1983 Basildon District Council election

1983 UK local government election

1983 Basildon District Council election^[1]^[2]

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5 May 1983

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14 of the 42 seats to Basildon District Council
22 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Conservative
Seats before	22	12
Seats won	8	6
Seats after	24	13
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	17,892	19,478
Percentage	36.7%	40.0%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Alliance	Residents
Seats before	3	5
Seats won	0	0
Seats after	3	2
Seat change		3
Popular vote	10,039	1,295
Percentage	20.6%	2.7%

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 1983 Basildon Borough Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour Party

Council control after election

Labour Party

The 1983 Basildon District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Basildon District Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had won at the previous election in 1982.

Overall results

1983 Basildon district council election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Labour	8	2	0	2	57.1	36.7	17,892
	Conservative	6	3	2	1	42.9	40.0	19,478
	Alliance	0	0	0		0.0	20.6	10,039
	Residents	0	0	3	3	0.0	2.7	1,295
Total		14						48,704

Ward results

Billericay East

Billericay East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Lea	2,503	63.6%
	Alliance	G. Cronkshaw	819	20.8%
	Labour	A. Chipperfield	615	15.6%
Turnout				46.4%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Billericay West

Billericay West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Johnson	2,508	66.5%
	Alliance	G. Taylor	902	23.9%
	Labour	M. Baker	363	9.6%
Turnout				48.3%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Burstead

Burstead^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Parr	2,025	52.6%
	Residents	C. Jones	1,295	33.6%
	Labour	I. Harlow	533	13.8%
Turnout				46.1%
	Conservative gain from Residents

Fryerns Central

Fryerns Central^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Ballard	2,032	50.5%
	Alliance	J. White	1,300	32.3%
	Conservative	L. Tilt	693	17.2%
Turnout				44.3%
	Labour hold

Fryerns East

Fryerns East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Dove	1,766	62.5%
	Conservative	A. Ball	718	25.4%
	Alliance	F. Crow	340	12.0%
Turnout				34.0%
	Labour hold

Laindon

Laindon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Blerkom	1,421	42.8%
	Labour	P. Rackley	1,364	41.1%
	Alliance	M. Howard	532	16.0%
Turnout				44.3%
	Conservative hold

Langdon Hills

Langdon Hills^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Lynch	1,071	37.2%
	Alliance	K. Lack	978	33.9%
	Conservative	A. Dines	832	28.9%
Turnout				39.5%
	Labour hold

Lee Chapel North

Lee Chapel North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Costello	1,959	60.2%
	Conservative	R. Kemp	731	22.5%
	Alliance	K. Neil	564	17.3%
Turnout				40.9%
	Labour hold

Nethermayne

Nethermayne^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Gelder	1,512	38.9%
	Conservative	P. Cole	1,322	34.0%
	Alliance	A. Lutton	1,057	27.2%
Turnout				48.7%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pitsea East

Pitsea East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Hodge	2,106	64.7%
	Conservative	E. Dines	1,331	39.3%
	Alliance	B. Simmons	442	13.0%
Turnout				40.4%
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pitsea West

Pitsea West^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Amey	2,014	62.1%
	Conservative	P. Tomkins	869	26.8%
	Alliance	A. Scott	360	11.1%
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold

Vange

Vange^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Miller	1,589	58.7%
	Conservative	J. Dolby	752	27.8%
	Alliance	P. Harding	364	13.5%
Turnout				35.8%
	Labour hold

Wickford North

Wickford North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Leibner	1,998	54.8%
	Labour	L. Wignall	1,033	28.3%
	Alliance	M. Birch	617	16.9%
Turnout				44.0%
	Conservative hold

Wickford South

Wickford South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Ball	1,775	44.8%
	Labour	G. Palmer	1,764	44.5%
	Alliance	R. Turpin	425	10.7%
Turnout				49.9%
	Conservative hold

References

^ "Council compositions by year". The Elections Centre.
^ "Local Election Summaries 1983". The Elections Centre.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Basildon District Council Election Results 1973–2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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