1965 Essex County Council election

1965 Essex County Council election
All 77 seats to Essex County Council; 39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	27.7%
	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 1965 Essex County Council election took place on 25 March 1965 to elect members of Essex County Council in England.^[1]

Summary[edit]

1965 Essex County Council election
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	47	61.0	52.3	88,214
Labour	29	37.7	41.4	69,886
Liberal	1	1.3	5.1	8,522
Independent	0	0.0	1.1	1,884
Communist	0	0.0	0.1	131

Division results[edit]

Results from 4 divisions are missing from the source document and are therefore not listed here.

Bardfield[edit]

Bardfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edith Borthwick	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,966
	Conservative win

Basildon (Billericay)[edit]

Basildon (Billericay)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Coker	1,888	80.6
	Labour	Buckley	454	19.4
Majority			1,434	61.2
Turnout			2,343	26.2
Registered electors			8,947
	Conservative win

Basildon (Central)[edit]

Basildon (Central)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Payne	708	60.6
	Conservative	Shackleton	460	39.4
Majority			248	21.2
Turnout			1,168	14.6
Registered electors			8,018
	Labour win

Basildon (Fryerns)[edit]

Basildon (Fryerns)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Turner	755	66.3
	Conservative	Nicholls	322	28.3
	Communist	Denny	62	5.4
Majority			433	38.0
Turnout			1,139	14.1
Registered electors			8,079
	Labour win

Basildon (Laindon)[edit]

Basildon (Laindon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Violet Palmer	696	59.6
	Conservative	de-la Bertauche	472	40.4
Majority			224	19.2
Turnout			1,168	16.1
Registered electors			7,253
	Labour win

Basildon (Langdon Hills)[edit]

Basildon (Langdon Hills)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cullis	935	56.0
	Labour	Forster	735	44.0
Majority			200	12.0
Turnout			1,670	21.7
Registered electors			7,703
	Conservative win

Basildon (Pitsea)[edit]

Basildon (Pitsea)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Elderton	746	54.6
	Conservative	Thorpe	620	45.4
Majority			126	9.2
Turnout			1,366	18.6
Registered electors			7,354
	Labour win

Basildon (Ramsden)[edit]

Basildon (Ramsden)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Redbond	1,281	69.7
	Labour	Burnett	558	30.3
Majority			723	39.4
Turnout			1,839	23.7
Registered electors			7,766
	Conservative win

Basildon (Wickford)[edit]

Basildon (Wickford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Hodgson	1,651	61.3
	Labour	Walsh	1,043	38.7
Majority			608	22.6
Turnout			2,694	27.3
Registered electors			9,883
	Conservative win

Benfleet (East)[edit]

Benfleet (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Daniels	2,174	67.7
	Labour	Evans	1,039	32.3
Majority			1,135	35.4
Turnout			3,213	26.2
Registered electors			12,249
	Conservative win

Benfleet (West)[edit]

Benfleet (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Walter Marrison	2,158	59.3
	Labour	Herington	1,484	40.7
Majority			674	18.6
Turnout			3,642	22.8
Registered electors			16,010
	Conservative win

Braintree & Bocking[edit]

Braintree & Bocking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tabor	2,574	56.2
	Conservative	Ralph Batey	2,008	43.8
Majority			566	12.4
Turnout			4,582	32.3
Registered electors			14,169
	Labour win

Brentwood (Central)[edit]

Brentwood (Central)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Isgrove	1,543	77.8
	Labour	Morgan	441	22.2
Majority			1,984	55.6
Turnout			1,984	25.2
Registered electors			7,859
	Conservative win

Brentwood (Hutton)[edit]

Brentwood (Hutton)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Crofton	1,884	51.5
	Liberal	Wernick	935	25.5
	Labour	O'Brien	842	23.0
Majority			949	26.0
Turnout			3,661	37.9
Registered electors			9,649
	Conservative win

Brentwood (North)[edit]

Brentwood (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Davidson	1,527	62.3
	Liberal	Neal	567	23.1
	Labour	Rowe	357	14.6
Majority			960	39.2
Turnout			2,451	31.6
Registered electors			7,766
	Conservative win

Brentwood (South)[edit]

Brentwood (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Sole	1,974	54.1
	Labour	Horovitch	1,675	45.9
Majority			299	8.2
Turnout			3,649	40.7
Registered electors			8,969
	Conservative win

Brightlingsea[edit]

Brightlingsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Dale	832	35.9
	Conservative	Gooch	777	33.5
	Labour	French	711	30.6
Majority			55	2.4
Turnout			2,320	30.5
Registered electors			7,598
	Liberal win

Broomfield[edit]

Broomfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Eden	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,858
	Conservative win

Canvey Island[edit]

Canvey Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Mason	1,748	64.5
	Conservative	Smith	962	35.5
Majority			786	29.0
Turnout			2,710	19.6
Registered electors			13,797
	Labour win

Chelmsford (East)[edit]

Chelmsford (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Ward	1,010	64.0
	Labour	Landers	568	36.0
Majority			442	28.0
Turnout			1,578	24.6
Registered electors			6,404
	Conservative win

Chelmsford (North)[edit]

Chelmsford (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Woodcraft	1,781	57.6
	Conservative	King	1,309	42.4
Majority			472	15.2
Turnout			3,090	24.8
Registered electors			12,464
	Labour win

Chelmsford (South)[edit]

Chelmsford (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Evelyn Hockley	1,550	72.3
	Labour	Baker	594	27.7
Majority			956	44.6
Turnout			2,144	23.1
Registered electors			9,276
	Conservative win

Chelmsford (West)[edit]

Chelmsford (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miriam Edwards	792	40.2
	Conservative	Fuche	736	37.4
	Independent	Verdult	440	22.4
Majority			56	2.8
Turnout			1,968	28.1
Registered electors			7,000
	Labour win

Chigwell (Buckhurst Hill)[edit]

Chigwell (Buckhurst Hill)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Perry	1,482	73.8
	Labour	Hempstead	526	26.2
Majority			956	47.6
Turnout			2,008	24.2
Registered electors			8,294
	Conservative win

Chigwell (Chigwell)[edit]

Chigwell (Chigwell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie Wilson	967	87.6
	Labour	Palfreman	137	12.4
Majority			830	75.2
Turnout			1,104	17.9
Registered electors			6,175
	Conservative win

Chigwell (Loughton North)[edit]

Chigwell (Loughton North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Davis	1,486	54.5
	Conservative	L. Davis	1,242	45.5
Majority			244	9.0
Turnout			2,728	26.0
Registered electors			10,509
	Labour win

Chigwell (Loughton South)[edit]

Chigwell (Loughton South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Crafford	1,862	57.8
	Labour	William Archer	1,288	40.0
	Communist	Hinchliff	69	2.1
Majority			574	17.8
Turnout			3,219	28.6
Registered electors			11,257
	Conservative win

Clacton (North East)[edit]

Clacton (North East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daphne Nicolls	1,647	84.3
	Labour	White	306	15.7
Majority			1,341	68.6
Turnout			1,953	16.5
Registered electors			11,866
	Conservative win

Clacton (South West)[edit]

Clacton (South West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hyde	1,913	82.7
	Labour	Madden	400	17.3
Majority			1,513	65.4
Turnout			2,313	17.4
Registered electors			13,325
	Conservative win

Coggeshall[edit]

Coggeshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Dixon Smith	1,963	54.7
	Labour	Christopher Walker	1,626	45.3
Majority			337	9.4
Turnout			3,589	44.8
Registered electors			8,005
	Conservative win

Colchester (Central)[edit]

Colchester (Central)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Parsley	1,215	54.7
	Conservative	Odling	1,007	45.3
Majority			208	9.4
Turnout			2,222	33.7
Registered electors			6,589
	Labour win

Colchester (East)[edit]

Colchester (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eileen Komlosy	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,568
	Labour win

Colchester (North)[edit]

Colchester (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Underwood	1,424	54.1
	Labour	Ladbrook	1,210	45.9
Majority			214	8.2
Turnout			2,634	30.2
Registered electors			8,728
	Conservative win

Colchester (South)[edit]

Colchester (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivor Brown	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,061
	Labour win

Colchester (West)[edit]

Colchester (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sir John Greaves	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,061
	Conservative win

Danbury[edit]

Danbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Reed	1,384	68.8
	Labour	Davida Higgin	628	31.2
Majority			756	37.6
Turnout			2,012	29.4
Registered electors			6,834
	Conservative win

Dedham & Stanway[edit]

Dedham & Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gerald Milsom	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,524
	Conservative win

Dunmow[edit]

Dunmow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Davey	2,013	75.6
	Labour	Lynch	651	24.4
Majority			1,362	51.2
Turnout			2,664	35.0
Registered electors			7,623
	Conservative win

Epping[edit]

Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Padfield	1,379	53.7
	Labour	Christopher Morris	811	31.6
	Liberal	Grant	379	14.8
Majority			568	22.1
Turnout			2,569	38.4
Registered electors			6,693
	Conservative win

Epping Upland[edit]

Epping Upland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Daniels	1,549	67.2
	Labour	Jones	756	32.8
Majority			793	34.4
Turnout			2,305	29.8
Registered electors			7,739
	Conservative win

Frinton & Walton[edit]

Frinton & Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Gray	1,939	59.6
	Liberal	Rayner	947	29.1
	Labour	Phillips	369	11.3
Majority			992	30.5
Turnout			3,255	36.5
Registered electors			8,922
	Conservative win

Great Baddow[edit]

Great Baddow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Foxon	1,773	63.4
	Labour	Hempstead	1,025	36.6
Majority			748	26.8
Turnout			2,798	31.3
Registered electors			8,939
	Conservative win

Halstead[edit]

Halstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Waterer	2,745	56.3
	Labour	Dixey	2,128	43.7
Majority			617	12.6
Turnout			4,873	53.9
Registered electors			9,037
	Conservative win

Harlow (Harlow & Mark Hall)[edit]

Harlow (Harlow & Mark Hall)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anderson	1,568	75.9
	Liberal	Preece	499	24.1
Majority			1,069	51.8
Turnout			2,067	23.3
Registered electors			8,891
	Labour win

Harlow (Netteswell & Little Parndon)[edit]

Harlow (Netteswell & Little Parndon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sonia Anderson	1,447	75.8
	Liberal	Jackson	463	24.2
Majority			984	51.6
Turnout			1,910	22.3
Registered electors			8,571
	Labour win

Harlow (Potter Street & Brays Grove)[edit]

Harlow (Potter Street & Brays Grove)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lehane	738	84.8
	Liberal	Jackson	132	15.2
Majority			606	69.6
Turnout			870	15.2
Registered electors			5,709
	Labour win

Harlow (Town Centre & Great Parndon)[edit]

Harlow (Town Centre & Great Parndon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Howett	1,232	61.5
	Conservative	Carson	592	29.6
	Liberal	Perry	179	8.9
Majority			640	31.9
Turnout			2,003	32.2
Registered electors			6,213
	Labour win

Harlow (Tye Green & Latton Bush)[edit]

Harlow (Tye Green & Latton Bush)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karger	1,248	77.7
	Liberal	Green	358	22.3
Majority			890	55.4
Turnout			1,606	23.7
Registered electors			6,766
	Labour win

Harwich[edit]

Harwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Gochin	1,240	46.2
	Independent	Burtsal	1,040	38.7
	Independent	Rose	404	15.1
Majority			200	7.5
Turnout			2,684	28.0
Registered electors			9,578
	Labour win

Hedingham[edit]

Hedingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dorothy Stieber	2,301	52.7
	Conservative	Warren	2,063	47.3
Majority			236	5.4
Turnout			4,364	55.5
Registered electors			7,862
	Labour win

Hockley & Rawreth[edit]

Hockley & Rawreth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Wright	1,411	68.5
	Labour	Lambe	649	31.5
Majority			762	37.0
Turnout			2,060	20.6
Registered electors			9,984
	Conservative win

Maldon[edit]

Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Brown	1,725	52.1
	Labour	Brewster	1,584	47.9
Majority			141	4.2
Turnout			3,309	40.8
Registered electors			8,106
	Conservative win

Mersea[edit]

Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Bunn	2,178	68.8
	Labour	Edward Lilley	990	31.3
Majority			1,188	37.5
Turnout			3,168	28.0
Registered electors			11,330
	Conservative win

Ongar[edit]

Ongar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Cooke	2,163	68.1
	Labour	Hammond	1,014	31.9
Majority			1,149	36.2
Turnout			3,177	35.6
Registered electors			8,934
	Conservative win

Southminster[edit]

Southminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Watts	1,647	64.9
	Labour	Harris	641	25.2
	Liberal	Barlow	251	9.9
Majority			1,006	39.7
Turnout			2,539	31.0
Registered electors			8,181
	Conservative win

Stansted[edit]

Stansted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Dyball	2,208	63.6
	Labour	Wilson	1,263	36.4
Majority			945	27.2
Turnout			3,471	41.5
Registered electors			8,375
	Conservative win

Stock[edit]

Stock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Foulsham	1,156	77.6
	Labour	Guilder	333	22.4
Majority			1,489	55.2
Turnout			1,489	23.0
Registered electors			6,479
	Conservative win

Tendring[edit]

Tendring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Aylmore	1,119	52.7
	Labour	Ann Hoskyna	1,004	47.3
Majority			115	5.4
Turnout			2,123	25.0
Registered electors			8,495
	Conservative win

Thaxted[edit]

Thaxted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Curtis	1,552	53.1
	Labour	Peter Harrison	1,372	46.9
Majority			180	6.2
Turnout			2,924	40.9
Registered electors			7,147
	Conservative win

Theydon[edit]

Theydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Jones	2,137	55.5
	Liberal	Logan	936	24.3
	Labour	Gerrard	777	20.2
Majority			1,201	31.2
Turnout			3,850	41.1
Registered electors			9,369
	Conservative win

Thurrock (Chadwell)[edit]

Thurrock (Chadwell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Siddons	552	79.5
	Liberal	Sidney Senior	142	20.5
Majority			410	59.0
Turnout			694	10.8
Registered electors			6,446
	Labour win

Thurrock (Grays Thurrock)[edit]

Thurrock (Grays Thurrock)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Fletcher	1,080	60.0
	Conservative	Bright	616	34.2
	Liberal	Catty	104	5.8
Majority			464	25.8
Turnout			1,800	17.2
Registered electors			10,443
	Labour win

Thurrock (Little Thurrock)[edit]

Thurrock (Little Thurrock)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Robertson	792	50.3
	Conservative	Robinson	782	47.7
Majority			10	0.6
Turnout			1,574	23.5
Registered electors			6,691
	Labour win

Thurrock (Orsett & Stifford)[edit]

Thurrock (Orsett & Stifford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Pollard	1,080	52.0
	Conservative	Price	730	35.1
	Liberal	Ronald Knight	267	12.9
Majority			350	16.9
Turnout			2,077	24.8
Registered electors			8,365
	Labour win

Thurrock (South Ockendon)[edit]

Thurrock (South Ockendon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wootton	984	85.6
	Liberal	Bowles	165	14.4
Majority			819	71.2
Turnout			1,149	10.0
Registered electors			11,459
	Labour win

Thurrock (Stanford-le-Hope & Corringham)[edit]

Thurrock (Stanford-le-Hope & Corringham)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Norris	1,691	59.0
	Conservative	Hart	1,064	37.1
	Liberal	Sargeant	113	3.9
Majority			627	21.9
Turnout			2,868	21.9
Registered electors			13,092
	Labour win

Thurrock (Tilbury)[edit]

Thurrock (Tilbury)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Jones	564	95.6
	Liberal	Percy Goodyear	26	4.4
Majority			538	91.2
Turnout			590	9.9
Registered electors			5,963
	Labour win

Thurrock (West Thurrock & Aveley)[edit]

Thurrock (West Thurrock & Aveley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ridgwell	620	83.8
	Liberal	Beadle	120	16.2
Majority			500	67.6
Turnout			740	7.9
Registered electors			9,369
	Labour win

Tollesbury[edit]

Tollesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Gimson	1,843	60.9
	Liberal	White	644	21.3
	Labour	Lane	538	17.8
Majority			1,199	39.6
Turnout			3,025	39.6
Registered electors			7,637
	Conservative win

Waltham Abbey[edit]

Waltham Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ellen Tuck	1,741	55.8
	Labour	Allen	1,378	44.2
Majority			363	11.6
Turnout			3,119	39.8
Registered electors			7,828
	Conservative win

Witham[edit]

Witham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Mott	1,666	55.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Clarke	1,339	44.6
Majority			327	10.8
Turnout			3,005	43.2
Registered electors			6,960
	Labour win

Wivenhoe[edit]

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Crosfield	1,138	41.9
	Conservative	Hunneyball	1,118	41.1
	Liberal	Fitch	463	17.0
Majority			20	0.8
Turnout			2,719	31.3
Registered electors			8,684
	Labour win

Writtle[edit]

Writtle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Beryl Platt	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,445
	Conservative win

References[edit]

^ "Essex County Council elections - 15 April 1967". Essex County Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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