1984 Adur District Council election

1984 Adur District Council election
One third of seats (13 of 39) to Adur District Council ; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1984 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election; No Overall Control;	Majority party after election; No Overall Control;

Last updated June 19, 2019

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 3 May 1984, with one third of the council up for election. There was no elections held for the single-member St Mary's ward. Overall turnout was recorded at 45.6%.^[1]

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1984^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Alliance	7	0	1	-1	53.8	38.9	8,023	-0.9
Conservative	5	2	0	+2	38.5	44.3	9,158	-3.3
Residents	1	0	0	0	7.7	4.0	828	+3.6
Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	12.7	2,611	+0.5

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	17	19
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	19	18
	Independent Residents	2	2
	Labour	1	0
Total		39	39
Working majority		-1	-1

Ward results

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

Buckingham (3997)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Smith M.	1,039	68.4	+1.3
	Alliance	Miller A.	480	31.6	-1.3
Majority			559	36.8	+2.6
Turnout			1,519	38.0	-10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

Churchill (3767)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Trotman A. Ms.	801	47.3	+1.3
	Conservative	Chad R.	732	43.2	-1.4
	Labour	Aldrich G.	162	9.6	+0.1
Majority			69	4.1	+2.7
Turnout			1,695	45.0	-2.8
	Alliance hold		Swing	+1.3

Cokeham (3472)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Spalding M.	850	62.8	+6.1
	Conservative	Boggis B.	361	26.7	-1.0
	Labour	Burns F.	143	10.6	-5.1
Majority			489	36.1	+7.1
Turnout			1,354	39.0	-0.2
	Alliance hold		Swing	+3.5

Eastbrook (3563)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Woolgar A. Ms.	789	46.1	-5.0
	Labour	Whipp B.	647	37.8	-11.1
	Alliance	Tullett K.	274	16.0	+16.0
Majority			142	8.3	+6.1
Turnout			1,710	48.0	-5.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.0

Hillside (3749)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Cary J.	890	52.8	-7.8
	Labour	Slater J.	524	31.1	+9.7
	Alliance	Pike R.	273	16.2	-1.9
Majority			366	21.7	-17.5
Turnout			1,687	45.0	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.7

Manor (3360)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Cooper M.	918	51.5	+4.4
	Conservative	Woolven R.	776	43.6	-3.1
	Labour	Aldrich S. Ms.	87	4.9	-1.3
Majority			142	8.0	+7.6
Turnout			1,781	53.0	-0.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+3.7

Marine (2551)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Residents	Shephard P.	828	61.2	N/A
	Conservative	Duckley C.	377	27.9	N/A
	Alliance	McNay A.	92	6.8	N/A
	Labour	Deehan A.	55	4.1	N/A
Majority			451	33.4	N/A
Turnout			1,352	53.0	N/A
	Residents hold		Swing	N/A

Mash Barn (2974)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Moore M.	642	56.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Jupp R.	366	32.4	-0.4
	Labour	Grafton R.	122	10.8	-1.3
Majority			276	24.4	+2.0
Turnout			1,130	38.0	-4.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+1.0

Peverel (3143)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Driscoll P. Ms.	766	58.0	+7.0
	Conservative	Bailey R.	432	32.7	-5.1
	Labour	Atkins H. Ms.	122	9.2	-1.8
Majority			334	25.3	+12.1
Turnout			1,320	42.0	-0.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+6.0

Southlands (3280)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Thompson P.	648	42.9	+9.7
	Alliance	Robinson J.	625	41.4	-14.9
	Labour	Barnes S.	236	15.6	+5.2
Majority			23	1.5	-21.6
Turnout			1,509	46.0	-2.5
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing	+12.3

Southwick Green (3544)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	King M.	911	47.6	+3.7
	Conservative	Parish D. Ms.	886	46.3	-9.8
	Labour	Woolgar J. Ms.	117	6.1	+6.1
Majority			25	1.3	-10.9
Turnout			1,914	54.0	+0.3
	Alliance hold		Swing	+6.7

St. Nicolas (3628)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Finch B.	1,012	59.4	+3.1
	Alliance	Presley N.	443	26.0	-17.7
	Labour	Matthews K. Ms.	250	14.7	+14.7
Majority			569	33.4	+20.8
Turnout			1,705	47.0	-3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.4

Widewater (4226)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Hammond D.	948	48.8	+3.6
	Conservative	Pelling C.	850	43.7	-1.6
	Labour	Jacques W.	146	7.5	-1.9
Majority			98	5.0	+4.8
Turnout			1,944	46.0	-0.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+2.6

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References

↑ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
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 2017-07-25.
↑ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

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[1] Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

[results-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 2017-07-25.

[3] "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-18.

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1984 Adur District Council election

Contents

Election result

Ward results

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