1991 Tendring District Council election

1991 UK local government election

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2 May 1991 (1991-05-02)

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All 60 seats to Tendring District Council
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	Labour
Last election	15 seats, 30.7%	33 seats, 42.7%	4 seats, 17.6%
Seats won	20	18	11
Seat change	5	15	7
Popular vote	26,221	30,808	20,886
Percentage	30.8%	36.2%	24.5%
Swing	0.1%	6.5%	6.9%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Independent	Residents	Ind. Conservative
Last election	2 seats, 2.2%	5 seats, 6.4%	1 seat, 0.4%
Seats won	5	4	2
Seat change	3	1	1
Popular vote	3,646	1,765	1,041
Percentage	4.3%	2.1%	1.2%
Swing	2.1%	4.3%	0.8%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1991 Tendring District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

At the election, the Liberal Democrats emerged as the largest party on the council for the first time since its creation in 1973. The Conservatives fell to second placed and Labour recovered their position to become the third largest party.

Summary

Election result

1991 Tendring District Council election
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	20	5	33.3	30.8	26,221	+0.1
Conservative	18	15	30.0	36.2	30,808	–6.5
Labour	11	7	18.3	24.5	20,886	+6.9
Independent	5	3	8.3	4.3	3,646	+2.1
Residents	4	1	6.7	2.1	1,765	–4.3
Ind. Conservative	2	1	3.3	1.2	1,041	+0.8
Green	0		0.0	0.3	222	N/A

Ward results

Below are the full results for the election.

Alresford & Thorrington

Alresford & Thorrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Fitch	873	29.2	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Hayward	786	26.3	+4.8
	Conservative	P. Bates	518	17.3	−4.0
	Conservative	R. Vosper	492	16.5	−2.5
	Labour	J. Hickingbotham	319	10.7	+3.0
Turnout				56.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ardleigh

Ardleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Robinson	325	46.6	−10.2
	Green	R. Watson	173	24.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	B. Swinscoe	121	17.3	N/A
	Labour	C. Hockley	79	11.3	−8.3
Turnout				47.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beaumont & Thorpe

Beaumont & Thorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Powell	355	50.4	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	A. Newman	350	49.6	+15.7
Turnout				40.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Bockings Elm

Bockings Elm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Harper	1,825	28.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	O. Collard	1,808	28.4	+0.8
	Conservative	D. Pearce	936	14.7	−2.5
	Conservative	P. Vanner	914	14.3	−2.6
	Labour	R. McKenny	448	7.0	+1.7
	Labour	M. McKenny	446	7.0	+2.1
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix

Bradfield, Wrabness & Wix
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. McLaren	427	51.0	N/A
	Conservative	J. Isaac	410	49.0	−3.0
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Brightlingsea East

Brightlingsea East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. Patrick	849	33.0	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	T. Dale	694	27.0	+2.3
	Labour	C. Oliver	516	20.1	+6.4
	Conservative	R. Morgan	510	19.9	−12.8
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Brightlingsea West

Brightlingsea West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Dixon	724	31.5	−13.1
	Independent	J. Partridge	589	25.6	N/A
	Conservative	P. Coupland	557	24.2	−17.0
	Labour	A. Oliver	432	18.8	+4.6
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Elmstead

Elmstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Parrish	488	51.9	−12.9
	Labour	T. Laughton	224	23.8	−11.4
	Liberal Democrats	N. Ford	179	19.0	N/A
	Green	Chris Fox	49	5.2	N/A
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frinton

Frinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Shelton	1,762	26.2
	Conservative	A. Finnegan-Butler	1,660	24.7
	Conservative	E. Allen	1,658	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Russell	712	10.6
	Labour	D. Enever	362	5.4
	Labour	G. Stevens	314	4.7
	Labour	L. Stevens	263	3.9
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golf Green

Golf Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Smith	1,077	32.3	+23.4
	Labour	J. Fluin	835	25.0	N/A
	Ratepayer	R. Druce	348	10.4	−16.7
	Conservative	P. Harding	345	10.3	−16.7
	Conservative	F. Butler	339	10.2	N/A
	Ratepayer	R. Finn	268	8.0	−13.3
	Liberal Democrats	A. Wallis	127	3.8	−5.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Great & Little Oakley

Great & Little Oakley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Wood	304	36.5	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Holmes	276	33.2	+7.5
	Labour	J. Besser	252	30.3	+1.0
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great Bentley

Great Bentley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Taylor	571	65.5	−23.5
	Conservative	G. Lord	301	34.5	−16.3
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Great Bromley & Little Bromley

Great Bromley & Little Bromley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Elvin	282	52.6	N/A
	Conservative	S. Pound	254	47.4	−30.5
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Harwich East

Harwich East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Conservative	F. Good	551	27.6
	Labour	E. Brand	504	25.3
	Labour	P. Newall	378	19.0
	Conservative	J. Rutson-Kemp	289	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	C. Townsend	271	13.6
Turnout
	Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harwich East Central

Harwich East Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Brand	575	23.8
	Conservative	W. Bleakley	566	23.4
	Labour	P. Hale	516	21.3
	Conservative	D. Rutson-Kemp	474	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	K. Tully	289	11.9
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harwich West

Harwich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Knight	1,153	42.9
	Labour	W. Mixter	866	32.2
	Conservative	E. Yallop	670	24.9
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Harwich West Central

Harwich West Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Henderson	681	26.8
	Labour	D. Robson	535	21.1
	Conservative	J. Spall	504	19.9
	Conservative	G. Wallington-Hayes	468	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	T. Booth	350	13.8
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Haven

Haven
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Residents	J. Hewitt	926	34.6
	Residents	E. Fone	839	31.3
	Conservative	V. Stone	445	16.6
	Labour	W. Jefferson	351	13.1
	Labour	K. Sacre	117	4.4
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

Holland & Kirby

Holland & Kirby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	T. Oxborrow	1,426	45.1
	Conservative	H. Rickards	1,085	34.3
	Labour	C. Nimmo	351	11.1
	Labour	A. Rout	303	9.6
Turnout
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lawford & Manningtree

Lawford & Manningtree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Randall	816	22.5
	Conservative	D. Pallett	684	18.8
	Liberal Democrats	D. Kelly	628	17.3
	Labour	N. Harbach	588	16.2
	Conservative	R. Streames	487	13.4
	Liberal Democrats	G. Potter	427	11.8
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Clacton

Little Clacton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Conservative	P. De-Vaux Balbirnie	490	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Barry	380	43.7
Turnout
	Ind. Conservative hold		Swing

Mistley

Mistley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Smith	502	57.0
	Labour	F. Fairhall	196	22.3
	Conservative	S. Smith	182	20.7
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ramsey & Parkeston

Ramsey & Parkeston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Elmer	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

Rush Green

Rush Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Baker	696	13.8
	Conservative	I. Powell	696	13.8
	Conservative	M. Amos	689	13.6
	Conservative	G. Downing	649	12.8
	Labour	G. Mills	639	12.6
	Labour	C. Poulton	626	12.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. McCormick	345	6.8
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lonsdale	337	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Rhodes	318	6.3
	Independent	C. Humphrey	62	1.2
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southcliff

Southcliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Jay	898	15.6
	Conservative	J. Molyneaux	894	15.6
	Conservative	C. Jessop	878	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	B. White	857	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	I. Barker	848	14.8
	Conservative	L. King	794	13.8
	Labour	J. Bond	234	4.1
	Labour	I. Jefferson	172	3.0
	Labour	A. Parlour	167	2.9
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Bartholomew's

St. Bartholomew's
	Candidate	Votes
Residents	J. Cole	Unopposed
Residents	A. Tovey	Unopposed
Residents hold
Residents hold

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Tunstill	799	15.6
	Conservative	A. Overton	769	15.0
	Conservative	R. Gladwin	695	13.5
	Conservative	J. Spreadbury	670	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Robdrup	644	12.5
	Liberal Democrats	B. Kear	620	12.1
	Labour	K. Frost	325	6.3
	Labour	M. Newman	318	6.2
	Labour	W. Dunne	296	5.8
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%




Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Bevan	2,220	28.4
	Liberal Democrats	W. Bensilum	2,020	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	P. Manning	1,978	25.3
	Conservative	V. Franklin	425	5.4
	Conservative	P. Harmer	376	4.8
	Labour	S. Morley	296	3.8
	Labour	M. Souter	259	3.3
	Labour	S. Parlour	256	3.3
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Osyth & Point Clear

St. Osyth & Point Clear
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hendy	953	32.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. White	810	27.6
	Conservative	P. Amos	632	21.6
	Conservative	R. Yaxley-White	537	18.3
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Tendring & Weeley

Tendring & Weeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M. De Roy	399	52.1
	Conservative	C. Lumber	367	47.9
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Walton

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Hall	1,410	19.5
	Conservative	D. Aldrich	1,362	18.9
	Conservative	M. Page	1,338	18.5
	Labour	P. Lawes	1,091	15.1
	Labour	J. Bird	1,036	14.4
	Labour	B. Theadom	978	13.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Tendring District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2017.

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