1990 Adur District Council election

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1990 Adur District Council election
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  1988 3 May 1990 1991  

One third of seats (15 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SLD Conservative Labour
Seats won1031
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1

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Map showing the results of the 1990 Adur council elections.

Majority party before election

Social and Liberal Democrats

Majority party after election

Social and Liberal Democrats

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 3 May 1990, with one third of the council up for election, as well as vacancies in the Churchill and Manor wards. No elections were held for the single-member St Mary's ward. Overall turnout jumped to 49.8%. [1]

Contents

The election resulted in the Social and Liberal Democrats retaining control of the council. [2] [3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1990 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SLD 1011066.738.18,767-1.0
  Conservative 301-120.034.67,970-12.7
  Labour 110+16.723.15,315+13.6
  Residents 10006.73.0683-1.1
  Green 00000.01.3295+1.3

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Social and Liberal Democrats2222
Conservative1514
Independent Residents22
Labour01
Total3939
Working majority 5  5 

Ward results

Buckingham (3933) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Morris H. Ms.*1,01655.2−14.5
SLD Hammond G. Ms.48426.3+3.7
Labour Sweet G. Ms.34018.5+10.8
Majority53228.9−18.2
Turnout 1,84046.8+5.3
Conservative hold Swing -9.1
Churchill (3740) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Kelly V. Ms.82239.4−15.0
SLD Runnalls R.751
Conservative Wood J.65531.4−14.1
Conservative Gray W. Ms.641
Labour Vanags K.31215.0+15.0
Green Edwards D.29514.2+14.2
Majority1678.0−0.9
Turnout 2,08446.5+6.4
SLD hold Swing
SLD hold Swing -0.4
Cokeham (3569) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Ball C. Ms.72638.8−4.1
Labour Mear B.67636.1+17.1
Conservative Catchpole W.47025.1−13.0
Majority502.7−2.0
Turnout 1,87252.5+14.2
SLD hold Swing -10.6
Eastbrook (3526) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Munnery D.69935.2+13.2
SLD Honore F.69234.9+5.4
Conservative Wiiliams S.59329.9−18.6
Majority70.4−18.6
Turnout 1,98456.3+13.6
Labour gain from SLD Swing +3.9
Hillside (3610) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Stuart A.75437.9−10.9
Conservative Callar W.*67133.7−17.5
Labour Willson M.56428.4+28.4
Majority834.2+1.7
Turnout 1,98955.1+9.3
SLD gain from Conservative Swing +3.3
Manor (3361) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Rance S. Ms.79047.7+1.4
SLD Runnalls B. Ms.760
Conservative Boyce G.58835.5−10.3
Conservative Harris F.525
Labour Morris C.27916.8+8.9
Labour Green M. Ms.277
Majority20212.2+11.7
Turnout 1,65747.9+2.0
SLD hold Swing
SLD hold Swing +5.8
Marine (2634) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Hancock D.*68353.7−3.8
Conservative Patten E.44234.7−2.2
Labour Rose J.14811.6+6.1
Majority24118.9−18.0
Turnout 1,27348.3
Independent hold Swing -0.8
Mash Barn (2811) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD King H.67149.9−2.0
Labour Atkins B.34425.6+14.8
Conservative Woodford D.33124.6−12.8
Majority32724.3+9.8
Turnout 1,34647.9+12.4
SLD hold Swing -8.4
Peverel (3215) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Vaughan E. Ms.75546.6+4.6
Conservative Swain L. Ms.44427.4−13.6
Labour Knott A. Ms.42126.0+9.0
Majority31119.2+18.2
Turnout 1,62050.4+15.3
SLD hold Swing +9.1
Southlands (3305) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Biggs S.74447.0−3.8
Labour Sweet N.42626.9+11.2
Conservative Lewis J. Ms.41226.0−7.4
Majority31820.1+2.8
Turnout 1,58247.9+6.1
SLD hold Swing -7.5
Southwick Green (3850) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Biggs A.*99554.4−3.4
Conservative Macpherson M.59532.5−9.7
Labour Willson S. Ms.23913.1+13.1
Majority40021.9+6.4
Turnout 1,82947.5+1.7
SLD hold Swing +3.1
St. Nicolas (3673) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Huber J.*88547.5−15.5
SLD Pressley N.55029.5+5.9
Labour Whipp B.42923.0+9.6
Majority33518.0−21.3
Turnout 1,86450.7+7.8
Conservative hold Swing -10.7
Widewater (4250) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jones G.86841.5−9.9
SLD Isherwood D. Ms.78437.5−1.7
Labour Steadman G.43821.0+11.5
Majority844.0−8.2
Turnout 2,09049.2+4.1
Conservative hold Swing -4.1

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.