1982_City_of_Lincoln_Council_election
1982 City of Lincoln Council election
Election held in City of Lincoln Council in 1982
The 1982 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 6 May 1982. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of the second-highest polling candidates at the all out election of 1979. The Labour Party gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.
Quick Facts 11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Map showing the results the 1982 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives seats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 72.7 | 40.7 | 10,573 | ||
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27.3 | 34.3 | 8,906 | ||
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 24.3 | 6,314 | |||
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 116 | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 53 | |||
Rev Reform | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | |||
Total | 11 | 25,973 |
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Abbey
Birchwood
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | R. Hall | 950 | 44.5% | |
Conservative | W. Crumblehulme | 658 | 30.8% | |
Alliance | F. Hyde | 525 | 24.6% | |
Turnout | 40.5% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
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Boultham
Bracebridge
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | R. Bracey | 1,224 | 47.4% | |
Labour | P. Hurst | 859 | 33.3% | |
Alliance | J. Gill | 500 | 19.4% | |
Turnout | 45.5% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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Carholme
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | I. Campbell | 1,040 | 39.6% | |
Labour | L. Wells | 781 | 29.8% | |
Alliance | F. Goulding | 752 | 28.6% | |
Ecology | S. Moulton | 52 | 2.0% | |
Turnout | 47.6% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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Castle
Longdales
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | N. McDonald | 1,030 | 42.4% | |
Labour | N. Murray | 973 | 40.1% | |
Alliance | L. Davis | 426 | 17.5% | |
Turnout | 49.0% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
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Minster
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Richard Metcalfe[4] | 1,228 | 38.6% | |
Conservative | Y. Bodger | 1,175 | 37.0% | |
Alliance | B. Bagnall | 722 | 22.7% | |
Independent | M. Erskine | 53 | 1.7% | |
Turnout | 51.8% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
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Moorland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | L. Greenhalgh | 839 | 38.5% | |
Conservative | J. Turner | 723 | 33.2% | |
Alliance | G. Quixley | 606 | 27.8% | |
Rev Reform | T. Kyle | 11 | 0.5% | |
Turnout | 44.6% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
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Park
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | R. Mason | 780 | 36.6% | |
Alliance | P. Taylor | 699 | 32.8% | |
Conservative | G. Close | 619 | 29.1% | |
Ecology | K. Yates | 31 | 1.5% | |
Turnout | 41.9% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||
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Tritton
- "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
- "Local Election Summaries 1982". The Elections Centre.
- "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.