1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
1983 UK local government election
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Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 5 May 1983. All 53 seats were up for election.
Registered76,062
Turnout56%
5 May 1983
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53 seats for Whole Council 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 76,062 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 56% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result
Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1979 district council election.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
All 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | 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
| Party | 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
| Party | 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
| Party | 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
| Party | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J Buxton* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Clifton & Henlow
| Party | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W Russell* | 342 | 67.9 | ||
| Labour | Ms P Cue | 162 | 32.1 | ||
| Turnout | 504 | 41.3 | −42.4 | ||
Cranfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ms J Eells* | 530 | 81.8 | ||
| Labour | G Renwick | 118 | 18.2 | ||
| Turnout | 648 | 40.7 | |||
Flitwick East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jack Cowell* | Unopposed | NA | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Flitwick West
| Party | 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
| Party | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | H Craddock* | 519 | 60.2 | ||
| Labour | B Oertel | 343 | 39.8 | ||
| Turnout | 862 | 48.7 | |||
Langford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | A Loney | Unopposed | NA | ||
Marston
| Party | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ms I Robinson* | 478 | 53.5 | −6.7 | |
| Conservative | Ms R Frizzells | 414 | 46.4 | ||
| Turnout | 893 | 46.5 | |||
Northill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Old Warden & Southill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ms M Hamer-Harries* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Potton
| Party | 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
| Party | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Party | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | F Hyde* | Unopposed | NA | ||
| Labour | H Wood* | Unopposed | NA | ||
| Conservative | J Long* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Wensley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W Goodyer* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Westoning
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Kent* | Unopposed | NA | ||
Woburn
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D Woodward* | 810 | 78.7 | +20.2 | |
| Alliance | J Ellis | 220 | 21.4 | −18.5 | |
| Turnout | 1,029 | 79.8 | |||
Wrest
| Party | 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
- 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]