See main article: 1983 United Kingdom local elections.
Election Name: | 1983 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.png |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1982 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 1982 |
Next Election: | 1984 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 1984 |
Seats For Election: | 22 of 66 seats (One Third) to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 34 |
Turnout: | 42.7% (2.2%)[1] |
3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
Leader of the Council | |
Before Election: | David Fletcher |
Before Party: | Conservative |
Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
After Election: | David Fletcher |
Leader1: | David Fletcher |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat1: | Thurstaston |
Seats Before1: | 35 |
Seats1: | 11 |
Seats After1: | 34 |
Popular Vote1: | 49,878 |
Percentage1: | 44.7% |
Leader2: | George Clark |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leaders Seat2: | Leasowe |
Seats Before2: | 25 |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 24 |
Popular Vote2: | 39,402 |
Percentage2: | 35.3% |
Image3: | SDP–Lib |
Leader3: | Roy Perkins |
Party3: | SDP–Liberal Alliance |
Leaders Seat3: | Claughton |
Seats Before3: | 6 |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seats After3: | 8 |
Popular Vote3: | 22,246 |
Percentage3: | 19.9% |
The 1983 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[2] This election was held on the same day as other local elections.
The third third of the council was up for election to new boundaries.[3]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
34 | 1 | ||
24 | 1 | ||
8 | 2 | ||
Overall result compared with 1982.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election result, 1983 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||||
22 | 11 | 1 | 50.0 | 44.7 | 49,878 | 0.2 | |||||||||
22 | 8 | 1 | 36.4 | 35.3 | 39,402 | 7.5 | |||||||||
22 | 3 | 2 | 13.6 | 19.9 | 22,246 | 7.7 | |||||||||
2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 139 | N/A | ||||||||||
• italics denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
Web site: Mellows-Facer . Adam . 10 May 2006 . Local election 2006. parliament.uk. 29 December 2018.
News: BBC NEWS VOTE 2003 WIRRAL . 1 May 2003 . . 29 December 2018.