1993 Essex County Council election explained

Election Name:	1993 Essex County Council election
Country:	Essex
Type:	Parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	yes
Previous Election:	1989 Essex County Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Essex County Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 98 seats to Essex County Council
Majority Seats:	50
Election Date:	6 May 1993
Registered:	1,190,322
Turnout:	36.0%
Party1:	Labour Party (UK)
Last Election1:	26 seats, 28.8%
Seats Before1:	24
Seats1:	33
Seat Change1:	7
Popular Vote1:	127,934
Percentage1:	30.7%
Swing1:	1.9%
Party2:	Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election2:	57 seats, 44.5%
Seats Before2:	56
Seats2:	32
Seat Change2:	25
Popular Vote2:	147,062
Percentage2:	35.3%
Swing2:	8.7%
Party4:	Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election4:	14 seats, 23.3%
Seats Before4:	15
Seats4:	32
Seat Change4:	18
Popular Vote4:	132,631
Percentage4:	31.9%
Swing4:	8.2%
Party5:	Independent politician
Last Election5:	0 seats, 0.3%
Seats Before5:	3
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Popular Vote5:	3,673
Percentage5:	0.8%
Swing5:	0.5%
Council control
Posttitle:	Council control after election
Before Party:	Conservative Party (UK)
After Party:	No overall control

The 1993 Essex County Council election took place on 6 May 1993 to elect members of Essex County Council in Essex, England. It was held on the same day as other 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.

Previous composition

1989 election

Party		Seats
	57
	26
	14
	1
Total		79

Composition of council seats before election

Party		Seats
	56
	24
	15
	3
	1
Total		79

Summary

Election result

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The Loughton Residents Association, who previously held one seat, did not stand candidates at this election.

Division results by local authority

Basildon

Basildon District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		5		<	-- votes -->19,038	<	-- pp -->41.2	<	-- change -->+4.4
		4		<	-- votes -->17,164	<	-- pp -->37.2	<	-- change -->–3.7
		1		<	-- votes -->9,738	<	-- pp -->21.1	<	-- change -->–0.5
		0		<	-- votes -->252	<	-- pp -->0.5	<	-- change -->+0.1
Total		10		<	-- votes -->46,192	<	-- pp -->37.8	<	-- change -->+1.6

Division results

Note: George Dighton was elected as a Conservative in 1989, but here attempted to defend his seat as an Independent

Braintree

Briantree District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		4	2	<	-- votes -->14,450	<	-- pp -->40.2	<	-- change -->+6.1
		2	2	<	-- votes -->12,651	<	-- pp -->35.2	<	-- change -->–8.7
		1		<	-- votes -->7,934	<	-- pp -->22.1	<	-- change -->+1.7
		0		<	-- votes -->924	<	-- pp -->2.6	<	-- change -->+1.0
Total		7		<	-- votes -->35,959	<	-- pp -->39.0	<	-- change -->–0.9

Division results

Brentwood

Brentwood District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		5	5	<	-- votes -->11,469	<	-- pp -->51.6	<	-- change -->+22.9
		0	4	<	-- votes -->7,975	<	-- pp -->35.9	<	-- change -->–14.8
		0		<	-- votes -->2,158	<	-- pp -->9.7	<	-- change -->–8.6
		0		<	-- votes -->635	<	-- pp -->2.9	<	-- change -->+0.6
Total		5		<	-- votes -->22,237	<	-- pp -->40.4	<	-- change -->±0.0

Division results

Castle Point

Castle Point District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		3	3	<	-- votes -->8,680	<	-- pp -->34.2	<	-- change -->+4.8
		2	4	<	-- votes -->8,448	<	-- pp -->33.3	<	-- change -->–26.3
		1	1	<	-- votes -->8,226	<	-- pp -->32.4	<	-- change -->+23.6
Total		6		<	-- votes -->25,354	<	-- pp -->37.7	<	-- change -->+1.2

Division results

Chelmsford

Chelmsford District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		5	4	<	-- votes -->20,464	<	-- pp -->43.2	<	-- change -->+11.6
		3	5	<	-- votes -->17,625	<	-- pp -->37.2	<	-- change -->–8.3
		1	1	<	-- votes -->8,926	<	-- pp -->18.8	<	-- change -->+3.4
		0		<	-- votes -->383	<	-- pp -->0.8	<	-- change -->–6.3
Total		9		<	-- votes -->47,398	<	-- pp -->40.2	<	-- change -->–0.7

Division results

Colchester

Colchester District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		5	4	<	-- votes -->17,598	<	-- pp -->44.3	<	-- change -->+19.7
		3	3	<	-- votes -->12,729	<	-- pp -->32.0	<	-- change -->–12.1
		1	1	<	-- votes -->8,874	<	-- pp -->22.3	<	-- change -->–3.2
		0		<	-- votes -->546	<	-- pp -->1.4	<	-- change -->+0.5
Total		9		<	-- votes -->39,747	<	-- pp -->34.9	<	-- change -->–1.7

Division results

No Independent candidate as previous (-1.2).

No Liberal candidate as previous (-6.5).

No SDP candidate as previous (−36.0).

Epping Forest

Epping Forest District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		4	1	<	-- votes -->12,388	<	-- pp -->41.1	<	-- change -->–6.7
		3	1	<	-- votes -->9,292	<	-- pp -->30.8	<	-- change -->+3.5
		1	1	<	-- votes -->8,226	<	-- pp -->27.3	<	-- change -->+12.7
		0		<	-- votes -->250	<	-- pp -->0.8	<	-- change -->N/A
Total		8		<	-- votes -->30,156	<	-- pp -->32.8	<	-- change -->+0.2

Division results

Harlow

Harlow District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		5	1	<	-- votes -->11,582	<	-- pp -->51.9	<	-- change -->–7.3
		0	1	<	-- votes -->6,944	<	-- pp -->31.1	<	-- change -->+2.7
		0		<	-- votes -->3,782	<	-- pp -->17.0	<	-- change -->+4.5
Total		5		<	-- votes -->22,308	<	-- pp -->39.5	<	-- change -->+0.3

Division results

Maldon

Maldon District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		3		<	-- votes -->6,289	<	-- pp -->47.6	<	-- change -->–9.5
		0		<	-- votes -->3,448	<	-- pp -->26.1	<	-- change -->+9.1
		0		<	-- votes -->1,537	<	-- pp -->11.6	<	-- change -->N/A
		0		<	-- votes -->1,416	<	-- pp -->10.7	<	-- change -->–15.2
		0		<	-- votes -->525	<	-- pp -->4.0	<	-- change -->N/A
Total		3		<	-- votes -->13,215	<	-- pp -->32.5	<	-- change -->–1.5

Division results

Rochford

Rochford District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		3	1	<	-- votes -->9,762	<	-- pp -->46.3	<	-- change -->+14.8
		1	1	<	-- votes -->6,873	<	-- pp -->32.6	<	-- change -->–10.8
		1		<	-- votes -->4,429	<	-- pp -->21.0	<	-- change -->–0.6
Total		5		<	-- votes -->21,064	<	-- pp -->35.8	<	-- change -->+0.5

Division results

Southend

Southend District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		5		<	-- votes -->16,076	<	-- pp -->39.2	<	-- change -->–6.1
		5		<	-- votes -->14,958	<	-- pp -->36.5	<	-- change -->+3.9
		1		<	-- votes -->8,951	<	-- pp -->21.8	<	-- change -->+2.8
		0		<	-- votes -->1,043	<	-- pp -->2.5	<	-- change -->N/A
Total		11		<	-- votes -->41,028	<	-- pp -->33.3	<	-- change -->–2.9

Division results

Tendring

Tendring District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		4		<	-- votes -->12,502	<	-- pp -->33.8	<	-- change -->–6.6
		2		<	-- votes -->9,847	<	-- pp -->26.6	<	-- change -->–2.1
		1	1	<	-- votes -->12,003	<	-- pp -->32.4	<	-- change -->+2.1
		1	1	<	-- votes -->2,646	<	-- pp -->7.2	<	-- change -->+6.6
Total		8		<	-- votes -->36,998	<	-- pp -->36.1	<	-- change -->–3.2

Division results

Thurrock

Thurrock District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		8	1	<	-- votes -->17,080	<	-- pp -->64.3	<	-- change -->+9.4
		0	1	<	-- votes -->6,913	<	-- pp -->26.0	<	-- change -->–10.2
		0		<	-- votes -->2,570	<	-- pp -->9.7	<	-- change -->+4.5
Total		8		<	-- votes -->26,563	<	-- pp -->27.1	<	-- change -->–3.2

Division results

Uttlesford

Uttlesford District Summary

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
		3	3	<	-- votes -->8,918	<	-- pp -->43.7	<	-- change -->+13.6
		1	3	<	-- votes -->8,324	<	-- pp -->40.8	<	-- change -->–8.0
		0		<	-- votes -->3,177	<	-- pp -->15.6	<	-- change -->–3.9
Total		4		<	-- votes -->20,419	<	-- pp -->40.4	<	-- change -->–0.1

Division results