Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 5 May 1988 alongside 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 | 40.1% (5.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 1988 Colchester Borough Council election |
This was the first Colchester local election contested by the newly formed Liberal Democrats following the merger of the SDP and Liberal Party.
At the election, the Liberal Democrats emerged as the largest party on the council for the first time since its creation in 1973.
Summary
edit1988 Colchester Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 2 | 35.0 | 17 | 24 | 40.0 | 12,424 | 32.5 | –4.3 | |
Conservative | 9 | 1 | 45.0 | 14 | 23 | 38.3 | 15,190 | 39.7 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | 3 | 1 | 15.0 | 6 | 9 | 15.0 | 9,590 | 25.1 | +4.7 | |
Tiptree Residents | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,042 | 2.7 | –0.2 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | –0.2 |
Ward results
editBerechurch
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John William Stevens* | 1,140 | 41.8 | −3.2 | |
Labour | G. Prior | 984 | 36.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | E. Parsons | 606 | 22.2 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 156 | 5.8 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,730 | 44.8 | −4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,090 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | R. Cole* | 947 | 38.5 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | E. Humphreys | 896 | 36.4 | +1.7 | |
Labour | H. Winter | 617 | 25.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 51 | 2.1 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,460 | 47.9 | −11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,136 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.5 |
Dedham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | G. Williams | 485 | 53.9 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | G. Spray | 390 | 43.4 | −15.0 | |
Labour | S. Worgan | 24 | 2.7 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 95 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 899 | 58.8 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,529 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 16.4 |
East Donyland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Sanderson* | 551 | 56.9 | +4.7 | |
Labour | B. Wilding | 302 | 31.2 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Woodward | 115 | 11.9 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 249 | 25.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 968 | 56.5 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,713 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0 |
Fordham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Cannon* | 449 | 66.1 | +1.1 | |
Labour | A. Sullivan | 127 | 18.7 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Chase | 103 | 15.2 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 322 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 679 | 48.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Harbour
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Bird* | 1,135 | 52.5 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Mike Coyne | 518 | 24.0 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Blandon | 461 | 21.3 | −15.1 | |
Majority | 617 | 28.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,114 | 38.3 | −10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,652 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.2 |
Lexden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sonia Lewis | 1,188 | 50.2 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Williamson | 1,056 | 44.6 | −7.7 | |
Labour | J. Crawford | 123 | 5.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 132 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,367 | 54.7 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,327 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.5 |
Marks Tey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Gower | 454 | 49.8 | −14.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Ambridge | 268 | 29.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Maureen Lee | 190 | 20.8 | −15.4 | |
Majority | 186 | 20.4 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 912 | 43.8 | +14.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,082 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Mile End
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Borges* | 884 | 58.4 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | E. Reid | 376 | 24.9 | −9.1 | |
Labour | A. Hayden-Case | 253 | 16.7 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 508 | 33.5 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,513 | 37.8 | −7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,005 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.8 |
New Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Bob Russell* | 1,373 | 68.2 | +13.0 | |
Labour | Sandra Benedetti | 417 | 20.7 | −6.1 | |
Conservative | J. Clarke | 223 | 11.1 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 956 | 47.5 | +19.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,013 | 43.8 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,595 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.6 |
Prettygate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Hunt* | 1,295 | 50.7 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | R. Stevenson | 1,001 | 39.2 | −2.4 | |
Labour | G. Thompson | 256 | 10.0 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 294 | 11.5 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,512 | 50.7 | −7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,029 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.2 |
Shrub End
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Cawley* | 1,047 | 49.7 | −8.6 | |
Labour | Frank Wilkin | 588 | 27.9 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | E. Winney | 470 | 22.3 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 459 | 21.8 | −13.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,105 | 33.0 | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,381 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.6 |
St. Andrew's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Truscott | 1,294 | 52.6 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | E. Paice | 746 | 30.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Muffett | 421 | 17.1 | −10.6 | |
Majority | 548 | 22.3 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,461 | 27.3 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,019 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 |
St. Anne's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Frank* | 922 | 41.6 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | G. Gawthrop | 702 | 31.7 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Sheehan | 592 | 26.7 | −13.5 | |
Majority | 220 | 9.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,216 | 45.8 | −4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,843 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.0 |
St. John's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Smith* | 1,120 | 51.7 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Clubb | 821 | 37.9 | −9.6 | |
Labour | K. Hindle | 224 | 10.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 299 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,165 | 39.4 | −10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,497 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.4 |
St. Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Brooks* | 1,209 | 59.2 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Watkins | 426 | 20.9 | −11.8 | |
Labour | R. Turp | 407 | 19.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 783 | 38.3 | +19.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,042 | 41.0 | −8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,986 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.9 |
Stanway
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Sykes | 968 | 44.0 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | B. Chafer* | 887 | 40.3 | −6.6 | |
Labour | Tim Young | 346 | 15.7 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 81 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,201 | 41.3 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,333 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 4.6 |
Tiptree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tiptree Residents | E. Bird* | 1,042 | 66.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | E. Peel | 385 | 24.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Lucy Wood | 145 | 9.2 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 657 | 41.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,572 | 25.5 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,161 | ||||
Tiptree Residents hold | Swing | 0.2 |
West Mersea
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. Kimberley | 1,337 | 73.4 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Stevens | 345 | 18.9 | −10.4 | |
Labour | C. McGowan-Griffin | 139 | 7.6 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 992 | 54.5 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,821 | 34.1 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,341 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.6 |
Wivenhoe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Adams | 1,174 | 47.8 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Robert Newman | 1,097 | 44.7 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Wilson | 185 | 7.5 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 77 | 3.1 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,456 | 40.5 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,058 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 2.2 |