1983 Warwick District Council election

The 1983 Warwick District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 to elect all 45 members of Warwick District Council to a four-year term, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. The election was held under new boundaries following changes which decreased the number of councillors from 58 to 45. It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 election. The Conservative Party held control of the council. Turnout across the council was 52.0%.[1]

Results summary

1983 Warwick District Council election[1][2]
Party Seats Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 31 68.9
  Labour 7 15.6
  Alliance 4 8.9
  Ratepayers 3 6.7
  Independent 0 0.0

Ward results

Bishop's Tachbrook

Bishop's Tachbrook (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Cecil Wilkins[a] Unopposed
Registered electors 2,552
Conservative win (new seat)

Budbrooke

Budbrooke (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alan Skinner 570 60.5
Alliance John Haselgrove 230 24.4
Labour David Griffin 142 15.1
Majority 340 36.1
Total valid votes 942 99.3
Rejected ballots 7 0.7
Turnout 949 50.5
Registered electors 1,880
Conservative win (new seat)

Cubbington

Cubbington (2 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Clifford Cleaver[b] 1,285 54.7
Conservative John Hammon[c] 1,119 47.6
Alliance David Saul 745 31.7
Alliance Carol O'Donnell 662 28.2
Labour David French 269 11.5
Labour William Evans 262 11.2
Total valid votes 2,349 99.9
Rejected ballots 3 0.1
Turnout 2,352 53.9
Registered electors 4,360
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Keniworth Abbey

Kenilworth Abbey (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Kenneth Rawnsley[d] 1,934 50.0
Conservative Michael Coker[e] 1,823 47.1
Conservative John Cooke 1,787 46.2
Alliance Jack Bastock[f] 1,766 45.6
Alliance Leslie Windybank 1,577 40.7
Alliance Haydn Thomas[g] 1,557 40.2
Labour Melanie Lomas 313 8.1
Labour Geoffrey Cleave 300 7.8
Labour Teresa Blackwell 294 7.6
Total valid votes 3,870 99.2
Rejected ballots 33 0.8
Turnout 3,903 62.6
Registered electors 6,236
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kenilworth Park Hill

Kenilworth Park Hill (2 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Spencer Harrison[h] 911 46.4
Alliance Robert Butler[i] 898 45.7
Conservative Thomas Dalton 896 45.6
Alliance Paul Weatherall 840 42.8
Labour John Airey 182 9.3
Labour Christopher Payne 166 8.5
Total valid votes 1,963 99.7
Rejected ballots 5 0.3
Turnout 1,968 61.6
Registered electors 3,195
Conservative win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)

Kenilworth St. John's

Kenilworth St. John's (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Wooller 2,029 58.8
Conservative John Wilson[j] 2,009 58.2
Conservative James Whitby[k] 1,933 56.0
Alliance William Wozencroft[l] 1,170 33.9
Alliance John Whitehouse 830 24.1
Alliance Mary Harrison 733 21.2
Labour Brenda Payne 651 18.9
Labour Mark Juby 564 16.3
Total valid votes 3,451 99.5
Rejected ballots 19 0.5
Turnout 3,470 57.4
Registered electors 6,049
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lapworth

Lapworth (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Walker[m] Unopposed
Registered electors 2,377
Conservative win (new seat)

Leamington Brunswick

Leamington Brunswick (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roger Grenville 1,973 64.8
Labour Ian Frost 1,917 62.9
Labour Estelle Morris[n] 1,846 60.6
Conservative Peter Jennings 592 19.4
Conservative Anthony Fitzpatrick 575 18.9
Conservative Clive Lee 549 18.0
Alliance Anne Walker 266 8.7
Alliance David Alexander 264 8.7
Alliance Peter Wales 249 8.2
Total valid votes 3,047 99.7
Rejected ballots 10 0.3
Turnout 3,057 45.2
Registered electors 6,761
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Leamington Clarendon

Leamington Clarendon (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Coombes[o] 1,104 49.4
Conservative David Leigh-Hunt 1,002 44.8
Conservative Sydney Ward 1,002 44.8
Labour Anthony Fry 662 29.6
Labour Josephine Miles 644 28.8
Labour Susan Atkinson 637 28.5
Alliance Shelia Grainger 425 19.0
Alliance Kenneth Chisholm 389 17.4
Alliance Daphne Hinton 370 16.5
Total valid votes 2,236 99.8
Rejected ballots 5 0.2
Turnout 2,241 46.3
Registered electors 4,842
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Leamington Crown

Leamington Crown (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Roy Charles[p] 780 35.8
Conservative Patricia Robinson 763 35.0
Conservative Michael Kemp 740 34.0
Labour William Drury 696 32.0
Labour Paul Hamilton 678 31.1
Labour Julia Weare[q] 671 30.8
Alliance Virginia Breakwell 636 29.2
Alliance Robert Lindley 607 27.9
Alliance Alan Boad 582 26.7
Total valid votes 2,177 99.9
Rejected ballots 2 0.1
Turnout 2,179 45.4
Registered electors 4,798
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Leamington Manor

Leamington Manor (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Stanley Birch[r] 1,722 55.3
Conservative Peter Barton[s] 1,693 54.4
Conservative John Higgins[t] 1,587 51.0
Alliance Margaret Begg 1,080 34.7
Alliance Roger Copping 1,042 33.5
Alliance Clifford Harris 963 30.9
Labour Reginald Long 285 9.2
Labour David Deaton 268 8.6
Labour Helen Vitali 250 8.0
Total valid votes 3,113 99.8
Rejected ballots 5 0.2
Turnout 3,118 53.3
Registered electors 5,855
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Leamington Milverton

Leamington Milverton (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Alliance Valerie Davis 1,442 45.0
Alliance Philip Emm 1,362 42.5
Alliance Charles Bevan 1,353 42.2
Conservative Margaret Bull[u] 1,248 38.9
Conservative Christopher Clark[v] 1,195 37.3
Conservative George Cox[w] 1,164 36.3
Labour Susan Byrd 519 16.2
Labour Deborah Moore 481 15.0
Labour Cynthia Beckett 453 14.1
Total valid votes 3,208 99.8
Rejected ballots 5 0.2
Turnout 3,213 56.5
Registered electors 5,690
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)
Alliance win (new seat)

Leamington Willes

Leamington Willes (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Balraj Dhesi 1,130 40.9
Labour Peter Byrd 1,075 38.9
Labour Richard Chessum 1,018 36.9
Conservative Edward Doyle[x] 974 35.3
Labour John Haw 948 34.3
Conservative Brian Docker 917 33.2
Alliance Rachel Chesterfield 360 13.0
Alliance Anthony Bainbridge 284 10.3
Alliance Andrew Wiggin 282 10.2
Total valid votes 2,762 99.7
Rejected ballots 9 0.3
Turnout 2,771 52.3
Registered electors 5,296
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Leek Wootton

Leek Wootton (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Josephine Compton Unopposed
Registered electors 2,191
Conservative win (new seat)

Radford Semele

Radford Semele (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Lane 518 50.4
Alliance Carole Burke 208 20.2
Independent Michael Doody 186 18.1
Labour Patricia Bacon 116 11.3
Majority 310 30.2
Total valid votes 1,028 98.7
Rejected ballots 14 1.3
Turnout 1,042 54.5
Registered electors 1,912
Conservative win (new seat)

Stoneleigh

Stoneleigh (1 seat)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Peter Simpson[y] 578 57.6
Alliance Vera Royston 426 42.4
Majority 152 15.1
Total valid votes 1,004 97.3
Rejected ballots 28 2.7
Turnout 1,032 42.7
Registered electors 2,416
Conservative win (new seat)

Warwick North

Warwick North (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Alfred Boxley 1,453 45.0
Conservative John Morley[z] 1,414 43.8
Conservative Alfred Hunt 1,373 42.5
Alliance Paul Rich 867 26.9
Alliance Barbara Keeley 866 26.8
Labour Sylvia Budge 863 26.7
Labour David Nash 852 26.4
Labour Humphrey Griffiths[aa] 836 25.9
Alliance Robert Behrens 808 25.0
Total valid votes 3,228 99.3
Rejected ballots 24 0.7
Turnout 3,252 48.0
Registered electors 6,782
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Warwick South

Warwick South (2 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Gerald Guest[ab] 1,339 67.3
Conservative Leo Howlett[ac] 1,258 63.2
Labour Ross Beadle 327 16.4
Labour Anthony Davison 308 15.5
Alliance Cyril Hellberg 291 14.6
Alliance David Ballard 287 14.4
Total valid votes 1,989 97.8
Rejected ballots 45 2.2
Turnout 2,034 48.2
Registered electors 4,221
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Warwick West

Warwick West (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Agnes Leddy[ad] 1,333 47.1
Labour James Savory 1,251 44.2
Conservative Cherrie Chandley[ae] 1,230 43.4
Conservative Frank Chandley 1,153 40.7
Labour David Steed 1,088 38.4
Conservative John Cross 977 34.5
Alliance Albert Allan 363 12.8
Alliance Anne Boyland 338 11.9
Alliance Colin Aubury 333 11.8
Total valid votes 2,833 97.7
Rejected ballots 67 2.3
Turnout 2,900 49.1
Registered electors 5,909
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Whitnash

Whitnash (3 seats)[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Ratepayers Bernard Kirton[af] 1,949 65.6
Ratepayers Kathleen Crutchley 1,439 49.1
Ratepayers Anthony Heath 1,348 46.0
Conservative Harry Hughes 750 25.6
Conservative Alasdair Cook 610 20.8
Conservative Frederick Bremridge 597 20.4
Labour Francis Ball 549 18.8
Labour Rober Rae 505 17.2
Labour Irene Adam 482 16.5
Total valid votes 2,928 98.0
Rejected ballots 59 2.0
Turnout 2,987 54.9
Registered electors 5,438
Ratepayers win (new seat)
Ratepayers win (new seat)
Ratepayers win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Cecil Wilkins was elected in 1979 as the candidate for the Conservative Party in the Barford, Norton Lindsey, Sherbourne and Wasperton ward.
  2. ^ Clifford Cleaver was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the former Cubbington ward.
  3. ^ John Hammon was elected in 1979 as the candidate for the Conservative Party in the Blackdown, Eathorpe, Hunningham, Offchurch, Old Milverton, Wappenbury and Weston-Under-Wetherley ward.
  4. ^ Kenneth Rawnsley was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Kenilworth Castle ward.
  5. ^ Michael Coker was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Kenilworth Castle ward.
  6. ^ Jack Bastock was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Kenilworth Abbey and Borrowell ward.
  7. ^ Haydn Thomas was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Kenilworth Abbey and Borrowell ward.
  8. ^ Spencer Harrison was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the former Kenilworth Park Hill ward.
  9. ^ Robert Butler was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the former Kenilworth Park Hill ward.
  10. ^ John Wilson was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Kenilworth Windy Arbour ward.
  11. ^ James Whitby was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Kenilworth Windy Arbour ward.
  12. ^ William Wozencroft was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Labour Party in the former Kenilworth St. John's ward.
  13. ^ John Walker was elected in 1979 as the candidate for the Conservative Party in the Beausale, Guy's Cliffe, Haseley, Hatton, Honiley and Leek Wootton ward.
  14. ^ Estelle Morris was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Labour Party in the Leamington Kingsway ward.
  15. ^ Robert Coombes was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Leamington Campion ward.
  16. ^ Roy Charles was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the former Leamington Willes ward.
  17. ^ Julia Weare was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Labour Party in the former Leamington Crown ward.
  18. ^ Stanley Birch was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the former Leamington Manor ward.
  19. ^ Peter Barton was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the former Leamington Manor ward.
  20. ^ John Higgins was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Leamington Beverley ward.
  21. ^ Margaret Bull was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Leamington Albany ward.
  22. ^ Christopher Clark was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Leamington Albany ward.
  23. ^ George Cox was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Leamington Albany ward.
  24. ^ Edward Doyle was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the former Leamington Willes ward.
  25. ^ Peter Simpson was elected in 1979 as the candidate for the Conservative Party in the Ashow, Baginton, Bubbenhall and Stoneleigh ward.
  26. ^ John Morley was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Warwick Central ward.
  27. ^ Humphrey Griffiths was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Labour Party in the Leamington Crown ward.
  28. ^ Gerald Guest was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Warwick East ward.
  29. ^ Leo Howlett was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the Warwick East ward.
  30. ^ Agnes Leddy was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Labour Party in the former Warwick West ward.
  31. ^ Cherrie Chandley was elected in 1979 as a candidate for the Conservative Party in the former Warwick West ward.
  32. ^ Bernarnd Kirton was elected in 1979 as the candidate for the Ratepayers' Association in the former Whitnash ward.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Warwick District Council Elections 1983". Warwick District Council. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Warwick District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
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