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    1983 handbook

    Sedgefield: 1983 local elections

    22 wards with results. Council page

    Before (end of 1982) (53 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 40 · Other 9 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Conservative 1

    After (end of 1983) (49 seats, Elections Centre)

    Labour 41 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3 · Other 3 · Conservative 2

    Ward results

    Bishop Middleham1 seat · turnout 42.3%
    M. McGowanLabour258
    S. JonesInd Lab179
    Broom3 seats · turnout 39.5%
    G. ChaplinLabour1,235
    S. HaswellLabour1,097
    T. ConleyLabour980
    F. GibsonPBP759
    J. FrostPBP542
    R. UrwinPBP488
    Byerley2 seats · turnout 44.7%
    T. TaylorLib/Sdp695
    A. BowmanLabour619
    J. HuntingdonLib/Sdp579
    G. NewbyLabour525
    Chilton3 seats · turnout 36.9%
    J. LeeLabour1,514
    R. McKennaLabour1,397
    P. McCourtLabour1,206
    G. OrdPBP1,085
    Cornforth2 seats · turnout 49.4%
    K. HowardLabour916
    A. HodgsonLabour779
    D. ShandLib/Sdp443
    G. HuttonInd Lab290
    Ferryhill3 seats · turnout 55.1%
    R. EvansPBP1,291
    J. WilsonLabour1,222
    S. CarmedyLabour985
    E. RobinsonLabour948
    T. GlaisterPBP831
    L. GlaisterPBP814
    Fishburn1 seat
    J. ReganLabour0 ✓
    Low Spennymoor & Tudhoe Grange3 seats · turnout 37.4%
    G. FergusonLabour901
    C. DaileyLabour891
    G. StoreyLabour889
    D. CourtneyLib/Sdp704
    J. CampbellLib/Sdp587
    T. WilliamsLib/Sdp580
    M. Logan-SaltonInd Con206
    Middlestone3 seats · turnout 46.1%
    W. WatersLabour1,126
    J. EversonLabour1,016
    J. KitsonLabour984
    R. LongIndependent701
    S. HeppellLib/Sdp560
    J. FotheringhamLib/Sdp530
    R. LeyLib/Sdp461
    Middridge2 seats · turnout 32.2%
    T. MooreLib/Sdp724
    B. HallIndependent337
    B. PayneLabour259
    W. ParkerLabour245
    T. EldrettAF Ind199
    Neville2 seats · turnout 32.7%
    W. DormerLabour513
    L. ProudLabour462
    E. WhiteIndependent434
    P. JayAF Lib369
    New Trimdon & Trimdon Grange1 seat
    R. EllisLabour0 ✓
    Old Trimdon2 seats · turnout 47.4%
    J. BurtonLabour926
    T. WardLabour836
    E. DinningLib/Sdp329
    M. IddonLib/Sdp301
    Sedgefield3 seats
    M. CunninghamLib/Sdp1,006
    M. BellConservative995
    J. WaymanConservative835
    J. RobinsonLib/Sdp807
    A. BeamsonLabour496
    K. WatsonLib/Sdp403
    R. DavisonLabour263
    A. RandLabour262
    Shafto2 seats · turnout 34.3%
    J. FriseAF Lib582
    J. FlynnLabour551
    E. ElmerLabour518
    F. WrayAF Ind505
    Simpasture1 seat · turnout 43.6%
    V. HardakerLabour502
    R. RobertsAF Lib250
    Spennymoor3 seats · turnout 44.5%
    V. RobsonLabour1,382
    W. SmithLabour1,238
    R. CampionLabour1,218
    J. WillettsLib/Sdp895
    D. AcockLib/Sdp704
    C. KingLib/Sdp688
    Sunnydale2 seats · turnout 43.6%
    W. NunnLabour650
    A. WalkerLabour469
    F. EdwardsPBP374
    J. HowardIndependent344
    K. MetcalfePBP250
    S. SiddleIndependent193
    Thickley3 seats · turnout 37.8%
    B. StephensLabour1,211
    W. EdwardsLabour1,063
    J. BellLabour988
    J. ThompsonLib/Sdp751
    L. LowePBP728
    Tudhoe2 seats · turnout 46.1%
    M. Courtney-ShawLabour835
    V. RobsonLabour800
    J. HackettLib/Sdp560
    E. HunterLib/Sdp525
    West3 seats · turnout 23.6%
    D. GardnerLabour888
    E. MeadowsLabour876
    T. SpensleyLabour852
    G. HoltAF Lib430
    M. KellyAF Lib422
    V. PriceAF Ind393
    Woodham2 seats · turnout 30.8%
    S. BrownLabour508
    J. FosterLabour505
    A. RichardsonAF Lib415
    J. RodwellAF Lib394