1989 Essex County Council election explained

Election Name:	1989 Essex County Council election
Country:	Essex
Type:	Parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	yes
Previous Election:	1985 Essex County Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Essex County Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 98 seats to Essex County Council
Majority Seats:	49
Election Date:	4 May 1989
Party1:	Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:	45 seats, 39.8%
Seats Before1:	44
Seats1:	57
Seat Change1:	12
Popular Vote1:	193,578
Percentage1:	44.2%
Swing1:	4.4%
Party2:	Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:	29 seats, 29.6%
Seats Before2:	29
Seats2:	26
Seat Change2:	3
Popular Vote2:	128,270
Percentage2:	29.3%
Swing2:	0.3%
Party4:	Social and Liberal Democrats
Last Election4:	23 seats, 29.2%
Seats Before4:	24
Seats4:	14
Seat Change4:	9
Popular Vote4:	101,342
Percentage4:	23.1%
Swing4:	6.1%
Party5:	Loughton Residents Association
Last Election5:	1 seats, 0.5%
Seats Before5:	1
Seats5:	1
Popular Vote5:	1,378
Percentage5:	0.3%
Swing5:	0.2%
Council control
Posttitle:	Council control after election
Before Party:	No overall control
After Party:	Conservative Party (UK)

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 Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	5	1	<	-- votes -->16,209	<	-- pp -->36.8	<	-- change -->–3.5
	4	1	<	-- votes -->17,999	<	-- pp -->40.9	<	-- change -->+9.1
	1		<	-- votes -->9,525	<	-- pp -->21.6	<	-- change -->–4.5
	0		<	-- votes -->196	<	-- pp -->0.4	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->123	<	-- pp -->0.3	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	10		<	-- votes -->44,052	<	-- pp -->36.2	<	-- change -->–1.8

Division results

Braintree

**Braintree District Summary**
Party	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	4	<	-- votes -->15,788	<	-- pp -->43.9	<	-- change -->+3.1
	2	<	-- votes -->12,267	<	-- pp -->34.1	<	-- change -->+3.0
	1	<	-- votes -->7,315	<	-- pp -->20.4	<	-- change -->–7.7
	0	<	-- votes -->560	<	-- pp -->1.6	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	7	<	-- votes -->35,920	<	-- pp -->39.9	<	-- change -->–2.5

Division results

Brentwood

**Brentwood District Summary**
Party	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	4	<	-- votes -->11,424	<	-- pp -->50.7	<	-- change -->+4.7
	1	<	-- votes -->6,460	<	-- pp -->28.7	<	-- change -->–6.5
	0	<	-- votes -->4,122	<	-- pp -->18.3	<	-- change -->–0.5
	0	<	-- votes -->508	<	-- pp -->2.3	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	5	<	-- votes -->22,514	<	-- pp -->40.4	<	-- change -->–4.4

Division results

Castle Point

**Castle Point District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	6	1	<	-- votes -->13,777	<	-- pp -->59.6	<	-- change -->+9.5
	0	1	<	-- votes -->6,792	<	-- pp -->29.4	<	-- change -->–2.3
	0		<	-- votes -->2,040	<	-- pp -->8.8	<	-- change -->–9.5
	0		<	-- votes -->511	<	-- pp -->2.2	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	6		<	-- votes -->23,120	<	-- pp -->36.5	<	-- change -->+2.2

Division results

Chelmsford

**Chelmsford District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	8	4	<	-- votes -->21,695	<	-- pp -->45.5	<	-- change -->+4.5
	1	4	<	-- votes -->15,081	<	-- pp -->31.6	<	-- change -->–12.0
	0		<	-- votes -->7,340	<	-- pp -->15.4	<	-- change -->±0.0
	0		<	-- votes -->3,374	<	-- pp -->7.1	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->193	<	-- pp -->0.4	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	9		<	-- votes -->47,683	<	-- pp -->40.9	<	-- change -->±0.0

Division results

Colchester

**District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	6	1	<	-- votes -->17,871	<	-- pp -->44.1	<	-- change -->+4.3
	2	1	<	-- votes -->10,320	<	-- pp -->25.5	<	-- change -->–0.8
	1	2	<	-- votes -->9,960	<	-- pp -->24.6	<	-- change -->–9.3
	0		<	-- votes -->1,675	<	-- pp -->4.1	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->369	<	-- pp -->0.9	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->265	<	-- pp -->0.7	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->54	<	-- pp -->0.1	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	9		<	-- votes -->40,514	<	-- pp -->36.6	<	-- change -->–1.7

Division results

Epping Forest

**Epping Forest District Summary**
Party	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	5	<	-- votes -->15,528	<	-- pp -->47.8	<	-- change -->+3.8
	2	<	-- votes -->8,885	<	-- pp -->27.3	<	-- change -->–0.3
	1	<	-- votes -->1,378	<	-- pp -->4.2	<	-- change -->–2.8
	0	<	-- votes -->4,732	<	-- pp -->14.6	<	-- change -->–6.0
	0	<	-- votes -->1,838	<	-- pp -->5.7	<	-- change -->N/A
	0	<	-- votes -->146	<	-- pp -->0.4	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	8	<	-- votes -->32,507	<	-- pp -->32.6	<	-- change -->–4.7

Division results

Harlow

**Harlow District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	4	1	<	-- votes -->13,426	<	-- pp -->59.2	<	-- change -->+0.2
	1	1	<	-- votes -->6,433	<	-- pp -->28.4	<	-- change -->+10.2
	0		<	-- votes -->2,829	<	-- pp -->12.5	<	-- change -->–10.3
Total	5		<	-- votes -->22,688	<	-- pp -->39.2	<	-- change -->+1.0

Division results

Maldon

**Maldon District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	3	1	<	-- votes -->7,909	<	-- pp -->57.1	<	-- change -->+10.5
	0	1	<	-- votes -->3,590	<	-- pp -->25.9	<	-- change -->–10.8
	0		<	-- votes -->2,357	<	-- pp -->17.0	<	-- change -->+0.3
Total	3		<	-- votes -->13,856	<	-- pp -->34.0	<	-- change -->–0.9

Division results

Rochford

**Rochford District Summary**
Party	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	2	<	-- votes -->9,080	<	-- pp -->43.4	<	-- change -->+0.9
	2	<	-- votes -->6,578	<	-- pp -->31.5	<	-- change -->+4.8
	1	<	-- votes -->6,578	<	-- pp -->21.6	<	-- change -->–5.9
	0	<	-- votes -->728	<	-- pp -->3.5	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	5	<	-- votes -->20,904	<	-- pp -->35.3	<	-- change -->–1.3

Division results

Southend

**Southend District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	5	2	<	-- votes -->19,867	<	-- pp -->45.3	<	-- change -->+6.2
	5	2	<	-- votes -->14,318	<	-- pp -->32.6	<	-- change -->–9.0
	1		<	-- votes -->8,312	<	-- pp -->19.0	<	-- change -->+1.1
	0		<	-- votes -->1,362	<	-- pp -->3.1	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	11		<	-- votes -->43,859	<	-- pp -->36.2	<	-- change -->–1.8

Division results

Tendring

**Tendring District Summary**
Party	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	4	<	-- votes -->15,925	<	-- pp -->40.4	<	-- change -->–1.1
	2	<	-- votes -->11,961	<	-- pp -->30.3	<	-- change -->+2.6
	2	<	-- votes -->11,329	<	-- pp -->28.7	<	-- change -->–1.7
	0	<	-- votes -->226	<	-- pp -->0.6	<	-- change -->+0.2
Total	8	<	-- votes -->39,411	<	-- pp -->39.3	<	-- change -->–0.4

Division results

Thurrock

**Thurrock District Summary**
Party	Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	7	1	<	-- votes -->15,762	<	-- pp -->54.9	<	-- change -->–11.9
	1	1	<	-- votes -->10,406	<	-- pp -->36.2	<	-- change -->+3.3
	0		<	-- votes -->1,507	<	-- pp -->5.2	<	-- change -->N/A
	0		<	-- votes -->1,045	<	-- pp -->3.6	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	8		<	-- votes -->28,720	<	-- pp -->30.3	<	-- change -->+3.6

Division results

Uttlesford

**Uttlesford District Summary**
Party	Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	4	<	-- votes -->9,876	<	-- pp -->48.8	<	-- change -->+0.6
	0	<	-- votes -->6,078	<	-- pp -->30.1	<	-- change -->–0.7
	0	<	-- votes -->3,939	<	-- pp -->19.5	<	-- change -->–0.9
	0	<	-- votes -->332	<	-- pp -->1.6	<	-- change -->N/A
Total	4	<	-- votes -->20,225	<	-- pp -->40.5	<	-- change -->–1.9

Division results