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Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 8 May 1986 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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21 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 41.6% (0.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 1986 Colchester Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the election, the Conservative Party lost control of the council to no overall control after having held an overall majority since the 1976 election.
Summary edit
1986 Colchester Borough Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 6 | 6 | 28.6 | 22 | 28 | 46.7 | 13,873 | 33.3 | –9.6 | |
Alliance | 8 | 6 | 38.1 | 8 | 16 | 26.7 | 14,988 | 36.0 | +10.9 | |
Labour | 5 | 23.8 | 7 | 12 | 20.0 | 11,185 | 26.9 | –1.3 | ||
Tiptree Residents | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,110 | 2.7 | +0.4 | ||
Independent | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 459 | 1.1 | –0.4 |
Ward results edit
Berechurch edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | M. Bayliss | 1,235 | 43.6 | +6.2 | |
Labour | B. McQuitty* | 1,115 | 39.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | A. Kimberley | 483 | 17.0 | -8.6 | |
Majority | 120 | 4.2 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,833 | 47.0 | +8.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,029 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 1.9 |
Birch-Messing edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Wayman* | 422 | 63.9 | -12.2 | |
Alliance | A. Chataway | 187 | 28.3 | +11.2 | |
Labour | J. Brice | 51 | 7.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 235 | 35.6 | -23.3 | ||
Turnout | 660 | 48.5 | -2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,361 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | 11.7 |
Boxted & Langham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Garnett* | 600 | 63.0 | -0.1 | |
Alliance | D. Elmer | 261 | 27.4 | -1.8 | |
Labour | S. Vanplew | 91 | 9.6 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 339 | 35.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 952 | 50.3 | -4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,894 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Castle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ken Cooke* | 1,090 | 39.8 | +4.8 | |
Alliance | Chris Hall | 865 | 31.6 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | J. Hazell | 784 | 28.6 | -19.2 | |
Majority | 225 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,739 | 53.2 | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,150 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 |
Harbour edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rod Green* | 1,076 | 44.0 | -12.1 | |
Alliance | E. Fowler | 845 | 34.6 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Mike Coyne | 485 | 19.9 | -3.6 | |
Independent | F. Baldwin | 37 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 231 | 9.4 | -23.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,443 | 45.2 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,470 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.1 |
Lexden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | W. Sandford | 1,218 | 53.7 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | S. Lewis | 921 | 40.6 | -5.1 | |
Labour | D. Chappell | 129 | 5.7 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 297 | 13.1 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,268 | 53.6 | -3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,235 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.7 |
Mile End edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Fulford* | 797 | 48.1 | -8.1 | |
Alliance | W. Reid | 513 | 31.0 | +16.9 | |
Labour | S. Dick | 347 | 20.9 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 284 | 17.1 | -10.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,657 | 41.7 | -0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,971 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.5 |
New Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Y. Edkins | 1,100 | 60.4 | -11.4 | |
Labour | J. Bayles | 450 | 24.7 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | J. Clarke | 270 | 14.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 650 | 35.7 | -19.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,820 | 39.3 | -9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,630 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | 10.0 |
Prettygate edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | David Goss | 1,445 | 55.0 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | S. Sheffield | 827 | 31.5 | -5.2 | |
Labour | E. Plowright | 353 | 13.4 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 618 | 23.5 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,625 | 51.7 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,082 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.6 |
Shrub End edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | G. Daldry* | 1,299 | 57.3 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Chris Pearson | 734 | 32.4 | -11.2 | |
Conservative | A. Stevenson | 235 | 10.4 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 565 | 24.9 | +24.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,268 | 36.8 | -1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,159 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | 12.3 |
St. Andrew's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Bober* | 1,310 | 59.4 | -3.1 | |
Conservative | R. Larkins | 485 | 22.0 | -2.6 | |
Alliance | J. Meleschko | 410 | 18.6 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 825 | 37.4 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,205 | 25.4 | -6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,690 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.3 |
St. Anne's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Mike Hogg | 890 | 39.4 | +22.3 | |
Labour | K. Hindle | 716 | 31.7 | -13.7 | |
Conservative | L. Spendlove | 653 | 28.9 | -8.7 | |
Majority | 174 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,259 | 46.3 | -4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,876 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 18.0 |
St. John's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | E. Hubbard | 928 | 45.5 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | M. Roots* | 885 | 43.4 | -8.5 | |
Labour | G. Rose | 226 | 11.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 43 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,039 | 46.3 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,560 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.4 |
St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nigel Chapman* | 964 | 47.6 | -15.1 | |
Alliance | R. Baker | 603 | 29.8 | +11.6 | |
Labour | R. Turp | 459 | 22.7 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 361 | 17.8 | -25.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,026 | 40.2 | -1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,042 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.4 |
Stanway edit
Vote share changes are compared to the top candidate result from the 1984 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | J. Ellis | 893 | 44.0 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | I. Parsonson | 831 | 40.9 | -11.0 | |
Labour | M. Fitzgibbon | 306 | 15.1 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 62 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,724 | 40.7 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,989 | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 12.4 |
Tiptree edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tiptree Residents | John Elliott* | 1,110 | 60.5 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | C. Borgartz | 472 | 25.7 | -7.7 | |
Labour | T. Lawson | 254 | 13.8 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 638 | 34.8 | +16.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,836 | 30.5 | -0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,010 | ||||
Tiptree Residents hold | Swing | 8.5 |
West Bergholt edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Lampon* | 562 | 52.4 | -10.8 | |
Alliance | M. Cook | 393 | 36.7 | +10.8 | |
Labour | J. Church | 117 | 10.9 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 169 | 15.7 | -21.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,072 | 45.9 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,334 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.8 |
West Mersea edit
Vote share changes are compared to the top candidate result from the 1984 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | L. Leader* | 1,183 | 62.0 | +6.9 | |
Alliance | A. Stevens | 566 | 29.7 | +18.5 | |
Labour | C. Nimmo | 159 | 8.3 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 617 | 32.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,908 | 37.4 | -12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,105 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.8 |
No Independent candidate as previous (-25.5).
Winstree edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Fairhead* | 685 | 58.5 | -14.0 | |
Alliance | A. Spear | 378 | 32.3 | +11.2 | |
Labour | L. Shelley | 108 | 9.2 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 307 | 26.2 | -25.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,171 | 54.6 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,146 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.6 |
Wivenhoe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Sharp | 1,060 | 42.4 | -8.2 | |
Labour | Mary Liddy | 1,034 | 41.3 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | K. Green | 943 | 37.7 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | M. Geddes | 808 | 32.3 | -6.4 | |
Alliance | D. Locke | 499 | 20.0 | +9.3 | |
Alliance | P. Smith | 460 | 18.4 | +7.7 | |
Turnout | 2,501 | 40.9 | -0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,116 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |