5 May 1983
An election was held in Horsted ward on 5 May 1983 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, all three seats were held by the Conservatives. Following the election, the Conservatives held all three seats.
Mike Franklin, Dennis Price and Doug MacInnes were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Conservative |
M. Franklin *1,597 | 23.7% | ||
Conservative |
D. Price 1,520 | 22.6% | ||
Conservative |
D. MacInnes 1,482 | 22.0% | ||
Labour |
R. Baron 548 | 8.1% | ||
Labour |
P. Turner 519 | 7.7% | ||
Labour |
H. Wheeler 489 | 7.3% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
C. Peyton 309 | 4.6% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
D. Green 275 | 4.1% | ||
Turnout | 42.7% | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
* Denotes a councillor standing for re-election.
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Vote Change
Swing
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.
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