Colchester Politics
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Colchester Politics: Colchester is a historic town located in Essex, England. It served as the first capital of Roman Britain and makes a claim to be the oldest town in Britain.
[edit] Local Political Parties
The three main national parties (Tory, Labour, and Lib Dems are represented locally by constituency parties/associations. All of the main parties have representation on the Colchester Borough Council. In addition, there are a 3 "independents" on the 60-member council.
[edit] Colchester Borough Council
Colchester Borough Council is the local municipal authority. The political composition of the council was (2004 local government elections):
- Conservative – 28 seats
- Liberal Democrats – 23 seats
- Labour – 6 seats
- Others – 3 seats
[edit] Mayor of Colchester
The current Mayor of Colchester is Councillor Richard Gower (Conservative) from Marks Tey ward.
[edit] Parliamentary Politics
The current Member of Parliament for the Colchester (UK Parliament constituency) is Bob Russell (LibDem).
Previous Colchester MP's have included Laming Worthington-Evans (Conservative, 1910-1929), Oswald Lewis (Conservative, 1929-1945), Charles Smith (Labour, 1945-1950), Cub Alport (Conservative, 1950-1964), and Antony Buck (Conservative 1964-1992).
[edit] 2005 General Election
- RE Russell (LibDem) - 21,145 (47.09%)
- KP Bentley (Conservative) - 14,868 (33.11%)
- LJF Bruni (Labour) - 8,886 (19.79%)
- Electorate 77,365
- Turnout 58.04%
- Majority 6,277 (13.98%)
- LibDem hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 2001 General Election
- RE Russell (LibDem) - 18,627 (42.6%)
- KP Bentley (Conservative) - 13,074 (29.9%)
- C Fegan (Labour) - 10,925 (25.0%)
- R Lord (UKIP) - 631 (1.4%)
- L Overy-Owen (Grey Party) - 479 (1.1%)
- Electorate 77,958
- Turnout 56.1%
- Majority 5,553 (12.7%)
- Lib Dem hold (4.8% swing from LibDem to Con)
- Source: University of Keele
[edit] 1997 General Election
Election date May 1, 1997. Colchester returned to being one constituency.
- RE Russell (LibDem) - 17,886 (34.37%)
- S Shakespeare (Conservative) - 16,335 (31.39%)
- R Green(Labour) - 15,891 (30.54%)
- Electorate 74,743
- Turnout 69.20%
- Majority 1,551 (2.98%)
- LibDem gain (6.2% swing from Con to LibDem)
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1992 General Election
Election date April 9, 1992. Colchester split into two Parliamentary constituencies.
Colchester North
- B. C. Jenkin (Conservative) - 35,213 (51.47%)
- JR Raven (Liberal Democrat) - 18,721 (27.36%)
- DJ Lee (Labour) - 13,870 (20.27%)
- M Tariq Shabeer (Green) - 372 (0.54%)
- M Mears (Natural Law) - 238 (0.35%)
- Electorate 86,479
- Turnout 79.11%
- Majority 16,492 (24.11%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
Colchester South & Maldon
- JFL Whittingdale (Conservative) - 37,548 (54.85%)
- IL Thorn (Liberal Democrat) - 15,727 (22.97%)
- CA Pearson (Labour) - 14,178 (20.68%)
- M Patterson (Green) - 1,028 (1.50%)
- Electorate 86,410
- Turnout 79.23%
- Majority 21,821 (31.87%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1987 General Election
Election date June 11, 1987. Colchester split into two Parliamentary constituencies.
Colchester North
- Antony Buck (Conservative) - 32,747 (52.28%)
- A Hayman (Liberal-SDP Alliance) - 19,124 (30.53%)
- RA Green (Labour) - 10,768 (17.19%)
- Electorate 82,240
- Turnout 76.00%
- Majority 13,623 (21.75%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
Colchester South & Maldon
- J Wakeham (Conservative) - 34,894 (54.92%)
- JW Stevens (Liberal-SDP Alliance) - 19,411 (30.55%)
- S Bigwood (Labour) - 9,229 (14.53%)
- Electorate 84,392
- Turnout 75.28%
- Majority 15,483 (24.37%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1983 General Election
Election date June 9, 1983. Colchester split into two Parliamentary constituencies.
Colchester North
- A Buck (Conservative) – 29,921 (52.97%)
- R Montgomerie (Liberal-SDP Alliance) – 14,873 (26.33%)
- RC Allen (Labour) – 10,397 (18.41%)
- D Wilkinson (Independent Conservative) – 784 (1.39%)
- R Davies (Independent) – 510 (0.90%)
- Electorate 77,292
- Turnout 73.08%
- Majority 15,048 (26.64%)
- Source University of Keele
Colchester South & Maldon
- J Wakeham (Conservative) – 31,296 (53.63%)
- J Stevens (Liberal-SDP Alliance) – 19,131 (32.78%)
- HJ Barnard (Labour) – 7,932 (13.59%)
- Electorate 79,582
- Turnout 73.33%
- Majority 12,165 (20.85%)
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1979 General Election
- A Buck (Conservative) – 36,740 (52.93%)
- RE Russell (Labour) – 22,877 (32.96%)
- M Gage (Liberal) – 9,704 (14.11%)
- Electorate 90,589
- Turnout 76.62%
- Majority 13,863 (19.97%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1974 General Election (October)
Election date October 10, 1974
- A Buck (Conservative) – 27,693 (44.45%)
- D Whytock (Labour) – 22,193 (35.62%)
- D Christian (Liberal) – 12,421 (19.94%)
- Electorate 81,836
- Turnout 76.14%
- Majority 5,550
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1974 General Election (February)
Election date February 28, 1974.
- A Buck (Conservative) – 29,072 (43.38%)
- D Whytock (Labour) – 22,210 (33.14%)
- DW Thomas (Liberal) – 15,737 (23.48%)
- Electorate 81,134
- Turnout 82.60%
- Majority 6,862 (10.24%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1970 General Election
- A Buck (Conservative) – 30,562 (52.57%)
- JG Bartlett (Labour) – 20,325 (34.96%)
- PS Watts (Liberal) – 7,248 (12.47%)
- Electorate: 74,946
- Turnout 77.57%
- Majority 10,237 (17.61%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1966 General Election
- A Buck (Conservative) – 24,320 (45.60%)
- MH Meacher (Labour) – 23,305 (43.69%)
- PS Watts (Liberal) – 5,714 (10.71%)
- Electorate 64,843
- Turnout 82.26%
- Majority 1,015 (1.90%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1964 General Election
Election date October 15, 1964.
- A Buck (Conservative) – 23,319 (46.03%)
- CCP Williams (Labour) – 19,780 (39.04%)
- EW Rodnigt (Liberal) – 7,566 (14.93%)
- Electorate 61,742
- Turnout 82.06%
- Majority 3,539
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1959 General Election
Election date October 8, 1959.
- CJM Alport (Conservative) – 24,592 (51.63%)
- JI Edmonson (Labour) – 17,096 (35.89%)
- PM Linfoot (Liberal) – 5,942 (12.48%)
- Electorate 57,5776
- Turnout 82.44%
- Majority 7,496 (15.74%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1955 General Election
- CJM Alport (Conservative) – 24,796 (55.48%)
- NR Thomas (Labour) – 19,898 (44.52%)
- Electorate 55,527
- Turnout 80.49%
- Majority 4,898 (10.96%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1951 General Election
Election date October 25, 1951.
- CJM Alport (Conservative) – 25,063 (54.16%)
- XN Field (Labour) – 21,217 (45.84%)
- Electorate 54,551
- Turnout 84.84%
- Majority 3,846 (8.31%)
- Conservative hold
- Source University of Keele
[edit] 1950 General Election
Election date February 23, 1950.
- CJM Alport (Conservative) - 21,403 (46.50%)
- C Smith (Labour) - 20,472 (44.47%)
- D Goldblat (Liberal) - 4,157 (9.03%)
- Electorate 53,048
- Turnout 86.77%
- Majority 931 (2.02%)
- Conservative gain
- Source University of Keele
