1996 Colchester Borough Council election

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Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place in 1996.

Results Summary[]

1996 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10	1	50.0	22	32	53.3	15,202	39.9	+2.1
	Labour	5	4	25.0	11	16	26.7	13,001	34.2	–1.9
	Conservative	4	3	20.0	7	11	18.3	8,577	22.5	–2.8
	Tiptree Residents	1		5.0	0	1	1.7	1,085	2.9	New
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	174	0.5	New
	Natural Law	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	22	0.1	New

Ward Results[]

Berechurch[]

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Stevens	1,231	50.1	+1.7
	Labour	O. Bishop	1,047	42.6	-1.7
	Conservative	N. Peckston	180	7.3	0.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Castle[]

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Spyvee	1,076	45.6	+10.4
	Labour	J. Thomas	895	37.9	-8.4
	Conservative	J. Lucas	366	15.5	-0.2
	Natural Law	J. Basker	22	0.9	+0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dedham[]

Dedham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Williams	531	57.9	+3.7
	Conservative	W. Scattergood	318	34.7	-8.5
	Labour	Dave Harris	68	7.4	+4.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

East Donyland[]

East Donyland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Cooke	402	48.4	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Woodward	245	29.5	+13.6
	Conservative	V. Watson	149	17.9	-26.7
	Ind. Conservative	D. Newman	35	4.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Fordham[]

Fordham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Cannon	365	48.4	-10.1
	Liberal Democrats	R. Tyrrell	231	30.6	+1.9
	Labour	J. Coombes	145	19.2	+6.4
	Ind. Conservative	K. Roberts	13	1.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbour[]

Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Fowler	1,219	53.0	+18.6
	Labour	S. Webb	906	39.4	-16.4
	Conservative	M. Coyne	176	7.6	-2.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lexden[]

Lexden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Lewis	1,098	48.3	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	B. Trusler	935	41.2	-6.9
	Labour	P. Creasy	210	9.2	-3.1
	Ind. Conservative	I. Juliff	29	1.3	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marks Tey[]

Marks Tey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Gower	312	34.7	-16.5
	Labour	T. Rogers	285	31.7	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	G. Ambridge	275	30.6	-0.7
	Ind. Conservative	G. Francis	27	3.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mile End[]

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Wood	1,089	37.0	+1.1
	Conservative	P. Borges	900	30.5	-0.9
	Liberal Democrats	G. Folkard	887	30.1	-0.7
	Ind. Conservative	D. Pallett	70	2.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

New Town[]

New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Stevens	1,178	62.7	-4.1
	Labour	C. Tighe	576	30.6	+6.3
	Conservative	J. Girdlestone	126	6.7	+1.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Prettygate[]

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hunt	1,164	48.3	-1.0
	Labour	F. Somerville	629	26.1	-0.5
	Conservative	Ron Levy	615	25.5	+1.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shrub End[]

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Cawley	687	49.8	+7.4
	Labour	A. Frost	529	38.4	-8.4
	Conservative	R. Bunn	163	11.8	+1.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Andrew's[]

St. Andrew's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Young	1,143	67.2	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gary	459	27.0	-3.5
	Conservative	G. McKinnon	98	5.8	-1.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's[]

St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Frank	1,124	50.7	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Fellows	937	42.2	-6.8
	Conservative	M. Miller	157	7.1	+0.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St. John's[]

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Gamble	1,324	59.8	+9.5
	Conservative	N. Taylor	538	24.3	-1.3
	Labour	John Cooke	353	15.9	-8.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Mary's[]

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Kirchner	983	45.8	+2.8
	Conservative	R. Pawsey	718	33.4	+1.2
	Labour	K. Hindle	447	20.8	-3.7
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Stanway[]

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Sykes	1,100	53.9	+0.3
	Labour	Julie Young	535	26.2	+1.7
	Conservative	J. Orpen-Smellie	405	19.9	-2.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tiptree[]

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tiptree Residents	J. Webb	1,085	48.2	+1.9
	Labour	M. Dale	947	42.0	+0.1
	Conservative	Elizabeth Blundell	221	9.8	-28.1
Majority
Turnout
	Tiptree Residents hold		Swing

† The change in vote share for J. Webb is calculated from 1992, when they last stood for election.

West Mersea[]

West Mersea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jowers	1,089	54.9	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hargreaves	458	23.1	+8.5
	Labour	Alan Mogridge	436	22.0	-2.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe[]

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Prosser	1,235	58.8	+2.7
	Conservative	P. Osbourne	583	27.8	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gentry	282	13.4	+4.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing