1983 Cheltenham Borough Council election

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The 1983 Cheltenham Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries. [1] The Conservatives fell one seat short of a majority, meaning the council stayed in no overall control.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1983 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1600048.541.114,880
  Alliance 1200036.435.312,769
  Residents 30009.17.02,518
  Labour 10003.09.23,322
  Ind. Conservative 10003.03.41,219
  Independent 00000.02.7976
  Ecology 00000.01.4509

Ward results

All Saints [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Beagley 1,433 53.6
Alliance Adelaide Hodges* 1,387 51.9
Conservative Roy Miles 1,347 50.4
Alliance Alastair Jollans*1,31449.1
Conservative Robert Maxwell1,30448.8
Alliance Richard Tocknell1,23046.0
Majority331.3
Turnout 2,67441.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Charlton Kings [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Mary Whyte* 1,640 56.1
Residents Donald Perry* 1,629 55.7
Conservative Victor Stanton* 1,577 53.9
Residents Anthony Jeans1,56453.5
Conservative Alan Pearce1,21541.5
Conservative Margaret Heapey**1,15139.4
Majority130.4
Turnout 2,92545.7
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Margaret Heapey was a sitting councillor in St Paul's ward.

College [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Kenneth Hammond* 1,841 52.6
Conservative Bryan Howell 1,808 51.6
Conservative Michael Sheppard 1,798 51.4
Conservative Geoffrey Hester1,67948.0
Alliance Philip Gray*1,60645.9
Alliance William Harrington1,48442.4
Ecology David Swindley2838.2
Majority1193.4
Turnout 3,50153.5
Alliance win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Hatherley [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Gerald Bingham* 2,068 60.9
Alliance Eric Phillips* 2,063 60.7
Alliance Jeremy Whales 2,026 59.6
Conservative Daphne Pennell1,46843.2
Conservative John Heapey1,29338.1
Conservative Tim Spencer-Cox1,27337.5
Majority3316.4
Turnout 3,39752.5
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Hesters Way [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents Richard Sturdy* 878 35.1
Labour Terence Ruck 876 35.0
Conservative Harry Turbyfield 836 33.4
Conservative John Craddock76330.5
Labour Clive Harriss76330.5
Labour Martin Hale70528.2
Alliance Jean Holder67927.2
Alliance Christopher Morris61024.4
Alliance Raymond Drewett55422.2
Independent Garth Barnes*48219.3
Independent Harold Stephens35414.2
Majority732.9
Turnout 2,50038.6
Residents win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Lansdown [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aileen Bramah 1,583 68.4
Conservative May Dent* 1,568 67.8
Conservative Aimbury Dodwell* 1,506 65.1
Alliance Ronald Hunt73031.6
Alliance Patsy Thornton69029.8
Alliance Robert Washington64227.7
Ecology Christopher Walford2229.6
Majority77633.5
Turnout 2,31441.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Park [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Irving* 2,025
Conservative Maureen Stafford 1,893
Conservative William Bullingham 1,683
Alliance Dorothy Staight1,087
Alliance Alan Goodridge964
Alliance Laurence Taylor907
Majority596
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Pittville [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Pennell 1,124 40.3
Conservative Kenneth Burke 1,101 39.5
Conservative Christopher Britton 1,068 38.3
Labour James Pennington99235.6
Labour Michael King93833.7
Labour Ann McGovern92533.2
Alliance Bernard Fisher79628.6
Alliance Anthony Rudge73626.4
Alliance Susan Simpkins67824.3
Majority762.7
Turnout 2,78645.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St Mark's [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Brian Cassin* 1,550 56.9
Alliance Janet Watson* 1,485 54.5
Alliance Alexis Cassin 1,446 53.1
Conservative Ronald Tapsell72326.5
Conservative William Fisher*70725.9
Conservative Lorraine Pennell67324.7
Labour Abraham Yates54720.1
Labour William Evans53719.7
Labour John Hurley50718.6
Majority72326.6
Turnout 2,72545.5
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
St Paul's [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance John Rawson 1,343 53.0
Ind. Conservative Dudley Aldridge* 1,219 48.1
Alliance Paul Baker 968 38.2
Alliance Geoffrey Furniss96638.1
Conservative Robert Wilson90435.6
Conservative Francis Jones89435.3
Labour Kristine Mason46618.4
Labour Christine Stoakes43117.0
Labour Sandra Thomas41716.4
Majority20.1
Turnout 2,53644.6
Alliance win (new seat)
Ind. Conservative win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
St Peter's [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Marchant* 1,398 50.4
Alliance Peter Liddell* 1,288 46.4
Alliance Gilbert Wakeley* 1,246 44.9
Alliance Alvin Harrison1,07538.7
Conservative John Jackson97535.1
Conservative Meg West94734.1
Labour Timothy Sedgwick-Jell44115.9
Labour Dorothy Herring43015.5
Labour Roger Whyborn38814.0
Independent Burgess Cooper1405.0
Majority1716.2
Turnout 2,77647.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ The Borough of Cheltenham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Borough council election 5th May, 1983". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1983.
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