1985 Essex County Council election

Essex County Council election, 1985

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	N/A
	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
	Alliance	Westley E Sandford	2546
	Labour	Jane A V Beer	748
Majority			160
Turnout				46.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Mark Campbell	1936
	Labour	Gillian A Bober	1765
	Conservative	Michael J Last	755
Majority			171
Turnout				36.7
	Alliance hold		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard G Fairhead	3076
	Alliance	David L Goss	1244
	Labour	Andrew F Fieldsend	838
Majority			1832
Turnout				39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Ann Stevens	2398
	Labour	Douglas M Williams	1900
	Conservative	Patricia M Bowdidge	1047
Majority			498
Turnout				45.9
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edna M Gawthrop	1814
	Alliance	Christopher B Hall	1523
	Labour	Martin J Smith	1227
Majority			291
Turnout				44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Alan G Hayman	1679
	Conservative	Michael D C Roots	1541
	Labour	Sydney T Kent	1485
Majority			138
Turnout				41.8
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Innes	1880
	Alliance	Andrew S Hatton	1244
	Labour	Stevan M Slodzik	693
Majority			636
Turnout				33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian L Stapleton	1772
	Conservative	Roger G Lord	1325
	Alliance	Yvonne M Holley	645
Majority			447
Turnout				30.8
	Labour hold		Swing