1985 Essex County Council election

1985 Essex County Council election

2 May 1985

First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Alliance Seats won 45 29 23 Seat change 6 3 10 Swing 2.7% 4.5% 9.1%

Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election No Overall Control

Summary

Results

Essex County Council election, 1985[1][2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	45			6		39.8	176,168	-2.7
	Labour	29			3		29.6	131,019	-4.5
	Alliance	23			10		29.2	129,371	+8.1
	Residents' Association	1					0.7	3215
	Ecology	0					0.1	439	-0.1
	Other parties	0					0.5	2335
Total		98						442547

Results by Electoral Divisions

Basildon

Braintree

Brentwood

Castle Point

Chelmsford

Colchester

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	2711	59.5	-10.7
	Alliance	Michael H Cook	1154	25.3	New
	Labour	Jennifer A Church	693	15.2	-14.6
Majority			1557
Turnout				43.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek A P Lamberth	2706	45.1	-5.9
	Alliance	Westley E Sandford	2546	42.4	+12.7
	Labour	Jane A V Beer	748	12.5	-6.8
Majority			160	2.7
Turnout			6000	46.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Mark Campbell	1936	43.4	+21.3
	Labour	Gillian A Bober	1765	39.6	-13.2
	Conservative	Michael J Last	755	16.9	-8.1
Majority			171	3.8
Turnout			4456	36.7
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard G Fairhead	3076	59.6	-11.4
	Alliance	David L Goss	1244	24.1	New
	Labour	Andrew F Fieldsend	838	16.2	-6.4
Majority			1832	35.5
Turnout			5158	39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

No Ecology candidate as previous (-6.4).

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Ann Stevens	2398	44.9	New
	Labour	Douglas M Williams	1900	35.5	-25.2
	Conservative	Patricia M Bowdidge	1047	19.6	-13.8
Majority			498	9.3
Turnout			5345	45.9
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

No Ecology candidate as previous (-6.0).

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edna M Gawthrop	1814	39.7	-11.7
	Alliance	Christopher B Hall	1523	33.4	New
	Labour	Martin J Smith	1227	26.9	-21.7
Majority			291	6.4
Turnout			4564	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Alliance	Alan G Hayman	1679	35.7	New
	Conservative	Michael D C Roots	1541	32.8	-15.0
	Labour	Sydney T Kent	1485	31.6	-20.6
Majority			138	2.9
Turnout			4705	41.8
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Innes	1880	49.3	-11.4
	Alliance	Andrew S Hatton	1244	32.6	New
	Labour	Stevan M Slodzik	693	18.2	-21.1
Majority			636	16.7
Turnout			3817	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Brian L Stapleton	1772	47.4	-15.9
	Conservative	Roger G Lord	1325	35.4	-1.4
	Alliance	Yvonne M Holley	645	17.2	New
Majority			447	11.9
Turnout			3742	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Epping Forest

Harlow

Maldon

Rochford

Tendring

Uttlesford

References

1. "Elections". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
2. "Elections". Retrieved 11 February 2014.