1982 Chester City Council election
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23 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 1982 Chester City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1982 Chester City Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]1982 Chester City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 17 | ![]() | 73.9 | 20 | 37 | 61.7 | 16,273 | 43.5 | +3.0 | |
Labour | 4 | ![]() | 17.4 | 10 | 14 | 23.3 | 9,714 | 26.0 | –11.2 | |
Alliance | 2 | ![]() | 8.7 | 4 | 6 | 10.0 | 11,332 | 30.3 | +17.0 | |
Residents | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.3 | 101 | 0.3 | –8.0 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | N/A | N/A | –0.4 |
Ward results
[edit]Barrow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Tunstall* | 739 | 56.2 | N/A | |
Alliance | O. Lonsborough | 468 | 35.6 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Barlow | 108 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 271 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,315 | 40.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,243 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Blacon Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | J. Price* | 999 | 66.5 | ||
Labour | J. Vernon | 840 | 55.9 | ||
Alliance | M. Norton | 282 | 18.8 | ||
Alliance | D. Howells | 249 | 16.6 | ||
Conservative | J. Robinson | 243 | 16.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,502 | 35.2 | |||
Registered electors | 4,266 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Boughton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Llewellyn-Jones | 528 | 43.8 | –0.4 | |
Labour | S. Pickstock | 418 | 34.7 | –0.9 | |
Alliance | R. Jay | 260 | 21.6 | +15.3 | |
Majority | 110 | 9.1 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,206 | 47.2 | –1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,562 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Boughton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Bell | 822 | 47.7 | +9.2 | |
Alliance | A. Farrell | 721 | 41.9 | +24.4 | |
Labour | A. Williams | 179 | 10.4 | –14.9 | |
Majority | 101 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,722 | 58.0 | –24.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,995 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Hughes | 679 | 38.1 | –15.2 | |
Conservative | R. Amsden* | 634 | 35.6 | –0.7 | |
Alliance | R. Barritt | 368 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Residents | D. Taylor | 101 | 5.7 | –4.7 | |
Majority | 45 | 2.5 | –14.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,782 | 41.3 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,329 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Curzon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Johnstone* | 697 | 48.4 | +4.4 | |
Alliance | R. Green | 403 | 28.0 | +11.8 | |
Labour | G. Goddard | 339 | 23.6 | –9.1 | |
Majority | 294 | 20.4 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,439 | 48.5 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 2,977 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Dee Point
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Robinson* | 1,003 | 60.2 | –17.3 | |
Conservative | P. Benyon | 335 | 20.1 | –2.4 | |
Alliance | G. Wilson | 328 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 668 | 40.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,666 | 34.7 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,843 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Rowlands* | 888 | 46.4 | –17.6 | |
Alliance | S. Hugill | 850 | 44.4 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Iball | 175 | 9.1 | –26.9 | |
Majority | 38 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,913 | 46.4 | –31.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,127 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Grosvenor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Cain | 1,024 | 50.9 | +2.1 | |
Alliance | H. Fearnall* | 503 | 25.0 | +12.9 | |
Labour | E. Sproston | 486 | 24.1 | –15.0 | |
Majority | 521 | 25.9 | +16.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,013 | 47.1 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,279 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hoole
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | E. Ward | 1,020 | 49.3 | –0.9 | |
Labour | H. Jones | 587 | 28.4 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | K. Nattrass | 461 | 22.3 | –0.7 | |
Majority | 433 | 20.9 | –2.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,068 | 44.9 | –3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,615 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Mollington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Jones* | 620 | 76.4 | –3.4 | |
Alliance | D. Cooper | 122 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Labour | G. Cairns | 69 | 8.5 | –11.7 | |
Majority | 498 | 61.4 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 811 | 45.2 | –29.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,801 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Newton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | S. Garston* | 1,109 | 55.3 | ||
Conservative | J. Ebo | 987 | 49.2 | ||
Alliance | M. Payne | 625 | 31.2 | ||
Alliance | J. Hunter | 590 | 29.4 | ||
Labour | L. Pickering | 244 | 12.2 | ||
Labour | L. Price | 186 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,005 | 47.9 | |||
Registered electors | 4,185 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Plas Newton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Owens-Kay* | 787 | 44.0 | +13.2 | |
Labour | M. Price | 527 | 29.4 | –13.7 | |
Alliance | L. Hollins | 517 | 28.7 | +16.4 | |
Majority | 260 | 14.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,831 | 44.7 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,016 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Sealand
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Edwards | 676 | 37.5 | –6.5 | |
Labour | D. Southall | 609 | 33.8 | –22.2 | |
Alliance | L. Hollins | 517 | 28.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 67 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,802 | 46.8 | +10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,865 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Tarvin
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Richards | 953 | 65.4 | –8.9 | |
Alliance | R. Hesketh | 293 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Labour | N. Winterton | 211 | 14.5 | –11.2 | |
Majority | 660 | 45.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,457 | 47.6 | –32.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,076 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Tilston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Hough* | 462 | 70.2 | N/A | |
Alliance | B. Moore | 149 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Labour | N. Winterton | 47 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 313 | 47.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 658 | 52.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,260 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Upton Grange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Ross* | 845 | 62.6 | +2.9 | |
Alliance | J. Dutton | 320 | 23.7 | +4.6 | |
Labour | P. Swales | 185 | 13.7 | –7.5 | |
Majority | 525 | 38.9 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,350 | 38.4 | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,558 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Upton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | E. Gerrard | 946 | 43.6 | ||
Conservative | G. Houlbrook | 916 | 42.2 | ||
Labour | C. Jones | 633 | 29.2 | ||
Alliance | P. Lowry | 566 | 26.1 | ||
Labour | R. Smith | 550 | 25.3 | ||
Alliance | C. Bain | 527 | 24.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,170 | 49.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,419 | ||||
Conservative gain from Residents | |||||
Conservative hold |
Vicars Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | G. Proctor | 1,196 | 59.9 | +49.6 | |
Conservative | P. Thompson* | 622 | 31.2 | –9.4 | |
Labour | R. Champion | 178 | 8.9 | –6.0 | |
Majority | 574 | 28.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,996 | 46.1 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,344 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Westminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Lowe* | 979 | 51.6 | –1.8 | |
Labour | G. Booth | 462 | 24.3 | –7.5 | |
Alliance | S. Fraser | 458 | 24.1 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 517 | 27.2 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,899 | 40.7 | –0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,676 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chester City Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 16 December 2023.