1976 Colchester Borough Council election

1976 Colchester Borough Council election

All 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Seats before 26 28 Seats won 39 18 Seat change 13 10 Popular vote 51,152 29,001 Percentage 55.9% 31.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Tiptree Residents Independent Seats before 3 2 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 2,855 1,339 Percentage 3.1% 1.5%
Winner of each seat at the 1976 Colchester Borough Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held in 1976 alongside other local elections across the country. The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries.

Results summary

1976 Colchester Borough Council election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39	5	1		65.0	55.9	51,152	+12.8
	Labour	18	0	3		30.0	31.7	29,001	-12.7
	Tiptree Residents	2	0	0		3.3	3.1	2,855	+2.4
	Independent	1	1	2		1.7	1.5	1,339	-3.9
	Liberal	0	0	0		0.0	7.9	7,199	+1.5

Ward results

Berechurch

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Ladbrook	770	37.2
	Labour	C. Howe	769	37.1
	Conservative	L. Long	742	35.8
	Labour	R. McQuitty	741	35.8
	Conservative	V. Worth	675	32.6
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	642	31.0
	Liberal	M. Gage	611	29.5
	Liberal	T. Davis	389	18.8
Turnout			2,070	38.1
Registered electors			5,432
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Birch-Messing

Birch-Messing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Wayman	546	70.0	N/A
	Conservative	J. Crowe	234	30.0	-11.9
Majority			312	40.0	N/A
Turnout			780	61.6	-9.2
Registered electors			1,267
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Boxted & Langham

Boxted & Langham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Sexton	699	85.2	+14.0
	Labour	T. Morecroft	121	14.8	+0.2
Majority			576	70.4	+13.8
Turnout			820	51.7	+4.4
Registered electors			1,586
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Wills	1,122	47.5
	Labour	J. Dunn	1,048	44.4
	Labour	Ken Cooke	1,025	43.4
	Conservative	D. Lamberth	1,023	43.3
	Conservative	K. Wheeler	995	42.1
	Conservative	K. Wilson	969	41.0
	Liberal	O. Reeves	196	8.3
	Liberal	D. Marshall	185	7.8
	Liberal	P. Mills	184	7.8
Turnout			2,361	49.2
Registered electors			4,799
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Copford & Eight Ash Green

Copford & Eight Ash Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Wilde	610	76.6	+14.4
	Labour	D. Clark	186	23.4	+5.7
Majority			424	53.2	+8.7
Turnout			796	47.6	+8.0
Registered electors			1,554
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

Dedham

Dedham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Jackson	474	67.0	+14.7
	Independent	G. Curtis	233	33.0	N/A
Majority			241	34.0	+8.6
Turnout			707	52.3	-6.2
Registered electors			1,355
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

East Donyland

East Donyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Sanderson	482	57.6	+7.3
	Labour	E. Lilley	355	42.4	-7.3
Majority			127	15.2	+14.6
Turnout			837	67.3	+10.7
Registered electors			1,245
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.3

Fordham

Fordham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Penrose	448	55.2	+17.6
	Liberal	G. Williams	363	44.8	N/A
Majority			85	10.4	N/A
Turnout			811	63.8	+9.7
Registered electors			1,275
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Great & Little Horkesley

Great & Little Horkesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Knighton	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,554
	Conservative win (new seat)

Great Tey

Great Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Browning	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,341
	Conservative hold

Harbour

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Bird	989	44.7
	Conservative	M. Coyne	915	41.3
	Conservative	E. White	877	39.6
	Labour	C. Parmenter	839	37.9
	Labour	A. Blishen	834	37.7
	Conservative	K. White	827	37.4
	Liberal	D. Wisbey	263	11.9
	Liberal	N. Wake	261	11.8
Turnout			2,213	45.9
Registered electors			4,822
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lexden

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Wheeler	1,403	62.9
	Conservative	C. Sargeant	1,402	62.9
	Conservative	D. Holt	1,375	61.7
	Liberal	M. Fisher	506	22.7
	Liberal	C. Cole	441	19.8
	Liberal	Ian Trusler	437	19.6
	Labour	J. Coombes	362	16.2
Turnout			2,229	58.3
Registered electors			3,824
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Marks Tey

Marks Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. James	566	78.2	+9.7
	Labour	Jim Orpe	158	21.8	-9.7
Majority			408	56.4	N/A
Turnout			724	47.7	-5.8
Registered electors			1,525
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

Mile End

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Blackmore	1,119	69.6
	Conservative	D. Fulford	1,087
	Conservative	J. Fulford	1,084
	Labour	P. Baker	489	30.4
Majority				39.2
Turnout				47.2
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

New Town

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Russell	1,284	56.6
	Labour	D. Williams	1,191	52.5
	Labour	J. Bensusan-Butt	1,078	47.5
	Conservative	E. Chapman	640	28.2
	Conservative	C. Willburn	606	26.7
	Conservative	M. Harvey	541	23.9
	Liberal	T. Brady	525	23.1
	Liberal	A. Grant	408	18.0
	Liberal	M. Pawsey	373	16.4
Turnout			2,268	48.7
Registered electors			4,656
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Prettygate

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Kent	1,378	61.1
	Conservative	F. Clater	1,362	60.4
	Conservative	D. Purvis	1,356	60.1
	Labour	R. Read	664	29.4
	Labour	B. Sawyer	588	26.1
	Labour	P. Perera	545	24.2
	Liberal	J. Smith	415	18.4
Turnout			2,255	47.0
Registered electors			4,798
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pyefleet

Pyefleet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Parsonson	562	75.0	+4.5
	Labour	J. Jopling	187	25.0	-4.5
Majority			375	50.0	+9.0
Turnout			749	61.2	+24.6
Registered electors			1,231
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

Shrub End

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Woodrow	939	41.6
	Labour	Frank Wilkin	881	39.1
	Labour	E. Plowright	866	38.4
	Conservative	I. Davis	547	24.3
	Conservative	C. Barritt	515	22.8
	Conservative	C. Crossley	498	22.1
Turnout			2,255	47.3
Registered electors			4,760
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Leighton	1,345	77.3
	Labour	D. Braddy	1,116	64.1
	Labour	Graham Bober	1,068	61.3
	Conservative	J. Duke	516	29.6
	Conservative	V. Watts	476	27.3
	Conservative	G. Stubbs	470	27.0
Turnout			1,741	31.9
Registered electors			5,456
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Frank	771	50.6
	Labour	J. Fraser	753	49.4
	Labour	G. Cooper	717	47.0
	Conservative	W. Falk	636	41.7
	Conservative	A. Dunlop	635	41.7
	Conservative	A. Richardson	629	41.3
Turnout			1,524	38.1
Registered electors			4,001
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Diggens	1,112	68.5
	Conservative	B. West	1,041	64.1
	Conservative	M. Pinnock	1,031	63.5
	Labour	P. Treacher	522	32.1
Turnout			1,624	49.1
Registered electors			3,308
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Brooks	1,582	62.5
	Conservative	R. Spendlove	1,348	53.2
	Conservative	R. Hilham	1,264	49.9
	Labour	Tim Oxton	564	22.3
	Liberal	Martin Hunt	536	21.2
	Liberal	A. Spyvee	534	21.1
	Liberal	L. Baker	508	20.1
Turnout			2,532	50.8
Registered electors			4,985
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stanway

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Claydon	1,008	53.7
	Conservative	P. Holloway	993	52.9
	Conservative	D. Arrondelle	964	51.4
	Labour	E. Kirkby	797	42.5
	Labour	J. Knight	772	41.2
	Labour	K. Rodgers	652	34.8
Turnout			1,876	52.2
Registered electors			3,593
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tiptree

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tiptree Residents	A. Garrod	1,006	41.1
	Conservative	C. Cansdale	1,005	41.0
	Tiptree Residents	J. Webb	966	39.4
	Tiptree Residents	D. Burke	883	36.1
	Conservative	R. Martin	869	35.5
	Conservative	J. Lawrence	743	30.3
	Labour	B. Jones	566	23.1
Turnout			2,449	46.9
Registered electors			5,221
	Tiptree Residents win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Tiptree Residents win (new seat)

West Bergholt

West Bergholt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lampon	662	81.5	+15.0
	Labour	T. Fleet	86	10.6	-9.9
	Liberal	M. Livermore	64	7.9	N/A
Majority			576	70.9	+24.8
Turnout			812	47.4	+2.0
Registered electors			1,721
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.5

West Mersea

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Gray	1,439	76.6
	Conservative	J. Williams	1,285	68.4
	Conservative	G. Roberts	1,238	65.9
	Independent	A. Smith	518	27.6
	Labour	C. Barrett	202	10.8
Turnout			1,879	46.7
Registered electors			4,024
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Winstree

Winstree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Fairhead	823	72.8	+12.4
	Labour	S. McAndrew	266	23.5	-0.6
	Independent	W. Judge	42	3.7	N/A
Majority			557	49.3	+13.1
Turnout			1,131	60.6	-6.5
Registered electors			1,875
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Wilkinson	1,009	51.6
	Conservative	B. Grasby	905	46.3
	Conservative	K. Brereton	816	41.7
	Labour	G. Davies	773	39.5
Turnout			1,956	42.9
Registered electors			4,560
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour