The 1983 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election, following boundary changes that reduced the number of wards by two, but altogether the number of seats remained the same.[1] Subsequent elections for the council would be elected by thirds following the passing a resolution under section 7 (4) (b) of the Local Government Act 1972.
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The 1983 election saw the Independent councillors lose seats but maintain their majority control on the Council.
Ward results
editBeaminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Hudson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Bugler * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,794 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Bothenhampton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | D. Cracknell | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,502 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent |
Bradford Abbas
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,342 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | R. Coatsworth * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,464 | ||||
Ind. Conservative hold | Swing |
Bridport North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | A. Tiltman * | 780 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Stebbings | 682 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Labour | D. Cash | 629 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Alliance | P. Foote | 441 | – | ||
Alliance | H. Draper | 353 | – | ||
Turnout | 67.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,096 | ||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bridport South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Samways * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Alliance | A. Bell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,465 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) |
Broadmayne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | B. Course * | 354 | 53.8 | –11.1 | |
Conservative | I. Cobbold | 304 | 46.2 | +11.1 | |
Majority | 50 | 7.6 | –22.3 | ||
Turnout | 52.7 | —26.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Broadwindsor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | C. Coate * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,049 | ||||
Independent hold |
Burton Bradstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Bailey * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,137 | ||||
Independent hold |
Caundle Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,048 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dione Digby, Lady Digby * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,075 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Hanford * | 270 | 42.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | B. Woodhouse | 252 | 39.4 | N/A | |
Alliance | G. Halliwell | 117 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 18 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charmouth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Cockerill | 441 | 65.8 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Robinson | 229 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 212 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,284 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Chesil Bank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,269 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Edwards-Stuart * | 643 | 63.9 | N/A | |
Independent | W. McCarthy * | 364 | – | N/A | |
Independent | P. Brown | 185 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. Davies | 172 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 34.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,912 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Dorchester East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Enid Stella Jones * | 588 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | C. Lucas * | 499 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Alliance | D. Smith | 428 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Graham | 310 | – | ||
Labour | E. Adams | 123 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Warner | 121 | – | ||
Turnout | 66.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,269 | ||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | 678 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | C. Thatcher | 499 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Alliance | J. Walker | 262 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Alliance | T. Harries | 262 | – | ||
Labour | J. Hertslet | 141 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 70.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,258 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Seaton * | 1,077 | 56.0 | N/A | |
Alliance | D. Maggs | 847 | 44.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Hebb | 820 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Lang | 782 | – | ||
Alliance | H. Nicholson * | 781 | – | ||
Alliance | S. Pritchard | 774 | – | ||
Turnout | 52.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,657 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dorchester West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Powell * | 743 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. Duke | 561 | – | ||
Conservative | F. Alderman * | 548 | – | ||
Liberal | E. Boothman * | 544 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | D. Bowring | 509 | – | ||
Liberal | David Trevor Jones * | 500 | – | ||
Labour | D. Watson | 302 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Warren | 284 | – | ||
Labour | J. Yeomans | 241 | – | ||
Turnout | 75.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,106 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Frome Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | B. Bryant * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,031 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,176 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Cockburn * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,169 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Fry | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,011 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Lyme Regis
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Broom * | 823 | – | ||
Independent | D. Applebee | 819 | – | ||
Independent | J. Nuttall * | 729 | – | ||
Conservative | V. Homyer * | 531 | 39.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 46.7 | –30.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,902 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Maiden Newton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward * | 497 | 67.0 | N/A | |
Alliance | N. Patmore | 245 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 252 | 34.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 73.4 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,011 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Peake | 409 | 62.3 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Poole * | 247 | 37.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 162 | 24.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,335 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Owermoigne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | P. Gill | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | R. Symes * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,235 | ||||
Alliance win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Piddle Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | A. Read | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,218 | ||||
Ind. Conservative gain from Independent |
Puddletown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Bowden | 440 | 72.4 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Riddell | 168 | 27.6 | –5.4 | |
Majority | 272 | 44.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54.7 | —20.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,111 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Queen Thorne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,139 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Dyke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | K. Luxmoore | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,634 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Sherborne West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King * | 927 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Waddington | 792 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Jenkins | 766 | – | ||
Alliance | S. Somerville | 728 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 60.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 4,031 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Symondsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Summers * | 360 | 66.5 | N/A | |
Alliance | B. Wheeler | 181 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 179 | 33.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,278 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Thorncombe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Atyeo * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,038 | ||||
Independent hold |
Tolpuddle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | 333 | 80.4 | N/A | |
Alliance | J. Hallett | 81 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 252 | 60.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 757 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Gibson | 445 | 82.3 | N/A | |
Alliance | P. Lathey | 96 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 349 | 64.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,157 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Winterborne St Martin
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade * | 512 | 70.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | T. Shorter | 210 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 302 | 41.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40.8 | –42.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Yetminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Anderson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,204 | ||||
Conservative hold |