1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

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1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
←  1979 5 May 1983 1987  →
53 seats for Whole Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Registered76,062
Turnout56%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Seats won3697
Popular vote15,7096,2438,260
Percentage46.6%18.5%24.5%
 Fourth party
 
Party Alliance
Seats won1
Popular vote3,478
Percentage10.3%
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Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 5 May 1983. All 53 seats were up for election.

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Result

Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1979 district council election.

Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1983 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 36+567.946.615,709+3.2
  Independent 9-717.018.56,243-5.8
  Labour 7+213.224.58,260+0.0
  Alliance 1+11.910.33,478+6.9

Ward results

All results are listed below: [2]

Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1979 District Council election.

The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1979 District Council election.

Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 4,368 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ms A Cowell*1,14536.2−15.6
Labour Ms G Wagstaff*1,07333.9−10.5
Conservative Ms A Palmer*1,03032.5−14.4
Alliance P Cruse94930.0
Alliance J Letch64320.3
Turnout 3,16772.5−6.5

Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 3,003 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Harrowell80152.8+8.1
Conservative R Turner*71547.1+1.0
Conservative Ms A Albon*63641.9−13.2
Labour Ms G Walker46930.9
Turnout 1,51750.5

Aspley

Aspley (2 seats, 2,468 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Chapman [a] 74644.9+7.3
Alliance Ms A Crampin47528.6
Independent H Jaye*44226.6
Turnout 1,66367.4

Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 4,477 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Vickers1,23743.7
Labour L Chambers*1,00035.3−14.7
Conservative D Strachan86730.6
Conservative Patricia Rouse*85930.4−18.7
Labour H Smeeton75626.7
Labour C Mason71225.2
Independent P Cook59321.0
Turnout 2,82963.2

Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (3 seats, 4,276 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ms C Cook*1,18235.0−23.7
Conservative Richard Bennett*1,11232.9−19.5
Labour Victor Brunt*1,08332.1−11.5
Conservative David Smith99629.5
Labour Alistair Costley78023.1−11.0
Labour T Bornett75922.5−7.4
Turnout 3,37879.0

Blunham

Blunham (1 seat, 1,575 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative N Davidson*55663.3+20.9
Alliance S Lawford19121.7
Labour Ms S Lamburn13114.9
Turnout 87955.8

Campton & Meppershall

Campton & Meppershall (1 seat, 1,351 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J Buxton*UnopposedNA

Clifton & Henlow

Clifton & Henlow (3 seats, 3,702 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Rogers*1,02868.4+11.0
Conservative Patricia Cook92861.7+13.3
Conservative Ms G Burn83155.3
Labour Joseph Mayes47531.6
Turnout 1,50340.6

Clophill

Clophill (1 seat, 1,220 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W Russell*34267.9
Labour Ms P Cue16232.1
Turnout 50441.3−42.4

Cranfield

Cranfield (3 seats, 3,205 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T Grimes87545.6
Conservative J Hawksby*77040.2−15.2
Conservative R Palmer*65134.0−14.9
Alliance F Gurney51126.7
Independent R Ambridge27014.1
Labour Alan Morris26113.6
Labour Ms L Cummins25713.4
Labour Ms F Perry22111.5
Turnout 1,91759.8

Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill

Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,593 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ms J Eells*53081.8
Labour G Renwick11818.2
Turnout 64840.7

Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 2,647 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Cowell*UnopposedNA
Conservative Malcolm Randall*UnopposedNA

Flitwick West

Flitwick West (2 seats, 3,431 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Gale*93557.9
Conservative Cynthia Baker79349.1
Alliance R Clayton45828.3
Labour Ms I Austin22413.9
Labour Peter Churchill18911.7
Turnout 1,61647.1−30.3

Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,807 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A Giles*67471.0+18.7
Labour T Walsh27428.9
Turnout 94952.5−28.1

Haynes & Houghton Conquest

Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,771 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent H Craddock*51960.2
Labour B Oertel34339.8
Turnout 86248.7

Langford

Langford (1 seat, 1,989 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A LoneyUnopposedNA

Marston

Marston (2 seats, 3,296 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ms C Barnes*88563.8+15.6
Conservative B Meddings71451.4
Labour J Thatcher50136.1
Turnout 1,38842.1

Maulden

Maulden (1 seat, 1,920 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ms I Robinson*47853.5−6.7
Conservative Ms R Frizzells41446.4
Turnout 89346.5

Northill

Northill (1 seat, 1,605 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Turner*UnopposedNA

Old Warden & Southill

Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,149 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ms M Hamer-Harries*UnopposedNA

Potton

Potton (2 seats, 4,191 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent F Jakes*83543.5
Conservative J Ream*69036.0
Labour J Morgan39420.5
Turnout 1,91945.8

Sandy All Saints

Sandy All Saints (2 seats, 2,665 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alistair Gammell*78366.0+2.6
Conservative A Sherwood-King*69258.3−2.1
Labour T Blain40334.0
Turnout 1,18644.5

Sandy St Swithuns

Sandy St Swithuns (3 seats, 3,213 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent C Osborne65842.8
Conservative T Sherwood-King54435.4
Labour Ms C Holloway33321.7
Labour B Price32120.9
Labour P Wilks29919.5
Turnout 1,53647.8

Shefford

Shefford (2 seats, 2,514 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ms E Burson70234.4
Independent Ms M Faircloth48723.9−5.4
Alliance A Smyth*45422.3−20.3
Labour A King39619.4
Labour G Molan1738.5
Turnout 2,03981.1

Shillington & Stondon

Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,633 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent R Roe*62442.2−12.1
Conservative Ms R Simkins61541.6
Independent S Burr*55437.4−2.3
Labour M Tenwick24016.2
Labour B Woolhead15110.2
Turnout 1,48056.2

Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,603 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent F Hyde*UnopposedNA
Labour H Wood*UnopposedNA
Conservative J Long*UnopposedNA

Wensley

Wensley (1 seat, 1,301 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W Goodyer*UnopposedNA

Westoning

Westoning (1 seat, 1,287 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Kent*UnopposedNA

Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 1,290 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D Woodward*81078.7+20.2
Alliance J Ellis22021.4−18.5
Turnout 1,02979.8

Wrest

Wrest (1 seat, 1,512 registered voters)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R Thurman37146.8
Alliance Ms E Storey22027.8
Independent G Wood*15519.6
Labour R Martin475.9
Turnout 79252.4

Notes

  1. ↑ Mrs Chapman's full name is Catherine Fiona Chapman MBE. Since 2009 she has been councillor for Flitwick on Central Bedfordshire Council, and is listed on Central Bedfordshire Council's website as Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE. [3] [4] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman, [5] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman. [6] [4] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "District level Authority Results.xlsx", www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, pp. 1979, 1983, retrieved 14 May 2017
  2. 1 2 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, retrieved 14 May 2017
  3. ↑ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, archived from the original on 14 August 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
  4. 1 2 "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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