1983 St Albans City and District Council election

1983 English local election

The 1983 St Albans City and District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of St Albans City and District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

1983 St Albans City and District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	1	60.0	18	30	52.6	23,786	47.4	+3.2
	Alliance	4	2	20.0	12	17	29.8	16,414	32.7	–7.0
	Labour	3	1	15.0	7	9	15.8	8,452	16.8	+1.1
	Independent	1	1	5.0	1	1	1.8	1,414	2.8	+2.4
	Ecology	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	127	0.3	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Ashley

Ashley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	E. Aldridge	1,403	52.0	–2.6
	Conservative	P. Welch	876	32.5	+1.2
	Labour	C. Leet	420	15.6	+1.6
Majority			527	19.5	–3.8
Turnout			2,699	56.8	+5.5
Registered electors			4,783
	Alliance hold		Swing	1.9

Batchwood

Batchwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Hiscott*	922	35.6	+1.2
	Alliance	S. Ward	848	32.8	–2.6
	Conservative	M. Dance	819	31.6	+1.5
Majority			74	2.9	N/A
Turnout			2,589	54.9	+7.1
Registered electors			4,718
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

Clarence

Clarence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Stebbings*	1,225	45.6	+4.3
	Alliance	B. Bird	1,180	43.9	+1.1
	Labour	P. Harris	280	10.4	–5.5
Majority			45	1.7	N/A
Turnout			2,685	60.5	+4.4
Registered electors			4,440
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Cunningham

Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	M. Thompson	1,248	46.0	–1.0
	Conservative	C. Ellis	961	35.4	–1.3
	Labour	G. Maciver	505	18.6	+2.4
Majority			287	10.6	+0.3
Turnout			2,714	56.5	+6.2
Registered electors			4,804
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	0.2

Harpenden East

Harpenden East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. McKenzie	1,135	41.8	–10.6
	Alliance	N. Osmond	690	25.4	–11.4
	Independent	H. Beck*	678	25.0	N/A
	Labour	T. Morris	214	7.9	–2.8
Majority			445	16.4	+0.8
Turnout			2,717	52.7	+6.6
Registered electors			5,152
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative		Swing	0.4

Harpenden North

Harpenden North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Curl*	1,707	60.3	+2.7
	Alliance	R. Thoms	727	25.7	–5.8
	Labour	D. Crew	272	9.6	–1.2
	Ecology	H. Swailes	127	4.5	N/A
Majority			980	34.6	+19.0
Turnout			2,833	49.0	+2.9
Registered electors			5,778
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.3

Harpenden South

Harpenden South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Nash	1,648	67.1	+9.5
	Alliance	P. Jones	616	25.1	–4.1
	Labour	C. Fryd	191	7.8	+1.9
Majority			1,032	42.0	+13.6
Turnout			2,455	48.5	+2.2
Registered electors			5,066
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

No Independent candidate as previous (7.3%).

Harpenden West

Harpenden West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Cornforth	1,696	66.0	–0.2
	Alliance	J. Little	619	24.1	–2.2
	Labour	K. Griffin	253	9.9	+2.4
Majority			1,077	41.9	+2.0
Turnout			2,568	49.1	+2.8
Registered electors			5,196
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0

London Colney

London Colney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Hayes	1,283	51.8	+0.5
	Conservative	J. Kalaher	852	34.4	+4.5
	Alliance	A. Sinagoga	341	13.8	–5.1
Majority			431	17.4	–4.0
Turnout			2,476	44.6	+5.2
Registered electors			5,546
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Marshallwick North

Marshallwick North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Moody*	1,434	49.4	+11.0
	Alliance	P. Halpin	1,148	39.6	–1.2
	Labour	B. York	318	11.0	+1.9
Majority			286	9.9	N/A
Turnout			2,900	58.0	+6.2
Registered electors			5,002
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.1

No Independent candidate as previous (11.7%).

Marshallwick South

Marshallwick South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Jennings	1,654	57.9	+7.5
	Alliance	S. Coventry	880	30.8	–8.7
	Labour	A. Goodsall	323	11.3	+1.2
Majority			774	27.1	+16.2
Turnout			2,857	55.2	+3.0
Registered electors			5,176
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.1

Park Street

Park Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	E. Cummins	960	41.9
	Conservative	R. Scranage	832	36.3
	Alliance	G. Bliss	821	35.8
	Conservative	B. McArdie	814	35.5
	Labour	M. Rogers	254	11.1
	Labour	R. Fricker	186	8.1
Turnout			2,293	54.7
Registered electors			4,192
	Alliance hold
	Conservative hold

Redbourn

Redbourn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Biggs	1,272	52.1	+1.3
	Alliance	J. Bailey	781	32.0	–5.0
	Labour	P. Rosen	387	15.9	+3.8
Majority			491	20.1	+6.3
Turnout			2,440	51.1	+4.6
Registered electors			4,464
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Sandridge

Sandridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	B. Filmer*	736	59.4	–2.7
	Conservative	D. Caroline	414	33.4	+7.5
	Labour	C. Newbold	90	7.3	–4.7
Majority			322	26.0	–10.1
Turnout			1,240	54.3	–27.9
Registered electors			2,284
	Independent hold		Swing	5.1

Sopwell

Sopwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Hudson	1,076	46.8	+7.2
	Alliance	G. Heaton	636	27.7	–4.9
	Conservative	R. Anson	587	25.5	–2.3
Majority			440	19.1	+12.0
Turnout			2,299	49.3	+5.0
Registered electors			4,661
	Labour hold		Swing	6.1

St. Peters

St. Peters
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	T. Pratt	874	39.4	–10.9
	Conservative	R. Smith	775	34.9	+5.4
	Labour	M. Fletcher	570	25.7	+5.5
Majority			99	4.5	–16.3
Turnout			2,219	51.1	±0.0
Registered electors			4,345
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing	8.2

St. Stephens

St. Stephens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Bickerton*	1,418	45.2	–3.7
	Alliance	J. Kalaher	1,356	43.2	+4.6
	Labour	R. Humphrey	362	11.5	–1.0
Majority			62	2.0	–8.4
Turnout			3,136	55.9	+5.4
Registered electors			5,614
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

Verulam

Verulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Davies	1,700	53.4	+6.9
	Alliance	R. Baker	1,286	40.4	–7.1
	Labour	M. Bromberg	198	6.2	+0.2
Majority			414	13.0	N/A
Turnout			3,184	62.7	+5.0
Registered electors			5,079
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Wheathampstead

Wheathampstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Sparrow*	1,967	85.0	+36.0
	Labour	N. Ord	348	15.0	+6.3
Majority			1,619	70.0	+63.3
Turnout			2,315	49.6	+2.7
Registered electors			4,671
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.9

No Alliance candidate as previous (42.3%).

References

"Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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