1994_Colchester_Borough_Council_election
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.
Quick Facts 20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 43.7% (3.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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1994 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 | ||
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Berechurch
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Party | 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 | |||
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No Green candidate as previous (1.0%).
Birch Messing Copford
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Party | 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 | |||
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Castle
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Party | 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 | |||
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Harbour
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Party | 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 | |||
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Lexden
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Party | 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 | |||
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No Green candidate as previous (0.8%).
Mile End
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Party | 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 | |||
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New Town
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Party | 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 | |||
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Prettygate
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Party | 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 | |||
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Pyefleet
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Party | 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 | |||
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Shrub End
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Party | 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 | |||
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St. Andrew's
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Party | 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 | |||
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St. Anne's
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Party | 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 | |||
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No Green candidate as previous (1.1%).
St. John's
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Party | 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 | |||
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No Green candidate as previous (2.8%).
St. Mary's
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Party | 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 | |||
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Stanway
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Party | 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 | |||
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Tiptree
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Party | 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 | |||
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No Tiptree Residents candidate as previous (46.3%).
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
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Party | 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 | |||
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West Mersea
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Party | 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 | |||
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Winstree
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Party | 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 | |||
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Wivenhoe
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Party | 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 | |||
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- "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 23 December 2022.