1994 Colchester Borough Council election
5 May 1994 (1994-05-05)
20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.7% (Increase3.9%)
  First party Second party
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Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 29 seats, 41.7% 21 seats, 37.6%
Seats won 13 4
Seats after 33 19
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 2
Popular vote 20,941 11,349
Percentage 47.5% 25.8%
Swing Increase 5.8% Decrease 11.8%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Labour Tiptree Residents
Last election 8 seats, 16.8% 2 seats, 2.6%
Seats won 3 0
Seats after 7 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 10,744 0
Percentage 24.4% 0.0%
Swing Increase 7.6% Decrease 2.6%
Winner in each seat at the 1994 Colchester Borough Council election
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

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.

At the election, the Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from no overall control, becoming the first party other than the Conservatives to control the council since its creation in 1973.

Summary

1994 Colchester Borough Council election[1]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 13 Increase 4 65.0 20 33 54.2 20,941 47.5 +5.8
  Conservative 4 Decrease 2 20.0 15 19 32.2 11,349 25.8 –11.8
  Labour 3 Decrease 1 15.0 4 7 11.9 10,744 24.4 +7.6
  Tiptree Residents 0 Decrease 1 0.0 1 1 1.7 0 0.0 –2.6
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 765 1.7 +0.3
  Independent 0 Steady 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 Decrease9.2

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 Decrease2.6

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 Increase7.4

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 Decrease10.3

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 Increase8.4

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 Increase21.3

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 Increase4.7

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 Increase12.6

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 Decrease0.1

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 Increase2.7

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 Decrease4.5

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 Increase11.5

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 Increase3.4

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 Increase4.9

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 Increase17.3

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 Increase18.7

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 Decrease19.1

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 Increase3.2

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 Increase14.4

References

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