1980 Colchester Borough Council election

The 1980 Colchester Borough Council election to the Colchester Borough Council were held in 1980 alongside other local elections across the country.

Summary Results[]

1980 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	50.0	26	35	58.3	15,103	44.7	–5.5
	Labour	8	1	44.4	14	22	36.7	13,910	41.1	+3.6
	Tiptree Residents	1		5.6	1	2	3.3	1,026	3.0	–1.2
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,957	8.7	+0.6
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.7	827	2.4	New

Ward Results[]

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Berechurch[]

Berechurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Fraser	995	46.0	-2.0
	Liberal	M. Gage	651	30.1	+12.4
	Conservative	C. Roxby	516	23.9	-10.4
Majority
Turnout				38.2	-35.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle[]

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Goodchild	917	45.0	-1.6
	Conservative	A. Beevers	839	41.2	-0.1
	Liberal	William Spyvee	281	13.8	+1.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Dedham[]

Dedham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Jackson	517	68.8
	Liberal	G. Williams	123	16.4
	Labour	J. Challinor	112	14.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

East Donyland[]

East Donyland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Sanderson	448	57.3	-0.3
	Labour	E. Lilley	334	42.7	+0.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbour[]

Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bird	1,424	63.1	+9.6
	Conservative	M. Coyne	834	36.9	-9.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Marks Tey[]

Marks Tey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Wheeler	1,337	64.8
	Liberal	I. Trusler	460	22.3
	Labour	J. Crawford	266	12.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End[]

Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Borges	991	57.3
	Labour	Tim Oxton	739	42.7
Majority				14.6
Turnout				47.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Town[]

New Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Russell	1,354	68.3
	Conservative	H. Martin	411	20.7
	Liberal	J. Loxley	218	11.0
Majority				47.6
Turnout				43.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Prettygate[]

Prettygate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Kent	1,205	53.6
	Labour	M. Hedge	694	30.9
	Liberal	M. Fisher	349	15.5
Majority				22.7
Turnout				45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shrub End[]

Shrub End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Woodrow	1,103	58.1
	Conservative	J. Nicholls	548	28.9
	Liberal	G. Daldry	246	13.0
Majority				29.2
Turnout				33.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Andrews[]

St. Andrew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Graves	1,487	70.9
	Conservative	N. Chapman	432	20.6
	Liberal	R. Baker	177	8.4
Majority				50.3
Turnout				27.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Annes[]

St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Frank	1,227	58.3
	Conservative	K. McLean	876	41.7
Majority				16.6
Turnout				45.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Johns[]

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Smith	980	64.3
	Labour	R. Crookes	544	35.7
Majority				28.6
Turnout				43.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Marys[]

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Brooks	1,451	65.8
	Labour	P. Cook	453	20.6
	Liberal	Martin Hunt	300	13.6
Majority				45.2
Turnout				44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway[]

Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Lowater	834	51.4
	Labour	K. Taylor	637	39.2
	Liberal	M. Livermore	152	9.4
Majority				12.2
Turnout				42.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tiptree[]

Tiptree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tiptree Residents	E. Bird	1,026	51.6
	Conservative	R. Bearman	720	36.2
	Labour	C. Kent	244	12.3
Majority				15.4
Turnout				34.7
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing

West Mersea[]

West Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Leader	1,121	66.1
	Independent	L. Broadhurst	426	25.1
	Labour	J. Hockenhull	150	8.8
Majority				41.0
Turnout				38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe[]

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Davies	1,230	46.0
	Conservative	D. Wilkinson	1,043	39.0
	Independent	V. Last	401	15.0
Majority				7.0
Turnout				50.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References[]

^ "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "Colchester Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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