1983 Breckland District Council election

1983 Breckland District Council election
5 May 1983 (1983-05-05)
All 53 seats to Breckland District Council
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Seats won 32 12 8
Seat change 1 3 2
Popular vote 11,367 8,408 8,569
Percentage 35.9% 26.6% 27.1%
Swing 5.2% 2.8% 5.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Alliance Ind. Conservative
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 3,297 did not stand
Percentage 10.4% did not stand
Swing 9.9% 2.5%
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 1983 Breckland District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect members of Breckland District Council in Norfolk, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1983 Breckland District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 32 32 1 60.4 35.9 11,367 –5.2
  Independent 31 12 3 22.6 26.6 8,408 +2.8
  Labour 23 8 2 15.1 27.1 8,569 –5.0
  Alliance 10 1 1 1.9 10.4 3,297 +9.9
  Ind. Conservative 0 0 1 N/A N/A N/A –2.5

References

  1. ^ "Breckland District Council election results 1973-2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.