Adur District Council election, 1983

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Adur District Council election, 1983

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One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative SDP–Liberal Alliance Labour
Seats won770
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg

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Map showing the results of the 1983 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election

Alliance

Majority party after election

No Overall Control

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 5 May 1983, with one third of the council up for election. There was an additional vacancy in the Peverel ward and no elections for the Marine ward. Overall turnout climbed to 47.6%. [1]

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

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.

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The election resulted in the Alliance losing control of the council to no overall control. [2] [3]

Election result

Adur District Council Election Result 1983 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 721+150.047.610,115+2.9
  SDP–Liberal Alliance 712-150.039.88,454-3.4
  Labour 00000.012.22,583+0.0
  Residents 00000.00.492+0.4

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

PartyPrevious councilNew council
SDP-Liberal Alliance2019
Conservative1617
Independent Residents22
Labour11
Total3939
Working majority 1  -1 

Ward results

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

Buckingham (4049) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Merrick A.1,31167.1+0.9
SDP–Liberal Alliance Miller A.64332.9-0.9
Majority66834.2+1.8
Turnout 1,95448.4+4.8
Conservative hold Swing +0.9
Churchill (3758) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Blunkett R.81546.0+1.2
Conservative Burley Y. Ms.79144.6-1.1
Labour Aldrich G.1679.4-0.1
Majority241.4+0.5
Turnout 1,77347.8+8.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +1.1
Cokeham (3588) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Cheal J.79256.7-29.5
Conservative Hart E.38727.7+27.7
Labour Burns F.21915.7+1.9
Majority40529.0-43.4
Turnout 1,39839.2+10.8
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -28.6
Eastbrook (3659) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Coghlan J.99851.1+7.0
Labour Barnard I.95548.9+12.9
Majority432.2-5.9
Turnout 1,95353.6+4.3
Conservative hold Swing -2.9
Hillside (3858) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Barber R.1,01760.6+0.4
Labour Woolgar J.35921.4+3.2
SDP–Liberal Alliance Watson W.30318.0-3.6
Majority65839.2+0.7
Turnout 1,67943.7+6.0
Conservative hold Swing -1.4
Manor (3362) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Robinson C.88447.1+5.0
Conservative Wooven R.87646.7-4.9
Labour Aldrich S. Ms.1176.2-0.1
Majority80.4-9.0
Turnout 1,87753.5+6.4
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +4.9
Mash Barn (3011) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Hartly J.70155.2-32.0
Conservative Chad R.41632.8+32.8
Labour Grafton R.15312.0-0.7
Majority28522.4-52.1
Turnout 1,27042.5+15.5
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -32.4
Peverel (3185) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Davis G.80851.1-10.0
SDP–Liberal Alliance Driscoll D.681
Conservative Bailey R.59937.9+6.5
Labour Bridgson J.17511.1+3.6
Majority20913.2-16.5
Turnout 1,58242.5+5.3
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing -8.2
Southlands (3287) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
SDP–Liberal Alliance Little S.90956.4+3.9
Conservative Bond A.53633.2+0.6
Labour Taylor M.16810.4-4.4
Majority37323.1+3.2
Turnout 1,61348.5+12.1
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold Swing +1.6
Southwick Green (3670) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Woolgar R.1,01156.1-0.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance Pellett K.79143.9+11.1
Majority22012.2-11.7
Turnout 1,80253.7+11.8
Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance Swing -5.8
St. Marys (973) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Warnham J.20843.2N/A
SDP–Liberal Alliance Biggs A.9219.1N/A
Residents Morris J. Ms.9219.1N/A
Labour Gibson C.9018.7N/A
Majority11624.1N/A
Turnout 48248.7N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
St. Nicolas (3556) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lucraft M.1,10256.3-0.7
SDP–Liberal Alliance Pressley N.85643.7+8.3
Majority24612.6-9.0
Turnout 1,95850.9+7.8
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Widewater (4143) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Floyd J.86345.3-1.6
SDP–Liberal Alliance Stanley A.86045.2-0.8
Labour Jacques W.1809.5+2.3
Majority30.2-0.8
Turnout 1,90346.5+8.6
Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance Swing -0.4

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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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