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| Turnout | 45.7% ( 4.1%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 5 May 1987 alongside local elections across the United Kingdom.
| 1987 Colchester Borough Council election [1] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 9 |  4 | 45.0 | 15 | 24 | 40.0 | 17,188 | 39.7 | +6.4 | |
| Alliance | 9 | 6 | 45.0 | 13 | 22 | 36.7 | 15,907 | 36.8 | +0.8 | |
| Labour | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 9 | 10 | 16.7 | 8,834 | 20.4 | –6.5 | |
| Tiptree Residents | 1 |  | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,242 | 2.9 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 79 | 0.2 | –0.9 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | H. Davis | 1,342 | 45.0 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | R. McQuitty | 1,003 | 33.6 | -5.8 | |
| Conservative | E. Parsons | 640 | 21.4 | +4.4 | |
| Majority | 339 | 11.4 | +7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,985 | 49.4 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,046 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 3.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Chris Hall | 1,309 | 43.8 | +12.2 | |
| Conservative | E. Humphreys* | 1,037 | 34.7 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | S. Philpin | 641 | 21.5 | -18.3 | |
| Majority | 272 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,987 | 59.3 | +6.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,039 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Dymond* | 722 | 64.6 | -4.0 | |
| Alliance | B. Trusler | 276 | 24.7 | +8.9 | |
| Labour | S. Dick | 120 | 10.7 | -4.9 | |
| Majority | 446 | 39.9 | -12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,118 | 49.9 | -0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,242 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Allan | 540 | 59.5 | -8.8 | |
| Alliance | T. Hubbard | 246 | 27.2 | +4.3 | |
| Labour | Lucy Wood | 122 | 13.4 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 294 | 32.3 | -20.5 | ||
| Turnout | 908 | 50.3 | -0.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,804 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Browning* | 598 | 64.6 | -11.4 | |
| Alliance | G. Ambridge | 254 | 27.5 | +15.8 | |
| Labour | P. Doncaster | 73 | 7.9 | -4.4 | |
| Majority | 344 | 37.1 | -26.6 | ||
| Turnout | 925 | 53.3 | +8.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,735 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 13.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | E. Fowler | 994 | 36.4 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | B. Wilding | 939 | 34.4 | -9.6 | |
| Conservative | Mike Coyne | 719 | 26.3 | +6.4 | |
| Independent | D. Smith | 79 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 55 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,731 | 48.4 | +3.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,637 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | 5.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Ian Trusler* | 1,324 | 52.3 | -1.4 | |
| Conservative | Sonia Lewis | 1,086 | 42.9 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | J. Crawford | 121 | 4.8 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 238 | 9.4 | -3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,531 | 58.9 | +5.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,296 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | 1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Fulford* | 942 | 51.9 | +3.8 | |
| Alliance | W. Reid | 617 | 34.0 | +3.0 | |
| Labour | A. Hayden-Case | 255 | 14.1 | -6.8 | |
| Majority | 325 | 17.9 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,814 | 44.9 | +3.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,044 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | J. Coleman* | 1,090 | 55.2 | -5.2 | |
| Labour | Sandra Benedetti | 529 | 26.8 | +2.1 | |
| Conservative | J. Clarke | 355 | 18.0 | +3.2 | |
| Majority | 561 | 28.4 | -7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,974 | 40.7 | +1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,856 | ||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | 3.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | R. Yates | 1,371 | 46.7 | -8.3 | |
| Conservative | R. Stevenson | 1,221 | 41.6 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | G. Thompson | 341 | 11.6 | -1.8 | |
| Majority | 150 | 5.1 | -18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,933 | 58.0 | +6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,059 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. Parsonson | 605 | 73.7 | +7.4 | |
| Alliance | P. Mills | 139 | 16.9 | -5.5 | |
| Labour | J. Brice | 77 | 9.4 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 466 | 56.8 | +12.9 | ||
| Turnout | 821 | 58.6 | -5.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,401 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | K. Starling | 1,316 | 58.3 | +1.0 | |
| Labour | Frank Wilkin* | 526 | 23.3 | -9.1 | |
| Conservative | A. Stevenson | 415 | 18.4 | +8.1 | |
| Majority | 790 | 35.0 | +10.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,257 | 36.4 | -0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,196 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 5.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Bayles | 1,176 | 44.5 | -14.9 | |
| Conservative | E. Winney | 737 | 27.9 | +5.9 | |
| Alliance | P. Smith | 729 | 27.6 | +9.0 | |
| Majority | 439 | 16.6 | -20.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,642 | 29.9 | +4.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,835 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 10.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | E. Crunden | 997 | 40.2 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | H. Pawsey* | 864 | 34.9 | +6.0 | |
| Labour | Chris Pearson | 618 | 24.9 | -6.8 | |
| Majority | 133 | 5.3 | -2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,479 | 50.6 | +4.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,903 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | John Baker | 1,190 | 47.5 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | B. West* | 1,116 | 44.5 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | K. Hindle | 200 | 8.0 | -3.1 | |
| Majority | 74 | 3.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,506 | 49.8 | +3.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,034 | ||||
| Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. Spendlove* | 1,253 | 51.2 | +3.6 | |
| Alliance | C. Curtis | 801 | 32.7 | +2.9 | |
| Labour | R. Turp | 392 | 16.0 | -6.7 | |
| Majority | 452 | 18.5 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,446 | 49.6 | +9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,927 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Orpen-Smellie* | 1,087 | 46.9 | +6.0 | |
| Alliance | Colin Sykes | 962 | 41.5 | -2.5 | |
| Labour | N. Bullen | 268 | 11.6 | -3.5 | |
| Majority | 125 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,317 | 43.7 | +3.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,305 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiptree Residents | J. Webb* | 1,242 | 65.4 | +4.9 | |
| Conservative | P. Bowdidge | 456 | 24.0 | -1.7 | |
| Labour | D. Chappell | 202 | 10.6 | -3.2 | |
| Majority | 786 | 41.4 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,900 | 31.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,044 | ||||
| Tiptree Residents hold | Swing | 3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Williams* | 1,512 | 64.6 | +2.6 | |
| Alliance | A. Stevens | 685 | 29.3 | -0.4 | |
| Labour | L. Shelley | 142 | 6.1 | -2.2 | |
| Majority | 827 | 35.3 | +3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,339 | 45.0 | +7.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,193 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Last* | 1,283 | 48.7 | +11.0 | |
| Labour | Robert Newman | 1,089 | 41.3 | -1.1 | |
| Alliance | L. Footring | 265 | 10.0 | -9.9 | |
| Majority | 194 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,637 | 43.6 | +2.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,043 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 6.1 | |||
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The 2011 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
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