1983 Adur District Council election

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1983 Adur District Council election
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One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Alliance Labour
Seats won770
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
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Map showing the results of the 1983 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election

Alliance

Majority party after election

No Overall Control

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1983, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Peverel ward and no elections for the Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 47.6%. [1]

Contents

The election resulted in the Alliance losing control of the council to no overall control. [2] [3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1983 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 721+150.047.610,115+2.9
  Alliance 712-150.039.88,454-3.4
  Labour 00000.012.22,5830.0
  Residents 00000.00.492+0.4

This resulted in the following composition of the council: [2]

PartyPrevious councilNew council
SDP-Liberal Alliance2019
Conservative1617
Independent Residents22
Labour11
Total3939
Working majority 1  -1 

Ward results

+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.

Buckingham (4049) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Merrick A.1,31167.1+0.9
Alliance Miller A.64332.9-0.9
Majority66834.2+1.8
Turnout 1,95448.4+4.8
Conservative hold Swing +0.9
Churchill (3758) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Blunkett R.81546.0+1.2
Conservative Burley Y. Ms.79144.6-1.1
Labour Aldrich G.1679.4-0.1
Majority241.4+0.5
Turnout 1,77347.8+8.2
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +1.1
Cokeham (3588) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Cheal J.79256.7-29.5
Conservative Hart E.38727.7+27.7
Labour Burns F.21915.7+1.9
Majority40529.0-43.4
Turnout 1,39839.2+10.8
Alliance hold Swing -28.6
Eastbrook (3659) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Coghlan J.99851.1+7.0
Labour Barnard I.95548.9+12.9
Majority432.2-5.9
Turnout 1,95353.6+4.3
Conservative hold Swing -2.9
Hillside (3858) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barber R.1,01760.6+0.4
Labour Woolgar J.35921.4+3.2
Alliance Watson W.30318.0-3.6
Majority65839.2+0.7
Turnout 1,67943.7+6.0
Conservative hold Swing -1.4
Manor (3362) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Robinson C.88447.1+5.0
Conservative Wooven R.87646.7-4.9
Labour Aldrich S. Ms.1176.2-0.1
Majority80.4-9.0
Turnout 1,87753.5+6.4
Alliance hold Swing +4.9
Mash Barn (3011) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Hartly J.70155.2-32.0
Conservative Chad R.41632.8+32.8
Labour Grafton R.15312.0-0.7
Majority28522.4-52.1
Turnout 1,27042.5+15.5
Alliance hold Swing -32.4
Peverel (3185) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Davis G.80851.1-10.0
Alliance Driscoll D.681
Conservative Bailey R.59937.9+6.5
Labour Bridgson J.17511.1+3.6
Majority20913.2-16.5
Turnout 1,58242.5+5.3
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing -8.2
Southlands (3287) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Little S.90956.4+3.9
Conservative Bond A.53633.2+0.6
Labour Taylor M.16810.4-4.4
Majority37323.2+3.3
Turnout 1,61348.5+12.1
Alliance hold Swing +1.6
Southwick Green (3670) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Woolgar R.1,01156.1-0.6
Alliance Pellett K.79143.9+11.1
Majority22012.2-11.7
Turnout 1,80253.7+11.8
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing -5.8
St. Marys (973) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Warnham J.20843.2N/A
Alliance Biggs A.9219.1N/A
Residents Morris J. Ms.9219.1N/A
Labour Gibson C.9018.7N/A
Majority11624.1N/A
Turnout 48248.7N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
St. Nicolas (3556) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lucraft M.1,10256.3-0.7
Alliance Pressley N.85643.7+8.3
Majority24612.6-9.0
Turnout 1,95850.9+7.8
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Widewater (4143) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Floyd J.86345.3-1.6
Alliance Stanley A.86045.2-0.8
Labour Jacques W.1809.5+2.3
Majority30.1-0.8
Turnout 1,90346.5+8.6
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing -0.4

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References

  1. ↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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