1983 Breckland District Council election
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1983 English local election
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The 1983 Breckland District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Election result
| 1983 Breckland District Council election[2] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 32 | 25 | 5 | 10 |  5 |
60.4 | 35.9 | 11,367 | –5.2 | |
| Independent | 31 | 19 | 7 | 4 |  3 |
22.6 | 26.6 | 8,408 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15.1 | 27.1 | 8,569 | –5.0 | |
| Alliance | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1.9 | 10.4 | 3,297 | +9.9 | |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | –2.5 | |
Ward results
Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.
All Saints
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Southgate | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,477 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Beetley & Gressenhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Howard* | 496 | 64.2 | ||
| Independent | B. Barnard | 277 | 35.8 | ||
| Majority | 219 | 28.4 | |||
| Turnout | 773 | 51.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,494 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Besthorpe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. Martin | 573 | 69.2 | ||
| Labour | W. Cudd | 255 | 30.8 | ||
| Majority | 318 | 38.4 | |||
| Turnout | 828 | 48.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,719 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Buckenham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Marsh | 394 | 63.0 | ||
| Labour | C. Phillips | 231 | 37.0 | ||
| Majority | 163 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 625 | 50.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,240 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conifer
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. Emms* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,603 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
East Dereham Neatherd
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Duigan* | 719 | 61.0 | ||
| Conservative | G. Whitworth | 573 | 48.6 | ||
| Labour | I. Woodhall | 272 | 23.1 | ||
| Labour | W. McBeath | 229 | 19.4 | ||
| Alliance | J. Copsey | 189 | 16.0 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,178 | 44.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,679 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
East Dereham St. Withburga
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Goodman | 343 | 53.9 | ||
| Labour | R. Thompson | 293 | 46.1 | ||
| Majority | 50 | 7.8 | |||
| Turnout | 636 | 41.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,542 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
East Dereham Toftwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Fanthorpe* | 799 | 55.2 | ||
| Conservative | B. Cross | 719 | 49.7 | ||
| Alliance | P. Allnatt | 362 | 25.0 | ||
| Alliance | H. Allnatt | 289 | 20.0 | ||
| Labour | K. Potter | 286 | 19.8 | ||
| Labour | V. Lawrence | 242 | 16.7 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,447 | 42.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,374 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
East Dereham Town
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | L. Potter* | 728 | 63.8 | ||
| Labour | R. Potter | 461 | 40.4 | ||
| Independent | D. Gamble | 413 | 36.2 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,141 | 50.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,281 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
East Guiltcross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | K. Simpson | 221 | 40.2 | ||
| Independent | G. Aldridge* | 150 | 27.3 | ||
| Independent | M. Hey | 116 | 21.1 | ||
| Labour | A. Davies | 63 | 11.5 | ||
| Majority | 71 | 12.9 | |||
| Turnout | 550 | 46.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,173 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Eynsford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Hatley* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,222 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Haggard De Toni
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. Jelly | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,589 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Harling
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | K. Bulkeley* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,443 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Haverscroft
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Shaw | 467 | 58.4 | ||
| Alliance | J. Lascelles | 208 | 26.0 | ||
| Independent | E. Lock | 125 | 15.6 | ||
| Majority | 259 | 32.4 | |||
| Turnout | 800 | 50.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,584 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Heathlands
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Stevenson | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,230 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Hermitage
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Birkbeck* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,162 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Launditch
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | R. Butler-Stoney* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,176 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Mattishall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | D. Pearson | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,805 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Mid Forest
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Steward* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 956 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Nar Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | M. Boddy | 479 | 55.2 | ||
| Independent | T. Hawkins | 389 | 44.8 | ||
| Majority | 90 | 10.4 | |||
| Turnout | 868 | 50.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,732 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Necton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. Bowcock | 476 | 66.2 | ||
| Labour | W. Spalding | 128 | 17.8 | ||
| Alliance | T. Owen | 115 | 16.0 | ||
| Majority | 348 | 48.4 | |||
| Turnout | 719 | 50.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,431 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Peddars Way
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | S. Steyerman* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,398 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Queens
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Byford* | 516 | 71.7 | ||
| Independent | F. Towell | 204 | 28.3 | ||
| Majority | 312 | 43.4 | |||
| Turnout | 720 | 30.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,401 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Shipworth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | A. Mathews | 414 | 57.8 | ||
| Conservative | J. Searle* | 302 | 42.2 | ||
| Majority | 112 | 15.6 | |||
| Turnout | 716 | 38.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,853 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Springvale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Shelton* | 291 | 73.9 | ||
| Independent | M. Revey | 103 | 26.1 | ||
| Majority | 188 | 47.8 | |||
| Turnout | 394 | 32.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,202 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Swaffham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | T. Wilding* | 1,042 | 49.2 | ||
| Independent | P. Ison* | 1,034 | 48.8 | ||
| Independent | J. Sampson* | 1,004 | 47.4 | ||
| Alliance | E. Baxter | 639 | 30.2 | ||
| Labour | B. Marjoram | 435 | 20.5 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,117 | 52.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,071 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Swanton Morley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Johnson* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,436 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Taverner
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Stangroom* | 366 | 64.9 | ||
| Conservative | P. Jeffery | 198 | 35.1 | ||
| Majority | 168 | 29.8 | |||
| Turnout | 564 | 51.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,092 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Templar
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Buscall | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 788 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Thetford Abbey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | F. Attfield | 642 | 39.7 | ||
| Labour | T. Paines | 494 | 30.6 | ||
| Conservative | A. Coldwell | 483 | 29.9 | ||
| Conservative | J. Galbraith | 448 | 27.7 | ||
| Labour | G. McGinty | 423 | 26.2 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,617 | 46.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,464 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Thetford Barnham Cross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | C. Armes* | 733 | 66.6 | ||
| Labour | J. Ramm* | 691 | 62.8 | ||
| Conservative | H. Marshall | 369 | 33.5 | ||
| Conservative | H. Parberry | 309 | 28.1 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,101 | 38.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,854 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Thetford Guildhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. Kew* | 1,127 | 47.2 | ||
| Conservative | D. Sawyer | 939 | 39.3 | ||
| Conservative | F. Wilkes* | 893 | 37.4 | ||
| Independent | T. Lamb* | 821 | 34.4 | ||
| Labour | A. Paines | 437 | 18.3 | ||
| Labour | M. Don | 362 | 15.2 | ||
| Turnout | ~2,388 | 51.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,608 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Thetford Saxon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | F. Room* | 524 | 43.4 | ||
| Labour | K. Key | 403 | 33.4 | ||
| Alliance | M. Curtis | 374 | 31.0 | ||
| Independent | V. Habgood | 310 | 25.7 | ||
| Independent | P. Van Weegen | 286 | 23.7 | ||
| Turnout | ~1,208 | 46.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,614 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Two Rivers
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. Abbs* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,469 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Upper Wensum
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | G. Kerrison* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,389 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Upper Yare
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | L. Brown* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,339 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Watton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | C. Cadman* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | R. Rudling* | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | G. Mitchell* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,916 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | |||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Wayland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Morfoot | 409 | 54.5 | ||
| Independent | G. Bailey* | 342 | 45.5 | ||
| Majority | 67 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 751 | 61.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,218 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Weeting
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | S. Childerhouse | 288 | 43.1 | ||
| Alliance | R. Green | 193 | 28.9 | ||
| Labour | S. Drewry | 187 | 28.0 | ||
| Majority | 95 | 14.2 | |||
| Turnout | 668 | 52.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,267 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
West Guiltcross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. Mansbridge* | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,313 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Wissey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. Lloyd | 527 | 51.4 | ||
| Alliance | L. Jacklin | 286 | 27.9 | ||
| Labour | P. Betney | 213 | 20.8 | ||
| Majority | 241 | 23.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,026 | 55.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,861 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Breckland District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. pp. 6–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Compositions calculator". electionscentre.co.uk. Plymouth: The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
