1997 Essex County Council election

1997 UK local government election January 2014 January 2014 1997 Essex County Council election Essex Parliamentary no yes 1993 Essex County Council election 1993 2001 Essex County Council election 2001 79 out of 98 seats to Essex County Council 50 1 May 1997 994,948 72.6% ( 36.6%) 95x50px|Blank Paul White Conservative Party (UK) 20 January 1994 Stock 32 seats, 35.3% 26 40 45 13 281,074 38.9% 3.1% 95x50px|Blank Christopher Pearson(defeated) Labour Party (UK) May 1996 Tendring Rural West Contested Maypole (Defeated) 33 seats, 30.7% 25 23 32 1 229,181 31.7% 1.3% 95x50px|Blank Richard Boyd Liberal Democrats (UK) Rayleigh North 32 seats, 31.9% 27 15 20 12 192,520 26.6% 5.3% 95x50px|Blank Loughton Residents Association did not stand 0 1 1 1 5,040 0.7% 0.7% Essex County Council election results 1997.svg Results of the 1997 Essex County Council election. Leader Leader after election Christopher PearsonLabour No overall control Mervyn JuliffLabour No overall control The 1997 Essex County Council election took place on 1 May 1997 to elect members of Essex County Council in Essex, England. This was held on the same day as other local elections and the 1997 general election. 79 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. Due to the impending creation of the Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and Thurrock Council unitary authorities, the divisions covering these areas were not contested at this election and would ultimately be abolished in 1998. This would reduce the number of seats on Essex County Council by 19 to 79 seats. In 1993, the breakdown of the abolished seats were 9 Labour, 5 Conservative and 5 Liberal Democrats. Previous composition 1993 election Party Seats Labour Party (UK) 33 Conservative Party (UK) 32 Liberal Democrats (UK) 32 Independent (politician) 1Total79 Composition of council seats before election Party Seats Labour Party (UK) 34 Liberal Democrats (UK) 32 Conservative Party (UK) 31 Independent (politician) 1Total79 Summary Election result Results below exclude the 19 councillors from Southend and Thurrock whose divisions were not contested at this election and were ultimately abolished in 1998. 1997 Essex County Council election http://cmis.essexcc.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Elections.aspx Elections 2014-01-28 2 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140202171041/http://cmis.essexcc.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Elections.aspx dead https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/67680/response/173557/attach/3/Results%201985%20to%201997.DOC.doc Results from the County Election on 1 May 1997 whatdotheyknow.com 2014-02-11 Conservative Party (UK) 79 40 14 1 13 38.9 50.6 281,074 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) 79 23 2 3 1 31.7 29.1 229,181 +1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 78 15 1 13 12 26.6 19.0 192,520 –5.3 Loughton Residents Association 2 1 1 0 1 0.7 1.3 5,040 N/A Green Party of England and Wales 23 0 0 0 1.1 0.0 7,907 +0.1 Independent politician 6 0 0 1 1 1.0 0.0 7,378 +0.2 Socialist Alliance (England) 2 0 0 0 <0.1 0.0 220 N/A |- Election of Group Leaders Paul White (Stock) was elected leader of the Conservative Group, Mervyn Juliff (Great Parndon) was elected leader of the Labour Group and Kenneth Jones (Park) was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Group. Government Formation Despite winning less than half the seats contested, the incumbent Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition continued in government because the members from Southend and Thurrock (whose seats had not been contested at the election) gave them a 52 to 45 majority over the Conservatives until April 1998 when those seats would be abolished.https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1997/nov/28/southend-unitary-authority Southend Unitary Authority (Hansard, 28 November 1997) api.parliament.uk After council leader Chris Pearson (Tendring Rural West), wasn't reelected in Maypole, Mervyn Juliff (Great Parndon) became council leader until the departure of the 19 Southend and Thurrock councilors, at which point Conservative group leader Paul White became leader.Essex County Council - Councillors, Chelmsford Borough http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/aboutecc/county/listby/dist_06.htm#c36 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20030423034750/http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/aboutecc/county/listby/dist_06.htm#c36 23 April 2003 essexcc.gov.uk However in May 1999 Alison Enkel (Brentwood Rural) resigned from the Conservatives.https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5530210.essex-tories-lose-control/ Essex Tories lose control Gazette This following a by election loss to Labour a year before gave control of the council back to the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition.https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5519954.essex-council-tax-may-rise-by-9-per-cent/ Essex: Council tax may rise by 9 per cent Gazette This proved unworkable as with further resignations leading to a power struggle before defeat in budget vote which caused the coalition to resign and the Conservatives to return.https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5524601.breakaways-cause-county-council-power-struggle/ Breakaways cause county council power struggle Gazettehttps://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5516130.essex-chaos-over-countys-envelope-budget/ Essex: Chaos over county's 'envelope' budget Gazette Division results by local authority Basildon +Basildon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 35,336 39.9 –1.3Conservative 5 1 33,144 37.4 +0.2Liberal Democrats 0 1 20,021 22.6 +1.5Socialist Alliance 0 120 0.1 N/ATotal1088,62170.7+32.9 Division results Basildon Crouch Conservative Party (UK) Donald Morris 3,586 44.0 +4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Williams* 2,520 30.9 −13.2 Labour Party (UK) Liv Roe 2,052 25.2 +8.7 1,066 13.1 8,158 73.3 +32.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 8.9 Basildon Fryerns Labour Party (UK) William Archibald* 4,427 66.4 −1.6 Conservative Party (UK) Sandra Elliott 1,610 24.1 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Terry Marsh 631 9.5 ±0.0 2,817 42.2 +3.3 6,668 68.6 +29.5 Labour Party (UK) 1.6 Basildon Gloucester Park Labour Party (UK) Anthony Wright 4,935 61.0 −4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Elliott 2,105 26.0 +0.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Dickinson 1,056 13.0 +4.0 2,830 35.0 −4.6 8,096 71.9 +30.0 Labour Party (UK) 2.3 Basildon Laindon Labour Party (UK) Rachel Liebeschuetz* 3,679 56.1 −1.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Walsh 1,930 29.4 −2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivien Howard 950 14.5 +3.5 1,749 26.7 +0.5 6,559 65.5 +29.4 Labour Party (UK) 0.3 Basildon Pitsea Labour Party (UK) Keith Bobbin 5,791 54.3 −3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Blake 3,381 31.7 −1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Birch 1,369 12.8 +3.4 Socialist Alliance (England) David Murray 120 1.1 N/A 2,410 22.6 −1.8 10,661 63.5 +29.1 Labour Party (UK) 0.9 Basildon Vange Labour Party (UK) Swatantra Nandanwar 4,668 57.2 −4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Hillier 2,213 27.1 −0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Hersom 1,285 15.7 +5.5 2,455 30.1 −3.7 8,166 64.6 +27.6 Labour Party (UK) 1.9 Basildon Westley Heights Conservative Party (UK) Brinley Jones* 3,958 40.8 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) Susanna Caira-Neeson 3,458 35.7 −2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Joseph White 2,275 23.5 +2.0 500 5.2 +2.3 9,691 76.4 +32.7 Conservative Party (UK) 1.1 Billericay North Conservative Party (UK) Angela Watkinson 5,338 51.3 −10.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ronald Dowden 3,598 34.6 +7.4 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Viney 1,473 14.2 +3.2 1,740 16.7 −17.8 10,409 75.5 +42.1 Conservative Party (UK) 9.0 Billericay South Conservative Party (UK) Kay Twitchen* 4,287 43.3 +2.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Taylor 3,694 37.3 −0.7 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Viney 1,930 19.5 +3.4 593 6.0 +3.5 9,911 75.7 +37.2 Conservative Party (UK) 1.8 Wickford Conservative Party (UK) Iris Pummell* 4,736 46.0 −2.6 Labour Party (UK) Ian Hancock 2,923 28.4 +10.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lesley Pattison 2,643 25.7 −7.3 1,813 17.6 +2.0 10,302 72.3 +25.0 Conservative Party (UK) 6.3 Braintree +District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 4 26,705 37.2 –3.0Conservative 2 26,812 37.3 +2.1Liberal Democrats 1 15,388 21.4 –0.7Green 0 2,909 4.1 +1.5Total771,81474.6+35.6 Division results Bocking Labour Party (UK) Frederick Card* 3,925 42.4 −1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Walsh 3,412 36.8 +2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Meadows 1,584 17.1 −1.3 Green Party of England and Wales Wendy Partridge 340 3.7 +1.2 513 5.5 −4.0 9,261 70.1 +26.1 Labour Party (UK) 2.0 Braintree East Labour Party (UK) Elwyn Bishop* 4,682 40.6 −6.0 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Edey 4,553 39.5 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lesley Beckett 1,967 17.1 +3.1 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Ransome 332 2.9 −0.1 129 1.1 −9.0 11,534 79.3 +36.4 Labour Party (UK) 4.6 Braintree West Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Rice* 3,837 33.4 −11.8 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Wacey 3,714 32.3 +4.6 Labour Party (UK) Robert Miller 3,630 31.6 +7.2 Green Party of England and Wales Nelson Brunton 318 2.8 ±0.0 123 1.1 −16.4 11,499 75.0 +34.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 8.2 Halstead Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Pike* 4,153 40.2 +1.5 Labour Party (UK) John Kotz 3,355 32.4 −5.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Oliver Forder 2,393 23.1 +0.1 Green Party of England and Wales Lyn Peacock 442 4.3 N/A 798 7.7 +7.3 10,343 73.6 +36.0 Conservative Party (UK) 3.7 Hedingham Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Waterer* 4,311 44.8 −1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor Ellis 2,529 26.3 +0.7 Labour Party (UK) Edward Snarey 2,458 25.6 −2.6 Green Party of England and Wales Kevin Peterson 319 3.3 N/A 1,782 18.5 +0.5 9,617 77.1 +38.5 Conservative Party (UK) 1.1 Witham Northern Labour Party (UK) Joan Lyon* 4,845 47.3 −10.2 Conservative Party (UK) Dennis Willetts 3,090 30.2 +5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roy Cavinder 1,503 14.7 +2.9 Green Party of England and Wales James Abbott 802 7.8 +1.9 1,755 17.1 −15.5 10,240 73.2 +38.7 Labour Party (UK) 7.8 Witham Southern Labour Party (UK) John Gyford* 3,810 40.9 −1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Lager 3,579 38.4 −0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine May 1,575 16.9 +5.1 Green Party of England and Wales Philip Hughes 356 3.8 −0.2 231 2.5 −1.3 9,320 73.3 +38.3 Labour Party (UK) 0.6 Brentwood +Brentwood District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 4 18,258 43.8 +7.9Liberal Democrats 1 4 15,046 36.1 –15.5Labour 0 7,965 19.1 +9.4Green 0 400 1.0 –1.9Total541,66974.9+34.5 Division results Brentwood Central Liberal Democrats (UK) Edgar Davis* 2,941 42.8 −16.1 Conservative Party (UK) Francis Kenny 2,532 36.9 +6.7 Labour Party (UK) Martin Coule 1,393 20.3 +12.8 409 14.8 −13.9 6,866 75.4 +33.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 11.4 Brentwood Hutton Conservative Party (UK) John Roberts 4,511 48.7 +5.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Davies 3,139 33.9 −10.0 Labour Party (UK) Charles Bisson 1,611 17.4 +7.4 1,372 14.8 9,261 75.4 +40.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 7.6 Brentwood North Conservative Party (UK) Judith Gray 3,186 45.5 +7.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Norman Spencer 2,615 37.3 −15.4 Labour Party (UK) Rosalind Brown 1,201 17.2 +10.1 571 8.2 7,002 74.7 +36.3 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 11.4 Brentwood Rural Conservative Party (UK) Alison Enkel 4,230 43.1 +10.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Hardy* 3,879 39.5 −18.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Bartley 1,303 13.3 +7.0 Green Party of England and Wales Carolyn Bartley 400 4.1 +1.1 351 3.6 9,812 76.8 +32.7 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 14.6 Brentwood South Conservative Party (UK) Lionel Lee* 3,799 43.5 +7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cyril Robins 2,472 28.3 −15.9 Labour Party (UK) Deborah Richardson 2,457 28.2 +11.2 1,327 15.2 8,728 75.5 +33.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 11.9 Castle Point +Castle Point District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 2 21,761 45.1 +11.8Labour 2 1 19,413 40.3 +6.1Liberal Democrats 0 1 6,957 14.4 –18.0Socialist Alliance 0 100 0.2 N/ATotal648,23170.9+33.2 Division results Benfleet Conservative Party (UK) Jillian Reeves* 3,483 48.0 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Brian Wilson 2,760 38.0 +8.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Howe 1,014 14.0 −20.8 723 10.0 +8.9 7,257 73.8 +38.1 Conservative Party (UK) 1.7 Canvey Island East Labour Party (UK) Dennis Williams 4,682 48.1 +7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Freeman 3,833 39.4 +5.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry Newman 1,218 12.5 −13.1 849 8.7 +1.6 9,733 66.1 +30.6 Labour Party (UK) 0.8 Canvey Island West Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Howard* 4,778 51.5 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) James David 3,725 40.2 +1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Terry 670 7.2 −10.0 Socialist Alliance (England) Robert Chapman 100 1.1 N/A 1,053 11.4 +6.2 9,273 67.6 +31.4 Conservative Party (UK) 3.1 Great Tarpots Labour Party (UK) Alfred Goldsworthy 3,468 43.5 −2.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Greenwood 3,301 41.4 +13.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Barry King 1,201 15.1 −10.9 167 2.1 −16.0 7,970 73.0 +36.3 Labour Party (UK) 8.0 Hadleigh Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Williams 3,043 45.0 +16.5 Labour Party (UK) Roy English 2,070 30.6 +19.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Baker* 1,648 24.4 −36.2 973 14.4 6,761 74.6 +28.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 1.6 Thundersley Conservative Party (UK) William Dick* 3,323 45.9 +18.2 Labour Party (UK) Guy Shearwood 2,708 37.4 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Pile 1,206 16.7 −18.3 615 8.5 7,237 73.8 +35.4 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 9.1 Chelmsford +Chelmsford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 35,355 39.0 +1.8Liberal Democrats 4 1 31,366 34.6 –8.6Labour 1 20,208 22.3 +3.5Green 0 2,320 2.6 +1.8Independent 0 1,383 1.5 N/ATotal990,63274.6+34.4 Division results Broomfield & Writtle Conservative Party (UK) Wendy Cole 2,574 33.0 −5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Phillip Evans* 2,417 31.0 −9.1 Labour Party (UK) Barry Grainger 1,387 17.8 −1.1 Independent politician Delmas Ashford 1,261 16.2 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Paulene Gaywood 168 2.2 −0.5 157 2.0 7,807 75.0 +33.5 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 1.9 Chelmsford East Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Gale 3,727 39.6 −9.9 Conservative Party (UK) John Candler 3,401 36.1 −2.2 Labour Party (UK) Michael Bloomsbury 2,016 21.4 +9.2 Green Party of England and Wales Nicholas Scales 156 1.7 N/A Independent politician Stephen Stratton 122 1.3 N/A 326 3.5 −7.8 9,422 76.6 +31.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 3.9 Chelmsford North Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Smith-Hughes* 3,429 38.2 −1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Pauley 2,716 30.3 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) William Horslen 2,680 29.9 −2.9 Green Party of England and Wales Angela Thomson 145 1.6 N/A 713 7.9 +1.2 8,970 76.6 +25.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1.9 Chelmsford South Liberal Democrats (UK) George Allen* 4,000 45.4 −11.4 Conservative Party (UK) Vernon Makin 2,926 33.2 +2.5 Labour Party (UK) David Howell 1,674 19.0 +6.4 Green Party of England and Wales Beryl Lankester 202 2.3 N/A 1,074 12.2 −13.9 8,802 76.9 +32.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) 7.0 Chelmsford West Labour Party (UK) Neil Spurgeon* 2,573 35.5 −1.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Hunnable 2,561 35.3 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Duncan Lumley 2,120 29.2 −4.2 12 0.2 −2.9 7,254 71.5 +21.4 Labour Party (UK) 3.1 Great Baddow Liberal Democrats (UK) Joan Beard* 3,761 47.6 −15.5 Conservative Party (UK) Norman Hume 2,451 31.0 +6.2 Labour Party (UK) Fredrick Burden 1,549 19.6 +7.5 Green Party of England and Wales Joyce Shiner 146 1.8 N/A 1,310 16.6 −21.7 7,907 75.3 +32.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 10.9 Springfield Conservative Party (UK) Peter Martin* 6,646 43.4 +2.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Pooley 5,256 34.3 −6.7 Labour Party (UK) Roderick Essery 2,819 18.4 +4.8 Green Party of England and Wales Eleanor Burgess 591 3.9 −0.2 1,390 9.1 +8.8 15,312 74.6 +41.0 Conservative Party (UK) 4.4 Stock Conservative Party (UK) Paul White* 5,258 49.3 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Derek Rice 2,631 24.7 +5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) James Hutchon 2,404 22.5 −9.2 Green Party of England and Wales Robert Kenney 368 3.5 N/A 2,627 24.6 +7.5 10,661 74.9 +41.3 Conservative Party (UK) 2.4 Woodham Ferrers & Danbury Conservative Party (UK) Eileen Mickleborough* 7,263 50.1 +1.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Phillips 3,811 26.3 −12.6 Labour Party (UK) Carole Sampson 2,879 19.9 +7.5 Green Party of England and Wales Colin Budgey 544 3.8 N/A 3,452 23.8 +14.0 14,497 71.9 +39.8 Conservative Party (UK) 7.0 Colchester +Colchester District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 5 27,697 33.7 –10.6Conservative 3 28,144 34.2 +2.2Labour 1 23,875 29.0 +6.7Independent 0 2,147 2.6 N/AGreen 0 367 0.4 –1.0Total982,23070.1+35.2 Division results Constable Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Clover* 3,916 45.8 −2.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Phillips 2,844 33.3 −6.5 Labour Party (UK) Julie Young 1,783 20.9 +8.8 1,072 12.5 +4.1 8,543 76.8 +37.1 Conservative Party (UK) +2.1 Drury Liberal Democrats (UK) Robert Yates* 3,945 39.8 −14.7 Conservative Party (UK) Jeremy Lucas 3,865 38.9 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Roy Moules 2,115 21.3 +11.8 80 0.8 −17.5 9,925 74.4 +29.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) −8.7 Maypole Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Pascoe* 3,149 41.5 −14.8 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Pearson* 2,654 35.0 +7.7 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Lamberth 1,783 23.5 +7.1 495 6.5 −22.5 7,586 63.9 +36.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) −11.3 Mersea and Stanway Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Manning-Press* 5,193 44.3 +0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Terence Brady 3,973 33.9 −6.5 Labour Party (UK) Ian Yates 2,556 21.8 +9.2 1,220 10.4 +6.6 11,722 74.7 +39.9 Conservative Party (UK) +3.3 No Green candidate as previous (−2.8). Old Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Fisher* 3,806 43.4 −7.8 Labour Party (UK) Sally Pygott 3,092 35.2 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Ian McCord 1,879 21.4 +9.4 714 8.1 −8.8 8,777 67.5 +29.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) −4.4 No Green candidate as previous (−2.6). Park Liberal Democrats (UK) Kenneth Jones* 3,141 36.4 −10.4 Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Chapman 2,876 33.3 −1.0 Labour Party (UK) Kim Naish 2,611 30.3 +11.4 265 3.1 −13.8 8,628 66.6 +28.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) −4.7 Parsons Heath Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Crunden* 4,413 42.1 −11.1 Conservative Party (UK) Derek Smith 3,062 29.2 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Constable 3,005 28.7 +4.2 1,351 12.9 −15.8 10,480 69.3 +32.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) −9.0 Tiptree Conservative Party (UK) Edmund Peel* 3,526 40.0 −4.0 Labour Party (UK) Tania Rogers 2,783 31.5 +5.6 Independent (politician) Stuart Beckwith 2,147 24.3 New Green Party of England and Wales Cheryl Gerrard 367 4.2 −0.5 743 8.5 −9.5 8,823 73.1 +43.6 Conservative Party (UK) −4.8 No Liberal Democrat candidate as previous (−25.2). Wivenhoe St Andrew Labour Party (UK) Brian Stapleton* 3,276 42.3 −7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Gray 2,426 31.3 +14.0 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Girdlestone 2,044 26.4 −2.5 850 11.0 −10.2 7,746 63.4 +37.2 Labour Party (UK) −10.9 No Green candidate as previous (−3.7). Epping Forest +Epping Forest District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 1 29,056 43.3 +2.2Labour 1 1 19,769 29.4 –1.4Liberal Democrats 1 13,296 19.8 –7.5Loughton Residents 1 1 5,040 7.5 N/ATotal867,16172.1+39.3 Division results Buckhurst Hill Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Robinson* 3,342 43.1 −16.7 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Watts 2,850 36.7 +11.1 Labour Party (UK) Alan Larner 1,571 20.2 +11.1 492 6.3 7,763 72.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) 13.9 Chigwell Conservative Party (UK) Michael Tomkins 3,851 57.3 −1.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jack Fuller 1,556 23.2 −5.6 Labour Party (UK) Paul Bostock 1,309 19.5 +6.9 2,295 34.2 6,716 70.6 Conservative Party (UK) 2.2 Epping Conservative Party (UK) Dennis Ramshaw* 4,042 45.8 +2.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Macy 2,446 27.7 −7.0 Labour Party (UK) Sidney Miller 2,340 26.5 +4.5 1,596 18.1 8,828 72.1 Conservative Party (UK) 4.8 Loughton St. Johns Labour Party (UK) Gillian Huckle 2,570 37.0 −18.4 Loughton Residents Association Dorothy Paddon 2,146 30.9 +30.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Metcalfe 1,772 25.5 −4.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Spence 452 6.5 −8.1 424 6.1 −19.2 6,940 69.7 +41.6 Labour Party (UK) 24.7 Loughton St. Marys Loughton Residents Association Christopher Harper 2,894 36.9 +36.9 Labour Party (UK) Stanley Goodwin* 2,552 32.5 −12.6 Conservative Party (UK) James Brokenshire 1,952 24.9 −10.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lucille Thompson 446 5.7 −13.6 342 4.4 7,844 73.6 +39.5 Loughton Residents Association Labour Party (UK) 24.8 North Weald & Nazeing Conservative Party (UK) Ian Abbey* 4,645 56.6 −3.9 Labour Party (UK) Graham Smith 2,292 27.9 +7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Bagnall 1,265 15.4 −4.0 2,443 28.7 8,202 74.9 Conservative Party (UK) 5.9 Ongar Conservative Party (UK) Gerard McEwan* 4,941 47.7 +6.5 Labour Party (UK) Ronald Barnes 2,887 27.9 +5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Kelly 2,520 24.4 −12.1 2,054 19.8 10,348 75.5 Conservative Party (UK) 0.4 Waltham Abbey Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Webster 5,003 47.6 +4.3 Labour Party (UK) George Farren 4,248 40.4 −16.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Brooks 1,269 12.1 N/A 755 7.2 10,520 67.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 10.3 Harlow +Harlow District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 22,591 53.9 +2.0Conservative 0 12,189 29.1 –2.0Liberal Democrats 0 6,696 16.0 –1.0Green 0 420 1.0 N/ATotal541,89673.9+34.4 Division results Great Parndon Labour Party (UK) Mervyn Juliff* 4,631 51.5 +6.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Cross 3,133 34.8 −5.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Irene Lee 1,227 13.6 −1.6 1,498 16.7 8,991 72.8 Labour Party (UK) 6.0 Harlow & Mark Hall Labour Party (UK) Paul Stzumpf* 3,969 51.3 +1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor McArdle 2,367 30.6 −6.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gareth Higgins 1,196 15.5 +1.9 Green Party of England and Wales Arthur Powell 203 2.3 N/A 1,602 20.7 7,749 74.7 Labour Party (UK) 3.9 Harlow Common Labour Party (UK) Anthony Duncan 4,577 48.8 −3.1 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Carter 2,706 28.8 +7.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Lorna Spenceley 1,886 20.1 −6.2 Green Party of England and Wales Malcolm Powell 217 2.3 N/A 1,871 19.9 9,336 73.0 Labour Party (UK) 5.1 Little Parndon Labour Party (UK) Edith Morris* 4,249 59.0 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) David Roberts 1,833 25.5 −3.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stanley Ward 1,119 15.5 −1.5 2,416 33.6 7,201 73.6 Labour Party (UK) 4.5 Netteswellbury Labour Party (UK) Paul Belfairs 5,165 60.2 −0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Garnett 2,150 25.0 −0.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sheila Herbert 1,268 14.8 +0.5 3,015 35.1 8,583 75.3 Labour Party (UK) 0.2 Maldon +Maldon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 3 13,532 42.5 –5.1Labour 0 7,856 24.7 –1.4Liberal Democrats 0 7,531 23.6 +12.9Independent 0 1,597 5.0 +1.0Green 0 1,351 4.2 –7.4Total331,86774.0+41.5 Division results Maldon Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Dines 3,847 36.8 −11.5 Labour Party (UK) Alison Lamb 2,716 26.0 −4.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Jones 1,992 19.0 N/A Independent politician Brian Mead 1,597 15.3 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Juliet Harpur 309 3.0 −6.0 1,131 10.8 10,461 75.0 Conservative Party (UK) 3.5 Southminster Conservative Party (UK) Robert Boyce 5,100 46.6 −0.6 Labour Party (UK) Terence Quinlan 3,307 30.2 −1.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alan Weeks 2,004 18.3 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Michael Cole 523 4.8 −16.7 983 16.4 10,124 71.7 Conservative Party (UK) 0.3 Tollesbury Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Bass 4,585 43.8 −3.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Patricia Mead 3,535 33.8 +3.4 Labour Party (UK) Paul Rew 1,833 17.5 +0.4 Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan King 519 5.0 −0.3 1,050 10.0 10,472 75.5 Conservative Party (UK) 3.4 Rochford +Rochford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 2 1 18,023 40.8 +8.2Liberal Democrats 2 1 13,756 31.1 –15.2Labour 1 12,425 28.1 +7.1Total544,20473.1+37.3 Division results Rayleigh North Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Boyd* 3,728 43.7 −27.2 Conservative Party (UK) Terry Fawell 3,176 37.2 +15.2 Labour Party (UK) David Sutton 1,625 19.1 +12.0 552 6.5 8,529 75.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) 21.2 Rayleigh South Liberal Democrats (UK) James Gordon* 3,469 39.1 −22.8 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Webster 3,364 37.9 +9.3 Labour Party (UK) David Rossi 2,046 23.0 +13.5 105 1.2 8,879 73.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) 16.1 Rochford North Conservative Party (UK) Tracey Chapman 3,794 39.9 +6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Paula Smith* 3,265 34.3 −20.7 Labour Party (UK) David Weir 2,447 25.7 +14.2 529 5.6 9,506 72.9 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 13.6 Rochford South Labour Party (UK) Graham Fox* 3,315 42.1 −5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Roy Pearson 3,248 41.2 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Stanton 1,311 16.6 +1.7 67 0.9 7,874 71.1 Labour Party (UK) 5.0 Rochford West Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Hart* 4,441 47.2 +4.0 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Morgan 2,992 31.8 −0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary Nudd 1,983 21.1 −3.1 1,449 15.4 9,416 73.4 Conservative Party (UK) 2.4 Tendring +Tendring District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 26,250 35.7 +1.9Labour 3 2 27,694 37.6 +5.2Liberal Democrats 1 1 18,048 24.5 –2.1Independent 0 1 1,598 2.2 –5.0Total873,59070.5+34.4 Division results Brightlingsea Conservative Party (UK) Derek Robinson 3,115 34.6 +13.3 Labour Party (UK) Cornelius Olivier 2,954 32.8 −2.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Dale* 2,941 32.6 −11.3 161 1.8 9,010 73.2 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 7.7 Clacton East Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Jessop* 3,960 44.1 −2.3 Labour Party (UK) David Bolton 3,137 34.9 +6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Harper 1,886 21.9 −4.1 823 9.2 8,983 69.5 Conservative Party (UK) 4.4 Clacton North Labour Party (UK) Clive Baker 3,606 36.8 +11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Bargent* 3,223 32.9 −16.3 Conservative Party (UK) Audrey Owens 2,961 30.2 +5.3 383 3.9 9,790 67.2 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 13.7 Clacton West Labour Party (UK) Roy Smith* 5,008 54.8 −10.2 Conservative Party (UK) Martyn Hughes 2,756 30.2 +5.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Miller 1,375 15.0 +4.7 2,252 24.6 9,139 64.2 Labour Party (UK) 7.9 Frinton & Walton Conservative Party (UK) David Rex* 6,042 54.5 −1.0 Labour Party (UK) Brian Theadom 3,116 28.1 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeffrey Bray 1,922 17.3 −2.3 2,926 26.4 11,080 72.4 Conservative Party (UK) 2.1 Harwich Labour Party (UK) Leslie Double 4,645 53.7 +35.9 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Yallop 2,338 27.0 +9.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rosemary Smith 1,669 19.3 +11.5 2,307 26.7 8,652 71.1 Labour Party (UK) Independent politician 13.4 Tendring Rural East Conservative Party (UK) Charles Lumber* 3,232 40.3 −2.1 Labour Party (UK) William Mixter 2,626 32.8 −0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark De Roy 2,160 26.9 +3.0 606 7.6 8,018 73.0 Conservative Party (UK) 0.6 Tendring Rural West Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Hawkins 2,872 32.2 −1.5 Labour Party (UK) Gregory Morgan 2,602 29.2 −0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Rosalind Tovell 1,846 20.7 −15.7 Independent politician Douglas Pallett 1,598 17.9 N/A 270 3.0 8,918 74.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 0.4 Uttlesford +Uttlesford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 3 17,507 43.8 +3.0Liberal Democrats 0 3 13,380 33.5 –10.2Labour 0 8,211 20.5 +4.9Independent 0 653 1.6 N/AGreen 0 212 0.5 N/ATotal439,96375.5+35.1 Division results Dunmow Conservative Party (UK) David Westcott* 4,604 50.2 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoffrey Powers 2,805 30.6 −6.0 Labour Party (UK) William McCarthy 1,766 19.2 +5.2 1,799 19.6 9,175 75.4 Conservative Party (UK) 3.5 Saffron Walden Conservative Party (UK) Robert Chambers 4,290 35.9 +2.4 Labour Party (UK) Russell Green 3,450 28.9 +1.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Lefever* 3,334 27.9 −11.3 Independent politician Raymond Tyler 653 5.5 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Gerald Lucy 212 1.8 N/A 840 7.0 11,939 76.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 0.4 Stansted Conservative Party (UK) Richard Wallace 4,298 43.4 +3.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Melvin Caton* 4,020 40.6 −13.0 Labour Party (UK) Adam Pounds 1,579 16.0 +9.1 278 2.8 9,897 75.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 8.5 Thaxted Conservative Party (UK) John Whitehead 4,315 48.2 +4.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Morgan 3,221 36.0 −8.8 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Murray 1,416 15.8 +4.6 1,095 12.2 8,952 75.1 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 6.5 By-elections Southend Thorpe Conservative Party (UK) Daphne White 4,125 56.6 −4.6 Labour Party (UK) Heather Searle 1,915 26.3 +6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Derek Holliday 1,251 17.2 −2.0 2,210 30.3 −11.1 7,291 63.8 +36.7 Conservative Party (UK) 5.5 References expanded Category:Essex County Council elections Essex County Council election County Council election, 1997