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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