Adur District Council election, 1980

Adur District Council election, 1980
One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council ; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1980 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election; Conservative ;	Majority party after election; Liberal ;

Last updated March 06, 2019

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 1 May 1980, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Southwick Green ward, and no elections for the single-member ward St Marys. Overall turnout dropped to 48.7%.^[1]

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Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1980^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal	9	3	0	+3	64.3	44.7	9,158	+9.4
Conservative	3	0	4	-4	21.4	37.3	7,627	-7.8
Labour	1	1	0	+1	7.1	14.0	2,858	-1.6
Residents	1	0	0	0	7.1	4.0	826	+0.0

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

Party		Previous council	New council
	Liberal	17	20
	Conservative	20	16
	Independent Residents	2	2
	Labour	0	1
Total		39	39
Working majority		1	1

Ward results

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

Buckingham (4050)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Smith M.	958	62.7	+1.9
	Liberal	Wright G. Ms.	414	27.1	-0.5
	Labour	Snowden H.	155	10.2	-1.4
Majority			544	35.6	+2.4
Turnout			1,527	37.7	-42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.2

Churchill (3758)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Denyer P.	1,010	54.5	+14.7
	Conservative	Chorlton S.	675	36.4	-10.1
	Labour	Hellenburgh S. Ms.	168	9.1	-4.6
Majority			335	18.1	+11.4
Turnout			1,853	49.3	-25.9
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.4

Cokeham (3597)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Spalding M.	957	59.0	+9.4
	Conservative	Lodge R.	536	33.0	-4.2
	Labour	Woods J. Ms.	130	8.0	-5.2
Majority			421	25.9	+13.6
Turnout			1,623	45.1	-34.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

Eastbrook (3666)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Whipp B.	748	41.3	-3.5
	Conservative	Sayers M.	617	34.1	-21.1
	Liberal	Dolding R.	445	24.6	+24.6
Majority			131	7.2	-3.2
Turnout			1,810	49.4	-16.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.8

Hillside (3904)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Moore M.	718	41.4	-8.9
	Labour	Greig P.	602	34.7	+8.5
	Liberal	Easeman D.	415	23.9	+0.4
Majority			116	6.7	-17.4
Turnout			1,735	44.4	-38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.7

Manor (3352)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Cooper M.	880	53.2	-3.5
	Conservative	Lewis J.	683	41.3	-2.0
	Labour	Bridson J. Ms.	91	5.5	+5.5
Majority			197	11.9	-1.6
Turnout			1,654	49.3	-27.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

Marine (2589)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Residents	Shephard P.	826	72.0	+6.8
	Conservative	Harding I. Ms.	259	22.6	-6.0
	Labour	Gibson C.	62	5.4	-0.8
Majority			567	49.4	+12.8
Turnout			1,147	44.3	-39.5
	Residents hold		Swing	+6.4

Mash Barn (2947)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Deedman D.	869	67.1	+15.9
	Conservative	Chad R.	323	24.9	-12.0
	Labour	Harwood R.	104	8.0	-3.9
Majority			546	42.1	+27.9
Turnout			1,296	44.0	-28.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.9

Peverel (3171)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hall M. Ms.	760	59.6	+8.7
	Conservative	Prattley J.	375	29.4	-5.4
	Labour	Atkins H. Ms.	141	11.1	-3.3
Majority			385	30.2	+14.1
Turnout			1,276	40.2	-34.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.0

Southlands (3237)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robinson J.	797	57.5	+8.8
	Conservative	Osmond P.	364	26.3	-10.5
	Labour	Matthews M. Ms.	225	16.2	+1.6
Majority			433	31.2	+19.3
Turnout			1,386	42.8	-29.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.6

Southwick Green (3506)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	King M.	854	48.4	+20.9
	Liberal	Stanley A.	732
	Conservative	Sweet I. Ms.	717	40.6	-11.4
	Conservative	Hale D.	650
	Labour	Watson A.	193	10.9	-9.5
Majority			137	7.8	-16.7
Turnout			1,764	50.3	-21.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.1

St. Nicolas (3664)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Gumbrell P.	806	49.0	-1.2
	Liberal	Attrill D. Ms.	702	42.7	+6.3
	Labour	Wright E.	136	8.3	-5.1
Majority			104	6.3	-7.6
Turnout			1,644	44.9	-30.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.7

Widewater (3987)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hammond D.	1,055	60.1	+15.3
	Conservative	Huber S. Ms.	596	34.0	-9.8
	Labour	Jacques W.	103	5.9	-5.5
Majority			459	26.2	+25.1
Turnout			1,754	44.0	-31.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.5

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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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Adur District Council election, 1980

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Election result

Ward results

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