1982 Colchester Borough Council election

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Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place in 1982.

Results Summary[]

1982 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11			24	35		18.499	45.0	+0.3
	Labour	5	3		14	19		10,106	24.6	–16.5
	Alliance	2	2		0	2		10,301	25.1	+16.4
	Tiptree Residents	1	1		2	3		1,170	2.8	–0.2
	Independent	1			0	1		1,010	2.5	+0.1
	Ecology	0			0	0		32	0.1	New

Ward Results[]

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Berechurch[]

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. McQuilty	940	44.3	-2.7
	Conservative	A. Keenlyside	614	28.9	+5.0
	Alliance	H. Anderson	569	26.8	-3.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Birch-Messing[]

Birch-Messing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Wayman	506	76.1	N/A
	Alliance	D. Calthorpe	114	17.1	N/A
	Labour	T. Morecroft	45	8.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Boxted & Langham[]

Boxted & Langham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garnett	617	63.1	+0.1
	Alliance	M. Bearman	286	29.2	N/A
	Labour	J. Church	75	7.7	-30.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle[]

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Cooke	907	38.3	-6.7
	Conservative	E. Humphreys	881	37.2	-4.0
	Alliance	William Spyvee	579	24.5	+10.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Harbour[]

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rod Green	1,052	42.6	-20.5
	Alliance	R. Puxley	750	30.4	N/A
	Conservative	M. Coyne	667	27.0	-9.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lexden[]

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Holt	1,364	55.3	-9.5
	Alliance	H. Brooks	948	38.4	+16.5
	Labour	A. Sullivan	123	5.0	-7.9
	Ecology	O. Gray	32	1.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End[]

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Fulford	854	51.0	-6.2
	Labour	Tim Oxton	519	31.0	-11.7
	Alliance	M. Wilson	301	18.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Town[]

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	R. Evans	1,146	52.5	+41.5
	Labour	Jim Orpe	605	27.7	-40.6
	Conservative	J. Clarke	433	19.8	-0.9
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

Prettygate[]

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Purvis	1,131	46.0	-12.1
	Alliance	Martin Hunt	915	37.2	+21.4
	Labour	Chris Pearson	414	16.8	-12.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shrub End[]

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	G. Daldry	871	40.7	+27.7
	Labour	E. Plowright	797	37.2	-20.9
	Conservative	A. Stevenson	473	22.1	-6.8
Majority
Turnout
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

St. Andrew's[]

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Bober	1,262	54.5	-16.4
	Alliance	P. Baker	535	23.1	+14.7
	Conservative	E. Sinclair	517	22.3	+1.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's[]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Marchant	843	39.9	-18.4
	Conservative	L. Wynne	744	35.2	-6.5
	Alliance	W. Ladbrook	527	24.9	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. John's[]

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Roots	994	60.5	-3.8
	Alliance	J. Hughes	380	23.1	New
	Labour	R. Crookes	270	16.4	-19.3
Majority
Turnout				45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	1,273	57.1	-7.7
	Alliance	W. Sandford	635	28.5	+11.9
	Labour	C. Graves	322	14.4	-6.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway[]

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Gawthrop	863	49.3	-2.1
	Alliance	R. Wilson	550	31.4	+22.0
	Labour	K. Taylor	337	19.3	-19.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tiptree[]

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tiptree Residents	J. Elliott	860	44.2	-7.4
	Conservative	R. Martin	676	34.7	-1.5
	Labour	S. Simmonds	411	21.1	+8.8
Majority
Turnout
	Tiptree Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

West Bergholt[]

West Bergholt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lampon	609	63.2	-25.3
	Alliance	M. Bayliss	250	25.9	N/A
	Labour	J. Pearsall	105	10.9	-1.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea[]

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Roberts	1,218	63.2
	Alliance	W. Packard	609	31.6
	Labour	L. Shelley	100	5.2
Majority				31.6
Turnout				41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winstree[]

Winstree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Fairhead	796	72.5	-6.9
	Alliance	P. Treacher	232	21.1	N/A
	Labour	L. Shelley	100	5.2	-14.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe[]

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Roots	1,063	42.9	+3.9
	Labour	J. Bayles	909	36.7	-9.3
	Independent	D. Staple	504	20.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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