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All 36 seats toWorthing Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1983 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members ofWorthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England.[1] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections.
The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries and the total number of seats on the council increased by 6, from 30 to 36.
| 1983 Worthing Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 36 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 66.7 | 55.9 | 54,183 | |||
| Alliance | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33.3 | 41.4 | 40,158 | |||
| Labour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,448 | |||
| Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,212 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | A. Clare* | 1,539 | 50.5 | ||
| Alliance | A. Dockerty* | 1,406 | 46.2 | ||
| Alliance | P. Otway | 1,286 | 42.2 | ||
| Conservative | B. Kemp | 1,211 | 39.8 | ||
| Conservative | G. Lissenburg | 1,149 | 37.7 | ||
| Conservative | L. Golland | 1,081 | 35.5 | ||
| Labour | P. Brook | 297 | 9.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,045 | 46.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,577 | ||||
| Alliancehold | |||||
| Alliancehold | |||||
| Alliancehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | J. Horgan | 1,507 | 57.2 | ||
| Alliance | D. Chapman | 1,485 | 56.4 | ||
| Alliance | J. Neal | 1,434 | 54.4 | ||
| Conservative | D. Grady | 1,127 | 42.8 | ||
| Conservative | E. Popplestone | 1,086 | 41.2 | ||
| Conservative | L. Lee | 1,076 | 40.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,635 | 40.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,458 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromConservative | |||||
| Alliancegain fromConservative | |||||
| Alliancegain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | J. Bennett | 919 | 43.8 | ||
| Conservative | A. Macmillan | 890 | 42.4 | ||
| Conservative | A. Beaumont | 875 | 41.7 | ||
| Conservative | R. Price | 840 | 40.0 | ||
| Alliance | I. Ellis | 718 | 34.2 | ||
| Alliance | V. Cave | 701 | 33.4 | ||
| Labour | D. Poole | 287 | 13.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,098 | 37.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,536 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromConservative | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Cotton | 1,522 | 50.2 | ||
| Alliance | K. Moore | 1,512 | 49.9 | ||
| Conservative | P. Knowles | 1,477 | 48.7 | ||
| Conservative | R. Elkins | 1,455 | 48.0 | ||
| Alliance | D. Marlow* | 1,454 | 48.0 | ||
| Alliance | D. Barfield | 1,449 | 47.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,032 | 47.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,357 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromAlliance | |||||
| Alliancehold | |||||
| Conservativegain fromAlliance | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | P. Bennett* | 1,376 | 52.1 | ||
| Alliance | R. Ketley | 1,337 | 50.7 | ||
| Alliance | D. Wagon | 1,332 | 50.5 | ||
| Conservative | B. Piggott | 1,266 | 48.0 | ||
| Conservative | A. Gambrill | 1,196 | 45.3 | ||
| Conservative | S. Cambridge | 1,191 | 45.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,639 | 41.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,421 | ||||
| Alliancewin (new seat) | |||||
| Alliancewin (new seat) | |||||
| Alliancewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | B. Lynn | 2,144 | 53.5 | ||
| Conservative | M. Clinch | 2,140 | 53.4 | ||
| Conservative | C. Cable-Robbie | 2,120 | 52.9 | ||
| Alliance | I. Sweetko | 1,859 | 46.4 | ||
| Alliance | M. Nash | 1,516 | 37.9 | ||
| Alliance | B. Dawson | 1,472 | 36.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,005 | 58.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,835 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromResidents | |||||
| Conservativegain fromResidents | |||||
| Conservativegain fromResidents | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Piggott* | 1,950 | 77.1 | ||
| Conservative | G. Collinson | 1,855 | 73.3 | ||
| Conservative | S. Moore | 1,790 | 70.8 | ||
| Alliance | B. Mitchell | 580 | 22.9 | ||
| Alliance | M. Meredith | 541 | 21.4 | ||
| Alliance | C. Hassall | 529 | 20.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,530 | 39.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,453 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Hill* | 1,866 | 61.1 | ||
| Conservative | E. McDonald | 1,828 | 59.8 | ||
| Conservative | M. Parkin | 1,764 | 57.7 | ||
| Alliance | T. Chapman | 630 | 20.6 | ||
| Alliance | A. Venamore | 601 | 19.7 | ||
| Alliance | D. Oliver | 586 | 19.2 | ||
| Residents | L. Hill* | 558 | 18.3 | ||
| Residents | J. Fludgate | 445 | 14.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,056 | 48.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,301 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativegain fromResidents | |||||
| Conservativegain fromResidents | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Scott* | 1,980 | 65.5 | ||
| Conservative | I. Sinnott | 1,973 | 65.4 | ||
| Conservative | S. Elliott* | 1,940 | 64.3 | ||
| Alliance | G. Meredith | 828 | 27.5 | ||
| Alliance | E. Thomas | 809 | 26.8 | ||
| Alliance | B. Jones | 803 | 26.6 | ||
| Residents | D. Hecht | 209 | 6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,016 | 49.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,043 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Conservative | H. Braden | 1,871 | 55.8 | ||
| Conservative | B. Howlett | 1,781 | 53.1 | ||
| Conservative | S. Bennett | 1,729 | 51.6 | ||
| Alliance | E. Blackman | 1,484 | 44.3 | ||
| Alliance | B. McLuskie | 1,413 | 42.2 | ||
| Alliance | J. Crabtree | 1,354 | 40.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,352 | 50.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,651 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | J. Chowen* | 1,349 | 51.8 | ||
| Conservative | M. Wilton | 1,169 | 44.9 | ||
| Conservative | E. Baird | 1,142 | 43.9 | ||
| Alliance | L. De Pinna | 816 | 31.3 | ||
| Alliance | R. Monk | 785 | 30.2 | ||
| Labour | J. Austin | 439 | 16.9 | ||
| Labour | B. Croft | 425 | 16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,603 | 41.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,287 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Conservative | H. Yates | 1,506 | 51.6 | ||
| Conservative | K. Young | 1,438 | 49.2 | ||
| Alliance | V. Harvey | 1,413 | 48.4 | ||
| Conservative | S. Todd | 1,406 | 48.1 | ||
| Alliance | P. Green* | 1,386 | 47.4 | ||
| Alliance | V. O'Callaghan | 1,298 | 44.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,921 | 44.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,549 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Alliancewin (new seat) | |||||