Key

* denotes sitting councillors.

Majority for wards with more than one seat equals difference between winner and first runner up. Results

Beaumont and Thorpe

Jose Ann Powell (Ind) elected

Tendring and Weeley

Anne Johnston (Con)..............................237

Brenda Rooney (Ind) *...........................143

John Chalkey (Lab) ..............................95

Oliver Smith (Lib Dem) ........................49

Maj .........................................................94

Con gain from Ind

Great Bentley (One seat)

Robert Taylor (Lib Dem)* .....................466

Malcolm Noyle (Con) ..............................192

Aulay Mackenzie (Lab) ...........................77

Maj ............................................................274

Lib Dem hold

Little Clacton (One seat)

Peter Balbirnie (Ind Con) .....................343

Ron Mackintosh (Ind) ..............................335

Maj ............................................................8

Ind Con gain from Ind

Rush Green (Three seats)

Clive Baker (Lab)* ...........................599

Frank Baker (Lab)*...........................572

George Mills (Lab)* ........................516

Gill Downing (Con)........................365

Vera Stone (Con) ...........................330

Alan Rasch (Con) ...........................325

Susan Shearing (Lib Dem) ............125

Maj ................................................234

Three Lab hold

Harwich East (Two seats)

Ernie Brand (Lab)* ........................430

Laurie Payne (Lab) .....................346

Oswald Jones (Har Com) ............164

Eric Yallop (Con) ........................138

Roger Pannell (Har Com) ............129

Maj ................................................266

Two Lab hold

St Marys (Three seats)

Tom Cook (Lab)* ...........................427

Susan Morley-Souter (Lab)* ......... 414

Greg Morgan (Lab)* ........................410

John Stephenson (Con) ..................258

William Stone (Con) .....................245

Peter Miller (Lib Dem) ..................243

Francis Woods (Con) .....................243

Maj ................................................169

Three Lab hold

Golf Green (Two seats)

Roy Smith (Lab)* ...........................1070

Maurice Alexander (Lab) ...............830

Ronald Swinney (Con) ..................275

Richard Essex (Jay Res) ...............268

Michael Walker (Con) ..................237

Christopher Judd (Ind Lab) .........142

Sylvia Smith (Lib Dem) ...............109

Maj ................................................795

Two Lab hold

Elmstead Market (One seat)

Bryan Johnston (Con) .....................311

Robert Fisher (Lab) ........................138

Margaret Hawkins (Lib Dem) .........69

Maj ...................................................173

Con hold

Harwich West Central (Two seats)

Ann Evander (Lab) ...........................424

Louise Armstrong (Lab) ..................395

Steven Henderson (Har Com)* ......333

Jeffrey Spall (Con) ........................301

Tracey Skargon (Har Com) ............173

Maj ...................................................91

Two Lab hold

Southcliff (Three seats)

Catherine Jessop (Con)* ..................851

Pierre Oxley (Con) ...........................835

Philip Vanner (Ind Con)* ..................766

John Ducksbury .................................359

Michael Lonsdale ..............................357

Delia Aldis (Lab Coop) ..............................352

Alison Bilverstone (Lab) ..................352

Maj ......................................................492

Two Con hold one Ind Con gain from Lab

St Bartholomews (Two seats)

Alan Tovey (Hol Res)* .....................732

Albert Cox (Hol Res) .....................678

Anne Alexander (Lab) ..................166

Anthony Sargent (Lab) ..................131

Robert Harper (Lib Dem) ...............57

Maj ...................................................566

Two Hol Res hold

Mistley (One seat)

Rosemary Smith (Lib Dem)* ............352

Alan Stock (Con) ..............................104

Christopher Lane (Lab) .....................86

Maj ...................................................248

Lib Dem hold

Frinton (Three seats)

Terry Allen (Con) ...........................1730

Iris Johnson (Con) ...........................1712

Nicholas Turner (Con) .....................1674

Caroline Aldous (Lab) ........................408

Valerie Bird (Lab) ..............................388

Leonard Stevens (Lab) ........................385

Maj ...................................................1322

Three Con hold

Great Bromley, Little Bromley and Little Bentley (One seat)

Gordon Jessop (Con) ........................234

Ann Elvin (Lib Dem) ........................136

Sonia Virdee (Lab) ...........................68

Maj ......................................................98

Con hold

Bockings Elm (Two seats)

Derek Harper (Lib Dem)*.....................1093

Harold Shearing (Lib Dem) ...............1013

David Bolton (Lab)* ..............................656

Nancy Duffus (Lab) ..............................619

Susan Powell (Con) ..............................482

Richard Moodey (Con) ...........................481

Maj .........................................................437

One Lib Dem hold one Lib Dem gain

Harwich West (Two seats)

Les Double (Lab)* ..............................745

Bill Mixter (Lab)* ..............................692

Philip Newell (Har Com) ..................275

John Jacombs (Har Com) ..................198

Coreen Rasch (Con) ........................194

Maj ...................................................470

Two Lab hold

Haven (Two seats)

Fran Fone (Hol Res) ........................792

Brian Thomason (Hol Res) ...............781

Alan Stone (Lab) ...........................163

Christine Morgan (Lab) ..................154

Sheila Harrision (Lib Dem) ............108

Maj ...................................................629

Two Hol Res hold

Ramsey (One seat)

William Elmer* (Lab)......................314

John Brown (Har Com)..................183

Maj .................................................131

Lab hold

Lawford and Manningtree (Two seats)

Lionel Randall (Lab)* ..................... 569

Richard Ling (Lab)* ........................511

Rodger Howell (Con) .....................359

Keith Brazier (Con) ........................345

Michael Dew (Lib Dem) ..................241

Nigel Roberts (Lib Dem) ...............212

Maj ................................................210

Two Lab hold

St Johns (Clacton)(Three seats)

Robert Bevan (Lib Dem) ...............798

Mike Bargent (Lib Dem) ...............785

Charles Harrison (Lib Dem) .........638

Norman Jacobs (Lab)* .....................490

Kenneth Aldis (Lab) .....................469

Ronald Fluin (Lab) ........................407

Mark Cossens (Con) .....................376

Audrey Owens (Con) .....................374

Vikram Desore (Con) ..................325

Pat Manning (Ind)* ........................278

Maj ................................................308

Two Lib Dem hold One Lib Dem gain from Lab

Great and Little Oakley (One seat)

Roy Caddick (Con) ........................251

John Besser (Lab)* ........................230

Maj ................................................21

Con gain from Lab

Bradfield Wrabness and Wix (One seat)

Mark de Roy (Lib Dem) ..................303

Charles Poulton (Lab)* ..................203

Maj ................................................100

Lib Dem gain

Harwich East Central (Two seats)

Peter Brand (Lab)* ........................384

Bill Bleakley (Con) .....................382

Dave McLeod (Lab)* .....................371

James Glenn (Con) ........................301

Martyn Double (Har Com) ............110

Michael Lowe (Har Com) ...............87

Maj ................................................13

One Lab hold One Con gain.

Ardleigh

Christopher Tootal (Ind)* elected

St Osyth (Two seats)

John White (Ind) ...585

Michael Talbot (Vil Ind) ...521

Tracey Osben (Lab Coop)* ...388

Julie Ward (Lab Coop)* ...371

Maj ................................................197

Two Ind gain from Lab

St James (Clacton)(Three seats)

John Hughes (Ind Con) ..................494

Mark Morley-Souter (Lab) ............484

Roy Raby (Lab) ..............................478

Michael Rothwell (Lab Coop)* ......476

Ivor Powell (Ind Con) ..................417

Christopher Griffiths (Con) .........416

Audrey Overton (Con) ..................412

Adrian Roberts (Ind Con) ............333

Terry McKean (Ind) .....................202

Alan Wallis (Lib Dem) ..................174

Maj ...................................................18

Two Lab hold one Ind Con gain from Lab

Walton (Three seats)

Michael Page (Con) ........................1228

Christine Turner (Con)* ..................1209

Jeanette King (Con) ........................1190

Susan Bowles (Lab) ...........................602

Peter Kemp (Lab) ..............................599

Ernest Grainger (Lab) ........................593

Maj ......................................................626

One Con hold Two Con gain from Lab

Holland and Kirby (Two seats)

Robert Bucke (Con) ........................864

John Evans (Con) ...........................789

Brian Theadom (Lab Coop)* ............491

Charles Nimo (Lab Coop)* ...............405

Tracy King (Lib Dem).....................194

Maj ................................................373

Two Con gain from Lab

Brightlingsea East (Two seats)

Peter Patrick (Ind)* .....................596

Cornelius Olivier (Lab)* ...............546

Thomas Dale (Lib Dem) ...............507

Josephine Ruffell (Lab) ...............468

Maj ................................................89

Ind and Lab hold

Brightlingsea West (Two seats)

Darren Barrenger (Lab Coop)* .........690

David Dixon (Lib Dem)* .....................600

Colin Olivier (Lab) ........................448

Nicholas Bailey (Lib Dem) ............343

Maj ................................................242

Lab and Lib Dem hold.

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