1983 Horsham District Council election

The 1983 Horsham District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Horsham District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives retained control of the council with 35 seats, a majority of 14, Independent candidates won 5 seats and the SDP–Liberal Alliance won 2.

1983 Horsham District Council election

5 May 1983
All 42 seats to Horsham District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Independent Alliance Seats won 35 5 2 Seat change 2 3 1   Fourth party   Party RA Seats won 0 Seat change 1

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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33	8	1	1
Con	Ind	Lib	RA

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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35	5	2
Con	Ind	All

Results summary

1983 Horsham District Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	35			2	83.3	58.7	33,929	-1.9
	Independent	5			3	11.9	8.9	5,149	-2.6
	Alliance	2			1	4.8	20.9	12,057	+15.6
	Labour	0				0.0	9.3	5,381	-8.6
	Ind. Conservative	0				0.0	1.3	772	+1.3
	Ecology	0				0.0	0.3	161	+0.3
	Other	0				0.0	0.6	366	+0.6

Ward results

Billingshurst

Billingshurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Bolden T.	872	35.5
	Conservative	Van Den Bergh S. Ms.	795	32.4
	Conservative	Birkwood J.	786
	Independent	Longhurst K.	442	18.0
	Ind. Conservative	Griffin C.	347	14.1
Turnout				60.0
	Alliance gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Bramber & Upper Beeding

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Campbell J. Ms.	1,152	48.5	+6.4
	Independent	Sanford L.	857	36.1	+5.2
		Nutt S.	366	15.4	+15.4
Turnout				58.4
	Alliance hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Broadbridge Heath

Broadbridge Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	McGregor R.	475	52.5	−6.8
	Labour	Lamb H. Ms.	221	24.4	−16.3
	Alliance	Parr-Voller R.	209	23.1	+23.1
Turnout				56.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chanctonbury

Chanctonbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burningham J.	1,233	67.7
	Conservative	Jenkins D.	1,208
	Alliance	De-Ath G.	457	25.1
	Labour	Allen J.	131	7.2
	Labour	McGregor J.	110
Turnout				51.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowfold

Cowfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wedd R.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denne

Denne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Palmer B. Ms.	1,302	53.8	−8.4
	Conservative	Pinion C.	1,283
	Conservative	Windrum A.	1,232
	Alliance	Blackburn M.	683	28.2	+28.2
	Alliance	Hart G.	629
	Labour	Lamb P.	434	17.9	−19.9
	Labour	Shopland E.	391
Turnout				49.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest

Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miller E.	1,331	47.2	−14.3
	Conservative	Mauchel E.	1,293
	Conservative	Sheppard A.	1,164
	Alliance	Velate T.	895	31.8	+31.8
	Labour	Harris J.	591	21.0	−17.5
	Labour	Oggerby G.	562
Turnout				49.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henfield

Henfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jones K.	1,344	47.4	+1.9
	Independent	Corp G.	1,325	46.7	+16.0
	Labour	Allen C.	166	5.9	+5.9
	Labour	Vinnicombe K.	118
Turnout				34.6
	Independent gain from RA		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Jones K. was elected in Henfield as a Residents' association member in 1979, when this seat was last contested. The change of his vote share has been included.

Itchingfield & Shipley

Itchingfield & Shipley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keen D.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nuthurst

Nuthurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walker L. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Pulborough & Coldwatham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gocher A.	1,157	81.0	+7.3
	Conservative	Barber T.	1,086
	Alliance	Gillooly B.	271	19.0	+19.9
Turnout				35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Watson B.	1,204	39.7	−17.4
	Conservative	Roberts W.	1,194
	Conservative	Link C.	1,158
	Alliance	Bowles V.	834	27.5	+27.5
	Alliance	Moore F.	736
	Labour	Thurston J.	683	22.5	−20.4
	Labour	Street M.	590
	Ind. Conservative	Francis R.	313	10.3	+10.3
Turnout				47.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Roffey

Roffey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilliard D.	1,666	51.7	+9.5
	Conservative	Waller J.	1,624
	Conservative	Godwin G.	1,607
	Alliance	Lawrence K.	917	28.4	+28.4
	Labour	McMillan A.	642	19.9	−2.8
Turnout				40.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Rudgwick

Rudgwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henderson P. Ms.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Independent hold		Swing

Rusper

Rusper

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phelps A.	Unopposed
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Slinfold

Slinfold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maydwell R.	352	52.3	−10.6
	Alliance	Dick B.	321	47.7	+47.7
Turnout				49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwater

Southwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Driver J.	1,001	65.0
	Conservative	Albrecht A.	945
	Alliance	Scott V.	539	35.0
Turnout				42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Steyning

Steyning

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Honeywood M. Ms.	1,039	53.7	+17.4
	Conservative	Ward M. Ms.	810
	Alliance	Williams C.	606	31.3	+3.8
	Ecology	Battson S.	161	8.3	+8.3
	Labour	McGregor N.	129	6.7	+6.7
	Labour	Greenland A.	122
Turnout				54.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Storrington

Storrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shepherd F.	1,316	65.7	+1.3
	Conservative	Tunnell R.	1,109
	Alliance	Macdonald C.	688	34.3	−1.3
Turnout				49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sullington

Sullington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Field B.	452	41.0	−16.8
	Independent	Bazire P.	313	28.4	+28.4
	Alliance	Dean P.	225	20.4	−21.8
	Ind. Conservative	Armour-Milne J.	112	10.2	+10.2
Turnout				62.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trafalgar

Trafalgar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hollins J.	1,210	34.2	−6.8
	Independent	Parsons S.	1,181	33.4	−2.8
	Conservative	Walters J.	1,158
	Alliance	Smith J. Ms.	781	22.1	+22.1
	Alliance	Pearce T.	697
	Labour	Barwood J.	366	10.3	−12.5
Turnout				79.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warnham

Warnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Burnham J. Ms.	491	66.5	+6.1
	Labour	Simon T.	125	16.9	−22.7
	Alliance	Crosbie L.	122	16.5	+16.5
Turnout				53.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Chiltington

West Chiltington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dolphin C.	710	82.8
	Alliance	Cleaver M. Ms.	147	17.2
Turnout				49.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Grinstead

West Grinstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hanley J.	538	66.1
	Alliance	Callard P.	276	33.9
Turnout				43.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing