1997 Essex County Council election

Essex County Council election, 1997

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	3916
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Phillips	2844
	Labour	Julie Young	1783
Majority			1072
Turnout				76.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Yates	3945
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	3865
	Labour	Roy Moules	2115
Majority			80
Turnout				74.39
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Pascoe	3149
	Labour	Christopher Pearson	2654
	Conservative	Richard Lamberth	1783
Majority			495
Turnout				63.88
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	5193
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Brady	3973
	Labour	Ian Yates	2556
Majority			1220
Turnout				74.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fisher	3806
	Labour	Sally Pygott	3092
	Conservative	Ian McCord	1879
Majority			714
Turnout				67.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Jones	3141
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	2876
	Labour	Kim Naish	2611
Majority			265
Turnout				66.62
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Crunden	4413
	Conservative	Derek Smith	3062
	Labour	Anthony Constable	3005
Majority			1351
Turnout				69.33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Peel	3526
	Labour	Tania Rogers	2783
	Independent	Stuart Beckwith	2147
	Green	Cheryl Gerrard	367
Majority			743
Turnout				73.13
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Stapleton	3276
	Liberal Democrats	John Gray	2426
	Conservative	Jane Girdlestone	2044
Majority			850
Turnout				63.35
	Labour hold		Swing