2005 Essex County Council election

Essex County Council election, 2005

9 May 2005
All 75 seats to Essex County Council 38 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 52 13 8 Seat change 4 5 3
Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election Conservative

Results

Essex County Council election, 2005

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	52			4		44.5	285,899	+2.8
	Labour	13			5		24.3	156,561	-6.3
	Liberal Democrats	8			3		22.9	147,561	+1.4
	Community Representative	1			1		0.9	6,003	+0.3
	Loughton Residents	1			1		0.4	2,734	N/A
	Green	0					5.6	35,696	+3.7
	Independent	0			1		0.3	2,070	-0.6
	BNP	0					0.2	1,391	N/A
	English Democrat	0					0.1	8,25	N/A
	Veritas	0					>0.1	158	N/A
Total		75

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Abbey division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Fisher	3384	42.9
	Labour	Scott Harris	1846	23.4
	Conservative	David Adams	1806	22.9
	Green	Peter Lynn	852	10.8
Majority			1538	19.5
Turnout			7888
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	4943	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Stevens	2333	23.6
	Labour	John Wood	1925	19.5
	Green	Roger Bamforth	673	6.8
Majority			2610	26.5
Turnout			9874
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	4049	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gwendoline Ilott	3030	32.9
	Labour	David Hough	1517	16.5
	Green	Timothy Glover	618	6.7
Majority			1019	11.0
Turnout			9214
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Bourne	2226	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	William Frame	2035	31.8
	Conservative	Robert Davidson	1837	28.7
	Green	Timothy Glover	299	4.7
Majority			191	3.0
Turnout			9214
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersea and Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	4129	44.8
	Labour	Audrey Spencer	1916	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Sutton	1491	16.2
	Canvey Island Independent Party	Jonathan Longman	1263	13.7
	Green	Howard Mettler	428	4.6
Majority			2213	24.0
Turnout			9227
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mile End and Highwoods division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Turrell	2646	38.1
	Conservative	Donald Henshall	2619	37.7
	Labour	Richard Bingley	1282	18.4
	Green	Mary Bryan	403	5.8
Majority			27	0.4
Turnout			6950
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Parsons Heath and East Gates division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Higgins	3312	43.4
	Conservative	Simon Smith	2280	29.9
	Labour	Kim Naish	1647	21.6
	Green	Maria Iacovou	390	5.1
Majority			1032	13.5
Turnout			7629
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Stanway and Pyefleet division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jowers	4036	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah James	2739	30.0
	Labour	John Spademan	1825	20.0
	Green	Patience Rogers	514	5.6
Majority			1297	14.3
Turnout			9114
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wivenhoe St. Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Young	2756	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Jacobs	2119	28.5
	Conservative	Neil Stock	1881	25.3
	Green	Christopher Fox	668	9.0
Majority			637	8.6
Turnout			7424
	Labour hold		Swing