Colchester Borough Council election, 1992

Last updated March 20, 2019

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place in 1992.

Results Summary

Colchester Borough Council election, 1991
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrat	29	2	1	1	41.8	17,728	+2.7
Conservative	21	3	1	2	37.5	15,937	+1.6
Labour	8	0	3	3	16.8	7,125	-3.6
Tiptree Residents	2	0	0	1	2.6	3,170	+0.9
Green	0	0	0		1.3	553	-0.7

Ward Results

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	J. 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
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Dedham

Dedham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	G. Williams	503	54.2	-3.3
	Conservative	C. Manning-Press	401	43.2	+6.2
	Labour	J. Coombes	24	2.6	-2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

East Donyland

East Donyland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D. Holmes	448	44.6	+9.5
	Labour	B. Wilding	384	38.2	-2.1
	Liberal Democrat	B. Woodward	160	15.9	-8.7
	Green	S. Morton	13	1.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fordham

Fordham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D. Cannon	459	58.5	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	P. Morris	225	28.7	+11.9
	Labour	Richard Bourne	100	12.8	-14.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbour

Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	E. Fowler	1,234	56.0	+12.6
	Labour	S. Manning-Press	530	24.0	-12.8
	Conservative	S. Cockell	410	18.6	+1.9
	Green	P. Hitchin	30	1.4	-0.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lexden

Lexden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	S. Lewis	1,244	50.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Marks Tey

Marks Tey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Gower	440	51.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrat	S. Ambridge	269	31.3	+1.6
	Labour	Julie Young	150	17.5	-10.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End

Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	P. Borges	1,455	56.2	+7.5
	Liberal Democrat	B. Trusler	794	30.7	-0.9
	Labour	J. Evans	282	10.9	-5.6
	Green	T. Carvell	57	2.2	-0.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

New Town

New Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Prettygate

Prettygate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	S. Cawley	977	71.3	+17.7
	Conservative	S. Wilson	393	28.7	+9.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Newman	586	25.7
	Labour	Tim Young	514	22.5
	Liberal Democrat	J. Gamble	427	18.7
	Conservative	G. Newman	365	16.0
	Conservative	E. Winney	300	13.2
	Green	J. Buller	89	6.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Gamble	1,410	29.0
	Liberal Democrat	E. Crunden	1,361	28.0
	Conservative	E. Hamilton	947	19.5
	Conservative	N. Taylor	921	19.0
	Labour	D. Betteridge	147	5.7
	Green	B. Smith	71	1.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanway

Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Sykes	1,335	56.7	-3.3
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	826	35.1	+1.6
	Labour	E. Plowright	194	8.2	-3.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tiptree Residents	J. 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
Turnout
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing

West Mersea

West Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Stewart	1,395	75.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrat	G. Maynard	328	17.6	+3.1
	Labour	G. Newman	133	7.2	-2.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	C. Thompson	1,129	48.5	+7.4
	Labour	S. Sharp	777	33.4	-4.3
	Liberal Democrat	I. O'Mahoney	313	13.4	-2.4
	Green	M. Paterson	110	4.7	-0.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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