1989 Essex County Council election

The 1989 Essex County Council election took place on 4 May 1989 to elect members of Essex County Council in Essex, England. It was held on the same day as other 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.

1989 Essex County Council election

← 1985 4 May 1989 1993 →

All 98 seats to Essex County Council
49 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election 45 seats, 39.8% 29 seats, 29.6%
Seats before 44 29
Seats won 57 26
Seat change Increase 12 Decrease 3
Popular vote 193,578 128,270
Percentage 44.2% 29.3%
Swing Increase 4.4% Decrease 0.3%

  Third party Fourth party
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Party SLD Loughton Residents
Last election 23 seats, 29.2% 1 seats, 0.5%
Seats before 24 1
Seats won 14 1
Seat change Decrease 9 Steady
Popular vote 101,342 1,378
Percentage 23.1% 0.3%
Swing Decrease 6.1% Increase 0.2%

Results of the 1989 Essex County Council election.

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


Conservative

Summary

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Election result

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1989 Essex County Council election[1][2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 98 57 13 1   12 58.2 44.2 193,578 +4.4
  Labour 98 26 1 4   3 26.5 29.3 128,270 –0.3
  SLD 90 14 1 10   9 14.3 23.1 101,342 –6.1
  Loughton Residents 1 1 0 0   1.0 0.3 1,378 –0.2
  Green 15 0 0 0   0.0 1.3 5,654 +1.2
  SDP 9 0 0 0   0.0 1.2 5,191 N/A
  Independent 4 0 0 0   0.0 0.3 1,204 +0.1
  Ind. Labour Party 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.2 1,045 N/A
  Liberal 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 265 N/A
  BNP 1 0 0 0   0.0 <0.1 146 N/A

Division results by local authority

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Basildon

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Basildon District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Labour 5   1 16,209 36.8 –3.5
Conservative 4   1 17,999 40.9 +9.1
SLD 1   9,525 21.6 –4.5
Independent 0   196 0.4 N/A
SDP 0   123 0.3 N/A
Total 10   44,052 36.2 –1.8

Division results

Basildon Crouch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Francis Bellard * 2,220 49.1 +17.3
Conservative Donald Morris 1,756 38.8 −6.8
Labour Margaret Davis 544 12.0 −10.6
Majority 464 10.3
Turnout 4,520 43.5
SLD gain from Conservative Swing  12.1
Basildon Fryerns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Williams Archibald * 2,064 58.7 −12.5
SLD John Smith 736 20.9 +7.2
Conservative Brian Archbold 719 20.4 +5.3
Majority 1,328 37.7
Turnout 3,519 34.2
Labour hold Swing  9.9
Basildon Gloucester Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madeline Costello 2,729 65.8 +0.3
Conservative Stuart Allen 1,038 25.0 +6.5
SLD Philip Jenkins 380 9.2 −6.7
Majority 1,691 40.8
Turnout 4,147 34.6
Labour hold Swing  3.1
Basildon Laindon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Oliver 2,229 54.6 +5.1
Conservative William Lockhart 1,440 35.3 +15.7
SLD Stuart Saunders 416 10.2 −20.7
Majority 789 19.3
Turnout 4,085 36.4
Labour hold Swing  5.3
Basildon Pitsea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Smith 2,631 56.9 −7.0
Conservative Paul Cleland 1,614 34.9 +11.3
SLD Linda Williams 378 8.2 −4.3
Majority 1,017 22.0
Turnout 4,623 27.0
Labour hold Swing  9.2
Basildon Vange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Wright 2,413 63.5 −4.6
Conservative Simon Ryder 1,058 27.9 +9.5
SLD David Owens 327 8.6 −4.9
Majority 1,355 35.7
Turnout 3,798 28.2
Labour hold Swing  7.1
Basildon Westley Heights
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brinley Jones 2,501 46.2 +16.9
Labour Charles Bidmead 1,823 33.6 −8.3
SLD Ian White 971 17.9 −10.9
SDP William Shelton 123 2.3 N/A
Majority 678 12.5
Turnout 5,418 45.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  12.6
Billericay North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lilian Greenfield * 3,261 71.3 +5.4
SLD Arthur Ferriss 724 15.8 −9.3
Labour Harold Bruce 392 8.6 −0.4
Independent Patricia Breadmore 196 4.3 N/A
Majority 2,537 55.5
Turnout 4,573 36.2
Conservative hold Swing  7.4
Billericay South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Dighton 2,498 54.3 +11.4
SLD Janice Morley 1,357 29.5 +2.1
Labour Irene Harlow 747 16.2 +0.4
Majority 1,141 24.8
Turnout 4,602 36.6
Conservative hold Swing  4.7
Wickford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iris Pummell 2,114 44.3 +15.4
SLD Kay Battson 2,016 42.3 −12.7
Labour Elsie Harrison 637 13.4 −2.7
Majority 98 2.1
Turnout 4,767 39.7
Conservative gain from SLD Swing  14.1

Braintree

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Braintree District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4   15,788 43.9 +3.1
Labour 2   12,267 34.1 +3.0
SLD 1   7,315 20.4 –7.7
Green 0   560 1.6 N/A
Total 7   35,920 39.9 –2.5

Division results

Bocking
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter White * 2,939 53.2 +10.0
Conservative Graham Hutton 2,178 39.4 −0.8
SLD Jayne Nicholls 411 7.4 −9.2
Majority 761 13.8
Turnout 5,528 45.6
Labour hold Swing  5.4
Braintree East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Dixon-Smith * 2,832 52.5 +9.6
Labour Richard Keeble 1,771 32.8 +1.7
SLD John Ross 789 14.6 −11.5
Majority 1,061 19.7
Turnout 5,392 39.3
Conservative hold Swing  4.0
Braintree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD David Grice * 2,765 45.3 −5.1
Conservative Kenneth Brookman 2,437 39.9 +6.4
Labour Peter Johnson 899 14.7 −1.4
Majority 328 5.4
Turnout 6,101 44.0
SLD hold Swing  5.8
Halstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Pike 2,286 44.0 −2.8
Labour Michele Jones 1,712 32.9 +0.1
SLD Robert Bird 1,202 23.1 +2.8
Majority 574 11.0
Turnout 5,200 39.6
Conservative hold Swing  1.5
Hedingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Waterer * 2,636 54.5 +3.6
Labour John Kotz 1,238 25.6 +5.1
SLD Roy Cavinder 959 19.8 −8.8
Majority 1,398 28.9
Turnout 4,823 40.6
Conservative hold Swing  1.5
Witham Northern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Lyon * 2,228 46.8 +4.1
Conservative Roger Wacey 1,579 33.1 +2.0
Green James Abbott 560 11.8 N/A
SLD Terence Cane 398 8.4 −17.8
Majority 649 13.6
Turnout 4,765 36.0
Labour hold Swing  1.1
Witham Southern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Willetts * 1,840 44.8 +4.4
Labour John Gyford 1,480 36.0 +4.0
SLD Alfred Slowman 791 19.2 −8.4
Majority 360 8.8
Turnout 4,111 34.0
Conservative hold Swing  0.2

Brentwood

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Brentwood District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4   11,424 50.7 +4.7
SLD 1   6,460 28.7 –6.5
Labour 0   4,122 18.3 –0.5
Green 0   508 2.3 N/A
Total 5   22,514 40.4 –4.4

Division results

Brentwood Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Hutton * 2,070 48.5 +5.6
SLD Edgar Davis 1,471 34.4 −8.5
Labour Cornelius Maxey 447 10.5 −3.7
Green Roger Lankester 282 6.6 N/A
Majority 599 14.0
Turnout 4,270 43.4
Conservative hold Swing  7.1
Brentwood Hutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lee Green 2,559 62.8 +11.5
Labour Malcolm Burgess 773 19.0 +2.7
SLD Lachlan Mackenzie 743 18.2 −14.2
Majority 1,786 43.8
Turnout 4,075 34.0
Conservative hold Swing  4.4
Brentwood North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leonard Jago * 1,874 53.8 +3.2
SLD Pauline Myers 1,206 34.6 +1.4
Labour Robert Gow 402 11.5 −4.6
Majority 668 19.2
Turnout 3,482 36.7
Conservative hold Swing  0.9
Brentwood Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Derek Hardy * 3,040 53.1 +8.3
Conservative Dennis Morton 2,083 36.4 −8.1
Labour Richard Tattersall 338 5.9 −4.2
Green John Brindley 226 4.6 N/A
Majority 957 16.7
Turnout 5,687 45.8
SLD hold Swing  8.2
Brentwood South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Hayward * 2,838 56.8 +14.4
Labour David Lewin 2,162 43.2 +7.1
Majority 676 13.5
Turnout 5,000 42.0
Conservative hold Swing  3.7

Castle Point

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Castle Point District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 6   1 13,777 59.6 +9.5
Labour 0   1 6,792 29.4 –2.3
SLD 0   2,040 8.8 –9.5
Green 0   511 2.2 N/A
Total 6   23,120 36.5 +2.2

Division results

Benfleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jillian Reeves * 2,098 61.2 +5.3
Labour Brian Wilson 897 26.2 +2.4
SLD Timothy Atkins 434 12.7 −7.6
Majority 1,201 35.0
Turnout 3,429 34.7
Conservative hold Swing  1.5
Canvey Island East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold King 2,802 57.6 +17.1
Labour John Payne 1,552 31.9 −8.9
Green Derek Easton 511 10.5 N/A
Majority 1,250 25.7
Turnout 4,865 33.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  13.0
Canvey Island West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Howard * 2,662 57.2 +11.9
Labour Dorothy Shaw 1,617 34.7 −7.9
SLD David Ford 377 8.1 −3.9
Majority 1,045 22.4
Turnout 4,656 34.5
Conservative hold Swing  9.9
Great Tarpots
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Brum * 1,827 54.1 +10.2
Labour Ashley Final 1,125 33.3 −4.4
SLD Kenneth Miller 426 12.6 −5.9
Majority 702 20.8
Turnout 5,039 30.6
Conservative hold Swing  7.3
Hadleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Williams * 2,355 66.5 +2.7
Labour Joy Nisbet 773 21.8 +5.1
SLD Carole Newton 416 11.7 −7.8
Majority 1,582 44.6
Turnout 3,544 38.5
Conservative hold Swing  1.2
Thundersley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Gazzard * 2,033 62.6 +10.1
Labour June Turner 828 25.5 −0.1
SLD Robert Patman 387 11.9 −10.1
Majority 1,205 37.1
Turnout 3,248 33.0
Conservative hold Swing  5.1

Chelmsford

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Chelmsford District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 8   4 21,695 45.5 +4.5
SLD 1   4 15,081 31.6 –12.0
Labour 0   7,340 15.4 ±0.0
Green 0   3,374 7.1 N/A
SDP 0   193 0.4 N/A
Total 9   47,683 40.9 ±0.0

Division results

Broomfield & Writtle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Rose * 2,111 55.8 +3.1
Labour Douglas Shinn 753 19.9 −0.1
SLD Madeline Sinclair 512 13.5 −13.9
Green James Ritchie 409 10.8 N/A
Majority 1,358 35.9
Turnout 3,785 37.8
Conservative hold Swing  1.6
Chelmsford East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Kimberlin 2,725 46.5 +5.1
SLD Wilfred Davey 2,075 35.4 −9.2
Labour Guy Shearwood 620 10.6 −3.4
Green Nigel Bedrock 437 7.5 N/A
Majority 650 11.1
Turnout 5,857 48.2
Conservative gain from SLD Swing  7.2
Chelmsford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Pauley 1,858 34.6 +8.0
SLD Thomas Smith-Hughes * 1,657 30.8 −19.2
Labour Roy Chad 1,613 30.0 +6.6
Green Judith Ritchie 247 4.6 N/A
Majority 201 3.7
Turnout 5,375 45.9
Conservative gain from SLD Swing  13.6
Chelmsford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vernon Makin 1,813 40.0 +3.5
SLD Robert Harmer * 1,783 39.3 −12.3
Labour Antony Scammell 521 11.5 −0.4
Green Carol Mills 416 9.2 N/A
Majority 30 0.7
Turnout 4,533 40.3
Conservative gain from SLD Swing  7.9
Chelmsford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lee 1,415 31.4 +2.9
Labour Bill Wright 1,413 31.4 +5.4
SLD George Allen * 1,193 26.5 −19.0
Green Andrew Simms 293 6.5 N/A
SDP Betty Perry 193 4.3 N/A
Majority 2 0.0
Turnout 4,507 45.6
Conservative gain from SLD Swing  1.3
Great Baddow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Joan Beard * 2,556 47.8 −7.5
Conservative John Flack 2,053 38.4 +4.2
Labour Keith Day 456 8.5 −2.0
Green Angela Thomson 286 5.3 N/A
Majority 503 9.4
Turnout 5,351 49.2
SLD hold Swing  5.9
Springfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Martin 3,510 51.4 +4.4
SLD Richard Derrick 2,130 31.2 −12.4
Labour Edmund Cawston 709 10.4 +1.0
Green Jennifer Scholfield 485 7.1 N/A
Majority 1,380 20.2
Turnout 6,834 38.7
Conservative hold Swing  8.4
Stock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul White * 3,209 59.5 +8.6
SLD Marie Wolfe 1,013 18.8 −12.9
Labour Richard Elliott 788 14.6 −2.7
Green Nicholas Wallbank 385 7.1 N/A
Majority 2,196 40.7
Turnout 5,395 37.4
Conservative hold Swing  10.8
Woodham Ferrers & Danbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eileen Mickleborough 3,001 49.6 +2.4
SLD Patricia Hughes 2,162 35.8 −6.5
Labour Dennis Perkins 467 7.7 −2.8
Green Brian Littlechild 416 6.9 N/A
Majority 839 13.9
Turnout 6,046 32.2
Conservative hold Swing  4.5

Colchester

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District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 6   1 17,871 44.1 +4.3
Labour 2   1 10,320 25.5 –0.8
SLD 1   2 9,960 24.6 –9.3
SDP 0   1,675 4.1 N/A
Green 0   369 0.9 N/A
Liberal 0   265 0.7 N/A
Independent 0   54 0.1 N/A
Total 9   40,514 36.6 –1.7

Division results

Constable
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Clover * 2,812 63.2 +2.7
SLD Julie Brice 1,064 23.9 −1.4
Labour Lucy Wood 572 12.9 −2.3
Majority 1,748 39.3
Turnout 4,448 41.9
Conservative hold Swing  2.1
Drury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Lamberth * 2,837 48.2 +3.1
SLD Cyril Williamson 2,294 39.0 −3.4
Labour Maureen Lee 756 12.8 +0.3
Majority 543 9.2
Turnout 5,887 45.6
Conservative hold Swing  3.3
Maypole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Patricia Pascoe * 1,676 41.3 −2.1
Labour Donald Quinn 1,431 35.2 −4.4
Conservative John Parsons 954 23.5 +6.5
Majority 245 6.1
Turnout 4,061 32.5
SLD hold Swing  1.2
Mersea and Stanway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Fairhead * 3,408 61.2 +1.6
SLD Angela Fielder 1,372 24.6 +0.5
Labour Tim Young 791 14.2 −2.0
Majority 2,036 36.6
Turnout 5,571 38.7
Conservative hold Swing  0.6
Old Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Macneil 1,683 35.9 +0.9
SLD Ann Stevens * 1,674 35.7 −9.2
Conservative Sandra Rae 907 19.4 −0.2
Green Charles Bush 369 7.9 N/A
Independent David Smith 54 1.2 N/A
Majority 9 0.2
Turnout 4,687 40.1
Labour gain from SLD Swing  5.1
Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Lucas 1,823 44.8 +5.1
Labour Roger Turp 1,008 24.8 −2.1
SLD Phillip Holden 971 23.9 −9.5
Liberal Richard Wilson 265 6.5 N/A
Majority 815 20.0
Turnout 4,067 38.2
Conservative hold Swing  3.6
Parsons Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Lord 1,760 37.8 +5.0
SDP Alan Hayman * 1,675 36.0 N/A
Labour Robert Newman 1,219 26.2 −5.4
Majority 85 1.8
Turnout 4,654 34.5
Conservative gain from SLD
Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Peel * 1,909 60.8 +11.5
Labour David Brede 705 22.4 +4.2
SLD Irene Brady 527 16.8 −16.0
Majority 1,204 38.4
Turnout 3,141 26.6
Conservative hold Swing  3.7
Wivenhoe St Andrew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Stapleton * 2,155 53.9 +6.5
Conservative Christopher Thompson 1,461 36.5 +1.1
SLD Raymond Gamble 382 9.6 −7.6
Majority 694 17.4
Turnout 3,998 33.0
Labour hold Swing  2.7

Epping Forest

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Epping Forest District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 5   15,528 47.8 +3.8
Labour 2   8,885 27.3 –0.3
Loughton Residents 1   1,378 4.2 –2.8
SLD 0   4,732 14.6 –6.0
SDP 0   1,838 5.7 N/A
BNP 0   146 0.4 N/A
Total 8   32,507 32.6 –4.7

Division results

Buckhurst Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bernard Cox * 1,649 42.6 −2.3
SDP Stephen Robinson 1,054 27.2 N/A
SLD Janice Lowe 737 19.0 −18.7
Labour Angela Ayre 431 11.1 −6.2
Majority 595 15.4
Turnout 3,871 36.1
Conservative hold Swing  14.8
Chigwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Twynham 1,781 58.4 +10.1
SLD Sandra Anderson 910 29.8 −13.9
Labour Alistair Alexander 212 6.9 −1.1
SDP Michael Austin 148 4.9 N/A
Majority 871 28.5
Turnout 3,051 32.3
Conservative hold Swing  12.0
Epping
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Ramshaw 1,785 46.1 −1.7
SLD Susan Mann 1,240 32.0 +4.1
Labour Ian Standfast 588 15.2 −9.0
SDP George Dunseath 261 6.7 N/A
Majority 545 14.1
Turnout 3,874 32.1
Conservative hold Swing  2.9
Loughton St. Johns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Davis * 1,537 46.7 +5.8
Conservative John Pledge 1,208 36.7 +8.0
SLD Gary Anderson 258 7.8 +0.7
BNP Robert Jarvis 146 4.4 N/A
SDP Simon Bone 144 4.4 N/A
Majority 329 10.0
Turnout 3,293 33.2
Labour hold Swing  1.1
Loughton St. Marys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Loughton Residents Sidney Webb * 1,378 34.2 −4.5
Labour Joan Ormston 1,334 33.2 +0.6
Conservative John Martin 1,312 32.6 +3.9
Majority 44 1.1
Turnout 3,293 38.4
Loughton Residents hold Swing  2.6
North Weald & Nazeing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Abbey * 2,612 70.7 +12.9
Labour David Mills 660 17.9 +1.2
SLD Stanley Ward 423 11.4 −9.9
Majority 1,952 52.8
Turnout 3,695 34.8
Conservative hold Swing  5.9
Ongar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerard McEwan 2,931 51.1 +2.3
Labour Ronald Barnes 1,848 32.2 +12.7
SLD Douglas Kelly 954 16.6 −14.2
Majority 1,083 18.9
Turnout 5,733 43.2
Conservative hold Swing  5.2
Waltham Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cyril Hewins * 2,275 45.8 −9.7
Conservative Elizabeth Webster 2,250 45.3 +0.8
SDP Christine Barrett 231 4.7 N/A
SLD Christine Bartrip 210 4.2 N/A
Majority 25 0.5
Turnout 4,966 34.9
Labour hold Swing  5.3

Harlow

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Harlow District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Labour 4   1 13,426 59.2 +0.2
Conservative 1   1 6,433 28.4 +10.2
SLD 0   2,829 12.5 –10.3
Total 5   22,688 39.2 +1.0

Division results

Great Parndon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Messer 2,404 47.7 +15.5
Labour Sidney Warner * 2,161 42.9 −7.4
SLD Peter Barton 474 9.4 −8.2
Majority 243 4.8
Turnout 5,039 39.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  11.5
Harlow & Mark Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sonia Anderson * 2,958 62.8 +5.5
Conservative Simon Carter 1,440 30.6 +5.9
SLD Douglas Collins 310 6.6 −11.3
Majority 1,518 32.2
Turnout 4,708 43.9
Labour hold Swing  0.2
Harlow Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Gibson * 2,401 55.0 +1.5
SLD Ian Myers 1,176 26.9 −19.6
Conservative Guy Mitchinson 789 18.1 N/A
Majority 1,225 28.1
Turnout 4,366 39.3
Labour hold Swing  10.6
Little Parndon & Town Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edith Morris * 2,638 65.4 ±0.0
Conservative Leslie Atkins 945 23.4 +6.0
SLD Lorna Spenceley 451 11.2 −6.1
Majority 1,693 42.0
Turnout 4,034 37.1
Labour hold Swing  3.0
Netteswellbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Guy * 3,268 72.0 +2.2
Conservative Sylvia Cross 855 18.8 +3.0
SLD Valerie Scott 418 9.2 −5.3
Majority 2,413 53.1
Turnout 4,541 37.1
Labour hold Swing  0.4

Maldon

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Maldon District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 3   1 7,909 57.1 +10.5
SLD 0   1 3,590 25.9 –10.8
Labour 0   2,357 17.0 +0.3
Total 3   13,856 34.0 –0.9

Division results

Maldon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Nolan * 2,649 56.9 +9.6
SLD Richard Hornett 1,026 22.0 −9.1
Labour David Hutson 984 21.1 −0.4
Majority 1,623 34.8
Turnout 4,659 37.4
Conservative hold Swing  9.4
Southminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Fisher * 2,418 57.4 +7.2
SLD Peter Barker 1,144 27.2 −6.2
Labour Gary Prior 650 15.4 −1.0
Majority 1,274 30.2
Turnout 4,212 29.0
Conservative hold Swing  6.7
Tollesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Dines 2,842 57.0 +13.8
SLD Merilyn Fraser 1,420 28.5 −16.4
Labour William Dobson 723 14.5 +2.6
Majority 1,422 28.5
Turnout 4,985 36.4
Conservative gain from SLD Swing  15.1

Rochford

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Rochford District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 2   9,080 43.4 +0.9
SLD 2   6,578 31.5 +4.8
Labour 1   6,578 21.6 –5.9
Independent 0   728 3.5 N/A
Total 5   20,904 35.3 –1.3

Division results

Rayleigh North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Richard Boyd * 2,577 62.7 +5.6
Conservative Pamela Hawke 1,307 31.8 −0.7
Labour Loraine Rossati 229 5.6 −4.8
Majority 1,270 30.9
Turnout 4,113 37.3
SLD hold Swing  3.2
Rayleigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD James Gordon * 1,954 41.0 +4.1
Conservative John Gibson 1,695 35.5 +7.6
Independent Stanley Silva 728 15.3 −0.1
Labour Peter Ballard 391 8.2 −11.6
Majority 259 5.4
Turnout 4,768 39.8
SLD hold Swing  1.8
Rochford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terry Fawell 1,704 46.0 +3.2
SLD Bernard Crick 1,524 41.1 +3.4
Labour Jeremiah Keohane 479 12.9 −6.5
Majority 180 4.9
Turnout 3,707 29.4
Conservative hold Swing  0.1
Rochford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Flack 2,204 50.8 +0.8
Conservative John Sheaf 2,136 49.2 −0.8
Majority 68 1.6
Turnout 4,340 40.3
Labour hold Swing  0.8
Rochford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Stockley 2,238 56.3 −5.1
Labour Christopher Morgan 1,215 30.6 −8.0
SLD Clive Wren 523 13.2 N/A
Majority 1,023 25.7
Turnout 3,976 30.9
Conservative hold Swing  1.5

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Southend District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 5   2 19,867 45.3 +6.2
SLD 5   2 14,318 32.6 –9.0
Labour 1   8,312 19.0 +1.1
SDP 0   1,362 3.1 N/A
Total 11   43,859 36.2 –1.8

Division results

Belfairs & Blenheim
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Albert Smulian * 1,996 49.8 −3.5
Conservative Jeanette Rowswell 1,617 40.4 +4.4
Labour Barry Thurston 394 9.8 ±0.0
Majority 379 9.5
Turnout 4,007 39.3
SLD hold Swing  4.0
Chalkwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bertam Trevelyan 1,909 46.9 +1.8
SLD Edna Bunclark 1,837 45.1 −2.8
Labour Joyce Mapp 325 8.0 +1.0
Majority 72 1.8
Turnout 4,071 38.3
Conservative gain from SLD Swing  2.3
Eastwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Nora Goodman * 1,996 46.4 −6.1
Conservative Gwendoline Horrigan 1,991 46.3 +6.7
Labour Trevor Pyne 314 7.3 −0.6
Majority 5 0.1
Turnout 4,301 39.8
SLD hold Swing  6.4
Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Joyce Robinson * 2,553 49.4 −1.1
Conservative Henry Stennett 2,289 44.3 +3.6
Labour Lily Davidson 325 6.3 −0.6
Majority 264 5.1
Turnout 5,167 48.3
SLD hold Swing  2.4
Milton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Sullivan 1,682 40.3 +11.3
SDP Colin George * 1,362 32.6 N/A
Labour Kevin Lee 1,129 27.1 −0.7
Majority 320 7.7
Turnout 4,173 37.4
Conservative gain from SDP Swing  10.7
Prittlewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Nigel Baker 2,041 50.4 −9.1
Conservative Estrellita Stanley 1,382 34.1 +7.6
Labour Denis Garne 628 15.5 +1.5
Majority 659 16.3
Turnout 4,051 34.5
SLD hold Swing  8.4
Shoebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cotgrove * 2,400 65.0 +16.1
Labour Nigel Boorman 900 24.4 −2.7
SLD Granville Stride 394 10.7 −5.2
Majority 1,500 40.6
Turnout 3,694 29.1
Conservative hold Swing  9.4
Southchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Kelly * 1,948 56.5 +10.4
Labour Robert Brown 1,025 29.7 +8.5
SLD Alistair Miller 473 13.7 −19.0
Majority 923 26.8
Turnout 3,446 32.3
Conservative hold Swing  1.0
Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay Twitchen 2,280 65.8 +7.6
Labour Kevin Ryan 592 17.1 −1.2
SLD Robin Moore 592 17.1 −4.4
Majority 1,688 48.7
Turnout 3,464 32.1
Conservative hold Swing  4.4
Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ronald Kennedy 2,112 57.6 +6.9
Conservative Richard Higgs 1,194 32.6 +5.2
SLD Robert McMullan 359 9.8 −12.0
Majority 918 25.0
Turnout 3,665 34.8
Labour hold Swing  1.7
Westborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Mary Lubel * 2,077 54.4 +7.4
Conservative Richard Brown 1,175 30.8 −4.9
Labour Keith Stone 568 14.9 −2.4
Majority 902 23.6
Turnout 3,820 34.4
SLD hold Swing  6.2

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Tendring District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4   15,925 40.4 –1.1
Labour 2   11,961 30.3 +2.6
SLD 2   11,329 28.7 –1.7
Independent 0   226 0.6 +0.2
Total 8   39,411 39.3 –0.4

Division results

Brightlingsea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Thomas Dale * 1,969 39.3 −10.4
Conservative Ronald Marshall 1,869 37.3 +1.3
Labour Cornelius Olivier 1,175 23.4 +9.1
Majority 100 2.0
Turnout 5,013 42.2
SLD hold Swing  5.9
Clacton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Story * 2,206 44.0 −7.0
SLD Jean Duke 2,126 42.4 +9.9
Labour Irene Jefferson 679 13.6 −3.0
Majority 80 1.6
Turnout 5,011 40.0
Conservative hold Swing  8.5
Clacton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SLD Pauline Bevan 3,553 62.9 +7.4
Conservative Martin Amos 1,322 23.4 −3.7
Labour Geoffrey Aldous 772 13.7 −3.7
Majority 2,231 39.5
Turnout 5,647 41.1
SLD hold Swing  5.6
Clacton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Smith * 2,738 57.7 +11.0
Conservative Jill Winer 1,549 32.7 −0.4
SLD Peter Miller 455 9.6 −9.6
Majority 1,189 25.1
Turnout 4,742 35.6
Labour hold Swing  5.7
Frinton & Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Rex * 3,655 65.0 +6.9
Labour Peter Lawes 1,185 21.1 +8.1
SLD Robert Hamilton 779 13.9 −15.0
Majority 2,470 44.0
Turnout 5,619 38.5
Conservative hold Swing  0.6
Harwich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Knight * 2,786 57.2 −1.9
Conservative Frederick Lucas 1,347 27.6 −13.3
SLD Michael Sears 739 15.2 N/A
Majority 1,439 29.5
Turnout 4,872 41.1
Labour hold Swing  5.7
Tendring Rural East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Lumber * 1,875 51.5 +9.7
Labour Kenneth Rose 1,207 33.1 +0.7
SLD Alan Wallis 562 15.4 −10.4
Majority 668 18.3
Turnout 3,644 34.0
Conservative hold Swing  4.5
Tendring Rural West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Pallett * 2,102 43.0 −0.4
Labour Lionel Randall 1,419 29.0 +4.4
SLD Rosemary Smith 1,146 23.4 −5.9
Independent Peter Bates 226 4.6 N/A
Majority 683 14.0
Turnout 4,893 41.7
Conservative hold Swing  2.4

Thurrock

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Thurrock District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Labour 7   1 15,762 54.9 –11.9
Conservative 1   1 10,406 36.2 +3.3
SLD 0   1,507 5.2 N/A
Ind. Labour Party 0   1,045 3.6 N/A
Total 8   28,720 30.3 +3.6

Division results

Chadwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gerard Rice 2,589 70.4 −0.8
Conservative Paul Ciechomski 897 24.4 −4.4
SLD Joan Overy 191 5.2 N/A
Majority 1,692 46.0
Turnout 3,677 30.6
Labour hold Swing  1.8
Corringham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Miles 1,435 47.9 −18.2
Conservative Robert Hunter 1,271 42.5 +8.6
SLD Sidney Senior 288 9.6 N/A
Majority 164 5.5
Turnout 2,994 28.0
Labour hold Swing  13.4
Grays Thurrock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beverly Barton * 2,251 49.2 −6.0
Conservative Douglas Sutton 2,012 43.9 −0.9
SLD Tony Scott 315 6.9 N/A
Majority 239 5.2
Turnout 4,578 33.8
Labour hold Swing  2.6
Orsett & Stifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Revell 2,513 52.4 +9.0
Labour John Pollard * 1,987 41.4 −15.2
SLD Alan Banton 300 6.3 N/A
Majority 526 11.0
Turnout 4,800 43.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  12.1
South Ockendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Jones 2,188 72.3 −9.0
Conservative Susan Dalton 838 27.7 +9.0
Majority 1,350 44.6
Turnout 3,026 28.2
Labour hold Swing  9.0
Stanford-le-Hope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julian Norris * 1,869 54.8 −9.1
Conservative William Lea 1,278 37.5 +1.4
SLD Michael Birch 264 7.7 N/A
Majority 591 17.3
Turnout 3,411 26.8
Labour hold Swing  5.3
Tilbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Bolger * 1,892 75.2 −6.9
Conservative Marie Bamford-Burst 475 18.9 +3.9
SLD Vixien Howard 149 5.9 N/A
Majority 1,417 56.3
Turnout 2,516 21.2
Labour hold Swing  5.4
West Thurrock & Aveley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Reginald Lee 1,551 41.7 −29.3
Conservative Henry Cook 1,122 30.2 +1.2
Ind. Labour Party Edward Vellacott 1,045 28.1 N/A
Majority 429 11.5
Turnout 3,718 30.8
Labour hold Swing  15.3

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Uttlesford District Summary
Party Seats +/- Votes % +/-
Conservative 4   9,876 48.8 +0.6
SLD 0   6,078 30.1 –0.7
Labour 0   3,939 19.5 –0.9
Green 0   332 1.6 N/A
Total 4   20,225 40.5 –1.9

Division results

Dunmow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Stephen * 2,686 62.1 +9.2
SLD Nicholas Patterson 872 20.2 −11.8
Labour Jennifer Oliveira 767 17.7 +5.2
Majority 1,814 41.9
Turnout 4,325 37.4
Conservative hold Swing  10.5
Saffron Walden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Neville * 2,373 37.3 −4.3
Labour Russell Green 1,958 30.8 −3.3
SLD Donald Benson 1,699 26.7 +2.3
Green Kevin Saunders 332 5.2 N/A
Majority 415 6.5
Turnout 6,362 43.3
Conservative hold Swing  0.5
Stansted
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Duly 2,494 48.4 −0.8
SLD Raymond Clifford 2,140 41.5 +5.7
Labour Robin Shaw 520 10.1 −2.5
Majority 354 6.9
Turnout 5,154 41.5
Conservative hold Swing  3.3
Thaxted
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Whitehead 2,423 54.0 +1.8
SLD John Gibb 1,367 30.5 −3.1
Labour Katherine Donovan 694 15.5 +1.3
Majority 1,056 23.6
Turnout 4,484 39.6
Conservative hold Swing  2.5

By-elections

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Old Heath

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Old Heath: May 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Pearson 2,384 40.1 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Vincent Edkins 2,103 35.4 –0.3
Conservative Edward Winney 1,039 17.5 –1.9
SDP John Parrick 416 7.0 N/A
Majority 281 4.7
Turnout 5,942 48.1
Registered electors 12,350
Labour hold Swing  2.3


Brentwood Central

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Brentwood Central: June 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Edgar Davis 2,210 56.0 +21.6
Conservative John Hutton 1,339 33.9 –14.6
Labour Francis Keohane 249 6.3 –4.2
Green Philip Ray 89 2.3 –4.3
SDP Samuel Ormsby 32 0.8 N/A
Independent James Holdsworth 28 0.7 N/A
Majority 871 22.1
Turnout 3,947 40.1
Registered electors 9,853
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing  18.1

Dunmow

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Dunmow: May 1991
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Westcott 2,937 56.4 –5.7
Liberal Democrats John Gibb 1,451 27.9 +7.7
Labour David Cole 817 15.7 –2.0
Majority 1,486 28.5
Turnout 5,205 45.1
Registered electors 11,532
Conservative hold Swing  6.7

Basildon Laindon

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Basildon Laindon: September 1991
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Walsh 1,780 48.4 +13.1
Labour Harold Bruce 1,360 37.0 –17.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Wilson 538 538 +4.4
Majority 420 11.4
Turnout 3,678 33.2
Registered electors 11,063
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  15.4

Brentwood Hutton

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Brentwood Hutton: September 1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alun Thomas 1,872 57.9 –4.9
Liberal Democrats Katharine Spanton 1,191 36.8 +18.6
Labour Edward O'Brien 172 5.3 –13.7
Majority 681 21.1
Turnout 3,235 26.8
Registered electors 12,183
Conservative hold Swing  11.8

References

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  1. ^ "Elections". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Elections". Retrieved 11 February 2014.