1994 Colchester Borough Council election

1994 Colchester Borough Council election
20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council ; 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.7% (3.9%)
	Winner in each seat at the 1994 Colchester Borough Council election
Council control before election; No overall control ;	Council control after election; Liberal Democrats ;

Last updated February 26, 2023

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 5 May 1994. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Summary

1994 Colchester Borough Council election^[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	13	4	65.0	20	33	54.2	20,941	47.5	+5.8
	Conservative	4	2	20.0	15	19	32.2	11,349	25.8	–11.8
	Labour	3	1	15.0	4	7	11.9	10,744	24.4	+7.6
	Tiptree Residents	0	1	0.0	1	1	1.7	0	0.0	–2.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	765	1.7	+0.3
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	252	0.6	N/A

Ward results

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Sutton	1,187	52.1	-3.2
	Labour	Paul Bishop	819	36.0	+15.1
	Conservative	N. Peckston	272	11.9	-10.9
Majority			368	16.2	-16.3
Turnout			2,278	40.0	+2.7
Registered electors			5,693
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.2

No Green candidate as previous (1.0%).

Birch Messing Copford

Birch Messing Copford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Crowe*	608	50.7	-0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Una Jones	330	27.5	+4.8
	Labour	Julie Young	261	21.8	-4.5
Majority			278	23.2	-1.5
Turnout			1,199	47.2	-1.3
Registered electors			2,542
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Hall*	1,362	53.0	+11.4
	Labour	J. Dodge	689	26.8	-3.3
	Conservative	J. Lucas	415	16.1	-10.1
	Green	C. Shaw	105	4.1	+2.1
Majority			673	26.2	+14.7
Turnout			2,571	47.5	+2.4
Registered electors			5,413
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.4

Harbour

Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Blandon	1,244	50.3	-5.7
	Labour	J. Bird*	958	38.8	+14.8
	Conservative	M. Cole	206	8.3	-10.3
	Green	N. Mills	63	2.5	+1.1
Majority			286	11.6	-20.3
Turnout			2,471	42.5	+4.6
Registered electors			5,818
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	10.3

Lexden

Lexden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Trusler*	1,270	52.3	+7.2
	Conservative	Donald Hensall	980	40.4	-9.6
	Labour	L. Barrett	176	7.3	+3.2
Majority			290	12.0	N/A
Turnout			2,426	56.2	-1.0
Registered electors			4,317
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.4

No Green candidate as previous (0.8%).

Mile End

Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Ambury	1,702	49.8	+19.1
	Conservative	J. Fulford*	1,122	32.8	-23.4
	Labour	Kim Naish	499	14.6	+3.7
	Green	B. Smith	93	2.7	+0.5
Majority			580	17.0	N/A
Turnout			3,416	42.4	+6.2
Registered electors			8,064
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	21.3

New Town

New Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Russell*	1,615	66.8	+8.4
	Labour	S. Pygott	587	24.3	-0.9
	Conservative	D. McBean	132	5.5	-7.9
	Green	P. Wareham	85	3.5	+0.5
Majority			1,028	42.5	+9.2
Turnout			2,419	46.5	+5.8
Registered electors			5,207
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.7

Prettygate

Prettygate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Goss*	1,858	65.4	+10.1
	Conservative	Ron Levy	601	21.2	-15.0
	Labour	T. Pearson	339	11.9	+4.1
	Green	D. Smith	43	1.5	+0.9
Majority			1,257	44.2	+25.1
Turnout			2,841	48.7	-0.7
Registered electors			5,830
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.6

Pyefleet

Pyefleet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Lord	449	46.6	-6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Knight	385	39.9	-6.7
	Labour	S. Manning-Press	96	10.0	N/A
	Green	Walter Schwarz	34	3.5	N/A
Majority			64	6.6	-0.2
Turnout			962	52.2	-5.3
Registered electors			1,846
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W. Sandford	799	54.4	-16.9
	Labour	Frank Wilkin	482	32.8	N/A
	Conservative	S. Wilson	189	12.9	-15.4
Majority			317	21.6	-21.0
Turnout			1,470	27.8	+4.6
Registered electors			5,293
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Prosser	846	52.7	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gary	588	36.6	+7.5
	Conservative	E. Winney	134	8.3	-16.6
	Green	S. Kelly	37	2.3	-3.8
Majority			258	16.1	N/A
Turnout			1,605	30.1	+5.4
Registered electors			5,329
	Labour hold		Swing	2.7

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gamble	1,208	46.8	+0.5
	Labour	Mary Frank*	1,180	45.7	+9.5
	Conservative	N. Elcombe	193	7.5	-8.9
Majority			28	1.1	-9.0
Turnout			2,581	46.0	+8.6
Registered electors			5,614
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	4.5

No Green candidate as previous (1.1%).

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Barker*	1,668	64.3	+9.5
	Conservative	N. Taylor	605	23.3	-13.5
	Labour	T. Pringle	322	12.4	+6.7
Majority			1,063	41.0	N/A
Turnout			2,595	46.1	+1.0
Registered electors			5,635
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.5

No Green candidate as previous (2.8%).

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Silverwood-Cope	1,116	45.2	-3.7
	Conservative	R. Spendlove*	735	29.8	-10.5
	Labour	Maureen Lee	309	12.5	+3.4
	Independent	R. Hudson	252	10.2	N/A
	Green	J. Hebbern	55	2.2	+0.5
Majority			381	15.4	+6.7
Turnout			2,467	48.7	+2.6
Registered electors			5,069
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	3.4

Stanway

Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Ellis	1,489	58.5	+1.8
	Conservative	Ian McCord	691	27.1	-8.0
	Labour	E. Plowright	366	14.4	+6.2
Majority			798	31.3	+9.7
Turnout			2,546	44.0	+2.9
Registered electors			5,791
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.9

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Holland	879	34.8	+24.2
	Conservative	M. Hope	830	32.8	-10.3
	Liberal Democrats	A. Seaman	717	28.4	N/A
	Green	V. Bannister	101	4.0	N/A
Majority			49	1.9	N/A
Turnout			2,527	41.7	+1.8
Registered electors			6,057
	Labour gain from Tiptree Residents		Swing	17.3

No Tiptree Residents candidate as previous (46.3%).

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Baldwin*	1,092	61.1	+18.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Blundell	516	28.9	-18.7
	Labour	M. Nice	178	10.0	±0.0
Majority			576	32.3	N/A
Turnout			1,786	48.1	-3.9
Registered electors			3,715
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	18.7

West Mersea

West Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Kimberley*	1,032	51.3	-23.9
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pipe	640	31.8	+14.2
	Labour	Alison Inman	340	16.9	+9.7
Majority			392	19.5	-38.1
Turnout			2,012	36.3	+2.7
Registered electors			5,547
	Conservative hold		Swing	19.1

Winstree

Winstree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Fairhead*	696	64.3	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Burgess	297	27.4	-7.3
	Labour	J. Coombes	89	8.2	N/A
Majority			399	36.9	+6.3
Turnout			1,082	59.6	+3.8
Registered electors			1,817
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.2

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Richardson*	1,329	47.5	+14.0
	Conservative	J. Woodcock	943	33.7	-14.8
	Liberal Democrats	I. O'Mahoney	374	13.4	±0.0
	Green	P. Samphire	149	5.3	+0.6
Majority			386	13.8	N/A
Turnout			2,795	44.4	+5.9
Registered electors			6,298
	Labour hold		Swing	14.4

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References

↑ "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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