1987 Colchester Borough Council election

1987 UK local government election

1987 Colchester Borough Council election
← 1986 5 May 1987 (1987-05-05) 1988 →
20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout45.7% (Increase4.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Alliance Labour
Last election 28 seats, 33.3% 16 seats, 36.0% 12 seats, 26.9%
Seats won 9 9 1
Seats after 24 22 10
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 6 Decrease 2
Popular vote 17,188 15,907 8,834
Percentage 39.7% 36.8% 20.4%
Swing Increase 6.4% Increase 0.8% Decrease 6.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Tiptree Residents Independent
Last election 3 seats, 2.7% 1 seat, 1.1%
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,242 79
Percentage 2.9% 0.2%
Swing Increase 0.2% Decrease 0.9%
Winner of each seat at the 1987 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 5 May 1987 alongside local elections across the United Kingdom.

Summary

1987 Colchester Borough Council election[1]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 9 Decrease 4 45.0 15 24 40.0 17,188 39.7 +6.4
  Alliance 9 Increase 6 45.0 13 22 36.7 15,907 36.8 +0.8
  Labour 1 Decrease 2 5.0 9 10 16.7 8,834 20.4 –6.5
  Tiptree Residents 1 Steady 0.0 2 3 5.0 1,242 2.9 +0.2
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.7 79 0.2 –0.9

Ward results

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance H. Davis 1,342 45.0 +1.4
Labour R. McQuitty 1,003 33.6 -5.8
Conservative E. Parsons 640 21.4 +4.4
Majority 339 11.4 +7.2
Turnout 2,985 49.4 +2.4
Registered electors 6,046
Alliance gain from Labour Swing Increase3.6

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Chris Hall 1,309 43.8 +12.2
Conservative E. Humphreys* 1,037 34.7 +6.1
Labour S. Philpin 641 21.5 -18.3
Majority 272 9.1 N/A
Turnout 2,987 59.3 +6.1
Registered electors 5,039
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing Increase3.1

Copford & Eight Ash Green

Copford & Eight Ash Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Dymond* 722 64.6 -4.0
Alliance B. Trusler 276 24.7 +8.9
Labour S. Dick 120 10.7 -4.9
Majority 446 39.9 -12.9
Turnout 1,118 49.9 -0.5
Registered electors 2,242
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.5

Great & Little Horksley

Great & Little Horksley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Allan 540 59.5 -8.8
Alliance T. Hubbard 246 27.2 +4.3
Labour Lucy Wood 122 13.4 +4.6
Majority 294 32.3 -20.5
Turnout 908 50.3 -0.1
Registered electors 1,804
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.6

Great Tey

Great Tey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Browning* 598 64.6 -11.4
Alliance G. Ambridge 254 27.5 +15.8
Labour P. Doncaster 73 7.9 -4.4
Majority 344 37.1 -26.6
Turnout 925 53.3 +8.5
Registered electors 1,735
Conservative hold Swing Decrease13.6

Harbour

Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance E. Fowler 994 36.4 +1.8
Labour B. Wilding 939 34.4 -9.6
Conservative Mike Coyne 719 26.3 +6.4
Independent D. Smith 79 2.9 N/A
Majority 55 2.0 N/A
Turnout 2,731 48.4 +3.2
Registered electors 5,637
Alliance hold Swing Increase5.7

Lexden

Lexden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance Ian Trusler* 1,324 52.3 -1.4
Conservative Sonia Lewis 1,086 42.9 +2.3
Labour J. Crawford 121 4.8 -0.9
Majority 238 9.4 -3.7
Turnout 2,531 58.9 +5.3
Registered electors 4,296
Alliance hold Swing Decrease1.9

Mile End

Mile End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Fulford* 942 51.9 +3.8
Alliance W. Reid 617 34.0 +3.0
Labour A. Hayden-Case 255 14.1 -6.8
Majority 325 17.9 +0.8
Turnout 1,814 44.9 +3.2
Registered electors 4,044
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.4

New Town

New Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance J. Coleman* 1,090 55.2 -5.2
Labour Sandra Benedetti 529 26.8 +2.1
Conservative J. Clarke 355 18.0 +3.2
Majority 561 28.4 -7.3
Turnout 1,974 40.7 +1.4
Registered electors 4,856
Alliance hold Swing Decrease3.7

Prettygate

Prettygate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance R. Yates 1,371 46.7 -8.3
Conservative R. Stevenson 1,221 41.6 +10.1
Labour G. Thompson 341 11.6 -1.8
Majority 150 5.1 -18.4
Turnout 2,933 58.0 +6.3
Registered electors 5,059
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing Decrease9.2

Pyefleet

Pyefleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Parsonson 605 73.7 +7.4
Alliance P. Mills 139 16.9 -5.5
Labour J. Brice 77 9.4 -2.0
Majority 466 56.8 +12.9
Turnout 821 58.6 -5.8
Registered electors 1,401
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.5

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance K. Starling 1,316 58.3 +1.0
Labour Frank Wilkin* 526 23.3 -9.1
Conservative A. Stevenson 415 18.4 +8.1
Majority 790 35.0 +10.1
Turnout 2,257 36.4 -0.4
Registered electors 6,196
Alliance gain from Labour Swing Increase5.1

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Bayles 1,176 44.5 -14.9
Conservative E. Winney 737 27.9 +5.9
Alliance P. Smith 729 27.6 +9.0
Majority 439 16.6 -20.8
Turnout 2,642 29.9 +4.5
Registered electors 8,835
Labour hold Swing Decrease10.4

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance E. Crunden 997 40.2 +0.8
Conservative H. Pawsey* 864 34.9 +6.0
Labour Chris Pearson 618 24.9 -6.8
Majority 133 5.3 -2.4
Turnout 2,479 50.6 +4.3
Registered electors 4,903
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.6

St. John's

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance John Baker 1,190 47.5 +2.0
Conservative B. West* 1,116 44.5 +1.1
Labour K. Hindle 200 8.0 -3.1
Majority 74 3.0 +0.9
Turnout 2,506 49.8 +3.5
Registered electors 5,034
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing Increase0.5

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Spendlove* 1,253 51.2 +3.6
Alliance C. Curtis 801 32.7 +2.9
Labour R. Turp 392 16.0 -6.7
Majority 452 18.5 +0.7
Turnout 2,446 49.6 +9.4
Registered electors 4,927
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.4

Stanway

Stanway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Orpen-Smellie* 1,087 46.9 +6.0
Alliance Colin Sykes 962 41.5 -2.5
Labour N. Bullen 268 11.6 -3.5
Majority 125 5.4 N/A
Turnout 2,317 43.7 +3.0
Registered electors 5,305
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.3

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tiptree Residents J. Webb* 1,242 65.4 +4.9
Conservative P. Bowdidge 456 24.0 -1.7
Labour D. Chappell 202 10.6 -3.2
Majority 786 41.4 +6.6
Turnout 1,900 31.4 +0.9
Registered electors 6,044
Tiptree Residents hold Swing Increase3.3

West Mersea

West Mersea
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Williams* 1,512 64.6 +2.6
Alliance A. Stevens 685 29.3 -0.4
Labour L. Shelley 142 6.1 -2.2
Majority 827 35.3 +3.0
Turnout 2,339 45.0 +7.6
Registered electors 5,193
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.5

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Last* 1,283 48.7 +11.0
Labour Robert Newman 1,089 41.3 -1.1
Alliance L. Footring 265 10.0 -9.9
Majority 194 7.4 N/A
Turnout 2,637 43.6 +2.7
Registered electors 6,043
Conservative hold Swing Increase6.1

References

  1. ^ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. The Election Centre, Plymouth University.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Essex Council elections in Essex
Essex County Council
Basildon Borough CouncilBraintree District CouncilBrentwood Borough Council
Castle Point Borough CouncilChelmsford City Council
Colchester City CouncilEpping Forest District Council
Harlow District CouncilMaldon District Council
Rochford District Council
Southend-on-Sea City Council
Tendring District CouncilThurrock Council
Uttlesford District Council
  • v
  • t
  • e
Metropolitan
boroughs
District councils
(England)
  • Adur
  • Allerdale
  • Alnwick
  • Amber Valley
  • Arun
  • Ashfield
  • Ashford
  • Aylesbury Vale
  • Babergh
  • Barrow-in-Furness
  • Basildon
  • Basingstoke and Deane
  • Bassetlaw
  • Bath
  • Berwick-upon-Tweed
  • Blaby
  • Blackburn
  • Blackpool
  • Blyth Valley
  • Bolsover
  • Boothferry
  • Boston
  • Bournemouth
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Braintree
  • Breckland
  • Brentwood
  • Bridgnorth
  • Brighton
  • Bristol
  • Broadland
  • Bromsgrove
  • Broxbourne
  • Broxtowe
  • Burnley
  • Cambridge
  • Cannock Chase
  • Canterbury
  • Caradon
  • Carlisle
  • Carrick
  • Castle Morpeth
  • Castle Point
  • Charnwood
  • Chelmsford
  • Cheltenham
  • Cherwell
  • Chester
  • Chesterfield
  • Chester-le-Street
  • Chichester
  • Chiltern
  • Chorley
  • Christchurch
  • Cleethorpes
  • Colchester
  • Congleton
  • Copeland
  • Corby
  • Cotswold
  • Craven
  • Crawley
  • Crewe and Nantwich
  • Dacorum
  • Darlington
  • Dartford
  • Daventry
  • Derby
  • Derwentside
  • Dover
  • Durham
  • Easington
  • East Cambridgeshire
  • East Devon
  • East Hampshire
  • East Hertfordshire
  • East Lindsey
  • East Northamptonshire
  • East Staffordshire
  • East Yorkshire
  • East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley
  • Eastbourne
  • Eastleigh
  • Eden
  • Ellesmere Port and Neston
  • Elmbridge
  • Epping Forest
  • Epsom and Ewell
  • Erewash
  • Exeter
  • Fareham
  • Fenland
  • Forest Heath
  • Forest of Dean
  • Fylde
  • Gedling
  • Gillingham
  • Glanford
  • Gloucester
  • Gosport
  • Gravesham
  • Great Grimsby
  • Great Yarmouth
  • Guildford
  • Halton
  • Hambleton
  • Harborough
  • Harlow
  • Harrogate
  • Hart
  • Hartlepool
  • Hastings
  • Havant
  • Hereford
  • Hertsmere
  • High Peak
  • Hinckley and Bosworth
  • Holderness
  • Horsham
  • Hove
  • Hull
  • Huntingdonshire
  • Hyndburn
  • Ipswich
  • Kennet
  • Kerrier
  • Kettering
  • King's Lynn and West Norfolk
  • Kingswood
  • Lancaster
  • Langbaurgh
  • Leicester
  • Leominster
  • Lewes
  • Lichfield
  • Lincoln
  • Luton
  • Macclesfield
  • Maidstone
  • Maldon
  • Malvern Hills
  • Mansfield
  • Medina
  • Melton
  • Mendip
  • Mid Bedfordshire
  • Mid Devon
  • Mid Suffolk
  • Mid Sussex
  • Middlesbrough
  • Milton Keynes
  • Mole Valley
  • New Forest
  • Newark
  • Newbury
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • North Bedfordshire
  • North Cornwall
  • North Devon
  • North Dorset
  • North East Derbyshire
  • North Hertfordshire
  • North Kesteven
  • North Norfolk
  • North Shropshire
  • North Warwickshire
  • North West Leicestershire
  • North Wiltshire
  • Northampton
  • Northavon
  • Norwich
  • Nottingham
  • Nuneaton and Bedworth
  • Oadby and Wigston
  • Oswestry
  • Oxford
  • Pendle
  • Penwith
  • Peterborough
  • Plymouth
  • Poole
  • Portsmouth
  • Preston
  • Purbeck
  • Reading
  • Redditch
  • Reigate and Banstead
  • Restormel
  • Ribble Valley
  • Richmondshire
  • Rochester-upon-Medway
  • Rochford
  • Rossendale
  • Rother
  • Rugby
  • Runnymede
  • Rushcliffe
  • Rushmoor
  • Rutland
  • Ryedale
  • Salisbury
  • Scarborough
  • Scunthorpe
  • Sedgefield
  • Sedgemoor
  • Selby
  • Sevenoaks
  • Shepway
  • Shrewsbury and Atcham
  • Slough
  • South Bedfordshire
  • South Bucks
  • South Cambridgeshire
  • South Derbyshire
  • South Hams
  • South Herefordshire
  • South Holland
  • South Kesteven
  • South Lakeland
  • South Norfolk
  • South Northamptonshire
  • South Oxfordshire
  • South Ribble
  • South Shropshire
  • South Somerset
  • South Staffordshire
  • South Wight
  • Southampton
  • Southend-on-Sea
  • Spelthorne
  • St Albans
  • St Edmundsbury
  • Stafford
  • Staffordshire Moorlands
  • Stevenage
  • Stockton-on-Tees
  • Stoke-on-Trent
  • Stratford-on-Avon
  • Stroud
  • Suffolk Coastal
  • Surrey Heath
  • Swale
  • Tamworth
  • Tandridge
  • Taunton Deane
  • Teesdale
  • Teignbridge
  • Tendring
  • Test Valley
  • Tewkesbury
  • Thamesdown
  • Thanet
  • The Wrekin
  • Three Rivers
  • Thurrock
  • Tonbridge and Malling
  • Torbay
  • Torridge
  • Tunbridge Wells
  • Tynedale
  • Uttlesford
  • Vale of White Horse
  • Vale Royal
  • Wansbeck
  • Wansdyke
  • Warrington
  • Warwick
  • Watford
  • Waveney
  • Waverley
  • Wealden
  • Wear Valley
  • Wellingborough
  • Welwyn Hatfield
  • West Derbyshire
  • West Devon
  • West Dorset
  • West Lancashire
  • West Lindsey
  • West Oxfordshire
  • West Somerset
  • West Wiltshire
  • Weymouth and Portland
  • Wimborne
  • Winchester
  • Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Woking
  • Wokingham
  • Woodspring
  • Worcester
  • Worthing
  • Wychavon
  • Wycombe
  • Wyre
  • Wyre Forest
  • York
District councils
(Wales)