# 1987 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 5 May 1987 alongside local elections across the United Kingdom.

## Summary

1987 Colchester Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Conservative | 9 | 4 | 45.0 | 15 | 24 | 40.0 | 17,188 | 39.7 | +6.4 |
| | Alliance | 9 | 6 | 45.0 | 13 | 22 | 36.7 | 15,907 | 36.8 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 9 | 10 | 16.7 | 8,834 | 20.4 | –6.5 |
| | Tiptree Residents | 1 | | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | 1,242 | 2.9 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 79 | 0.2 | –0.9 |

## Ward results
### Berechurch

Berechurch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | H. Davis | 1,342 | 45.0 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | R. McQuitty | 1,003 | 33.6 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative | E. Parsons | 640 | 21.4 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 | 11.4 | +7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,985 | 49.4 | +2.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,046 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 3.6 | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Chris Hall | 1,309 | 43.8 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | E. Humphreys* | 1,037 | 34.7 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | S. Philpin | 641 | 21.5 | −18.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 9.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,987 | 59.3 | +6.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,039 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.1 | |

### Copford & Eight Ash Green

Copford & Eight Ash Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. Dymond* | 722 | 64.6 | −4.0 |
| | Alliance | B. Trusler | 276 | 24.7 | +8.9 |
| | Labour | S. Dick | 120 | 10.7 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 446 | 39.9 | −12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,118 | 49.9 | −0.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,242 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Great & Little Horksley

Great & Little Horksley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Allan | 540 | 59.5 | −8.8 |
| | Alliance | T. Hubbard | 246 | 27.2 | +4.3 |
| | Labour | Lucy Wood | 122 | 13.4 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | 32.3 | −20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 50.3 | −0.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,804 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.6 | |

### Great Tey

Great Tey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Browning* | 598 | 64.6 | −11.4 |
| | Alliance | G. Ambridge | 254 | 27.5 | +15.8 |
| | Labour | P. Doncaster | 73 | 7.9 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 | 37.1 | −26.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 925 | 53.3 | +8.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,735 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 13.6 | |

### Harbour

Harbour :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | E. Fowler | 994 | 36.4 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | B. Wilding | 939 | 34.4 | −9.6 |
| | Conservative | Mike Coyne | 719 | 26.3 | +6.4 |
| | Independent | D. Smith | 79 | 2.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,731 | 48.4 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,637 | | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | 5.7 | |

### Lexden

Lexden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | Ian Trusler* | 1,324 | 52.3 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Sonia Lewis | 1,086 | 42.9 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | J. Crawford | 121 | 4.8 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 238 | 9.4 | −3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,531 | 58.9 | +5.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,296 | | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

### Mile End

Mile End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Fulford* | 942 | 51.9 | +3.8 |
| | Alliance | W. Reid | 617 | 34.0 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | A. Hayden-Case | 255 | 14.1 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 17.9 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,814 | 44.9 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,044 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.4 | |

### New Town

New Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | J. Coleman* | 1,090 | 55.2 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Sandra Benedetti | 529 | 26.8 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | J. Clarke | 355 | 18.0 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 561 | 28.4 | −7.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,974 | 40.7 | +1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,856 | | |
| | Alliance hold | Alliance hold | Swing | 3.7 | |

### Prettygate

Prettygate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | R. Yates | 1,371 | 46.7 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | R. Stevenson | 1,221 | 41.6 | +10.1 |
| | Labour | G. Thompson | 341 | 11.6 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | 5.1 | −18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,933 | 58.0 | +6.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,059 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.2 | |

### Pyefleet

Pyefleet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Parsonson | 605 | 73.7 | +7.4 |
| | Alliance | P. Mills | 139 | 16.9 | −5.5 |
| | Labour | J. Brice | 77 | 9.4 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | 56.8 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 821 | 58.6 | −5.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,401 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Shrub End

Shrub End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | K. Starling | 1,316 | 58.3 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Frank Wilkin* | 526 | 23.3 | −9.1 |
| | Conservative | A. Stevenson | 415 | 18.4 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 790 | 35.0 | +10.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,257 | 36.4 | −0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,196 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Labour | Alliance gain from Labour | Swing | 5.1 | |

### St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Bayles | 1,176 | 44.5 | −14.9 |
| | Conservative | E. Winney | 737 | 27.9 | +5.9 |
| | Alliance | P. Smith | 729 | 27.6 | +9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 439 | 16.6 | −20.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,642 | 29.9 | +4.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,835 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 10.4 | |

### St. Anne's

St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | E. Crunden | 997 | 40.2 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | H. Pawsey* | 864 | 34.9 | +6.0 |
| | Labour | Chris Pearson | 618 | 24.9 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 5.3 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,479 | 50.6 | +4.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,903 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.6 | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Alliance | John Baker | 1,190 | 47.5 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | B. West* | 1,116 | 44.5 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | K. Hindle | 200 | 8.0 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 3.0 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,506 | 49.8 | +3.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,034 | | |
| | Alliance gain from Conservative | Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.5 | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. Spendlove* | 1,253 | 51.2 | +3.6 |
| | Alliance | C. Curtis | 801 | 32.7 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | R. Turp | 392 | 16.0 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 452 | 18.5 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,446 | 49.6 | +9.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,927 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.4 | |

### Stanway

Stanway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Orpen-Smellie* | 1,087 | 46.9 | +6.0 |
| | Alliance | Colin Sykes | 962 | 41.5 | −2.5 |
| | Labour | N. Bullen | 268 | 11.6 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | 5.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,317 | 43.7 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,305 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 4.3 | |

### Tiptree

Tiptree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tiptree Residents | J. Webb* | 1,242 | 65.4 | +4.9 |
| | Conservative | P. Bowdidge | 456 | 24.0 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | D. Chappell | 202 | 10.6 | −3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 786 | 41.4 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,900 | 31.4 | +0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,044 | | |
| | Tiptree Residents hold | Tiptree Residents hold | Swing | 3.3 | |

### West Mersea

West Mersea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Williams* | 1,512 | 64.6 | +2.6 |
| | Alliance | A. Stevens | 685 | 29.3 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | L. Shelley | 142 | 6.1 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 827 | 35.3 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,339 | 45.0 | +7.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,193 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.5 | |

### Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Last* | 1,283 | 48.7 | +11.0 |
| | Labour | Robert Newman | 1,089 | 41.3 | −1.1 |
| | Alliance | L. Footring | 265 | 10.0 | −9.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 7.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,637 | 43.6 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,043 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.1 | |