1983 Cheltenham Borough Council election

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.[1] 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

Election result
Cheltenham Local Election Result 1983[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 16 0 0 - 48.5 41.1 14,880
  Alliance 12 0 0 - 36.4 35.3 12,769
  Residents 3 0 0 - 9.1 7.0 2,518
  Labour 1 0 0 - 3.0 9.2 3,322
  Ind. Conservative 1 0 0 - 3.0 3.4 1,219
  Independent 0 0 0 - 0.0 2.7 976
  Ecology 0 0 0 - 0.0 1.4 509

Ward results
All Saints[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Beagley 1,433 53.6
Alliance Adelaide Hodges* 1,387 51.9
Conservative Roy Miles 1,347 50.4
Alliance Alastair Jollans* 1,314 49.1
Conservative Robert Maxwell 1,304 48.8
Alliance Richard Tocknell 1,230 46.0
Majority 33 1.3
Turnout 2,674 41.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Charlton Kings[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Mary Whyte* 1,640 56.1
Residents Donald Perry* 1,629 55.7
Conservative Victor Stanton* 1,577 53.9
Residents Anthony Jeans 1,564 53.5
Conservative Alan Pearce 1,215 41.5
Conservative Margaret Heapey** 1,151 39.4
Majority 13 0.4
Turnout 2,925 45.7
Residents win (new seat)
Residents win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Margaret Heapey was a sitting councillor in St Paul's ward.

College[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Kenneth Hammond* 1,841 52.6
Conservative Bryan Howell 1,808 51.6
Conservative Michael Sheppard 1,798 51.4
Conservative Geoffrey Hester 1,679 48.0
Alliance Philip Gray* 1,606 45.9
Alliance William Harrington 1,484 42.4
Ecology David Swindley 283 8.2
Majority 119 3.4
Turnout 3,501 53.5
Alliance win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Hatherley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Gerald Bingham* 2,068 60.9
Alliance Eric Phillips* 2,063 60.7
Alliance Jeremy Whales 2,026 59.6
Conservative Daphne Pennell 1,468 43.2
Conservative John Heapey 1,293 38.1
Conservative Tim Spencer-Cox 1,273 37.5
Majority 33 16.4
Turnout 3,397 52.5
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Hesters Way[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Richard Sturdy* 878 35.1
Labour Terence Ruck 876 35.0
Conservative Harry Turbyfield 836 33.4
Conservative John Craddock 763 30.5
Labour Clive Harriss 763 30.5
Labour Martin Hale 705 28.2
Alliance Jean Holder 679 27.2
Alliance Christopher Morris 610 24.4
Alliance Raymond Drewett 554 22.2
Independent Garth Barnes* 482 19.3
Independent Harold Stephens 354 14.2
Majority 73 2.9
Turnout 2,500 38.6
Residents win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Lansdown[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aileen Bramah 1,583 68.4
Conservative May Dent* 1,568 67.8
Conservative Aimbury Dodwell* 1,506 65.1
Alliance Ronald Hunt 730 31.6
Alliance Patsy Thornton 690 29.8
Alliance Robert Washington 642 27.7
Ecology Christopher Walford 222 9.6
Majority 776 33.5
Turnout 2,314 41.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Park[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Irving* 2,025
Conservative Maureen Stafford 1,893
Conservative William Bullingham 1,683
Alliance Dorothy Staight 1,087
Alliance Alan Goodridge 964
Alliance Laurence Taylor 907
Majority 596
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Pittville[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Pennell 1,124 40.3
Conservative Kenneth Burke 1,101 39.5
Conservative Christopher Britton 1,068 38.3
Labour James Pennington 992 35.6
Labour Michael King 938 33.7
Labour Ann McGovern 925 33.2
Alliance Bernard Fisher 796 28.6
Alliance Anthony Rudge 736 26.4
Alliance Susan Simpkins 678 24.3
Majority 76 2.7
Turnout 2,786 45.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St Mark's[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Brian Cassin* 1,550 56.9
Alliance Janet Watson* 1,485 54.5
Alliance Alexis Cassin 1,446 53.1
Conservative Ronald Tapsell 723 26.5
Conservative William Fisher* 707 25.9
Conservative Lorraine Pennell 673 24.7
Labour Abraham Yates 547 20.1
Labour William Evans 537 19.7
Labour John Hurley 507 18.6
Majority 723 26.6
Turnout 2,725 45.5
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
St Paul's[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance John Rawson 1,343 53.0
Ind. Conservative Dudley Aldridge* 1,219 48.1
Alliance Paul Baker 968 38.2
Alliance Geoffrey Furniss 966 38.1
Conservative Robert Wilson 904 35.6
Conservative Francis Jones 894 35.3
Labour Kristine Mason 466 18.4
Labour Christine Stoakes 431 17.0
Labour Sandra Thomas 417 16.4
Majority 2 0.1
Turnout 2,536 44.6
Alliance win (new seat)
Ind. Conservative win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
St Peter's[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Marchant* 1,398 50.4
Alliance Peter Liddell* 1,288 46.4
Alliance Gilbert Wakeley* 1,246 44.9
Alliance Alvin Harrison 1,075 38.7
Conservative John Jackson 975 35.1
Conservative Meg West 947 34.1
Labour Timothy Sedgwick-Jell 441 15.9
Labour Dorothy Herring 430 15.5
Labour Roger Whyborn 388 14.0
Independent Burgess Cooper 140 5.0
Majority 171 6.2
Turnout 2,776 47.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)

References
  1. The Borough of Cheltenham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
  2. "Borough council election 5th May, 1983". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1983.
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