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 1Total79
Composition of council seats before election Party Seats 56 24 15 3 1Total79
Summary
Election result
The Loughton Residents Association, who previously held one seat, did not stand candidates at this election.
Division results by local authority
Basildon
+Basildon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 19,038 41.2 +4.4Conservative 4 17,164 37.2 –3.7Liberal Democrats 1 9,738 21.1 –0.5Independent 0 252 0.5 +0.1Total1046,19237.8+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 SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 4 2 14,450 40.2 +6.1Conservative 2 2 12,651 35.2 –8.7Liberal Democrats 1 7,934 22.1 +1.7Green 0 924 2.6 +1.0Total735,95939.0–0.9
Division results
Brentwood
+Brentwood District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 5 5 11,469 51.6 +22.9Conservative 0 4 7,975 35.9 –14.8Labour 0 2,158 9.7 –8.6Green 0 635 2.9 +0.6Total522,23740.4±0.0
Division results
Castle Point
+Castle Point District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 3 3 8,680 34.2 +4.8Conservative 2 4 8,448 33.3 –26.3Liberal Democrats 1 1 8,226 32.4 +23.6Total625,35437.7+1.2
Division results
Chelmsford
+Chelmsford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 5 4 20,464 43.2 +11.6Conservative 3 5 17,625 37.2 –8.3Labour 1 1 8,926 18.8 +3.4Green 0 383 0.8 –6.3Total947,39840.2–0.7
Division results
Colchester
+Colchester District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 5 4 17,598 44.3 +19.7Conservative 3 3 12,729 32.0 –12.1Labour 1 1 8,874 22.3 –3.2Green 0 546 1.4 +0.5Total939,74734.9–1.7
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 SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 12,388 41.1 –6.7Labour 3 1 9,292 30.8 +3.5Liberal Democrats 1 1 8,226 27.3 +12.7Independent 0 250 0.8 N/ATotal830,15632.8+0.2 Division results
Harlow
+Harlow District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 1 11,582 51.9 –7.3Conservative 0 1 6,944 31.1 +2.7Liberal Democrats 0 3,782 17.0 +4.5Total522,30839.5+0.3
Division results
Maldon
+Maldon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 3 6,289 47.6 –9.5Labour 0 3,448 26.1 +9.1Green 0 1,537 11.6 N/ALiberal Democrats 0 1,416 10.7 –15.2Independent 0 525 4.0 N/ATotal313,21532.5–1.5
Division results
Rochford
+Rochford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 3 1 9,762 46.3 +14.8Conservative 1 1 6,873 32.6 –10.8Labour 1 4,429 21.0 –0.6Total521,06435.8+0.5
Division results
Southend
+Southend District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 16,076 39.2 –6.1Liberal Democrats 5 14,958 36.5 +3.9Labour 1 8,951 21.8 +2.8Liberal 0 1,043 2.5 N/ATotal1141,02833.3–2.9
Division results
Tendring
+Tendring District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 12,502 33.8 –6.6Liberal Democrats 2 9,847 26.6 –2.1Labour 1 1 12,003 32.4 +2.1Independent 1 1 2,646 7.2 +6.6Total836,99836.1–3.2
Division results
Thurrock
+Thurrock District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 8 1 17,080 64.3 +9.4Conservative 0 1 6,913 26.0 –10.2Liberal Democrats 0 2,570 9.7 +4.5Total826,56327.1–3.2
Division results
Uttlesford
+Uttlesford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Liberal Democrats 3 3 8,918 43.7 +13.6Conservative 1 3 8,324 40.8 –8.0Labour 0 3,177 15.6 –3.9Total420,41940.4–0.1
Division results
By-elections
Tendring Rural West
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