1983 Cheltenham Borough Council election

Cheltenham Borough Council election April 2022 The 1983 Cheltenham Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries.The Borough of Cheltenham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979 The Conservatives fell one seat short of a majority, meaning the council stayed in no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was Conservative 16 SDP–Liberal Alliance 12 Residents Associations 3 Labour 1 Independent Conservative 1 Election result Cheltenham local election result 1983 https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/downloads/file/5335/1983_results Borough council election 5th May, 1983 2021-12-22 Cheltenham Borough CouncilRallings Colin Thrasher Michael Local Elections Handbook 1983 Conservative Party (UK) 16 0 0 - 48.5 41.1 14,880 SDP-Liberal Alliance 12 0 0 - 36.4 35.3 12,769 Residents Association 3 0 0 - 9.1 7.0 2,518 Labour Party (UK) 1 0 0 - 3.0 9.2 3,322 Independent Conservative 1 0 0 - 3.0 3.4 1,219 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 - 0.0 2.7 976 Ecology Party (UK) 0 0 0 - 0.0 1.4 509 Ward results All Saints Conservative Party (UK) Reginald Beagley 1,433 53.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Adelaide Hodges* 1,387 51.9 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Miles 1,347 50.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Alastair Jollans* 1,314 49.1 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Maxwell 1,304 48.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Richard Tocknell 1,230 46.0 33 1.3 2,674 41.0 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Charlton Kings Residents Association Mary Whyte* 1,640 56.1 Residents Association Donald Perry* 1,629 55.7 Conservative Party (UK) Victor Stanton* 1,577 53.9 Residents Association Anthony Jeans 1,564 53.5 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Pearce 1,215 41.5 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Heapey** 1,151 39.4 13 0.4 2,925 45.7 Residents Association Residents Association Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Heapey was a sitting councillor in St Paul's ward. College SDP-Liberal Alliance Kenneth Hammond* 1,841 52.6 Conservative Party (UK) Bryan Howell 1,808 51.6 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Sheppard 1,798 51.4 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Hester 1,679 48.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Philip Gray* 1,606 45.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance William Harrington 1,484 42.4 Ecology Party (UK) David Swindley 283 8.2 119 3.4 3,501 53.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Hatherley SDP-Liberal Alliance Gerald Bingham* 2,068 60.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Eric Phillips* 2,063 60.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Jeremy Whales 2,026 59.6 Conservative Party (UK) Daphne Pennell 1,468 43.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Heapey 1,293 38.1 Conservative Party (UK) Tim Spencer-Cox 1,273 37.5 33 16.4 3,397 52.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance Hesters Way Residents Association Richard Sturdy* 878 35.1 Labour Party (UK) Terence Ruck 876 35.0 Conservative Party (UK) Harry Turbyfield 836 33.4 Conservative Party (UK) John Craddock 763 30.5 Labour Party (UK) Clive Harriss 763 30.5 Labour Party (UK) Martin Hale 705 28.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Jean Holder 679 27.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Christopher Morris 610 24.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Raymond Drewett 554 22.2 Independent (politician) Garth Barnes* 482 19.3 Independent (politician) Harold Stephens 354 14.2 73 2.9 2,500 38.6 Residents Association Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Lansdown Conservative Party (UK) Aileen Bramah 1,583 68.4 Conservative Party (UK) May Dent* 1,568 67.8 Conservative Party (UK) Aimbury Dodwell* 1,506 65.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Ronald Hunt 730 31.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Patsy Thornton 690 29.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Robert Washington 642 27.7 Ecology Party (UK) Christopher Walford 222 9.6 776 33.5 2,314 41.3 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Park Conservative Party (UK) Charles Irving* 2,025 65.1 Conservative Party (UK) Maureen Stafford 1,893 60.9 Conservative Party (UK) William Bullingham 1,683 54.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Dorothy Staight 1,087 35.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Alan Goodridge 964 31.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Laurence Taylor 907 29.2 596 19.1 3,109 57.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Pittville Conservative Party (UK) Peter Pennell 1,124 40.3 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Burke 1,101 39.5 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Britton 1,068 38.3 Labour Party (UK) James Pennington 992 35.6 Labour Party (UK) Michael King 938 33.7 Labour Party (UK) Ann McGovern 925 33.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Bernard Fisher 796 28.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Anthony Rudge 736 26.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Susan Simpkins 678 24.3 76 2.7 2,786 45.0 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Mark's SDP-Liberal Alliance Brian Cassin* 1,550 56.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Janet Watson* 1,485 54.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Alexis Cassin 1,446 53.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Tapsell 723 26.5 Conservative Party (UK) William Fisher* 707 25.9 Conservative Party (UK) Lorraine Pennell 673 24.7 Labour Party (UK) Abraham Yates 547 20.1 Labour Party (UK) William Evans 537 19.7 Labour Party (UK) John Hurley 507 18.6 723 26.6 2,725 45.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance St Paul's SDP-Liberal Alliance John Rawson 1,343 53.0 Independent Conservative Dudley Aldridge* 1,219 48.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Paul Baker 968 38.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Geoffrey Furniss 966 38.1 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Wilson 904 35.6 Conservative Party (UK) Francis Jones 894 35.3 Labour Party (UK) Kristine Mason 466 18.4 Labour Party (UK) Christine Stoakes 431 17.0 Labour Party (UK) Sandra Thomas 417 16.4 2 0.1 2,536 44.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Independent Conservative SDP-Liberal Alliance St Peter's Conservative Party (UK) Roy Marchant* 1,398 50.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Peter Liddell* 1,288 46.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Gilbert Wakeley* 1,246 44.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Alvin Harrison 1,075 38.7 Conservative Party (UK) John Jackson 975 35.1 Conservative Party (UK) Meg West 947 34.1 Labour Party (UK) Timothy Sedgwick-Jell 441 15.9 Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Herring 430 15.5 Labour Party (UK) Roger Whyborn 388 14.0 Independent (politician) Burgess Cooper 140 5.0 171 6.2 2,776 47.6 Conservative Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance SDP-Liberal Alliance References Cheltenham Category:Cheltenham Borough Council elections