| Election Name: | 1982 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1980 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1980 |
| Next Election: | 1983 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
| Seats For Election: | 99 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 50 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Election: | Bill Egerton |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Election: | Bill Egerton |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 72 |
| Seats1: | 69 |
| Seats After1: | 69 |
| Popular Vote1: | 60,971 |
| Percentage1: | 44.9% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 23 |
| Seats2: | 26 |
| Seats After2: | 26 |
| Popular Vote2: | 42,744 |
| Percentage2: | 31.2% |
| Party3: | SDP-Liberal Alliance |
| Seats Before3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seats After3: | 4 |
| Popular Vote3: | 31,699 |
| Percentage3: | 23.3% |
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 6 May 1982. Due to demographic changes in the city since the formation of the new City Council in 1973, and in common with some other English councils in 1982, substantial boundary changes to all wards were implemented in time for these elections. The most notable changes were as follows:
- The wards of Collegiate Church and Miles Platting were merged, with most of their combined areas forming a new Central ward.
- A new ward of Benchill was carved out of the existing wards of Baguley, Crossacres, and Woodhouse Park.
- Beswick ward became the new Beswick and Clayton ward.
- Lloyd Street ward became the new Fallowfield ward.
- Crossacres ward became the new Sharston ward.
- Alexandra ward became the new Whalley Range ward.
Due to these changes, it was necessary for the whole council to be re-elected. Each ward elected three candidates, with the first-placed candidate serving a four-year term of office, expiring in 1986, the second-placed candidate serving a two-year term of office, expiring in 1984, and the third-placed candidate serving a one-year term of office, expiring in 1983. The Labour party retained overall control of the council.[1]
| Party | Votes | Seats | ||||||
| Labour Party | 60,971 (44.9%) | 12.1 | 69 (69.7%) | 3 | ||||
| Conservative Party | 42,336 (31.2%) | 0.9 | 26 (26.3%) | 3 | ||||
| Alliance | 31,699 (23.3%) | 13.1 | 4 (4.0%) | |||||
| Independent | 483 (0.3%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Workers Revolutionary | 106 (0.1%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| National Front | 70 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | ||||
| 69 | 4 | 26 |