1985 Essex County Council election

The 1985 Essex County Council election took place on 2 May 1985 as part of the 1985 United Kingdom 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

Results by local authority Basildon

+Basildon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 6 18,235 40.3 –2.6Conservative 3 14,386 31.8 +1.2Alliance 1 1 11,830 26.1 +10.3Residents 0 1 816 1.8 –6.6Total1045,26738.0–3.5

Division Results

Braintree +Braintree District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 14,923 40.8 –4.3Labour 2 1 11,376 31.1 –6.5Alliance 1 10,273 28.1 +10.8Total736,57242.4–1.0

Division results

Brentwood

+Brentwood District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 11,520 46.0 –5.8Alliance 1 1 8,807 35.2 +11.6Labour 0 4,717 18.8 –5.8Total525,04444.8–1.0

Division results

Castle Point +Castle Point District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 1 11,398 50.1 +3.3Labour 1 1 7,216 31.7 –1.2Alliance 0 4,157 18.3 –1.9Total622,77134.3–5.1

Division results

Chelmsford +Chelmsford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Alliance 5 19,957 43.6 +0.7Conservative 4 18,749 41.0 –0.1Labour 0 7,037 15.4 –0.6Total945,74340.9–4.9

Division results

Colchester +District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 16,855 39.8 –10.0Alliance 3 3 14,369 33.9 +27.1Labour 1 3 11,121 26.3 –15.7Total942,34538.3–0.8

Division results

No Ecology candidate as previous (–6.4).

No Ecology candidate as previous (–6.0).

Epping Forest +Epping Forest District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 5 15,017 44.0 –7.1Labour 2 9,425 27.6 –4.4Loughton Residents 1 2,399 7.0 +2.5Alliance 0 7,039 20.6 +8.6Independent 0 212 0.6 N/ATotal834,09237.3–5.7

Division results

Harlow +Harlow District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 5 13,343 59.0 +0.5Alliance 0 5,158 22.8 +3.7Conservative 0 4,110 18.2 –2.6Total522,61138.2–3.8

Division Results

Maldon +Maldon District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 2 1 7,239 46.6 +2.6Alliance 1 1 5,692 36.7 +0.1Labour 0 2,590 16.7 –2.6Total315,52140.9–4.6

Division results

Rochford +Rochford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 2 1 8,980 42.5 –9.3Alliance 2 1 5,645 26.7 +14.2Labour 1 5,811 27.5 –3.9Total521,13436.6–1.7

Division results

Southend

+Southend District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Alliance 7 3 20,032 41.6 +11.5Conservative 3 3 18,847 39.1 –4.8Labour 1 8,644 17.9 –5.2Ecology 0 321 0.7 N/AIndependent 0 319 0.7 –1.2Total1148,16438.0–2.5

Division results

Tendring +Tendring District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 15,674 41.5 –2.6Alliance 2 11,472 30.4 +5.3Labour 2 10,483 27.7 –1.1Independent 0 168 0.4 –0.9Total837,79739.7+2.4

Division result

Thurrock +District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Labour 8 16,814 66.8 +3.3Conservative 0 8,274 32.9 +2.3Communist 0 69 0.3 N/ATotal825,15726.7–8.6

Division results

Uttlesford +Uttlesford District SummaryPartySeats+/-Votes%+/-Conservative 4 10,032 48.2 –1.9Alliance 0 6,417 30.8 +17.8Labour 0 4,256 20.4 –5.0Independent 0 118 0.6 –11.0Total420,82342.4–5.1

Division results

By-elections Basildon Vange

Grays Thurrock

Belfairs & Bellheim

Basildon Crouch

Maypole

Notes

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