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.
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20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 43.7% (3.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner in each seat at the 1994 Colchester Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 edit
1994 Colchester Borough Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 4 | 65.0 | 20 | 33 | 54.2 | 20,941 | 47.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | 4 | 2 | 20.0 | 15 | 19 | 32.2 | 11,349 | 25.8 | –11.8 | |
Labour | 3 | 1 | 15.0 | 4 | 7 | 11.9 | 10,744 | 24.4 | +7.6 | |
Tiptree Residents | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | –2.6 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 765 | 1.7 | +0.3 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 252 | 0.6 | N/A |
Ward results edit
Berechurch edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 9.2 |
No Green candidate as previous (1.0%).
Birch Messing Copford edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 2.6 |
Castle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 7.4 |
Harbour edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 10.3 |
Lexden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 8.4 |
No Green candidate as previous (0.8%).
Mile End edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 21.3 |
New Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 4.7 |
Prettygate edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 12.6 |
Pyefleet edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 0.1 |
Shrub End edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 2.7 |
St. Anne's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 4.5 |
No Green candidate as previous (1.1%).
St. John's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 11.5 |
No Green candidate as previous (2.8%).
St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 3.4 |
Stanway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 4.9 |
Tiptree edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 17.3 |
No Tiptree Residents candidate as previous (46.3%).
West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 18.7 |
West Mersea edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 19.1 |
Winstree edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 3.2 |
Wivenhoe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 14.4 |
References edit
- ^ "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 23 December 2022.