1950 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 11 May 1950. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Ward results

Source: ^[1]

Abbey

Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Warwick-Bailey	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Liberal win

Berechurch

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Head	1,363	55.3
	Conservative	E. Eastwood	1,100	44.7
Turnout
	Labour win

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Reid	1,143	56.8
	Labour	N. Green	868	43.2
Turnout
	Conservative win

Harbour

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Morris	1,165	55.2
	Conservative	B. Richardson	946	44.8
Turnout
	Labour win

Lexden & Shrub End

Lexden & Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Craig	1,380	71.3
	Labour	I. Brown	556	28.7
Turnout
	Conservative win

Mile End

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Underwood	1,183	51.0
	Labour	L. Worsnop	1,137	49.0
Turnout
	Conservative win

New Town

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Cook	1,200	55.4
	Conservative	A. Worth	930	42.9
	Communist	T. Hawkins	36	1.7
Turnout
	Labour win

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Howell	992	43.2
	Labour	L. French	876	38.2
	Independent	H. Aldous	428	18.6
Turnout
	Conservative win

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Hacknessy	1,735	81.8
	Labour	T. Niblett	385	18.2
Turnout
	Conservative win

References

1. "Non County Boroughs 1945 to 1952".^{[ unreliable source? ]}