1983 Braintree District Council election

Braintree District Council election 1983 Braintree District Council election Essex parliamentary 1979 Braintree District Council election 1979 1983 5 5 y 1987 Braintree District Council election 1987 All 60 seats to Braintree District Council 31 48.0% (29.6%) 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 28 seats, 46.5% 28 29,970 41.7% 4.8% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 17 seats, 29.3% 16 1 20,296 28.2% 8.3% 95x50px|Blank Independent politician 7 seats, 12.1% 10 3 7,638 10.6% 5.4% 95x50px|Blank SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 seats, 8.5% 3 11,488 16.0% 7.5% 95x50px|Blank Residents Association 2 seats, 2.4% 2 1,870 2.6% 0.2% 95x50px|Blank Independent Conservative 1 seat, 0.4% 1 586 0.8% 0.4% Braintree UK ward map 1983.svg Winner of each seat at the 1983 Braintree District Council election Council control Council control after election No overall control No overall control The 1983 Braintree District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Braintree-1973-2011.pdf Braintree District Council Election Results 1973 to 2011 Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher www.electionscentre.co.uk 2 January 2023 This was on the same day as other local elections. Summary Election result 1983 Braintree District Council election Conservative Party (UK) 28 3 5 46.7 41.7 29,970 –4.8 Labour Party (UK) 16 1 2 1 26.7 28.2 20,296 –8.3 Independent politician 10 3 0 3 16.7 10.6 7,638 +5.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 1 1 5.0 16.0 11,488 +7.5 Residents Association 2 0 0 3.3 2.6 1,870 +0.2 Independent Conservative 1 0 0 1.7 0.8 586 +0.4 |} Ward results Black Notley Black Notley Conservative Party (UK) E. Mills* 497 54.6 –20.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Turner 301 33.0 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Hooper 113 12.4 –12.3 196 21.5 –29.0 911 48.6 –27.2 1,873 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Bocking North Bocking North Labour Party (UK) D. Mann 1,049 45.9 –2.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Millam* 963 42.2 –7.5 Labour Party (UK) M. Allard 947 41.5 –4.2 Conservative Party (UK) A. Comfort 905 39.6 –7.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Matthewman 851 37.3 –8.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. Bols 842 36.9 –7.7 Independent politician R. Perkin 331 14.5 N/A 2,283 54.0 –21.0 4,228 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Bocking South Bocking South Labour Party (UK) G. Warne* 1,120 50.3 –3.5 Labour Party (UK) R. Watson* 921 41.4 –6.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Mackenzie* 897 40.3 –7.8 Conservative Party (UK) M. Ware 742 33.3 –11.4 Conservative Party (UK) H. Bourne 706 31.7 –11.5 Conservative Party (UK) S. Brown 689 31.0 –11.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Purdy 365 16.4 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Mayhew 308 13.8 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance J. O'Reilly 300 13.5 N/A 2,225 49.7 –25.4 4,477 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Braintree Central Braintree Central Labour Party (UK) G. Warren* 848 46.6 –6.8 Labour Party (UK) R. Keeble 768 42.2 –7.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Perks* 743 40.8 –9.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Harrington 605 33.2 –10.0 Conservative Party (UK) D. Sayers 566 31.1 –11.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Grice 367 20.2 N/A 1,821 41.0 –32.9 4,442 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Braintree East Braintree East Conservative Party (UK) P. Gilthorpe* 801 47.1 +6.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Amies* 783 46.1 +7.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Plumb* 753 44.3 +6.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Choate 491 28.9 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) S. Higby 405 23.8 –7.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance S. Seymore 378 22.2 –1.4 Labour Party (UK) A. Sains 375 22.1 –9.0 Labour Party (UK) P. Sains 362 21.3 –7.6 1,699 36.2 –39.8 4,694 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Braintree West Braintree West SDP-Liberal Alliance M. Bryan* 1,441 55.7 +10.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Ross* 1,419 54.9 +3.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance B. Margetts 1,327 51.3 +11.7 Conservative Party (UK) S. Harper* 1,144 44.2 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Britten 1,068 41.3 +7.3 Conservative Party (UK) H. Everitt 952 36.8 +0.2 2,587 56.1 –23.6 4,611 SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) No Labour candidates as previous (15.3%, 13.2%). Bumpstead Bumpstead Conservative Party (UK) I. Knight 557 82.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) S. Giles 121 17.8 N/A 436 64.3 N/A 678 48.1 N/A 1,410 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Castle Headingham Castle Headingham Conservative Party (UK) J. Poulton 1,356 Conservative Party (UK) Coggeshall Coggeshall Conservative Party (UK) D. Bellamy* 873 56.5 +8.0 Independent politician W. Drake* 855 55.4 +3.0 Conservative Party (UK) D. Burroughs 729 47.2 +0.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Trapp 691 44.8 +6.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance P. Keeling 610 39.5 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Papworth 573 37.1 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Sibley 479 31.0 +0.7 Labour Party (UK) T. Tant 348 22.5 –5.4 1,544 40.6 –38.9 3,804 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green Independent Conservative G. Courtauld* 586 85.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) M. Jarratt 101 14.7 N/A 485 70.6 N/A 687 49.7 N/A 1,383 Independent Conservative N/A Cressing Cressing Conservative Party (UK) L. Flint 302 51.3 +15.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance R. Sweeting 152 25.8 –12.4 Labour Party (UK) D. Green 135 22.9 N/A 150 25.5 N/A 589 47.9 –28.7 1,229 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance 13.9 No Independent candidate as previous (25.8%). Earls Colne Earls Colne Independent politician C. Holmes* Independent politician S. Boyce 2,448 Independent politician Independent politician Gosfield Gosfield Independent politician D. Marlow* 1,081 Independent politician Halstead Holy Trinity Halstead Holy Trinity Residents Association R. McDowell* 874 57.2 +2.3 Labour Party (UK) R. Mayes* 860 56.2 +5.7 Labour Party (UK) M. Fincken 660 43.2 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) H. Gordon 548 35.8 –7.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Norfolk 534 34.9 –1.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Pike 502 32.8 +0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Bird 376 24.6 N/A 1,529 41.2 –37.2 3,711 Residents Association Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Halstead St. Andrew's Halstead St. Andrew's Residents Association M. Gage* 996 72.5 +21.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Covell 692 50.4 +3.2 Conservative Party (UK) C. Denton 431 31.4 +3.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Fuller 428 31.2 N/A 1,373 44.7 –32.5 3,072 Residents Association Conservative Party (UK) No Labour candidates as previous (27.8%, 24.3%). Hatfield Peverel Hatfield Peverel Independent politician M. Voysey 662 42.2 N/A Independent politician D. Dyson 519 33.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) K. Bigden 457 29.1 –35.5 Conservative Party (UK) K. Lawrence 393 25.0 –36.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance C. Livermore 332 21.1 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance P. O'Brien 242 15.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) P. Cardy 188 12.0 –19.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Brook 87 5.5 –24.0 1,570 51.1 –25.9 3,072 Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Kelvedon Kelvedon Conservative Party (UK) G. Clarke* 925 62.1 +13.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Edwards* 826 55.5 +4.2 Independent politician J. Yule* 658 44.2 –0.8 Conservative Party (UK) T. Sach 577 38.8 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) I. Marshall 390 26.2 –3.2 Labour Party (UK) D. Rogers 342 23.0 –5.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Ness 275 18.5 –10.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance H. Edwards 233 15.6 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance J. Papworth 138 9.3 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance K. Webb 102 6.9 N/A 2,207 72.2 –8.1 3,057 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician Panfield Panfield Conservative Party (UK) M. Willey 1,201 Conservative Party (UK) Rayne Rayne Conservative Party (UK) T. Moore 540 51.2 –23.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance T. Meadows 514 48.8 N/A 26 2.5 –47.2 1,054 58.0 –21.4 1,817 Conservative Party (UK) N/A No Labour candidate as previous (25.8%). Sible Headingham Sible Headingham Independent politician R. Tanner* 551 56.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) J. Disley 422 43.4 N/A Independent politician J. Choppin 338 34.7 N/A Independent politician J. Brett 231 23.7 N/A Independent politician J. Waldron 212 21.8 N/A 973 39.1 N/A 2,489 Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) Stour Valley Central Stour Valley Central Conservative Party (UK) K. Nott* 1,218 Conservative Party (UK) Stour Valley North Stour Valley North Conservative Party (UK) M. Hall 1,095 Conservative Party (UK) Stour Valley South Stour Valley South Conservative Party (UK) J. Twinn 665 79.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) L. Hill 176 20.9 N/A 489 58.1 N/A 841 54.6 N/A 1,541 Conservative Party (UK) N/A Terling Terling Independent politician G. Isted* 309 46.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) B. Burtt 272 40.8 –33.3 Labour Party (UK) K. Bates 86 12.9 –13.3 37 5.5 N/A 667 53.0 –23.7 1,259 Independent politician Conservative Party (UK) N/A Three Fields Three Fields Conservative Party (UK) R. Hawkins* 886 46.9 –10.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Platt* 698 37.0 –9.3 Independent politician J. Finbow 658 34.9 –5.2 Labour Party (UK) Y. Hennings 344 18.2 –12.3 1,888 73.5 –5.5 2,569 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Upper Colne Upper Colne Conservative Party (UK) D. Johnson* 1,253 Conservative Party (UK) Witham Central Witham Central Independent politician H. Pitchforth* 420 47.8 –11.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Allan 330 37.6 +7.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Sabin 82 9.3 –1.7 Independent politician B. Farrow 46 5.2 N/A 90 10.3 –19.4 878 54.1 –21.7 1,623 Independent politician 9.7 Witham Chipping Hill Witham Chipping Hill Conservative Party (UK) K. Richards* 585 40.8 –7.0 Conservative Party (UK) V. Carpenter 504 35.1 –6.2 Labour Party (UK) L. Randall 381 26.6 –25.5 Labour Party (UK) K. Smith 337 23.5 –18.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Slowman* 240 16.7 N/A Independent politician S. Frost 228 15.9 N/A 1,435 49.2 –28.3 2,916 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Witham North Witham North Labour Party (UK) G. Gyford 642 48.1 –3.6 Labour Party (UK) I. Pointon 546 40.9 –8.3 Labour Party (UK) M. Tracey 533 39.9 –7.6 Conservative Party (UK) P. Collard 435 32.6 –11.0 Conservative Party (UK) H. Scott 431 32.3 –10.1 Conservative Party (UK) T. Stote 396 29.7 –9.2 Independent politician R. Smith 259 19.4 N/A Independent politician F. Muffet 254 19.0 N/A Independent politician M. Canter 249 18.7 N/A 1,335 36.0 –40.0 3,708 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Witham Silver End & Rivenhall Witham Silver End & Rivenhall Labour Party (UK) J. Lyon* 944 64.1 +10.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Evans* 919 62.4 +7.8 Conservative Party (UK) P. Cutmore 530 36.0 –9.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Speakman 445 30.2 –10.2 1,473 50.3 –30.3 2,929 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Witham South Witham South Conservative Party (UK) J. Pluthero 632 36.1 –3.5 Conservative Party (UK) G. Gibbs 575 32.8 –4.7 Labour Party (UK) K. Boylan* 540 30.8 –7.8 Labour Party (UK) D. Sabin 528 30.1 –7.9 Independent politician L. Hammond 366 20.9 N/A Independent politician B. Marsh 353 20.1 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance D. Bigg 214 12.2 –8.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance A. Bigg 158 9.0 –7.7 1,753 42.8 –33.1 4,095 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Witham West Witham West Conservative Party (UK) M. Lager* 642 45.0 –10.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Gibbs* 589 41.3 –14.2 Labour Party (UK) R. Pay 417 29.2 –12.8 Independent politician J. Clark 367 25.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) E. Wilson 325 22.8 N/A 1,427 47.3 –27.1 3,016 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) No Communist candidate as previous (9.6%). Yeldham Yeldham Conservative Party (UK) J. Yeldham* 1,300 Conservative Party (UK) By-elections Coggeshall Coggeshall by-election: 8 September 1983https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3933 By-elections 27 April 2025 Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher The Elections Centre, Plymouth University Conservative Party (UK) 647 40.4 +7.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance 507 31.6 +8.9 Independent politician 251 15.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) 197 12.3 –0.7 140 8.8 N/A 1,602 54.0 –16.6 2,967 Conservative Party (UK) 0.5 Kelvedon Kelvedon by-election: 10 November 1983 Conservative Party (UK) 492 35.5 –6.4 Labour Party (UK) 429 31.0 +13.3 Other 246 17.8 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance 217 15.7 +5.1 63 4.5 N/A 1,384 45.5 –26.7 3,042 Conservative Party (UK) 9.9 Black Notley Black Notley by-election: 1 March 1984 SDP-Liberal Alliance 491 51.8 +18.8 Conservative Party (UK) 400 42.2 –12.4 Labour Party (UK) 56 5.9 –6.5 91 9.6 N/A 947 48.0 –0.6 1,973 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 15.6 Yeldham Yeldham by-election: 13 December 1984 SDP-Liberal Alliance 324 44.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 219 30.2 N/A Labour Party (UK) 183 25.2 N/A 105 14.4 N/A 726 55.0 N/A 1,320 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Castle Hedingham Castle Hedingham by-election: 27 June 1985 SDP-Liberal Alliance 249 51.0 N/A Independent politician 239 49.0 N/A 10 2.0 N/A 488 36.0 N/A 1,356 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Witham West Witham West by-election: 27 February 1986 Labour Party (UK) 465 41.7 +12.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance 338 30.3 N/A Conservative Party (UK) 311 27.9 –17.1 127 11.4 N/A 1,114 36.0 –11.3 3,094 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hatfield Peverel Hatfield Peverel by-election: 16 October 1986 Conservative Party (UK) 677 57.4 +28.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance 502 42.6 +21.4 175 14.8 N/A 1,179 36.0 –15.1 3,275 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician 3.5 References Category:Braintree District Council elections Braintree Category:1980s in Essex