1982 St Albans City and District Council election

The 1982 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1982 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	8	40.0	21	29	50.9	19,880	44.2	–5.4
	Alliance	10	10	50.0	5	15	26.3	17,888	39.7	+20.6
	Labour	2	1	10.0	8	10	17.5	7,079	15.7	–11.2
	Independent	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.5	172	0.4	–4.0
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ashley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	C. McCarthy	1,318	54.6	+5.6
	Conservative	S. Davies	756	31.3	–1.1
	Labour	C. Leet	338	14.0	–4.6
Majority			562	23.3	+6.8
Turnout			2,412	51.3	+3.8
Registered electors			4,713
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	3.4

Batchwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	N. Stangroom	804	35.4	+14.7
	Labour	M. Fletcher*	781	34.4	–12.2
	Conservative	M. Dance	684	30.1	–2.6
Majority			23	1.0	N/A
Turnout			2,269	47.8	+8.3
Registered electors			4,755
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	13.5

Clarence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	P. Burton	1,066	42.8	+21.8
	Conservative	K. Hill	1,030	41.3	–12.7
	Labour	N. Harris	395	15.9	–9.2
Majority			36	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,491	56.1	+9.3
Registered electors			4,451
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing	17.3

Colney Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	B. Howard	718	47.9
	Alliance	P. Hughes	649	43.3
	Conservative	D. Jeffrey	630	42.1
	Conservative	L. Ten Holter	554	37.0
	Labour	E. Adams	165	11.0
	Labour	B. York	156	10.4
Turnout			1,498	51.1
Registered electors			2,931
	Alliance gain from Conservative
	Alliance gain from Conservative

Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	C. Gunner	1,099	47.0	+9.7
	Conservative	E. Banbury	858	36.7	+4.1
	Labour	M. D Lieto	379	16.2	–13.8
Majority			241	10.3	+5.6
Turnout			2,336	50.3	+3.0
Registered electors			4,662
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	2.8

Harpenden East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Bartman	1,244	52.4	+0.4
	Alliance	G. Dignum	874	36.8	+13.0
	Labour	T. Morris	254	10.7	–13.4
Majority			370	15.6	N/A
Turnout			2,372	46.1	+2.3
Registered electors			5,170
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

Harpenden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Haywood*	1,531	57.6	–1.4
	Alliance	G. Tattersfield	837	31.5	+13.3
	Labour	D. Crew	288	10.8	–12.0
Majority			847	28.4	–7.8
Turnout			2,525	46.3	+6.9
Registered electors			5,068
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4

Harpenden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. McCaw	1,349	57.6	+0.1
	Alliance	L. Barker	684	29.2	+13.7
	Independent	L. Freitag	172	7.3	–10.4
	Labour	C. Fryd	138	5.9	–3.5
Majority			665	28.4	N/A
Turnout			2,343	46.3	–1.7
Registered electors			5,068
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Harpenden West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Garvin	1,519	66.2	–3.7
	Alliance	R. Nagelschmidt	603	26.3	+5.7
	Labour	H. Holmes	173	7.5	–2.0
Majority			916	39.9	–9.4
Turnout			2,295	45.4	+4.5
Registered electors			5,156
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

London Colney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Perham*	1,115	51.3	–8.7
	Conservative	E. Ward	650	29.9	–10.1
	Alliance	J. Butcher	410	18.9	N/A
Majority			465	21.4	+1.4
Turnout			2,175	39.4
Registered electors			5,530
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

Marshallwick North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. Churchard	1,005	40.8	+15.9
	Conservative	R. Wakerley	945	38.4	–13.2
	Independent	W. Towler*	289	11.7	N/A
	Labour	A. Ramsden	224	9.1	–14.4
Majority			60	2.4	N/A
Turnout			2,463	51.8	+11.0
Registered electors			4,755
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	14.6

Marshallwick South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hill	1,346	50.4	–2.3
	Alliance	R. Baker	1,054	39.5	+8.2
	Labour	D. Fruin	269	10.1	–5.9
Majority			292	10.9	–10.5
Turnout			2,669	52.2	+8.0
Registered electors			5,127
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.3

Park Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	J. Spencer	826	48.4	+8.5
	Conservative	B. McArdie	701	41.1	+2.9
	Labour	R. Fricker	180	10.5	–11.4
Majority			125	7.3	N/A
Turnout			1,707	40.0	+1.0
Registered electors			4,247
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	2.8

Redbourn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Robinson	1,046	50.8	+6.8
	Alliance	J. Bailey	762	37.0	N/A
	Labour	C. Hucklesby	250	12.1	N/A
Majority			284	13.8	N/A
Turnout			2,058	46.5	+11.6
Registered electors			4,439
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Sopwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Pollard	815	39.6	–18.8
	Alliance	N. Lamb	670	32.6	+20.6
	Conservative	M. Brownlie	571	27.8	–1.9
Majority			145	7.1	–21.6
Turnout			2,056	44.3	+4.8
Registered electors			4,653
	Labour hold		Swing	19.7

St. Peters
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	P. Thompson	1,104	50.3	+33.3
	Conservative	C. Ellis*	647	29.5	+3.2
	Labour	R. Protz	442	20.2	–15.4
Majority			457	20.8	N/A
Turnout			1,751	51.1	+10.6
Registered electors			4,311
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	15.1

No Independent candidate as previous (21.0%).

St. Stephens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Harrison*	1,386	48.9	–8.7
	Alliance	D. Parry	1,092	38.6	+20.2
	Labour	R. Humphrey	354	12.5	–11.5
Majority			294	10.4	–23.3
Turnout			2,832	50.5	+9.3
Registered electors			5,617
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.5

Verulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. Frearson	1,390	47.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	R. Scranage*	1,361	46.5	–25.9
	Labour	L. Harland	175	6.0	–21.6
Majority			29	1.0	N/A
Turnout			2,926	57.7	+16.1
Registered electors			5,073
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Wheathampstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	V. Ross	1,070	49.0	–5.2
	Alliance	N. Clements	923	42.3	+21.5
	Labour	J. Brown	189	8.7	–6.7
Majority			147	6.7	–26.7
Turnout			2,182	46.9	–0.7
Registered electors			4,669
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.4

^ "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 January 2023.