1983 Adur District Council election
← 1982 5 May 1983 1984 →
One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Alliance Labour
Seats won 7 7 0
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Steady
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]

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]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 7 2 1 +1 50.0 47.6 10,115 +2.9
  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.

Buckingham (4049)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Merrick A. 1,311 67.1 +0.9
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
Churchill (3758)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +1.1
Cokeham (3588)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Alliance hold Swing -28.6
Eastbrook (3659)[2]
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
Hillside (3858)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barber R. 1,017 60.6 +0.4
Labour Woolgar J. 359 21.4 +3.2
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
Manor (3362)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Alliance hold Swing +4.9
Mash Barn (3011)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Alliance hold Swing -32.4
Peverel (3185)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Davis G. 808 51.1 -10.0
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
Alliance hold Swing
Alliance hold Swing -8.2
Southlands (3287)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 23.2 +3.3
Turnout 1,613 48.5 +12.1
Alliance hold Swing +1.6
Southwick Green (3670)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Woolgar R. 1,011 56.1 -0.6
Alliance Pellett K. 791 43.9 +11.1
Majority 220 12.2 -11.7
Turnout 1,802 53.7 +11.8
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing -5.8
St. Marys (973)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Warnham J. 208 43.2 N/A
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
St. Nicolas (3556)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lucraft M. 1,102 56.3 -0.7
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
Widewater (4143)[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Floyd J. 863 45.3 -1.6
Alliance Stanley A. 860 45.2 -0.8
Labour Jacques W. 180 9.5 +2.3
Majority 3 0.1 -0.8
Turnout 1,903 46.5 +8.6
Conservative gain from Alliance Swing -0.4

References

  1. ^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Elections Centre: Adur 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/plymouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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