1978 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on in 1978 alongside local elections across the United Kingdom.

Results Summary[]

1978 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	2	52.6	27	37	61.7	17,478	53.1	−2.8
	Labour	8	3	42.1	13	21	35.0	13,720	41.7	+10.0
	Independent	1		0.0	0	1	1.7	0	0.0	−1.7
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	974	3.0	−4.9
	Tiptree Residents	0	1	0.0	1	1	1.7	740	2.2	−0.9

Ward Results[]

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19 councillors, from the same number of wards, were up for election. All percentage changes are calculated as the change in share of all previous party candidates from the 1976 election (whole council).

Berechurch[]

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. McQuitty	953	40.5
	Conservative	L. Long	836	35.5
	Liberal	M. Gage	565	24.0
Majority			127	5.0
Turnout				41.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Birch-Messing[]

Birch-Messing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Wayman	Unopposed
Turnout			—	—	—
	Independent hold		Swing

Boxted & Langham[]

Boxted & Langham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Sexton	589	63.0
	Labour	J. Bensusan-Butt	346	37.0
Majority			243	26.0
Turnout				57.0	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle[]

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Cooke	1,406	56.9
	Conservative	G. Jefferies	912	36.9
	Liberal	D. Stephenson	154	6.2
Majority			894	20.0
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Harbour[]

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Green	1,347	56.4
	Conservative	E. White	1,041	43.5
Majority			306	12.9
Turnout				48.8	+12.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Lexden[]

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Holt	1,614	81.5
	Labour	D. Pitchford	367	18.5
Majority
Turnout			1,981	48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End[]

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Fulford	1,092	67.8
	Labour	T. Oxton	518	32.2
Majority				35.6
Turnout			1,610	44.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Town[]

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Orpe	1,169	56.6
	Conservative	L. Leader	769	37.2
	Liberal	M. Pawsey	127	6.2
Majority
Turnout				44.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Prettygate[]

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Purvis	1,523	68.7
	Labour	R. Lown	693	31.3
Majority
Turnout				45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shrub End[]

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Plowright	1,044	59.3
	Conservative	J. Nicholls	716	32.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrew's[]

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Bober	1,374	67.0
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	676	33.0
Majority			698	34.0
Turnout				30.9
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's[]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Marchant	1,016	56.9
	Conservative	D. Sissons	770	43.1
Majority				13.8
Turnout				42.3
	Labour hold		Swing

St. John's[]

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Pinnock	1,132	70.7
	Labour	P. Treacher	470	29.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Hilham	1,431	66.1
	Labour	S. McAndrew	453	20.9
	Liberal	William Spyvee	282	13.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway[]

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Arrondelle	942	54.3
	Labour	E. Kirkby	793	45.7
Majority
Turnout				48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tiptree[]

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Martin	950	48.8
	Tiptree Residents	J. Webb	740	38.0
	Labour	J. Greer	256	13.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Tiptree Residents

West Bergholt[]

West Bergholt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lampon	692	82.1
	Labour	J. Quinn	151	17.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winstree[]

Winstree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Fairhead	808	79.4
	Labour	V. McAndrew	210	20.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe[]

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bayles	1,154	54.0
	Conservative	K. Brereton	985	46.0
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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