1985_Essex_County_Council_election

1985 Essex County Council election
All 98 seats to Essex County Council; 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; Conservative;	Majority party after election ; No overall control;

1985 Essex County Council election

Local government contest in the East of England

An election to Essex County Council 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.

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Results by Electoral Divisions

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	45	2	8	6	39.8	176,168	−2.7
	Labour	29	1	2	3	29.6	131,019	−4.5
	Alliance	23	10		10	29.2	129,371	+8.1
	Loughton Residents	1			0	0.5	2,399	+0.1
	Residents' Association	0		1	1	0.2	816
	Ecology	0			0	0.1	439	−0.1
	Other parties	0			0	0.5	2,335
Total		98					442547

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	6	0	18,235	40.3	-2.6
Conservative	3	0	14,386	31.8	+1.2
Alliance	1	1	11,830	26.1	+10.3
Residents	0	1	816	1.8	-6.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Ball	1,643	45.6	+11.6
	Alliance	G. Palmer	1,146	31.8	+13.1
	Labour	M. Cregg	814	22.6	-1.6
Majority			497	13.8
Turnout			3,603	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Archibald*	2,300	71.2	+2.8
	Conservative	G. Penvere	487	15.1	-1.2
	Alliance	J. Smith	442	13.7	+0.5
Majority			1,813	56.1
Turnout			3,229	30.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Primmer	2,885	65.5	-2.1
	Conservative	J. Harbott	815	18.5	+3.5
	Alliance	M. Chambers	702	15.9	-1.5
Majority			2,070	47.0
Turnout			4,402	35.5
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

1985_Essex_County_Council_election

1985 Essex County Council election

Summary

Results

Results by Electoral Divisions

Basildon

Braintree

Brentwood

Castle Point

Chelmsford

Colchester

Epping Forest

Harlow

Maldon

Rochford

Southend

Tendring

Thurrock

Uttlesford

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Bolt*	2,081	49.5	+6.6
	Alliance	K. Neil	1,296	30.9	-2.6
	Conservative	E. Lane	823	19.6	-4.0
Majority			785	18.7
Turnout			4,200	37.7
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Martin-Smith	3,007	63.9	+2.2
	Conservative	M. Jennings	1,113	23.6	-3.2
	Alliance	M. Maguire	589	12.5	+1.0
Majority			1,894	40.2
Turnout			4,709	30.5
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Miller*	2,898	68.1	+2.8
	Conservative	A. White	782	18.4	-1.1
	Alliance	M. Birch	575	13.5	+0.9
Majority			2,116	49.7
Turnout			4,255	32.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Evans	2,061	41.9	-2.0
	Conservative	E. Dines	1,440	29.3	-4.3
	Alliance	J. White	1,417	28.8	+6.4
Majority			621	12.6
Turnout			4,918	44.5
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Greenfield*	3,310	65.9	+12.8
	Alliance	A. Banton	1,261	25.1	N/A
	Labour	I. Harlow	450	9.0	+1.2
Majority			2,049	40.8
Turnout			5,021	42.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Marshall	2,498	42.9	+10.1
	Alliance	G. Cronkshaw	1,595	27.4	+12.0
	Labour	J. Kemp	919	15.8	-1.2
	Residents	H. Wilkins*	816	14.0	-20.9
Majority			903	15.5
Turnout			5,828	46.2
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing	1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Auvray	2,807	55.0	+36.5
	Conservative	E. Mickleborough*	1,475	28.9	-22.0
	Labour	C. Wilson	820	16.1	-14.5
Majority			1,332	26.1
Turnout			5,102	47.6
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	29.3

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	1	14,923	40.8	-4.3
Labour	2	1	11,376	31.1	-6.5
Alliance	1	0	10,273	28.1	+10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. White	2,548	43.2	+4.8
	Conservative	A. Comfort	2,373	40.2	+1.2
	Alliance	H. Nicholson	979	16.6	-6.0
Majority			175	3.0
Turnout			5,900	49.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Dixon-Smith*	2,315	42.9	+3.6
	Labour	R. Pay	1,677	31.1	-1.1
	Alliance	C. 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	D. Grice*	2,913	50.4	+12.8
	Conservative	J. Render	1,936	33.5	-3.3
	Labour	S. Kerlogue	931	16.1	-9.5
Majority			977	16.9
Turnout			5,780	44.1
	Alliance hold		Swing	8.1

Hedingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Waterer*	2,531	50.9	-13.9
	Alliance	H. Chamberlain	1,425	28.6	N/A
	Labour	A. 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	J. Lyon	2,037	42.7	-1.4
	Conservative	P. Gilthorpe	1,481	31.1	-2.3
	Alliance	J. 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	D. Willetts*	1,765	40.4	-10.7
	Labour	K. Blower	1,398	32.0	-16.9
	Alliance	D. Howard	1,203	27.6	N/A
Majority			367	8.4
Turnout			4,366	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Joyce*	2,522	46.8	-11.0
	Labour	R. Dixey	1,767	32.8	-9.4
	Alliance	A. Bird	1,095	20.3	N/A
Majority			755	14.0
Turnout			5,384	42.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	1	11,520	46.0	-5.8
Alliance	1	1	8,807	35.2	+11.6
Labour	0	0	4,717	18.8	-5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Hutton*	1,989	42.9	-5.3
	Alliance	E. Yates	1,989	42.9	+13.3
	Labour	G. Dimmock	659	14.2	-8.0
Majority			0	0.0
Turnout			4,637	45.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Donnelly*	2,368	51.3	-5.5
	Alliance	T. Brown	1,497	32.4	+8.1
	Labour	C. Cozens	750	16.3	-2.6
Majority			871	18.9
Turnout			4,615	38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Jago*	1,997	50.6	-1.7
	Alliance	R. Gottesmann	1,311	33.2	+10.0
	Labour	L. Southgate	635	16.1	-8.4
Majority			686	17.4
Turnout			3,943	41.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	D. Hardy	2,790	45.2	+16.1
	Conservative	R. Brown	2,759	44.7	-12.5
	Labour	R. Tattersall	620	10.1	-3.6
Majority			31	0.5
Turnout			6,169	48.7
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing	14.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Hayward*	2,407	42.4	-2.3
	Labour	C. Maxey	2,053	36.1	-5.7
	Alliance	R. McFarland	1,220	21.5	+8.0
Majority			354	6.2
Turnout			5,680	49.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	1	11,398	50.1	+3.3
Labour	1	1	7,216	31.7	-1.2
Alliance	0	0	4,157	18.3	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Reeves	2,144	55.9	+2.8
	Labour	B. Wilson	913	23.8	-0.6
	Alliance	T. Atkin	777	20.3	-2.1
Majority			1,231	32.1
Turnout			3,834	38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Nisbet*	1,704	40.8	+0.3
	Conservative	A. Patterson	1,694	40.5	+1.7
	Alliance	F. Johnstone	780	18.7	N/A
Majority			10	0.2
Turnout			4,178	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Howard	1,961	45.3	+14.6
	Labour	D. Shaw*	1,845	42.6	-4.8
	Alliance	K. Miller	520	12.0	+2.6
Majority			116	2.7
Turnout			4,326	33.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	9.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Brum*	1,507	43.9	+0.1
	Labour	A. Wright	1,293	37.7	-0.8
	Alliance	A. Birch	634	18.5	+0.9
Majority			214	6.2
Turnout			3,434	32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Williams*	2,365	63.8	+2.0
	Alliance	D. Newton	723	19.5	-0.9
	Labour	G. Carr	620	16.7	-1.2
Majority			1,642	44.3
Turnout			3,708	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Gazzard	1,727	52.5	-1.3
	Labour	J. Payne	841	25.6	-2.6
	Alliance	R. Michel	723	22.0	+4.0
Majority			886	26.9
Turnout			3,291	33.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Rose	2,353	52.7	+1.1
	Alliance	B. Perry	1,224	27.4	+0.5
	Labour	S. Morphew	892	20.0	-1.6
Majority			1,129	25.3
Turnout			4,469	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	A. Knight*	2,527	44.6	-9.1
	Conservative	D. Kimberlin	2,346	41.4	+6.9
	Labour	C. Playford	792	14.0	+2.2
Majority			181	3.2
Turnout			5,665	44.4
	Alliance hold		Swing	8.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	T. Smith-Hughes*	2,235	50.0	-6.4
	Conservative	A. Lewis	1,189	26.6	+0.5
	Labour	R. Chad	1,048	23.4	+5.9
Majority			1,046	23.4
Turnout			4,472	42.5
	Alliance hold		Swing	3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Harmer*	2,755	51.6	+6.0
	Conservative	C. South	1,945	36.5	-2.7
	Labour	K. Brownfield	634	11.9	-3.3
Majority			810	15.2
Turnout			5,334	46.9
	Alliance hold		Swing	4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. Allen	1,962	45.5	-5.0
	Conservative	R. Unwin	1,230	28.5	+0.8
	Labour	W. Wright	1,123	26.0	+4.2
Majority			732	17.0
Turnout			4,315	43.2
	Alliance hold		Swing	2.9