2005_Essex_County_Council_election

2005 Essex County Council election
All 75 seats to Essex County Council; 38 seats needed for a majority
	Results by electoral division.Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Community Representatives Party in pink and Loughton Residents Association in green.
Majority party before election; Conservative;	Majority party after election ; Conservative;

2005 Essex County Council election

English local authority election

An election to Essex County Council took place on 9 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 75 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. The electoral divisions were redrawn for this election.

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The Conservative Party retained control with an increased majority, winning 52 of the 75 seats. Labour and the Liberal Democrats both lost seats.

Results by District

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Party		Seats
	Conservative	49
	Labour	19
	Liberal Democrats	10
	Loughton Residents	1
Total		79

Party		Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	52	4	44.5	285,899	+2.8
	Labour	13	5	24.3	156,561	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	8	3	22.9	147,561	+1.4
	Community Representative	1	1	0.9	6,003	+0.3
	Loughton Residents	1		0.4	2,734
	Green	0		5.6	35,696	+3.7
	UKIP	0		0.6	4,112	N/A
	Independent	0		0.3	2,070	−0.3
	BNP	0		0.2	1,391	N/A
	English Democrat	0		0.1	825	N/A
	Veritas	0		>0.1	158	N/A
Total		75

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5		57,459	45.8	+2.8
Labour	4	1	39,537	31.5	−7.8
Liberal Democrat	0		22,787	18.2	+0.8
Green	0		5,101	4.1	+4.1
English Democrats	0		457	0.4	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Schofield	3,654	37.9	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Williams *	2,753	28.6	+7.8
	Labour	Swatantra Nadanwar *	2,489	25.8	−11.9
	English Democrat	Kim Gandy	457	4.7	New
	Green	Ernest Humphries	283	2.9	New
Majority			901	9.3	+5.5
Turnout			9,636	62.9	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Headley *	10,933	58.3
	Conservative	Kay Twitchen *	8,418
	Liberal Democrats	Gilda Bellard	3,868	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Raylor	3,718
	Labour	Patricia Reid	2,674	14.3
	Labour	Margaret Viney	2,369
	Green	Annie Humphries	1,269	6.8
Majority			7,065	9.4
Turnout			18,490	69.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

2005_Essex_County_Council_election

2005 Essex County Council election

Previous composition

2001 election

Composition of council seats before election

Results

Election of Group Leaders

Election of Leader of the Council

Results by District

Basildon

Braintree

Brentwood

Castle Point

Chelmsford

Colchester

Epping Forest

Harlow

Maldon

Rochford

Tendring

Uttlesford

By-elections

Brentwood Rural

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Archibald *	6,707	48.3
	Labour	Rachel Liebeschuetz *	5,349
	Conservative	Terry Fleet	4,107	29.6
	Conservative	Terri Sargent	3,904
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Williams	1,903	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Myall	1,539
	Green	Adam Ellis	1,177	8.5
Majority				18.7
Turnout				55.7
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Bobbin *	6,968	45.6
	Labour	Paul Kirkman *	6,181
	Conservative	David Abrahall	4,910	32.1
	Conservative	Andrew Baggott	4,271
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Howard	2,229	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Jenkins	1,964
	Green	David Wilkinson	1,189	7.8
Majority				13.5
Turnout				51.2
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Don Morris *	8,841	53.9
	Conservative	Iris Pummell *	8,421
	Labour	Wendy Aitken	3,927	24.0
	Labour	Christopher Wilson	3,873
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Howard	2,444	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Woods	2,369
	Green	Dean Hall	1,183	7.2
Majority				30.0
Turnout				62.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	6		29,212	43.2	+3.1
Labour	2	1	20,732	30.7	−5.1
Liberal Democrat	0		11,808	17.5	+0.2
Green	0		4,613	6.8
UKIP	0		1,256	1.9	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Watson	3,231	40.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Jean Schmitt	3,010	37.4	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence Brooks	1,362	16.9	+4.1
	Green	Wendy Partridge	449	5.6	−0.8
Majority			221	2.7
Turnout			8,052	61.7	−3.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Edey *	3,688	43.0
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	2,878	33.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Braley	1,251	14.6
	Green	Duncan Stewart	414	4.8
	UKIP	Barbara Coutts	338	3.9
Majority			810	9.5
Turnout			8,569	69.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop	2,700	35.9
	Conservative	Graham Butland	2,485	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Rice	1,730	23.0
	Green	Philip Hughes	327	4.4
	UKIP	Heather Sheehan	273	3.6
Majority			215	2.9
Turnout			7,515	60.9
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Pike *	4,378	47.0	+2.7
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	2,486	26.7	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Bayley	1,887	20.3	+2.0
	Green	Nelson Brunton	560	6.0	+1.7
Majority			1,892	20.3	+9.1
Turnout			9,311	63.8	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Finch *	4,959	52.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	2,182	23.1	+0.8
	Labour	John Kotz	1,722	18.2	−7.1
	Green	Robert Kenney	590	6.2	+1.4
Majority			2,777	29.4	+7.0
Turnout			9,453	69.4	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Walters *	4,045	51.9
	Labour	William Edwards	1,682	21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Beckett	1,475	18.9
	Green	Kevin Peterson	316	4.1
	UKIP	Michael Baker	278	3.6
Majority			2,363	30.3
Turnout			7,796	70.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Witham Northern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lager	3,108	37.8	+8.7
	Labour	Phillip Barlow *	2,878	35.0	−7.0
	Green	James Abbott	1,376	16.7	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Ashby	490	6.0	−6.0
	UKIP	Bryan Smith	367	4.5	New
Majority			230	2.6
Turnout			8,883	65.3	+4.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.9

Witham Southern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derrick Louis	3,539	40.7	−1.1
	Labour	Jacqueline Martin	3,155	36.2	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Fleet	1,431	16.4	+3.0
	Green	Stephen Hicks	581	6.7	+0.9
Majority			384	4.4	+1.7
Turnout			8,706	63.5	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9

Brentwood Hutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roberts *	5,734	57.8	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Davies	2,292	23.1	−3.4
	Labour	Bernadette Pavitt	1,332	13.4	−3.6
	UKIP	Derek Camp	563	5.7	New
Majority			3,442	34.7	+12.5
Turnout			9,921	68.8	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.3

Brentwood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Baker *	4,102	46.7	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Suckling	2,687	30.6	−3.7
	Labour	Michele Wigram	1,143	13.0	−1.0
	Green	Frank Seckleman	431	4.9	+1.9
	UKIP	Yvonne Maguire	419	4.8	New
Majority			1,415	16.1	+14.7
Turnout			8,782	67.8	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.3

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4		17,868	49.3	+7.8
Liberal Democrat	0	1	10,750	29.6	−3.5
Labour	0		4,665	12.9	−3.4
UKIP	0		1,930	5.3	+5.3
Green	0		1,054	2.9	−0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Dyson *	4,751	49.7	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Aspinell *	3,060	32.0	−5.5
	Labour	Vicki Hann	834	8.7	−2.5
	UKIP	Michael Heaslip	616	6.4	New
	Green	Beryl Lankaster	298	3.1	−0.2
Majority			1,691	17.7	+14.5
Turnout			9,559	71.1	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lionel Lee *	3,281	41.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Kendall	2,711	33.9	+2.2
	Labour	Michael Le-Surf	1,356	16.9	−7.8
	UKIP	Jeanette Gulleford	332	4.1	New
	Green	Dean Swift	325	4.1	−0.8
Majority			570	7.1	+0.0
Turnout			8,005	65.2	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.0

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	5	1	20,774	50.2	+1.4
Labour	0	2	14,185	34.3	−5.6
Liberal Democrat	0		4,470	10.8	+0.3
Green	0		1,936	4.7	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Howard	3,944	45.3	+4.8
	Labour	Dennis Williams *	3,645	41.9	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Wood	718	8.2	+0.5
	Green	Christopher Keane	397	4.6	+0.5
Majority			299	3.4
Turnout			8,704	56.4	+3.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Howard *	3,727	50.8	−4.9
	Labour	Vincent Heatherson	2,782	37.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Howe	556	7.6	+1.3
	Green	Irene Willis	269	3.7	New
Majority			945	12.9	−4.8
Turnout			7,334	52.7	−0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Reeves *	4,998	55.6	+1.4
	Labour	Jacqueline Reilly	2,229	24.8	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jones	1,028	11.4	−4.9
	Green	Vikki Copping	735	8.2	New
Majority			2,769	30.8	+6.2
Turnout			8,990	65.6	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Riley	4,226	50.4
	Labour	Lorna Trollope	2,627	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Newman	1,357	16.2
	Green	Nanine Pachy	175	2.1
Majority			1,599	19.1
Turnout			8,385	63.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dick *	3,879	48.8	−0.2
	Labour	Joseph Cooke	2,902	36.5	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Westlake	811	10.2	−2.6
	Green	Eileen Peck	360	4.5	New
Majority			977	12.3	+1.6
Turnout			7,952	63.1	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
Liberal Democrat	5	1	25,143	31.7	+0.4
Conservative	4		34,553	43.6	+3.4
Labour	0	1	14,265	18.0	−6.6
Green	0		3,927	5.0	+1.1
SWFCTA	0		807	1.0	+1.0
UKIP	0		464	0.6	+0.6
Veritas	0		158	0.2	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Aldridge	4,271	45.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Hunnable	2,565	27.2	−3.4
	Labour	Prudence Jones	1,603	17.0	−5.0
	Green	Andrew Tinsley	513	5.4	+1.8
	UKIP	Charles Cole	464	4.9	New
Majority			1,706	18.1	+5.0
Turnout			9,416	66.4	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Martin *	5,364	53.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteing	2,280	22.7
	Labour	David Howell	1,737	17.3
	Green	Eleanor Burgess	650	6.5
Majority			3,084	30.7
Turnout			10,031	63.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Francis	2,785	38.0
	Conservative	David Lee	2,584	35.3
	Labour	John Leslie	1,531	20.9
	Green	Douglas Copping	430	5.9
Majority			201	2.7
Turnout			7,330	62.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Smith-Hughes *	3,276	39.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Delmas Ashford	2,726	32.6	+3.9
	Labour	Joan Bliss	2,031	24.3	−5.9
	Green	Angela Thomson	341	4.1	+1.5
Majority			550	6.6	−1.8
Turnout			8,374	60.7	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gale *	2,876	36.0	+3.6
	Conservative	Amar Bajaj	2,365	29.6	+3.4
	Labour	Neil Spurgeon *	2,161	27.1	−11.0
	Green	Clifford Hughes	426	5.3	+2.0
	Veritas	Stephen Stratton	158	2.0	New
Majority			511	6.4	+0.8
Turnout			7,986	56.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Miller *	3,774	39.3	−3.5
	Conservative	David Stevenson	3,571	37.2	+4.8
	Labour	Peter Dixon	1,803	18.8	−2.4
	Green	Colin Budgey	449	4.7	+1.1
Majority			203	2.1	−8.4
Turnout			9,597	63.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Hume *	3,950	51.5
	Labour	Robert Jones	1,403	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jenifer Goldfinch	1,260	16.4
	SWFCTA	Ian Roberts	807	10.5
	Green	Valerie Thompson	251	3.3
Majority			2,547	33.2
Turnout			7,671	59.6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mackrory	4,095	41.5	+13.7
	Conservative	John Spence	3,778	38.3	−6.4
	Labour	William Horslen	1,996	20.2	−2.7
Majority			317	3.2
Turnout			9,869	62.5	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul White *	5,944	65.7	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Robinson	2,232	24.7	+9.2
	Green	Dawn Holmes	867	9.6	+5.0
Majority			3,712	41.0	+14.9
Turnout			9,043	66.4	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.8

	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
Conservative	4	27,580	37.4	−1.0
Liberal Democrat	3	23,089	31.3	−0.6
Labour	2	16,940	23.0	−5.4
Green	0	4,845	6.6	+5.4
Independent	0	1,263	1.7	+1.7