Colchester Borough Council election, 1990

Last updated March 20, 2019

Elections to the Borough of Colchester , a local government district and borough in Essex, England, took place in 1990. Due to boundary changes the entire council was up for election as opposed to the normal one-third.

The Borough of Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of 125 square miles (320 km²) and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south.

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.

Results Summary

Colchester Borough Council election, 1990
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrat	28	4	2	4	35.4	46,791
Conservative	17	3	6	7	30.8	40,625
Labour	12	5	0	3	29.1	38,486
Tiptree Residents	3	0	0		2.4	3,170
Green	0	0	0		1.1	1,438
Independent	0	0	-1	1	0.6	763
SDP	0	0	0		0.5	640
Anti-Poll Tax	0	0	0		0.1	160	N/A

Ward Results

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	H. Davis	1,545	17.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	J. Stevens	1,465	16.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Sutton	1,340	15.0	N/A
	Labour	R. McQuilty	1,210	13.6	N/A
	Labour	Dave Harris	1,069	12.0	N/A
	Labour	Don Quinn	1,016	11.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. Parsons	451	5.1	N/A
	Conservative	S. Wilson	429	4.8	N/A
	Conservative	N. Peckston	398	4.5	N/A
Majority			130	1.4
Turnout				51.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

	%	+/-
Liberal Democrat	48.8	+11.4
Labour	36.9	-0.1
Conservative	14.3	-11.3

Birch Messing Copford

Birch Messing Copford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Crowe	619	51.0	N/A
	Labour	C. Shreeve	297	26.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	K. Nelson	257	22.7	N/A
Majority			354	24.7
Turnout				48.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Boxted & Langham

Boxted & Langham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	'J. Garrett	619	59.9	-3.1
	Liberal Democrat	W. Chivers	273	26.4	-1.0
	Labour	F. Richards	142	13.7	+4.1
Majority			346	33.5
Turnout				55.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Hall	1,239	15.5	N/A
	Labour	Ken Cooke	1,154	14.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	J. Carter	1,020	12.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	K. Merriweather	969	12.1	N/A
	Labour	J. Cant	790	9.9	N/A
	Conservative	E. Humphreys	698	8.7	N/A
	Labour	R. Turp	663	8.3	N/A
	Conservative	G. Haig-Thomas	581	7.2	N/A
	Conservative	M. Snaith	568	7.1	N/A
	Green	T. Manley	333	4.2	N/A
Majority			230	2.5
Turnout				51.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dedham

Dedham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	G. Williams	565	57.5	+3.6
	Conservative	N. Everett	364	37.0	-6.4
	Labour	G. Newman	54	5.5	+2.8
Majority			201	20.4
Turnout				61.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

East Donyland

East Donyland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	B. Wilding	364	40.3	+9.1
	Conservative	J. Sanderson	317	35.1	-21.8
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Woodward	222	24.6	+12.7
Majority			47	5.2
Turnout				53.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Fordham

Fordham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D. Cannon	440	55.5	-10.6
	Labour	R. Lee	220	27.7	+9.0
	Liberal Democrat	M. Thomas	133	16.8	+1.6
Majority				27.7
Turnout				55.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great & Little Horkesley

Great & Little Horkesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	E. Paice	500	55.1	-4.4
	Labour	L. Wood	257	28.3	+14.9
	Liberal Democrat	H. Chamberlain	151	16.6	-10.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Tey

Great Tey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	J. Brice	531	54.3	+36.8
	Conservative	I. Stratford	352	36.0	-24.4
	Labour	P. Doncaster	95	9.7	+1.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Harbour

Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Bird	1,292	18.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	E. Fowler	1,198	17.3	N/A
	Labour	Rod Green	1,183	17.1	N/A
	Labour	S. Manning-Press	936	13.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	P. Blandon	881	12.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	J. Gilfillan	787	11.4	N/A
	Conservative	M. Coyne	490	7.1	N/A
	Anti Poll Tax	D. Smith	160	2.3	N/A
Majority				3.0
Turnout				42.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Lexden

Lexden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Trusler	1,452	19.6
	Liberal Democrat	W. Sandford	1,290	17.4
	Liberal Democrat	B. Williamson	1,208	16.3
	Conservative	S. Lewis	1,054	14.2
	Conservative	P. Crafford	1,015	13.7
	Conservative	C. Manning-Press	933	12.6
	Labour	J. Crawford	245	3.3
	Labour	D. Francis	225	3.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marks Tey

Marks Tey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Gower	443	42.0	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat	G. Ambridge	313	29.7	+4.8
	Labour	G. Taylor	299	28.3	+7.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End

Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Fulford	1,361	17.2
	Conservative	P. Borges	1,353	17.1
	Conservative	J. Fulford	1,336	16.9
	Labour	M. Snowling	1,026	12.9
	Liberal Democrat	B. Trusler	986	12.4
	Labour	Sandra Benedetti	951	12.0
	Labour	A. Harley	911	11.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

New Town

New Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Russell	1,605	21.5
	Liberal Democrat	J. Stevens	1,479	19.8
	Liberal Democrat	S. Haylock	1,396	18.7
	Labour	A. Clavane	842	11.3
	Labour	D. Speed	833	11.1
	Labour	S. McBride-Dick	817	10.9
	Conservative	J. Clarke	296	4.0
	Social Democratic	J. Parrick	209	2.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate

Prettygate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	D. Goss	1,823	19.8
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Hunt	1,791	19.5
	Liberal Democrat	R. Yates	1,707	18.6
	Conservative	H. Stutter	1,096	11.9
	Conservative	W. Kimberley	1,096	11.9
	Conservative	S. Rowley	1,050	11.4
	Labour	T. Pearson	632	6.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Pyefleet

Pyefleet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Taber	562	53.4	-20.3
	Liberal Democrat	P. Treacher	490	46.6	+29.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	G. Daldry	1,085	21.1
	Liberal Democrat	S. Cawley	1,043	20.3
	Liberal Democrat	K. Starling	964	18.8
	Labour	D. Bober	607	11.8
	Labour	F. Wilkin	593	11.6
	Labour	R. Edwards	480	9.4
	Conservative	A. Edwards	360	7.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Bober	1,417	25.8
	Labour	J. Baylis	1,285	23.4
	Labour	P. Truscott	1,213	22.1
	Liberal Democrat	P. Brady	433	7.9
	Conservative	A. Pearson	391	7.1
	Conservative	N. Taylor	376	6.9
	Green	M. Shabbeer	374	6.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Frank	1,234	15.9
	Labour	K. Hindle	1,182	15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Hogg	1,164	15.0
	Liberal Democrat	E. Crudden	1,091	14.1
	Labour	Tim Young	1,069	13.8
	Liberal Democrat	J. Fellows	1,022	13.2
	Conservative	E. Hamilton	500	6.5
	Conservative	N. Elcombe	481	6.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	John Baker	1,718	19.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Gamble	1,562	17.4
	Liberal Democrat	P. Hiller	1,502	16.7
	Conservative	J. Baldock	1,152	12.8
	Conservative	D. McBean	1,039	11.6
	Conservative	D. Mills	1,020	11.3
	Labour	M. Scott	548	6.1
	Labour	L. Shelley	451	5.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Spendlove	1,052	16.5
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	983	15.4
	Conservative	H. Pawsey	953	14.9
	Labour	Pauline Cook	871	13.6
	Labour	M. Lee	763	11.9
	Labour	K. Taylor	757	11.9
	Liberal Democrat	R. Hunt	575	9.0
	Social Democratic	M. Patrick	431	6.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway

Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	J. Ellis	1,547
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Sykes	1,481
	Liberal Democrat	K. Davis	1,355
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	858
	Conservative	A. McNeill	814
	Conservative	E. Gawthrop	806
	Labour	S. Broadhurst	463
	Labour	E. Plowright	444
	Labour	J. Young	438
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tiptree Residents	E. Bird	1,197	17.5
	Tiptree Residents	J. Webb	1,023	15.0
	Tiptree Residents	J. Elliott	950	13.9
	Conservative	B. Martin	895	13.1
	Independent	J. Olley	763	11.2
	Labour	M. Dale	724	10.6
	Labour	A. Axtell	653	9.5
	Labour	E. Garwood	634	9.3
Majority
Turnout
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	S. Baldwin	1,160	42.0	N/A
	Conservative	J. Lampon	840	30.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. Nicholls	760	27.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Winstree

Winstree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	M. Fairhead	652	65.3	+6.5
	Liberal Democrat	D. Sykes	346	34.7	+2.4
Majority				30.7
Turnout				55.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea

West Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Kimberley	1,593	27.2
	Conservative	J. Stewart	1,516	25.9
	Conservative	J. Bouckley	1,499	25.6
	Liberal Democrat	N. License	627	10.7
	Labour	E. Newman	620	10.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	R. Richardson	1,627	19.8	N/A
	Labour	S. Sharp	1,545	18.8	N/A
	Labour	R. Newman	1,415	17.2	N/A
	Conservative	D. Adams	980	11.9	N/A
	Conservative	C. Thompson	977	11.9	N/A
	Conservative	M. Last	940	11.4	N/A
	Green	P. Harris	731	8.9	N/A
Majority				19.4
Turnout				45.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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