1989 Essex County Council election

An election to Essex County Council took place on 4 May 1989 as part of the 1989 United Kingdom local elections. 98 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

1989 Essex County Council election

4 May 1989
All 98 seats to Essex County Council 49 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 45 seats, 39.8% 29 seats, 29.6% 23 seats, 29.2% Seats before 44 29 24 Seats won 57 26 14 Seat change 12 3 9 Popular vote 193,669 125,615 101,342 Percentage 44.5% 28.8% 23.3% Swing 4.6% 0.7% 4.8%   Party Loughton Residents Last election 1 seats, 0.7% Seats before 1 Seats won 1 Seat change Popular vote 1,378 Percentage 0.9% Swing 0.2%
Majority party before election No Overall Control Majority party after election Conservative

Results

Essex County Council election, 1989[1][2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	57			12		44.5	193,669	+4.7
	Labour	26			3		28.8	125,615	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	14			9		23.3	101,342	-6.3
	Loughton Residents	1					0.9	1,378	N/A
	Green	0					1.3	5,694	+1.2
	SDP	0					1.2	5,191	N/A
	Independent	0					0.3	1,469	-0.2
	Ind. Labour Party	0					0.2	1,045	N/A
	BNP	0					>0.1	146	N/A
Total		98						436153

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Constable division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	2812	63.2	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Brice	1064	23.9	-1.4
	Labour	Lucy Wood	572	12.9	-2.3
Majority			1748
Turnout				41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Lamberth	2837	48.2	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Williamson	2294	39.0	-3.4
	Labour	Maureen Lee	756	12.8	+0.3
Majority			543
Turnout				45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Pascoe	1676	41.3	-2.1
	Labour	Donald Quinn	1431	35.2	-4.4
	Conservative	John Parsons	954	23.5
Majority			245
Turnout				32.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mersea and Stanway division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Fairhead	3408	61.2	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Fielder	1372	24.6	+0.5
	Labour	Timothy Young	791	14.2	-2.0
Majority			2036
Turnout				38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Old Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Macneil	1683	35.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Stevens	1674	35.7	-9.2
	Conservative	Sandra Rae	907	19.4	-0.2
	Green	Charles Bush	369	7.9	New
	Independent	David Smith	54	1.2	New
Majority			9
Turnout				40.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Park division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	1823	44.8	+5.1
	Labour	Roger Turp	1008	24.8	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Holden	971	23.9	-9.5
	Liberal	Richard Wilson	265	6.5	New
Majority			815
Turnout				38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Parsons Heath division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Lord	1760	37.8	+5.0
	SDP	Alan Hayman	1675	36.0	New
	Labour	Robert Newman	1219	26.2	-5.4
Majority			85
Turnout				34.5
	Conservative gain from SDP		Swing

Tiptree division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Peel	1909	60.8	+11.5
	Labour	David Brede	705	22.4	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Brady	527	16.8	-16.0
Majority			1204
Turnout				26.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wivenhoe St Andrew division

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Stapleton	2155	53.9	+6.5
	Conservative	Christopher Thompson	1461	36.5	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Gamble	382	9.6	-7.6
Majority			694
Turnout				33.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "Elections". Retrieved 7 February 2014.
2. "Elections". Retrieved 11 February 2014.