Essex County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 75 councillors are elected from 70 wards. [1]
Basildon Vange (June 1986) (Labour Hold)
Gray Thurrock (July 1986) (Labour Hold)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Albert Smulian | 2,005 | 55.6 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Terrence Birdseye | 1,289 | 35.7 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Nigel Boorman | 314 | 8.7 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 716 | 19.8 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,608 | 33.0 | −12.2 | ||
Alliance hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Francis Bellard | 1,423 | 45.9 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Terence Dove | 1,288 | 41.5 | −4.1 | |
Labour | Margaret Davis | 391 | 12.6 | −10.0 | |
Majority | 135 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,102 | 30.0 | −6.0 | ||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SLD | Patricia Pascoe | 2,035 | 42.3 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Donald Quinn | 1,572 | 32.7 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Mary Fairhead | 1,200 | 25.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 463 | 9.6 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,807 | 39.0 | +2.3 | ||
SLD hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Pearson | 2,384 | 40.1 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vincent Edkins | 2,103 | 35.4 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Edward Winney | 1,039 | 17.5 | −1.9 | |
SDP | John Parrick | 416 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 281 | 4.7 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,942 | 48.1 | +8.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Edgar Davis | 2,210 | 56.0 | +21.5 | |
Conservative | John Hutton | 1,339 | 33.9 | −14.6 | |
Labour | Francis Keohane | 249 | 6.3 | −4.2 | |
Green | Philip Ray | 89 | 2.3 | −4.6 | |
SDP | Samuel Ormsby | 32 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | James Holdsworth | 28 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 871 | 22.1 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,947 | 40.1 | −3.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Westcott | 2,937 | 56.4 | −5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Gibbs | 1,451 | 27.9 | +7.7 | |
Labour | David Cole | 817 | 15.7 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 1,486 | 28.5 | −13.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,205 | 45.1 | +7.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Walsh | 1,780 | 48.4 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Harold Bruce | 1,360 | 32.7 | −17.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Wilson | 538 | 13.0 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 420 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,155 | 33.2 | −3.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +15.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alun Thomas | 1,872 | 57.9 | −4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katharine Spanton | 1,191 | 36.8 | +18.6 | |
Labour | Edward O’Brien | 172 | 5.3 | −13.7 | |
Majority | 681 | 21.1 | −43.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,235 | 26.8 | −7.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stanley Goodwin | 1,891 | 55.6 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Vernon Davies | 870 | 25.6 | −10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Macy | 641 | 18.8 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 1,021 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,402 | 32.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Pearson | 1,260 | 35.6 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Roger Lord | 1,197 | 33.9 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Potter | 999 | 28.3 | −5.4 | |
Green | Fox | 80 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 63 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,536 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Sears | 1,717 | 37.9 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | David Walsh | 1,573 | 34.8 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffery Williams | 1,231 | 27.2 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 144 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,521 | 35.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stanley Goodwin | 927 | 48.4 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Colin Finn | 527 | 27.5 | +2.0 | |
Loughton Residents | Kay Ellis | 404 | 21.1 | −9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Spence | 56 | 2.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 400 | 20.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,914 | 19.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Williams | 1,167 | 45.0 | +24.2 | |
Conservative | Sandra Hillier | 999 | 38.5 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Jane Dyer | 426 | 16.4 | −21.3 | |
Majority | 168 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,592 | 19.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mike Danvers | 1,082 | 43.5 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | Lee Dangerfield | 715 | 28.7 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Anthony Bennett | 264 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Millington | 213 | 8.6 | −10.9 | |
Independent | Patricia Bryne | 195 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 21 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 367 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,487 | 27.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ann Naylor | 2,062 | 61.5 | +11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Aspinell | 1,150 | 34.3 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Jane Winter | 142 | 4.2 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 912 | 27.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,354 | 26.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Durcan | 5,320 | 48.4 | +22.3 | |
Conservative | Mark Gough | 4,564 | 41.6 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Strachan | 1,100 | 10.0 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 756 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 10,984 | 37.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, the Green Party had received 11.0% and the British National Party received 14.2%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dick Madden | 1,496 | 43.6 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Pooley | 1,323 | 38.6 | −5.9 | |
Labour | Russell Kennedy | 610 | 17.8 | +10.1 | |
Majority | 173 | ||||
Turnout | 3,429 | 29 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Percentage changes are since June 2009, when the British National Party and the Green Party also stood, receiving 6.1% and 8.2%, respectively, of votes cast.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Grundy | 1,820 | 59.3 | −6.4 | |
UKIP | Jesse Pryke | 736 | 24.1 | n/a | |
Labour | Maurice Austin | 273 | 8.9 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marian Elsden | 160 | 5.2 | −7.3 | |
Green | Reza Hossain | 80 | 2.6 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 1,084 | ||||
Turnout | 3,069 | 22.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, the British National Party received 7.8% of the votes cast
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson | 1,614 | 42.1 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Pontin | 941 | 24.5 | −7.5 | |
Labour | Nastassia Player | 711 | 18.5 | +10.7 | |
UKIP | Leslie Retford | 435 | 11.3 | n/a | |
Green | Reza Hossain | 134 | 3.5 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 6.9 | ||||
Turnout | 3,835 | 28.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, British National Party received 6.2%.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Goggin | 1,809 | 33.7 | +9.1 | |
UKIP | Anne Poonian | 1,642 | 30.6 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Scott | 1,199 | 22.3 | −4.6 | |
Labour | Carol Carlsson-Browne | 524 | 9.8 | −2.7 | |
Green | Beverley Maltby | 200 | 3.7 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 167 | 3.1 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,398 | 36.5 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Canning | 1,071 | 34.3 | +2.1 | |
Labour | Lynn Watson | 974 | 31.2 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | Michael Ford | 855 | 27.4 | −5.3 | |
Green | John Malam | 165 | 5.3 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Walter Sale | 58 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 97 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,123 | ||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Holland Residents | Colin Sargeant | 1,781 | 46.8 | N/A | |
UKIP | Benjamin Smith | 961 | 25.3 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Bleach | 628 | 16.5 | −10.3 | |
Labour | Christopher Bird | 387 | 10.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rain Welham-Cobb | 49 | 1.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 820 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Holland Residents gain from Tendring First | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Frank Ferguson | 2,034 | 42.6 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Gavin Callaghan | 1,600 | 33.5 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | Gary Maylin | 878 | 18.4 | +2.4 | |
Green | Phillip Rackley | 264 | 5.5 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 434 | ||||
Turnout | 16.9 | ||||
UKIP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mark Stephenson | 1,231 | 36.9 | +21.8 [12] | |
Conservative | Chris Amos | 1,223 | 36.6 | +5.3 | |
Holland Residents | K.T. King | 537 | 16.1 | −24.8 [13] | |
Liberal Democrats | Callum Robertson | 140 | 4.2 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Geoff Ely | 111 | 3.3 | −6.1 | |
Green | Chris Southall | 97 | 2.9 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.2 | −9.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,339 | 25.3 | −10.5 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +8.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | James Newport | 1,658 | 57.4 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Simon Smith | 929 | 32.2 | −11.8 | |
Independent | Jack Lawmon | 164 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Lorraine Ridley | 137 | 4.7 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 729 | 25.2 | +24.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,892 | 21.9 | −15.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Reid | 2,748 | 49.7 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | Terri Sargent | 1,890 | 34.2 | +1.2 | |
Green | Oliver McCarthy | 445 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Chandler | 444 | 8.0 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 858 | 15.5 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,527 | 18.2 | –6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Johnson | 2,008 | 48.6 | –13.1 | |
Labour | Kay Morrison | 1,476 | 35.7 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Dan Long | 259 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Green | Jennifer Steadman | 257 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Millington | 130 | 3.2 | –0.9 | |
Majority | 532 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 28.1 | –5.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | –7.9 | |||
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