Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 2 May 1996. They were held 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 | 38.1% (1.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner in each seat at the 1996 Colchester Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At the election, the Liberal Democrats maintained their majority on the council. The Labour Party made a net gain of 4 seats to displace the Conservatives as the official opposition. This is the first time since the 1984 election that the Labour Party has held the official opposition.
Summary edit
1996 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 | 10 | 1 | 50.0 | 22 | 32 | 53.3 | 15,202 | 39.9 | +2.1 | |
Labour | 5 | 4 | 25.0 | 11 | 16 | 26.7 | 13,001 | 34.2 | –1.9 | |
Conservative | 4 | 3 | 20.0 | 7 | 11 | 18.3 | 8,577 | 22.5 | –2.8 | |
Tiptree Residents | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1,085 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 174 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Natural Law | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.1 | N/A |
Ward results edit
Berechurch edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John William Stevens* | 1,231 | 50.1 | +1.7 | |
Labour | O. Bishop | 1,047 | 42.6 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | N. Peckston | 180 | 7.3 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 184 | 7.5 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,458 | 43.2 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,700 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Castle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | William Spyvee* | 1,076 | 45.6 | +10.4 | |
Labour | J. Thomas | 895 | 37.9 | -8.4 | |
Conservative | J. Lucas | 366 | 15.5 | -0.2 | |
Natural Law | J. Basker | 22 | 0.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 181 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,359 | 41.6 | -2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,679 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.4 |
No Green candidate as previous (2.0%).
Dedham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | G. Williams* | 531 | 57.9 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | W. Scattergood | 318 | 34.7 | -8.5 | |
Labour | Dave Harris | 68 | 7.4 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 213 | 23.2 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 917 | 59.4 | -1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,550 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.1 |
East Donyland edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tina Cooke | 402 | 48.4 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Woodward | 245 | 29.5 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | V. Watson | 149 | 17.9 | -26.7 | |
Ind. Conservative | D. Newman | 35 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 157 | 18.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 831 | 47.8 | -10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,738 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.7 |
Fordham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Cannon* | 365 | 48.4 | -10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Tyrrell | 231 | 30.6 | +1.9 | |
Labour | J. Coombes | 145 | 19.2 | +6.4 | |
Ind. Conservative | K. Roberts | 13 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 134 | 17.8 | -12.0 | ||
Turnout | 754 | 51.7 | -2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,465 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.0 |
Harbour edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Edna Fowler* | 1,219 | 53.0 | +18.6 | |
Labour | S. Webb | 906 | 39.4 | -16.4 | |
Conservative | Mike Coyne | 176 | 7.6 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 313 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,301 | 37.8 | -2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,088 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 17.5 |
No Green candidate as previous (1.4%).
Lexden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sonia Lewis* | 1,098 | 48.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Trusler | 935 | 41.2 | -6.9 | |
Labour | P. Creasy | 210 | 9.2 | -3.1 | |
Ind. Conservative | I. Juliff | 29 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 163 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,272 | 52.5 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,337 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.8 |
Marks Tey edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Gower* | 312 | 34.7 | -16.5 | |
Labour | T. Rogers | 285 | 31.7 | +14.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Ambridge | 275 | 30.6 | -0.7 | |
Ind. Conservative | G. Francis | 27 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 27 | 3.0 | -16.9 | ||
Turnout | 899 | 44.3 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,028 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 15.4 |
Mile End edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lucy Wood | 1,089 | 37.0 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | P. Borges* | 900 | 30.5 | -0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Folkard | 887 | 30.1 | -0.7 | |
Ind. Conservative | D. Pallett | 70 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 189 | 6.4 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,946 | 33.2 | -2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,875 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.0 |
New Town edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jenny Stevens* | 1,178 | 62.7 | +3.8 | |
Labour | C. Tighe | 576 | 30.6 | -2.8 | |
Conservative | J. Girdlestone | 126 | 6.7 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 602 | 32.0 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,880 | 36.8 | -4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,112 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.2 |
No Green candidate as previous (2.5%).
Prettygate edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Hunt | 1,164 | 48.3 | -1.0 | |
Labour | F. Somerville | 629 | 26.1 | -0.5 | |
Conservative | Ron Levy | 615 | 25.5 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 535 | 22.2 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,408 | 40.6 | -1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,904 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.3 |
Shrub End edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Cawley* | 687 | 49.8 | +7.4 | |
Labour | A. Frost | 529 | 38.4 | -8.4 | |
Conservative | R. Bunn | 163 | 11.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 158 | 11.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,379 | 28.7 | -0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,806 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.9 |
St. Andrew's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Newman | 776 | 61.0 | -6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Gray | 388 | 30.5 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | D. Smith | 109 | 8.6 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 388 | 30.5 | -9.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,273 | 23.6 | -7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,397 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.9 |
St. Anne's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Frank | 1,124 | 50.7 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Fellows* | 937 | 42.2 | -6.8 | |
Conservative | M. Miller | 157 | 7.1 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 187 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,218 | 40.1 | -0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,534 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 6.5 |
St. John's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ray Gamble* | 1,324 | 59.8 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | N. Taylor | 538 | 24.3 | -1.3 | |
Labour | John Cooke | 353 | 15.9 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 786 | 35.5 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,215 | 38.9 | -0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,697 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.4 |
St. Mary's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | J. Kirchner | 983 | 45.8 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | R. Pawsey | 718 | 33.4 | +1.2 | |
Labour | K. Hindle | 447 | 20.8 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 265 | 12.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,148 | 43.2 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,047 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Stanway edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Colin Sykes* | 1,100 | 53.9 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Julie Young | 535 | 26.2 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | J. Orpen-Smellie | 405 | 19.9 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 565 | 27.7 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,040 | 34.4 | -1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,936 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.7 |
Tiptree edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tiptree Residents | Tony Webb* | 1,085 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Mike Dale | 947 | 42.0 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Blundell | 221 | 9.8 | -28.1 | |
Majority | 138 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,253 | 36.8 | -2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,122 | ||||
Tiptree Residents hold | Swing | N/A |
West Mersea edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Jowers* | 1,089 | 54.9 | -6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Hargreaves | 458 | 23.1 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Alan Mogridge | 436 | 22.0 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 631 | 31.8 | -4.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,983 | 35.5 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,634 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.3 |
Wivenhoe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Prosser* | 1,235 | 58.8 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | P. Osbourne | 583 | 27.8 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | P. Gentry | 282 | 13.4 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 652 | 31.0 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,100 | 34.1 | -4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,127 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.9 |
No Green candidate as previous (4.1%).
By-elections edit
Dedham edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 374 | 45.8 | +11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 352 | 43.1 | -14.8 | ||
Labour | 91 | 11.1 | +3.7 | ||
Majority | 22 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 817 | 51.9 | -7.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 13.0 |
References edit
- ^ "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1997". Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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