Elections to the AdurDistrict Council were held on 6 May 1982, with one third of the council up for election. There was additional vacancies in the Mash Barn and Peverel wards, but no elections for the single-member ward St Marys and Residents stronghold, Marine, went uncontested. In the intervening years, the newly formed Alliance had gained three seats at the expense of the Conservatives. Overall turnout fell to 42.4%.[1]
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1982, adur, district, council, election, elections, adur, district, council, were, held, 1982, with, third, council, election, there, additional, vacancies, mash, barn, peverel, wards, elections, single, member, ward, marys, residents, stronghold, marine, went. Elections to the Adur District Council were held on 6 May 1982 with one third of the council up for election There was additional vacancies in the Mash Barn and Peverel wards but no elections for the single member ward St Marys and Residents stronghold Marine went uncontested In the intervening years the newly formed Alliance had gained three seats at the expense of the Conservatives Overall turnout fell to 42 4 1 1982 Adur District Council election 1980 6 May 1982 1983 One third of seats 15 of 39 to Adur District Council20 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Party Conservative Alliance ResidentsSeats won 8 6 1Seat change 2 2Map showing the results of the 1982 Adur council elections Majority party before electionAlliance Majority party after election AllianceThe election resulted in the SDP Liberal Alliance retaining control of the council 2 3 Election result EditAdur District Council Election Result 1982 2 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Conservative 8 2 0 2 53 3 44 7 7 478 7 4 Alliance 6 0 2 2 40 0 43 2 7 221 1 5 Residents 1 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 4 0 Labour 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 2 033 1 8This resulted in the following composition of the council 2 Party Previous council New councilSDP Liberal Alliance 23 21Conservative 13 15Independent Residents 2 2Labour 1 1Total 39 39Working majority 7 3 Ward results Edit figures represent changes from the last time these wards were contested Buckingham 4017 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Morris H Ms 1 160 66 2 3 5Alliance Miller A 592 33 8 6 7Majority 568 32 4 3 2Turnout 1 752 43 6Conservative hold Swing 1 6Churchill 3735 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Kemp C 676 45 7 9 2Alliance Blunkett R 663 44 8 9 7Labour Cosgrave L 141 9 5 0 5Majority 13 0 9 17 2Turnout 1 480 39 6 9 7Conservative hold Swing 9 4Cokeham 3550 2 Party Candidate Votes Alliance Brooks J 868 86 2 27 2Labour Taylor M 139 13 8 5 8Majority 729 72 4 46 5Turnout 1 007 28 4 16 7Alliance hold Swing 10 7Eastbrook 3635 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Dunn R 791 44 1 10 0Labour Barnard D 645 36 0 5 4Alliance Williams A Ms 357 19 9 4 7Majority 146 8 1 0 9Turnout 1 793 49 3 0 1Conservative hold Swing 7 7Hillside 3819 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Wey G 865 60 2 18 8Alliance James G 311 21 6 2 3Labour Backwell J Ms 262 18 2 16 5Majority 554 38 5 31 8Turnout 1 438 37 7 6 7Conservative hold Swing 10 5Manor 3284 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Lewis J 797 51 6 10 3Alliance Beales W 651 42 1 11 1Labour Aldrich G 98 6 3 0 8Majority 146 9 4 2 5Turnout 1 546 47 1 2 2Conservative gain from Alliance Swing 10 7Marine 2617 2 Party Candidate Votes Residents Shephard P Unopposed N A N AResidents hold Swing N AMash Barn 2963 2 Party Candidate Votes Alliance Beresford P 697 87 2 20 2Alliance Hartley J Ms 688Labour Harwood R 102 12 8 4 7Labour Atkins H Ms 84Majority 595 74 5 32 4Turnout 799 27 0 17 0Alliance hold SwingAlliance hold Swing 7 7Peverel 3167 2 Party Candidate Votes Alliance Meeten J 720 61 1 1 6Alliance Megginson J Ms 687Conservative Titley T 370 31 4 2 0Labour Atkins B 88 7 5 3 6Labour Atkins H Ms 82Majority 350 29 7 0 5Turnout 1 178 37 2 3 0Alliance hold SwingAlliance hold Swing 0 2Southlands 3294 2 Party Candidate Votes Alliance Edwards A 629 52 5 5 0Conservative Hart E 391 32 6 6 4Labour Matthews M Ms 178 14 9 1 4Majority 238 19 9 11 3Turnout 1 198 36 4 6 4Alliance hold Swing 5 7Southwick Green 3459 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ferrers Guy B Ms 821 56 7 16 0Alliance Watson W 475 32 8 15 6Labour Edwards E Ms 153 10 6 0 4Majority 346 23 9 16 1Turnout 1 449 41 9 8 4Conservative gain from Alliance Swing 15 8St Nicolas 3583 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Huber J 881 57 0 8 0Alliance Attrill D Ms 547 35 4 7 3Labour Bridson J Ms 117 7 6 0 7Majority 334 21 6 15 3Turnout 1 545 43 1 1 8Conservative hold Swing 7 6Widewater 4085 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Moulton B 726 46 9 13 0Alliance Mantey B Ms 711 46 0 14 2Labour Jacques W 110 7 1 1 2Majority 15 1 0 25 2Turnout 1 547 37 9 6 1Conservative hold Swing 13 6References Edit Local elections in Britain a statistical digest edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher 2nd Edition 2003 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Elections Centre Adur 1973 2012 PDF electionscentre co uk plymouth ac uk Retrieved 25 July 2017 Vote 2012 Adur bbc co uk Retrieved 18 March 2018 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1982 Adur District Council election amp oldid 1126975137, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
