Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 5 May 1994. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner in each seat at the 1994 Colchester Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the election, the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from no overall control, becoming the first party other than the Conservatives to control the council since its creation in 1973.
Summary
edit1994 Colchester Borough Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 4 | 65.0 | 20 | 33 | 54.2 | 20,941 | 47.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | 4 | 2 | 20.0 | 15 | 19 | 32.2 | 11,349 | 25.8 | –11.8 | |
Labour | 3 | 1 | 15.0 | 4 | 7 | 11.9 | 10,744 | 24.4 | +7.6 | |
Tiptree Residents | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | –2.6 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 765 | 1.7 | +0.3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 252 | 0.6 | N/A |
Ward results
editBerechurch
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | W. Sutton | 1,187 | 52.1 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Paul Bishop | 819 | 36.0 | +15.1 | |
Conservative | N. Peckston | 272 | 11.9 | −10.9 | |
Majority | 368 | 16.2 | −16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,278 | 40.0 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,693 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.2 |
No Green candidate as previous (1.0%).
Birch Messing Copford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Crowe* | 608 | 50.7 | −0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Una Jones | 330 | 27.5 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Julie Young | 261 | 21.8 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 278 | 23.2 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,199 | 47.2 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,542 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Hall* | 1,362 | 53.0 | +11.4 | |
Labour | J. Dodge | 689 | 26.8 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | J. Lucas | 415 | 16.1 | −10.1 | |
Green | C. Shaw | 105 | 4.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 673 | 26.2 | +14.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,571 | 47.5 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,413 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.4 |
Harbour
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Patricia Blandon | 1,244 | 50.3 | −5.7 | |
Labour | J. Bird* | 958 | 38.8 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | M. Cole | 206 | 8.3 | −10.3 | |
Green | N. Mills | 63 | 2.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 286 | 11.6 | −20.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,471 | 42.5 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,818 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 10.3 |
Lexden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Trusler* | 1,270 | 52.3 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Donald Hensall | 980 | 40.4 | −9.6 | |
Labour | L. Barrett | 176 | 7.3 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 290 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,426 | 56.2 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,317 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.4 |
No Green candidate as previous (0.8%).
Mile End
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Ambury | 1,702 | 49.8 | +19.1 | |
Conservative | J. Fulford* | 1,122 | 32.8 | −23.4 | |
Labour | Kim Naish | 499 | 14.6 | +3.7 | |
Green | B. Smith | 93 | 2.7 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 580 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,416 | 42.4 | +6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,064 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 21.3 |
New Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Bob Russell* | 1,615 | 66.8 | +8.4 | |
Labour | S. Pygott | 587 | 24.3 | −0.9 | |
Conservative | D. McBean | 132 | 5.5 | −7.9 | |
Green | P. Wareham | 85 | 3.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,028 | 42.5 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,419 | 46.5 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,207 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.7 |
Prettygate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Goss* | 1,858 | 65.4 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Ron Levy | 601 | 21.2 | −15.0 | |
Labour | T. Pearson | 339 | 11.9 | +4.1 | |
Green | D. Smith | 43 | 1.5 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,257 | 44.2 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,841 | 48.7 | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,830 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 12.6 |
Pyefleet
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Lord | 449 | 46.6 | −6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Justin Knight | 385 | 39.9 | −6.7 | |
Labour | S. Manning-Press | 96 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Green | Walter Schwarz | 34 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 64 | 6.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 962 | 52.2 | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,846 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.1 |
Shrub End
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | W. Sandford | 799 | 54.4 | −16.9 | |
Labour | Frank Wilkin | 482 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Wilson | 189 | 12.9 | −15.4 | |
Majority | 317 | 21.6 | −21.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,470 | 27.8 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,293 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | N/A |
St. Andrew's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Prosser | 846 | 52.7 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Gary | 588 | 36.6 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | E. Winney | 134 | 8.3 | −16.6 | |
Green | S. Kelly | 37 | 2.3 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 258 | 16.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,605 | 30.1 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,329 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.7 |
St. Anne's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | J. Gamble | 1,208 | 46.8 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Mary Frank* | 1,180 | 45.7 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | N. Elcombe | 193 | 7.5 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.1 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,581 | 46.0 | +8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,614 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.5 |
No Green candidate as previous (1.1%).
St. John's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | J. Barker* | 1,668 | 64.3 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | N. Taylor | 605 | 23.3 | −13.5 | |
Labour | T. Pringle | 322 | 12.4 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 1,063 | 41.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,595 | 46.1 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,635 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.5 |
No Green candidate as previous (2.8%).
St. Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Nick Silverwood-Cope | 1,116 | 45.2 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | R. Spendlove* | 735 | 29.8 | −10.5 | |
Labour | Maureen Lee | 309 | 12.5 | +3.4 | |
Independent | R. Hudson | 252 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Green | J. Hebbern | 55 | 2.2 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 381 | 15.4 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,467 | 48.7 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,069 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.4 |
Stanway
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | J. Ellis | 1,489 | 58.5 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Ian McCord | 691 | 27.1 | −8.0 | |
Labour | E. Plowright | 366 | 14.4 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 798 | 31.3 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,546 | 44.0 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,791 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.9 |
Tiptree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | N. Holland | 879 | 34.8 | +24.2 | |
Conservative | M. Hope | 830 | 32.8 | −10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Seaman | 717 | 28.4 | N/A | |
Green | V. Bannister | 101 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 49 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,527 | 41.7 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,057 | ||||
Labour gain from Tiptree Residents | Swing | 17.3 |
No Tiptree Residents candidate as previous (46.3%).
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Baldwin* | 1,092 | 61.1 | +18.7 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Blundell | 516 | 28.9 | −18.7 | |
Labour | M. Nice | 178 | 10.0 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 576 | 32.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,786 | 48.1 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,715 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 18.7 |
West Mersea
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Kimberley* | 1,032 | 51.3 | −23.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Pipe | 640 | 31.8 | +14.2 | |
Labour | Alison Inman | 340 | 16.9 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 392 | 19.5 | −38.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,012 | 36.3 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,547 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 19.1 |
Winstree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Fairhead* | 696 | 64.3 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Burgess | 297 | 27.4 | −7.3 | |
Labour | J. Coombes | 89 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 399 | 36.9 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,082 | 59.6 | +3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,817 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.2 |
Wivenhoe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Richardson* | 1,329 | 47.5 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | J. Woodcock | 943 | 33.7 | −14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | I. O'Mahoney | 374 | 13.4 | ±0.0 | |
Green | P. Samphire | 149 | 5.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 386 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,795 | 44.4 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,298 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 14.4 |
References
edit- ^ "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 23 December 2022.