1992 Colchester Borough Council election

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Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place in 1992.

Results Summary[]

1992 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	12	1	54.5	17	29	47.5	17,668	41.7	+1.8
	Conservative	7	2	31.8	14	21	35.6	15,937	37.6	+2.6
	Labour	2	3	9.1	6	8	13.6	7,125	16.8	–3.6
	Tiptree Residents	1		4.5	1	2	3.4	1,102	2.6	+0.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	577	1.4	–0.8

Ward Results[]

Berechurch[]

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Stevens	1,193	55.3	+0.6
	Conservative	N. Peckston	492	22.8	+6.0
	Labour	Dave Harris	451	20.9	-6.0
	Green	Walter Schwartz	22	1.0	-1.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Castle[]

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Spyvee	1,023	41.6	-8.2
	Labour	Ken Cooke	740	30.1	+6.6
	Conservative	H. Day	644	26.2	+3.6
	Green	S. Newton	50	2.0	-2.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Dedham[]

Dedham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Williams	503	54.2	-3.3
	Conservative	C. Manning-Press	401	43.2	+6.2
	Labour	J. Coombes	24	2.6	-2.9
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

East Donyland[]

East Donyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Holmes	448	44.6	+9.5
	Labour	B. Wilding	384	38.2	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	B. Woodward	160	15.9	-8.7
	Green	S. Morton	13	1.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fordham[]

Fordham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Cannon	459	58.5	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Morris	225	28.7	+11.9
	Labour	Richard Bourne	100	12.8	-14.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbour[]

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Fowler	1,234	56.0	+12.6
	Labour	S. Manning-Press	530	24.0	-12.8
	Conservative	S. Cockell	410	18.6	+1.9
	Green	P. Hitchin	30	1.4	-0.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lexden[]

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Lewis	1,244	50.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	W. Sandford	1,122	45.1	-2.7
	Labour	L. Barrett	102	4.1	0.0
	Green	D. Smith	19	0.8	-1.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Marks Tey[]

Marks Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gower	440	51.2	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	S. Ambridge	269	31.3	+1.6
	Labour	Julie Young	150	17.5	-10.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End[]

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Borges	1,455	56.2	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	B. Trusler	794	30.7	-0.9
	Labour	J. Evans	282	10.9	-5.6
	Green	T. Carvell	57	2.2	-0.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Town[]

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Stevens	1,228	58.4	-4.2
	Labour	S. Sharp	529	25.2	+1.9
	Conservative	S. Rowley	282	13.4	+3.9
	Green	B. Mordin	62	3.0	-1.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prettygate[]

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hunt	1,583	55.3	+10.3
	Conservative	W. Kimberley	1,036	36.2	-4.5
	Labour	T. Pearson	224	7.8	-4.3
	Green	Dorothy Schwarz	18	0.6	-2.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shrub End[]

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Cawley	977	71.3	+17.7
	Conservative	S. Wilson	393	28.7	+9.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Andrew's[]

St. Andrew's (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Newman	586	25.7
	Labour	Tim Young	514	22.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gamble	427	18.7
	Conservative	G. Newman	365	16.0
	Conservative	E. Winney	300	13.2
	Green	J. Buller	89	6.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's[]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Fellows	1,008	46.3	-5.6
	Labour	K. Hindle	789	36.2	+1.4
	Conservative	N. Elcombe	358	16.4	+4.8
	Green	J. Van Every	24	1.1	-0.6
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. John's[]

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Gamble	1,410	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	E. Crunden	1,361	28.0
	Conservative	E. Hamilton	947	19.5
	Conservative	N. Taylor	921	19.0
	Labour	D. Betteridge	147	5.7
	Green	B. Smith	71	1.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Chamberlain	1,175	48.9	+10.8
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman	967	40.3	-1.8
	Labour	R. Turp	218	9.1	-6.9
	Green	J. Carvell	42	1.7	-2.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanway[]

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sykes	1,335	56.7	-3.3
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	826	35.1	+1.6
	Labour	E. Plowright	194	8.2	-3.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tiptree[]

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tiptree Residents	J. Webb	1,102	46.3	+14.6
	Conservative	M. Hope	1,025	43.1	-3.0
	Labour	A. Atxtell	251	10.6	-11.5
Majority
Turnout
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing

West Mersea[]

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stewart	1,395	75.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	G. Maynard	328	17.6	+3.1
	Labour	G. Newman	133	7.2	-2.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe[]

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Thompson	1,129	48.5	+7.4
	Labour	S. Sharp	777	33.4	-4.3
	Liberal Democrats	I. O'Mahoney	313	13.4	-2.4
	Green	M. Paterson	110	4.7	-0.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing