1983 Wyre Borough Council election

1983 Wyre Borough Council election

5 May 1983 (1983-05-05)
All 55 seats to Wyre Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal/SDP Alliance Last election 40 4 2 Seats won 46 6 2 Seat change 6 3 =   Fourth party   Party Independent Last election 10 Seats won 0 Seat change 10
Leader before election Conservative Leader after election Conservative

The 1983 Wyre Borough Council election took place on 5 May 1983. It was the fourth election to Wyre Borough Council. This election was held on the same day as the 1983 United Kingdom local elections.

Election result

1983 Wyre Borough Council
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	56	46	10	3	7			41,557
	Labour	35	8	4	1	3			17,348
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	26	2	1	1	=			10,532
	Independent	1	0	0	10	10			304

Ward Results

Bailey

Bailey (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hogston A.	778	46.2
	Labour	Wright D.	761
	Labour	Vink A.	749
	Conservative	Clarke E.	642	38.1
	Conservative	Clarke M. Ms.	621
	Conservative	Snowdon E.	552
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Delaney T.	265	15.7
Turnout			4,368	43.0
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Independent
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bourne

Bourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goldsmith W.	1,241	52.6
	Conservative	Croft T.	1,120	47.4
	Conservative	McGrandle N. Ms.	969
	Labour	Stone P.	919
	Conservative	Dooney M. Ms.	907
	Labour	Beckett P. Ms.	857
Turnout			5,013	48.0
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Breck

Breck (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mellalieu E.	861	68.7
	Conservative	Macgregor R.	835
	Labour	Fail J.	392	31.3
	Labour	Norwood G.	373
Turnout			2,461	52.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Brock

Brock (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fox A.	487	90.7
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Hardie W.	50	9.3
Turnout			537	43.0
	Conservative hold

Calder

Calder (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ibison T.	418	83.9
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Taylor G.	80	16.1
Turnout			498	44.0
	Conservative hold

Carleton

Carleton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Davis J.	1,291	68.6
	Conservative	Ward J.	1,194
	Labour	Jones D.	591	31.4
	Labour	Hammerton G.	476
Turnout			3,552	51.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Catterall

Catterall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greenwood R.	446	56.9
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Sharples D.	338	43.1
Turnout			784	55.0
	Conservative hold

Cleveleys Park

Cleveleys Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Berry C.	1,004	46.7
	Conservative	Bootle J.	978
	Conservative	Winnard R.	886
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Smith M. Ms.	606	28.2
	Labour	Wright G. Ms.	542	25.2
	Labour	Taylor E. Ms.	526
Turnout			4,542	46.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Duchy

Duchy (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Simpson I.	512	61.9
	Conservative	Jackson J.	315	38.1
Turnout			827	59.0
	Liberal/SDP Alliance gain from Conservative

Garstang

Garstang (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Herbert P.	1,203	56.2
	Conservative	Moreland F.	785	36.7
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Busby J. Ms.	638
	Conservative	Hudson C. Ms.	382
	Labour	Phillips K.	153	7.1
Turnout			3,161	61.0
	Liberal/SDP Alliance hold
	Conservative hold

Great Eccleston

Great Eccleston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jobson G.	587	49.5
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Miller Y. Ms.	569	47.9
	Labour	Stephens C. Ms.	31	2.6
Turnout			1,187	61.0
	Conservative hold

Hambleton

Hambleton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Williamson R.	1,101	60.7
	Conservative	Roper G.	993
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Moat L. Ms.	530	29.2
	Labour	Blackburn P.	184	10.1
Turnout			2,808	44.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Hardhorn

Hardhorn (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stebbing C.	1,051	70.9
	Conservative	Bennett K.	995
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Robert S. Ms.	277	18.7
	Labour	Stephens G.	154	10.4
Turnout			2,477	54.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

High Cross

High Cross (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anderson L. Ms.	835	56.2
	Conservative	Catlow P. Ms.	815
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Frost C.	479	32.2
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Robert A.	477
	Labour	Prowse L.	172	11.6
Turnout			2,778	52.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Jubilee

Jubilee (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Townend F.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Cropper K.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Mount

Mount (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Knight R.	664	47.3
	Conservative	Jolley L.	663
	Labour	Wareing G.	487	34.7
	Labour	Crowford R.	482
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Hooley D.	253	18.0
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Keighley R.	234
Turnout			2,783	47.7
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

Norcross

Norcross (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hough L. Ms.	739	53.6
	Conservative	Jordin L. Ms.	696
	Labour	Delaney S.	330	23.9
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Hyland N. Ms.	310	22.5
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Smith A.	252
Turnout			2,327	44.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Park

Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aspden J.	911	53.9
	Labour	Allen R.	736
	Labour	Stephenson B.	630
	Conservative	Howard T.	501	29.6
	Conservative	Underdown D.	468
	Conservative	Twist G.	452
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Trafford T.	278	16.4
Turnout			3,976	41.0
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Independent
	Labour gain from Conservative

Pharos

Pharos (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Briggs M. Ms.	553	42.5
	Labour	Pilling J.	546	42.0
	Conservative	Nield J.	514
	Labour	Stables J.	404
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Timmins P.	201	15.5
Turnout			2,218	44.0
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

Pilling

Pilling (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Watson R.	456	60.0
	Independent	Bleasdale T.	304	40.0
Turnout			760	51.8
	Conservative hold

Preesall

Preesall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mutch J. Ms.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Davies M.	Unopposed
	Conservative	Brook P.	Unopposed
Turnout			0	0.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Rossall

Rossall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Smith J. Ms.	950	52.7
	Conservative	King H.	948
	Conservative	Harrop J.	941
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Rogers J. Ms.	551	30.6
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Angel A.	512
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Brandes D.	486
	Labour	Heap L.	302	16.7
	Labour	Oakley R.	298
	Labour	Muir R.	261
Turnout			4,349	45.0
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

Staina

Staina (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashworth C.	1,341	62.8
	Conservative	Forsyth W.	1,249
	Conservative	Dickens T.	1,234
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Battersby J.	398	18.6
	Labour	Hallows L.	396	18.5
Turnout			4,618	45.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Tithebarn

Tithebarn (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Baker D.	939	73.6
	Conservative	Stephens J.	782
	Labour	Wheatley M.	336	26.4
	Labour	Horrocks G.	288
Turnout			2,345	51.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Victoria

Victoria (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Grime J.	1,174	78.1
	Conservative	Preston S. Ms.	1,111
	Conservative	Powell G.	1,104
	Labour	Rimmer E.	329	21.9
Turnout			3,718	43.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Warren

Warren (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Formstone H.	905	48.0
	Conservative	Bradbury B. Ms.	849
	Conservative	Vincent A.	825
	Labour	Barlow M. Ms.	614	32.6
	Labour	Fail E.	560
	Labour	Stephenson E. Ms.	539
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Jones C. Ms.	365	19.4
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Bate S.	357
Turnout			4,014	48.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Wyresdale

Wyresdale (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hardman J.	429	58.0
	Liberal/SDP Alliance	Nicholson W.	311	42.0
Turnout			740	54.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal