1982 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 63 seats to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1986. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 36,657 (46.1%) | ![]() |
15 (68.2%) | 15 / 22
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34 (54.0%) | 34 / 63
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Labour Party | 20,968 (26.4%) | ![]() |
5 (22.7%) | 5 / 22
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22 (34.9%) | 22 / 63
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Alliance | 21,892 (27.5%) | ![]() |
2 (9.1%) | 2 / 22
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7 (11.1%) | 7 / 63
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22 | 7 | 34 |
Ward results
[edit]Altrincham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. L. Slater | 1,632 | 48.9 | +3.3 | |
SDP | G. E. Evans | 901 | 27.0 | +27.0 | |
Labour | J. Koch | 803 | 24.1 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 731 | 21.9 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,336 | 41.6 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bowdon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. B. Gill* | 2,703 | 62.5 | +2.0 | |
SDP | D. L. Marlow | 1,310 | 30.3 | +30.3 | |
Labour | T. A. O'Neill | 312 | 7.2 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 1,393 | 32.2 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,325 | 49.4 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Broadheath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. G. Currie* | 1,633 | 44.7 | +3.8 | |
SDP | M. J. Roberts | 1,012 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
Labour | N. P. Cooper | 1,009 | 27.6 | −16.5 | |
Majority | 621 | 17.0 | +13.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,654 | 45.8 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brooklands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. A. E. Waterfall* | 2,489 | 63.4 | +10.9 | |
Liberal | C. A. Bearfield | 1,000 | 25.5 | −9.4 | |
Labour | H. Davies | 437 | 11.1 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 1,489 | 37.9 | +20.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,926 | 49.1 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bucklow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Holland* | 1,533 | 62.7 | −17.7 | |
Conservative | M. E. Hindley | 482 | 19.7 | +6.7 | |
SDP | A. P. Ratcliff | 429 | 17.6 | +17.6 | |
Majority | 1,051 | 43.0 | −24.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,444 | 34.8 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clifford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. J. Geoghegan | 1,830 | 53.8 | −12.9 | |
Conservative | G. V. Burrows | 1,063 | 31.3 | −2.0 | |
SDP | W. C. Sumner | 506 | 14.9 | +14.9 | |
Majority | 767 | 22.6 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,399 | 40.9 | −2.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Davyhulme East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. G. Haigh* | 1,806 | 45.9 | +2.3 | |
Labour | S. Rogers | 1,191 | 30.2 | −10.4 | |
Liberal | J. A. Cottrell | 941 | 23.9 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 615 | 15.6 | +12.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,938 | 51.1 | +8.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Davyhulme West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. T. Lamb | 1,781 | 44.9 | +7.1 | |
Labour | A. G. Hodson | 1,168 | 29.4 | −9.3 | |
SDP | H. Laffey | 1,020 | 25.7 | +25.7 | |
Majority | 613 | 15.4 | +14.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,969 | 47.5 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Flixton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. A. Lord | 1,856 | 44.5 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | A. Vernon | 1,585 | 38.0 | +5.8 | |
Labour | H. Pollard | 726 | 17.4 | −16.5 | |
Majority | 271 | 6.5 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,167 | 52.5 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Hinchcliffe* | 2,709 | 66.1 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | J. Wilson | 1,134 | 27.7 | +5.0 | |
Labour | E. A. Starkey | 253 | 6.2 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 1,575 | 38.5 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,096 | 46.6 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Longford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | K. G. Summerfield | 1,638 | 45.4 | +8.1 | |
Labour | K. Silcock | 1,488 | 41.2 | −21.5 | |
Liberal | W. A. Munden | 483 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Majority | 150 | 4.2 | −21.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,609 | 46.2 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mersey-St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. A. Elder | 2,510 | 62.3 | +10.4 | |
SDP | E. P. M. Wollaston | 1,004 | 24.9 | +24.9 | |
Labour | B. R. Coates | 515 | 12.8 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 1,506 | 37.4 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,029 | 42.4 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. R. Haydock* | 1,046 | 41.5 | −23.5 | |
Conservative | F. D. Redfern | 998 | 39.6 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | C. R. Hedley | 475 | 18.9 | +18.9 | |
Majority | 48 | 1.9 | −29.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,519 | 38.5 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Priory
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | A. L. Brookes | 1,389 | 43.9 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | A. Rhodes | 1,297 | 41.0 | +5.6 | |
Labour | P. N. J. Frizzby | 478 | 15.1 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 92 | 2.9 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,164 | 39.6 | −3.5 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sale Moor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Mee* | 1,319 | 40.0 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | J. W. Robinson | 1,152 | 34.9 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | H. M. Hughes | 827 | 25.1 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 167 | 5.1 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,298 | 42.3 | −2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Martin's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. E. King* | 1,748 | 43.2 | +3.7 | |
Labour | G. H. Mountain | 1,464 | 36.1 | −24.4 | |
SDP | R. C. Tweed | 838 | 20.7 | +20.7 | |
Majority | 284 | 7.0 | −14.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,050 | 43.3 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Stretford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Hindley* | 1,886 | 51.3 | +5.9 | |
Labour | G. Woodburn | 1,107 | 30.2 | −24.4 | |
SDP | L. L. Sumner | 679 | 18.5 | +18.5 | |
Majority | 779 | 21.3 | +12.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,664 | 44.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Talbot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Marland* | 1,721 | 58.6 | −15.8 | |
Conservative | B. M. Dirikis | 750 | 25.5 | −0.1 | |
SDP | S. Everett | 467 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
Majority | 971 | 33.0 | −15.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,938 | 39.0 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Timperley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. K. Davies | 1,778 | 43.7 | 0 | |
Conservative | L. W. Hillier | 1,698 | 41.7 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | G. K. Stuart | 1,695 | 41.6 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | J. R. Richardson | 1,595 | 39.2 | +3.2 | |
Labour | R. J. Short | 441 | 10.8 | −9.5 | |
Labour | R. P. F. Phillips | 412 | 10.1 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.1 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,071 | 45.4 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Urmston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. R. Coupe* | 1,736 | 46.7 | −1.1 | |
Labour | D. Acton | 994 | 26.8 | −25.4 | |
SDP | P. J. Carlon | 985 | 26.5 | +26.5 | |
Majority | 742 | 20.0 | +15.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,715 | 47.5 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Village
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | B. V. Ackroyd | 1,617 | 44.3 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | W. J. Watkins* | 1,312 | 35.9 | +2.1 | |
Labour | R. Crewe | 721 | 19.8 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 305 | 8.4 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,650 | 43.3 | −6.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
By-elections between 1983 and 1983
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. J. Watkins | 1,433 | 47.3 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | G. K. Stuart | 1,388 | 45.8 | −2.6 | |
Labour | R. J. Short | 208 | 6.9 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 45 | 1.5 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,029 | 33.8 | −11.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 22 May 1982", Trafford M.B.C.(1982).