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

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

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

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