1982 Chester City Council election

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6 May 1982 (1982-05-06)

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23 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council
31 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

44.4% (

3.3%)

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Alliance
Last election	38 seats, 40.5%	14 seats, 37.2%	4 seats, 13.3%
Seats won	17	4	2
Seats after	37	14	6
Seat change	1	0	2
Popular vote	16,273	9,714	11,332
Percentage	43.5%	26.0%	30.3%
Swing	3.0%	11.2%	17.0%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Residents	Independent
Last election	3 seats, 8.3%	1 seat, 0.4%
Seats won	0	0
Seats after	2	1
Seat change	1	0
Popular vote	101	N/A
Percentage	0.3%	N/A
Swing	8.0%	0.4%

Winner of each seat at the 1982 Chester City Council election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1982 Chester City Council election took place on 6 May 1982 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1982 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	17	1	73.9	20	37	61.7	16,273	43.5	+3.0
	Labour	4	0	17.4	10	14	23.3	9,714	26.0	–11.2
	Alliance	2	2	8.7	4	6	10.0	11,332	30.3	+17.0
	Residents	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.3	101	0.3	–8.0
	Independent	0	0	0.0	1	1	1.7	N/A	N/A	–0.4

Ward results

Barrow

Barrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Tunstall*	739	56.2	*N/A*
	Alliance	O. Lonsborough	468	35.6	N/A
	Labour	R. Barlow	108	8.2	N/A
Majority			271	20.6	N/A
Turnout			1,315	40.6	N/A
Registered electors			3,243
	Conservative hold

Blacon Hill

Blacon Hill (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Price*	999	66.5
	Labour	J. Vernon	840	55.9
	Alliance	M. Norton	282	18.8
	Alliance	D. Howells	249	16.6
	Conservative	J. Robinson	243	16.2
Turnout			1,502	35.2
Registered electors			4,266
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Boughton

Boughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Llewellyn-Jones	528	43.8	–0.4
	Labour	S. Pickstock	418	34.7	–0.9
	Alliance	R. Jay	260	21.6	+15.3
Majority			110	9.1	+0.5
Turnout			1,206	47.2	–1.6
Registered electors			2,562
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	0.3

Boughton Heath

Boughton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Bell	822	47.7	+9.2
	Alliance	A. Farrell	721	41.9	+24.4
	Labour	A. Williams	179	10.4	–14.9
Majority			101	5.9	N/A
Turnout			1,722	58.0	–24.4
Registered electors			2,995
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.6

College

College
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Hughes	679	38.1	–15.2
	Conservative	R. Amsden*	634	35.6	–0.7
	Alliance	R. Barritt	368	20.7	N/A
	Residents	D. Taylor	101	5.7	–4.7
Majority			45	2.5	–14.0
Turnout			1,782	41.3	+1.7
Registered electors			4,329
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.3

Curzon

Curzon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Johnstone*	697	48.4	+4.4
	Alliance	R. Green	403	28.0	+11.8
	Labour	G. Goddard	339	23.6	–9.1
Majority			294	20.4	+9.1
Turnout			1,439	48.5	+0.9
Registered electors			2,977
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7

Dee Point

Dee Point
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Robinson*	1,003	60.2	–17.3
	Conservative	P. Benyon	335	20.1	–2.4
	Alliance	G. Wilson	328	19.7	N/A
Majority			668	40.1	N/A
Turnout			1,666	34.7	+1.8
Registered electors			4,843
	Labour hold		Swing	7.5

Elton

Elton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Rowlands*	888	46.4	–17.6
	Alliance	S. Hugill	850	44.4	N/A
	Labour	R. Iball	175	9.1	–26.9
Majority			38	2.0	N/A
Turnout			1,913	46.4	–31.6
Registered electors			4,127
	Conservative hold

Grosvenor

Grosvenor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Cain	1,024	50.9	+2.1
	Alliance	H. Fearnall*	503	25.0	+12.9
	Labour	E. Sproston	486	24.1	–15.0
Majority			521	25.9	+16.2
Turnout			2,013	47.1	+3.2
Registered electors			4,279
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

Hoole

Hoole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	E. Ward	1,020	49.3	–0.9
	Labour	H. Jones	587	28.4	+1.6
	Conservative	K. Nattrass	461	22.3	–0.7
Majority			433	20.9	–2.6
Turnout			2,068	44.9	–3.8
Registered electors			4,615
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	1.3

Mollington

Mollington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Jones*	620	76.4	–3.4
	Alliance	D. Cooper	122	15.0	N/A
	Labour	G. Cairns	69	8.5	–11.7
Majority			498	61.4	+1.8
Turnout			811	45.2	–29.7
Registered electors			1,801
	Conservative hold

Newton

Newton (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Garston*	1,109	55.3
	Conservative	J. Ebo	987	49.2
	Alliance	M. Payne	625	31.2
	Alliance	J. Hunter	590	29.4
	Labour	L. Pickering	244	12.2
	Labour	L. Price	186	9.3
Turnout			2,005	47.9
Registered electors			4,185
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Plas Newton

Plas Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Owens-Kay*	787	44.0	+13.2
	Labour	M. Price	527	29.4	–13.7
	Alliance	L. Hollins	517	28.7	+16.4
Majority			260	14.5	N/A
Turnout			1,831	44.7	+1.0
Registered electors			4,016
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.5

Sealand

Sealand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Edwards	676	37.5	–6.5
	Labour	D. Southall	609	33.8	–22.2
	Alliance	L. Hollins	517	28.7	N/A
Majority			67	3.7	N/A
Turnout			1,802	46.8	+10.2
Registered electors			3,865
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.9

Tarvin

Tarvin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Richards	953	65.4	–8.9
	Alliance	R. Hesketh	293	20.1	N/A
	Labour	N. Winterton	211	14.5	–11.2
Majority			660	45.3	N/A
Turnout			1,457	47.6	–32.1
Registered electors			3,076
	Conservative hold

Tilston

Tilston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Hough*	462	70.2	*N/A*
	Alliance	B. Moore	149	22.6	N/A
	Labour	N. Winterton	47	7.1	N/A
Majority			313	47.6	N/A
Turnout			658	52.3	N/A
Registered electors			1,260
	Conservative hold

Upton Grange

Upton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ross*	845	62.6	+2.9
	Alliance	J. Dutton	320	23.7	+4.6
	Labour	P. Swales	185	13.7	–7.5
Majority			525	38.9	+0.4
Turnout			1,350	38.4	+5.5
Registered electors			3,558
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Upton Heath

Upton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Gerrard	946	43.6
	Conservative	G. Houlbrook	916	42.2
	Labour	C. Jones	633	29.2
	Alliance	P. Lowry	566	26.1
	Labour	R. Smith	550	25.3
	Alliance	C. Bain	527	24.3
Turnout			2,170	49.1
Registered electors			4,419
	Conservative gain from Residents
	Conservative hold

Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. Proctor	1,196	59.9	+49.6
	Conservative	P. Thompson*	622	31.2	–9.4
	Labour	R. Champion	178	8.9	–6.0
Majority			574	28.8	N/A
Turnout			1,996	46.1	+1.8
Registered electors			4,344
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	29.5

Westminster

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Lowe*	979	51.6	–1.8
	Labour	G. Booth	462	24.3	–7.5
	Alliance	S. Fraser	458	24.1	+11.5
Majority			517	27.2	+5.5
Turnout			1,899	40.7	–0.7
Registered electors			4,676
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.9

References

^ "Chester City Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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