1983 Rochford District Council election

1983 Rochford District Council election
12 out of 40 seats to Rochford District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

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

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1983 Rochford District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	66.7	18	26	65.0	6,948	52.2	+4.2
	Alliance	4	2	33.3	2	6	15.0	4,555	34.2	+5.5
	Labour	0		0.0	3	3	7.5	1,584	11.9	–4.2
	Residents	0		0.0	3	3	7.5	N/A	N/A	–5.1
	Independent	0	1	0.0	2	2	5.0	N/A	N/A	–2.1
	Independent Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	229	1.7	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	B. Crick*	458	44.3	–1.7
	Conservative	J. Nicholas-Nicholls	456	44.1	–9.9
	Labour	F. Denny	121	11.7	N/A
Majority			2	0.2	N/A
Turnout			1,035	45.4	+3.4
Registered electors			2,278
	Alliance hold		Swing	4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Hawke	310	50.5	*N/A*
	Alliance	V. Sullivan	304	49.5	N/A
Majority			6	1.0	N/A
Turnout			614	49.3	N/A
Registered electors			1,246
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Wood*	472	67.8	+32.7
	Labour	M. Weir	224	32.2	N/A
Majority			248	35.6	N/A
Turnout			696	42.5	–35.1
Registered electors			1,638
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Pearson*	441	59.6	+12.5
	Independent Labour	W. Lay	299	40.4	N/A
Majority			142	19.2	–0.4
Turnout			740	45.7	–33.5
Registered electors			1,599
	Conservative hold

1983 Rochford District Council election

Election result

Ward results

Ashingdon

Barling & Sutton

Canewdon

Foulness & Great Wakering East

Grange & Rawreth

Great Wakering Central

Hawkwell East

Hawkwell West

Lodge

Trinity

Wheatley

Whitehouse

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Heath*	706	43.9	+6.0
	Alliance	M. Rapley	588	36.5	+5.2
	Labour	R. Ellis	316	19.6	–11.2
Majority			118	7.3	+0.7
Turnout			1,610	37.0	–2.8
Registered electors			4,346
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	P. Gwinnell	304	53.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	F. Jopson*	270	47.0	+12.1
Majority			34	5.9	N/A
Turnout			574	46.9	–35.3
Registered electors			1,223
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Harvey*	889	59.5	+5.3
	Alliance	C. Brown	306	20.5	–4.6
	Labour	D. Weir	300	20.1	–0.7
Majority			583	39.0	N/A
Turnout			1,495	33.6	–7.5
Registered electors			4,449
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Fawell	552	51.8	+7.7
	Alliance	K. Saunders	281	26.4	N/A
	Labour	G. Plackett	232	21.8	+9.0
Majority			271	25.4	+24.4
Turnout			1,065	36.0	–12.7
Registered electors			2,957
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Cooke*	1,162	61.3	+1.6
	Alliance	M. Menning	484	25.5	–3.5
	Labour	C. Barnaby	249	13.1	+1.8
Majority			678	35.8	+5.2
Turnout			1,895	40.8	+1.4
Registered electors			4,639
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Helson*	810	59.9	–3.4
	Conservative	S. Easter	543	40.1	+7.0
Majority			267	19.7	–10.5
Turnout			1,353	48.1	–4.9
Registered electors			2,810
	Alliance hold		Swing	5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	T. Dean	604	53.6	+17.9
	Conservative	R. Holman*	522	46.4	–17.9
Majority			82	7.3	N/A
Turnout			1,126	46.6	+1.4
Registered electors			2,415
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	17.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Gibson*	625	52.8	–1.9
	Alliance	J. Gordon	416	35.2	–0.2
	Labour	J. Foley	142	12.0	+2.0
Majority			209	17.7	–1.6
Turnout			1,183	45.7	+5.7
Registered electors			2,590
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

v t e Council elections in Essex
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Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Southend-on-Sea City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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