1993 Essex County Council election

An election to Essex County Council took place on 6 May 1993 as part of the 1993 United Kingdom local elections. 98 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

1993 Essex County Council election

6 May 1993
All 98 seats to Essex County Council 49 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 26 seats, 28.8% 57 seats, 44.5% 14 seats, 23.3% Seats before 24 56 15 Seats won 33 32 32 Seat change 7 25 18 Popular vote 127,934 147,062 132,631 Percentage 30.7% 35.3% 31.9 Swing 1.9% 8.7% 8.2%
Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election No Overall Control

Previous composition

1989 election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	57
	Labour	26
	Liberal Democrats	14
	Loughton Residents	1
Total		79

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	Conservative	56
	Labour	24
	Liberal Democrats	15
	Independent	3
	Loughton Residents	1
Total		79

Results

Essex County Council election, 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33	9	2	7		30.7	127,934	+1.9
	Conservative	32		25	25		35.3	147,062	-9.2
	Liberal Democrats	32	18		18		31.9	132,631	+8.6
	Independent	1	1		1		0.8	3,421	+0.5
	Green	0					1.0	4,025	-0.3
	Liberal	0					0.3	1,043	N/A
Total		98						416,116

Results by Electoral Divisions

Basildon

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Labour	5		20,962	40.9	+4.1
	Conservative	4		19,235	37.5	−3.4
	Liberal Democrat	1		10,829	21.1	−0.5
	Independent	0		252	0.5	+0.1

Division Results

Basildon Crouch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Williams	1,900	44.1	−5.0
	Conservative	Anthony Smith	1,699	39.4	+0.6
	Labour	Colin Wilson	709	16.5	+4.5
Majority			201	4.7
Turnout			4,308	40.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.8

Basildon Fryerns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Williams Archibald *	2,631	68.0	+9.3
	Conservative	Amanda Almond	870	22.5	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Birch	369	9.5	−11.4
Majority			1,761	45.5
Turnout			3,870	39.1
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Basildon Gloucester Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madeline Costello *	3,169	65.3	−0.5
	Conservative	Anthony Ball	1,246	25.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Smith	437	9.0	−0.2
Majority			1,923	39.6
Turnout			4,852	41.9
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

Basildon Laindon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Liebeschuetz	2,261	57.6	+3.0
	Conservative	David Walsh *	1,232	31.4	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Martin	432	11.0	+0.8
Majority			1,029	26.2
Turnout			3,925	36.1
	Labour hold		Swing	3.5

Basildon Pitsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Smith *	3,385	57.5	+0.6
	Conservative	John Newry	1,947	33.1	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hersom	550	9.4	+1.2
Majority			1,438	24.4
Turnout			5,882	34.4
	Labour hold		Swing	1.2

Basildon Vange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Wright *	2,876	61.8	−1.7
	Conservative	Sandra Elliott	1,304	28.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Wakeham	477	10.2	+1.6
Majority			1,572	33.8
Turnout			4,657	37.0
	Labour hold		Swing	0.8

Basildon Westley Heights

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brinley Jones *	2,071	40.7	−5.5
	Labour	Robert Sears	1,924	37.8	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Larkin	1,091	21.5	+3.6
Majority			147	2.9
Turnout			5,086	43.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.9

Billericay North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lilian Greenfield *	2,641	61.8	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Barr	1,164	27.2	+11.4
	Labour	Margaret Viney	471	11.0	+2.4
Majority			1,477	34.5	−20.9
Turnout			4,276	33.4	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Kay	1,921	40.8	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Taylor	1,802	38.3	+9.7
	Labour	Ronald Bessell	765	16.2	±0.0
	Independent	George Dighton *	252	5.4	−49.0
Majority			119	2.5	−22.3
Turnout			4,710	38.5	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Note: George Dighton was elected as a Conservative in 1989, but here attempted to defend his seat as an Independent

Wickford division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Pummell *	2,233	48.6	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Battson	1,516	33.0	−9.3
	Labour	Christopher Wilson	847	18.4	+5.1
Majority			717	15.6	+13.5
Turnout			4,596	37.3	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Braintree

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Labour	4	2	14,450	40.2	+6.1
	Conservative	2	2	12,651	35.2	−8.7
	Liberal Democrat	1		7,934	22.1	+1.7
	Green	0		924	2.6	+1.0

Division Results

Bocking

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Card	2,397	44.3	−8.9
	Conservative	John Finbow	1,882	34.8	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Fahy	994	18.4	+11.0
	Green	Kevin Peterson	133	2.5	N/A
Majority			515	9.5
Turnout			5,406	44.0
	Labour hold		Swing	2.2

Braintree East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elwyn Bishop	2,849	46.6	+13.8
	Conservative	Robert Dixon-Smith *	2,228	36.4	−16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Billie Daniels	859	14.0	−0.6
	Green	Philip Hughes	184	3.0	N/A
Majority			621	10.1
Turnout			6,120	42.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	15.0

Braintree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Rice *	2,548	45.2	−0.1
	Conservative	Graham Hutton	1,559	27.7	−12.2
	Labour	Jeremy White	1,375	24.4	+9.7
	Green	Marran Bates	156	2.8	N/A
Majority			989	17.5
Turnout			5,638	40.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.1

Halstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Pike *	1,936	38.7	−5.3
	Labour	John Kotz	1,917	38.3	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Clayton	1,150	23.0	−0.1
Majority			19	0.4
Turnout			5,003	37.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

Hedingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Waterer *	2,169	46.2	−8.3
	Labour	Noel Owen	1,324	28.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Ellis	1,199	25.6	+5.8
Majority			845	18.0
Turnout			4,692	38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Witham Northern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Lyon *	2,726	57.5	+10.7
	Conservative	Roger Wacey	1,179	24.9	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Sanders	558	11.8	+3.4
	Green	James Abbott	278	5.9	−5.9
Majority			1,547	32.6
Turnout			4,741	34.5
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5

Witham Southern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gyford	1,862	42.7	+6.7
	Conservative	Judith Bird	1,698	39.0	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alfred Slowman	626	14.4	−4.8
	Green	Susan Ransome	173	4.0	N/A
Majority			164	3.8
Turnout			4,359	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.3

Brentwood

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	5	4	11,469	51.6	+23.0
	Conservative	0	4	7,975	35.9	−14.8
	Labour	0		2,158	9.7	−8.6
	Green	0		635	2.9	+0.5

Division Results

Brentwood Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edgar Davis *	2,349	58.9	+24.5
	Conservative	Susan Sepkes	1,202	30.2	−18.3
	Labour	Clara Dyer	298	7.5	−3.0
	Green	Frank Seckleman	137	3.4	−3.2
Majority			1,147	28.7
Turnout			3,986	42.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	21.4

Brentwood Hutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith White	1,871	43.9	+25.7
	Conservative	Alun Thomas *	1,859	43.6	−19.2
	Labour	Malcolm Burgess	424	10.0	−9.0
	Green	Beryl Lankester	107	2.5	N/A
Majority			12	0.3
Turnout			4,261	34.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	22.5

Brentwood North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Smart	1,885	52.7	+18.1
	Conservative	Leonard Jago *	1,369	38.2	−15.6
	Labour	Jeremiah Keohane	254	7.1	−4.4
	Green	Roger Lankester	72	2.0	N/A
Majority			516	14.4
Turnout			3,580	38.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	16.9

Brentwood Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Hardy *	3,180	58.1	+5.0
	Conservative	Christopher House	1,783	32.6	−3.8
	Labour	Anthony Wilson	344	6.3	+0.4
	Green	Carolyn Bartley	164	3.0	−1.6
Majority			1,397	25.5
Turnout			5,471	44.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.4

Brentwood South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lionel Lee	2,184	44.2	N/A
	Conservative	Janet Hayward *	1,762	35.7	−21.1
	Labour	Lily Southgate	838	17.0	−26.3
	Green	Jean Walsh	155	3.1	N/A
Majority			422	8.5
Turnout			4,939	42.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	32.7

Castle Point

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Labour	3	3	8,680	34.2	+4.8
	Conservative	2	4	8,448	33.3	−26.3
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	8,226	32.4	+23.6

Division Results

Benfleet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jillian Reeves *	1,248	35.9	−25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Minson	1,209	34.8	+22.1
	Labour	Brian Wilson	1,017	29.3	+3.1
Majority			39	1.1
Turnout			3,474	35.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.7

Canvey Island East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melvyn Farrant	2,075	40.7	+8.8
	Conservative	Harold King *	1,713	33.6	−24.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Pharro	1,306	25.6	N/A
Majority			362	7.1
Turnout			5,094	35.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	16.4

Canvey Island West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Howard *	2,142	44.0	−13.2
	Labour	William Deal	1,890	38.8	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Newman	840	17.2	+9.1
Majority			252	5.2
Turnout			4,872	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.7

Great Tarpots

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Butler	1,851	46.1	+12.8
	Conservative	Garth Hydes	1,125	28.0	−26.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Birch	1,043	26.0	+13.4
Majority			726	18.1
Turnout			4,019	36.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	19.5

Hadleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	2,524	60.6	+48.9
	Conservative	Ronald Williams *	1,186	28.5	−38.0
	Labour	Joseph Cooke	457	11.0	−10.8
Majority			1,338	32.1
Turnout			4,167	46.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	43.5

Thundersley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Shearwood	1,390	37.3	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Fenwick	1,304	35.0	+17.9
	Conservative	William Dick	1,034	27.7	−34.9
Majority			86	2.3
Turnout			3,728	38.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.2

Chelmsford

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	5	4	20,464	43.2	+11.6
	Conservative	3	5	17,625	37.2	−8.3
	Labour	1	1	8,926	18.8	+3.4
	Green	0		383	0.8	−6.3

Division Results

Broomfield & Writtle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Evans	1,676	40.1	+26.6
	Conservative	Michael Rose *	1,598	38.3	−17.5
	Labour	Barry Grainger	790	18.9	−1.0
	Green	Colin Jameson	111	2.7	−8.1
Majority			78	1.9
Turnout			4,175	41.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	22.1

Chelmsford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Burton	2,677	49.5	+14.1
	Conservative	David Kimberlin *	2,068	38.3	−8.2
	Labour	John McCreevy	659	12.2	+1.6
Majority			609	11.3
Turnout			5,404	45.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	11.2

Chelmsford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Smith-Hughes	2,309	39.5	+8.7
	Labour	Roy Chad	1,916	32.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Kathleen Pauley *	1,623	27.8	−6.8
Majority			393	6.7
Turnout			5,848	51.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	3.0

Chelmsford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Allen	2,890	56.8	+17.5
	Conservative	Vernon Makin *	1,562	30.7	−9.3
	Labour	Christopher Finlay	640	12.6	+1.2
Majority			1,328	26.1
Turnout			5,092	44.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	13.4

Chelmsford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Spurgeon	1,808	36.5	+5.1
	Conservative	David Lee *	1,655	33.4	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Foster	1,489	30.1	+3.6
Majority			153	3.1
Turnout			4,952	50.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.6

Great Baddow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Beard	2,851	63.1	+15.3
	Conservative	Edward Alliston	1,120	24.8	−13.6
	Labour	Owen Ephraim	547	12.1	+3.6
Majority			1,731	38.3
Turnout			4,518	43.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	14.5

Springfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Martin *	2,723	41.3	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Lane	2,701	41.0	+9.8
	Labour	William Horslen	896	13.6	+3.2
	Green	Eleanor Burgess	272	4.1	−3.0
Majority			22	0.3
Turnout			6,592	33.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.0

Stock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul White *	2,285	48.8	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Clarke	1,483	31.7	+12.9
	Labour	Ashley Final	911	19.5	+4.9
Majority			802	17.1
Turnout			4,679	33.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.8

Woodham Ferrers & Danbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eileen Mickelborough *	2,991	48.7	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Staines	2,388	38.9	+3.1
	Labour	Robert Davis	759	12.4	+4.7
Majority			603	9.8
Turnout			6,138	32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Colchester

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	5	4	17,498	44.3	+19.7
	Conservative	3	3	12,729	32.0	−12.1
	Labour	0	1	8,874	22.3	−3.2
	Green	0		546	1.4	+0.5

Division Results

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover *	2,065	48.2	−15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Phillips	1,705	39.8	+15.9
	Labour	Neville Missing	516	12.0	−0.9
Majority			360	8.4
Turnout				39.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Yates *	3,172	54.5	+15.4
	Conservative	Derek Lamberth	2,106	36.1	−12.1
	Labour	Kim Naish	553	9.5	−3.3
Majority			1,066	18.3
Turnout				44.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Pascoe *	1,984	56.3	+15.0
	Labour	Frank Wilkin	961	27.3	-7.9
	Conservative	Michael Hope	579	16.4	-7.1
Majority			1,023	29.0
Turnout				27.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	2,290	44.2	−17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Lennox	2,094	40.4	+15.8
	Labour	Julie Young	653	12.6	−1.6
	Green	Walter Schwarz	147	2.8	New
Majority			196	3.8
Turnout				34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fisher	2,415	51.1	+15.4
	Labour	Christopher Pearson *	1,617	34.2	−1.7
	Conservative	Sally Cockell	568	12.0	−7.4
	Green	Karen Smallwood	122	2.6	−5.3
Majority			798	16.9
Turnout				38.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-1.2).

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Jones	2,009	46.8	+22.9
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas *	1,475	34.3	−10.5
	Labour	Roger Turp	811	18.9	−5.9
Majority			534	12.4
Turnout				36.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

No Liberal candidate as previous (-6.5).

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Crunden	2,783	53.2	New
	Labour	Keith Hindle	1,282	24.5	−1.7
	Conservative	Roger Lord *	1,167	22.3	−15.5
Majority			1,501	28.7
Turnout				36.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

No SDP candidate as previous (−36.0).

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Peel *	1,574	44.4	−16.4
	Labour	Adrian Axtell	914	25.8	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Seaman	893	25.2	+8.4
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	162	4.6	New
Majority			633	18.0
Turnout				29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Stapleton *	1,567	50.1	−3.8
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	905	28.9	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid O'Mahoney	543	17.3	+7.7
	Green	Joanne Vanevery	115	3.7	New
Majority			662	21.2
Turnout				26.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Epping Forest

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	1	12,388	40.7	−7.1
	Labour	3	1	9,592	31.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	1	1	8,226	27.0	+12.5
	Independent	0		250	0.8	N/A

Division Results

Buckhurst Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Robinson	2,721	59.8	+40.8
	Conservative	Peter Ashton	1,165	25.6	−17.0
	Labour	Joan Davis	416	9.1	−2.0
	Independent	Janice Croke	250	5.5	N/A
Majority			1,556	34.2
Turnout			4,552	41.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	28.9

Chigwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Twynham	1,313	58.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spencer	646	28.8	−1.0
	Labour	Christopher Newbury	283	12.6	+5.7
Majority			667	29.8
Turnout			2,242	23.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

Epping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Ramshaw *	1,548	43.3	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Allan Boydon	1,238	34.7	+2.7
	Labour	Ian Standfast	786	22.0	+6.8
Majority			310	8.7
Turnout			3,572	29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8

Loughton St. Johns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Davis *	1,532	55.4	+8.7
	Conservative	John Pledge	831	30.0	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Wells	404	14.6	+6.8
Majority			701	25.3
Turnout			2,767	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.7

Loughton St. Marys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Saggers	1,608	45.1	+11.9
	Conservative	Vernon Davies	1,267	35.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Macy	687	19.3	N/A
Majority			341	9.6
Turnout			3,562	34.1
	Labour gain from Loughton Residents		Swing	4.5

North Weald & Nazeing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Abbey *	1,915	60.5	−10.2
	Labour	Elisabeth Young	637	20.1	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Myers	615	19.4	+8.0
Majority			1,278	40.4
Turnout			3,167	29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.2

Ongar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerard McEwen *	2,163	41.2	−9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Partridge	1,915	36.5	+19.9
	Labour	Patrick Haseldine	1,167	22.2	−10.0
Majority			248	4.7
Turnout			5,245	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.9

Waltham Abbey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cyril Hewins	2,863	56.7	+10.9
	Conservative	Norma Green	2,186	43.3	−2.0
Majority			677	13.4
Turnout			5,049	34.3
	Labour hold		Swing	6.5

Harlow

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Labour	5	1	11,582	51.9	−7.3
	Conservative	0	1	6,944	31.1	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	0		3,782	17.0	+4.5

Division Results

Great Parndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mervyn Juliff	2,213	44.8	+1.9
	Conservative	David Messer *	1,976	40.0	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Harris	749	15.2	+5.8
Majority			237	4.8
Turnout			4,938	39.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.8

Harlow & Mark Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Sztumpf	2,388	49.8	−13.1
	Conservative	Edward Hudspeth	1,765	36.8	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Collins	647	13.5	+6.9
Majority			623	13.0
Turnout			4,800	45.6
	Labour hold		Swing	9.7

Harlow Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Bruce	2,091	51.9	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Spenceley	1,060	26.3	−0.6
	Conservative	Vivien Thomas	880	21.8	+3.7
Majority			1,031	25.6
Turnout			4,031	37.3
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Little Parndon & Town Centre

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Morris *	2,053	53.8	−11.6
	Conservative	David Roberts	1,117	29.2	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Ward	649	17.0	+5.8
Majority			936	24.5
Turnout			3,819	36.2
	Labour hold		Swing	8.7

Netteswellbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonia Anderson *	2,837	60.5	−11.9
	Conservative	Philip Weales	1,206	25.6	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Herbert	677	14.3	+5.1
Majority			1,631	34.6
Turnout			4,720	39.7
	Labour hold		Swing	9.4

Maldon

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	3		6,289	47.6	−9.5
	Labour	0		3,448	26.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat	0		1,416	10.7	−15.2
	Green	0		1,537	11.6	N/A
	Independent	0		525	4.0	N/A

Division Results

Maldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kathleen Nolan *	2,122	48.3	−8.6
	Labour	Peter Roberts	1,345	30.6	+9.5
	Independent	Coral Broyd	525	12.0	N/A
	Green	Michael Cole	397	9.0	N/A
Majority			777	17.7
Turnout			4,389	35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Southminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Fisher *	1,965	47.2	−10.2
	Labour	Eric Garwood	1,304	31.3	+15.9
	Green	David Mason	894	21.5	N/A
Majority			661	15.9
Turnout			4,163	28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.1

Tollesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Dines *	2,202	47.2	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Woodham	1,416	30.4	+1.9
	Labour	Eileen Garwood	799	17.1	+2.6
	Green	Nelson Brunton	246	5.3	N/A
Majority			786	16.9
Turnout			4,663	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Rochford

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	3	1	9,762	46.3	+14.8
	Conservative	1	1	6,873	32.6	−10.8
	Labour	1		4,429	21.0	−0.6

Division Results

Rayleigh North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Boyd *	2,985	70.9	+8.2
	Conservative	Rosemary Brown	928	22.0	−9.8
	Labour	David Rossi	298	7.1	+1.5
Majority			2,057	48.8
Turnout			4,211	38.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.0

Rayleigh South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Gordon	2,891	61.9	+20.9
	Conservative	Peter Webster	1,338	28.6	−6.9
	Labour	Stephen Andre	444	9.5	+1.3
Majority			1,553	33.2
Turnout			4,673	39.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	13.9

Rochford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Smith	2,337	55.0	+13.9
	Conservative	Terry Fawell *	1,424	33.5	−12.5
	Labour	Charles Stephenson	487	11.5	−1.4
Majority			913	21.5
Turnout			4,248	33.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	13.2

Rochford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Fox	1,918	48.0	−2.8
	Conservative	Geoffrey Lee	1,483	37.1	−12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hurrell	597	14.9	N/A
Majority			435	10.9
Turnout			3,998	37.4
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Rochford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hart	1,700	43.2	−13.1
	Labour	David Flack *	1,282	32.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Saunders	952	24.2	+11.0
Majority			418	10.6
Turnout			3,934	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.6

Southend

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5		16,076	39.2	−6.1
	Liberal Democrat	5		14,958	36.5	+3.9
	Labour	1		8,951	21.8	+2.8
	Liberal	0		1,043	2.5	N/A

Division Results

Belfairs & Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Smulian *	2,250	52.0	+2.2
	Conservative	Doris Muckley	1,609	37.2	−3.2
	Labour	Jonathan Grindley	355	8.2	−1.6
	Liberal	Vernon Wilkinson	116	2.7	N/A
Majority			641	14.8
Turnout			4,330	43.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.7

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bertram Trevelyan *	1,602	47.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Crystall	1,365	40.0	−5.1
	Labour	Joyce Mapp	444	13.0	+5.0
Majority			237	7.0
Turnout			3,411	31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Norah Goodman *	2,180	51.6	+5.2
	Conservative	Veronica Taylor	1,557	36.8	−9.5
	Labour	Marc Pether-Longman	435	10.3	+3.0
	Liberal	Linda Farmer	55	1.3	N/A
Majority			623	14.7
Turnout			4,227	39.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.4

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Pawson	2,595	53.4	+4.0
	Conservative	Peter Longden	1,832	37.7	−6.6
	Labour	Paul Circus	312	6.4	+0.1
	Liberal	Keith Izard	122	2.5	N/A
Majority			763	15.7
Turnout			4,861	45.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.3

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Sullivan *	1,438	43.8	+3.5
	Labour	Kevin Lee	1,233	37.5	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hall	614	18.7	N/A
Majority			205	6.2
Turnout			3,285	28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Baker *	2,049	51.3	+0.9
	Conservative	David Latham	1,265	31.7	−2.4
	Labour	Denis Garne	512	12.8	−2.7
	Liberal	Gayle Wilkinson	169	4.2	N/A
Majority			784	19.6
Turnout			3,995	34.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.7

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cotgrove *	1,853	50.6	−14.4
	Labour	Nigel Boorman	1,241	33.9	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Magnay	570	15.6	+4.9
Majority			612	16.7
Turnout			3,664	26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.0

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Kelly *	1,588	47.8	−8.7
	Labour	Reginald Copley	1,153	34.7	+5.0
	Liberal	Alan Farmer	581	17.5	N/A
Majority			435	13.1
Turnout			3,322	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.9

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Twitchen *	1,848	61.1	−4.7
	Labour	Christopher Dandridge	597	19.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Erlick	578	19.1	+2.0
Majority			1,251	41.4
Turnout			3,023	27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.7

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Kennedy *	2,138	65.7	+8.1
	Conservative	Peter Breuer	707	21.7	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Miller	408	12.5	+2.7
Majority			1,429	44.0
Turnout			3,253	29.4
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Lubel *	2,349	64.2	+9.8
	Conservative	Richard Brown	777	21.2	−9.6
	Labour	Nigel Smith	531	14.5	−0.4
Majority			1,572	43.0
Turnout			3,657	32.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.7

Tendring

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4		12,502	33.8	−6.6
	Liberal Democrat	2		9,847	26.6	−2.1
	Labour	1	1	12,003	32.4	+2.1
	Independent	1	1	2,646	7.2	+6.6

Division Results

Brightlingsea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Dale *	2,111	43.9	+4.6
	Labour	Ann Olivier	1,677	34.8	+11.4
	Conservative	Edward Winney	1,026	21.3	−16.0
Majority			434	9.0
Turnout			4,814	40.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.4

Clacton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Jessop	2,010	46.4	+2.4
	Labour	Joan Bond	1,236	28.5	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lonsdale	1,089	25.1	−17.3
Majority			774	17.9
Turnout			4,335	34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.3

Clacton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bargent	2,249	49.2	−13.7
	Labour	Kenneth Aldis	1,179	25.8	+12.1
	Conservative	Michael Spencer	1,139	24.9	+1.5
Majority			1,070	23.4
Turnout			4,567	32.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.9

Clacton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Smith *	3,058	65.0	+7.3
	Conservative	Maurice Alexander	1,164	24.7	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Russell	486	10.3	+0.7
Majority			1,894	40.2
Turnout			4,708	34.1
	Labour hold		Swing	7.7

Frinton & Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Rex *	3,050	55.5	−9.5
	Labour	Peter Lawes	1,368	24.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Annabelle Curtis	1,078	19.6	+5.7
Majority			1,682	30.6
Turnout			5,496	36.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.7

Harwich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ralph Knight *	2,646	56.7	N/A
	Conservative	James Glenn	831	17.8	−9.8
	Labour	Brian Theadom	829	17.8	−39.4
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Holmes	364	7.8	−7.4
Majority			1,815	38.9
Turnout			4,670	38.7
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	33.3

Tendring Rural East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Lumber *	1,567	42.4	−9.1
	Labour	William Mixter	1,244	33.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Leader	881	23.9	+8.5
Majority			323	8.7
Turnout			3,692	34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.9

Tendring Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Pallett *	1,715	36.4	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Smith	1,589	33.7	+10.3
	Labour	Lionel Randall	1,412	29.9	+0.9
Majority			126	2.7
Turnout			4,716	38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.5

Thurrock

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Labour	8	1	17,080	64.3	+9.4
	Conservative	0	1	6,913	26.0	−10.2
	Liberal Democrat	0		2,570	9.7	+4.5

Division Results

Chadwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard Rice *	2,727	82.5	+12.1
	Conservative	Andrew Mehegan	578	17.5	−6.9
Majority			2,149	65.0
Turnout			3,305	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing	9.5

Corringham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Miles *	1,635	52.5	+4.6
	Conservative	Robert Hunter	1,045	33.5	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sidney Senior	437	14.0	+4.4
Majority			590	18.9
Turnout			3,117	29.3
	Labour hold		Swing	6.8

Grays Thurrock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverly Barton *	2,273	55.5	+6.3
	Conservative	Douglas Sutton	1,436	35.0	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Catty	389	9.5	+2.6
Majority			837	20.4
Turnout			4,098	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing	7.6

Orsett & Stifford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Hurst	2,448	54.2	+12.8
	Conservative	Clive Banbury	1,518	33.6	−18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Curtis	547	12.1	+5.8
Majority			970	20.6
Turnout			4,513	39.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	15.8

South Ockendon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Jones *	1,920	71.4	−0.9
	Conservative	John Rollinson	471	17.5	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Laurence Martin	297	11.0	N/A
Majority			1,449	53.9
Turnout			2,688	25.1
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Stanford-le-Hope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julian Norris *	1,921	57.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Philip Howard	754	22.6	−14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Martine	665	19.9	+12.2
Majority			1,167	34.9
Turnout			3,340	26.4
	Labour hold		Swing	8.8

Tilbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Bolger *	1,867	76.5	+1.3
	Conservative	Marie Bamford-Burst	339	13.9	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Livermore	235	9.6	+3.7
Majority			1,528	62.6
Turnout			2,441	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing	3.2

West Thurrock & Aveley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Bellinger	2,289	74.8	+33.1
	Conservative	Henry Cook	772	25.2	−5.0
Majority			1,517	49.6
Turnout			3,061	21.1
	Labour hold		Swing	19.1

Uttlesford

District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal Democrat	3	3	8,918	43.7	+13.8
	Conservative	1	3	8,324	40.8	−8.3
	Labour	0		3,177	15.6	−3.8

Division Results

Dunmow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Westcott *	2,189	49.3	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Little	1,625	36.6	+16.4
	Labour	William McCarthy	622	14.0	−3.7
Majority			564	12.7
Turnout			4,436	38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.6

Saffron Walden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Lefever	2,436	39.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Stephen Neville *	2,084	33.5	−3.8
	Labour	Russell Green	1,699	27.3	−3.5
Majority			352	5.7
Turnout			6,219	41.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	8.2

Stansted

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin Caton	2,959	53.6	+12.1
	Conservative	Philip Duly *	2,183	39.5	−8.9
	Labour	Keith Williams	382	6.9	−3.2
Majority			776	14.0
Turnout			5,524	43.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.5

Thaxted

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Gibb	1,898	44.8	+14.3
	Conservative	John Whitehead *	1,868	44.1	−9.9
	Labour	Brian Lock	474	11.2	−4.3
Majority			30	0.7
Turnout			4,240	37.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	12.1