1985 Essex County Council election

1985 Essex County Council election
2 May 1985
All 98 seats to Essex County Council
49 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Labour
Last election 51 seats, 42.5% 32 seats, 34.1%
Seats before 50 31
Seats won 45 29
Seat change 6 3
Popular vote 176,004 131,068
Percentage 39.8% 29.6%
Swing 2.7% 4.5%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Alliance Loughton Residents
Last election 13 seats, 19.7% 1 seats, 0.4%
Seats before 14 1
Seats won 23 1
Seat change 10
Popular vote 130,848 2,399
Percentage 29.2% 0.5%
Swing 8.1% 0.1%
Results of the 1985 Essex County Council election.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1985 Essex County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 as part of the 1985 United Kingdom local elections. 98 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Summary

Election result

1985 Essex County Council election[1][2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 97 45 2 8 6 45.9 39.8 176,004 –2.7
  Labour 98 29 1 4 3 29.6 29.6 131,068 –4.5
  Alliance 85 23 10 0 10 23.5 29.2 130,848 +8.1
  Loughton Residents 2 1 0 0 1.0 0.5 2,399 +0.1
  Independent 7 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 817 –0.9
  Residents 1 0 0 1 1 0.0 0.2 816 –1.0
  Ecology 4 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 321 –0.1
  Communist 1 0 0 0 0.0 <0.1 69 N/A

Results by local authority

Basildon

Basildon District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Labour 6 18,235 40.3 –2.6
Conservative 3 14,386 31.8 +1.2
Alliance 1 1 11,830 26.1 +10.3
Residents 0 1 816 1.8 –6.6
Total 10 45,267 38.0 –3.5

Division Results

Basildon Crouch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Ball 1,643 45.6 +11.6
Alliance Graham Palmer 1,146 31.8 +13.1
Labour Martin Cregg 814 22.6 –1.6
Majority 497 13.8
Turnout 3,603 36.0
Conservative hold Swing 0.8
Basildon Fryerns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Archibald * 2,300 71.2 +2.8
Conservative Gladys Penvere 487 15.1 –1.2
Alliance John Smith 442 13.7 +0.5
Majority 1,813 56.1
Turnout 3,229 30.4
Labour hold Swing 2.0
Basildon Gloucester Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Primmer 2,885 65.5 –2.1
Conservative Ian Harbott 815 18.5 +3.5
Alliance Mark Chambers 702 15.9 −1.5
Majority 2,070 47.0
Turnout 4,402 35.5
Labour hold Swing 2.8
Basildon Laindon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Bolt * 2,081 49.5 +6.6
Alliance Kevin Neil 1,296 30.9 –2.6
Conservative Ernest Lane 823 19.6 –4.0
Majority 785 18.7
Turnout 4,200 37.7
Labour hold Swing 4.6
Basildon Pitsea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey Martin-Smith 3,007 63.9 +2.2
Conservative Mark Jennings 1,113 23.6 –3.2
Alliance Michael Maguire 589 12.5 +1.0
Majority 1,894 40.2
Turnout 4,709 30.5
Labour hold Swing 2.7
Basildon Vange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Miller* 2,898 68.1 +2.8
Conservative Alan White 782 18.4 –1.1
Alliance Michael Birch 575 13.5 +0.9
Majority 2,116 49.7
Turnout 4,255 32.1
Labour hold Swing 2.0
Basildon Westley Heights
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Evans 2,061 41.9 –2.0
Conservative Elizabeth Dines 1,440 29.3 –4.3
Alliance Joseph White 1,417 28.8 +6.4
Majority 621 12.6
Turnout 4,918 44.5
Labour hold Swing 1.2
Billericay North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lilian Greenfield * 3,310 65.9 +12.8
Alliance Alan Banton 1,261 25.1 N/A
Labour Irene Harlow 450 9.0 +1.2
Majority 2,049 40.8
Turnout 5,021 42.4
Conservative hold Swing 6.2
Billericay South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Marshall 2,498 42.9 +10.1
Alliance Grahame Cronkshaw 1,595 27.4 +12.0
Labour John Kemp 919 15.8 −1.2
Residents Horace Wilkins* 816 14.0 −20.9
Majority 903 15.5
Turnout 5,828 46.2
Conservative gain from Residents Swing 1.0
Wickford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Raymond Auvray 2,807 55.0 +36.5
Conservative Eileen Mickleborough* 1,475 28.9 –22.0
Labour Christopher Wilson 820 16.1 –14.5
Majority 1,332 26.1
Turnout 5,102 47.6
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 29.3

Braintree

Braintree District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4 1 14,923 40.8 –4.3
Labour 2 1 11,376 31.1 –6.5
Alliance 1 10,273 28.1 +10.8
Total 7 36,572 42.4 –1.0

Division results

Bocking
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter White 2,548 43.2 +4.8
Conservative Angela Comfort 2,373 40.2 +1.2
Alliance Hugh Nicholson 979 16.6 –6.0
Majority 175 3.0
Turnout 5,900 49.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 1.8
Braintree East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Dixon-Smith * 2,315 42.9 +3.6
Labour Robert Pay 1,677 31.1 –1.1
Alliance Christopher Papworth 1,407 26.1 –2.4
Majority 638 11.8
Turnout 5,399 42.5
Conservative hold Swing 2.4
Braintree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance David Grice * 2,913 50.4 +12.8
Conservative John Render 1,936 33.5 –3.3
Labour Sylvia Kerlogue 931 16.1 –9.5
Majority 977 16.9
Turnout 5,780 44.1
Alliance hold Swing 8.1
Halstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Olive Joyce* 2,522 46.8 –11.0
Labour Robert Dixey 1,767 32.8 –9.4
Alliance Anthony Bird 1,095 20.3 N/A
Majority 755 14.0
Turnout 5,384 42.5
Conservative hold Swing 0.8
Hedingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Waterer* 2,531 50.9 –13.9
Alliance Honor Chamberlain 1,425 28.6 N/A
Labour Alan Sturges 1,018 20.5 –14.7
Majority 1,106 22.2
Turnout 4,974 43.5
Conservative hold Swing 21.3
Witham Northern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Lyon 2,037 42.7 −1.4
Conservative Patricia Gilthorpe 1,481 31.1 −2.3
Alliance John Faulkner 1,251 26.2 +3.7
Majority 556 11.7
Turnout 4,769 37.6
Labour hold Swing 0.5
Witham Southern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Willetts * 1,765 40.4 –10.7
Labour Kathryn Blower 1,398 32.0 –16.9
Alliance Donald Howard 1,203 27.6 N/A
Majority 367 8.4
Turnout 4,366 37.1
Conservative hold Swing 3.1

Brentwood

Brentwood District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4 1 11,520 46.0 –5.8
Alliance 1 1 8,807 35.2 +11.6
Labour 0 4,717 18.8 –5.8
Total 5 25,044 44.8 –1.0

Division results

Brentwood Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Hutton* 2,151 44.8 –3.4
Alliance Eunice Yates 1,989 41.4 +11.8
Labour Gordon Dimmock 659 13.7 –8.5
Majority 162 4.4 –15.2
Turnout 4,799 47.4 +1.7
Registered electors 10,133
Conservative hold Swing 7.6
Brentwood Hutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Donnelly * 2,368 51.3 −5.5
Alliance Terence Brown 1,497 32.4 +8.1
Labour Charles Cozens 750 16.3 –2.6
Majority 871 18.9
Turnout 4,615 38.4
Conservative hold Swing 6.8
Brentwood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leonard Jago * 1,997 50.6 –1.7
Alliance Rona Gottesmann 1,311 33.2 +10.0
Labour Lily Southgate 635 16.1 –8.4
Majority 686 17.4
Turnout 3,943 41.1
Conservative hold Swing 5.9
Brentwood Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Drek Hardy 2,790 45.2 +16.1
Conservative Rita Brown 2,759 44.7 –12.5
Labour Richard Tattersall 620 10.1 –3.6
Majority 31 0.5
Turnout 6,169 48.7
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 14.3
Brentwood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Hayward * 2,407 42.4 –2.3
Labour Cornelius Maxey 2,053 36.1 –5.7
Alliance Robert McFarland 1,220 21.5 +8.0
Majority 354 6.2
Turnout 5,680 49.2
Conservative hold Swing 1.7

Castle Point

Castle Point District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4 1 11,398 50.1 +3.3
Labour 1 1 7,216 31.7 –1.2
Alliance 0 4,157 18.3 –1.9[a]
Total 6 22,771 34.3 –5.1

Division results

Benfleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jillian Reeves 2,144 55.9 +2.8
Labour Brian Wilson 913 23.8 –0.6
Alliance Timothy Atkin 777 20.3 –2.1
Majority 1,231 32.1
Turnout 3,834 38.4
Conservative hold Swing 1.7
Canvey Island East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dennis Nisbet* 1,704 40.8 +0.3
Conservative Arthur Patterson 1,694 40.5 +1.7
Alliance Frederick Johnstone 780 18.7 N/A
Majority 10 0.2
Turnout 4,178 30.0
Labour hold Swing 0.7
Canvey Island West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Howard 1,961 45.3 +14.6
Labour Dorothy Shaw* 1,845 42.6 –4.8
Alliance Kenneth Miller 520 12.0 +2.6
Majority 116 2.7
Turnout 4,326 33.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 9.7
Great Tarpots
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Brum * 1,507 43.9 +0.1
Labour Anthony Wright 1,293 37.7 −0.8
Alliance Alwyn Birch 634 18.5 +0.9
Majority 214 6.2
Turnout 3,434 32.1
Conservative hold Swing 0.5
Hadleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Williams * 2,365 63.8 +2.0
Alliance David Newton 723 19.5 –0.9
Labour Graham Carr 620 16.7 –1.2
Majority 1,642 44.3
Turnout 3,708 40.7
Conservative hold Swing 1.5
Thundersley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Gazzard 1,727 52.5 –1.3
Labour John Payne 841 25.6 –2.6
Alliance Robin Michel 723 22.0 +4.0
Majority 886 26.9
Turnout 3,291 33.7
Conservative hold Swing 0.7

Chelmsford

Chelmsford District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Alliance 5 19,957 43.6 +0.7
Conservative 4 18,749 41.0 –0.1
Labour 0 7,037 15.4 –0.6
Total 9 45,743 40.9 –4.9

Division results

Broomfield & Writtle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Rose 2,353 52.7 +1.1
Alliance Betty Perry 1,224 27.4 +0.5
Labour Stephen Morphew 892 20.0 –1.6
Majority 1,129 25.3
Turnout 4,469 40.2
Conservative hold Swing 0.3
Chelmsford East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Aleck Knight * 2,527 44.6 –9.1
Conservative David Kimberlin 2,346 41.4 +6.9
Labour Clive Playford 792 14.0 +2.2
Majority 181 3.2
Turnout 5,665 44.4
Alliance hold Swing 8.0
Chelmsford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Thomas Smith-Hughes * 2,235 50.0 −6.4
Conservative Anne Lewis 1,189 26.6 +0.5
Labour Roy Chad 1,048 23.4 +5.9
Majority 1,046 23.4
Turnout 4,472 42.5
Alliance hold Swing 3.5
Chelmsford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Robert Harmer * 2,755 51.6 +6.0
Conservative Colin South 1,945 36.5 –2.7
Labour Karen Brownfield 634 11.9 –3.3
Majority 810 15.2
Turnout 5,334 46.9
Alliance hold Swing 4.4
Chelmsford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance George Allen 1,962 45.5 −5.0
Conservative Richard Unwin 1,230 28.5 +0.8
Labour William Wright 1,123 26.0 +4.2
Majority 732 17.0
Turnout 4,315 43.2
Alliance hold Swing 2.9
Great Baddow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Joan Beard * 2,713 55.3 +5.9
Conservative Leslie King 1,678 34.2 −3.0
Labour Susan Brisbane 517 10.5 −2.1
Majority 1,035 21.1
Turnout 4,908 45.9
Alliance hold Swing 4.5
Springfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Gore * 2,780 47.0 +0.7
Alliance Wilfred Davey 2,579 43.6 +5.0
Labour Richard Hussey 553 9.4 −5.7
Majority 201 3.4
Turnout 5,912 38.2
Conservative hold Swing 2.2
Stock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul White* 2,668 50.9 –2.6
Alliance Jean Wyatt 1,663 31.7 +2.7
Labour Jane Sargent 908 17.3 –0.2
Majority 1,005 19.2
Turnout 5,239 35.9
Conservative hold Swing 2.7
Woodham Ferrers & Danbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Chatfield * 2,560 47.2 −5.5
Alliance Robert Richards 2,299 42.3 +5.1
Labour David Long 570 10.5 +0.3
Majority 261 4.8
Turnout 5,429 35.5
Conservative hold Swing 5.3

Colchester

District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 5 16,855 39.8 –10.0
Alliance 3 3 14,369 33.9 +27.1
Labour 1 3 11,121 26.3 –15.7
Total 9 42,345 38.3 –0.8

Division results

Constable
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Clover 2,711 59.5 −10.7
Alliance Michael Cook 1,154 25.3 N/A
Labour Jennifer Church 693 15.2 –14.6
Majority 1,557 34.2
Turnout 4,558 43.4
Conservative hold Swing
Drury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Lamberth 2,706 45.1 –5.9
Alliance Westley Sandford 2,546 42.4 +12.7
Labour Jane Beer 748 12.5 –6.8
Majority 160 2.7
Turnout 6,000 46.2
Conservative hold Swing
Maypole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Mark Campbell 1,936 43.4 +21.3
Labour Gillian Bober 1,765 39.6 –13.2
Conservative Michael Last 755 16.9 –8.1
Majority 171 3.8
Turnout 4,456 36.7
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Mersea and Stanway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Fairhead 3,076 59.6 –11.4
Alliance David Goss 1,244 24.1 N/A
Labour Andrew Fieldsend 838 16.2 –6.4
Majority 1,832 35.5
Turnout 5,158 39.4
Conservative hold Swing

No Ecology candidate as previous (–6.4).

Old Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Ann Stevens 2,398 44.9 N/A
Labour Douglas Williams 1,900 35.5 –25.2
Conservative Patricia Bowdidge 1,047 19.6 –13.8
Majority 498 9.4
Turnout 5345 45.9
Alliance gain from Labour Swing

No Ecology candidate as previous (–6.0).

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edna Gawthrop 1,814 39.7 –11.7
Alliance Christopher Hall 1,523 33.4 N/A
Labour Martin Smith 1,227 26.9 –21.7
Majority 291 6.3
Turnout 4,564 44.7
Conservative hold Swing
Parsons Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Alan Hayman 1,679 35.7 N/A
Conservative Michael Roots 1,541 32.8 –15.0
Labour Sydney Kent 1,485 31.6 –20.6
Majority 138 2.9
Turnout 4705 41.8
Alliance gain from Labour Swing
Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Innes 1,880 49.3 –11.4
Alliance Andrew Hatton 1,244 32.6 N/A
Labour Stevan Slodzik 693 18.2 –21.1
Majority 636 16.7
Turnout 3,817 33.4
Conservative hold Swing
Wivenhoe St Andrew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Stapleton 1,772 47.4 –15.9
Conservative Roger Lord 1,325 35.4 –1.4
Alliance Yvonne Holley 645 17.2 N/A
Majority 447 11.9
Turnout 3,742 30.8
Labour hold Swing

Epping Forest

Epping Forest District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 5 15,017 44.0 –7.1
Labour 2 9,425 27.6 –4.4
Loughton Residents 1 2,399 7.0 +2.5
Alliance 0 7,039 20.6 +8.6
Independent 0 212 0.6 N/A
Total 8 34,092 37.3 –5.7

Division results

Buckhurst Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Cox * 1,780 44.9 –13.1
Alliance Ronald Eveling 1,496 37.7 +18.1
Labour Lynn Baddock 687 17.3 –5.1
Majority 284 7.2
Turnout 3,963 36.7
Conservative hold Swing 15.6
Chigwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Moran Fransworth 1,641 48.3 –21.4
Alliance Geoffrey Hallett 1,486 43.7 +28.2
Labour Bernard Mooney 272 8.0 –6.8
Majority 155 4.6
Turnout 3,399 34.4
Conservative hold Swing 24.8
Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Daniels* 2,257 47.8 –6.0
Alliance Samuel Ormsby 1,317 27.9 +12.1
Labour Peter Speake 1,144 24.2 –3.2
Majority 940 19.9
Turnout 4,718 38.5
Conservative hold Swing 9.1
Loughton St. Johns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Davis * 1,473 40.9 –6.5
Conservative Donald Brady 1,034 28.7 –13.0
Loughton Residents Leslie Brown 841 23.3 N/A
Alliance Gillian Pettman 254 7.1 –3.8
Majority 439 12.2
Turnout 3,602 36.4
Labour hold Swing 3.3
Loughton St. Marys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Sidney Webb 1,558 38.7 +3.9
Labour Joan Davis 1,314 32.6 +5.7
Conservative Edwin Markham 1,155 28.7 –3.8
Majority 244 6.1
Turnout 4,027 37.6
Loughton Residents hold Swing 0.9
North Weald & Nazeing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Abbey 2,243 57.8 –4.0
Alliance John Carter 826 21.3 +8.4
Labour Ian Bell 647 16.7 –8.6
Independent Reginald Wyness 167 4.3 N/A
Majority 1,417 36.5
Turnout 3,883 37.1
Conservative hold Swing 6.2
Ongar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Martin * 2,630 48.8 –5.9
Alliance Derek Jacobs 1,660 30.8 +12.5
Labour Duncan Sturrock 1,049 19.5 –7.5
Independent Walter Clanford 45 0.8 N/A
Majority 970 18.0
Turnout 5,384 41.0
Conservative hold Swing 9.2
Waltham Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cyril Hewins* 2,839 55.5 –1.2
Conservative John O'Reily 2,277 44.5 +1.2
Majority 562 11.0
Turnout 5,116 36.1
Labour hold Swing 1.2

Harlow

Harlow District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Labour 5 13,343 59.0 +0.5
Alliance 0 5,158 22.8 +3.7
Conservative 0 4,110 18.2 –2.6
Total 5 22,611 38.2 –3.8

Division Results

Great Parndon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sidney Warner* 2,385 50.3 –3.4
Conservative Leslie Atkins 1,526 32.2 +7.3
Alliance Stephen James 834 17.6 +4.5
Majority 859 18.1
Turnout 4,745 37.7
Labour hold Swing 5.4
Harlow & Mark Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sonia Anderson* 2,698 57.3 +4.3
Conservative Frank Stapleton 1,164 24.7 –3.3
Alliance Frances Clark 844 17.9 –1.1
Majority 1,534 32.6
Turnout 4,706 42.8
Labour hold Swing 3.8
Harlow Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Gibson* 2,438 53.5 –5.2
Alliance Albert Lee 2,123 46.5 +22.7
Majority 315 6.9
Turnout 4,561 39.4
Labour hold Swing 14.0
Little Parndon & Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edith Morris* 2,650 65.4 +5.1
Conservative Stephen Rigden 704 17.4 –1.2
Alliance Janet Fautley 700 17.3 –3.8
Majority 1,946 48.0
Turnout 4,054 35.6
Labour hold Swing 3.2
Netteswellbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Guy 3,172 69.8 +3.8
Conservative Melanie Nash 716 15.8 +0.3
Alliance Elsa Scammell 657 14.5 −4.0
Majority 2,456 54.0
Turnout 4,545 35.8
Labour hold Swing 1.8

Maldon

Maldon District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 2 1 7,239 46.6 +2.6
Alliance 1 1 5,692 36.7 +0.1
Labour 0 2,590 16.7 –2.6
Total 3 15,521 40.9 –4.6

Division results

Maldon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Nolan* 2,415 47.3 +5.3
Alliance Esther Eborall 1,541 30.2 –1.4
Labour Peter Hedge 1,145 22.4 –4.0
Majority 874 17.1
Turnout 5,101 42.6
Conservative hold Swing 3.4
Southminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Fisher* 2,304 50.2 +6.7
Alliance Margaret Black 1,530 33.4 –3.2
Labour Norman Hunt 752 16.4 –3.5
Majority 774 16.9
Turnout 4,586 34.7
Conservative hold Swing 5.0
Tollesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance John Loxley 2,621 44.9 +3.7
Conservative Edmund Peel 2,520 43.2 –3.2
Labour Stephan Jennings 693 11.9 –0.4
Majority 101 1.7
Turnout 5,834 45.8
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 3.5

Rochford

Rochford District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 2 1 8,980 42.5 –9.3
Alliance 2 1 5,645 26.7 +14.2
Labour 1 5,811 27.5 –3.9
Total 5 21,134 36.6 –1.7

Division results

Rayleigh North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Richard Boyd * 2,444 57.1 +13.2
Conservative Tony Guinness 1,388 32.5 −9.1
Labour James Foley 445 10.4 −4.1
Majority 1,056 24.7
Turnout 4,277 39.5
Alliance hold Swing 11.2
Rayleigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance James Gordon 1,670 36.9 +24.3
Conservative Trevor Murray * 1,263 27.9 –13.9
Labour Richard McCarnley 899 19.8 –5.1
Independent Stanley Silva 698 15.4 –5.3
Majority 407 9.0
Turnout 4,530 38.4
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 19.1
Rochford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Fawell 1,737 42.8 –20.9
Alliance James Nokes 1,531 37.7 N/A
Labour Raymond Stephenson 789 19.4 –16.9
Majority 206 5.1
Turnout 4,057 34.4
Conservative hold Swing 29.3
Rochford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Weir* 2,133 50.0 –0.3
Conservative John Sheaf 2,132 50.0 +0.3
Majority 1 0.0
Turnout 4,265 39.7
Labour hold Swing 0.3
Rochford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Josephine Jones * 2,460 61.4 –4.6
Labour Christopher Morgan 1,545 38.6 +4.6
Majority 915 22.8
Turnout 4,005 31.9
Conservative hold Swing 4.6

Southend

Southend District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Alliance 7 3 20,032 41.6 +11.5
Conservative 3 3 18,847 39.1 –4.8
Labour 1 8,644 17.9 –5.2
Ecology 0 321 0.7 N/A
Independent 0 319 0.7 –1.2
Total 11 48,164 38.0 –2.5

Division results

Belfairs & Blenheim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance William Cleary 2,647 53.3 +22.7
Conservative Terrrence Birdseye 1,787 36.0 –17.3
Labour Nigel Boorman 487 9.8 –6.2
Ecology David Carr 48 1.0 N/A
Majority 860 17.3
Turnout 4,969 45.2
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 20.0
Chalkwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Allan Petchey 2,280 47.9 +7.4
Conservative Geoffrey Baum 2,148 45.1 –5.5
Labour Andrew Rothwell 331 7.0 –1.8
Majority 132 2.8
Turnout 4,759 42.6
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 6.5
Eastwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Nora Goodman * 2,183 52.5 +6.5
Conservative Robin Carlile 1,648 39.6 −3.1
Labour Leslie Shaw 327 7.9 –3.3
Majority 535 12.9
Turnout 4,158 38.3
Alliance hold Swing 4.8
Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Margery Robinson 2,486 50.5 +1.3
Conservative James Gibb 2,006 40.7 –4.5
Labour Lily Davidson 339 6.9 +1.9
Ecology David Cotgrove 95 1.9 N/A
Majority 480 9.7
Turnout 4,926 44.3
Alliance hold Swing 2.9
Milton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Colin George 1,860 40.0 N/A
Conservative Dennis Wilson * 1,392 29.9 –9.8
Labour Katherine Kirk 1,294 27.8 −5.0
Ecology Clement Smith 103 2.2 N/A
Majority 468 10.1
Turnout 4,649 38.2
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 24.9
Prittlewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Jean Sargent * 2,770 59.5 +12.7
Conservative Rita Bosch 1,232 26.5 −8.6
Labour Albert Dunn 654 14.0 −4.1
Majority 1,538 33.0
Turnout 4,656 38.3
Alliance hold Swing 10.7
Shoebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cotgrove * 1,924 48.9 +3.0
Labour Christopher Dandridge 1,068 27.1 –9.8
Alliance Howard Gibeon 625 15.9 +0.4
Independent Ronald Levy 319 8.1 N/A
Majority 856 21.7
Turnout 3,936 32.3
Conservative hold Swing 6.4
Southchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Kelly 1,864 46.1 –0.1
Alliance Robert Hendry 1,322 32.7 +12.3
Labour Robert Brown 858 21.2 –12.2
Majority 542 13.4
Turnout 4,044 35.1
Conservative hold Swing 6.2
Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bettine Pledge 2,135 58.2 –2.7
Alliance Vernon Cooper 789 21.5 +9.5
Labour Peter Ottino 670 18.3 –5.1
Ecology Joan Shillingford 75 2.0 N/A
Majority 1,346 36.7
Turnout 3,669 32.1
Conservative hold Swing 6.1
Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Kenndey * 1,767 50.7 ±0.0
Conservative Kenneth Goldsmith 955 27.4 –0.1
Alliance Joan Overy 761 21.8 ±0.0
Majority 812 23.3
Turnout 3,483 30.8
Labour hold Swing 0.0
Westborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Mary Lubel * 2,310 47.0 +7.6
Conservative Margaret Haine 1,756 35.7 –2.8
Labour Angela Smith 849 17.3 –4.8
Majority 554 11.3
Turnout 4,915 42.1
Alliance hold Swing 5.2

Tendring

Tendring District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4 15,674 41.5 –2.6
Alliance 2 11,472 30.4 +5.3
Labour 2 10,483 27.7 –1.1
Independent 0 168 0.4 –0.9
Total 8 37,797 39.7 +2.4

Division result

Brightlingsea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Thomas Dale* 2,557 49.7 –1.7
Conservative Steven Ellis 1,851 36.0 +4.4
Labour Norma Gallagher 735 14.3 +0.4
Majority 706 13.7
Turnout 5,143 44.8
Alliance hold Swing 3.1
Clacton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Story* 2,341 51.0 −4.5
Alliance Anne Laird 1,492 32.5 +3.7
Labour Frank Baker 761 16.6 +0.8
Majority 849 18.5
Turnout 4,594 37.2
Conservative hold Swing 4.1
Clacton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Geoffrey Waterfield * 2,644 55.5 +16.8
Conservative Anthony Newell 1,293 27.1 –3.9
Labour Reginald Sims 830 17.4 –9.8
Majority 1,351 28.3
Turnout 4,767 38.0
Alliance hold Swing 10.4
Clacton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Smith * 2,221 46.7 +5.7
Conservative Catherine Jessop 1,573 33.1 −3.2
Alliance Michael Bargent 915 19.2 −3.4
Independent C. Ha-Ha Woof-Woof 46 1.0 N/A
Majority 648 13.6
Turnout 4,755 37.4
Labour hold Swing 4.5
Frinton & Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Rex* 2,971 58.1 –2.3
Alliance Robert Hamilton 1,478 28.9 +6.7
Labour Paul Johnson 664 13.0 –4.4
Majority 1,493 29.2
Turnout 5,113 37.5
Conservative hold Swing 4.5
Harwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Knight* 2,842 59.1 +13.8
Conservative Frederick Good 1,967 40.9 +0.5
Majority 875 18.2
Turnout 4,809 41.1
Labour hold Swing 6.7
Tendring Rural East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Lumber* 1,662 41.8 –18.0
Labour Peter Davis 1,286 32.4 –7.8
Alliance William Ford 1,025 25.8 N/A
Majority 376 9.5
Turnout 3,973 39.5
Conservative hold Swing 5.1
Tendring Rural West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Pallett 2,016 43.4 +4.3
Alliance Stephen Hammerton 1,361 29.3 +8.1
Labour Kay Bayles 1,144 24.6 –8.9
Independent Sidney Rhodes 122 2.6 –0.5
Majority 655 14.1
Turnout 4,643 43.3
Conservative hold Swing 1.9

Thurrock

District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Labour 8 16,814 66.8 +3.3
Conservative 0 8,274 32.9 +2.3
Communist 0 69 0.3 N/A
Total 8 25,157 26.7 –8.6

Division results

Chadwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Bidmead 2,061 71.2 –4.6
Conservative Grahame Law 833 28.8 +4.6
Majority 1,228 42.4
Turnout 2,894 23.6
Labour hold Swing 4.6
Corringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Goldsmith 1,893 66.1 +4.9
Conservative William Lea 971 33.9 –4.9
Majority 922 32.2
Turnout 2,864 26.5
Labour hold Swing 4.9
Grays Thurrock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Cohen * 2,296 55.2 +10.1
Conservative Joan Greatrex 1,865 44.8 +3.2
Majority 431 10.4
Turnout 4,161 31.8
Labour hold Swing 3.5
Orsett & Stifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Pollard * 2,294 56.6 +3.8
Conservative Harold Lott 1,762 43.4 –3.8
Majority 532 13.1
Turnout 4,056 35.5
Labour hold Swing 3.8
South Ockendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Miles* 2,404 81.3 +1.1
Conservative Frederick Beasley 553 18.7 –1.0
Majority 1,851 62.6
Turnout 2,957 25.8
Labour hold Swing 1.1
Stanford-le-Hope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julian Norris* 2,100 63.9 +1.0
Conservative Lee Green 1,184 36.1 –1.0
Majority 916 27.9
Turnout 3,284 26.3
Labour hold Swing 1.0
Tilbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Bolger* 1,908 82.1 –2.7
Conservative William McLaughlin 348 15.0 –0.2
Communist Joseph Paul 69 3.0 N/A
Majority 1,560 67.1
Turnout 2,325 20.4
Labour hold Swing 1.3
West Thurrock & Aveley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Geaney 1,858 71.0 +15.5
Conservative Edward Attewell 758 29.0 +13.3
Majority 1,100 42.0
Turnout 2,616 23.6
Labour hold Swing 2.2

Uttlesford

Uttlesford District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4 10,032 48.2 –1.9
Alliance 0 6,417 30.8 +17.8
Labour 0 4,256 20.4 –5.0
Independent 0 118 0.6 –11.0
Total 4 20,823 42.4 –5.1

Division results

Dunmow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Stephen 2,393 52.3 –0.3
Alliance Graham Tobbell 1,450 32.0 +3.7
Labour William McCarthy 682 15.1 –3.4
Majority 943 20.8 –4.0
Turnout 4,525 40.8 –8.3
Registered electors 11,097
Conservative hold Swing 2.0
Saffron Walden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Neville 2,685 41.6 –3.4
Labour Russell Green 2,199 34.1 −0.2
Alliance Stephen Jones 1,574 24.4 +3.7
Majority 486 7.5
Turnout 6,458 46.9
Conservative hold Swing 1.6
Stansted
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Wawn * 2,432 49.2 –0.8
Alliance Christopher Swain 1,769 35.8 N/A
Labour Paul King 624 12.6 –7.4
Independent George Hannah 118 2.4 N/A
Majority 663 13.4
Turnout 4,943 37.7
Conservative hold Swing 18.3
Thaxted
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Whitehead 2,522 52.2 –1.6
Alliance John Gibb 1,624 33.6 N/A
Labour Jennifer Oliveira 685 14.2 –11.7
Majority 898 18.6
Turnout 4,831 43.3
Conservative hold Swing 17.6

By-elections

Basildon Vange

Basildon Vange: June 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Miller 2,050 73.1 +5.0
Conservative Elizabeth Dines 386 13.8 –4.6
Liberal (Alliance) Alan Banton 369 13.2 –0.3
Majority 1,664 59.3
Turnout 2,805 21.4
Registered electors 13,119
Labour hold Swing 4.8

Grays Thurrock

Grays Thurrock: July 1986
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beverly Barton 1,366 56.3 +1.1
Conservative Harold Lott 1,060 43.7 –1.1
Majority 306 12.6
Turnout 2,426 18.5
Registered electors 13,124
Labour hold Swing 1.1

Belfairs & Belnheim

Belfairs & Belnheim: February 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Albert Smulian 2,005 55.6 +2.3
Conservative Terrence Birdseye 1,289 35.7 –0.3
Labour Nigel Boorman 314 8.7 –1.1
Majority 716 19.9
Turnout 3,608 33.0
Registered electors 10,924
Alliance hold Swing 1.3

Basildon Crouch

Basildon Crouch: December 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Francis Bellard 1,423 45.9 +14.1
Conservative Terence Dove 1,288 41.5 –4.1
Labour Margaret Davis 391 12.6 –10.0
Majority 135 4.4
Turnout 3,102 30.0
Registered electors 10,340
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing 9.1

Maypole

Maypole: May 1988
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Patricia Pascoe 2,035 42.3 –1.1
Labour Donald Quinn 1,572 32.7 –6.9
Conservative Mary Fairhead 1,200 25.0 +8.1
Majority 463 9.6
Turnout 4,807 39.0
Registered electors 12,321
Alliance hold Swing 2.9

Notes

  1. ^ Change from the combined vote share of the Liberal Party and SDP from the 1981 election

References

  1. ^ "Elections". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Elections". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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