Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 5 May 1983. All 53 seats were up for election.
1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election |
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76,062 |
56% |
| First party | Second party | Third party |
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| | | | Party | Conservative | Independent | Labour |
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Seats won | 36 | 9 | 7 |
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Popular vote | 15,709 | 6,243 | 8,260 |
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Percentage | 46.6% | 18.5% | 24.5% |
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| | Fourth party | |
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| | | Party | Alliance | |
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Seats won | 1 | |
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Popular vote | 3,478 | |
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Percentage | 10.3 | |
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Locations of wards in Mid Bedfordshire |
Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1979 district council election.
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1983 [1]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
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| Conservative | 36 | | | +5 | 67.9 | 46.6 | 15,709 | +3.2 |
| Independent | 9 | | | -7 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 6,243 | -5.8 |
| Labour | 7 | | | +2 | 13.2 | 24.5 | 8,260 | +0.0 |
| Alliance | 1 | | | +1 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 3,478 | +6.9 |
All results are listed below:[2]
Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1979 District Council election.
The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1979 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.
Ampthill
Ampthill (3 seats, 4,368 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Ms A Cowell* | 1,145 | 36.2 | -15.6 |
| Labour | Ms G Wagstaff* | 1,073 | 33.9 | -10.5 |
| Conservative | Ms A Palmer* | 1,030 | 32.5 | -14.4 |
| Alliance | P Cruse | 949 | 30.0 | |
| Alliance | J Letch | 643 | 20.3 | |
Turnout | 3,167 | 72.5 | -6.5 |
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Arlesey
Arlesey (2 seats, 3,003 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Labour | David Harrowell | 801 | 52.8 | +8.1 |
| Conservative | R Turner* | 715 | 47.1 | +1.0 |
| Conservative | Ms A Albon* | 636 | 41.9 | -13.2 |
| Labour | Ms G Walker | 469 | 30.9 | |
Turnout | 1,517 | 50.5 | |
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Aspley
Aspley (2 seats, 2,468 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Fiona Chapman[a] | 746 | 44.9 | +7.3 |
| Alliance | Ms A Crampin | 475 | 28.6 | |
| Independent | H Jaye* | 442 | 26.6 | |
Turnout | 1,663 | 67.4 | |
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Biggleswade Ivel
Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 4,477 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Peter Vickers | 1,237 | 43.7 | |
| Labour | L Chambers* | 1,000 | 35.3 | -14.7 |
| Conservative | D Strachan | 867 | 30.6 | |
| Conservative | Patricia Rouse* | 859 | 30.4 | -18.7 |
| Labour | H Smeeton | 756 | 26.7 | |
| Labour | C Mason | 712 | 25.2 | |
| Independent | P Cook | 593 | 21.0 | |
Turnout | 2,829 | 63.2 | |
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Biggleswade Stratton
Biggleswade Stratton (3 seats, 4,276 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | Ms C Cook* | 1,182 | 35.0 | -23.7 |
| Conservative | Richard Bennett* | 1,112 | 32.9 | -19.5 |
| Labour | Victor Brunt* | 1,083 | 32.1 | -11.5 |
| Conservative | David Smith | 996 | 29.5 | |
| Labour | Alistair Costley | 780 | 23.1 | -11.0 |
| Labour | T Bornett | 759 | 22.5 | -7.4 |
Turnout | 3,378 | 79.0 | |
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Blunham
Blunham (1 seat, 1,575 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | N Davidson* | 556 | 63.3 | +20.9 |
| Alliance | S Lawford | 191 | 21.7 | |
| Labour | Ms S Lamburn | 131 | 14.9 | |
Turnout | 879 | 55.8 | |
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Campton & Meppershall
Campton & Meppershall (1 seat, 1,351 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | J Buxton* | Unopposed | NA | |
Clifton & Henlow
Clifton & Henlow (3 seats, 3,702 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 1,028 | 68.4 | +11.0 |
| Conservative | Patricia Cook | 928 | 61.7 | +13.3 |
| Conservative | Ms G Burn | 831 | 55.3 | |
| Labour | Joseph Mayes | 475 | 31.6 | |
Turnout | 1,503 | 40.6 | |
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Clophill
Clophill (1 seat, 1,220 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | W Russell* | 342 | 67.9 | |
| Labour | Ms P Cue | 162 | 32.1 | |
Turnout | 504 | 41.3 | -42.4 |
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Cranfield
Cranfield (3 seats, 3,205 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | T Grimes | 875 | 45.6 | |
| Conservative | J Hawksby* | 770 | 40.2 | -15.2 |
| Conservative | R Palmer* | 651 | 34.0 | -14.9 |
| Alliance | F Gurney | 511 | 26.7 | |
| Independent | R Ambridge | 270 | 14.1 | |
| Labour | Alan Morris | 261 | 13.6 | |
| Labour | Ms L Cummins | 257 | 13.4 | |
| Labour | Ms F Perry | 221 | 11.5 | |
Turnout | 1,917 | 59.8 | |
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Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill
Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,593 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Ms J Eells* | 530 | 81.8 | |
| Labour | G Renwick | 118 | 18.2 | |
Turnout | 648 | 40.7 | |
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Flitwick East
Flitwick East (2 seats, 2,647 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Jack Cowell* | Unopposed | NA | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | Unopposed | NA | |
Flitwick West
Flitwick West (2 seats, 3,431 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Dennis Gale* | 935 | 57.9 | |
| Conservative | Cynthia Baker | 793 | 49.1 | |
| Alliance | R Clayton | 458 | 28.3 | |
| Labour | Ms I Austin | 224 | 13.9 | |
| Labour | Peter Churchill | 189 | 11.7 | |
Turnout | 1,616 | 47.1 | -30.3 |
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Harlington
Harlington (1 seat, 1,807 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | A Giles* | 674 | 71.0 | +18.7 |
| Labour | T Walsh | 274 | 28.9 | |
Turnout | 949 | 52.5 | -28.1 |
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Haynes & Houghton Conquest
Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,771 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | H Craddock* | 519 | 60.2 | |
| Labour | B Oertel | 343 | 39.8 | |
Turnout | 862 | 48.7 | |
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Langford
Langford (1 seat, 1,989 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Labour | A Loney | Unopposed | NA | |
Marston
Marston (2 seats, 3,296 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Ms C Barnes* | 885 | 63.8 | +15.6 |
| Conservative | B Meddings | 714 | 51.4 | |
| Labour | J Thatcher | 501 | 36.1 | |
Turnout | 1,388 | 42.1 | |
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Maulden
Maulden (1 seat, 1,920 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | Ms I Robinson* | 478 | 53.5 | -6.7 |
| Conservative | Ms R Frizzells | 414 | 46.4 | |
Turnout | 893 | 46.5 | |
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Northill
Northill (1 seat, 1,605 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA | |
Old Warden & Southill
Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,149 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | Ms M Hamer-Harries* | Unopposed | NA | |
Potton
Potton (2 seats, 4,191 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | F Jakes* | 835 | 43.5 | |
| Conservative | J Ream* | 690 | 36.0 | |
| Labour | J Morgan | 394 | 20.5 | |
Turnout | 1,919 | 45.8 | |
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Sandy All Saints
Sandy All Saints (2 seats, 2,665 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Alistair Gammell* | 783 | 66.0 | +2.6 |
| Conservative | A Sherwood-King* | 692 | 58.3 | -2.1 |
| Labour | T Blain | 403 | 34.0 | |
Turnout | 1,186 | 44.5 | |
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Sandy St Swithuns
Sandy St Swithuns (3 seats, 3,213 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | C Osborne | 658 | 42.8 | |
| Conservative | T Sherwood-King | 544 | 35.4 | |
| Labour | Ms C Holloway | 333 | 21.7 | |
| Labour | B Price | 321 | 20.9 | |
| Labour | P Wilks | 299 | 19.5 | |
Turnout | 1,536 | 47.8 | |
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Shefford
Shefford (2 seats, 2,514 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Ms E Burson | 702 | 34.4 | |
| Independent | Ms M Faircloth | 487 | 23.9 | -5.4 |
| Alliance | A Smyth* | 454 | 22.3 | -20.3 |
| Labour | A King | 396 | 19.4 | |
| Labour | G Molan | 173 | 8.5 | |
Turnout | 2,039 | 81.1 | |
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Shillington & Stondon
Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,633 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | R Roe* | 624 | 42.2 | -12.1 |
| Conservative | Ms R Simkins | 615 | 41.6 | |
| Independent | S Burr* | 554 | 37.4 | -2.3 |
| Labour | M Tenwick | 240 | 16.2 | |
| Labour | B Woolhead | 151 | 10.2 | |
Turnout | 1,480 | 56.2 | |
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Stotfold
Stotfold (3 seats, 4,603 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Independent | F Hyde* | Unopposed | NA | |
| Labour | H Wood* | Unopposed | NA | |
| Conservative | J Long* | Unopposed | NA | |
Wensley
Wensley (1 seat, 1,301 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | W Goodyer* | Unopposed | NA | |
Westoning
Westoning (1 seat, 1,287 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | Jean Kent* | Unopposed | NA | |
Woburn
Woburn (1 seat, 1,290 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | D Woodward* | 810 | 78.7 | +20.2 |
| Alliance | J Ellis | 220 | 21.4 | -18.5 |
Turnout | 1,029 | 79.8 | |
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Wrest
Wrest (1 seat, 1,512 registered voters) Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Conservative | R Thurman | 371 | 46.8 | |
| Alliance | Ms E Storey | 220 | 27.8 | |
| Independent | G Wood* | 155 | 19.6 | |
| Labour | R Martin | 47 | 5.9 | |
Turnout | 792 | 52.4 | |
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