1995 Uttlesford District Council election

1995 Uttlesford District Council election
4 May 1995 (1995-05-04)
All 42 seats to Uttlesford District Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 10 seats, 36.9% 25 seats, 39.9%
Seats won 19 12
Seat change 9 13
Popular vote 15,329 11,451
Percentage 44.5% 33.3%
Swing 7.6% 6.6%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Labour
Last election 6 seats, 8.4% 1 seat, 14.7%
Seats won 7 4
Seat change 1 3
Popular vote 3,269 5,385
Percentage 6.6% 15.6%
Swing 1.8% 0.9%
Winner of each seat at the 1995 Uttlesford District Council election.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


No overall control

The 1995 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1995 Uttlesford District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 37 19 10 1 9 45.2 44.5 15,329 +8.4
  Conservative 34 12 0 13 13 28.6 33.3 11,451 –5.6
  Independent 10 7 2 1 1 16.7 6.6 2,269 –4.0
  Labour 17 4 3 0 3 9.5 15.6 5,385 +1.2

Ward results

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Ashdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent B. Tyler* 269 61.0 –14.8
Labour J. Saxton 172 39.0 +14.8
Majority 97 22.0 –29.6
Turnout 441 51.0 +0.2
Registered electors 866
Independent hold Swing 14.8

Birchanger

Birchanger
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Haggerwood* 181 50.7 –21.4
Labour K. Williams 125 35.0 +7.1
Liberal Democrats W. Ratcliffe 51 14.3 N/A
Majority 56 15.7 –28.5
Turnout 357 46.8 –6.3
Registered electors 765
Conservative hold Swing 14.3

Clavering

Clavering
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent E. Abrahams* 426 75.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats N. Greenhalgh 138 24.5 N/A
Majority 288 51.1 N/A
Turnout 564 42.8 N/A
Registered electors 1,322
Independent hold

Elsenham

Elsenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Hurwitz* 271 51.3 –5.7
Liberal Democrats A. Asinya 257 48.7 +22.2
Majority 14 2.7 –27.8
Turnout 528 31.6 –6.8
Registered electors 1,692
Conservative hold Swing 14.0

Felstead

Felsted (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats D. Gregory* 634 56.5 +1.5
Liberal Democrats A. Thawley 542 48.3 +5.0
Conservative J. Berry-Richards 525 46.8 –4.0
Turnout ~1,123 50.5 –2.7
Registered electors 2,223
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Great Dunmow North

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats M. Gayler* 660 54.2 +0.2
Liberal Democrats G. Powers* 520 42.7 +0.5
Labour D. Wright 343 28.2 +13.5
Conservative J. Davey 296 24.3 –8.6
Conservative C. Hicks 251 20.6 –11.6
Labour N. Starkey 237 19.5 N/A
Turnout ~1,218 52.0 –0.4
Registered electors 2,342
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats N. Prowse* 818 61.4 +19.4
Liberal Democrats C. Little 802 60.2 N/A
Conservative D. James 448 33.6 –26.0
Conservative H. Rothwell 419 31.4 –9.9
Turnout ~1,333 40.8 –7.0
Registered electors 3,267
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Great Hallingbury

Great Hallingbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent A. Streeter* Unopposed
Registered electors 508
Independent hold

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Broad Oak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats W. Bree 274 59.2 N/A
Conservative R. Wood* 189 40.8 N/A
Majority 85 18.4 N/A
Turnout 463 51.8 N/A
Registered electors 909
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Hatfield Heath

Hatfield Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative I. Delderfield* 230 44.1 –20.6
Labour W. McCarthy 228 43.8 +8.5
Liberal Democrats N. Powers 63 12.1 N/A
Majority 2 0.4 –29.0
Turnout 521 42.3 –2.4
Registered electors 1,234
Conservative hold Swing 14.6

Henham

Henham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats D. Morson 346 51.9 +9.9
Conservative F. Bareckman* 321 48.1 –1.4
Majority 25 3.7 N/A
Turnout 667 53.1 –2.1
Registered electors 1,272
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 5.7

Little Hallingbury

Little Hallingbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Row* 280 64.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats A. Taylor 153 35.3 N/A
Majority 127 29.4 N/A
Turnout 433 38.5 N/A
Registered electors 1,137
Conservative hold

Littlebury

Littlebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Menell* Unopposed
Registered electors 973
Conservative hold

Newport

Newport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats W. Bowker 417 50.2 +12.6
Conservative T. Archer 281 33.8 –28.6
Labour T. Williams 133 16.0 N/A
Majority 136 16.4 N/A
Turnout 831 50.5 +2.5
Registered electors 1,648
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 20.6

Rickling

Rickling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats P. Wilcock 274 54.8 +8.4
Conservative B. Smith* 226 45.2 –8.4
Majority 48 9.6 N/A
Turnout 500 52.2 –11.0
Registered electors 812
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 8.4

Saffron Walden Audley

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Miller* 506 40.7 –2.0
Liberal Democrats M. Hibbs 461 37.0 –5.7
Liberal Democrats J. Lefever* 385 30.9 –9.1
Conservative A. Walters 380 30.5 –9.9
Labour J. Evans 261 21.0 +6.8
Labour S. Lake 234 18.8 +5.8
Independent B. Hughes 127 10.2 N/A
Turnout ~1,244 52.2 –5.4
Registered electors 2,384
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Saffron Walden Castle

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Cornell 550 42.3 +12.1
Liberal Democrats M. Porter* 464 35.7 –8.2
Liberal Democrats J. Lupton 414 31.8 –3.1
Labour J. Scott 385 29.6 +2.1
Conservative A. Batchelor 384 29.5 –0.5
Conservative G. St Clair-Armstrong 304 23.4 –1.6
Turnout ~1,301 44.8 –7.9
Registered electors 2,905
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats hold

Saffron Walden Plantation

Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Green 533 40.7 +14.6
Labour Y. Mortin 458 35.0 +9.1
Liberal Democrats F. Whittington* 418 31.9 +6.4
Conservative J. Ketteridge* 413 31.5 –11.0
Liberal Democrats C. Bayley 389 29.7 +4.5
Conservative H. Veerman 301 23.0 –13.1
Turnout ~1,309 41.9 –2.8
Registered electors 3,125
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Saffron Walden Shire

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Green* 670 54.4 –3.3
Conservative R. Dean* 407 33.0 –3.5
Liberal Democrats R. Lefever 390 31.7 +2.1
Labour D. O'Sullivan 335 27.2 +3.1
Liberal Democrats N. Reed 302 24.5 +0.7
Turnout ~1,232 48.8 +3.6
Registered electors 2,525
Labour hold
Conservative hold

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats R. Clifford* 956 51.8 +2.9
Liberal Democrats A. Dean* 941 51.0 +5.1
Liberal Democrats M. Caton* 935 50.6 +5.9
Conservative J. Salmon 569 30.8 –10.9
Conservative B. Gott 497 26.9 –12.1
Labour A. Pounds 491 26.6 N/A
Conservative R. Wallace 456 24.7 N/A
Turnout ~1,847 44.4 –2.0
Registered electors 4,159
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Stebbing

Stebbing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent M. Porter* Unopposed
Registered electors 1,148
Independent hold

Stort Valley

Stort Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats G. Preston 426 71.1 N/A
Conservative G. McKee 173 28.9 N/A
Majority 253 42.2 N/A
Turnout 599 55.2 N/A
Registered electors 1,087
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Takeley

Takeley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Cheetham* 478 52.5 +7.0
Conservative J. Whitehead 425 46.7 +4.5
Liberal Democrats M. Groves* 374 41.1 +7.5
Liberal Democrats L. Flawn 369 40.5 N/A
Turnout ~910 41.5 –0.4
Registered electors 2,195
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Thaxted

Thaxted (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent M. Caton 460 39.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats M. Foley 426 36.3 +2.5
Conservative E. Walsh* 380 32.4 –23.6
Independent P. Leeder* 309 26.3 –16.0
Liberal Democrats D. Morgan 296 25.2 N/A
Independent R. Morgan 81 6.9 –1.5
Turnout ~1,174 54.4 +2.1
Registered electors 2,158
Independent gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

The Canfields

The Canfields
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats R. Smith 309 51.2 N/A
Conservative A. Wright* 295 48.8 N/A
Majority 14 2.4 N/A
Turnout 604 42.8 N/A
Registered electors 1,422
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

The Chesterfords

The Chesterfords
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Lightning* 401 67.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats P. Popper 195 32.7 N/A
Majority 206 34.6 N/A
Turnout 596 46.9 N/A
Registered electors 1,281
Conservative hold

The Eastons

The Eastons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Redcliffe 265 47.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats W. Davey 189 33.9 N/A
Labour G. Murray 104 18.6 N/A
Majority 76 13.6 N/A
Turnout 558 51.8 N/A
Registered electors 1,074
Conservative hold

The Rodings

The Rodings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats F. Cummings* 306 57.2 N/A
Conservative D. McGowan 229 42.8 N/A
Majority 77 14.4 N/A
Turnout 535 53.4 N/A
Registered electors 1,012
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

The Sampfords

The Sampfords
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent B. Hughes* 339 51.4 –0.1
Conservative R. Clement 321 48.6 N/A
Majority 18 2.8 –0.2
Turnout 660 49.8 +2.3
Registered electors 1,356
Independent hold

Wenden Lofts

Wenden Lofts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Chambers* 349 58.4 +2.0
Liberal Democrats J. Drinkwater 249 41.6 –2.0
Majority 100 16.8 +4.0
Turnout 598 52.7 –6.2
Registered electors 1,139
Conservative hold Swing 2.0

Wimbish & Debden

Wimbish & Debden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent R. Stone 258 45.3 +2.5
Liberal Democrats J. Gibb 186 32.6 N/A
Labour B. Lock 126 22.1 N/A
Majority 72 12.7 N/A
Turnout 570 44.1 –5.0
Registered electors 1,299
Independent gain from Conservative

By-elections

Great Dunmow South

Great Dunmow South by-election: 26 June 1997[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 351 35.8
Conservative 341 34.8
Labour 207 21.1
Independent 81 8.3
Majority 10 1.0
Turnout 980 30.0
Registered electors 3,267
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hatfield Broad Oak

Hatfield Broad Oak by-election: 03 July 1997[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 244 50.7
Liberal Democrats 215 44.7
Labour 22 4.6
Majority 29 6.0
Turnout 481 51.8
Registered electors 929
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

The Sampfords

The Sampfords by-election: 25 September 1997[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 255 47.6
Liberal Democrats 237 44.2
Independent 44 8.2
Majority 18 3.4
Turnout 536 39.5
Registered electors 1,357
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Stebbing

Stebbing by-election: 11 December 1997[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 271 52.6
Conservative 139 27.0
Independent 105 20.4
Majority 132 25.6
Turnout 515 42.1
Registered electors 1,223
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet by-election: 07 May 1998[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 826 49.7
Conservative 637 38.4
Labour 198 11.9
Majority 189 11.3
Turnout 1,661 38.0
Registered electors 4,371
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Results 1973 to 2011" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
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