Essex County Council election, 1989

Essex County Council election, 1989

4 May 1989

First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Seats won 57 26 14 Seat change 12 3 9 Swing 4.6% 0.7% 4.8%

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

Results

Essex County Council election, 1989
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	57			+12		44.4	193678
	Labour	26			-3		28.9	126210
	Liberal Democrat	14			-9		23.2	101342
	Social Democrat	0					1.2	5191
	Green	0					1.2	5694
	Others	1					0.9	4038
Total		98						436153

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	2812
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Brice	1064
	Labour	Lucy Wood	572
Majority			1748
Turnout				41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Lamberth	2837
	Liberal Democrat	Cyril Williamson	2294
	Labour	Maureen Lee	756
Majority			543
Turnout				45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Pascoe	1676
	Labour	Donald Quinn	1431
	Conservative	John Parsons	954
Majority			245
Turnout				32.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Fairhead	3408
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Fielder	1372
	Labour	Timothy Young	791
Majority			2036
Turnout				38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Macneil	1683
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Stevens	1674
	Conservative	Sandra Rae	907
	Green	Charles Bush	369
	Independent	David Smith	54
Majority			9
Turnout				40.1
	Labour gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance		Swing

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	1823
	Labour	Roger Turp	1008
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Holden	971
	Liberal	Richard Wilson	265
Majority			815
Turnout				38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Lord	1760
	Social Democrat	Alan Hayman	1675
	Labour	Robert Newman	1219
Majority			85
Turnout				34.5
	Conservative gain from SDP–Liberal Alliance		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Peel	1909
	Labour	David Brede	705
	Liberal Democrat	Irene Brady	527
Majority			1204
Turnout				26.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Stapleton	2155
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	1461
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Gamble	382
Majority			694
Turnout				33.0
	Labour hold		Swing