1983 Plymouth City Council election
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All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 45.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map showing the results of the 1983 Plymouth City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.[1]
Overall results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 34 | 3 | 2 | ![]() | 56.7 | 43.2 | 34,407 | ![]() | |
Labour | 23 | 0 | 3 | ![]() | 38.3 | 30.6 | 24,413 | ![]() | |
Ind. Conservative | 3 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2,261 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 22.4 | 17,820 | ![]() | |
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 3.8 | 810 | New | |
Total | 60 | 79,711 |
Ward results
[edit]Budshead (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | E. Thomas | 1,685 | ||
Labour | R. Simmonds | 1,589 | ||
Labour | C. Payne | 1,554 | ||
Conservative | G. Sorby | 821 | ||
Conservative | H. Palmer | 779 | ||
Alliance | W. Harris | 770 | ||
Alliance | W. Cornish | 764 | ||
Conservative | A. O'Dowd | 763 | ||
Alliance | A. Ford | 761 | ||
Turnout | 38.7% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Compton (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | G. Creber | 2,599 | ||
Conservative | R. Ray | 2,532 | ||
Conservative | G. Sloggett | 2,522 | ||
Alliance | P. Simonds | 732 | ||
Alliance | G. Airey | 692 | ||
Alliance | W. Jean | 659 | ||
Labour | T. Brown | 460 | ||
Labour | P. Dufton | 456 | ||
Labour | T. Dennell | 443 | ||
Ecology | J. Storey | 299 | ||
Turnout | 48.1% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Drake (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Mitchell | 2,626 | ||
Conservative | J. Thorpe | 2,407 | ||
Conservative | T. Savery | 2,368 | ||
Alliance | C. Pitt | 824 | ||
Alliance | T. Saunders | 814 | ||
Alliance | B. Nelson | 789 | ||
Labour | B. Blair | 774 | ||
Labour | B. Hill | 723 | ||
Labour | P. Barclay | 664 | ||
Turnout | 43.6% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Efford (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | R. King | 1,884 | ||
Labour | G. Draper | 1,655 | ||
Conservative | C. Stanbury | 1,438 | ||
Labour | H. Welch | 1,394 | ||
Conservative | R. Jillard | 1,366 | ||
Conservative | M. Leaves | 1,343 | ||
Alliance | E. Dodd | 686 | ||
Alliance | G. Pedrick | 643 | ||
Turnout | 48.9% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Eggbuckland (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | J. Pascoe | 2,368 | ||
Conservative | R. Morrell | 2,267 | ||
Conservative | D. Mackinem | 2,195 | ||
Alliance | B. Coe | 1,382 | ||
Labour | F. Glanfield | 1,129 | ||
Alliance | J. Goodworth | 1,034 | ||
Labour | L. Haines | 1,022 | ||
Alliance | H. Hall | 971 | ||
Labour | M. Hill | 939 | ||
Turnout | 52.5% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Estover (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | T. Jones | 2,303 | ||
Conservative | J. Roberts | 2,282 | ||
Conservative | M. Lacey | 2,254 | ||
Labour | M. Gilbert | 1,079 | ||
Labour | L. Smith | 1,055 | ||
Labour | P. Kelly | 1,054 | ||
Alliance | J. Condon | 1,013 | ||
Alliance | D. Ford | 947 | ||
Alliance | G. Gardiner | 898 | ||
Turnout | 43.4% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Ham (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | A. Floyd | 1,941 | ||
Labour | W. Glanville | 1,689 | ||
Labour | C. Brimblecombe | 1,606 | ||
Conservative | C. Mills | 927 | ||
Conservative | T. Briggs | 904 | ||
Conservative | G. Paz | 864 | ||
Alliance | J. Luscombe | 773 | ||
Alliance | R. Hitt | 698 | ||
Alliance | L. Barron | 679 | ||
Turnout | 45.5% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Honicknowle (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | P. Whitfield | 2,360 | ||
Labour | H. Dolley | 2,277 | ||
Labour | J. Ingham | 2,203 | ||
Conservative | M. Gray | 1,360 | ||
Conservative | A. Jarvis | 1,328 | ||
Conservative | M. Schwartz | 1,235 | ||
Alliance | G. Whittle | 779 | ||
Alliance | K. Jackson | 752 | ||
Alliance | B. Thomas | 723 | ||
Turnout | 47.1% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Keyham (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | H. Fox | 1,344 | ||
Conservative | D. Ackland | 1,270 | ||
Labour | D. Manley | 1,268 | ||
Labour | R. Lemin | 1,214 | ||
Labour | G. Lewis | 1,194 | ||
Alliance | K. Rawlings | 1,183 | ||
Conservative | C. Atkey | 1,174 | ||
Alliance | P. Hoy | 1,107 | ||
Alliance | T. Martin | 1,084 | ||
Turnout | 43.7% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
Labour hold |
Mount Gould (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | J. Courtney | 1,807 | ||
Conservative | E. Thornton | 1,676 | ||
Conservative | H. Bates | 1,630 | ||
Labour | B. Lamb | 1,037 | ||
Labour | A. De Launey | 1,006 | ||
Labour | B. Dawe | 969 | ||
Alliance | R. Pawley | 848 | ||
Alliance | T. Jeffery | 838 | ||
Alliance | L. Tall | 803 | ||
Turnout | 45.1% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Plympton Erle (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | J. Mills | 2,009 | ||
Conservative | A. Wright | 1,959 | ||
Conservative | J. Richards | 1,939 | ||
Alliance | D. Hart | 826 | ||
Alliance | G. Pedrick | 816 | ||
Alliance | D. Thomas | 769 | ||
Labour | J. Fildew | 537 | ||
Labour | J. Bonney | 465 | ||
Labour | H. Faulds | 441 | ||
Turnout | 36.3% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Plympton St Mary (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Ind. Conservative | P. Radmore | 2,261 | ||
Ind. Conservative | J. Philpotts | 1,681 | ||
Ind. Conservative | P. Humber | 1,448 | ||
Conservative | M. Parkinson | 927 | ||
Conservative | O. Hughes | 894 | ||
Alliance | L. Finn | 844 | ||
Conservative | J. Boyett | 825 | ||
Alliance | J. Sharples | 765 | ||
Alliance | K. Pedrick | 705 | ||
Labour | E. Bunkin | 447 | ||
Labour | P. Bunkin | 427 | ||
Labour | W. Toms | 417 | ||
Turnout | 52.2% | |||
Ind. Conservative hold | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative |
Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | D. Dicker | 2,528 | ||
Conservative | P. Hocken | 2,402 | ||
Conservative | D. Viney | 2,321 | ||
Alliance | A. Robins | 669 | ||
Alliance | J. Robins | 659 | ||
Alliance | S. Williams | 645 | ||
Labour | G. Payne | 572 | ||
Labour | D. Perrin | 424 | ||
Labour | M. Wright | 399 | ||
Turnout | 43.1% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Plymstock Radford (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | C. Easton | 2,416 | ||
Conservative | O. Kendall | 2,037 | ||
Conservative | O. Kendall | 1,955 | ||
Alliance | R. Loxley | 925 | ||
Alliance | D. Tice | 807 | ||
Alliance | P. Hyde | 766 | ||
Labour | W. Williamson | 547 | ||
Labour | P. Blackburn | 522 | ||
Labour | B. Hendy | 485 | ||
Ecology | S. Shaw | 338 | ||
Turnout | 50.1% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Southway (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Scott | 1,678 | ||
Labour | W. Evans | 1,652 | ||
Labour | J. Jones | 1,553 | ||
Conservative | M. Gibson | 1,234 | ||
Conservative | P. Birrell | 1,221 | ||
Conservative | S. Sullivan | 1,134 | ||
Alliance | C. Goodwins | 813 | ||
Alliance | D. Goodwins | 716 | ||
Alliance | J. Bowen | 692 | ||
Turnout | 39.1% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St Budeax (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Bishop | 1,742 | ||
Labour | I. Rosevear | 1,628 | ||
Labour | C. Bishop | 1,525 | ||
Alliance | H. Luscombe | 1,310 | ||
Alliance | W. Gallagher | 1,118 | ||
Conservative | A. Griffiths | 1,049 | ||
Conservative | D. Macmillan | 1,047 | ||
Conservative | R. Moiser | 1,004 | ||
Alliance | M. Williams | 942 | ||
Turnout | 48.9% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
St Peter (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Curry | 1,490 | ||
Labour | G. Clinick | 1,472 | ||
Labour | J. Leppard | 1,203 | ||
Conservative | J. Farrage | 756 | ||
Conservative | E. Brock | 738 | ||
Conservative | W. Turner | 731 | ||
Alliance | G. Burns | 600 | ||
Alliance | R. Goodison | 582 | ||
Alliance | W. Moule | 537 | ||
Turnout | 33.9% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold |
Stoke (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Pascoe | 2,323 | ||
Conservative | J. Howe | 2,180 | ||
Conservative | C. Wilbraham | 2,164 | ||
Alliance | K. Hunter | 940 | ||
Alliance | D. Hunter | 938 | ||
Alliance | J. Cock | 877 | ||
Labour | L. Huckett | 876 | ||
Labour | M. Sheaff | 824 | ||
Labour | D. Smith | 810 | ||
Ecology | D. Lloyd | 173 | ||
Turnout | 44.4% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Sutton (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | F. Freeman | 1,426 | ||
Labour | J. Finnigan | 1,384 | ||
Conservative | F. Brimacombe | 1,353 | ||
Labour | S. Cresswell | 1,346 | ||
Conservative | S. Hole | 1,255 | ||
Conservative | M. Glanville | 1,235 | ||
Alliance | P. York | 890 | ||
Alliance | D. Edmonds | 728 | ||
Alliance | J. Byatt | 699 | ||
Turnout | 41.7% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Trelawny (3 seats)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | R. Mahoney | 2,219 | ||
Conservative | A. Parish | 2,216 | ||
Conservative | T. Drean | 2,190 | ||
Labour | P. Floyd | 1,481 | ||
Labour | J. Sewell | 1,124 | ||
Labour | C. Ryan | 1,109 | ||
Alliance | S. Parry | 1,013 | ||
Alliance | P. Pratt | 905 | ||
Alliance | J. House | 812 | ||
Turnout | 60.0% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1983. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 15.