1991 Colchester Borough Council election

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Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held in 1991.

Results Summary[]

1991 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10		50.0	18	28	46.7	17,518	39.9	+4.5
	Conservative	8	2	40.0	11	19	31.7	15,351	35.0	+4.2
	Labour	2	1	10.0	9	11	18.3	8,952	20.4	–8.7
	Tiptree Residents	0	1	0.0	2	2	3.3	740	1.7	–0.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	953	2.2	+1.1
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	335	0.8	+0.2

Ward results[]

Berechurch[]

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Sutton	1,354	54.7	+5.9
	Labour	Dave Harris	666	26.9	-10.0
	Conservative	S. Rowley	391	15.8	+1.5
	Green	Mary Richardson	63	2.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Boxted & Langham[]

Boxted & Langham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garnett	665	65.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	W. Chivers	354	34.7	+8.3
Majority			311	30.6	-3.3
Turnout			665	56.0	+7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Castle[]

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Carter	1,234	49.8	+9.5
	Labour	J. Cant	583	23.5	-9.1
	Conservative	G. Haigh-Thomas	561	22.6	-0.5
	Green	S. Newton	101	4.1	-0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great & Little Horkesley[]

Great & Little Horkesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Paice	560	60.2	0.0
	Liberal Democrats	R. Baker	215	23.1	+6.5
	Labour	M. Lee	155	16.7	+0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Tey[]

Great Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Brice	719	68.0	+5.7
	Conservative	I. Stratford	339	32.0	-4.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Harbour[]

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rod Green	1,017	43.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Blandon	873	37.2	-4.2
	Conservative	M. Coyne	391	16.7	+9.6
	Green	D. Ross	52	2.2	N/A
	Independent	D. Smith	11	0.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Lexden[]

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Williamson	1,167	47.8	-5.4
	Conservative	S. Lewis	1,131	46.3	+5.9
	Labour	D. Francis	100	4.1	-2.2
	Green	D. Smith	45	1.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mile End[]

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Fulford	1,380	48.7	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	B. Trusler	895	31.6	+19.2
	Labour	J. Evans	468	16.5	-19.9
	Green	Peter Ward	89	3.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Town[]

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Haylock	1,391	62.6	+2.7
	Labour	D. Speed	518	23.3	-10.0
	Conservative	N. Elcombe	211	9.5	+5.0
	Green	K. Smallwood	101	4.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prettygate[]

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Sheppard	1,399	44.7	-13.2
	Conservative	H. Shutter	1,274	40.7	+5.4
	Labour	T. Pearson	379	12.1	+5.2
	Green	J. Havelock	81	2.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shrub End[]

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Starling	867	53.6	-6.6
	Labour	F. Wilkin	397	24.6	-8.1
	Conservative	S. Willson	316	19.5	+12.5
	Green	Walter Schwartz	37	2.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Andrew's[]

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Truscott	861	54.2	-17.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gamble	338	21.3	+13.4
	Conservative	N. Taylor	316	19.9	+5.9
	Green	M. Shabbeer	73	4.6	-2.2
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's[]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hogg	1,311	51.9	+9.6
	Labour	Tim Young	879	34.8	-10.2
	Conservative	E. Hamilton	292	11.6	-1.1
	Green	B. Smith	42	1.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. John's[]

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hiller	1,598	52.7	-0.5
	Conservative	D. McBean	1,122	37.0	+1.3
	Labour	M. Scott	270	8.9	-1.2
	Green	N. Shabbeer	40	1.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Pawsey	963	42.1	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	H. Chamberlain	871	38.1	+29.1
	Labour	R. Turp	365	16.0	-21.4
	Green	K. Monteith	87	3.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanway[]

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Davis	1,367	53.4	-0.5
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	859	33.5	+3.6
	Labour	R. Turp	365	16.0	-0.4
	Independent	E. Curtis-Oram	47	1.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tiptree[]

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Adams	1,092	46.1	+33.1
	Tiptree Residents	J. Elliott	740	31.7	-14.7
	Labour	A. Axtrill	516	22.1	-7.3
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Tiptree Residents		Swing

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green[]

West Bergholt & Eight Ash Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lampon	910	47.6	-10.4
	Liberal Democrats	K. Free	809	42.4	+0.4
	Labour	Julie Young	191	10.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Mersea[]

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Bouckley	1,486	64.0	-14.7
	Liberal Democrats	M. Livermore	337	14.5	+3.8
	Independent	P. French	277	11.9	N/A
	Labour	G. Newman	222	9.6	-1.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe[]

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Adams	1,092	41.1	+5.8
	Labour	R. Newman	1,001	37.7	-18.1
	Liberal Democrats	I. O'Mahoney	419	15.8	N/A
	Green	M. Paterson	142	5.4	-3.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing