1973 Essex County Council election

1973 Essex County Council election
All 97 seats to Essex County Council; 49 seats needed for a majority
Registered	975,316
Turnout	36.0%
	Results of the 1973 Essex County Council election.
	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 1973 Essex County Council election took place on 12 April 1973 to elect members of Essex County Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

This was the first election to Essex County Council following the structural reforms to local government laid out in the Local Government Act 1972.

Summary

Election result

1973 Essex County Council election^[1]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	95	50	N/A	N/A	N/A	51.5	47.2	173,280
	Labour	96	40	N/A	N/A	N/A	41.2	43.0	157,871
	Liberal	17	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.2	7.3	26,868
	Independent	7	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.0	1.1	3,886
	Residents	2	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.0	0.9	3,241
	Democratic Labour	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.3	1,186
	Independent Labour	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.1	326
	Communist	2	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.1	252

Division results by local authority

Basildon

Summary

**Basildon Borough Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Labour	5	14,730	48.1
	Conservative	2	10,348	33.8
	Residents	1	3,241	10.6
	Democrtic Labour	0	1,186	3.9
	Liberal	0	543	1.8
	Ind. Labour	0	326	1.1
	Independent	0	233	0.8
Total		8	30,607	34.4

Division results

Basildon No. 1 (Billericay)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Greenfield	2,367	47.6
	Residents	M. Cooke	2,178	43.8
	Labour	C. Lynch	428	8.6
Majority			189	3.8
Turnout			4,973	38.9
Registered electors			12,775
	Conservative win (new seat)

Basildon No. 2 (Central)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Townsend	2,228	52.7
	Democratic Labour	J. Morgan	1,186	28.1
	Conservative	J. Damm	813	19.2
Majority			1,042	24.7
Turnout			4,227	36.7
Registered electors			11,511
	Labour win (new seat)

Basildon No. 3 (Fryerns)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Oliver	1,829	64.6
	Conservative	R. Hughes	442	15.6
	Independent Labour	R. Chaplin	326	11.5
	Independent	K. Tyson	233	8.2
Majority			1,387	49.0
Turnout			2,830	27.0
Registered electors			10,499
	Labour win (new seat)

Basildon No. 4 (Laindon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Miller	1,858	69.4
	Conservative	G. Harris	818	30.6
Majority			1,040	38.9
Turnout			2,676	27.5
Registered electors			9,745
	Labour win (new seat)

Basildon No. 5 (Langdon Hills)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Woods	2,777	71.7
	Conservative	P. Cole	1,094	28.3
Majority			1,683	43.5
Turnout			3,871	37.2
Registered electors			10,414
	Labour win (new seat)

Basildon No. 6 (Pitsea)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Archibald	2,677	67.9
	Conservative	H. Pembroke	1,268	32.1
Majority			1,409	35.7
Turnout			3,945	31.4
Registered electors			12,582
	Labour win (new seat)

Basildon No. 7 (Ramsden)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	C. Jones	1,063	40.2
	Conservative	A. Stockley	778	29.4
	Liberal	E. Fortune	543	20.5
	Labour	D. Burn	259	9.8
Majority			285	10.8
Turnout			2,643	35.7
Registered electors			7,397
	Residents win (new seat)

Basildon No. 8 (Wickford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Hodgson	2,768	50.9
	Labour	R. Taylor	2,674	49.1
Majority			94	1.7
Turnout			5,442	38.4
Registered electors			14,168
	Conservative win (new seat)

Braintree

Summary

**Braintree District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	4	13,338	46.3
	Labour	3	12,199	42.4
	Liberal	0	3,106	10.8
	Communist	0	157	0.5
Total		7	28,800	40.9

Division results

Bardfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Curtis	1,728	61.8
	Labour	R. Bartlett	1,066	38.2
Majority			662	23.7
Turnout			2,794	36.5
Registered electors			7,645
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bocking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Tabor	2,088	62.0
	Conservative	L. Lewis	1,278	38.0
Majority			810	24.1
Turnout			3,366	37.5
Registered electors			8,979
	Labour win (new seat)

Braintree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Clarke	1,316	37.1
	Liberal	J. Ross	1,214	34.3
	Conservative	O. Sebag-Montefiore	1,014	28.6
Majority			102	2.9
Turnout			3,544	36.3
Registered electors			9,764
	Labour win (new seat)

Coggeshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Dixon Smith	2,364	58.1
	Labour	J. Lyon	1,703	41.9
Majority			661	16.3
Turnout			4,067	40.2
Registered electors			10,119
	Conservative win (new seat)

Halstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	I. Parker	3,192	59.1
	Labour	R. Dixey	2,213	40.9
Majority			979	18.1
Turnout			5,405	48.2
Registered electors			11,214
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hedingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Waterer	2,774	62.8
	Labour	R. Mayes	1,644	37.2
Majority			1,130	25.6
Turnout			4,418	44.8
Registered electors			9,856
	Conservative win (new seat)

Witham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Gyford	2,169	41.7
	Liberal	R. Berry	1,892	36.3
	Conservative	P. Ryland	988	19.0
	Communist	F. Brown	157	3.0
Majority			277	5.3
Turnout			5,206	40.8
Registered electors			12,772
	Labour win (new seat)

Brentwood

Summary

**Brentwood District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	3	8,113	56.6
	Labour	1	5,378	37.5
	Liberal	0	756	5.3
	Communist	0	95	0.7
Total		4	14,342	34.5

Division results

Brentwood Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Hutton	1,793	68.3
	Labour	J. Rowe	831	31.7
Majority			962	36.7
Turnout			2,624	26.5
Registered electors			9,907
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brentwood Hutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Crofton	2,296	64.1
	Labour	E. Harrison	1,284	35.9
Majority			1,012	28.3
Turnout			3,580	32.2
Registered electors			11,126
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brentwood North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Jago	1,994	70.1
	Labour	D. Jones	852	29.9
Majority			1,142	40.1
Turnout			2,846	30.1
Registered electors			9,445
	Conservative win (new seat)

Brentwood South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Maxey	2,411	45.6
	Conservative	E. Sole	2,030	38.4
	Liberal	A. Haywood-Biles	756	14.3
	Communist	A. Simcox	95	1.8
Majority			381	7.2
Turnout			5,292	47.5
Registered electors			11,133
	Labour win (new seat)

Castle Point

Summary

**Castle Point District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Labour	3	9,721	48.0
	Conservative	2	10,385	51.3
	Independent	0	145	0.7
Total		5	20,251	36.5

Division results

Benfleet (Benfleet)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Auvache	2,318	51.6
	Conservative	W. Harrison	2,170	48.4
Majority			148	3.3
Turnout			4,488	38.2
Registered electors			11,746
	Labour win (new seat)

Benfleet (Hadleigh)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Williams	2,998	68.0
	Labour	D. Jeffrey	1,409	32.0
Majority			1,589	36.1
Turnout			4,407	38.5
Registered electors			11,448
	Conservative win (new seat)

Benfleet (Thundersley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Sanders	2,101	57.5
	Conservative	G. Detmaur	1,410	38.6
	Independent	G. Leonard	145	4.0
Majority			691	18.9
Turnout			3,656	30.8
Registered electors			11,863
	Labour win (new seat)

Canvey Island (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. King	2,484	58.6
	Labour	D. Shaw	1,758	41.4
Majority			726	17.1
Turnout			4,242	38.9
Registered electors			10,915
	Conservative win (new seat)

Canvey Island (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Pickett	2,135	61.7
	Conservative	F. Wood	1,323	38.3
Majority			812	23.5
Turnout			3,458	36.3
Registered electors			9,535
	Labour win (new seat)

Chelmsford

Summary

**Chelmsford District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	5	14,322	51.0
	Labour	2	10,841	38.6
	Liberal	1	2,942	10.5
Total		8	28,105	36.0

Division results

Chelsmford (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	R. Battey	2,491	61.7
	Conservative	H. Pryce	958	23.7
	Labour	K. Rose	590	14.6
Majority			1,533	38.0
Turnout			4,039	44.2
Registered electors			9,131
	Liberal win (new seat)

Chelmsford (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Primmer	3,115	59.7
	Conservative	R. Wale	2,103	40.3
Majority			1,012	19.4
Turnout			5,218	37.6
Registered electors			13,886
	Labour win (new seat)

Chelmsford (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Edwards	1,535	53.8
	Conservative	A. Arthur	1,316	46.2
Majority			219	7.7
Turnout			2,851	38.7
Registered electors			7,352
	Labour win (new seat)

Chelmsford Rural No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Chatfield	2,114	74.6
	Labour	A. Jones	720	25.4
Majority			1,394	49.2
Turnout			2,834	29.9
Registered electors			9,494
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelmsford Rural No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. White	1,832	70.1
	Labour	M. Game	781	29.9
Majority			1,051	40.2
Turnout			2,613	30.8
Registered electors			8,481
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelmsford Rural No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Mackintosh	2,014	63.0
	Labour	W. Marsh	1,184	37.0
Majority			830	26.0
Turnout			3,198	34.7
Registered electors			9,210
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelmsford Rural No. 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Platt	1,649	57.4
	Labour	M. Cane	773	26.9
	Liberal	F. Lunniss	451	15.7
Majority			876	30.5
Turnout			2,873	42.6
Registered electors			6,750
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chelmsford Rural No. 5 (Great Baddow)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Foley	2,336	52.2
	Labour	A. Deighton	2,143	47.8
Majority			193	4.3
Turnout			4,479	32.3
Registered electors			13,864
	Conservative win (new seat)

Colchester

Summary

**Colchester District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	4	17,105	52.5
	Labour	4	14,125	43.4
	Liberal	0	1,344	4.1
Total		8	32,574	38.6

Division results

Colchester No. 1 (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Bensusan-Butt	2,302	64.0
	Conservative	E. Gawthrop	1,293	36.0
Majority			1,009	28.1
Turnout			3,595	42.4
Registered electors			8,475
	Labour win (new seat)

Colchester No. 2 (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Brown	1,848	43.9
	Liberal	M. Gage	1,344	31.9
	Conservative	E. White	1,015	24.1
Majority			504	12.0
Turnout			4,207	36.7
Registered electors			11,473
	Labour win (new seat)

Colchester No. 3 (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Wormell	3,154	69.3
	Labour	W. Ladbrook	1,399	30.7
Majority			1,755	38.5
Turnout			4,553	44.3
Registered electors			10,273
	Conservative win (new seat)

Colchester No. 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Robb	2,251	52.1
	Conservative	D. Lamberth	2,071	47.9
Majority			180	4.2
Turnout			4,322	44.6
Registered electors			10,273
	Labour win (new seat)

Colchester No. 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Pell	2,717	54.1
	Conservative	D. Turberville	2,307	45.9
Majority			410	8.2
Turnout			5,024	32.5
Registered electors			15,455
	Labour win (new seat)

Dedham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Hickson	2,479	70.6
	Labour	R. Mayhew	1,034	29.4
Majority			1,445	41.1
Turnout			3,513	37.5
Registered electors			9,380
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lexden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	L. Diss	2,226	56.7
	Labour	B. Jones	1,699	43.3
Majority			527	13.4
Turnout			3,925	37.3
Registered electors			10,535
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Fairhead	2,563	74.5
	Labour	P. Tooke	875	25.5
Majority			1,688	49.1
Turnout			3,438	40.0
Registered electors			8,590
	Conservative win (new seat)

Epping Forest

Summary

**Epping Forest District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	8	19,586	59.7
	Labour	1	12,500	38.1
	Liberal	0	743	2.3
Total		9	32,829	34.6

Cihgwell (Buckhurst Hill)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Perry	1,723	68.2
	Labour	S. Palfreman	802	31.8
Majority			921	36.5
Turnout			2,525	28.0
Registered electors			9,020
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chigwell (Chigwell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Barnett	1,725	83.1
	Labour	J. Turner	351	16.9
Majority			1,374	66.2
Turnout			2,076	23.3
Registered electors			8,902
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chigwell (Loughton North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Davis	2,627	63.4
	Conservative	B. McGreal	1,518	36.6
Majority			1,109	26.8
Turnout			4,145	35.9
Registered electors			11,551
	Labour win (new seat)

Chigwell (Loughton South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Crafford	2,028	51.5
	Labour	B. Mooney	1,909	48.5
Majority			119	3.0
Turnout			3,937	34.0
Registered electors			11,567
	Conservative win (new seat)

Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Daniels	2,614	77.0
	Labour	D. Clark	779	23.0
Majority			1,835	54.1
Turnout			3,393	30.0
Registered electors			11,320
	Conservative win (new seat)

Epping & Ongar No. 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Padfield	2,582	63.6
	Labour	M. Skudder	1,479	36.4
Majority			1,103	27.2
Turnout			4,061	36.7
Registered electors			11,066
	Conservative win (new seat)

Epping & Ongar No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Martin	2,772	63.0
	Labour	R. Barnes	1,627	37.0
Majority			1,145	26.0
Turnout			4,399	42.8
Registered electors			10,279
	Conservative win (new seat)

Epping & Ongar No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Jones	2,354	60.4
	Labour	D. Green	803	20.6
	Liberal	G. Neal	743	19.1
Majority			1,551	39.8
Turnout			3,900	35.9
Registered electors			10,866
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waltham Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Tuck	2,270	51.7
	Labour	C. Hewins	2,123	48.3
Majority			147	3.3
Turnout			4,393	42.8
Registered electors			10,261
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harlow

Summary

**Harlow District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Labour	5	13,130	73.1
	Conservative	0	4,106	22.9
	Liberal	0	717	4.0
Total		5	17,953	34.7

Division results

Harlow (Great Parndon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Morris	3,144	71.6
	Conservative	A. Pickford	1,248	28.4
Majority			1,896	43.2
Turnout			4,392	32.2
Registered electors			13,653
	Labour win (new seat)

Harlow (Harlow & Mark Hall)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Anderson	2,844	72.7
	Conservative	W. Jones	1,068	27.3
Majority			1,776	45.4
Turnout			3,912	38.6
Registered electors			10,139
	Labour win (new seat)

Harlow (Harlow Common)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Myers	2,932	80.4
	Conservative	L. Chapman	716	19.6
Majority			3,648	60.7
Turnout			3,648	35.0
Registered electors			10,408
	Labour win (new seat)

Harlow (Little Parndon & Town Centre)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Newport	1,735	61.3
	Liberal	S. Ward	717	25.3
	Conservative	R. Seeley	379	13.4
Majority			1,018	36.0
Turnout			2,452	38.9
Registered electors			7,279
	Labour win (new seat)

Harlow (Netteswellbury)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Desormeaux	2,475	78.1
	Conservative	A. Hayes	695	21.9
Majority			1,780	56.2
Turnout			3,170	34.8
Registered electors			9,103
	Labour win (new seat)

Maldon

Summary

**Maldon District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	2	6,074	54.1
	Labour	1	3,597	32.1
	Liberal	0	1,552	13.8
Total		3	11,223	36.2

Division results

Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Wimhurst	1,631	36.3
	Liberal	N. Smith	1,552	34.5
	Conservative	J. Wadsworth	1,314	29.2
Majority			79	1.8
Turnout			4,497	44.0
Registered electors			10,230
	Labour win (new seat)

Southminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Fisher	1,996	68.4
	Labour	A. Cottam	923	31.6
Majority			1,073	36.8
Turnout			2,919	27.5
Registered electors			10,597
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tollesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Dalley	2,764	72.6
	Labour	A. Pendle	1,043	27.4
Majority			1,721	45.2
Turnout			3,807	37.3
Registered electors			10,213
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rochford

Summary

**Rochford District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	3	7,829	48.7
	Labour	1	6,976	43.4
	Independent	1	1,264	7.9
Total		5	16,069	32.7

Division results

Rayleigh (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Foley	1,497	52.1
	Labour	T. Mair	1,377	47.9
Majority			120	4.2
Turnout			2,874	31.5
Registered electors			9,132
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rayleigh (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	P. Elliott	1,844	52.1
	Labour	R. McCamley	1,698	47.9
Majority			146	4.1
Turnout			3,542	35.3
Registered electors			10,026
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rochford (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	D. Wood	1,264	42.4
	Conservative	S. Robson	1,088	36.5
	Labour	G. Caplan	631	21.2
Majority			176	5.9
Turnout			2,983	29.6
Registered electors			10,072
	Independent win (new seat)

Rochford (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Warner	2,093	53.0
	Conservative	H. Ellis	1,857	47.0
Majority			236	6.0
Turnout			3,950	40.8
Registered electors			9,672
	Labour win (new seat)

Rochford (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Jones	1,543	56.7
	Labour	C. Morgan	1,177	43.3
Majority			366	13.5
Turnout			2,720	26.7
Registered electors			10,178
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southend

Summary

**Southend District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	6	27,814	46.4
	Labour	4	20,731	34.6
	Liberal	3	11,232	18.7
	Independent	0	158	0.3
Total		13	59,935	38.2

Division results

Southend No. 1 (Eastwood)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	D. Evans	2,938	56.2
	Conservative	S. D'ath	1,743	33.4
	Labour	P. Hammond	543	10.4
Majority			1,195	22.9
Turnout			5,224	41.9
Registered electors			12,469
	Liberal win (new seat)

Southend No. 2 (Prittlewell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	J. Sargent	2,497	58.3
	Conservative	M. Joel	966	22.5
	Labour	R. Kennedy	665	15.5
	Independent	A. Fuller	158	3.7
Majority			1,531	35.7
Turnout			4,286	47.4
Registered electors			9,045
	Liberal win (new seat)

Southend No. 3 (Leigh)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	M. King	2,673	64.5
	Conservative	L. Woodward	1,251	30.2
	Labour	M. Luker	219	5.3
Majority			1,422	34.3
Turnout			4,143	54.3
Registered electors			7,623
	Liberal win (new seat)

Southend No. 4 (St Clements)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Atkinson	2,291	50.4
	Liberal	A. Crystall	2,129	46.8
	Labour	A. Hurd	128	2.8
Majority			162	3.6
Turnout			4,548	57.2
Registered electors			7,946
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southend No. 5 (Chalkwell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Harris	1,793	57.1
	Liberal	F. Owens	995	31.7
	Labour	L. Morris	352	11.2
Majority			798	25.4
Turnout			3,140	39.5
Registered electors			7,959
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southend No. 6 (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	N. Clarke	4,146	59.7
	Conservative	R. Marriott	4,099	59.0
	Labour	A. Pearson-Clarke	3,018	43.5
	Labour	T. Sandall	2,622	37.8
Turnout			6,943	30.3
Registered electors			22,916
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southend No. 7 (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Bowyer	2,978	57.6
	Labour	R. Copley	2,788	53.9
	Conservative	A. Scholfield	2,345	45.3
	Conservative	B. Scholfield	2,237	43.2
Turnout			5,172	34.0
Registered electors			15,211
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Southend No. 8 (Shoebury)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Gordon	1,561	52.9
	Conservative	V. Smith	1,390	47.1
Majority			171	5.8
Turnout			2,951	36.2
Registered electors			8,154
	Labour win (new seat)

Southend No. 9 (Thorpe)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Hill	2,715	82.1
	Labour	D. Clarke	591	17.9
Majority			2,124	64.2
Turnout			3,306	33.3
Registered electors			9,939
	Conservative win (new seat)

Southend No. 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Burstin	3,065	76.0
	Conservative	G. Littler	968	24.0
Majority			2,097	52.0
Turnout			4,033	35.4
Registered electors			11,387
	Labour win (new seat)

Southend No. 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Wright	2,201	54.1
	Labour	G. Elvin	1,870	45.9
Majority			331	8.1
Turnout			4,071	32.3
Registered electors			12,617
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tendring

Summary

**Tendring District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	6	17,672	54.0
	Labour	1	11,747	35.9
	Liberal	1	2,367	7.2
	Independent	0	929	2.8
Total		8	32,715	39.2

Division results

Brightlingsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	T. Dale	2,367	44.9
	Conservative	W. Bottomley	1,372	26.0
	Labour	E. Pomroy	1,100	20.9
	Independent	P. Creek	435	8.2
Majority			995	18.9
Turnout			5,274	45.3
Registered electors			11,642
	Liberal win (new seat)

Clacton No. 1 (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Smith	2,005	53.0
	Conservative	B. Matthews	1,777	47.0
Majority			228	6.0
Turnout			3,782	38.1
Registered electors			9,932
	Labour win (new seat)

Clacton No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Harvey-Williams	2,065	55.4
	Labour	A. Markham-Lee	1,665	44.6
Majority			400	10.7
Turnout			3,730	34.0
Registered electors			10,959
	Conservative win (new seat)

Clacton No. 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Story	3,187	67.3
	Labour	L. Smith	1,055	22.3
	Independent	M. Swinfield-Wells	494	10.4
Majority			2,132	45.0
Turnout			4,736	41.8
Registered electors			11,333
	Conservative win (new seat)

Frinton & Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Johnston	2,872	78.2
	Labour	L. Larkin	799	21.8
Majority			2,073	56.5
Turnout			3,671	32.0
Registered electors			11,469
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Bleakley	2,839	58.2
	Labour	P. McCurry	2,043	41.8
Majority			796	16.3
Turnout			4,882	44.2
Registered electors			11,041
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tendring Rural No. 1 (Tendring)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Moles	2,032	56.3
	Labour	G. Turner	1,575	43.7
Majority			457	12.7
Turnout			3,607	38.1
Registered electors			9,474
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tendring Rural No. 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H. Varney	1,528	50.4
	Labour	D. Bradbury	1,505	49.6
Majority			23	0.8
Turnout			3,033	40.3
Registered electors			7,533
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thurrock

Summary

**Thurrock District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Labour	9	16,929	68.6
	Conservative	0	6,606	26.8
	Independent	0	1,157	4.7
Total		9	24,692	28.0

Division results

Thurrock No. 1 (Chadwell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Siddons	1,734	83.2
	Conservative	A. Hart	349	16.8
Majority			1,385	66.5
Turnout			2,083	22.5
Registered electors			9,255
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 2 (Grays Thurrock)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Robertson	1,740	68.0
	Conservative	P. Gurnett	819	32.0
Majority			921	36.0
Turnout			2,559	26.4
Registered electors			9,692
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 3 (Little Thurrock)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Barker	1,469	55.2
	Conservative	W. O'Donoghue	1,193	44.8
Majority			276	10.4
Turnout			2,662	35.6
Registered electors			7,471
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 4 (Orsett & Stifford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Pollard	1,967	62.1
	Conservative	S. Herrington	1,200	37.9
Majority			767	24.2
Turnout			3,167	31.9
Registered electors			9,937
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 5 (South Ockendon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Harty	2,198	87.3
	Conservative	K. Brewer	319	12.7
Majority			1,879	74.7
Turnout			2,517	18.0
Registered electors			14,018
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 6 (Corringham)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Goldsmith	1,946	65.3
	Conservative	E. Jennings	1,032	34.7
Majority			913	30.7
Turnout			2,978	31.8
Registered electors			9,358
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 7 (Tilbury)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Jones	1,334	53.6
	Independent	T. Kendel	1,157	46.4
Majority			177	7.1
Turnout			2,491	32.4
Registered electors			7,699
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 8 (West Thurrock & Aveley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Bidmead	2,233	85.3
	Conservative	M. Sutton	386	14.7
Majority			1,847	70.5
Turnout			2,619	26.5
Registered electors			9,867
	Labour win (new seat)

Thurrock No. 9 (Stanford-le-Hope)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Price	2,308	63.8
	Conservative	D. Affleck	1,308	36.2
Majority			1,000	27.7
Turnout			3,616	33.6
Registered electors			10,757
	Labour win (new seat)

Uttlesford

Summary

**Uttlesford District Summary**
Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	4	9,650	57.4
	Labour	0	5,599	33.3
	Liberal	0	1,566	9.3
Total		4	16,815	41.5

Division results

Dunmow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Davey	2,219	68.7
	Labour	B. Clark	1,010	31.3
Majority			1,209	37.4
Turnout			3,229	35.4
Registered electors			9,126
	Conservative win (new seat)

Saffron Walden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Collins	3,211	54.8
	Labour	P. Preece	2,653	45.2
Majority			558	9.5
Turnout			5,864	47.1
Registered electors			12,454
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stansted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Carnwath	2,229	50.2
	Liberal	P. Clark	1,566	35.3
	Labour	D. Fowler-Dixon	647	14.6
Majority			663	14.9
Turnout			4,442	41.6
Registered electors			10,688
	Conservative win (new seat)

Thaxted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Golding	1,991	60.7
	Labour	G. Fraenkel	1,289	39.3
Majority			702	21.4
Turnout			3,280	39.9
Registered electors			8,227
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ "Essex County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[1] "Essex County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

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