1993 Essex County Council election

1993 Essex County Council election

6 May 1993
All 98 seats to Essex County Council 49 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 26 seats, 28.8% 57 seats, 44.5% 14 seats, 23.3% Seats won 33 32 32 Seat change 7 25 18 Popular vote 127,934 147,062 132,631 Percentage 30.7% 35.3% 31.9 Swing 1.9% 8.7% 8.2%
Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election No Overall Control

An election to Essex County Council took place on 6 May 1993 as part of the 1993 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.

Results

Essex County Council election, 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	33			7		30.7	127,934	+1.9
	Conservative	32			25		35.3	147,062	-9.2
	Liberal Democrats	32			18		31.9	132,631	+8.6
	Independent	1			1		0.8	3,421	+0.5
	Green	0					1.0	4,025	-0.3
	Liberal	0					0.3	1,043	N/A
Total		98						416,116

Results by Electoral Divisions

Basildon

Billericay North division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lilian Greenfield	2,641	61.76	−9.55
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Barr	1164	27.22	+11.39
	Labour	Margaret Viney	471	11.01	+2.44
Majority			1477	34.54	−20.94
Turnout			4276	33.4	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Billericay South division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Kay	1,921	40.79	−13.57
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Taylor	1802	38.26	+9.73
	Labour	Ronald Bessell	765	16.24	−0.02
	Independent	George Dighton	252	5.35	−49.01
Majority			119	2.53	−22.26
Turnout			4710	38.5	+1.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Note: George Dighton was elected as a Conservative in 1989, but here attempted to defend his seat as an Independent

Wickford division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Pummell	2,233	48.59	+4.24
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Battson	1516	32.99	−9.30
	Labour	Christopher Wilson	847	18.43	+5.07
Majority			717	15.60	+13.54
Turnout			4596	37.3	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colchester

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	2,065	48.2	−15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Phillips	1705	39.8	+15.9
	Labour	Neville Missing	516	12.0	−0.9
Majority			360
Turnout				39.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Yates	3,172	54.5	+15.4
	Conservative	Derek Lamberth	2106	36.1	−12.1
	Labour	Kim Naish	553	9.5	−3.3
Majority			1066
Turnout				44.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Pascoe	1,984	56.3	+15.0
	Labour	Frank Wilkin	961	27.3	−7.9
	Conservative	Michael Hope	579	16.4	−7.1
Majority			1023
Turnout				27.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	2,290	44.2	−17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Lennox	2094	40.4	+15.8
	Labour	Julie Young	653	12.6	−1.6
	Green	Walter Schwarz	147	2.8	New
Majority			196
Turnout				34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fisher	2,415	51.1	+15.4
	Labour	Christopher Pearson	1617	34.2	−1.7
	Conservative	Sally Cockell	568	12.0	−7.4
	Green	Karen Smallwood	122	2.6	−5.3
Majority			798
Turnout				38.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-1.2).

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Jones	2,009	46.8	+22.9
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	1475	34.3	−10.5
	Labour	Roger Turp	811	18.9	−5.9
Majority			534
Turnout				36.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

No Liberal candidate as previous (-6.5).

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Crunden	2,783	53.2	New
	Labour	Keith Hindle	1282	24.5	−1.7
	Conservative	Roger Lord	1167	22.3	−15.5
Majority			1501
Turnout				36.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

No SDP candidate as previous (-36.0).

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Peel	1,574	44.4	−16.4
	Labour	Adrian Axtell	914	25.8	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Seaman	893	25.2	+8.4
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	162	4.6	New
Majority			633
Turnout				29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Stapleton	1,567	50.1	−3.8
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	905	28.9	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid O'Mahoney	543	17.3	+7.7
	Green	Joanne Vanevery	115	3.7	New
Majority			662
Turnout				26.3
	Labour hold		Swing