1982 Liverpool City Council election

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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	42	+2
	Liberal	36	-2
	Conservative	21	0

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1982

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	16	4	2	+2	48%	39%	54,780
	Liberal	10	2	4	-2	30%	31%	43,378
	Conservative	7	0	0	0	21%	25%	34,935
	SDP	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

Ward results

Abercromby

Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Hood	1,648	54%
	Liberal	David 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%
	SDP	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	William 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	Geoffrey Smith	2,072	43%
	Labour	E. J. Smith	1,589	33%
	Conservative	S. Fitzsimmons	1,204	23%
Majority			483
Registered electors			13,578
Turnout			4,865	36%

Childwall

Childwall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Airey	3,069	53%
	Liberal	Neville Gordon 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	John 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%
	SDP	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	Charles 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%
	SDP	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	Harold Glyn 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%
	SDP	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	Arthur Eric 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	Gerard Patrick 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	Kevin Andrew 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%
	SDP	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	Herbert Edward Herrity	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%
	SDP	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	Ernest Richard 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	June 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	Edward 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%
	SDP	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%