Adur District Council election, 1990

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Adur District Council election, 1990

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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 Social and Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Seats won1031
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1

Adur UK local election 1990 map.png

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. The sitting Resident councillor in Overall turnout jumped to 49.8%. [1]

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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+/−
  Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Conservative1515
Independent Residents22
Labour01
Total3939
Working majority 5  5 

Ward results


Buckingham (3933) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Morris H. Ms.*1,01655.2-14.5
Social and Liberal Democrats 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%±
Social and Liberal Democrats Kelly V. Ms.82239.4-15.0
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing -0.4
Cokeham (3569) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing -10.6
Eastbrook (3526) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Munnery D.69935.2+13.2
Social and Liberal Democrats 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 Social and Liberal Democrats Swing +3.9
Hillside (3610) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +3.3
Manor (3361) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Social and Liberal Democrats Rance S. Ms.79047.7+1.4
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Social and Liberal Democrats 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%±
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing -8.4
Peverel (3215) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.1
Southlands (3305) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing -7.5
Southwick Green (3850) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.1
St. Nicolas (3673) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Huber J.*88547.5-15.5
Social and Liberal Democrats 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
Social and Liberal Democrats 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

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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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