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1983 Fenland District Council election^[1]
All 40 seats in the Fenland District Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 1983 Fenland District Council election took place on 5 May 1983 to elect all members of Fenland District Council in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. 1987 Fenland District Council election was due and held on 7 May 1987.

1983 Fenland District Council elections

(* denotes sitting councillor)

Benwick and Doddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Dunham	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Melton*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Goodger	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Brinton*	unopposed		Conservative hold
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chatteris West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A German*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H Fox	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

March East (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F Clark*	1,064	47.6
	Labour	C Bennett	890
	Labour	D Cherry*	836
	Conservative	G Brewin*	834	37.3
	Conservative	J Thornton	575
	Conservative	K Ansell	522
	Independent	S Green	335	15.0
Turnout				54.4
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

March North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	P Jackman*	879	35.3
	Labour	G Campbell*	860	34.6
	Labour	D Dagless	761
	Conservative	G Taylor*	748	30.1
	Labour	A Clark	714
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Newton and Tydd St Giles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M Palmer*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Outwell and Upwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G Pritchard	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesey Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C Lovell	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesey South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Whitwell*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whittlesey West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Lilley*	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wimblington and Stonea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A Hopper	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Wisbech East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Lake*	685	51.7
	Labour	Ron Harris	640	48.3
	Conservative	H Piggott	576
	Labour	A Purt	517
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1983. Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 13.
^ Local elections in Britain: a statistical digest, edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. 1993
^ "Election Results". Fenland Advertiser. 9 May 1983. p. 5.