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Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 6 May 1982. One third of the council was up for election.
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29 of 87 seats to Sheffield City Council 44 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 1982 Sheffield City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68.9 | 48.0 | 79,719 | -4.9 | |
Alliance | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.3 | 28.3 | 46,997 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 23.3 | 38,765 | -10.7 | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 388 | -0.4 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 163 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | N/A |
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
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Labour | 60 | 60 | |||
Conservatives | 18 | 18 | |||
SDP–Liberal Alliance | 9 | 9 | |||
Total | 87 | 87 | |||
Working majority | 33 | 33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sween Batiste* | 2,964 | 41.5 | −24.4 | |
Alliance | Neil Panter | 2,251 | 31.5 | +31.5 | |
Labour | Justin Wren-Lewis | 1,847 | 25.9 | −8.1 | |
Independent | John Charles | 75 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 713 | 10.0 | −21.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,137 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -27.9 |
George Wilson was previously elected as a Labour councillor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marvyn Moore* | 2,058 | 43.8 | −6.5 | |
Alliance | Martin Hayes-Allen | 1,346 | 28.7 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Brian Fischer | 1,290 | 27.5 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 712 | 15.1 | −10.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,694 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tony Damms | 3,089 | 50.8 | +11.7 | |
Alliance | David Johnson* | 2,586 | 42.5 | −8.9 | |
Conservative | Shirely Rhodes | 351 | 5.8 | −1.5 | |
Communist | Stephen Howell | 46 | 0.7 | −1.4 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Keith McCormick | 6 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 503 | 8.3 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,078 | ||||
Labour gain from Alliance | Swing | +10.3 |
Henry Hanwell was a sitting councillor for South Wortley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Joel Thompson* | 3,870 | 51.9 | −12.0 | |
Alliance | Edward Mullin | 1,894 | 25.4 | +15.8 | |
Labour | Donald Lemons** | 1,695 | 22.7 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 1,976 | 26.5 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,459 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.9 |
Donald Lemons was a sitting councillor for Heeley ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Freeman* | 3,827 | 52.7 | −17.1 | |
Alliance | Arthur Fawthrop | 2,423 | 33.4 | +19.1 | |
Labour | Anthony Sweeney | 1,009 | 13.9 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 1,404 | 19.3 | −34.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,259 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Wragg* | 3,620 | 53.6 | −13.7 | |
Alliance | Paul Metcalfe | 2,036 | 30.2 | +18.0 | |
Labour | Dorothy Podlesny** | 1,090 | 16.1 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 1,584 | 23.4 | −23.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,746 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -15.8 |
Dorothy Podlesny was a sitting councillor for Southey Green
June Hibberd was a sitting councillor for Stocksbridge
Sam Wall was a sitting councillor for Norton ward
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christine Smith* | 2,434 | 42.3 | −11.4 | |
Labour | Marilyn Tsiorvas | 2,054 | 35.7 | −0.5 | |
Alliance | David Tummon | 1,258 | 21.9 | +11.9 | |
Majority | 380 | 6.6 | −10.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,746 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Wigfield* | 3,442 | 66.0 | −11.1 | |
Alliance | Robert Shillito | 1,179 | 22.6 | +22.6 | |
Conservative | Patricia Oldfield | 462 | 8.8 | −11.1 | |
Independent | Joe Williams | 88 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Communist | Paul Mackey | 41 | 0.8 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 2,263 | 43.4 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,212 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -16.8 |
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