2001 Essex County Council election

The Conservative Party retained control of Essex County Council in the 2001 local elections, with an increased majority.

2001 Essex County Council election

7 June 2001
All 79 seats to Essex County Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 49 19 10 Seat change 9 4 5
Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election Conservative

Results

2001 Essex County Council election[1][2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	49			9		41.7	257,991	+2.8
	Labour	19			4		30.6	189,122	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	10			5		24.3	150,224	-2.3
	Independent	1					0.9	5,853	-0.8
	Green	0					1.9	12,048	+0.8
	Community Representative	0					0.6	3,547	N/A
Total		79						618,785

Results by Electoral Divisions

Basildon

Braintree

Brentwood

Castle Point

Chelmsford

Colchester

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	3,954	52.0	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Phillips	2,021	26.6	-6.7
	Labour	Geraldine Harris	1,624	21.4	+0.5
Majority			1,933	25.4
Turnout			7,599
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	3,564	41.2	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Una Jones	3304	38.2	-1.5
	Labour	David Harris	1773	20.5	-0.8
Majority			260	3.0
Turnout			8,641
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Richard Bourne	2,321	36.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Brady	2,270	36.1	-5.4
	Conservative	Sonia Lewis	1,694	27.0	+3.5
Majority			51	0.8
Turnout			6,285
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	4,707	45.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gwendoline Ilott	2,984	28.8	-5.5
	Labour	Edna Salmon	2,181	21.0	-0.8
	Green	Walter Schwartz	504	4.9	New
Majority			1,723	16.6
Turnout			10,376
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fisher	3,026	43.6	+0.2
	Labour	Kim Naish	2,336	33.7	-1.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Taylor	1,574	22.7	+1.3
Majority			690	9.9
Turnout			6,936
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Jones	3,052	38.6	+2.2
	Conservative	Neil Stock	2,596	32.8	-0.5
	Labour	Richard Bartholomew	2,267	28.6	-1.7
Majority			456	5.8
Turnout			7,915
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Higgins	3,225	38.1	-4.0
	Conservative	Derek Smith	2,780	32.8	+3.7
	Labour	Edmund Chinnery	2,457	29.0	+0.3
Majority			445	5.3
Turnout			8,462
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edmund Peel	3,718	47.2	+7.2
	Labour	Marion Williams	2,315	29.4	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Sutton	1471	18.7	New
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	370	4.7	+0.5
Majority			1,403	17.8
Turnout			7,874
	Conservative hold		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-24.3).

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Julie Young	2,802	43.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Kenneth Rogers	1,926	29.7	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Lancaster	1,765	27.2	-4.1
Majority			876	13.5
Turnout			6,493
	Labour hold		Swing

Epping Forest

Harlow

Maldon

Rochford

Tendring

Uttlesford

References

1. "Elections". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
2. "Elections". Retrieved 11 February 2014.