1986_Colchester_Borough_Council_election
Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 8 May 1986 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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Quick Facts 21 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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21 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 1986 Colchester Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the election, the Conservative Party lost control of the council to no overall control after having held an overall majority since the 1976 election.
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1986 Colchester Borough Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 6 | 6 | 28.6 | 22 | 28 | 46.7 | 13,873 | 33.3 | –9.6 | |
Alliance | 8 | 6 | 38.1 | 8 | 16 | 26.7 | 14,988 | 36.0 | +10.9 | |
Labour | 5 | 23.8 | 7 | 12 | 20.0 | 11,185 | 26.9 | –1.3 | ||
Tiptree Residents | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,110 | 2.7 | +0.4 | ||
Independent | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 459 | 1.1 | –0.4 | ||
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Berechurch
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | M. Bayliss | 1,235 | 43.6 | +6.2 | |
Labour | B. McQuitty* | 1,115 | 39.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | A. Kimberley | 483 | 17.0 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 120 | 4.2 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,833 | 47.0 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,029 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 1.9 | |||
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Birch-Messing
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Wayman* | 422 | 63.9 | -12.2 | |
Alliance | A. Chataway | 187 | 28.3 | +11.2 | |
Labour | J. Brice | 51 | 7.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 235 | 35.6 | -23.3 | ||
Turnout | 660 | 48.5 | -2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,361 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | 11.7 | |||
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Boxted & Langham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Garnett* | 600 | 63.0 | -0.1 | |
Alliance | D. Elmer | 261 | 27.4 | -1.8 | |
Labour | S. Vanplew | 91 | 9.6 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 339 | 35.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 952 | 50.3 | -4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,894 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.9 | |||
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Castle
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Cooke* | 1,090 | 39.8 | +4.8 | |
Alliance | Chris Hall | 865 | 31.6 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | J. Hazell | 784 | 28.6 | -19.2 | |
Majority | 225 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,739 | 53.2 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,150 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 | |||
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Harbour
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rod Green* | 1,076 | 44.0 | -12.1 | |
Alliance | E. Fowler | 845 | 34.6 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Mike Coyne | 485 | 19.9 | -3.6 | |
Independent | F. Baldwin | 37 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 231 | 9.4 | -23.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,443 | 45.2 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,470 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.1 | |||
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Lexden
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | W. Sandford | 1,218 | 53.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | S. Lewis | 921 | 40.6 | -5.1 | |
Labour | D. Chappell | 129 | 5.7 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 297 | 13.1 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,268 | 53.6 | -3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,235 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.7 | |||
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Mile End
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Fulford* | 797 | 48.1 | -8.1 | |
Alliance | W. Reid | 513 | 31.0 | +16.9 | |
Labour | S. Dick | 347 | 20.9 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 284 | 17.1 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,657 | 41.7 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,971 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.5 | |||
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New Town
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Y. Edkins | 1,100 | 60.4 | -11.4 | |
Labour | J. Bayles | 450 | 24.7 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | J. Clarke | 270 | 14.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 650 | 35.7 | -19.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,820 | 39.3 | -9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,630 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | 10.0 | |||
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Prettygate
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | David Goss | 1,445 | 55.0 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | S. Sheffield | 827 | 31.5 | -5.2 | |
Labour | E. Plowright | 353 | 13.4 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 618 | 23.5 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,625 | 51.7 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,082 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.6 | |||
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Shrub End
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | G. Daldry* | 1,299 | 57.3 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Chris Pearson | 734 | 32.4 | -11.2 | |
Conservative | A. Stevenson | 235 | 10.4 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 565 | 24.9 | +24.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,268 | 36.8 | -1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,159 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | 12.3 | |||
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St. Andrew's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Bober* | 1,310 | 59.4 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | R. Larkins | 485 | 22.0 | -2.6 | |
Alliance | J. Meleschko | 410 | 18.6 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 825 | 37.4 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,205 | 25.4 | -6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,690 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.3 | |||
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St. Anne's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Mike Hogg | 890 | 39.4 | +22.3 | |
Labour | K. Hindle | 716 | 31.7 | -13.7 | |
Conservative | L. Spendlove | 653 | 28.9 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 174 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,259 | 46.3 | -4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,876 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 18.0 | |||
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St. John's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | E. Hubbard | 928 | 45.5 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | M. Roots* | 885 | 43.4 | -8.5 | |
Labour | G. Rose | 226 | 11.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 43 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,039 | 46.3 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,560 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.4 | |||
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St. Mary's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nigel Chapman* | 964 | 47.6 | -15.1 | |
Alliance | R. Baker | 603 | 29.8 | +11.6 | |
Labour | R. Turp | 459 | 22.7 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 361 | 17.8 | -25.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,026 | 40.2 | -1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,042 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.4 | |||
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Stanway
Vote share changes are compared to the top candidate result from the 1984 election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | J. Ellis | 893 | 44.0 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | I. Parsonson | 831 | 40.9 | -11.0 | |
Labour | M. Fitzgibbon | 306 | 15.1 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 62 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,724 | 40.7 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,989 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 12.4 | |||
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Tiptree
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tiptree Residents | John Elliott* | 1,110 | 60.5 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | C. Borgartz | 472 | 25.7 | -7.7 | |
Labour | T. Lawson | 254 | 13.8 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 638 | 34.8 | +16.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,836 | 30.5 | -0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,010 | ||||
Tiptree Residents hold | Swing | 8.5 | |||
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West Bergholt
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Lampon* | 562 | 52.4 | -10.8 | |
Alliance | M. Cook | 393 | 36.7 | +10.8 | |
Labour | J. Church | 117 | 10.9 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 169 | 15.7 | -21.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,072 | 45.9 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,334 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.8 | |||
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West Mersea
Vote share changes are compared to the top candidate result from the 1984 election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | L. Leader* | 1,183 | 62.0 | +6.9 | |
Alliance | A. Stevens | 566 | 29.7 | +18.5 | |
Labour | C. Nimmo | 159 | 8.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 617 | 32.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,908 | 37.4 | -12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,105 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.8 | |||
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No Independent candidate as previous (-25.5).
Winstree
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Fairhead* | 685 | 58.5 | -14.0 | |
Alliance | A. Spear | 378 | 32.3 | +11.2 | |
Labour | L. Shelley | 108 | 9.2 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 307 | 26.2 | -25.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,171 | 54.6 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,146 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.6 | |||
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Wivenhoe
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Sharp | 1,060 | 42.4 | -8.2 | |
Labour | Mary Liddy | 1,034 | 41.3 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | K. Green | 943 | 37.7 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | M. Geddes | 808 | 32.3 | -6.4 | |
Alliance | D. Locke | 499 | 20.0 | +9.3 | |
Alliance | P. Smith | 460 | 18.4 | +7.7 | |
Turnout | 2,501 | 40.9 | -0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,116 | ||||
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