# 1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election

Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 5 May 1983. All 53 seats were up for election.

## Result

Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1979 district council election.
Mid Bedfordshire District Council Election Result 1983 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 36 | +5 | 67.9 | 46.6 | 15,709 | +3.2 |
| Independent | 9 | -7 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 6,243 | -5.8 |
| Labour | 7 | +2 | 13.2 | 24.5 | 8,260 | +0.0 |
| Alliance | 1 | +1 | 1.9 | 10.3 | 3,478 | +6.9 |

## Ward Results

All results are listed below:
Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1979 District Council election.
The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1979 District Council election.
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.

### Ampthill

Ampthill (3 seats, 4,368 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms A Cowell* | 1,145 | 36.2 | −15.6 |
| | Labour | Ms G Wagstaff* | 1,073 | 33.9 | −10.5 |
| | Conservative | Ms A Palmer* | 1,030 | 32.5 | −14.4 |
| | Alliance | P Cruse | 949 | 30.0 | |
| | Alliance | J Letch | 643 | 20.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,167 | 72.5 | −6.5 |

### Arlesey

Arlesey (2 seats, 3,003 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Harrowell | 801 | 52.8 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | R Turner* | 715 | 47.1 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Ms A Albon* | 636 | 41.9 | −13.2 |
| | Labour | Ms G Walker | 469 | 30.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,517 | 50.5 | |

### Aspley

Aspley (2 seats, 2,468 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Fiona Chapman | 746 | 44.9 | +7.3 |
| | Alliance | Ms A Crampin | 475 | 28.6 | |
| | Independent | H Jaye* | 442 | 26.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,663 | 67.4 | |

### Biggleswade Ivel

Biggleswade Ivel (3 seats, 4,477 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Vickers | 1,237 | 43.7 | |
| | Labour | L Chambers* | 1,000 | 35.3 | −14.7 |
| | Conservative | D Strachan | 867 | 30.6 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rouse* | 859 | 30.4 | −18.7 |
| | Labour | H Smeeton | 756 | 26.7 | |
| | Labour | C Mason | 712 | 25.2 | |
| | Independent | P Cook | 593 | 21.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,829 | 63.2 | |

### Biggleswade Stratton

Biggleswade Stratton (3 seats, 4,276 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ms C Cook* | 1,182 | 35.0 | −23.7 |
| | Conservative | Richard Bennett* | 1,112 | 32.9 | −19.5 |
| | Labour | Victor Brunt* | 1,083 | 32.1 | −11.5 |
| | Conservative | David Smith | 996 | 29.5 | |
| | Labour | Alistair Costley | 780 | 23.1 | −11.0 |
| | Labour | T Bornett | 759 | 22.5 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,378 | 79.0 | |

### Blunham

Blunham (1 seat, 1,575 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N Davidson* | 556 | 63.3 | +20.9 |
| | Alliance | S Lawford | 191 | 21.7 | |
| | Labour | Ms S Lamburn | 131 | 14.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 879 | 55.8 | |

### Campton & Meppershall

Campton & Meppershall (1 seat, 1,351 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J Buxton* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Clifton & Henlow

Clifton & Henlow (3 seats, 3,702 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Rogers* | 1,028 | 68.4 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Cook | 928 | 61.7 | +13.3 |
| | Conservative | Ms G Burn | 831 | 55.3 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Mayes | 475 | 31.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,503 | 40.6 | |

### Clophill

Clophill (1 seat, 1,220 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W Russell* | 342 | 67.9 | |
| | Labour | Ms P Cue | 162 | 32.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 504 | 41.3 | −42.4 |

### Cranfield

Cranfield (3 seats, 3,205 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T Grimes | 875 | 45.6 | |
| | Conservative | J Hawksby* | 770 | 40.2 | −15.2 |
| | Conservative | R Palmer* | 651 | 34.0 | −14.9 |
| | Alliance | F Gurney | 511 | 26.7 | |
| | Independent | R Ambridge | 270 | 14.1 | |
| | Labour | Alan Morris | 261 | 13.6 | |
| | Labour | Ms L Cummins | 257 | 13.4 | |
| | Labour | Ms F Perry | 221 | 11.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 59.8 | |

### Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill

Flitton, Greenfield & Pulloxhill (1 seat, 1,593 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ms J Eells* | 530 | 81.8 |
| | Labour | G Renwick | 118 | 18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 648 | 40.7 |

### Flitwick East

Flitwick East (2 seats, 2,647 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Cowell* | Unopposed | NA | |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Randall* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Flitwick West

Flitwick West (2 seats, 3,431 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dennis Gale* | 935 | 57.9 | |
| | Conservative | Cynthia Baker | 793 | 49.1 | |
| | Alliance | R Clayton | 458 | 28.3 | |
| | Labour | Ms I Austin | 224 | 13.9 | |
| | Labour | Peter Churchill | 189 | 11.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,616 | 47.1 | −30.3 |

### Harlington

Harlington (1 seat, 1,807 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A Giles* | 674 | 71.0 | +18.7 |
| | Labour | T Walsh | 274 | 28.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 949 | 52.5 | −28.1 |

### Haynes & Houghton Conquest

Haynes & Houghton Conquest (1 seat, 1,771 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | H Craddock* | 519 | 60.2 |
| | Labour | B Oertel | 343 | 39.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 862 | 48.7 |

### Langford

Langford (1 seat, 1,989 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A Loney | Unopposed | NA | |

### Marston

Marston (2 seats, 3,296 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms C Barnes* | 885 | 63.8 | +15.6 |
| | Conservative | B Meddings | 714 | 51.4 | |
| | Labour | J Thatcher | 501 | 36.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,388 | 42.1 | |

### Maulden

Maulden (1 seat, 1,920 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ms I Robinson* | 478 | 53.5 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Ms R Frizzells | 414 | 46.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 893 | 46.5 | |

### Northill

Northill (1 seat, 1,605 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patricia Turner* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Old Warden & Southill

Old Warden & Southill (1 seat, 1,149 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ms M Hamer-Harries* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Potton

Potton (2 seats, 4,191 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | F Jakes* | 835 | 43.5 |
| | Conservative | J Ream* | 690 | 36.0 |
| | Labour | J Morgan | 394 | 20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,919 | 45.8 |

### Sandy All Saints

Sandy All Saints (2 seats, 2,665 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alistair Gammell* | 783 | 66.0 | +2.6 |
| | Conservative | A Sherwood-King* | 692 | 58.3 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | T Blain | 403 | 34.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,186 | 44.5 | |

### Sandy St Swithuns

Sandy St Swithuns (3 seats, 3,213 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | C Osborne | 658 | 42.8 |
| | Conservative | T Sherwood-King | 544 | 35.4 |
| | Labour | Ms C Holloway | 333 | 21.7 |
| | Labour | B Price | 321 | 20.9 |
| | Labour | P Wilks | 299 | 19.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,536 | 47.8 |

### Shefford

Shefford (2 seats, 2,514 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ms E Burson | 702 | 34.4 | |
| | Independent | Ms M Faircloth | 487 | 23.9 | −5.4 |
| | Alliance | A Smyth* | 454 | 22.3 | −20.3 |
| | Labour | A King | 396 | 19.4 | |
| | Labour | G Molan | 173 | 8.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,039 | 81.1 | |

### Shillington & Stondon

Shillington & Stondon (2 seats, 2,633 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | R Roe* | 624 | 42.2 | −12.1 |
| | Conservative | Ms R Simkins | 615 | 41.6 | |
| | Independent | S Burr* | 554 | 37.4 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | M Tenwick | 240 | 16.2 | |
| | Labour | B Woolhead | 151 | 10.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,480 | 56.2 | |

### Stotfold

Stotfold (3 seats, 4,603 registered voters) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | F Hyde* | Unopposed | NA |
| Labour | H Wood* | Unopposed | NA |
| Conservative | J Long* | Unopposed | NA |

### Wensley

Wensley (1 seat, 1,301 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W Goodyer* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Westoning

Westoning (1 seat, 1,287 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jean Kent* | Unopposed | NA | |

### Woburn

Woburn (1 seat, 1,290 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D Woodward* | 810 | 78.7 | +20.2 |
| | Alliance | J Ellis | 220 | 21.4 | −18.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,029 | 79.8 | |

### Wrest

Wrest (1 seat, 1,512 registered voters) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R Thurman | 371 | 46.8 |
| | Alliance | Ms E Storey | 220 | 27.8 |
| | Independent | G Wood* | 155 | 19.6 |
| | Labour | R Martin | 47 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 792 | 52.4 |