20 out of 60 seats toColchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 1982 Colchester Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toColchester Borough Council took place in 1982 alongside otherlocal elections across the United Kingdom.
This was the first Colchester local election to be contested by the newly formedSDP-Liberal Alliance.
| 1982 Colchester Borough Council election[1] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 11 | 55.0 | 24 | 35 | 58.3 | 18.499 | 45.0 | +0.3 | ||
| Labour | 5 | 25.0 | 14 | 19 | 31.7 | 10,106 | 24.6 | –16.5 | ||
| Tiptree Residents | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,170 | 2.8 | –0.2 | ||
| Alliance | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 | 10,301 | 25.1 | +16.4 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1,010 | 2.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Ecology | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| 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 | 326 | 15.4 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,123 | 36.9 | −1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,747 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 392 | 58.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 665 | 50.8 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,309 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | −29.3 | |
| Majority | 331 | 33.8 | +7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 978 | 54.6 | −2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,790 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | 26 | 1.1 | −2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,367 | 46.8 | +5.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,058 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 302 | 12.2 | −13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,469 | 46.2 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,349 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | 416 | 16.9 | −25.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,467 | 60.8 | +9.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,056 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 335 | 20.0 | +5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,674 | 43.4 | −4.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,857 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 541 | 24.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,184 | 46.6 | +2.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,683 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Purvis* | 1,131 | 46.0 | −7.6 | |
| Alliance | Martin Hunt | 915 | 37.2 | +21.7 | |
| Labour | Chris Pearson | 414 | 16.8 | −14.1 | |
| Majority | 216 | 8.8 | −13.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,460 | 49.3 | +4.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,987 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 74 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,141 | 36.3 | +3.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,890 | ||||
| Alliancegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Graham Bober* | 1,262 | 54.5 | −16.4 | |
| Alliance | P. Baker | 535 | 23.1 | +14.7 | |
| Conservative | E. Sinclair | 517 | 22.3 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 727 | 31.4 | −18.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,314 | 28.5 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,115 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | N/A | |
| Majority | 99 | 4.7 | −11.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,114 | 45.1 | −0.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,690 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Roots | 994 | 60.5 | −3.8 | |
| Alliance | J. Hughes | 380 | 23.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | R. Crookes | 270 | 16.4 | −19.3 | |
| Majority | 614 | 37.3 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,644 | 45.7 | +2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,596 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | 638 | 28.6 | −16.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,230 | 44.4 | +0.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,019 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 313 | 17.9 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,750 | 43.7 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,003 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | 184 | 9.5 | −5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,947 | 33.7 | −1.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,779 | ||||
| Tiptree Residentsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Lampon* | 609 | 63.2 | −18.9 | |
| Alliance | M. Bayliss | 250 | 25.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | J. Pearsall | 105 | 10.9 | −7.0 | |
| Majority | 359 | 37.2 | −27.0 | ||
| Turnout | 964 | 43.3 | −4.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,226 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G. Roberts | 1,218 | 63.2 | −2.9 | |
| Alliance | W. Packard | 609 | 31.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | L. Shelley | 100 | 5.2 | −3.6 | |
| Majority | 695 | 31.6 | +9.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,927 | 41.8 | +3.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,609 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | −15.4 | |
| Majority | 564 | 51.4 | −7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,128 | 54.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,015 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | 154 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,476 | 43.4 | −7.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,701 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 897 | 40.4 | +5.2 | ||
| Labour | 821 | 37.0 | –2.9 | ||
| SDP (Alliance) | 503 | 22.6 | –2.3 | ||
| Majority | 76 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,221 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||