1989 Essex County Council election

The 1989 Essex County Council election took place on 4 May 1989 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.

Summary

Election result

Division results by local authority

Basildon

+Basildon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 1 16,209 36.8 –3.5Conservative 4 1 17,999 40.9 +9.1SLD 1 9,525 21.6 –4.5Independent 0 196 0.4 N/ASDP 0 123 0.3 N/ATotal1044,05236.2–1.8

Division results

Braintree

+Braintree District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 15,788 43.9 +3.1Labour 2 12,267 34.1 +3.0SLD 1 7,315 20.4 –7.7Green 0 560 1.6 N/ATotal735,92039.9–2.5

Division results

Brentwood

+Brentwood District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 11,424 50.7 +4.7SLD 1 6,460 28.7 –6.5Labour 0 4,122 18.3 –0.5Green 0 508 2.3 N/ATotal522,51440.4–4.4

Division results

Castle Point

+Castle Point District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 6 1 13,777 59.6 +9.5Labour 0 1 6,792 29.4 –2.3SLD 0 2,040 8.8 –9.5Green 0 511 2.2 N/ATotal623,12036.5+2.2

Division results

Chelmsford

+Chelmsford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 8 4 21,695 45.5 +4.5SLD 1 4 15,081 31.6 –12.0Labour 0 7,340 15.4 ±0.0Green 0 3,374 7.1 N/ASDP 0 193 0.4 N/ATotal947,68340.9±0.0

Division results

Colchester

+District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 6 1 17,871 44.1 +4.3Labour 2 1 10,320 25.5 –0.8SLD 1 2 9,960 24.6 –9.3SDP 0 1,675 4.1 N/AGreen 0 369 0.9 N/ALiberal 0 265 0.7 N/AIndependent 0 54 0.1 N/ATotal940,51436.6–1.7

Division results

Epping Forest

+Epping Forest District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 15,528 47.8 +3.8Labour 2 8,885 27.3 –0.3Loughton Residents 1 1,378 4.2 –2.8SLD 0 4,732 14.6 –6.0SDP 0 1,838 5.7 N/ABNP 0 146 0.4 N/ATotal832,50732.6–4.7

Division results

Harlow

+Harlow District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 4 1 13,426 59.2 +0.2Conservative 1 1 6,433 28.4 +10.2SLD 0 2,829 12.5 –10.3Total522,68839.2+1.0

Division results

Maldon

+Maldon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 3 1 7,909 57.1 +10.5SLD 0 1 3,590 25.9 –10.8Labour 0 2,357 17.0 +0.3Total313,85634.0–0.9

Division results

Rochford

+Rochford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 2 9,080 43.4 +0.9SLD 2 6,578 31.5 +4.8Labour 1 6,578 21.6 –5.9Independent 0 728 3.5 N/ATotal520,90435.3–1.3

Division results

Southend

+Southend District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 2 19,867 45.3 +6.2SLD 5 2 14,318 32.6 –9.0Labour 1 8,312 19.0 +1.1SDP 0 1,362 3.1 N/ATotal1143,85936.2–1.8

Division results

Tendring

+Tendring District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 15,925 40.4 –1.1Labour 2 11,961 30.3 +2.6SLD 2 11,329 28.7 –1.7Independent 0 226 0.6 +0.2Total839,41139.3–0.4

Division results

Thurrock

+Thurrock District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 7 1 15,762 54.9 –11.9Conservative 1 1 10,406 36.2 +3.3SLD 0 1,507 5.2 N/AInd. Labour Party 0 1,045 3.6 N/ATotal828,72030.3+3.6

Division results

Uttlesford

+Uttlesford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 9,876 48.8 +0.6SLD 0 6,078 30.1 –0.7Labour 0 3,939 19.5 –0.9Green 0 332 1.6 N/ATotal420,22540.5–1.9

Division results

By-elections

Old Heath

Brentwood Central

Dunmow

Basildon Laindon

Brentwood Hutton

References