1991 Colchester Borough Council election

1991 Colchester Borough Council election

20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.5% (1.9%)
First party Second party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 28 seats, 35.4% 17 seats, 30.8% Seats won 10 8 Seats after 28 19 Seat change 2 Popular vote 17,518 15,351 Percentage 39.9% 35.0 Swing 4.5% 4.2%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Tiptree Residents Last election 12 seats, 29.1% 3 seats, 2.4% Seats won 2 0 Seats after 11 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 8,952 740 Percentage 20.4% 1.7% Swing 8.7% 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 1991 Colchester Borough Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held in May 1991. These were on the same day as other Local elections across England and Wales.

Summary

1991 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10		50.0	18	28	46.7	17,518	39.9	+4.5
	Conservative	8	2	40.0	11	19	31.7	15,351	35.0	+4.2
	Labour	2	1	10.0	9	11	18.3	8,952	20.4	–8.7
	Tiptree Residents	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.3	740	1.7	–0.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	953	2.2	+1.1
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	335	0.8	+0.2

Ward results

Berechurch

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Sutton*	1,354	54.7	+5.9
	Labour	Dave Harris	666	26.9	-10.0
	Conservative	S. Rowley	391	15.8	+1.5
	Green	Mary Richardson	63	2.5	N/A
Majority			688	27.8	N/A
Turnout			2,474	43.0	-8.3
Registered electors			5,805
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.0

Boxted & Langham

Boxted & Langham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garnett*	665	65.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	W. Chivers	354	34.7	+8.3
Majority			311	30.6	-3.3
Turnout			665	56.0	+0.9
Registered electors			1,826
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

No Labour candidate as previous (13.7%).

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Carter*	1,234	49.8	+9.5
	Labour	J. Cant	583	23.5	-9.1
	Conservative	G. Haigh-Thomas	561	22.6	-0.5
	Green	S. Newton	101	4.1	-0.1
Majority			651	26.3	N/A
Turnout			2,479	46.0	-5.5
Registered electors			5,343
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.3

Great & Little Horkesley

Great & Little Horkesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Paice*	560	60.2	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Baker	215	23.1	+6.5
	Labour	Maureen Lee	155	16.7	+0.1
Majority			345	37.1	+10.2
Turnout			930	52.0	+0.4
Registered electors			1,795
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

Great Tey

Great Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Brice*	719	68.0	+13.7
	Conservative	I. Stratford	339	32.0	-4.0
Majority			380	35.9	+17.6
Turnout			1,058	61.0	+4.6
Registered electors			1,727
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.9

Harbour

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rod Green*	1,017	43.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Blandon	873	37.2	-4.2
	Conservative	Mike Coyne	391	16.7	+9.6
	Green	D. Ross	52	2.2	N/A
	Independent	D. Smith	11	0.5	N/A
Majority			144	6.1	N/A
Turnout			2,344	42.0	-0.5
Registered electors			5,721
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

Lexden

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Williamson*	1,167	47.8	-5.4
	Conservative	Sonia Lewis	1,131	46.3	+5.9
	Labour	D. Francis	100	4.1	-2.2
	Green	D. Smith	45	1.8	N/A
Majority			36	1.5	N/A
Turnout			2,443	57.0	+0.6
Registered electors			4,351
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mile End

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Fulford*	1,380	48.7	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	B. Trusler	895	31.6	+19.2
	Labour	J. Evans	468	16.5	-19.9
	Green	Peter Ward	89	3.1	N/A
Majority			485	17.1	N/A
Turnout			2,832	43.0	+2.0
Registered electors			6,735
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.3

New Town

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Haylock*	1,391	62.6	+2.7
	Labour	Dave Speed	518	23.3	-10.0
	Conservative	N. Elcombe	211	9.5	+5.0
	Green	K. Smallwood	101	4.5	N/A
Majority			873	39.3	N/A
Turnout			2,221	43.0	-4.7
Registered electors			5,217
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.4

Prettygate

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Sheppard	1,399	44.7	-13.2
	Conservative	H. Shutter	1,274	40.7	+5.4
	Labour	T. Pearson	379	12.1	+5.2
	Green	J. Havelock	81	2.6	N/A
Majority			125	4.0	N/A
Turnout			3,133	54.0	+1.8
Registered electors			5,810
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.3

Shrub End

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Starling*	867	53.6	-6.6
	Labour	Frank Wilkin	397	24.6	-8.1
	Conservative	S. Willson	316	19.5	+12.5
	Green	Walter Schwartz	37	2.3	N/A
Majority			470	28.0	N/A
Turnout			1,617	29.1	-1.3
Registered electors			5,831
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.8

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Truscott*	861	54.2	-17.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gamble	338	21.3	+13.4
	Conservative	N. Taylor	316	19.9	+5.9
	Green	Mohammed Shabbeer	73	4.6	-2.2
Majority			523	32.9	N/A
Turnout			1,588	26.0	-4.2
Registered electors			6,039
	Labour hold		Swing	15.3

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hogg*	1,311	51.9	+9.6
	Labour	Tim Young	879	34.8	-10.2
	Conservative	E. Hamilton	292	11.6	-1.1
	Green	B. Smith	42	1.7	N/A
Majority			432	17.1	N/A
Turnout			2,524	43.0	-1.4
Registered electors			5,872
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.9

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hiller*	1,598	52.7	-0.5
	Conservative	D. McBean	1,122	37.0	+1.3
	Labour	M. Scott	270	8.9	-1.2
	Green	N. Shabbeer	40	1.3	N/A
Majority			476	15.7	N/A
Turnout			3,030	52.0	+1.1
Registered electors			5,778
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.9

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Pawsey*	963	42.1	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	H. Chamberlain	871	38.1	+29.1
	Labour	R. Turp	365	16.0	-21.4
	Green	K. Monteith	87	3.8	N/A
Majority			92	4.0	N/A
Turnout			2,286	44.0	+1.5
Registered electors			5,151
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.9

Stanway

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Davis*	1,367	53.4	-0.5
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	859	33.5	+3.6
	Labour	R. Turp	365	16.0	-0.4
	Independent	E. Curtis-Oram	47	1.8	N/A
Majority			508	19.8	N/A
Turnout			2,638	45.0	-4.6
Registered electors			5,694
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.1

Tiptree

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Martin	1,092	46.1	+33.1
	Tiptree Residents	John Elliott*	740	31.7	-14.7
	Labour	A. Axtrill	516	22.1	-7.3
Majority			352	14.4	N/A
Turnout			2,348	39.0	+1.8
Registered electors			6,069
	Conservative gain from Tiptree Residents		Swing	23.9

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lampon*	910	47.6	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats	K. Free	809	42.4	+0.4
	Labour	Julie Young	191	10.0	N/A
Majority			101	5.3	N/A
Turnout			1,910	52.0	+14.3
Registered electors			3,664
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

West Mersea

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bouckley*	1,486	64.0	-14.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Livermore	337	14.5	+3.8
	Independent	P. French	277	11.9	N/A
	Labour	G. Newman	222	9.6	-1.0
Majority			1,149	49.5	N/A
Turnout			2,322	43.0	+7.1
Registered electors			5,465
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.3

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Adams*	1,092	41.1	+5.8
	Labour	Robert Newman	1,001	37.7	-18.1
	Liberal Democrats	I. O'Mahoney	419	15.8	N/A
	Green	M. Paterson	142	5.4	-3.5
Majority			91	3.4	N/A
Turnout			2,654	44.0	-1.4
Registered electors			6,060
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	12.0