1982 City of Lincoln Council election

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.

1982 City of Lincoln Council election[1][2]

6 May 1982
11 of the 33 seats to City of Lincoln Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 16 17 Seats won 8 3 Seats after 20 13 Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 10,573 8,906 Percentage 40.7% 34.3%
Map showing the results the 1982 Lincoln City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats and blue shows the Conservatives seats.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Labour

Overall results

1982 City of Lincoln Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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

Ward results

Abbey

Location of Abbey ward

Abbey[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Gibbons	1,012	47.5%
	Conservative	M. Mellows	601	28.2%
	Alliance	E. Coles	519	%24.3
Turnout				39.7%
	Labour hold

Birchwood

Location of Birchwood ward

Boultham[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Boultham

Location of Boultham ward

Boultham[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Archer	945	43.2%
	Conservative	P. Samways	710	32.4%
	Alliance	B. Smith	502	22.9%
	Ecology	C. Moulton	33	1.5%
Turnout				44.5%
	Labour hold

Bracebridge

Location of Bracebridge ward

Bracebridge[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Bracey	1,224	47.4%
	Labour	P. Hurst	859	33.3%
	Alliance	J. Gill	500	19.4%
Turnout				45.5%
	Conservative hold

Carholme

Location of Carholme ward

Carholme[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Castle

Location of Castle ward

Castle[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Bunnage	1,214	48.6%
	Conservative	I. Adams	704	28.2%
	Alliance	J. Kirby	580	23.2%
Turnout				48.6%
	Labour hold

Longdales

Location of Longdales ward

Longdales[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. McDonald	1,030	42.4%
	Labour	N. Murray	973	40.1%
	Alliance	L. Davis	426	17.5%
Turnout				49.0%
	Conservative hold

Minster

Location of Minster ward

Minster[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Moorland

Location of Moorland ward

Moorland[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Park

Location of Park ward

Park[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Tritton

Location of Tritton ward

Tritton[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Meanwell	992	52.3%
	Conservative	R. Barnes	483	25.5%
	Alliance	S. Stanton	422	22.2%
Turnout				43.4%
	Labour hold

References

1. "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
2. "Local Election Summaries 1982". The Elections Centre.
3. "City of Lincoln Council Election Results 1973-2012". Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
4. "Councillors - Glebe ward". Archived from the original on 19 April 2003. Retrieved 4 November 2019.