1985 Essex County Council election

1985 Essex County Council election

2 May 1985

First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Alliance Seats won 45 29 23 Seat change 6 3 10 Swing 2.7% 4.5% 9.1%

Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election No Overall Control

Results

Essex County Council election, 1985

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	45			6		39.8	176,168	-2.7
	Labour	29			3		29.6	131,019	-4.5
	Alliance	23			10		29.2	129,371	+8.1
	Residents' Association	1					0.7	3215
	Ecology	0					0.1	439	-0.1
	Other parties	0					0.5	2335
Total		98						442547

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	2711	59.5	−10.7
	Alliance	Michael H Cook	1154	25.3	New
	Labour	Jennifer A Church	693	15.2	−14.6
Majority			1557
Turnout				43.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek A P Lamberth	2706	45.1	−5.9
	Alliance	Westley E Sandford	2546	42.4	+12.7
	Labour	Jane A V Beer	748	12.5	−6.8
Majority			160	2.7
Turnout			6000	46.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Mark Campbell	1936	43.4	+21.3
	Labour	Gillian A Bober	1765	39.6	−13.2
	Conservative	Michael J Last	755	16.9	−8.1
Majority			171	3.8
Turnout			4456	36.7
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard G Fairhead	3076	59.6	−11.4
	Alliance	David L Goss	1244	24.1	New
	Labour	Andrew F Fieldsend	838	16.2	−6.4
Majority			1832	35.5
Turnout			5158	39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

No Ecology candidate as previous (-6.4).

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Ann Stevens	2398	44.9	New
	Labour	Douglas M Williams	1900	35.5	−25.2
	Conservative	Patricia M Bowdidge	1047	19.6	−13.8
Majority			498	9.3
Turnout			5345	45.9
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

No Ecology candidate as previous (-6.0).

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edna M Gawthrop	1814	39.7	−11.7
	Alliance	Christopher B Hall	1523	33.4	New
	Labour	Martin J Smith	1227	26.9	−21.7
Majority			291	6.4
Turnout			4564	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Alan G Hayman	1679	35.7	New
	Conservative	Michael D C Roots	1541	32.8	−15.0
	Labour	Sydney T Kent	1485	31.6	−20.6
Majority			138	2.9
Turnout			4705	41.8
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Innes	1880	49.3	−11.4
	Alliance	Andrew S Hatton	1244	32.6	New
	Labour	Stevan M Slodzik	693	18.2	−21.1
Majority			636	16.7
Turnout			3817	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian L Stapleton	1772	47.4	−15.9
	Conservative	Roger G Lord	1325	35.4	−1.4
	Alliance	Yvonne M Holley	645	17.2	New
Majority			447	11.9
Turnout			3742	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing