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]
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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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Overall results edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 56.7 | 43.2 | 34,407 | 6.7 | |
Labour | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 38.3 | 30.6 | 24,413 | 10.5 | |
Ind. Conservative | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 2,261 | 0.9 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 17,820 | 20.7 | ||
Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 810 | New | ||
Total | 60 | 79,711 |
Ward results edit
Budshead (3 seats) edit
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) edit
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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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) edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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) edit
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) edit
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.