1989 Essex County Council election

An election to Essex County Council took place on 4 May 1989 as part of the 1989 United Kingdom local elections. 98 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

1989 Essex County Council election

4 May 1989

All 98 seats to Essex County Council
49 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 45 seats, 39.8% 29 seats, 29.6% 23 seats, 29.2%
Seats before 44 29 24
Seats won 57 26 14
Seat change 12 3 9
Popular vote 193,669 125,615 101,342
Percentage 44.5% 28.8% 23.3%
Swing 4.6% 0.7% 4.8%

  Fourth party
 
Party Loughton Residents
Last election 1 seats, 0.7%
Seats before 1
Seats won 1
Seat change
Popular vote 1,378
Percentage 0.9%
Swing 0.2%

Majority party before election

No Overall Control

Majority party after election

Conservative

Results

Essex County Council election, 1989[1][2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 57 12 44.5 193,669 +4.7
  Labour 26 3 28.8 125,615 -0.8
  Liberal Democrats 14 9 23.3 101,342 -6.3
  Loughton Residents 1 0.9 1,378 N/A
  Green 0 1.3 5,694 +1.2
  SDP 0 1.2 5,191 N/A
  Independent 0 0.3 1,469 -0.2
  Ind. Labour Party 0 0.2 1,045 N/A
  BNP 0 >0.1 146 N/A
Total 98 436153

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Constable division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Clover 2812 63.2 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Julie Brice 1064 23.9 -1.4
Labour Lucy Wood 572 12.9 -2.3
Majority 1748
Turnout 41.9
Conservative hold Swing
Drury division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Lamberth 2837 48.2 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Cyril Williamson 2294 39.0 -3.4
Labour Maureen Lee 756 12.8 +0.3
Majority 543
Turnout 45.6
Conservative hold Swing
Maypole division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Pascoe 1676 41.3 -2.1
Labour Donald Quinn 1431 35.2 -4.4
Conservative John Parsons 954 23.5
Majority 245
Turnout 32.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Mersea and Stanway division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Fairhead 3408 61.2 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Angela Fielder 1372 24.6 +0.5
Labour Timothy Young 791 14.2 -2.0
Majority 2036
Turnout 38.7
Conservative hold Swing
Old Heath division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Macneil 1683 35.9 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Stevens 1674 35.7 -9.2
Conservative Sandra Rae 907 19.4 -0.2
Green Charles Bush 369 7.9 New
Independent David Smith 54 1.2 New
Majority 9
Turnout 40.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Park division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Lucas 1823 44.8 +5.1
Labour Roger Turp 1008 24.8 -2.1
Liberal Democrats Phillip Holden 971 23.9 -9.5
Liberal Richard Wilson 265 6.5 New
Majority 815
Turnout 38.2
Conservative hold Swing
Parsons Heath division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Lord 1760 37.8 +5.0
SDP Alan Hayman 1675 36.0 New
Labour Robert Newman 1219 26.2 -5.4
Majority 85
Turnout 34.5
Conservative gain from SDP Swing
Tiptree division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Peel 1909 60.8 +11.5
Labour David Brede 705 22.4 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Irene Brady 527 16.8 -16.0
Majority 1204
Turnout 26.6
Conservative hold Swing
Wivenhoe St Andrew division
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Stapleton 2155 53.9 +6.5
Conservative Christopher Thompson 1461 36.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Raymond Gamble 382 9.6 -7.6
Majority 694
Turnout 33.0
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Elections". Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. "Elections". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
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