Liverpool City Council election, 1982

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	??	??
Liberal Party (UK)	??	??
Conservative Party (UK)	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1982
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16				48%	39%	54,780
	Liberal	10				30%	31%	43,378
	Conservative	7				21%	25%	34,935
	Social Democratic	0				0%	5%	7,181
	Communist	0				0%	0.4%	510
	Independent Liberal	0				0%	0.09%	129
	Ecology	0				0%	0.08%	112
	Workers Revolutionary	0				0%	0.04%	57

^[2]

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Hood	1,648	54%
	Liberal	D. Vasmer	1,146	38%
	Communist	R. O'Hara	154	5%
	Conservative	G. A. Powell	100	3%
Majority			502
Registered electors			9,757
Turnout			3,048	31%

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Peter Millea	2,462	49%
	Labour	J. Williams	1,526	30%
	Conservative	R. Jones	1,064	21%
Majority			936
Registered electors			13,409
Turnout			5,052	38%

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Morrison	2,731	52%
	Social Democratic	R. Isaacson	1,542	29%
	Labour	C. R. Frais	958	18%
Majority			1,189
Registered electors			12,769
Turnout			5,052	38%

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Cathie Kaufman	2,449	48%
	Labour	J. Roberts	1,453	29%
	Conservative	T. P. Pink	1,175	23%
Majority			996
Registered electors			12,675
Turnout			5,077	40%

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mary Johnston	1,693	39%
	Labour	A. C. Snowden	1,576	36%
	Conservative	Helen Rigby	1,020	23%
	Communist	J. Kay	68	2%
Majority			117
Registered electors			12,127
Turnout			4,357	36%

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W. Roberts	1,970	47%
	Labour	J. McIntosh	1,777	43%
	Conservative	A. Wilson	429	10%
Majority			193
Registered electors			11,592
Turnout			4,176	36%

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	G. Smith	2,072	43%
	Labour	E. J. Smith	1,589	33%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	1,204	43%
Majority			483
Registered electors			13,578
Turnout			4,865	36%

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Airey	3,069	53%
	Liberal	N. G. Chinn	1,861	32%
	Labour	Susan Smith	826	14%
Majority			1,208
Registered electors			13,683
Turnout			5,756	42%

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sally Atherton	2,905	44%
	Liberal	Len Tyrer	2,849	43%
	Labour	J. Clarke	922	14%
Majority			56
Registered electors			15,073
Turnout			6,676	44%

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. B. Gladden	2,413	47%
	Liberal	J. Bowen	1,742	34%
	Conservative	S. Hicklin	932	18%
Majority			671
Registered electors			14,005
Turnout			5,087	36%

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Peter J. Rainford	1,988	41%
	Labour	Pauline Dunlop	1,856	38%
	Conservative	R. Hughes	1,000	21%
Majority			132
Registered electors			13,190
Turnout			4,844	37%

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. H. Fitzpatrick	2,558	48%
	Social Democratic	Helen Petrie	1,485	28%
	Labour	J. Mooney	1,296	24%
Majority			1,073
Registered electors			13,655
Turnout			5,339	39%

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. J. Quick	1,839	43%
	Liberal	C. Collins	1,641	38%
	Conservative	D. W. Patmore	701	16%
	Communist	J. Cook	71	2%
	Workers Revolutionary	J. J. Maginnis	33	1%
Majority			198
Registered electors			11,714
Turnout			4,285	37%

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. H. Westbury	2,364	60%
	Social Democratic	E. R. Jones	817	21%
	Conservative	J. L. Walsh	771	20%
Majority			1,547
Registered electors			12,016
Turnout			3,952	33%

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Wiles	1,820	81%
	Liberal	R. J. Flood	240	11%
	Conservative	W. Scott	186	8%
Majority			1,580
Registered electors			10,014
Turnout			2,246	22%

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. C. V. Gregory	2,300	54%
	Liberal	H. G. Rogers	1,035	24%
	Conservative	A. Brown	924	22%
Majority			1,265
Registered electors			11,579
Turnout			4,259	37%

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. R. Snell	2,138	63%
	Social Democratic	P. J. Kellett	747	22%
	Liberal	J. Mangan	488	14%
Majority			1,391
Registered electors			11,962
Turnout			3,373	28%

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. R. Leach	1,824	48%
	Liberal	A. Damsell	1,550	41%
	Conservative	A. Palin	356	9%
	Communist	S. P. Munby	70	2%
	Workers Revolutionary	T. M. Cooper	24	1%
Majority			1,754
Registered electors			10,664
Turnout			3,824	36%

Grassendale

Grassendale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. F. Pine	2,741	46%
	Liberal	G. P. Scott	2,532	43%
	Labour	J. H. Stamper	643	11%
Majority			279
Registered electors			12,403
Turnout			5,916	48%

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joyce Stephenson	1,670	43%
	Labour	K. D. Radcliffe	1,605	41%
	Conservative	T. N. Teppett	599	15%
Majority			65
Registered electors			12,609
Turnout			3,874	31%

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Dalling	1,980	51%
	Liberal	K. Sewill	1,582	40%
	Conservative	Pauline Dougherty	353	9%
Majority			398
Registered electors			11,325
Turnout			3,915	35%

Netherley

Netherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Heather Adams	1,869	65%
	Social Democratic	F. S. Roderick	548	19%
	Conservative	Ann Nugent	480	17%
Majority			1,321
Registered electors			8,491
Turnout			2,897	34%

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	A. Loftus	2,269	43%
	Labour	M. J. Smith	1,868	36%
	Conservative	W, H. Connolly	924	18%
	Independent Liberal	K. McCulloch	129	2%
	Communist	H. Mohin	30	1%
Majority			401
Registered electors			12,061
Turnout			5,220	43%

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	H. E. Herritty	2,296	53%
	Labour	E. A. Taylor	1,359	31%
	Conservative	J. McDermott	603	14%
	Communist	J. G. Volleamere	69	2%
Majority			937
Registered electors			11,767
Turnout			4,327	37%

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Owens	2,569	65%
	Conservative	Christine Perkins	706	18%
	Social Democratic	Helen Clucas	684	17%
Majority			1,885
Registered electors			12,370
Turnout			3,959	32%

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. C. Evans	1,979	50%
	Liberal	J. Ball	823	21%
	Conservative	C. J. Lister	1,144	29%
	Communist	M. McLoughlin	48	1%
Majority			835
Registered electors			12,013
Turnout			3,994	33%

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Gamble	1,981	54%
	Liberal	E. R. Stephenson	1,499	40%
	Conservative	R. C. Duncalf	222	6%
Majority			482
Registered electors			10,744
Turnout			3,702	34%

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McLean	1,730	70%
	Liberal	J. Farley	325	13%
	Conservative	K. G. Watkin	421	17%
Majority			1,309
Registered electors			9,891
Turnout			2,476	25%

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. Jones	2,850	57%
	Labour	J. A. Hackett	1,312	26%
	Conservative	D. Ellis	797	16%
Majority			1,538
Registered electors			12,445
Turnout			4,959	40%

Valley

Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Astbury	1,571	50%
	Liberal	E. Jameson	854	27%
	Conservative	Pamela Stephen	735	23%
Majority			717
Registered electors			10,142
Turnout			3,160	31%

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Morgan	2,088	89%
	Liberal	J. Bannister	253	11%
Majority			1,835
Registered electors			9,339
Turnout			2,341	25%

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. Brown	1,701	38%
	Labour	G. Devling	1,361	31%
	Social Democratic	G. G. Endicott	1,358	31%
Majority			340
Registered electors			13,779
Turnout			4,420	32%

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. G. Hallows	2,384	53%
	Liberal	E. M. Clein	1,239	28%
	Labour	D. A. Bradbury	740	17%
	Ecology	N. Everard	112	3%
Majority			1,145
Registered electors			12,817
Turnout			4,475	35%

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References

(1981 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1982 (→ 1983)

London boroughs	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Blackburn Brentwood Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Derby East Devon Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Fareham Gillingham Gloucester Gosport Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Halton Harlow Hart Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere Huntingdon Hyndburn Ipswich Leominster Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Milton Keynes Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Preston Purbeck Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Scunthorpe Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Herefordshire South Lakeland Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Swale Tamworth Tandridge Thamesdown Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Wyre Forest York

Regional councils (Scotland)	Borders Central Dumfries and Galloway Fife Grampian Highland Lothian Orkney Shetland Strathclyde Tayside Western Isles

Local elections in Merseyside

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Liverpool City Council	1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Mayor of Liverpool	2012 2016

Liverpool School Board	1870 1873 1876 1879 1882 1885 1888 1891 1894 1897 1900 Abolished

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Merseyside County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

Liverpool City Region Mayor	2017

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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