Essex County Council election, 2005

9 May 2005

All 75 seats to Essex County Council 38 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	52	13	8
Seat change	4	5	3

Majority party before election

Conservative

Majority party after election

Conservative

Results

Essex County Council election, 2005^[1]^[2]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	52			+4
	Labour	13			-5
	Liberal Democrat	8			-3
	Independent	1			-1
	Residents Association	1			+1
Total		75

Results by Electoral Divisions

Colchester

Abbey division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Fisher	3384	42.9
	Labour	Scott Harris	1846	23.4
	Conservative	David Adams	1806	22.9
	Green	Peter Lynn	852	10.8
Majority			1538	19.5
Turnout			7888
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Constable division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clover	4943	50.1
	Liberal Democrat	John Stevens	2333	23.6
	Labour	John Wood	1925	19.5
	Green	Roger Bamforth	673	6.8
Majority			2610	26.5
Turnout			9874
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drury division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Lucas	4049	43.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gwendoline Ilott	3030	32.9
	Labour	David Hough	1517	16.5
	Green	Timothy Glover	618	6.7
Majority			1019	11.0
Turnout			9214
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maypole division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Bourne	2226	34.8
	Liberal Democrat	William Frame	2035	31.8
	Conservative	Robert Davidson	1837	28.7
	Green	Timothy Glover	299	4.7
Majority			191	3.0
Turnout			9214
	Labour hold		Swing

Mersea and Tiptree division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Manning-Press	4129	44.8
	Labour	Audrey Spencer	1916	20.8
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Sutton	1491	16.2
	Canvey Island Independent Party	Jonathan Longman	1263	13.7
	Green	Howard Mettler	428	4.6
Majority			2213	24.0
Turnout			9227
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mile End and Highwoods division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Turrell	2646	38.1
	Conservative	Donald Henshall	2619	37.7
	Labour	Richard Bingley	1282	18.4
	Green	Mary Bryan	403	5.8
Majority			27	0.4
Turnout			6950
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Parsons Heath and East Gates division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Theresa Higgins	3312	43.4
	Conservative	Simon Smith	2280	29.9
	Labour	Kim Naish	1647	21.6
	Green	Maria Iacovou	390	5.1
Majority			1032	13.5
Turnout			7629
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Stanway and Pyefleet division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jowers	4036	44.3
	Liberal Democrat	Hannah James	2739	30.0
	Labour	John Spademan	1825	20.0
	Green	Patience Rogers	514	5.6
Majority			1297	14.3
Turnout			9114
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wivenhoe St. Andrew division
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Young	2756	37.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Jacobs	2119	28.5
	Conservative	Neil Stock	1881	25.3
	Green	Christopher Fox	668	9.0
Majority			637	8.6
Turnout			7424
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Essex". Retrieved 2014-01-28.
↑ "Elections". Retrieved 2014-01-28.

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Colchester Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2004 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2005 (→ 2006)

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Sui generis	Isles of Scilly

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See also: UK General election

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