1983 Basildon District Council election

1983 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]
← 1982 5 May 1983 1984 →
14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1983 Basildon Borough Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour Party;	Council control after election ; Labour Party;

The 1983 Basildon District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had won at the previous election in 1982.

Quick facts 14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council 22 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	8	2	0	2	57.1	36.7	17,892
	Conservative	6	3	2	1	42.9	40.0	19,478
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	20.6	10,039
	Residents	0	0	3	3	0.0	2.7	1,295
Total		14						48,704

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Lea	2,503	63.6%
	Alliance	G. Cronkshaw	819	20.8%
	Labour	A. Chipperfield	615	15.6%
Turnout				46.4%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Johnson	2,508	66.5%
	Alliance	G. Taylor	902	23.9%
	Labour	M. Baker	363	9.6%
Turnout				48.3%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Parr	2,025	52.6%
	Residents	C. Jones	1,295	33.6%
	Labour	I. Harlow	533	13.8%
Turnout				46.1%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Ballard	2,032	50.5%
	Alliance	J. White	1,300	32.3%
	Conservative	L. Tilt	693	17.2%
Turnout				44.3%
	Labour hold

Overall results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Dove	1,766	62.5%
	Conservative	A. Ball	718	25.4%
	Alliance	F. Crow	340	12.0%
Turnout				34.0%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Blerkom	1,421	42.8%
	Labour	P. Rackley	1,364	41.1%
	Alliance	M. Howard	532	16.0%
Turnout				44.3%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Lynch	1,071	37.2%
	Alliance	K. Lack	978	33.9%
	Conservative	A. Dines	832	28.9%
Turnout				39.5%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Costello	1,959	60.2%
	Conservative	R. Kemp	731	22.5%
	Alliance	K. Neil	564	17.3%
Turnout				40.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Gelder	1,512	38.9%
	Conservative	P. Cole	1,322	34.0%
	Alliance	A. Lutton	1,057	27.2%
Turnout				48.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Hodge	2,106	64.7%
	Conservative	E. Dines	1,331	39.3%
	Alliance	B. Simmons	442	13.0%
Turnout				40.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Amey	2,014	62.1%
	Conservative	P. Tomkins	869	26.8%
	Alliance	A. Scott	360	11.1%
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Miller	1,589	58.7%
	Conservative	J. Dolby	752	27.8%
	Alliance	P. Harding	364	13.5%
Turnout				35.8%
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Leibner	1,998	54.8%
	Labour	L. Wignall	1,033	28.3%
	Alliance	M. Birch	617	16.9%
Turnout				44.0%
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Ball	1,775	44.8%
	Labour	G. Palmer	1,764	44.5%
	Alliance	R. Turpin	425	10.7%
Turnout				49.9%
	Conservative hold