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1982 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place in 1982 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
20 out of 60 seats to Colchester Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 43.0% (1.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 1982 Colchester Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the first Colchester local election to be contested by the newly formed SDP-Liberal Alliance.
1982 Colchester Borough Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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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 | 3 | 25.0 | 14 | 19 | 31.7 | 10,106 | 24.6 | –16.5 | |
Tiptree Residents | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,170 | 2.8 | –0.2 | |
Alliance | 2 | 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 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Independent hold | 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 | ||||
Conservative hold | 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 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.4 |
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 | ||||
Labour hold | 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 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.0 |
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 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8 |
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 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 41.1 |
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 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 14.7 |
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 | ||||
Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 24.3 |
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 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 15.6 |
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 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.0 |
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 | ||||
Conservative hold | 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 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.8 |
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 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 12.1 |
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 Residents gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.0 |
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 | ||||
Conservative hold | 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 | ||||
Conservative hold | 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 | ||||
Conservative hold | 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 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 6.6 |
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