1985 Essex County Council election

Local government contest in the East of England February 2014 February 2014 1985 Essex County Council election Essex Parliamentary no yes 1981 Essex County Council election 1981 1989 Essex County Council election 1989 All 98 seats to Essex County Council 49 2 May 1985 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 51 seats, 42.5% 50 45 6 176,004 39.8% 2.7% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 32 seats, 34.1% 31 29 3 131,068 29.6% 4.5% 95x50px|Blank SDP-Liberal Alliance 13 seats, 19.7% 14 23 10 130,848 29.2% 8.1% 95x50px|Blank Loughton Residents Association 1 seats, 0.4% 1 1 2,399 0.5% 0.1% Essex County Council election results 1985.svg Results of the 1985 Essex County Council election. Council control Council control after election Conservative Party (UK) No overall control The 1985 Essex County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 as part of the 1985 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. Summary Election result 1985 Essex County Council election http://cmis.essexcc.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Elections.aspx Elections 2014-02-11 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 Elections 2014-02-11 Conservative Party (UK) 97 45 2 8 6 39.8 45.9 176,004 –2.7 Labour Party (UK) 98 29 1 4 3 29.6 29.6 131,068 –4.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance 85 23 10 0 10 29.2 23.5 130,848 +8.1 Loughton Residents Association 2 1 0 0 0.5 1.0 2,399 +0.1 Independent politician 7 0 0 0 0.2 0.0 817 –0.9 Residents Association 1 0 0 1 1 0.2 0.0 816 –1.0 Ecology Party (UK) 4 0 0 0 0.1 0.0 321 –0.1 Communist Party of Great Britain 1 0 0 0 <0.1 0.0 69 N/A |- Results by local authority Basildon +Basildon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 6 18,235 40.3 –2.6Conservative 3 14,386 31.8 +1.2Alliance 1 1 11,830 26.1 +10.3Residents 0 1 816 1.8 –6.6Total1045,26738.0–3.5 Division Results Basildon Crouch Conservative Party (UK) Tony Ball 1,643 45.6 +11.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Graham Palmer 1,146 31.8 +13.1 Labour Party (UK) Martin Cregg 814 22.6 –1.6 497 13.8 3,603 36.0 Conservative Party (UK) 0.8 Basildon Fryerns Labour Party (UK) William Archibald * 2,300 71.2 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Gladys Penvere 487 15.1 –1.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance John Smith 442 13.7 +0.5 1,813 56.1 3,229 30.4 Labour Party (UK) 2.0 Basildon Gloucester Park Labour Party (UK) William Primmer 2,885 65.5 –2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Harbott 815 18.5 +3.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Mark Chambers 702 15.9 -1.5 2,070 47.0 4,402 35.5 Labour Party (UK) 2.8 Basildon Laindon Labour Party (UK) Rachel Bolt * 2,081 49.5 +6.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Kevin Neil 1,296 30.9 –2.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Lane 823 19.6 –4.0 785 18.7 4,200 37.7 Labour Party (UK) 4.6 Basildon Pitsea Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Martin-Smith 3,007 63.9 +2.2 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Jennings 1,113 23.6 –3.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Michael Maguire 589 12.5 +1.0 1,894 40.2 4,709 30.5 Labour Party (UK) 2.7 Basildon Vange Labour Party (UK) George Miller* 2,898 68.1 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Alan White 782 18.4 –1.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Michael Birch 575 13.5 +0.9 2,116 49.7 4,255 32.1 Labour Party (UK) 2.0 Basildon Westley Heights Labour Party (UK) Rosemary Evans 2,061 41.9 –2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Dines 1,440 29.3 –4.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Joseph White 1,417 28.8 +6.4 621 12.6 4,918 44.5 Labour Party (UK) 1.2 Billericay North Conservative Party (UK) Lilian Greenfield * 3,310 65.9 +12.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Alan Banton 1,261 25.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Irene Harlow 450 9.0 +1.2 2,049 40.8 5,021 42.4 Conservative Party (UK) 6.2 Billericay South Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Marshall 2,498 42.9 +10.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Grahame Cronkshaw 1,595 27.4 +12.0 Labour Party (UK) John Kemp 919 15.8 -1.2 Residents Association Horace Wilkins* 816 14.0 -20.9 903 15.5 5,828 46.2 Conservative Party (UK) Residents Association 1.0 Wickford SDP-Liberal Alliance Raymond Auvray 2,807 55.0 +36.5 Conservative Party (UK) Eileen Mickleborough* 1,475 28.9 –22.0 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Wilson 820 16.1 –14.5 1,332 26.1 5,102 47.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 29.3 Braintree +Braintree District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 14,923 40.8 –4.3Labour 2 1 11,376 31.1 –6.5Alliance 1 10,273 28.1 +10.8Total736,57242.4–1.0 Division results Bocking Labour Party (UK) Peter White 2,548 43.2 +4.8 Conservative Party (UK) Angela Comfort 2,373 40.2 +1.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Hugh Nicholson 979 16.6 –6.0 175 3.0 5,900 49.5 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 1.8 Braintree East Conservative Party (UK) Robert Dixon-Smith * 2,315 42.9 +3.6 Labour Party (UK) Robert Pay 1,677 31.1 –1.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Christopher Papworth 1,407 26.1 –2.4 638 11.8 5,399 42.5 Conservative Party (UK) 2.4 Braintree West SDP-Liberal Alliance David Grice * 2,913 50.4 +12.8 Conservative Party (UK) John Render 1,936 33.5 –3.3 Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Kerlogue 931 16.1 –9.5 977 16.9 5,780 44.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance 8.1 Halstead Conservative Party (UK) Olive Joyce* 2,522 46.8 –11.0 Labour Party (UK) Robert Dixey 1,767 32.8 –9.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Anthony Bird 1,095 20.3 N/A 755 14.0 5,384 42.5 Conservative Party (UK) 0.8 Hedingham Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Waterer* 2,531 50.9 –13.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Honor Chamberlain 1,425 28.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Alan Sturges 1,018 20.5 –14.7 1,106 22.2 4,974 43.5 Conservative Party (UK) 21.3 Witham Northern Labour Party (UK) Joan Lyon 2,037 42.7 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Gilthorpe 1,481 31.1 -2.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance John Faulkner 1,251 26.2 +3.7 556 11.7 4,769 37.6 Labour Party (UK) 0.5 Witham Southern Conservative Party (UK) Dennis Willetts * 1,765 40.4 –10.7 Labour Party (UK) Kathryn Blower 1,398 32.0 –16.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Donald Howard 1,203 27.6 N/A 367 8.4 4,366 37.1 Conservative Party (UK) 3.1 Brentwood +Brentwood District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 11,520 46.0 –5.8Alliance 1 1 8,807 35.2 +11.6Labour 0 4,717 18.8 –5.8Total525,04444.8–1.0 Division results Brentwood Central Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Hutton* 2,151 44.8 –3.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Eunice Yates 1,989 41.4 +11.8 Labour Party (UK) Gordon Dimmock 659 13.7 –8.5 162 4.4 –15.2 4,799 47.4 +1.7 10,133 Conservative Party (UK) 7.6 Brentwood Hutton Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Donnelly * 2,368 51.3 -5.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Terence Brown 1,497 32.4 +8.1 Labour Party (UK) Charles Cozens 750 16.3 –2.6 871 18.9 4,615 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) 6.8 Brentwood North Conservative Party (UK) Leonard Jago * 1,997 50.6 –1.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Rona Gottesmann 1,311 33.2 +10.0 Labour Party (UK) Lily Southgate 635 16.1 –8.4 686 17.4 3,943 41.1 Conservative Party (UK) 5.9 Brentwood Rural SDP-Liberal Alliance Drek Hardy 2,790 45.2 +16.1 Conservative Party (UK) Rita Brown 2,759 44.7 –12.5 Labour Party (UK) Richard Tattersall 620 10.1 –3.6 31 0.5 6,169 48.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 14.3 Brentwood South Conservative Party (UK) Janet Hayward * 2,407 42.4 –2.3 Labour Party (UK) Cornelius Maxey 2,053 36.1 –5.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Robert McFarland 1,220 21.5 +8.0 354 6.2 5,680 49.2 Conservative Party (UK) 1.7 Castle Point +Castle Point District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 11,398 50.1 +3.3Labour 1 1 7,216 31.7 –1.2Alliance 0 4,157 18.3 –1.9Change from the combined vote share of the Liberal Party and SDP from the 1981 electionTotal622,77134.3–5.1 Division results Benfleet Conservative Party (UK) Jillian Reeves 2,144 55.9 +2.8 Labour Party (UK) Brian Wilson 913 23.8 –0.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Timothy Atkin 777 20.3 –2.1 1,231 32.1 3,834 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) 1.7 Canvey Island East Labour Party (UK) Dennis Nisbet* 1,704 40.8 +0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Patterson 1,694 40.5 +1.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Frederick Johnstone 780 18.7 N/A 10 0.2 4,178 30.0 Labour Party (UK) 0.7 Canvey Island West Conservative Party (UK) Raymond Howard 1,961 45.3 +14.6 Labour Party (UK) Dorothy Shaw* 1,845 42.6 –4.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Kenneth Miller 520 12.0 +2.6 116 2.7 4,326 33.7 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 9.7 Great Tarpots Conservative Party (UK) William Brum * 1,507 43.9 +0.1 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Wright 1,293 37.7 -0.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Alwyn Birch 634 18.5 +0.9 214 6.2 3,434 32.1 Conservative Party (UK) 0.5 Hadleigh Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Williams * 2,365 63.8 +2.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance David Newton 723 19.5 –0.9 Labour Party (UK) Graham Carr 620 16.7 –1.2 1,642 44.3 3,708 40.7 Conservative Party (UK) 1.5 Thundersley Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Gazzard 1,727 52.5 –1.3 Labour Party (UK) John Payne 841 25.6 –2.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Robin Michel 723 22.0 +4.0 886 26.9 3,291 33.7 Conservative Party (UK) 0.7 Chelmsford +Chelmsford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Alliance 5 19,957 43.6 +0.7Conservative 4 18,749 41.0 –0.1Labour 0 7,037 15.4 –0.6Total945,74340.9–4.9 Division results Broomfield & Writtle Conservative Party (UK) Michael Rose 2,353 52.7 +1.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Betty Perry 1,224 27.4 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Morphew 892 20.0 –1.6 1,129 25.3 4,469 40.2 Conservative Party (UK) 0.3 Chelmsford East SDP-Liberal Alliance Aleck Knight * 2,527 44.6 –9.1 Conservative Party (UK) David Kimberlin 2,346 41.4 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) Clive Playford 792 14.0 +2.2 181 3.2 5,665 44.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance 8.0 Chelmsford North SDP-Liberal Alliance Thomas Smith-Hughes * 2,235 50.0 -6.4 Conservative Party (UK) Anne Lewis 1,189 26.6 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Roy Chad 1,048 23.4 +5.9 1,046 23.4 4,472 42.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance 3.5 Chelmsford South SDP-Liberal Alliance Robert Harmer * 2,755 51.6 +6.0 Conservative Party (UK) Colin South 1,945 36.5 –2.7 Labour Party (UK) Karen Brownfield 634 11.9 –3.3 810 15.2 5,334 46.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance 4.4 Chelmsford West SDP-Liberal Alliance George Allen 1,962 45.5 -5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Unwin 1,230 28.5 +0.8 Labour Party (UK) William Wright 1,123 26.0 +4.2 732 17.0 4,315 43.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance 2.9 Great Baddow SDP-Liberal Alliance Joan Beard * 2,713 55.3 +5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie King 1,678 34.2 -3.0 Labour Party (UK) Susan Brisbane 517 10.5 -2.1 1,035 21.1 4,908 45.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance 4.5 Springfield Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Gore * 2,780 47.0 +0.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Wilfred Davey 2,579 43.6 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) Richard Hussey 553 9.4 -5.7 201 3.4 5,912 38.2 Conservative Party (UK) 2.2 Stock Conservative Party (UK) Paul White* 2,668 50.9 –2.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Jean Wyatt 1,663 31.7 +2.7 Labour Party (UK) Jane Sargent 908 17.3 –0.2 1,005 19.2 5,239 35.9 Conservative Party (UK) 2.7 Woodham Ferrers & Danbury Conservative Party (UK) David Chatfield * 2,560 47.2 -5.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Robert Richards 2,299 42.3 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) David Long 570 10.5 +0.3 261 4.8 5,429 35.5 Conservative Party (UK) 5.3 Colchester +District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 16,855 39.8 –10.0Alliance 3 3 14,369 33.9 +27.1Labour 1 3 11,121 26.3 –15.7Total942,34538.3–0.8 Division results Constable Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Clover 2,711 59.5 -10.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Michael Cook 1,154 25.3 N/A Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Church 693 15.2 –14.6 1,557 34.2 4,558 43.4 Conservative Party (UK) Drury Conservative Party (UK) Derek Lamberth 2,706 45.1 –5.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Westley Sandford 2,546 42.4 +12.7 Labour Party (UK) Jane Beer 748 12.5 –6.8 160 2.7 6,000 46.2 Conservative Party (UK) Maypole SDP-Liberal Alliance Mark Campbell 1,936 43.4 +21.3 Labour Party (UK) Gillian Bober 1,765 39.6 –13.2 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Last 755 16.9 –8.1 171 3.8 4,456 36.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) Mersea and Stanway Conservative Party (UK) Richard Fairhead 3,076 59.6 –11.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance David Goss 1,244 24.1 N/A Labour Party (UK) Andrew Fieldsend 838 16.2 –6.4 1,832 35.5 5,158 39.4 Conservative Party (UK) No Ecology candidate as previous (–6.4). Old Heath SDP-Liberal Alliance Ann Stevens 2,398 44.9 N/A Labour Party (UK) Douglas Williams 1,900 35.5 –25.2 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Bowdidge 1,047 19.6 –13.8 498 9.4 5345 45.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) No Ecology candidate as previous (–6.0). Park Conservative Party (UK) Edna Gawthrop 1,814 39.7 –11.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Christopher Hall 1,523 33.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Martin Smith 1,227 26.9 –21.7 291 6.3 4,564 44.7 Conservative Party (UK) Parsons Heath SDP-Liberal Alliance Alan Hayman 1,679 35.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Michael Roots 1,541 32.8 –15.0 Labour Party (UK) Sydney Kent 1,485 31.6 –20.6 138 2.9 4705 41.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Labour Party (UK) Tiptree Conservative Party (UK) Peter Innes 1,880 49.3 –11.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Andrew Hatton 1,244 32.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Stevan Slodzik 693 18.2 –21.1 636 16.7 3,817 33.4 Conservative Party (UK) Wivenhoe St Andrew Labour Party (UK) Brian Stapleton 1,772 47.4 –15.9 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Lord 1,325 35.4 –1.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Yvonne Holley 645 17.2 N/A 447 11.9 3,742 30.8 Labour Party (UK) Epping Forest +Epping Forest District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 15,017 44.0 –7.1Labour 2 9,425 27.6 –4.4Loughton Residents 1 2,399 7.0 +2.5Alliance 0 7,039 20.6 +8.6Independent 0 212 0.6 N/ATotal834,09237.3–5.7 Division results Buckhurst Hill Conservative Party (UK) Bernard Cox * 1,780 44.9 –13.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Ronald Eveling 1,496 37.7 +18.1 Labour Party (UK) Lynn Baddock 687 17.3 –5.1 284 7.2 3,963 36.7 Conservative Party (UK) 15.6 Chigwell Conservative Party (UK) Moran Fransworth 1,641 48.3 –21.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Geoffrey Hallett 1,486 43.7 +28.2 Labour Party (UK) Bernard Mooney 272 8.0 –6.8 155 4.6 3,399 34.4 Conservative Party (UK) 24.8 Epping Conservative Party (UK) Robert Daniels* 2,257 47.8 –6.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance Samuel Ormsby 1,317 27.9 +12.1 Labour Party (UK) Peter Speake 1,144 24.2 –3.2 940 19.9 4,718 38.5 Conservative Party (UK) 9.1 Loughton St. Johns Labour Party (UK) Frank Davis * 1,473 40.9 –6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Brady 1,034 28.7 –13.0 Loughton Residents Association Leslie Brown 841 23.3 N/A SDP-Liberal Alliance Gillian Pettman 254 7.1 –3.8 439 12.2 3,602 36.4 Labour Party (UK) 3.3 Loughton St. Marys Loughton Residents Association Sidney Webb 1,558 38.7 +3.9 Labour Party (UK) Joan Davis 1,314 32.6 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Edwin Markham 1,155 28.7 –3.8 244 6.1 4,027 37.6 Loughton Residents Association 0.9 North Weald & Nazeing Conservative Party (UK) Ian Abbey 2,243 57.8 –4.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance John Carter 826 21.3 +8.4 Labour Party (UK) Ian Bell 647 16.7 –8.6 Independent politician Reginald Wyness 167 4.3 N/A 1,417 36.5 3,883 37.1 Conservative Party (UK) 6.2 Ongar Conservative Party (UK) Joan Martin * 2,630 48.8 –5.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance Derek Jacobs 1,660 30.8 +12.5 Labour Party (UK) Duncan Sturrock 1,049 19.5 –7.5 Independent politician Walter Clanford 45 0.8 N/A 970 18.0 5,384 41.0 Conservative Party (UK) 9.2 Waltham Abbey Labour Party (UK) Cyril Hewins* 2,839 55.5 –1.2 Conservative Party (UK) John O'Reily 2,277 44.5 +1.2 562 11.0 5,116 36.1 Labour Party (UK) 1.2 Harlow +Harlow District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 13,343 59.0 +0.5Alliance 0 5,158 22.8 +3.7Conservative 0 4,110 18.2 –2.6Total522,61138.2–3.8 Division Results Great Parndon Labour Party (UK) Sidney Warner* 2,385 50.3 –3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Leslie Atkins 1,526 32.2 +7.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Stephen James 834 17.6 +4.5 859 18.1 4,745 37.7 Labour Party (UK) 5.4 Harlow & Mark Hall Labour Party (UK) Sonia Anderson* 2,698 57.3 +4.3 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Stapleton 1,164 24.7 –3.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Frances Clark 844 17.9 –1.1 1,534 32.6 4,706 42.8 Labour Party (UK) 3.8 Harlow Common Labour Party (UK) William Gibson* 2,438 53.5 –5.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Albert Lee 2,123 46.5 +22.7 315 6.9 4,561 39.4 Labour Party (UK) 14.0 Little Parndon & Town Centre Labour Party (UK) Edith Morris* 2,650 65.4 +5.1 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Rigden 704 17.4 –1.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Janet Fautley 700 17.3 –3.8 1,946 48.0 4,054 35.6 Labour Party (UK) 3.2 Netteswellbury Labour Party (UK) Robert Guy 3,172 69.8 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Melanie Nash 716 15.8 +0.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Elsa Scammell 657 14.5 -4.0 2,456 54.0 4,545 35.8 Labour Party (UK) 1.8 Maldon +Maldon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 2 1 7,239 46.6 +2.6Alliance 1 1 5,692 36.7 +0.1Labour 0 2,590 16.7 –2.6Total315,52140.9–4.6 Division results Maldon Conservative Party (UK) Kathleen Nolan* 2,415 47.3 +5.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Esther Eborall 1,541 30.2 –1.4 Labour Party (UK) Peter Hedge 1,145 22.4 –4.0 874 17.1 5,101 42.6 Conservative Party (UK) 3.4 Southminster Conservative Party (UK) David Fisher* 2,304 50.2 +6.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Margaret Black 1,530 33.4 –3.2 Labour Party (UK) Norman Hunt 752 16.4 –3.5 774 16.9 4,586 34.7 Conservative Party (UK) 5.0 Tollesbury SDP-Liberal Alliance John Loxley 2,621 44.9 +3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Edmund Peel 2,520 43.2 –3.2 Labour Party (UK) Stephan Jennings 693 11.9 –0.4 101 1.7 5,834 45.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 3.5 Rochford +Rochford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 2 1 8,980 42.5 –9.3Alliance 2 1 5,645 26.7 +14.2Labour 1 5,811 27.5 –3.9Total521,13436.6–1.7 Division results Rayleigh North SDP-Liberal Alliance Richard Boyd * 2,444 57.1 +13.2 Conservative Party (UK) Tony Guinness 1,388 32.5 -9.1 Labour Party (UK) James Foley 445 10.4 -4.1 1,056 24.7 4,277 39.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance 11.2 Rayleigh South SDP-Liberal Alliance James Gordon 1,670 36.9 +24.3 Conservative Party (UK) Trevor Murray * 1,263 27.9 –13.9 Labour Party (UK) Richard McCarnley 899 19.8 –5.1 Independent politician Stanley Silva 698 15.4 –5.3 407 9.0 4,530 38.4 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 19.1 Rochford North Conservative Party (UK) Terry Fawell 1,737 42.8 –20.9 SDP-Liberal Alliance James Nokes 1,531 37.7 N/A Labour Party (UK) Raymond Stephenson 789 19.4 –16.9 206 5.1 4,057 34.4 Conservative Party (UK) 29.3 Rochford South Labour Party (UK) David Weir* 2,133 50.0 –0.3 Conservative Party (UK) John Sheaf 2,132 50.0 +0.3 1 0.0 4,265 39.7 Labour Party (UK) 0.3 Rochford West Conservative Party (UK) Josephine Jones * 2,460 61.4 –4.6 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Morgan 1,545 38.6 +4.6 915 22.8 4,005 31.9 Conservative Party (UK) 4.6 Southend +Southend District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Alliance 7 3 20,032 41.6 +11.5Conservative 3 3 18,847 39.1 –4.8Labour 1 8,644 17.9 –5.2Ecology 0 321 0.7 N/AIndependent 0 319 0.7 –1.2Total1148,16438.0–2.5 Division results Belfairs & Blenheim SDP-Liberal Alliance William Cleary 2,647 53.3 +22.7 Conservative Party (UK) Terrrence Birdseye 1,787 36.0 –17.3 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Boorman 487 9.8 –6.2 Ecology Party David Carr 48 1.0 N/A 860 17.3 4,969 45.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 20.0 Chalkwell SDP-Liberal Alliance Allan Petchey 2,280 47.9 +7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Baum 2,148 45.1 –5.5 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Rothwell 331 7.0 –1.8 132 2.8 4,759 42.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 6.5 Eastwood SDP-Liberal Alliance Nora Goodman * 2,183 52.5 +6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Robin Carlile 1,648 39.6 -3.1 Labour Party (UK) Leslie Shaw 327 7.9 –3.3 535 12.9 4,158 38.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance 4.8 Leigh SDP-Liberal Alliance Margery Robinson 2,486 50.5 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) James Gibb 2,006 40.7 –4.5 Labour Party (UK) Lily Davidson 339 6.9 +1.9 Ecology Party David Cotgrove 95 1.9 N/A 480 9.7 4,926 44.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance 2.9 Milton SDP-Liberal Alliance Colin George 1,860 40.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Dennis Wilson * 1,392 29.9 –9.8 Labour Party (UK) Katherine Kirk 1,294 27.8 -5.0 Ecology Party Clement Smith 103 2.2 N/A 468 10.1 4,649 38.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 24.9 Prittlewell SDP-Liberal Alliance Jean Sargent * 2,770 59.5 +12.7 Conservative Party (UK) Rita Bosch 1,232 26.5 -8.6 Labour Party (UK) Albert Dunn 654 14.0 -4.1 1,538 33.0 4,656 38.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance 10.7 Shoebury Conservative Party (UK) David Cotgrove * 1,924 48.9 +3.0 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Dandridge 1,068 27.1 –9.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Howard Gibeon 625 15.9 +0.4 Independent politician Ronald Levy 319 8.1 N/A 856 21.7 3,936 32.3 Conservative Party (UK) 6.4 Southchurch Conservative Party (UK) Brian Kelly 1,864 46.1 –0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Robert Hendry 1,322 32.7 +12.3 Labour Party (UK) Robert Brown 858 21.2 –12.2 542 13.4 4,044 35.1 Conservative Party (UK) 6.2 Thorpe Conservative Party (UK) Bettine Pledge 2,135 58.2 –2.7 SDP-Liberal Alliance Vernon Cooper 789 21.5 +9.5 Labour Party (UK) Peter Ottino 670 18.3 –5.1 Ecology Party Joan Shillingford 75 2.0 N/A 1,346 36.7 3,669 32.1 Conservative Party (UK) 6.1 Victoria Labour Party (UK) Ronald Kenndey * 1,767 50.7 ±0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Goldsmith 955 27.4 –0.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance Joan Overy 761 21.8 ±0.0 812 23.3 3,483 30.8 Labour Party (UK) 0.0 Westborough SDP-Liberal Alliance Mary Lubel * 2,310 47.0 +7.6 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Haine 1,756 35.7 –2.8 Labour Party (UK) Angela Smith 849 17.3 –4.8 554 11.3 4,915 42.1 SDP-Liberal Alliance 5.2 Tendring +Tendring District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 15,674 41.5 –2.6Alliance 2 11,472 30.4 +5.3Labour 2 10,483 27.7 –1.1Independent 0 168 0.4 –0.9Total837,79739.7+2.4 Division result Brightlingsea SDP-Liberal Alliance Thomas Dale* 2,557 49.7 –1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Steven Ellis 1,851 36.0 +4.4 Labour Party (UK) Norma Gallagher 735 14.3 +0.4 706 13.7 5,143 44.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance 3.1 Clacton East Conservative Party (UK) John Story* 2,341 51.0 -4.5 SDP-Liberal Alliance Anne Laird 1,492 32.5 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Frank Baker 761 16.6 +0.8 849 18.5 4,594 37.2 Conservative Party (UK) 4.1 Clacton North SDP-Liberal Alliance Geoffrey Waterfield * 2,644 55.5 +16.8 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Newell 1,293 27.1 –3.9 Labour Party (UK) Reginald Sims 830 17.4 –9.8 1,351 28.3 4,767 38.0 SDP-Liberal Alliance 10.4 Clacton West Labour Party (UK) Roy Smith * 2,221 46.7 +5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Catherine Jessop 1,573 33.1 -3.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Michael Bargent 915 19.2 -3.4 Independent politician C. Ha-Ha Woof-Woof 46 1.0 N/A 648 13.6 4,755 37.4 Labour Party (UK) 4.5 Frinton & Walton Conservative Party (UK) David Rex* 2,971 58.1 –2.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Robert Hamilton 1,478 28.9 +6.7 Labour Party (UK) Paul Johnson 664 13.0 –4.4 1,493 29.2 5,113 37.5 Conservative Party (UK) 4.5 Harwich Labour Party (UK) Ralph Knight* 2,842 59.1 +13.8 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Good 1,967 40.9 +0.5 875 18.2 4,809 41.1 Labour Party (UK) 6.7 Tendring Rural East Conservative Party (UK) Charles Lumber* 1,662 41.8 –18.0 Labour Party (UK) Peter Davis 1,286 32.4 –7.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance William Ford 1,025 25.8 N/A 376 9.5 3,973 39.5 Conservative Party (UK) 5.1 Tendring Rural West Conservative Party (UK) Douglas Pallett 2,016 43.4 +4.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Stephen Hammerton 1,361 29.3 +8.1 Labour Party (UK) Kay Bayles 1,144 24.6 –8.9 Independent politician Sidney Rhodes 122 2.6 –0.5 655 14.1 4,643 43.3 Conservative Party (UK) 1.9 Thurrock +District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 8 16,814 66.8 +3.3Conservative 0 8,274 32.9 +2.3Communist 0 69 0.3 N/ATotal825,15726.7–8.6 Division results Chadwell Labour Party (UK) Charles Bidmead 2,061 71.2 –4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Grahame Law 833 28.8 +4.6 1,228 42.4 2,894 23.6 Labour Party (UK) 4.6 Corringham Labour Party (UK) Robert Goldsmith 1,893 66.1 +4.9 Conservative Party (UK) William Lea 971 33.9 –4.9 922 32.2 2,864 26.5 Labour Party (UK) 4.9 Grays Thurrock Labour Party (UK) Martin Cohen * 2,296 55.2 +10.1 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Greatrex 1,865 44.8 +3.2 431 10.4 4,161 31.8 Labour Party (UK) 3.5 Orsett & Stifford Labour Party (UK) John Pollard * 2,294 56.6 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Lott 1,762 43.4 –3.8 532 13.1 4,056 35.5 Labour Party (UK) 3.8 South Ockendon Labour Party (UK) George Miles* 2,404 81.3 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Beasley 553 18.7 –1.0 1,851 62.6 2,957 25.8 Labour Party (UK) 1.1 Stanford-le-Hope Labour Party (UK) Julian Norris* 2,100 63.9 +1.0 Conservative Party (UK) Lee Green 1,184 36.1 –1.0 916 27.9 3,284 26.3 Labour Party (UK) 1.0 Tilbury Labour Party (UK) Patrick Bolger* 1,908 82.1 –2.7 Conservative Party (UK) William McLaughlin 348 15.0 –0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain Joseph Paul 69 3.0 N/A 1,560 67.1 2,325 20.4 Labour Party (UK) 1.3 West Thurrock & Aveley Labour Party (UK) Ann Geaney 1,858 71.0 +15.5 Conservative Party (UK) Edward Attewell 758 29.0 +13.3 1,100 42.0 2,616 23.6 Labour Party (UK) 2.2 Uttlesford +Uttlesford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 10,032 48.2 –1.9Alliance 0 6,417 30.8 +17.8Labour 0 4,256 20.4 –5.0Independent 0 118 0.6 –11.0Total420,82342.4–5.1 Division results Dunmow Conservative Party (UK) Michael Stephen 2,393 52.3 –0.3 SDP-Liberal Alliance Graham Tobbell 1,450 32.0 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) William McCarthy 682 15.1 –3.4 943 20.8 –4.0 4,525 40.8 –8.3 11,097 Conservative Party (UK) 2.0 Saffron Walden Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Neville 2,685 41.6 –3.4 Labour Party (UK) Russell Green 2,199 34.1 -0.2 SDP-Liberal Alliance Stephen Jones 1,574 24.4 +3.7 486 7.5 6,458 46.9 Conservative Party (UK) 1.6 Stansted Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Wawn * 2,432 49.2 –0.8 SDP-Liberal Alliance Christopher Swain 1,769 35.8 N/A Labour Party (UK) Paul King 624 12.6 –7.4 Independent politician George Hannah 118 2.4 N/A 663 13.4 4,943 37.7 Conservative Party (UK) 18.3 Thaxted Conservative Party (UK) John Whitehead 2,522 52.2 –1.6 SDP-Liberal Alliance John Gibb 1,624 33.6 N/A Labour Party (UK) Jennifer Oliveira 685 14.2 –11.7 898 18.6 4,831 43.3 Conservative Party (UK) 17.6 By-elections Basildon Vange Basildon Vange: June 1986 Labour Party (UK) Mary Miller 2,050 73.1 +5.0 Conservative Party (UK) Elizabeth Dines 386 13.8 –4.6 Liberal Party (UK) SDP-Liberal Alliance Alan Banton 369 13.2 –0.3 1,664 59.3 2,805 21.4 13,119 Labour Party (UK) 4.8 Grays Thurrock Grays Thurrock: July 1986 Labour Party (UK) Beverly Barton 1,366 56.3 +1.1 Conservative Party (UK) Harold Lott 1,060 43.7 –1.1 306 12.6 2,426 18.5 13,124 Labour Party (UK) 1.1 Belfairs & Bellheim Belfairs & Belnheim: February 1987 SDP-Liberal Alliance Albert Smulian 2,005 55.6 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Terrence Birdseye 1,289 35.7 –0.3 Labour Party (UK) Nigel Boorman 314 8.7 –1.1 716 19.9 3,608 33.0 10,924 SDP-Liberal Alliance 1.3 Basildon Crouch Basildon Crouch: December 1987 SDP-Liberal Alliance Francis Bellard 1,423 45.9 +14.1 Conservative Party (UK) Terence Dove 1,288 41.5 –4.1 Labour Party (UK) Margaret Davis 391 12.6 –10.0 135 4.4 3,102 30.0 10,340 SDP-Liberal Alliance Conservative Party (UK) 9.1 Maypole Maypole: May 1988 SDP-Liberal Alliance Patricia Pascoe 2,035 42.3 –1.1 Labour Party (UK) Donald Quinn 1,572 32.7 –6.9 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Fairhead 1,200 25.0 +8.1 463 9.6 4,807 39.0 12,321 SDP-Liberal Alliance 2.9 Notes References expanded Category:Essex County Council elections Essex Category:1980s in Essex