1983 Uttlesford District Council election

1983 Uttlesford District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32	28	2	2		66.7	46.8	12,174	–7.9
	Independent	10	7	2	2		16.7	14.2	3,684	+0.8
	Alliance	17	6	3	0	3	14.3	22.9	5,960	+14.4
	Labour	15	1	0	3	3	2.4	16.1	4,194	–7.3

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Ford	Unopposed
Registered electors			811
	Independent gain from Labour

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Haggerwood*	Unopposed
Registered electors			900
	Conservative hold

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Abrahams*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,184
	Independent hold

Elsenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz*	522	76.8	+8.3
	Labour	L. Fordham	158	23.2	–8.3
Majority			364	53.4	+16.6
Turnout			680	50.3	–35.7
Registered electors			1,351
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Hawkins	706	61.3	N/A
	Conservative	I. Chater	571	49.6	–4.7
	Independent	J. Guthrie-Dow*	521	45.2	–8.3
	Alliance	M. Page	426	37.0	N/A
Turnout			~1,152	53.4	–27.8
Registered electors			2,157
	Alliance gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Aldous	556	54.6	+1.9
	Alliance	J. Garrett*	538	52.8	N/A
	Conservative	R. Davey*	463	45.5	–2.1
Turnout			~1,018	51.5	–33.2
Registered electors			1,977
	Alliance gain from Conservative
	Alliance hold

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	N. Prowse*	Unopposed
	Conservative	D. Westcott	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,542
	Alliance hold
	Conservative hold

Great Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Streeter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			708
	Independent hold

Hatfield Broad Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Davies*	Unopposed
Registered electors			877
	Conservative hold

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Delderfield*	369	65.2	–5.2
	Labour	W. McCarthy	197	34.8	N/A
Majority			172	30.3	–10.5
Turnout			566	49.7	–29.2
Registered electors			1,139
	Conservative hold

Henham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Glover*	354	60.5	–14.3
	Alliance	J. Gibb	188	32.1	N/A
	Labour	J. Graddon	43	7.4	–17.8
Majority			166	28.3	–21.1
Turnout			585	50.4	–28.2
Registered electors			1,161
	Conservative hold

Little Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Row*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,071
	Conservative hold

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Menell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			851
	Conservative hold

Newport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Pugh*	513	66.8	N/A
	Alliance	R. Fell	255	33.2	N/A
Majority			258	33.5	N/A
Turnout			768	51.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,499
	Conservative hold

Rickling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	S. Collins	281	59.2	+4.6
	Conservative	P. Wawn	194	40.8	–4.6
Majority			87	18.2	+9.1
Turnout			475	62.2	–19.9
Registered electors			764
	Alliance hold		Swing	4.6

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Miller*	773	53.7	–13.3
	Conservative	A. Walters	604	41.9	–13.6
	Alliance	A. Hibbs	394	27.3	N/A
	Labour	R. Laidlaw	273	18.9	–13.2
	Labour	A. Haywood	222	15.4	–13.4
Turnout			~1,441	67.1	–13.9
Registered electors			2,147
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Eastham	661	42.3	+2.3
	Alliance	S. Scrivener	513	32.8	N/A
	Conservative	P. Gould	459	29.3	–9.5
	Labour	D. Cornell*	390	24.9	–33.6
	Labour	W. Tritton	332	21.2	–21.1
Turnout			~1,564	67.1	–14.2
Registered electors			2,331
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Alliance gain from Labour

Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Ketteridge*	773	53.2	–5.5
	Conservative	S. Neville*	657	45.2	–8.8
	Labour	D. Barrs	427	29.4	–5.3
	Labour	A. Heywood	343	32.6	–9.6
	Alliance	R. Jeffries	253	17.4	N/A
	Alliance	K. Stevens	253	17.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,454	57.5	–24.4
Registered electors			2,529
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stevens	565	38.6	–10.6
	Labour	R. Green*	535	36.5	–18.0
	Conservative	C. Flaxman	489	33.4	–10.1
	Alliance	P. Paget	364	24.9	N/A
	Labour	A. Flateau	199	13.6	–18.7
Turnout			~1,464	65.0	–14.8
Registered electors			2,253
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Clark*	1,261	57.3	–4.6
	Conservative	B. Gott	1,037	47.1	–3.9
	Conservative	S. Stiles*	997	45.3	+8.7
	Alliance	W. Bree	656	29.8	–1.5
Turnout			~2,202	58.4	–23.8
Registered electors			3,770
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Kiddle*	486	79.5	–3.3
	Alliance	G. Tobbell	125	20.5	N/A
Majority			361	59.0	–6.5
Turnout			611	56.9	–22.5
Registered electors			1,073
	Independent hold

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Collins*	Unopposed
Registered electors			997
	Conservative hold

Takeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. MacPhail*	468	61.1	+0.6
	Conservative	E. Whitehead*	462	60.3	+14.9
	Labour	J. Oliveira	298	38.9	+1.8
	Labour	R. Sendall	214	27.9	N/A
Turnout			~766	35.2	–39.3
Registered electors			2,176
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Leigh	894	83.1	+46.8
	Independent	P. Leeder	380	35.3	N/A
	Labour	H. Edwards	375	34.8	+5.0
	Independent	M. Snow	307	28.5	+4.8
	Independent	J. Craig	224	20.8	N/A
	Labour	G. Walker	188	17.5	–8.2
Turnout			~1,076	56.4	–22.3
Registered electors			1,908
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

The Canfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wright*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,312
	Conservative hold

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Moore*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,090
	Conservative hold

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Metson	Unopposed
Registered electors			997
	Conservative hold

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Tivendale*	Unopposed
Registered electors			939
	Conservative hold

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hughes*	505	79.0	N/A
	Alliance	H. Nicholson	134	21.0	N/A
Majority			371	58.0	N/A
Turnout			639	52.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,230
	Independent hold

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chambers	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,029
	Conservative hold

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tomblin	349	52.3	+10.3
	Alliance	J. Pearson	318	47.7	N/A
Majority			31	4.5	N/A
Turnout			667	62.9	–21.0
Registered electors			1,061
	Conservative gain from Independent