1984 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 5 May 1984, alongside local elections across the United Kingdom.

Results summary

1984 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11	1	55.0	23	34	56.7	17,431	42.9	–3.0
	Alliance	5	5	25.0	5	10	16.7	10,214	25.1	–0.3
	Labour	4	4	20.0	8	12	20.0	11,460	28.2	+2.4
	Tiptree Residents	1		5.0	2	3	5.0	936	2.3	–0.6
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.7	612	1.5	New

Ward Results

Berechurch

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	J. Stevens	858	37.4	+11.0
	Labour	J. Fraser	850	37.0	-5.4
	Conservative	N. Kell	587	25.6	-5.6
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Cole	1,148	47.8
	Labour	K. Taylor	863	35.0
	Alliance	M. Sheehan	390	16.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dedham

Dedham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Jackson	517	68.8
	Liberal	G. Williams	123	16.4
	Labour	J. Challinor	112	14.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Donyland

East Donyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Sanderson	448	57.3	-0.3
	Labour	E. Lilley	334	42.7	+0.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbour

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	J. Bird	1,424	63.1	+9.6
	Conservative	M. Coyne	834	36.9	-9.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lexden

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	P. Brady	1,179	49.5
	Conservative	A. Bryant	1,089	45.7
	Labour	G. Rose	116	4.9
Majority				3.8
Turnout				57.2
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Marks Tey

Marks Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Wheeler	1,337	64.8
	Liberal	I. Trusler	460	22.3
	Labour	J. Crawford	266	12.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	A. Borges	919	56.5
	Labour	S. Dick	478	29.4
	Alliance	R. Baker	230	14.1
Majority				27.1
Turnout				41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Town

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Bob Russell	1,617	71.8
	Labour	D. Williams	365	16.2
	Conservative	J. Clarke	271	12.0
Majority				55.6
Turnout				48.4
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Prettygate

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Martin Hunt	1,307	51.0
	Conservative	G. Kent	940	36.7
	Labour	Chris Pearson	316	12.3
Majority				14.3
Turnout				50.7
	Alliance gain from Conservative		Swing

Shrub End

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	S. Cawley	1,019	43.9
	Labour	L. Woodrow	1,013	43.6
	Conservative	J. Maston	289	12.5
Majority				0.3
Turnout				38.2
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

St. Andrews

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	N. McLaughlin	1,314	62.5
	Conservative	P. O'Reilly	518	24.6
	Alliance	D. Elmer	272	12.9
Majority				37.8
Turnout				31.4
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Annes

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	M. Frank	976	45.4
	Conservative	R. Chapman	805	37.5
	Alliance	Mike Hogg	367	17.1
Majority				8.0
Turnout				50.3
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Johns

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	D. Smith	861	51.9
	Alliance	A. Hayman	584	35.2
	Labour	F. Rodgers	214	12.9
Majority				16.7
Turnout				34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Marys

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	J. Brooks	1,297	62.7
	Labour	J. Brice	394	19.1
	Alliance	D. Goss	377	18.2
Majority				43.7
Turnout				41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway

Stanway (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	B. Chafer	805	51.9
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	727
	Alliance	C. Menzies	470	30.3
	Alliance	W. Sandford	421
	Labour	J. Bayles	276	17.8
	Labour	O. Gray	247
Majority				21.6
Turnout				35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tiptree

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tiptree Residents	T. Bird	936	51.3
	Conservative	B. Martin	610	33.4
	Labour	C. Kingsnorth	279	15.3
Majority				17.9
Turnout				31.0
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing

West Mersea

West Mersea (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	R. Wheeler	1,323	55.1
	Conservative	L. Leader	1,128
	Independent	R. D'Wit	612	25.5
	Alliance	M. Livermore	270	11.2
	Labour	K. Bayles	196	8.2
	Labour	P. Kent	147
Majority				29.6
Turnout				49.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	G. Davies	1,280	50.6
	Conservative	M Geddes	978	38.7
	Alliance	I. Brady	270	10.7
Majority				11.9
Turnout				41.5
	Labour hold		Swing