1983 Babergh District Council election

1983 Babergh District Council election
← 1979 5 May 1983 1987 →
All 42 seats to Babergh District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1983 Babergh District Council election.
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1983 Babergh District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Babergh District Council in Suffolk, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1983 Babergh District Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	21	18	3	2	1	42.9	31.9	9,664	–10.7
	Independent	25	18	2	1	1	42.9	29.4	8,891	+7.6
	Labour	25	3	1	3	2	7.1	29.7	8,994	–2.8
	Alliance	9	3	2	1	1	7.1	9.0	2,710	+5.9
	Residents	0	0	0	1	1	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	R. Cook*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,147
	Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	E. Pollard*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,213
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	O. Simpson*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,233
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Prescott	549	69.8
	Labour	M. Armstrong	238	30.2
Majority			311	39.6
Turnout			787	53.5
Registered electors			1,471
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Truswell*	427	51.2
	Labour	A. Ward	407	48.8
Majority			20	2.4
Turnout			834	50.3
Registered electors			1,658
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Green*	364	59.9
	Independent	P. McQuhae	244	40.1
Majority			120	19.8
Turnout			608	52.3
Registered electors			1,163
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Baxter*	540	83.2
	Labour	V. Robson	109	16.8
Majority			431	66.4
Turnout			649	38.7
Registered electors			1,677
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	H. Engleheart*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,312
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Pearce*	541	50.5
	Conservative	C. Watson	530	49.5
	Labour	S. Thomas	438	40.9
Turnout			~1,053	44.3
Registered electors			2,416
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	G. Ince*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,655
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	P. Jones	536	62.9
	Labour	R. Maddox	316	37.1
Majority			220	25.8
Turnout			852	39.0
Registered electors			2,187
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Wake-Walker*	890	48.6
	Independent	S. Cripps	608	33.2
	Alliance	J. Miller	605	33.0
	Labour	G. Reason	335	18.3
Turnout			~1,346	66.0
Registered electors			2,771
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	T. Bailey-Smith*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,319
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Goodwin*	506	60.2
	Conservative	P. Kiddy*	489	58.2
	Labour	F. Housego	334	39.8
	Labour	P. Cain	260	31.0
Turnout			~1,129	43.5
Registered electors			1,931
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Great Cornard North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	V. Cocker	522	51.0
	Labour	R. Nandi	399	39.0
	Conservative	S. Berry	283	27.7
	Conservative	J. Ambrose	247	24.1
	Independent	R. Lewis	218	21.3
	Independent	D. Davis	203	19.8
Turnout			~1,276	42.6
Registered electors			2,401
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold

Great Cornard South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Beer*	746	45.2
	Conservative	A. Eady*	735	44.6
	Labour	N. MacMaster	553	33.5
	Labour	A. Bavington	486	29.4
	Alliance	W. Street	214	13.0
	Alliance	A. Blake	181	11.0
	Independent	P. Chandler	137	8.3
	Independent	A. Henderson	134	8.1
Turnout			~1,665	50.1
Registered electors			3,296
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hadleigh (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	C. Claireaux*	1,436	76.2
	Independent	S. Hogg*	965	51.3
	Independent	J. Andrews*	788	41.9
	Labour	M. Nelson	448	23.8
	Labour	C. Farr	411	21.9
	Independent	P. Branch	338	18.0
Turnout			~1,981	42.0
Registered electors			4,489
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Lavenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	L. Spraggins*	432	57.5
	Conservative	A. Skeels	319	42.5
Majority			113	15.0
Turnout			751	53.8
Registered electors			1,395
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	J. Godley*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,471
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	A. Boram*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,395
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Alliance	R. Kemp*	Unopposed
	Conservative	K. Overman	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,733
	Alliance gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Residents

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Mitchell	324	65.9
	Independent	B. Lees	168	34.1
Majority			156	31.8
Turnout			492	52.1
Registered electors			944
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Hodge*	386	62.9
	Alliance	D. Knight	228	37.1
Majority			158	25.8
Turnout			614	51.3
Registered electors			1,198
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A. Lloyd*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,019
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Lloyd*	341	57.6
	Labour	S. Bryson	251	42.4
Majority			90	15.2
Turnout			592	45.2
Registered electors			1,309
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	S. Gargiulo*	539	35.4
	Conservative	J. Colman	524	34.4
	Labour	P. Du Pave	459	30.2
	Labour	T. Richmond	433	28.5
	Alliance	H. Ebdon	318	20.9
Turnout			~1,489	54.3
Registered electors			2,803
	Alliance gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Playford*	722	64.4
	Conservative	H. Singh*	657	58.6
	Labour	G. Warren	399	35.6
	Labour	J. Hornby	395	35.2
Turnout			~1,173	39.7
Registered electors			2,825
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Moore*	577	52.6
	Conservative	S. Letten	527	48.1
	Labour	E. Wiles	326	29.7
	Alliance	E. Lovelock	193	17.6
	Labour	A. Ascott	182	16.6
Turnout			~1,100	52.9
Registered electors			2,070
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Alliance

Election result

Alton

Berners

Bildeston

Boxford

Brantham

Brett Vale

Brookvale

Bures St. Mary

Capel & Wenham

Chadacre

Copdock

Dodnash

Elmsett

Glemsford

Great Cornard North

Great Cornard South

Hadleigh

Holbrook

Lavenham

Leavenheath

Long Melford

Nayland

North Cosford

Polstead & Layham

Shotley

Sudbury East

Sudbury North

Sudbury South

Waldingfield

West Samford

Lavenham

Shotley

Great Cornard North

Hadleigh

Brantham

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Spence*	807	71.1
	Conservative	V. Pryke	793	69.8
	Labour	H. Morse	328	28.9
	Labour	J. Skinner	326	28.7
Turnout			~1,135	40.2
Registered electors			2,822
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Quelch	497	83.5
	Labour	D. Tolcher	98	16.5
Majority			399	67.0
Turnout			595	47.4
Registered electors			1,255
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	324	46.0
	Labour	223	31.6
	Alliance	158	22.4
Majority		101	14.4
Turnout		705	34.7
Registered electors		2,032
	Conservative gain from Alliance	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Alliance	394	64.6
	Labour	144	23.6
	Independent	72	11.8
Majority		250	41.0
Turnout		610	50.0
Registered electors		1,220
	Alliance gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Labour	419	56.9
	Alliance	166	22.5
	Conservative	152	20.6
Majority		253	34.3
Turnout		737	30.0
Registered electors		2,457
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Alliance	644	50.0
	Labour	385	29.9
	Independent	259	20.1
Majority		259	20.1
Turnout		1,288	27.0
Registered electors		4,770
	Alliance gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Alliance	437	68.8
	Labour	198	31.2
Majority		239	37.6
Turnout		635	32.0
Registered electors		1,984
	Alliance gain from Independent	Swing