Local Election Results 2002
Colchester
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Other results for Colchester:
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
By-elections for Colchester (may be incomplete): 22nd April 2004 (Wivenhoe Quay)
— 21st October 2004 (Berechurch)
— 4th December 2008 (Birch & Winstree)
— 2nd May 2013 (West Mersea)
— 3rd July 2014 (Wivenhoe Quay)
— 22nd October 2015 (Dedham & Langham)
— 7th September 2017 (Shrub End)
— 28th July 2022 (Lexden & Braiswick)
— 8th December 2022 (Highwoods)
— 21st September 2023 (Highwoods)
Results for Essex county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
15221 |
37.9% |
24 |
| Liberal Democrat |
13687 |
34.1% |
26 |
| Labour |
8791 |
21.9% |
6 |
| Independent |
1511 |
3.8% |
4 |
| Green Party |
842 |
2.1% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
106 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Terry Sutton |
LD |
913 |
50.1% |
| Craig Sutton |
LD |
900 |
|
| Susan Brooks |
LD |
875 |
|
| David Harris |
Lab |
661 |
36.3% |
| Paul Bishop |
Lab |
613 |
|
| Christopher Pearson |
Lab |
592 |
|
| Elizabeth Lee |
C |
249 |
13.7% |
| Peter Burgoyne |
C |
239 |
|
| Patricia Conville |
C |
234 |
|
| Kevin Bentley |
C |
1117 |
62.3% |
| Peter Crowe |
C |
1046 |
|
| Sharon Coveney |
LD |
364 |
20.3% |
| Derek Jones |
Lab |
311 |
17.4% |
| Christopher Hall |
LD |
1068 |
56.4% |
| William Spyvee |
LD |
1044 |
|
| Kenneth Jones |
LD |
984 |
|
| Lynne Dingemans |
C |
369 |
19.5% |
| Alison Baxter |
C |
357 |
|
| Andrew Baxter |
C |
357 |
|
| Lisa Laybourne |
Lab |
268 |
14.1% |
| Hugh Thomas |
Lab |
254 |
|
| Julia Thomas |
Lab |
253 |
|
| Peter Lynn |
Grn |
190 |
10.0% |
| Andrew Senter |
Grn |
128 |
|
| Nicholas Cope |
LD |
559 |
41.9% |
| Roger Buston |
C |
545 |
40.8% |
| Martin Hunt |
LD |
530 |
|
| Anthony Hauton |
C |
488 |
|
| Maureen Lee |
Lab |
231 |
17.3% |
| Elizabeth Blundell |
C |
384 |
75.4% |
| Sally Scott |
LD |
125 |
24.6% |
| John Garnett |
C |
757 |
73.7% |
| Carolyn West |
LD |
197 |
19.2% |
| Geraldine Harris |
Lab |
73 |
7.1% |
| Andrew Raison |
Lab |
286 |
43.2% |
| Patricia Sanderson |
C |
246 |
37.2% |
| Barry Woodward |
LD |
130 |
19.6% |
| Christopher Arnold |
C |
960 |
62.0% |
| Nigel Chapman |
C |
917 |
|
| Alexander Scott |
LD |
341 |
22.0% |
| Thomas Prosser |
Lab |
248 |
16.0% |
| Peter Chillingworth |
C |
566 |
65.7% |
| Andrew Phillips |
LD |
295 |
34.3% |
| Mary Blandon |
LD |
674 |
52.6% |
| Justin Knight |
LD |
548 |
|
| David Canning |
Lab |
424 |
33.1% |
| Jane Green |
Lab |
392 |
|
| Michael Coyne |
C |
184 |
14.4% |
| Sandra Rae |
C |
165 |
|
| Gerald Oxford |
LD |
665 |
56.0% |
| Beverley Oxford |
LD |
649 |
|
| Ian Ringer |
LD |
560 |
|
| Sarah McLean |
C |
294 |
24.8% |
| Allan Blundell |
C |
293 |
|
| Richard Stevenson |
C |
278 |
|
| Edmund Chinnery |
Lab |
228 |
19.2% |
| Michael Smith |
Lab |
208 |
|
| Sonia Lewis |
C |
1258 |
57.6% |
| Donald Henshall |
C |
1091 |
|
| Barbara Williamson |
LD |
688 |
31.5% |
| Alan Trudgian |
Lab |
239 |
10.9% |
| Richard Gower |
C |
405 |
64.7% |
| Edna Salmon |
Lab |
125 |
20.0% |
| Mark Gray |
LD |
96 |
15.3% |
| Nicholas Taylor |
C |
599 |
33.7% |
| Matthew Eaton |
C |
593 |
|
| Anne Turrell |
LD |
546 |
30.7% |
| Alan Hayman |
LD |
529 |
|
| Wendy Scattergood |
C |
526 |
|
| Lucy Wood |
Lab |
446 |
25.1% |
| John Sutcliffe |
Ind |
187 |
10.5% |
| Theresa Higgins |
LD |
970 |
57.0% |
| Peter Higgins |
LD |
948 |
|
| Margaret Fisher |
LD |
932 |
|
| Jean Quinn |
Lab |
465 |
27.3% |
| Colin Beattie |
C |
267 |
15.7% |
| Glenn Bath |
C |
260 |
|
| Angus Allan |
C |
236 |
|
| Paul Sheppard |
LD |
1015 |
43.4% |
| John Gray |
LD |
1013 |
|
| Ron Levy |
C |
996 |
42.6% |
| Peter Crafford |
C |
975 |
|
| Sandra Gray |
LD |
974 |
|
| Michael Pearson |
C |
940 |
|
| Andrew Frost |
Lab |
326 |
13.9% |
| Robert Davidson |
C |
581 |
66.9% |
| Wilma Sutton |
LD |
287 |
33.1% |
| Julie Young |
Lab |
851 |
56.1% |
| Donald Quinn |
Lab |
818 |
|
| Tim Young |
Lab |
808 |
|
| John Fellows |
LD |
323 |
21.3% |
| Anne Allan |
C |
238 |
15.7% |
| Susan Burgoyne |
C |
213 |
|
| Pauline Lucas |
C |
203 |
|
| Jeremy Jepps |
SocAll |
106 |
7.0% |
| Michael Hogg |
LD |
895 |
55.3% |
| Gaik Chuah |
LD |
824 |
|
| Barrie Cook |
LD |
785 |
|
| Peter Brine |
Lab |
425 |
26.3% |
| David Jonas |
Lab |
394 |
|
| Paul Fryer-Kelsey |
Lab |
385 |
|
| Brigitte Beard |
C |
299 |
18.5% |
| Richard Lamberth |
C |
272 |
|
| Allan Doran |
C |
257 |
|
| Ray Gamble |
LD |
1030 |
67.8% |
| Paul Smith |
LD |
919 |
|
| Derek Smith |
C |
366 |
24.1% |
| Elizabeth Gorman |
C |
308 |
|
| Anna Trudgian |
Lab |
123 |
8.1% |
| Winifred Foster |
C |
593 |
36.2% |
| Amanda Arnold |
C |
589 |
|
| Alan Scattergood |
C |
561 |
|
| Richard Bourne |
Lab |
553 |
33.8% |
| Luke Dopson |
Lab |
520 |
|
| Kim Nash |
Lab |
502 |
|
| Keith Hindle |
LD |
490 |
30.0% |
| William Frame |
LD |
458 |
|
| Susan Waite |
LD |
452 |
|
| Colin Sykes |
LD |
1137 |
53.4% |
| Gwendoline Ilott |
LD |
1099 |
|
| Lesley Scott-Boutell |
LD |
1043 |
|
| Jane Collier |
C |
730 |
34.3% |
| Jonathan Pyman |
C |
717 |
|
| Michael Segal |
C |
670 |
|
| Ian Yates |
Lab |
261 |
12.3% |
| Tony Webb |
Ind |
757 |
39.7% |
| John Elliott |
Ind |
620 |
|
| Anne Burgess |
Ind |
617 |
|
| Alan Mogridge |
Lab |
569 |
29.8% |
| Audrey Spencer |
Lab |
432 |
|
| Nancy Cannon |
C |
398 |
20.9% |
| Margaret Crowe |
C |
398 |
|
| John Reeves |
C |
354 |
|
| Helen Bunney |
Ind |
330 |
|
| Stella Barnes |
Grn |
183 |
9.6% |
| David Cannon |
C |
757 |
47.2% |
| Jill Todd |
C |
692 |
|
| Una Jones |
LD |
323 |
20.1% |
| Gary Griffiths |
Lab |
287 |
17.9% |
| John Withers |
Grn |
238 |
14.8% |
| John Jowers |
C |
1348 |
62.2% |
| John Bouckley |
C |
1184 |
|
| Margaret Kimberley |
C |
1136 |
|
| Bry Mogridge |
Lab |
430 |
19.8% |
| Ronald Baker |
LD |
389 |
18.0% |
| Philip Hawkins |
Lab |
369 |
44.0% |
| David Adams |
C |
303 |
36.1% |
| Kenneth Rogers |
C |
290 |
|
| David Purdrey |
Lab |
184 |
|
| John Galpin |
LD |
167 |
19.9% |
| Patrick Mossop |
LD |
149 |
|
| Robert Newman |
Lab |
592 |
32.9% |
| Richard Davies |
Ind |
567 |
31.5% |
| Stephen Ford |
Lab |
523 |
|
| Eugene Kraft |
C |
412 |
22.9% |
| Elizabeth Corke |
C |
399 |
|
| Christopher Fox |
Grn |
231 |
12.8% |
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