1989_Essex_County_Council_election

1989 Essex County Council election
All 98 seats to Essex County Council; 49 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; No Overall Control;	Majority party after election ; Conservative;

1989 Essex County Council election

1989 UK local government election

The 1989 election to Essex County Council took place on 4 May 1989 as part of the 1989 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	57	13	1	12	44.5	193,669	+4.7
	Labour	26	1	4	3	28.8	125,615	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	14	1	10	9	23.3	101,342	−6.3
	Loughton Residents	1				0.9	1,378	New
	Green	0				1.3	5,694	+1.2
	SDP	0				1.2	5,191	N/A
	Independent	0				0.3	1,469	−0.2
	Ind. Labour Party	0				0.2	1,045	New
	BNP	0				>0.1	146	New
Total		98					436153

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	5	1	16,209	36.8	−3.5
Conservative	4	1	17,999	40.9	+9.1
Liberal Democrat	1		9,525	21.6	−4.5
Independent	0		196	0.4	+0.4
SDP	0		123	0.3	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	12.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Williams Archibald *	2,064	58.7	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeline Costello	2,729	65.8	+0.3
	Conservative	Stuart Allen	1,038	25.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	380	9.2	−6.7
Majority			1,691	40.8
Turnout			4,147	34.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

1989_Essex_County_Council_election

1989 Essex County Council election

Summary

Result

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	Martin Oliver	2,229	54.6	+5.1
	Conservative	William Lockhart	1,440	35.3	+15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Saunders	416	10.2	−20.7
Majority			789	19.3
Turnout			4,085	36.4
	Labour hold		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Smith	2,631	56.9	−7.0
	Conservative	Paul Cleland	1,614	34.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Williams	378	8.2	−4.3
Majority			1,017	22.0
Turnout			4,623	27.0
	Labour hold		Swing	9.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Wright	2,413	63.5	−4.6
	Conservative	Simon Ryder	1,058	27.9	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Owens	327	8.6	−4.9
Majority			1,355	35.7
Turnout			3,798	28.2
	Labour hold		Swing	7.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brinley Jones	2,501	46.2	+16.9
	Labour	Charles Bidmead	1,823	33.6	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lilian Greenfield *	3,261	71.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Dighton	2,498	54.3	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Pummell	2,114	44.3	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	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 Liberal Democrats		Swing	14.1

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	15,788	43.9	+3.1
Labour	2	12,267	34.1	+3.0
Liberal Democrat	1	7,315	20.4	−7.7
Green	0	560	1.6	+1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter White *	2,939	53.2	+10.0
	Conservative	Graham Hutton	2,178	39.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jayne Nicholls	411	7.4	−9.2
Majority			761	13.8
Turnout			5,528	45.6
	Labour hold		Swing	5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Dixon-Smith *	2,832	52.5	+9.6
	Labour	Richard Keeble	1,771	32.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	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	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Liberal Democrats 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
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Cane	398	8.4	−17.8
Majority			649	13.6
Turnout			4,765	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Willetts *	1,840	44.8	+4.4
	Labour	John Gyford	1,480	36.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Slowman	791	19.2	−8.4
Majority			360	8.8
Turnout			4,111	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	11,424	50.7	+4.7
Liberal Democrat	1	6,460	28.7	−6.5
Labour	0	4,122	18.3	−0.5
Green	0	508	2.3	+2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Hutton *	2,070	48.5	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Green	2,559	62.8	+11.5
	Labour	Malcolm Burgess	773	19.0	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lachlan Mackenzie	743	18.2	−14.2
Majority			1,786	43.8
Turnout			4,075	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Jago *	1,874	53.8	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.2

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Reeves *	2,098	61.2	+5.3
	Labour	Brian Wilson	897	26.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Atkins	434	12.7	−7.6
Majority			1,201	35.0
Turnout			3,429	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Howard *	2,662	57.2	+11.9
	Labour	Dorothy Shaw	1,617	34.7	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Ford	377	8.1	−3.9
Majority			1,045	22.4
Turnout			4,656	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Brum *	1,827	54.1	+10.2
	Labour	Ashley Final	1,125	33.3	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Miller	426	12.6	−5.9
Majority			702	20.8
Turnout			5,039	30.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Williams *	2,355	66.5	+2.7
	Labour	Joy Nisbet	773	21.8	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Newton	416	11.7	−7.8
Majority			1,582	44.6
Turnout			3,544	38.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Gazzard *	2,033	62.6	+10.1
	Labour	June Turner	828	25.5	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Patman	387	11.9	−10.1
Majority			1,205	37.1
Turnout			3,248	33.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Rose *	2,111	55.8	+3.1
	Labour	Douglas Shinn	753	19.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Kimberlin	2,725	46.5	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	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 Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Pauley	1,858	34.6	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	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 Liberal Democrats		Swing	13.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vernon Makin	1,813	40.0	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	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 Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lee	1,415	31.4	+2.9
	Labour	Bill Wright	1,413	31.4	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	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 Liberal Democrats		Swing	1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Martin	3,510	51.4	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	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