1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 5 May 1983. All 53 seats were up for election.
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Registered | 76,062 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 56% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result
editGains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1979 district council election.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 36 | +5 | 67.9 | 46.6 | 15,709 | +3.2 | |||
Independent | 9 | -7 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 6,243 | -5.8 | |||
Labour | 7 | +2 | 13.2 | 24.5 | 8,260 | +0.0 | |||
Alliance | 1 | +1 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 3,478 | +6.9 |
Ward Results
editAll results are listed below:[2]
Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1979 District Council election.
The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1979 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.
Ampthill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ms A Cowell* | 1,145 | 36.2 | −15.6 | |
Labour | Ms G Wagstaff* | 1,073 | 33.9 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Ms A Palmer* | 1,030 | 32.5 | −14.4 | |
Alliance | P Cruse | 949 | 30.0 | ||
Alliance | J Letch | 643 | 20.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,167 | 72.5 | −6.5 |
Arlesey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Harrowell | 801 | 52.8 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | R Turner* | 715 | 47.1 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Ms A Albon* | 636 | 41.9 | −13.2 | |
Labour | Ms G Walker | 469 | 30.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,517 | 50.5 |
Aspley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fiona Chapman[a] | 746 | 44.9 | +7.3 | |
Alliance | Ms A Crampin | 475 | 28.6 | ||
Independent | H Jaye* | 442 | 26.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,663 | 67.4 |
Biggleswade Ivel
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Vickers | 1,237 | 43.7 | ||
Labour | L Chambers* | 1,000 | 35.3 | −14.7 | |
Conservative | D Strachan | 867 | 30.6 | ||
Conservative | Patricia Rouse* | 859 | 30.4 | −18.7 | |
Labour | H Smeeton | 756 | 26.7 | ||
Labour | C Mason | 712 | 25.2 | ||
Independent | P Cook | 593 | 21.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,829 | 63.2 |
Biggleswade Stratton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ms C Cook* | 1,182 | 35.0 | −23.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Bennett* | 1,112 | 32.9 | −19.5 | |
Labour | Victor Brunt* | 1,083 | 32.1 | −11.5 | |
Conservative | David Smith | 996 | 29.5 | ||
Labour | Alistair Costley | 780 | 23.1 | −11.0 | |
Labour | T Bornett | 759 | 22.5 | −7.4 | |
Turnout | 3,378 | 79.0 |
Blunham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N Davidson* | 556 | 63.3 | +20.9 | |
Alliance | S Lawford | 191 | 21.7 | ||
Labour | Ms S Lamburn | 131 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 879 | 55.8 |
Campton & Meppershall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J Buxton* | Unopposed | NA |
Clifton & Henlow
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 1,028 | 68.4 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Patricia Cook | 928 | 61.7 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Ms G Burn | 831 | 55.3 | ||
Labour | Joseph Mayes | 475 | 31.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,503 | 40.6 |
Clophill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W Russell* | 342 | 67.9 | ||
Labour | Ms P Cue | 162 | 32.1 | ||
Turnout | 504 | 41.3 | −42.4 |
Cranfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T Grimes | 875 | 45.6 | ||
Conservative | J Hawksby* | 770 | 40.2 | −15.2 | |
Conservative | R Palmer* | 651 | 34.0 | −14.9 | |
Alliance | F Gurney | 511 | 26.7 | ||
Independent | R Ambridge | 270 | 14.1 | ||
Labour | Alan Morris | 261 | 13.6 | ||
Labour | Ms L Cummins | 257 | 13.4 | ||
Labour | Ms F Perry | 221 | 11.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,917 | 59.8 |
Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ms J Eells* | 530 | 81.8 | ||
Labour | G Renwick | 118 | 18.2 | ||
Turnout | 648 | 40.7 |
Flitwick East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jack Cowell* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | Unopposed | NA |
Flitwick West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dennis Gale* | 935 | 57.9 | ||
Conservative | Cynthia Baker | 793 | 49.1 | ||
Alliance | R Clayton | 458 | 28.3 | ||
Labour | Ms I Austin | 224 | 13.9 | ||
Labour | Peter Churchill | 189 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,616 | 47.1 | −30.3 |
Harlington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A Giles* | 674 | 71.0 | +18.7 | |
Labour | T Walsh | 274 | 28.9 | ||
Turnout | 949 | 52.5 | −28.1 |
Haynes & Houghton Conquest
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H Craddock* | 519 | 60.2 | ||
Labour | B Oertel | 343 | 39.8 | ||
Turnout | 862 | 48.7 |
Langford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Loney | Unopposed | NA |
Marston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ms C Barnes* | 885 | 63.8 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | B Meddings | 714 | 51.4 | ||
Labour | J Thatcher | 501 | 36.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,388 | 42.1 |
Maulden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ms I Robinson* | 478 | 53.5 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | Ms R Frizzells | 414 | 46.4 | ||
Turnout | 893 | 46.5 |
Northill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA |
Old Warden & Southill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ms M Hamer-Harries* | Unopposed | NA |
Potton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | F Jakes* | 835 | 43.5 | ||
Conservative | J Ream* | 690 | 36.0 | ||
Labour | J Morgan | 394 | 20.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,919 | 45.8 |
Sandy All Saints
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alistair Gammell* | 783 | 66.0 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | A Sherwood-King* | 692 | 58.3 | −2.1 | |
Labour | T Blain | 403 | 34.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,186 | 44.5 |
Sandy St Swithuns
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C Osborne | 658 | 42.8 | ||
Conservative | T Sherwood-King | 544 | 35.4 | ||
Labour | Ms C Holloway | 333 | 21.7 | ||
Labour | B Price | 321 | 20.9 | ||
Labour | P Wilks | 299 | 19.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,536 | 47.8 |
Shefford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ms E Burson | 702 | 34.4 | ||
Independent | Ms M Faircloth | 487 | 23.9 | −5.4 | |
Alliance | A Smyth* | 454 | 22.3 | −20.3 | |
Labour | A King | 396 | 19.4 | ||
Labour | G Molan | 173 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,039 | 81.1 |
Shillington & Stondon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R Roe* | 624 | 42.2 | −12.1 | |
Conservative | Ms R Simkins | 615 | 41.6 | ||
Independent | S Burr* | 554 | 37.4 | −2.3 | |
Labour | M Tenwick | 240 | 16.2 | ||
Labour | B Woolhead | 151 | 10.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,480 | 56.2 |
Stotfold
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | F Hyde* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Labour | H Wood* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Conservative | J Long* | Unopposed | NA |
Wensley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W Goodyer* | Unopposed | NA |
Westoning
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Kent* | Unopposed | NA |
Woburn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D Woodward* | 810 | 78.7 | +20.2 | |
Alliance | J Ellis | 220 | 21.4 | −18.5 | |
Turnout | 1,029 | 79.8 |
Wrest
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Thurman | 371 | 46.8 | ||
Alliance | Ms E Storey | 220 | 27.8 | ||
Independent | G Wood* | 155 | 19.6 | ||
Labour | R Martin | 47 | 5.9 | ||
Turnout | 792 | 52.4 |
Notes
edit- ^ Mrs Chapman's full name is Catherine Fiona Chapman MBE. Since 2009 she has been councillor for Flitwick on Central Bedfordshire Council, and is listed on Central Bedfordshire Council's website as Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE.[3][4] She is sometimes listed as Catherine Chapman,[5] and sometimes as Fiona Chapman.[6][4] She was first elected to Mid Bedfordshire District Council in 1976.[2]
References
edit- ^ "District level Authority Results.xlsx", www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, pp. 1979, 1983, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael, "Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF), www.electionscentre.co.uk, The Elections Centre, Plymouth University, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ "Cllr Mrs C Fiona Chapman MBE", centralbeds.moderngov.co.uk, archived from the original on 14 August 2017, retrieved 14 May 2017
- ^ a b "Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Central Bedfordshire Council, Vice-Chairman Councillor Fiona Chapman MBE", www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, retrieved 14 May 2017[permanent dead link]
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2003 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2007 - Mid Bedfordshire". www.andrewteale.me.uk.