.4
	Residents	P. Woodruff	233	14.0
	Residents	B. Green	225
Turnout			2,869	46.9
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Skerton East

Skerton East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Lodge	753	57.4
	Labour	J. Scott	689
	Conservative	J. Richardson	476	36.3
	Conservative	J. Bulger	402
	Residents	A. Woodruff Ms.	82	6.3
	Residents	A. Macqueen	82
Turnout			2,484	46.6
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Skerton West

Skerton West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Taylor Ms.	924	49.9
	Conservative	J. Stephenson	872
	Labour	T. Dawson	728	39.3
	Labour	A. Smith	697
	Residents	F. Brookes Ms.	201	10.8
	Residents	R. Armistead Ms.	146
Turnout			3,568	49.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Slyne-With-Hest

Slyne-With-Hest (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Rostron Ms.	883	43.6
	Conservative	F. Wilcox	777
	Independent	B. Kingsman	613	30.2
	Liberal	M. Jackson	418	20.6
	Residents	K. Greer	113	5.6
Turnout			2,804	57.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Torrisholme

Torrisholme (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Whitworth	1,274	74.4
	Conservative	J. Downey	1,208
	Labour	C. Page Ms.	439	25.6
Turnout			2,921	49.1
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Victoria

Victoria (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Shingler	907	34.0
	Labour	S. Booth	903	33.9
	Labour	M. Barr	862
	Conservative	S. King Ms.	858
	Labour	K. Dixon	838
	Conservative	W. Saville	826
	Liberal	R. Clarke	651	24.4
	Residents	A. Mewis	206	7.7
Turnout			6,051	48.4
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Warton

Warton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	C. Peacock	437	52.8
	Conservative	G. Parkes	391	47.2
Turnout			828	45.2
	Liberal hold

References

"Lancaster Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Election Centre. Retrieved 27 June 2026.