1997_Essex_County_Council_election

1997 Essex County Council election
All 79 seats to Essex County Council; 40 seats needed for a majority
Majority party before election; No Overall Control;	Majority party after election ; No Overall Control;

1997 Essex County Council election

1997 UK local government election

An election to Essex County Council took place on 1 May 1997 as part of the 1997 United Kingdom local elections. 79 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. With the creation of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and Thurrock Council in 1998 the number of seats contested at this election was reduced by 19. In 1993 the breakdown of these seats were, Lab 9 Con 5 LD 5.

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Party		Seats
	Labour	33
	Conservative	32
	Liberal Democrats	32
	Independent	1
Total		79

Party		Seats
	Labour	34
	Liberal Democrats	32
	Conservative	31
	Independent	1
Total		79

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40	14	1	13	50.6	38.9	281,074	+3.6
	Labour	23	2	3	1	29.1	31.7	229,181	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	15	1	13	12	19.0	26.6	192,520	−5.3
	Loughton Residents	1	1		1	1.3	0.7	5,040	+0.7
	Green	0					1.1	7,907	+0.1
	Independent	0		1	1		1.0	7,378	+0.2
	Socialist Alliance	0					>0.1	220	N/A
Total		79						723,320

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	5	0	35,336	39.9	−1.0
Conservative	5	1	33,144	37.4	−0.1
Liberal Democrat	0	1	20,021	22.6	+1.5
Socialist Alliance	0	0	120	0.1	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Morris	3,586	44.0	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Williams *	2,520	30.9	−13.2
	Labour	Liv Roe	2,052	25.2	+8.7
Majority			1,066	13.1
Turnout			8,158	73.3	+32.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	8.9

1997_Essex_County_Council_election

1997 Essex County Council election

Summary

Previous composition

1993 election

Composition of council seats before election

Results

Election of Group Leaders

Government Formation

Results by Electoral Divisions

Basildon

Braintree

Brentwood

Castle Point

Chelmsford

Colchester

Epping Forest

Harlow

Maldon

Rochford

Tendring

Uttlesford

By-elections

Southend

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Archibald *	4,427	66.4	−1.6
	Conservative	Sandra Elliott	1,610	24.1	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Marsh	631	9.5	±0.0
Majority			2,817	42.2	+3.3
Turnout			6,668	68.6	+29.5
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Wright	4,935	61.0	−4.3
	Conservative	Andrew Elliott	2,105	26.0	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dickinson	1,056	13.0	+4.0
Majority			2,830	35.0	−4.6
Turnout			8,096	71.9	+30.0
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Liebeschuetz *	3,679	56.1	−1.5
	Conservative	David Walsh	1,930	29.4	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	950	14.5	+3.5
Majority			1,749	26.7	+0.5
Turnout			6,559	65.5	+29.4
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Bobbin	5,791	54.3	−3.2
	Conservative	Jacqueline Blake	3,381	31.7	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Birch	1,369	12.8	+3.4
	Socialist Alliance	David Murray	120	1.1	N/A
Majority			2,410	22.6	−1.8
Turnout			10,661	63.5	+29.1
	Labour hold		Swing	0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Swatantra Nandanwar	4,668	57.2	−4.6
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	2,213	27.1	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hersom	1,285	15.7	+5.5
Majority			2,455	30.1	−3.7
Turnout			8,166	64.6	+27.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brinley Jones *	3,958	40.8	+0.1
	Labour	Susanna Caira-Neeson	3,458	35.7	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph White	2,275	23.5	+2.0
Majority			500	5.2	+2.3
Turnout			9,691	76.4	+32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Watkinson	5,338	51.3	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Dowden	3,598	34.6	+7.4
	Labour	Margaret Viney	1,473	14.2	+3.2
Majority			1,740	16.7	−17.8
Turnout			10,409	75.5	+42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Twitchen *	4,287	43.3	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Taylor	3,694	37.3	−0.7
	Labour	Geoffrey Viney	1,930	19.5	+3.4
Majority			593	6.0	+3.5
Turnout			9,911	75.7	+37.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Pummell *	4,736	46.0	−2.6
	Labour	Ian Hancock	2,923	28.4	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Pattison	2,643	25.7	−7.3
Majority			1,813	17.6	+2.0
Turnout			10,302	72.3	+25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Labour	4	26,705	37.2	−3.0
Conservative	2	26,812	37.3	+2.1
Liberal Democrat	1	15,388	21.4	−0.7
Green	0	2,909	4.1	+1.5

Bocking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Card *	3,925	42.4	−1.9
	Conservative	Simon Walsh	3,412	36.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Meadows	1,584	17.1	−1.3
	Green	Wendy Partridge	340	3.7	+1.2
Majority			513	5.5	−4.0
Turnout			9,261	70.1	+26.1
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Braintree East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop *	4,682	40.6	−6.0
	Conservative	Nigel Edey	4,553	39.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Beckett	1,967	17.1	+3.1
	Green	Susan Ransome	332	2.9	−0.1
Majority			129	1.1	−9.0
Turnout			11,534	79.3	+36.4
	Labour hold		Swing	4.6

Braintree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Rice *	3,837	33.4	−11.8
	Conservative	Roger Wacey	3,714	32.3	+4.6
	Labour	Robert Miller	3,630	31.6	+7.2
	Green	Nelson Brunton	318	2.8	±0.0
Majority			123	1.1	−16.4
Turnout			11,499	75.0	+34.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.2

Halstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Pike *	4,153	40.2	+1.5
	Labour	John Kotz	3,355	32.4	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Forder	2,393	23.1	+0.1
	Green	Lyn Peacock	442	4.3	N/A
Majority			798	7.7	+7.3
Turnout			10,343	73.6	+36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Waterer *	4,311	44.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Ellis	2,529	26.3	+0.7
	Labour	Edward Snarey	2,458	25.6	−2.6
	Green	Kevin Peterson	319	3.3	N/A
Majority			1,782	18.5	+0.5
Turnout			9,617	77.1	+38.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lyon *	4,845	47.3	−10.2
	Conservative	Dennis Willetts	3,090	30.2	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Cavinder	1,503	14.7	+2.9
	Green	James Abbott	802	7.8	+1.9
Majority			1,755	17.1	−15.5
Turnout			10,240	73.2	+38.7
	Labour hold		Swing	7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gyford *	3,810	40.9	−1.8
	Conservative	Michael Lager	3,579	38.4	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christine May	1,575	16.9	+5.1
	Green	Philip Hughes	356	3.8	−0.2
Majority			231	2.5	−1.3
Turnout			9,320	73.3	+38.3
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	4	18,258	43.8	+7.9
Liberal Democrat	1	4	15,046	36.1	−15.5
Labour	0	0	7,965	19.1	+9.4
Green	0	0	400	1.0	−1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edgar Davis *	2,941	42.8	−16.1
	Conservative	Francis Kenny	2,532	36.9	+6.7
	Labour	Martin Coule	1,393	20.3	+12.8
Majority			409	14.8	−13.9
Turnout			6,866	75.4	+33.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roberts	4,511	48.7	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Davies	3,139	33.9	−10.0
	Labour	Charles Bisson	1,611	17.4	+7.4
Majority			1,372	14.8
Turnout			9,261	75.4	+40.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Gray	3,186	45.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Spencer	2,615	37.3	−15.4
	Labour	Rosalind Brown	1,201	17.2	+10.1
Majority			571	8.2
Turnout			7,002	74.7	+36.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	11.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Enkel	4,230	43.1	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Hardy *	3,879	39.5	−18.6
	Labour	Paul Bartley	1,303	13.3	+7.0
	Green	Carolyn Bartley	400	4.1	+1.1
Majority			351	3.6
Turnout			9,812	76.8	+32.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	14.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Lee *	3,799	43.5	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Robins	2,472	28.3	−15.9
	Labour	Deborah Richardson	2,457	28.2	+11.2
Majority			1,327	15.2
Turnout			8,728	75.5	+33.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	11.9

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	2	21,761	45.1	+11.8
Labour	2	1	19,413	40.3	+6.1
Liberal Democrat	0	1	6,957	14.4	−18.0
Socialist Alliance	0	0	100	0.2	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Reeves *	3,483	48.0	+12.1
	Labour	Brian Wilson	2,760	38.0	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Howe	1,014	14.0	−20.8
Majority			723	10.0	+8.9
Turnout			7,257	73.8	+38.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Williams	4,682	48.1	+7.4
	Conservative	Christopher Freeman	3,833	39.4	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Newman	1,218	12.5	−13.1
Majority			849	8.7	+1.6
Turnout			9,733	66.1	+30.6
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Howard *	4,778	51.5	+7.5
	Labour	James David	3,725	40.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Terry	670	7.2	−10.0
	Socialist Alliance	Robert Chapman	100	1.1	N/A
Majority			1,053	11.4	+6.2
Turnout			9,273	67.6	+31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Goldsworthy	3,468	43.5	−2.6
	Conservative	John Greenwood	3,301	41.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Barry King	1,201	15.1	−10.9
Majority			167	2.1	−16.0
Turnout			7,970	73.0	+36.3
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Williams	3,043	45.0	+16.5
	Labour	Roy English	2,070	30.6	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker *	1,648	24.4	−36.2
Majority			973	14.4
Turnout			6,761	74.6	+28.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dick *	3,323	45.9	+18.2
	Labour	Guy Shearwood	2,708	37.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Pile	1,206	16.7	−18.3
Majority			615	8.5
Turnout			7,237	73.8	+35.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	9.1

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	1	35,355	39.0	+1.8
Liberal Democrat	4	1	31,366	34.6	−8.6
Labour	1	0	20,208	22.3	+3.5
Green	0	0	2,320	2.6	+1.8
Independent	0	0	1,383	1.5	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Cole	2,574	33.0	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Evans *	2,417	31.0	−9.1
	Labour	Barry Grainger	1,387	17.8	−1.1
	Independent	Delmas Ashford	1,261	16.2	N/A
	Green	Paulene Gaywood	168	2.2	−0.5
Majority			157	2.0
Turnout			7,807	75.0	+33.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gale	3,727	39.6	−9.9
	Conservative	John Candler	3,401	36.1	−2.2
	Labour	Michael Bloomsbury	2,016	21.4	+9.2
	Green	Nicholas Scales	156	1.7	N/A
	Independent	Stephen Stratton	122	1.3	N/A
Majority			326	3.5	−7.8
Turnout			9,422	76.6	+31.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Smith-Hughes *	3,429	38.2	−1.3
	Conservative	Kathleen Pauley	2,716	30.3	+2.5
	Labour	William Horslen	2,680	29.9	−2.9
	Green	Angela Thomson	145	1.6	N/A
Majority			713	7.9	+1.2
Turnout			8,970	76.6	+25.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.9