1992 Colchester Borough Council election

1992 Colchester Borough Council election

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20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	39.8% (3.7%}
First party Second party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 28 seats, 39.9% 19 seats, 35.0% Seats won 12 7 Seats after 29 21 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 17,668 15,937 Percentage 41.7% 37.6% Swing 1.8% 2.6%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Tiptree Residents Last election 11 seats, 20.4% 2 seats, 1.7% Seats won 2 1 Seats after 8 2 Seat change 3 Popular vote 7,125 1,102 Percentage 16.8% 2.6% Swing 3.6% 0.9%
Winner of each seat at the 1992 Colchester Borough Council election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place in May 1992. ^[1] These were on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Result summary

1992 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	12	1	54.5	17	29	47.5	17,668	41.7	+1.8
	Conservative	7	2	31.8	14	21	35.6	15,937	37.6	+2.6
	Labour	2	3	9.1	6	8	13.6	7,125	16.8	–3.6
	Tiptree Residents	1		4.5	1	2	3.4	1,102	2.6	+0.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	577	1.4	–0.8

Ward results

Berechurch

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John William Stevens	1,193	55.3	+0.6
	Conservative	N. Peckston	492	22.8	+6.0
	Labour	Dave Harris	451	20.9	−6.0
	Green	Walter Schwartz	22	1.0	−1.5
Majority			701	32.5	+4.7
Turnout			2,158	37.3	−5.7
Registered electors			5,784
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.7

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Spyvee	1,023	41.6	−8.2
	Labour	Ken Cooke	740	30.1	+6.6
	Conservative	H. Day	644	26.2	+3.6
	Green	S. Newton	50	2.0	−2.1
Majority			283	11.5	−14.8
Turnout			2,457	45.1	−0.9
Registered electors			5,448
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	7.4

Dedham

Dedham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Williams	503	54.2	−3.3
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	401	43.2	+6.2
	Labour	J. Coombes	24	2.6	−2.9
Majority			98	11.0	−9.5
Turnout			928	61.0	−0.3
Registered electors			1,521
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.8

East Donyland

East Donyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Holmes	448	44.6	+9.5
	Labour	B. Wilding*	384	38.2	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Woodward	160	15.9	−8.7
	Green	S. Morton	13	1.3	N/A
Majority			64	6.4	N/A
Turnout			1,005	58.7	+5.4
Registered electors			1,711
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.8

Fordham

Fordham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cannon	459	58.5	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Morris	225	28.7	+11.9
	Labour	Richard Bourne	100	12.8	−14.9
Majority			234	29.8	+2.0
Turnout			784	54.3	−1.3
Registered electors			1,444
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

Harbour

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edna Fowler	1,234	56.0	+18.8
	Labour	S. Manning-Press	530	24.0	−19.4
	Conservative	S. Cockell	410	18.6	+1.9
	Green	P. Hitchin	30	1.4	−0.8
Majority			704	31.9	N/A
Turnout			2,204	37.9	−4.1
Registered electors			5,818
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	19.1

Lexden

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sonia Lewis	1,244	50.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	W. Sandford	1,122	45.1	−2.7
	Labour	L. Barrett	102	4.1	0.0
	Green	D. Smith	19	0.8	−1.0
Majority			122	4.9	N/A
Turnout			2,487	57.2	+0.2
Registered electors			4,348
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	3.2

Marks Tey

Marks Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gower	440	51.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	S. Ambridge	269	31.3	+1.6
	Labour	Julie Young	150	17.5	−10.8
Majority			171	19.9	+7.6
Turnout			859	42.8	−8.6
Registered electors			2,007
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

Mile End

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Borges	1,455	56.2	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	B. Trusler	794	30.7	−0.9
	Labour	J. Evans	282	10.9	−5.6
	Green	T. Carvell	57	2.2	−0.9
Majority			661	25.5	+8.4
Turnout			2,588	36.2	−6.8
Registered electors			7,158
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.2

New Town

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Stevens	1,228	58.4	−4.2
	Labour	S. Sharp	529	25.2	+1.9
	Conservative	S. Rowley	282	13.4	+3.9
	Green	B. Mordin	62	3.0	−1.5
Majority			699	33.3	−6.0
Turnout			2,101	40.7	−2.3
Registered electors			5,160
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.1

Prettygate

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hunt	1,583	55.3	+10.3
	Conservative	W. Kimberley	1,036	36.2	−4.5
	Labour	T. Pearson	224	7.8	−4.3
	Green	Dorothy Schwarz	18	0.6	−2.0
Majority			547	19.1	+15.1
Turnout			2,861	49.4	−4.6
Registered electors			5,794
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.4

Shrub End

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Cawley	977	71.3	+17.7
	Conservative	S. Wilson	393	28.7	+9.2
Majority			584	42.6	+14.6
Turnout			1,370	23.2	−5.9
Registered electors			5,908
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.3

No Green (2.3%) or Labour (24.6%) candidates as previous.

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Newman	586	47.0
	Labour	Tim Young	514	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gamble	427	34.3
	Conservative	G. Newman	365	29.3
	Conservative	E. Winney	300	24.1
	Green	J. Buller	89	7.1
Turnout			1,246	24.7
Registered electors			5,946
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St. Anne's

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Fellows	1,008	46.3	−5.6
	Labour	K. Hindle	789	36.2	+1.4
	Conservative	N. Elcombe	358	16.4	+4.8
	Green	J. Van Every	24	1.1	−0.6
Majority			219	10.1	−7.0
Turnout			2,179	37.4	−5.6
Registered electors			5,833
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.5

St. John's

St. John's (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Gamble	1,410	54.8
	Liberal Democrats	E. Crunden	1,361	52.9
	Conservative	E. Hamilton	947	36.8
	Conservative	N. Taylor	921	35.8
	Labour	D. Betteridge	147	5.7
	Green	B. Smith	71	2.8
Turnout			2,574	45.1
Registered electors			5,708
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Chamberlain	1,175	48.9	+10.8
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	967	40.3	−1.8
	Labour	R. Turp	218	9.1	−6.9
	Green	J. Carvell	42	1.7	−2.1
Majority			208	8.7	N/A
Turnout			2,402	46.1	+2.1
Registered electors			5,216
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.3

Stanway

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sykes	1,335	56.7	+3.3
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	826	35.1	+1.6
	Labour	E. Plowright	194	8.2	−7.8
Majority			509	21.6	+1.8
Turnout			2,355	41.1	−3.9
Registered electors			5.734
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.9

Tiptree

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tiptree Residents	John Webb	1,102	46.3	+14.6
	Conservative	M. Hope	1,025	43.1	−3.0
	Labour	A. Atxtell	251	10.6	−11.5
Majority			77	3.2	−11.2
Turnout			2,378	39.9	+0.9
Registered electors			6,069
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing	8.8

West Mersea

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stewart	1,398	75.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	G. Maynard	328	17.6	+3.1
	Labour	G. Newman	133	7.2	−2.4
Majority			1,070	57.6	+8.1
Turnout			1,859	33.6	−9.4
Registered electors			5,538
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.1

No Independent candidate as previous (11.9%).

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Thompson	1,129	48.5	+7.4
	Labour	S. Sharp	777	33.4	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	I. O'Mahoney	313	13.4	−2.4
	Green	M. Paterson	110	4.7	−0.7
Majority			352	15.1	+11.7
Turnout			2,329	38.5	−5.5
Registered electors			6,052
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.9

References

1. "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF).