The 1983 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election, following boundary changes that reduced the number of wards by two, but altogether the number of seats remained the same.[1] Subsequent elections for the council would be elected by thirds following the passing a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972.
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The 1983 election saw the Independent councillors lose seats but maintain their majority control on the Council.
Ward results edit
Beaminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Hudson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Bugler * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,794 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Bothenhampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | D. Cracknell | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,502 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent |
Bradford Abbas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,342 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | R. Coatsworth * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,464 | ||||
Ind. Conservative hold | Swing |
Bridport North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | A. Tiltman * | 780 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Stebbings | 682 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Labour | D. Cash | 629 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Alliance | P. Foote | 441 | – | ||
Alliance | H. Draper | 353 | – | ||
Turnout | 67.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,096 | ||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bridport South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Samways * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Alliance | A. Bell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,465 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) |
Broadmayne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | B. Course * | 354 | 53.8 | –11.1 | |
Conservative | I. Cobbold | 304 | 46.2 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 50 | 7.6 | –22.3 | ||
Turnout | 52.7 | —26.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Broadwindsor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,049 | ||||
Independent hold |
Burton Bradstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Bailey * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,137 | ||||
Independent hold |
Caundle Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,048 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,075 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Hanford * | 270 | 42.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | B. Woodhouse | 252 | 39.4 | N/A | |
Alliance | G. Halliwell | 117 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 18 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charmouth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Cockerill | 441 | 65.8 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Robinson | 229 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 212 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,284 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Chesil Bank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,269 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Edwards-Stuart * | 643 | 63.9 | N/A | |
Independent | W. McCarthy * | 364 | – | N/A | |
Independent | P. Brown | 185 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. Davies | 172 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 34.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,912 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Enid Stella Jones * | 588 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | C. Lucas * | 499 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Alliance | D. Smith | 428 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Graham | 310 | – | ||
Labour | E. Adams | 123 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Warner | 121 | – | ||
Turnout | 66.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,269 | ||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | 678 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | C. Thatcher | 499 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Alliance | J. Walker | 262 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Alliance | T. Harries | 262 | – | ||
Labour | J. Hertslet | 141 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 70.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,258 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Seaton * | 1,077 | 56.0 | N/A | |
Alliance | D. Maggs | 847 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Hebb | 820 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Lang | 782 | – | ||
Alliance | H. Nicholson * | 781 | – | ||
Alliance | S. Pritchard | 774 | – | ||
Turnout | 52.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,657 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Powell * | 743 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Duke | 561 | – | ||
Conservative | F. Alderman * | 548 | – | ||
Liberal | E. Boothman * | 544 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | D. Bowring | 509 | – | ||
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 500 | – | ||
Labour | D. Watson | 302 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Warren | 284 | – | ||
Labour | J. Yeomans | 241 | – | ||
Turnout | 75.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,106 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Frome Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,031 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,176 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,169 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Fry | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,011 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Broom * | 823 | – | ||
Independent | D. Applebee | 819 | – | ||
Independent | J. Nuttall * | 729 | – | ||
Conservative | V. Homyer * | 531 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 46.7 | –30.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,902 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Maiden Newton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward * | 497 | 67.0 | N/A | |
Alliance | N. Patmore | 245 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 252 | 34.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,011 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Peake | 409 | 62.3 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Poole * | 247 | 37.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 162 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,335 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Owermoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | P. Gill | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Symes * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,235 | ||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Piddle Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | A. Read | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,218 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Bowden | 440 | 72.4 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Riddell | 168 | 27.6 | –5.4 | |
Majority | 272 | 44.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54.7 | —20.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,111 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Queen Thorne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,139 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Dyke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | K. Luxmoore | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,634 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Sherborne West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King * | 927 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Waddington | 792 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Jenkins | 766 | – | ||
Alliance | S. Somerville | 728 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 60.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,031 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Symondsbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Summers * | 360 | 66.5 | N/A | |
Alliance | B. Wheeler | 181 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 179 | 33.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,278 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Thorncombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,038 | ||||
Independent hold |
Tolpuddle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | 333 | 80.4 | N/A | |
Alliance | J. Hallett | 81 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 252 | 60.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 757 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Gibson | 445 | 82.3 | N/A | |
Alliance | P. Lathey | 96 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 349 | 64.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,157 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Winterborne St Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade * | 512 | 70.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | T. Shorter | 210 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 302 | 41.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40.8 | –42.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Yetminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Anderson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,204 | ||||
Conservative hold |