1983 Adur District Council election

1983 Adur District Council election
One third of seats (14 of 39) to Adur District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	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]
	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[]

^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003
^ ^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.
^ "Vote 2012: Adur". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[1] Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 2nd Edition 2003

[results-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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