1997 Essex County Council election

1997 Essex County Council election

1 May 1997

First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 40 23 15 Seat change 8 10 17 Swing 3.1% 1.3% 5.3%

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

Results

Essex County Council election, 1997

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	40			8		38.9	281,074	+3.6
	Labour	23			10		31.7	229,181	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	15			17		26.6	192,520	-5.3
	Independent	1					1.7	12,418	+0.9
	Green	0					1.1	7,907	+0.1
	Socialist Alliance	0					>0.1	220	N/A
Total		79						723,320

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	3,916	45.8	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Phillips	2,844	33.3	−6.5
	Labour	Julie Young	1,783	20.9	+8.9
Majority			1,072	12.5
Turnout			8,543	76.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Yates	3,945	39.7	−14.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	3,865	38.9	+2.8
	Labour	Roy Moules	2,115	21.3	+11.8
Majority			80	0.8
Turnout			9,925	74.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Pascoe	3,149	41.5	−13.8
	Labour	Christopher Pearson	2,654	35.0	+7.7
	Conservative	Richard Lamberth	1,783	23.5	+7.1
Majority			495	6.5
Turnout			7,586	63.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	5,193	44.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Brady	3,973	33.9	−6.5
	Labour	Ian Yates	2,556	21.8	+9.2
Majority			1,220	10.4
Turnout			11,722	74.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

No Green candidate as previous (-2.8).

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fisher	3,806	43.4	−8.6
	Labour	Sally Pygott	3,092	35.2	+0.8
	Conservative	Ian McCord	1,879	21.4	+11.5
Majority			714	8.1
Turnout			8,777	67.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

No Green candidate as previous (-2.6).

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Jones	3,141	36.4	−10.4
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	2,876	33.3	−1.0
	Labour	Kim Naish	2,611	30.3	+11.4
Majority			265	3.1
Turnout			8,628	66.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Crunden	4,413	42.1	−11.1
	Conservative	Derek Smith	3,062	29.2	+6.9
	Labour	Anthony Constable	3,005	28.7	+4.2
Majority			1,351	12.9
Turnout			10,480	69.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Peel	3,526	40.0	−4.4
	Labour	Tania Rogers	2,783	31.5	+5.7
	Independent	Stuart Beckwith	2,147	24.3	New
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	367	4.2	−0.4
Majority			743	8.5
Turnout			8,823	73.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

No Liberal Democrat candidate as previous (-25.2).

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Stapleton	3,276	42.3	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	2,426	31.3	+14.0
	Conservative	Jane Girdlestone	2,044	26.4	−2.5
Majority			850	11.0
Turnout			7,746	63.4
	Labour hold		Swing

No Green candidate as previous (-3.7).