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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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]
The election resulted in the Alliance losing control of the council to no overall control.[2][3]
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 7 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 50.0 | 47.6 | 10,115 | +2.9 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | 7 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 50.0 | 39.8 | 8,454 | -3.4 | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12.2 | 2,583 | +0.0 | |
Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 92 | +0.4 |
This resulted in the following composition of the council[2]:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP-Liberal Alliance | 20 | 19 | |||
Conservative | 16 | 17 | |||
Independent Residents | 2 | 2 | |||
Labour | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 39 | 39 | |||
Working majority | 1 | -1 |
Ward results
+/- figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Merrick A. | 1,311 | 67.1 | +0.9 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Miller A. | 643 | 32.9 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 668 | 34.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,954 | 48.4 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Blunkett R. | 815 | 46.0 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Burley Y. Ms. | 791 | 44.6 | -1.1 | |
Labour | Aldrich G. | 167 | 9.4 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 24 | 1.4 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,773 | 47.8 | +8.2 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Cheal J. | 792 | 56.7 | -29.5 | |
Conservative | Hart E. | 387 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
Labour | Burns F. | 219 | 15.7 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 405 | 29.0 | -43.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,398 | 39.2 | +10.8 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | -28.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Coghlan J. | 998 | 51.1 | +7.0 | |
Labour | Barnard I. | 955 | 48.9 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 43 | 2.2 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,953 | 53.6 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barber R. | 1,017 | 60.6 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Woolgar J. | 359 | 21.4 | +3.2 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Watson W. | 303 | 18.0 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 658 | 39.2 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,679 | 43.7 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Robinson C. | 884 | 47.1 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Wooven R. | 876 | 46.7 | -4.9 | |
Labour | Aldrich S. Ms. | 117 | 6.2 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.4 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,877 | 53.5 | +6.4 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Hartly J. | 701 | 55.2 | -32.0 | |
Conservative | Chad R. | 416 | 32.8 | +32.8 | |
Labour | Grafton R. | 153 | 12.0 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 285 | 22.4 | -52.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,270 | 42.5 | +15.5 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | -32.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Davis G. | 808 | 51.1 | -10.0 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Driscoll D. | 681 | |||
Conservative | Bailey R. | 599 | 37.9 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Bridgson J. | 175 | 11.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 209 | 13.2 | -16.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,582 | 42.5 | +5.3 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Little S. | 909 | 56.4 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Bond A. | 536 | 33.2 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Taylor M. | 168 | 10.4 | -4.4 | |
Majority | 373 | 23.1 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,613 | 48.5 | +12.1 | ||
SDP–Liberal Alliance hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Woolgar R. | 1,011 | 56.1 | -0.6 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Pellett K. | 791 | 43.9 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 220 | 12.2 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,802 | 53.7 | +11.8 | ||
Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance | Swing | -5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Warnham J. | 208 | 43.2 | N/A | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Biggs A. | 92 | 19.1 | N/A | |
Residents | Morris J. Ms. | 92 | 19.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Gibson C. | 90 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 116 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 482 | 48.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lucraft M. | 1,102 | 56.3 | -0.7 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Pressley N. | 856 | 43.7 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 246 | 12.6 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,958 | 50.9 | +7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Floyd J. | 863 | 45.3 | -1.6 | |
SDP–Liberal Alliance | Stanley A. | 860 | 45.2 | -0.8 | |
Labour | Jacques W. | 180 | 9.5 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.2 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,903 | 46.5 | +8.6 | ||
Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance | Swing | -0.4 | |||
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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