5 May 1983
An election was held in Holcombe ward on 5 May 1983 to elect three councillors.
Prior to the election, all three seats were held by Labour. Following the election, Labour held all three seats.
R. Foster, T. Wheeler and Ms. M. Christopher were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour |
R. Foster *1,435 | 21.1% | ||
Labour |
T. Wheeler 1,198 | 17.7% | ||
Labour |
Ms. M. Christopher *1,182 | 17.4% | ||
Conservative |
M. Page 835 | 12.3% | ||
Conservative |
A. Harding 787 | 11.6% | ||
Conservative |
N. Martin 768 | 11.3% | ||
SDP-Liberal Alliance |
D. Wood 425 | 6.3% | ||
New Britain party |
P. Kirwan 155 | 2.3% | ||
Turnout | 42.1% | |||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour 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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