1983 Chichester District Council election

1983 Chichester District Council election
All 50 seats to Chichester District Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 5 May 1983.

The whole council was up for election and resulted in a Conservative majority.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	27	3	3		54.0	40.6	18,522	+0.6
Alliance	12	2	1	1	24.0	30.9	14,112	+2.8
Independent	8	1	0	1	16.0	15.4	7,011	+3.9
Residents	2	0	1	1	4.0	5.7	2,597	–3.9
Independent Liberal	1	1	0	1	2.0	0.0	0	N/A
Labour	0	0	0		0.0	3.7	1,674	–1.0
Ind. Conservative	0	0	2	2	0.00	2.8	1,274	–0.8

27	12	8	2	1
Conservative	Alliance	Independent	Res.	I.L.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Darley	638	82.6	N/A
	Alliance	M. D'Arcy	134	17.4	N/A
Turnout			772	52.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,456
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stocker	828	34.1	–2.7
	Independent	D. Yden	666	27.4	–7.2
	Independent	J. Lillywhite	570	23.4	–5.2
	Alliance	Q. Cox	367	15.1	N/A
Turnout			2,431	56.0	–19.3
Registered electors			3,148
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Kirkby-Bott	414	30.9	N/A
	Alliance	N. Brooks	250	18.7	N/A
	Independent	D. Deans	140	17.4	N/A
Turnout			804	60.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,339
	Conservative hold		Swing

1983 Chichester District Council election

Ward results

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Hyde	433	71.0	N/A
	Labour	C. Townroe	177	29.0	N/A
Turnout			610	52.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,173
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. French	870	49.3	–8.4
	Alliance	A. French	819
	Alliance	C. Tupper	814
	Conservative	P. Combes	790	40.6	+5.2
	Conservative	I. Mays	657
	Conservative	A. Missen	614
	Labour	D. Morrison	269	10.1	–13.6
	Labour	P. Norris	247
Turnout			5,080	39.9	–32.0
Registered electors			4,954
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Carlton	963	49.5	+0.5
	Conservative	A. Hue	913
	Alliance	J. Rankin	860	31.8	–19.2
	Alliance	L. Eyles	831
	Conservative	A. Smith	754
	Ind. Conservative	E. Craig	644	12.1	N/A
	Independent	M. Bell	352	6.6	N/A
Turnout			5,317	45.9	–28.2
Registered electors			4,543
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	P. Weston	937	67.8	–4.2
	Alliance	A. Scicluna	893
	Alliance	K. Smith	870
	Conservative	D. Clark	850	21.4	–15.0
	Labour	J. Kennett	167	10.8	N/A
	Labour	G. Jacobs	139
	Labour	J. Moran	123
Turnout			3,979	44.9	–26.9
Registered electors			4,046
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	T. Siggs	1,020	53.8	+0.6
	Alliance	L. Holden	998
	Alliance	M. Clough	949
	Conservative	C. Spawton	898	30.8	–16.0
	Conservative	G. Thomas	802
	Ind. Conservative	F. Craig	498	9.0	N/A
	Independent	H. Bell	347	6.3	N/A
Turnout			5,512	49.3	–23.2
Registered electors			4,753
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Manicom	390	53.4	N/A
	Alliance	T. Wheeler	341	46.6	N/A
Turnout			731	50.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,460
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wood	383	65.1	+1.0
	Independent	E. Knight	205	34.9	N/A
Turnout			588	37.0	–34.8
Registered electors			1,584
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Craven	644	64.6	N/A
	Alliance	J. Matthews	353	35.4	N/A
Turnout			997	38.9	N/A
Registered electors			2,589
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Hamilton	835	43.6	+13.1
	Independent	M. Gilbert	614	32.1	–8.2
	Independent	M. Jenkins	466	24.3	N/A
Turnout			1,915	59.6	–12.5
Registered electors			2,431
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	D. Gauntlett	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,902
	Independent hold

Lavant (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	F. Heald	317	50.1	–4.4
	Conservative	F. Longmore	316	49.9	+4.4
Turnout			633	45.0	–28.0
Registered electors			1,470
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	K. Murray	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,502
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Liberal	M. Stuart Parker	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,374
	Independent Liberal gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Cheesman	541	67.7	+8.1
	Alliance	F. Wilton	258	32.3	–8.1
Turnout			799	43.0	–31.3
Registered electors			1,844
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gibson	380	69.2	N/A
	Alliance	S. Schlich	169	30.8	N/A
Turnout			549	43.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,205
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hancock	488	78.7	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	C. Walsh	132	21.3	N/A
Turnout			620	42.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,509
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Burne	880	36.3	+1.6
	Conservative	J. Boulton	836	34.5	+8.2
	Independent	D. Mott	706	29.1	N/A
Turnout			2,422	43.5	–31.3
Registered electors			3,545
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Best	522	72.3	+9.4
	Alliance	O. Evans	126	17.5	N/A
	Labour	B. Morrison	124	17.2	N/A
Turnout			722	47.0	–24.3
Registered electors			1,644
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Duncton	636	40.7	N/A
	Conservative	R. Bill	465	59.3	N/A
	Conservative	W. Mills	460
Turnout			1,561	36.7	N/A
Registered electors			2,949
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Luttman-Johnson	Unopposed
	Conservative	T. Micklem	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,100
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Janes	433	52.6	–23.1
	Alliance	K. Campbell	319	38.8	N/A
	Independent	A. Jackson	71	8.6	–15.7
Turnout			823	53.3	–21.8
Registered electors			1,468
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Cox	557	62.9	N/A
	Conservative	I. Gibbons	543
	Alliance	J. Ratcliff	405	23.2	N/A
	Independent	D. Hammond	243	13.9	N/A
Turnout			1,748	31.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,477
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Whiteman	640	52.5	+3.3
	Conservative	F. Bavister	593
	Independent	A. Ogden	400	17.0	N/A
	Independent	P. Hammond	360	15.3	N/A
	Independent	H. Van Raat	355	15.1	N/A
Turnout			2,348	39.0	–35.9
Registered electors			3,314
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	A. Petrie-Hay	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			950
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	I. Sutherland	1,341	67.4	+5.0
	Residents	C. Teece	1,256
	Alliance	A. Moss	827	21.5	N/A
	Labour	R. Marsh	238	11.1	N/A
	Labour	R. Morris	190
Turnout			3,852	34.0
Registered electors			4,862
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Alliance gain from Residents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Burdett	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,576
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	J. Mann	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,324
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	H. Allen	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			2,429
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Bray	402	51.0	–3.6
	Alliance	C. Jones	386	49.0	+3.6
Turnout			788	52.0	–21.7
Registered electors			1,504
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Illius	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,945
	Conservative hold

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