1991 Uttlesford District Council election

1991 Uttlesford District Council election

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All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 24 seats, 43.9% 10 seats, 39.7% Seats won 25 10 Seat change 1 Popular vote 11,724 10,853 Percentage 39.9% 36.9% Swing 4.0% 2.8%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Labour Last election 7 seats, 16.7% 1 seat, 9.0% Seats won 6 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,478 4,326 Percentage 8.4% 14.7% Swing 1.6% 5.7%
Winner of each seat at the 1991 Uttlesford District Council election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 1991 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1991 Uttlesford District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	33	25	4	3	1	59.5	38.9	11,724	–5.0
	Liberal Democrats	23	10	3	3		23.8	36.1	10,853	–3.2
	Independent	12	6	1	2	1	14.3	10.6	3,201	+3.8
	Labour	17	1	0	0		2.4	14.4	4,326	+5.0

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Tyler*	317	75.8	N/A
	Labour	M. Green	101	24.2	N/A
Majority			216	51.6	N/A
Turnout			418	50.8	N/A
Registered electors			833
	Independent hold

Birchanger

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Haggerwood*	302	72.1	–11.4
	Labour	K. Williams	117	27.9	N/A
Majority			185	44.2	–22.6
Turnout			419	53.1	–7.9
Registered electors			787
	Conservative hold

Clavering

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Abrahams*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,281
	Independent hold

Elsenham

Elsenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz*	340	57.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	A. White	158	26.5	N/A
	Labour	M. Mott	98	16.4	N/A
Majority			182	30.5	N/A
Turnout			596	38.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,552
	Conservative hold

Felsted

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Gregory	636	55.0	–21.1
	Conservative	J. Berry-Richards	588	50.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R. Head	501	43.3	–9.1
Turnout			~1,157	53.2	+1.3
Registered electors			2,175
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gaylor	632	54.0	–4.3
	Liberal Democrats	G. Powers	493	42.2	+6.9
	Conservative	M. Davey*	385	32.9	–13.4
	Conservative	R. Handy	377	32.2	+0.9
	Labour	K. Blackburn	172	14.7	N/A
Turnout			~1,170	52.4	–2.4
Registered electors			2,232
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Westcott*	816	59.6	–2.3
	Liberal Democrats	N. Prowse*	575	42.0	–9.0
	Conservative	D. James	566	41.3	N/A
	Labour	D. Cole	305	22.3	N/A
Turnout			~1,370	47.8	–8.1
Registered electors			2,866
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Hallingbury

Great Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Streeter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			752
	Independent hold

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Broad Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Wood*	Unopposed
Registered electors			888
	Conservative hold

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Delderfield*	324	64.7	–13.8
	Labour	W. McCarthy	177	35.3	+13.8
Majority			147	29.4	–27.5
Turnout			501	44.7	–5.4
Registered electors			1,157
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.8

Henham

Henham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Braeckman	326	49.5	–12.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gibb	277	42.0	+3.6
	Labour	J. Graddon	56	8.5	N/A
Majority			49	7.5	–15.6
Turnout			659	55.2	+9.6
Registered electors			1,202
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.9

Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Row*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,091
	Conservative hold

Littlebury

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Menell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			929
	Conservative hold

Newport

Newport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Brockwell	483	62.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	P. Beer	291	37.6	+22.4
Majority			192	24.8	–7.9
Turnout			774	48.0	+0.3
Registered electors			1,641
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.4

Rickling

Rickling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Smith	267	53.6	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. West	231	46.4	–7.7
Majority			36	7.2	N/A
Turnout			498	63.2	–3.9
Registered electors			791
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.7

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lefever	554	42.7	+8.4
	Conservative	D. Miller*	554	42.7	–7.0
	Conservative	A. Walters*	524	40.4	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Porter	519	40.0	+6.8
	Labour	J. Evans	184	14.2	–3.1
	Labour	S. Lake	169	13.0	–1.5
Turnout			~1,296	57.6	–3.6
Registered electors			2,250
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Paget*	652	43.9	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	K. Bigsby	518	34.9	–0.2
	Labour	D. Cornell	449	30.2	+9.9
	Conservative	R. Eastham*	446	30.0	–14.1
	Labour	D. Barrs	409	27.5	+10.7
	Conservative	B. Chandler	372	25.0	–12.2
Turnout			~1,485	52.7	–5.7
Registered electors			2,818
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats hold

Saffron Walden Plantation

Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ketteridge*	583	42.5	–7.1
	Conservative	S. Neville*	495	36.1	–7.1
	Labour	R. Bunn	358	26.1	+10.3
	Labour	Y. Morton	356	25.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	V. Hunter	350	25.5	–12.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Drinkwater	346	25.2	–9.2
Turnout			~1,372	44.7	–5.7
Registered electors			3,070
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Green*	628	57.7	+15.4
	Conservative	R. Dean	398	36.5	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Price-Smith	322	29.6	+4.8
	Labour	K. Pipe	262	24.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	F. Whittington	259	23.8	+0.7
Turnout			~1,089	45.2	–8.6
Registered electors			2,410
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Dean*	905	48.9	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Caton*	850	45.9	–1.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Clifford*	828	44.7	±0.0
	Conservative	B. Gott	773	41.7	–0.8
	Independent	P. Wellings	723	39.0	N/A
	Conservative	R. Wallace	722	39.0	–3.4
Turnout			~1,852	46.4	–6.6
Registered electors			1,124
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stebbing

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Porter	344	53.3	N/A
	Independent	E. Kiddle*	301	46.7	–30.9
Majority			43	6.6	N/A
Turnout			645	58.0	+0.3
Registered electors			1,124
	Independent gain from Independent

Stort Valley

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Collins*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,040
	Conservative hold

Takeley

Takeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. MacPhail*	412	45.5	–13.5
	Conservative	J. Cheetham	382	42.2	–14.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Backus	304	33.6	N/A
	Labour	J. Oliveira	302	33.4	–5.1
Turnout			~905	41.9	–0.1
Registered electors			2,160
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thaxted

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Walsh*	609	56.0	+17.2
	Independent	P. Leeder*	460	42.3	–12.6
	Liberal Democrats	S. Corke	367	33.8	–1.0
	Labour	K. Donovan	183	16.8	N/A
	Independent	D. Morgan	118	10.9	N/A
	Independent	R. Morgan	91	8.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,087	52.3	–3.9
Registered electors			2,078
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Independent hold

The Canfields

The Canfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wright*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,400
	Conservative hold

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lightning*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,179
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

The Eastons

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Thorburn	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,032
	Conservative hold

The Rodings

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Tivendale*	Unopposed
Registered electors			992
	Conservative hold

The Sampfords

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hughes*	316	51.5	N/A
	Independent	R. Lander	298	48.5	N/A
Majority			18	2.9	N/A
Turnout			614	47.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,297
	Independent hold

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chambers*	369	56.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R. Harcourt	285	43.6	N/A
Majority			84	12.8	N/A
Turnout			654	58.9	N/A
Registered electors			1,110
	Conservative hold

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Belcher*	311	57.2	–18.2
	Independent	R. Stone	233	42.8	N/A
Majority			78	14.4	–36.3
Turnout			544	49.1	–1.1
Registered electors			1,115
	Conservative hold

By-elections

Takeley

Takeley by-election: 12 March 1992 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		460	41.6
	Conservative		430	38.9
	Labour		215	19.5
Majority			30	2.7
Turnout			1,105	50.9
Registered electors			2,171
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The Rodings

The Rodings by-election: 19 November 1992 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		279	52.0
	Conservative		258	48.0
Majority			21	3.9
Turnout			537	54.1
Registered electors			993
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle by-election: 1 April 1993 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		472	36.8
	Conservative		436	34.0
	Labour		308	24.0
	Independent		66	5.1
Majority			36	2.8
Turnout			1,282	45.6
Registered electors			2,811
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saffron Walden Plantation

Saffron Walden Plantation by-election: 14 April 1994 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		611	46.0
	Conservative		369	27.8
	Labour		349	26.3
Majority			242	18.2
Turnout			1,329	42.9
Registered electors			3,098
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 January 2023.
2. "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.