1984 Adur District Council election

1984 Adur District Council election
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One third of seats (13 of 39) to Adur District Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1984 Adur council elections.
Majority party before election; No Overall Control;	Majority party after election ; No Overall Control;

Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 3 May 1984, with one third of the council up for election. There was no elections held for the single-member St Mary's ward. Overall turnout was recorded at 45.6%.^[1]

Quick facts One third of seats (13 of 39) to Adur District Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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The election resulted in the council remaining under no overall control.^[2]^[3]

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Alliance	7	0	1	-1	53.8	38.9	8,023	-0.9
Conservative	5	2	0	+2	38.5	44.3	9,158	-3.3
Residents	1	0	0	0	7.7	4.0	828	+3.6
Labour	0	0	1	-1	0.0	12.7	2,611	+0.5

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	17	19
	SDP-Liberal Alliance	19	18
	Independent Residents	2	2
	Labour	1	0
Total		39	39
Working majority		-1	-1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Smith M.	1,039	68.4	+1.3
	Alliance	Miller A.	480	31.6	−1.3
Majority			559	36.8	+2.6
Turnout			1,519	38.0	−10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Trotman A. Ms.	801	47.3	+1.3
	Conservative	Chad R.	732	43.2	−1.4
	Labour	Aldrich G.	162	9.6	+0.1
Majority			69	4.1	+2.7
Turnout			1,695	45.0	−2.8
	Alliance hold		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Spalding M.	850	62.8	+6.1
	Conservative	Boggis B.	361	26.7	−1.0
	Labour	Burns F.	143	10.6	−5.1
Majority			489	36.1	+7.1
Turnout			1,354	39.0	−0.2
	Alliance hold		Swing	+3.5

1984 Adur District Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Woolgar A. Ms.	789	46.1	−5.0
	Labour	Whipp B.	647	37.8	−11.1
	Alliance	Tullett K.	274	16.0	+16.0
Majority			142	8.3	+6.1
Turnout			1,710	48.0	−5.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cary J.	890	52.8	−7.8
	Labour	Slater J.	524	31.1	+9.7
	Alliance	Pike R.	273	16.2	−1.9
Majority			366	21.7	−17.5
Turnout			1,687	45.0	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Cooper M.	918	51.5	+4.4
	Conservative	Woolven R.	776	43.6	−3.1
	Labour	Aldrich S. Ms.	87	4.9	−1.3
Majority			142	8.0	+7.6
Turnout			1,781	53.0	−0.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Shephard P.	828	61.2	N/A
	Conservative	Duckley C.	377	27.9	N/A
	Alliance	McNay A.	92	6.8	N/A
	Labour	Deehan A.	55	4.1	N/A
Majority			451	33.4	N/A
Turnout			1,352	53.0	N/A
	Residents hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Moore M.	642	56.8	+1.6
	Conservative	Jupp R.	366	32.4	−0.4
	Labour	Grafton R.	122	10.8	−1.3
Majority			276	24.4	+2.0
Turnout			1,130	38.0	−4.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Driscoll P. Ms.	766	58.0	+7.0
	Conservative	Bailey R.	432	32.7	−5.1
	Labour	Atkins H. Ms.	122	9.2	−1.8
Majority			334	25.3	+12.1
Turnout			1,320	42.0	−0.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thompson P.	648	42.9	+9.7
	Alliance	Robinson J.	625	41.4	−14.9
	Labour	Barnes S.	236	15.6	+5.2
Majority			23	1.5	−21.6
Turnout			1,509	46.0	−2.5
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing	+12.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	King M.	911	47.6	+3.7
	Conservative	Parish D. Ms.	886	46.3	−9.8
	Labour	Woolgar J. Ms.	117	6.1	+6.1
Majority			25	1.3	−10.9
Turnout			1,914	54.0	+0.3
	Alliance hold		Swing	+6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Finch B.	1,012	59.4	+3.1
	Alliance	Presley N.	443	26.0	−17.7
	Labour	Matthews K. Ms.	250	14.7	+14.7
Majority			569	33.4	+20.8
Turnout			1,705	47.0	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Hammond D.	948	48.8	+3.6
	Conservative	Pelling C.	850	43.7	−1.6
	Labour	Jacques W.	146	7.5	−1.9
Majority			98	5.0	+4.8
Turnout			1,944	46.0	−0.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	+2.6