Adur District Council election, 1982

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Adur District Council election, 1982

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One third of seats (15 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative SDP–Liberal Alliance Residents
Seats won861
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg

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Map showing the results of the 1982 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election

Alliance

Majority party after election

Alliance

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election. There was additional vacancies in the Mash Barn and Peverel wards, but no elections for the single-member ward St Marys and Residents stronghold, Marine, went uncontested. In the intervening years, the newly formed Alliance had gained three seats at the expense of the Conservatives. Overall turnout fell to 42.4%. [1]

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The election resulted in the SDP-Liberal Alliance retaining control of the council. [2] [3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1982 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 820+253.344.77,478+7.4
  SDP–Liberal Alliance 602-240.043.27,221-1.5
  Residents 10006.70.00-4.0
  Labour 00000.012.22,033-1.8

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
SDP-Liberal Alliance2321
Conservative1315
Independent Residents22
Labour11
Total3939
Working majority 7  3 

Ward results

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

Buckingham (4017) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Morris H. Ms.1,16066.2+3.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance Miller A.59233.8+6.7
Majority56832.4-3.2
Turnout 1,75243.6
Conservative hold Swing -1.6
Churchill (3735) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Kemp C.67645.7+9.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance Blunkett R.66344.8-9.7
Labour Cosgrave L.1419.5+0.5
Majority130.9-17.2
Turnout 1,48039.6-9.7
Conservative hold Swing +9.4
Cokeham (3550) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Brooks J.86886.2+27.2
Labour Taylor M.13913.8+5.8
Majority72972.4+46.5
Turnout 1,00728.4-16.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +10.7
Eastbrook (3635) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dunn R.79144.1+10.0
Labour Barnard D.64536.0-5.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance Williams A. Ms.35719.9-4.7
Majority1468.1+0.9
Turnout 1,79349.3-0.1
Conservative hold Swing +7.7
Hillside (3819) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Wey G.86560.2+18.8
SDP–Liberal Alliance James G.31121.6-2.3
Labour Backwell J. Ms.26218.2-16.5
Majority55438.5+31.8
Turnout 1,43837.7-6.7
Conservative hold Swing +10.5
Manor (3284) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lewis J.79751.6+10.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance Beales W.65142.1-11.1
Labour Aldrich G.986.3+0.8
Majority1469.4-2.5
Turnout 1,54647.1-2.2
Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance Swing +10.7
Marine (2617) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Residents Shephard P.UnopposedN/AN/A
Residents hold Swing N/A
Mash Barn (2963) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Beresford P.69787.2+20.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance Hartley J. Ms.688
Labour Harwood R.10212.8+4.7
Labour Atkins H. Ms.84
Majority59574.5+32.4
Turnout 79927.0-17.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +7.7
Peverel (3167) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Meeten J.72061.1+1.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance Megginson J. Ms.687
Conservative Titley T.37031.4+2.0
Labour Atkins B.887.5-3.6
Labour Atkins H. Ms.82
Majority35029.7-0.5
Turnout 1,17837.2-3.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -0.2
Southlands (3294) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Edwards A.62952.5-5.0
Conservative Hart E.39132.6+6.4
Labour Matthews M. Ms.17814.9-1.4
Majority23819.9-11.3
Turnout 1,19836.4-6.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -5.7
Southwick Green (3459) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Ferrers-Guy B. Ms.82156.7+16.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance Watson W.47532.8-15.6
Labour Edwards E. Ms.15310.6-0.4
Majority34623.9+16.1
Turnout 1,44941.9-8.4
Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance Swing +15.8
St. Nicolas (3583) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Huber J.88157.0+8.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance Attrill D. Ms.54735.4-7.3
Labour Bridson J. Ms.1177.6-0.7
Majority33421.6+15.3
Turnout 1,54543.1-1.8
Conservative hold Swing +7.6
Widewater (4085) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Moulton B.72646.9+13.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance Mantey B. Ms.71146.0-14.2
Labour Jacques W.1107.1+1.2
Majority151.0-25.2
Turnout 1,54737.9-6.1
Conservative hold Swing +13.6

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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 2017-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-18.
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