Sheffield City Council election, 1982

Map of the results for the 1982 Sheffield council election.

Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Sheffield Local Election Result 1982
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	20	1	1	0	68.9	48.0	79,719	-4.9%
	Conservative	6	0	0	0	20.7	23.3	38,765	-10.7%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	3	1	1	0	10.3	28.3	46,997	+16.0%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	388	-0.4%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	163	+0.1%
	Workers Revolutionary	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	+0.0%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	60	60
	Conservatives	18	18
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	9	9
Total		87	87
Working majority		33	33

Ward results

Beauchief ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sween Batiste	2,964	41.5	-24.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Neil Panter	2,251	31.5	+31.5
	Labour	Justin Wren-Lewis	1,847	25.9	-8.1
	Independent	John Charles	75	1.0	+1.0
Majority			713	10.0	-21.9
Turnout			7,137
	Conservative hold		Swing	-27.9

Birley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Marshall	3,420	54.6	-11.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Roger Davison	1,740	27.8	+27.8
	Conservative	Glenda Leitch	1,104	17.6	-15.9
Majority			1,680	26.8	-6.2
Turnout			6,264
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.8

Brightside^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rae Whitfield	2,919	61.7	-14.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	George Wilson	1,417	29.9	+29.9
	Conservative	Victoria Sellers	393	8.3	-15.8
Majority			1,502	31.8	-19.9
Turnout			4,729
	Labour hold		Swing	-22.0

Broomhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marvyn Moore	2,058	43.8	-6.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Martin Hayes-Allen	1,346	28.7	+3.7
	Labour	Brian Fischer	1,290	27.5	+2.8
Majority			712	15.1	-10.2
Turnout			4,694
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.1

Burngreave^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Damms	3,089	50.8	+11.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	David Johnson	2,586	42.5	-8.9
	Conservative	Shirely Rhodes	351	5.8	-1.5
	Communist	Stephen Howell	46	0.7	-1.4
	Workers Revolutionary	Keith McCormick	6	0.1	+0.1
Majority			503	8.3	-4.0
Turnout			6,078
	Labour gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance		Swing	+10.3

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Horton	3,252	72.0	-3.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Tony Pearce	752	16.6	+11.0
	Conservative	Joan Graham	474	10.5	-6.0
	Communist	Violet Gill	36	0.8	-2.0
Majority			2,500	55.4	-3.1
Turnout			4,514
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.0

Chapel Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Roger Wilson	3,236	49.5	-11.5
	Labour	Henry Hanwell	2,658	40.6	+9.5
	Conservative	Francis Brookes	645	9.8	+2.0
Majority			578	8.9	-21.0
Turnout			6,539
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing	-10.5

Darnall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Munn	2,770	57.1	-5.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Dennis Boothroyd	1,185	24.4	+12.7
	Conservative	Colin Cavill	895	18.4	-7.2
Majority			1,585	32.7	-4.4
Turnout			4,850
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Dore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Joel Thompson	3,870	51.9	-12.0
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Edward Mullin	1,894	25.4	+15.8
	Labour	Donald Lemons	1,695	22.7	-3.8
Majority			1,976	26.5	-10.9
Turnout			7,459
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.9

Ecclesall^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Freeman	3,827	52.7	-17.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Arthur Fawthrop	2,423	33.4	+19.1
	Labour	Anthony Sweeney	1,009	13.9	-1.9
Majority			1,404	19.3	-34.7
Turnout			7,259
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.1

Firth Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Barton	3,710	72.3	-8.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Christopher Fenn	972	18.9	+11.0
	Conservative	Lorna Banham	447	8.7	-3.3
Majority			2,738	53.4	-15.7
Turnout			5,129
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.9

Hallam^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Wragg	3,620	53.6	-13.7
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Paul Metcalfe	2,036	30.2	+18.0
	Labour	Dorothy Podlesny	1,090	16.1	-4.4
Majority			1,584	23.4	-23.4
Turnout			6,746
	Conservative hold		Swing	-15.8

Handsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Mose	3,092	57.0	-13.3
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Hilary Gooch	1,407	25.9	+25.9
	Conservative	Bernard Kennedy	919	16.9	-12.7
Majority			1,685	31.1	-9.6
Turnout			5,418
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.6

Heeley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hukesh Savani	2,803	49.2	-9.8
	Conservative	Sidney Cordle	1,488	26.1	-5.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Donald Smith	1,339	23.5	+16.7
	Communist	Neville Taylor	68	1.2	-0.9
Majority			1,315	23.1	-3.9
Turnout			5,698
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.9

Hillsborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Mills	3,363	43.4	-9.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	June Hibberd	2,432	31.4	+31.4
	Conservative	William Travis	1,943	25.1	-21.6
Majority			931	12.0	+5.4
Turnout			7,738
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.6

Intake^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Green	3,174	53.6	-6.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Ted Lyon	1,560	26.4	+18.5
	Conservative	Farrell Rollitt	1,181	19.9	-12.3
Majority			1,614	27.2	-0.4
Turnout			5,915
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.3

Manor^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Howard Capelin	2,912	71.3	-4.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Joan Dallamore	801	19.6	+13.4
	Conservative	Simon Briggs	341	8.3	-5.9
	Communist	Arnold Archer	28	0.7	-2.8
Majority			2,111	51.7	-9.1
Turnout			4,082
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.1

Mosborough^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Wall	3,293	56.1	-15.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Dennis Vernals	1,519	25.9	+25.9
	Conservative	Christopher Goldsmith	1,058	18.0	-10.0
Majority			1,774	30.2	-13.7
Turnout			5,870
	Labour hold		Swing	-20.8

Nether Edge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Smith	2,434	42.3	-11.4
	Labour	Marilyn Tsiorvas	2,054	35.7	-0.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	David Tummon	1,258	21.9	+11.9
Majority			380	6.6	-10.9
Turnout			5,746
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.4

Nether Shire^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wigfield	3,442	66.0	-11.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Robert Shillito	1,179	22.6	+22.6
	Conservative	Patricia Oldfield	462	8.8	-11.1
	Independent	Joe Williams	88	1.7	+1.7
	Communist	Paul Mackey	41	0.8	-2.1
Majority			2,263	43.4	-13.8
Turnout			5,212
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.8

Netherthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Laurent	2,865	60.2	-10.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Peter Stubbs	1,106	23.2	+19.6
	Conservative	Radcliffe Wilson-Wolfe	727	15.3	-10.2
	Communist	Valerie Seabright	62	1.3	+1.3
Majority			1,759	37.0	-8.3
Turnout			4,760
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.1

Norton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Moore	3,419	57.6	-4.0
	Conservative	Paul Mort	1,341	22.6	-7.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Robert Mumford	1,173	19.8	+11.6
Majority			2,078	35.0	+3.6
Turnout			5,933
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

Owlerton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Mathews	3,000	63.0	-11.6
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Robert Scholfield	1,168	24.5	+24.5
	Conservative	Dorothy Kennedy	591	12.4	-10.9
Majority			1,832	38.5	-12.8
Turnout			4,759
	Labour hold		Swing	-18.0

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doris Mulhearn	3,253	75.7	-8.5
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Stephen Truslove	601	14.0	+14.0
	Conservative	Thomas Seaton	395	9.2	-3.8
	Communist	David Bruce	45	1.0	-1.8
Majority			2,652	61.7	-9.5
Turnout			4,294
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.2

Sharrow^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Tigwell	2,993	62.8	-1.8
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Christopher Walker	892	18.7	+18.7
	Conservative	George Booth	815	17.1	-14.7
	Communist	Brian Turley	62	1.3	-2.2
Majority			2,101	44.1	+11.3
Turnout			4,762
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.2

South Wortley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Philip Howson	3,774	44.3	+18.3
	Labour	Ruth Blunkett	2,616	30.7	-8.2
	Conservative	Sylvia Cowley	2,123	24.9	-10.1
Majority			1,158	13.6	+10.3
Turnout			8,513
	SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	+13.2

Southey Green^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stent	3,488	74.8	-12.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Stewart Dalton	854	18.3	+18.3
	Conservative	Hedley Oldfield	318	6.8	-5.4
Majority			2,634	56.5	-19.0
Turnout			4,660
	Labour hold		Swing	-15.6

Stocksbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Malcolm Brelsford	2,166	44.7	-7.5
	Labour	Ann Proctor	1,759	36.3	+11.8
	Conservative	Barrie Jones	922	19.0	-4.3
Majority			407	8.4	-19.3
Turnout			4,847
	SDP–Liberal Alliance hold		Swing	-9.6

Walkley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Wood	3,444	53.5	-12.4
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Jane Padget	1,930	30.0	+30.0
	Conservative	Stuart Dawson	1,059	16.4	-17.6
Majority			1,514	23.5	-8.4
Turnout			6,433
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.2

References

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

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Council elections in South Yorkshire

Barnsley 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

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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