1983 Fenland District Council election^[1]

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5 May 1983

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All 40 seats in the Fenland District Council
21 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Seats won	24	8	5
Popular vote	?	?	?
Percentage	?	?%	?%

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats won	3
Popular vote	?
Percentage	?%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1983 Fenland District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect all members of Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. 1987 Fenland District Council election was due and held on 7 May 1987.

1983 Fenland District Council elections

1983 Fenland Local Election Results^[2]
	Seats	Losses
Conservative	24
Independent	3
Liberal	5	0
Labour	8

Ward results

(* denotes sitting councillor)

Benwick and Doddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Dunham	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Melton*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Goodger	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Brinton*	unopposed		Conservative hold
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A German*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elm (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Mac Cotterell*	unopposed
Independent	A Ingle*	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
Independent hold		Swing

Leverington (2 seats)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	R Dixon*	unopposed
Conservative	R Wallace	unopposed
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Manea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H Fox	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

March East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F Clark*	1,064	47.6
	Labour	C Bennett	890
	Labour	D Cherry*	836
	Conservative	G Brewin*	834	37.3
	Conservative	J Thornton	575
	Conservative	K Ansell	522
	Independent	S Green	335	15.0
Turnout				54.4
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

March North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	P Jackman*	879	35.3
	Labour	G Campbell*	860	34.6
	Labour	D Dagless	761
	Conservative	G Taylor*	748	30.1
	Labour	A Clark	714
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

March West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D Fleming*	891	45.5
	Conservative	F Grounds*	850
	Conservative	P Skoulding*	668
	Liberal	D Dack	621	31.7
	Liberal	B Fox	506
	Labour	D Kent	448	22.9
	Labour	S Smart	419
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newton and Tydd St Giles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Palmer*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Outwell and Upwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Pritchard	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parson Drove and Wisbech St Mary (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Barnes*	649	40.3
	Liberal	Neil Payne	660	41.0
	Conservative	J Foster	301	18.7
Turnout
Registered electors
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Whittlesey Bassenhally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K Mayor	330	50.4
	Liberal	S Richards	235
	Independent	D Roberts	90
Turnout
Registered electors

Whittlesey Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Lovell	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesey East
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	U Cuffe*
Liberal	G Spenceley	230
Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesey Kingsmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	O Oliver	169	38.6
	Conservative	P Gray	155	35.4
Majority
Turnout

Whittlesey South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Whitwell*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesey West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Lilley*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wimblington and Stonea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A Hopper	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout

Wisbech East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Lake*	685	51.7
	Labour	Ron Harris	640	48.3
	Conservative	H Piggott	576
	Labour	A Purt	517
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wisbech North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Potter*	631	53.9
	Labour	Ken Williams*	568
	Liberal	Bernard Martin	539	46.1
	Liberal	Kathleen Brennan*	525
	Labour	A Worlding	418
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wisbech North East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Beryl Petts*	640	63.6
	Conservative	Michael Osborn*	580
	Liberal	Gary Monger	367	36.4
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wisbech South West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	June Bond*	unopposed
	Liberal	Michael Sharp	unopposed
	Conservative	Malcolm Moss	Unopposed
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[3]

References

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1983. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 13.
^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
^ "Election Results". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1983. p. 5.

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