# 1983 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1983 Cheltenham Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries. The Conservatives fell one seat short of a majority, meaning the council stayed in no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 16
* SDP–Liberal Alliance 12
* Residents Associations 3
* Labour 1
* Independent Conservative 1

## Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1983 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | 48.5 | 41.1 | 14,880 |
| Alliance | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | 36.4 | 35.3 | 12,769 |
| Residents | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | 9.1 | 7.0 | 2,518 |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 3.0 | 9.2 | 3,322 |
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1,219 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 2.7 | 976 |
| Ecology | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 1.4 | 509 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Reginald Beagley | 1,433 | 53.6 | |
| | Alliance | Adelaide Hodges* | 1,387 | 51.9 | |
| | Conservative | Roy Miles | 1,347 | 50.4 | |
| | Alliance | Alastair Jollans* | 1,314 | 49.1 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Maxwell | 1,304 | 48.8 | |
| | Alliance | Richard Tocknell | 1,230 | 46.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,674 | 41.0 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Residents | Mary Whyte* | 1,640 | 56.1 | |
| | Residents | Donald Perry* | 1,629 | 55.7 | |
| | Conservative | Victor Stanton* | 1,577 | 53.9 | |
| | Residents | Anthony Jeans | 1,564 | 53.5 | |
| | Conservative | Alan Pearce | 1,215 | 41.5 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Heapey** | 1,151 | 39.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,925 | 45.7 | |
| | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) |
| | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Margaret Heapey was a sitting councillor in St Paul's ward.
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Kenneth Hammond* | 1,841 | 52.6 | |
| | Conservative | Bryan Howell | 1,808 | 51.6 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Sheppard | 1,798 | 51.4 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Hester | 1,679 | 48.0 | |
| | Alliance | Philip Gray* | 1,606 | 45.9 | |
| | Alliance | William Harrington | 1,484 | 42.4 | |
| | Ecology | David Swindley | 283 | 8.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 3.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,501 | 53.5 | |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Hatherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Gerald Bingham* | 2,068 | 60.9 | |
| | Alliance | Eric Phillips* | 2,063 | 60.7 | |
| | Alliance | Jeremy Whales | 2,026 | 59.6 | |
| | Conservative | Daphne Pennell | 1,468 | 43.2 | |
| | Conservative | John Heapey | 1,293 | 38.1 | |
| | Conservative | Tim Spencer-Cox | 1,273 | 37.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 16.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,397 | 52.5 | |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Residents | Richard Sturdy* | 878 | 35.1 | |
| | Labour | Terence Ruck | 876 | 35.0 | |
| | Conservative | Harry Turbyfield | 836 | 33.4 | |
| | Conservative | John Craddock | 763 | 30.5 | |
| | Labour | Clive Harriss | 763 | 30.5 | |
| | Labour | Martin Hale | 705 | 28.2 | |
| | Alliance | Jean Holder | 679 | 27.2 | |
| | Alliance | Christopher Morris | 610 | 24.4 | |
| | Alliance | Raymond Drewett | 554 | 22.2 | |
| | Independent | Garth Barnes* | 482 | 19.3 | |
| | Independent | Harold Stephens | 354 | 14.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,500 | 38.6 | |
| | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) | Residents win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Aileen Bramah | 1,583 | 68.4 | |
| | Conservative | May Dent* | 1,568 | 67.8 | |
| | Conservative | Aimbury Dodwell* | 1,506 | 65.1 | |
| | Alliance | Ronald Hunt | 730 | 31.6 | |
| | Alliance | Patsy Thornton | 690 | 29.8 | |
| | Alliance | Robert Washington | 642 | 27.7 | |
| | Ecology | Christopher Walford | 222 | 9.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 776 | 33.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,314 | 41.3 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Irving* | 2,025 | | |
| | Conservative | Maureen Stafford | 1,893 | | |
| | Conservative | William Bullingham | 1,683 | | |
| | Alliance | Dorothy Staight | 1,087 | | |
| | Alliance | Alan Goodridge | 964 | | |
| | Alliance | Laurence Taylor | 907 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 596 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Pennell | 1,124 | 40.3 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Burke | 1,101 | 39.5 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Britton | 1,068 | 38.3 | |
| | Labour | James Pennington | 992 | 35.6 | |
| | Labour | Michael King | 938 | 33.7 | |
| | Labour | Ann McGovern | 925 | 33.2 | |
| | Alliance | Bernard Fisher | 796 | 28.6 | |
| | Alliance | Anthony Rudge | 736 | 26.4 | |
| | Alliance | Susan Simpkins | 678 | 24.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,786 | 45.0 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
St Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Brian Cassin* | 1,550 | 56.9 | |
| | Alliance | Janet Watson* | 1,485 | 54.5 | |
| | Alliance | Alexis Cassin | 1,446 | 53.1 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Tapsell | 723 | 26.5 | |
| | Conservative | William Fisher* | 707 | 25.9 | |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Pennell | 673 | 24.7 | |
| | Labour | Abraham Yates | 547 | 20.1 | |
| | Labour | William Evans | 537 | 19.7 | |
| | Labour | John Hurley | 507 | 18.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | 26.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,725 | 45.5 | |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
St Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | John Rawson | 1,343 | 53.0 | |
| | Ind. Conservative | Dudley Aldridge* | 1,219 | 48.1 | |
| | Alliance | Paul Baker | 968 | 38.2 | |
| | Alliance | Geoffrey Furniss | 966 | 38.1 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Wilson | 904 | 35.6 | |
| | Conservative | Francis Jones | 894 | 35.3 | |
| | Labour | Kristine Mason | 466 | 18.4 | |
| | Labour | Christine Stoakes | 431 | 17.0 | |
| | Labour | Sandra Thomas | 417 | 16.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,536 | 44.6 | |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Ind. Conservative win (new seat) | Ind. Conservative win (new seat) | Ind. Conservative win (new seat) | Ind. Conservative win (new seat) | Ind. Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
St Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roy Marchant* | 1,398 | 50.4 | |
| | Alliance | Peter Liddell* | 1,288 | 46.4 | |
| | Alliance | Gilbert Wakeley* | 1,246 | 44.9 | |
| | Alliance | Alvin Harrison | 1,075 | 38.7 | |
| | Conservative | John Jackson | 975 | 35.1 | |
| | Conservative | Meg West | 947 | 34.1 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Sedgwick-Jell | 441 | 15.9 | |
| | Labour | Dorothy Herring | 430 | 15.5 | |
| | Labour | Roger Whyborn | 388 | 14.0 | |
| | Independent | Burgess Cooper | 140 | 5.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,776 | 47.6 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |
| | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) | Alliance win (new seat) |