1965 Essex County Council election

1965 UK local government election

25 March 1965 (1965-03-25)

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All 77 seats to Essex County Council
39 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

27.7%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal
Seats won	47	29	1
Popular vote	88,214	69,886	8,522
Percentage	52.3%	41.4%	5.1%

Council control after election

Conservative

The 1965 Essex County Council election took place on 25 March 1965 to elect members of Essex County Council in England.

Summary

1965 Essex County Council election
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	47	61.0	52.3	88,214
Labour	29	37.7	41.4	69,886
Liberal	1	1.3	5.1	8,522
Independent	0	0.0	1.1	1,884
Communist	0	0.0	0.1	131

Division results

Results from 4 divisions are missing from the source document and are therefore not listed here.

Bardfield

Bardfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edith Borthwick	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,966
	Conservative win

Basildon (Billericay)

Basildon (Billericay)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Coker	1,888	80.6
	Labour	Buckley	454	19.4
Majority			1,434	61.2
Turnout			2,343	26.2
Registered electors			8,947
	Conservative win

Basildon (Central)

Basildon (Central)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Payne	708	60.6
	Conservative	Shackleton	460	39.4
Majority			248	21.2
Turnout			1,168	14.6
Registered electors			8,018
	Labour win

Basildon (Fryerns)

Basildon (Fryerns)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Turner	755	66.3
	Conservative	Nicholls	322	28.3
	Communist	Denny	62	5.4
Majority			433	38.0
Turnout			1,139	14.1
Registered electors			8,079
	Labour win

Basildon (Laindon)

Basildon (Laindon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Violet Palmer	696	59.6
	Conservative	de-la Bertauche	472	40.4
Majority			224	19.2
Turnout			1,168	16.1
Registered electors			7,253
	Labour win

Basildon (Langdon Hills)

Basildon (Langdon Hills)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cullis	935	56.0
	Labour	Forster	735	44.0
Majority			200	12.0
Turnout			1,670	21.7
Registered electors			7,703
	Conservative win

Basildon (Pitsea)

Basildon (Pitsea)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Elderton	746	54.6
	Conservative	Thorpe	620	45.4
Majority			126	9.2
Turnout			1,366	18.6
Registered electors			7,354
	Labour win

Basildon (Ramsden)

Basildon (Ramsden)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Redbond	1,281	69.7
	Labour	Burnett	558	30.3
Majority			723	39.4
Turnout			1,839	23.7
Registered electors			7,766
	Conservative win

Basildon (Wickford)

Basildon (Wickford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Hodgson	1,651	61.3
	Labour	Walsh	1,043	38.7
Majority			608	22.6
Turnout			2,694	27.3
Registered electors			9,883
	Conservative win

Benfleet (East)

Benfleet (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Daniels	2,174	67.7
	Labour	Evans	1,039	32.3
Majority			1,135	35.4
Turnout			3,213	26.2
Registered electors			12,249
	Conservative win

Benfleet (West)

Benfleet (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Walter Marrison	2,158	59.3
	Labour	Herington	1,484	40.7
Majority			674	18.6
Turnout			3,642	22.8
Registered electors			16,010
	Conservative win

Braintree & Bocking

Braintree & Bocking
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tabor	2,574	56.2
	Conservative	Ralph Batey	2,008	43.8
Majority			566	12.4
Turnout			4,582	32.3
Registered electors			14,169
	Labour win

Brentwood (Central)

Brentwood (Central)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Isgrove	1,543	77.8
	Labour	Morgan	441	22.2
Majority			1,984	55.6
Turnout			1,984	25.2
Registered electors			7,859
	Conservative win

Brentwood (Hutton)

Brentwood (Hutton)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Crofton	1,884	51.5
	Liberal	Wernick	935	25.5
	Labour	O'Brien	842	23.0
Majority			949	26.0
Turnout			3,661	37.9
Registered electors			9,649
	Conservative win

Brentwood (North)

Brentwood (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Davidson	1,527	62.3
	Liberal	Neal	567	23.1
	Labour	Rowe	357	14.6
Majority			960	39.2
Turnout			2,451	31.6
Registered electors			7,766
	Conservative win

Brentwood (South)

Brentwood (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Sole	1,974	54.1
	Labour	Horovitch	1,675	45.9
Majority			299	8.2
Turnout			3,649	40.7
Registered electors			8,969
	Conservative win

Brightlingsea

Brightlingsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Dale	832	35.9
	Conservative	Gooch	777	33.5
	Labour	French	711	30.6
Majority			55	2.4
Turnout			2,320	30.5
Registered electors			7,598
	Liberal win

Broomfield

Broomfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Eden	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,858
	Conservative win

Canvey Island

Canvey Island
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Mason	1,748	64.5
	Conservative	Smith	962	35.5
Majority			786	29.0
Turnout			2,710	19.6
Registered electors			13,797
	Labour win

Chelmsford (East)

Chelmsford (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Ward	1,010	64.0
	Labour	Landers	568	36.0
Majority			442	28.0
Turnout			1,578	24.6
Registered electors			6,404
	Conservative win

Chelmsford (North)

Chelmsford (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Woodcraft	1,781	57.6
	Conservative	King	1,309	42.4
Majority			472	15.2
Turnout			3,090	24.8
Registered electors			12,464
	Labour win

Chelmsford (South)

Chelmsford (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Evelyn Hockley	1,550	72.3
	Labour	Baker	594	27.7
Majority			956	44.6
Turnout			2,144	23.1
Registered electors			9,276
	Conservative win

Chelmsford (West)

Chelmsford (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miriam Edwards	792	40.2
	Conservative	Fuche	736	37.4
	Independent	Verdult	440	22.4
Majority			56	2.8
Turnout			1,968	28.1
Registered electors			7,000
	Labour win

Chigwell (Buckhurst Hill)

Chigwell (Buckhurst Hill)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Perry	1,482	73.8
	Labour	Hempstead	526	26.2
Majority			956	47.6
Turnout			2,008	24.2
Registered electors			8,294
	Conservative win

Chigwell (Chigwell)

Chigwell (Chigwell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie Wilson	967	87.6
	Labour	Palfreman	137	12.4
Majority			830	75.2
Turnout			1,104	17.9
Registered electors			6,175
	Conservative win

Chigwell (Loughton North)

Chigwell (Loughton North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frank Davis	1,486	54.5
	Conservative	L. Davis	1,242	45.5
Majority			244	9.0
Turnout			2,728	26.0
Registered electors			10,509
	Labour win

Chigwell (Loughton South)

Chigwell (Loughton South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Crafford	1,862	57.8
	Labour	William Archer	1,288	40.0
	Communist	Hinchliff	69	2.1
Majority			574	17.8
Turnout			3,219	28.6
Registered electors			11,257
	Conservative win

Clacton (North East)

Clacton (North East)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daphne Nicolls	1,647	84.3
	Labour	White	306	15.7
Majority			1,341	68.6
Turnout			1,953	16.5
Registered electors			11,866
	Conservative win

Clacton (South West)

Clacton (South West)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hyde	1,913	82.7
	Labour	Madden	400	17.3
Majority			1,513	65.4
Turnout			2,313	17.4
Registered electors			13,325
	Conservative win

Coggeshall

Coggeshall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Dixon Smith	1,963	54.7
	Labour	Christopher Walker	1,626	45.3
Majority			337	9.4
Turnout			3,589	44.8
Registered electors			8,005
	Conservative win

Colchester (Central)

Colchester (Central)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Parsley	1,215	54.7
	Conservative	Odling	1,007	45.3
Majority			208	9.4
Turnout			2,222	33.7
Registered electors			6,589
	Labour win

Colchester (East)

Colchester (East)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eileen Komlosy	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,568
	Labour win

Colchester (North)

Colchester (North)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Underwood	1,424	54.1
	Labour	Ladbrook	1,210	45.9
Majority			214	8.2
Turnout			2,634	30.2
Registered electors			8,728
	Conservative win

Colchester (South)

Colchester (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ivor Brown	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,061
	Labour win

Colchester (West)

Colchester (West)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sir John Greaves	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,061
	Conservative win

Danbury

Danbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Reed	1,384	68.8
	Labour	Davida Higgin	628	31.2
Majority			756	37.6
Turnout			2,012	29.4
Registered electors			6,834
	Conservative win

Dedham & Stanway

Dedham & Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gerald Milsom	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,524
	Conservative win

Dunmow

Dunmow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Davey	2,013	75.6
	Labour	Lynch	651	24.4
Majority			1,362	51.2
Turnout			2,664	35.0
Registered electors			7,623
	Conservative win

Epping

Epping
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Padfield	1,379	53.7
	Labour	Christopher Morris	811	31.6
	Liberal	Grant	379	14.8
Majority			568	22.1
Turnout			2,569	38.4
Registered electors			6,693
	Conservative win

Epping Upland

Epping Upland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Daniels	1,549	67.2
	Labour	Jones	756	32.8
Majority			793	34.4
Turnout			2,305	29.8
Registered electors			7,739
	Conservative win

Frinton & Walton

Frinton & Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Gray	1,939	59.6
	Liberal	Rayner	947	29.1
	Labour	Phillips	369	11.3
Majority			992	30.5
Turnout			3,255	36.5
Registered electors			8,922
	Conservative win

Great Baddow

Great Baddow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Foxon	1,773	63.4
	Labour	Hempstead	1,025	36.6
Majority			748	26.8
Turnout			2,798	31.3
Registered electors			8,939
	Conservative win

Halstead

Halstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Waterer	2,745	56.3
	Labour	Dixey	2,128	43.7
Majority			617	12.6
Turnout			4,873	53.9
Registered electors			9,037
	Conservative win

Harlow (Harlow & Mark Hall)

Harlow (Harlow & Mark Hall)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anderson	1,568	75.9
	Liberal	Preece	499	24.1
Majority			1,069	51.8
Turnout			2,067	23.3
Registered electors			8,891
	Labour win

Harlow (Netteswell & Little Parndon)

Harlow (Netteswell & Little Parndon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sonia Anderson	1,447	75.8
	Liberal	Jackson	463	24.2
Majority			984	51.6
Turnout			1,910	22.3
Registered electors			8,571
	Labour win

Harlow (Potter Street & Brays Grove)

Harlow (Potter Street & Brays Grove)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lehane	738	84.8
	Liberal	Jackson	132	15.2
Majority			606	69.6
Turnout			870	15.2
Registered electors			5,709
	Labour win

Harlow (Town Centre & Great Parndon)

Harlow (Town Centre & Great Parndon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Howett	1,232	61.5
	Conservative	Carson	592	29.6
	Liberal	Perry	179	8.9
Majority			640	31.9
Turnout			2,003	32.2
Registered electors			6,213
	Labour win

Harlow (Tye Green & Latton Bush)

Harlow (Tye Green & Latton Bush)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karger	1,248	77.7
	Liberal	Green	358	22.3
Majority			890	55.4
Turnout			1,606	23.7
Registered electors			6,766
	Labour win

Harwich

Harwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harry Gochin	1,240	46.2
	Independent	Burtsal	1,040	38.7
	Independent	Rose	404	15.1
Majority			200	7.5
Turnout			2,684	28.0
Registered electors			9,578
	Labour win

Hedingham

Hedingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dorothy Stieber	2,301	52.7
	Conservative	Warren	2,063	47.3
Majority			236	5.4
Turnout			4,364	55.5
Registered electors			7,862
	Labour win

Hockley & Rawreth

Hockley & Rawreth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Wright	1,411	68.5
	Labour	Lambe	649	31.5
Majority			762	37.0
Turnout			2,060	20.6
Registered electors			9,984
	Conservative win

Maldon

Maldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Brown	1,725	52.1
	Labour	Brewster	1,584	47.9
Majority			141	4.2
Turnout			3,309	40.8
Registered electors			8,106
	Conservative win

Mersea

Mersea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Bunn	2,178	68.8
	Labour	Edward Lilley	990	31.3
Majority			1,188	37.5
Turnout			3,168	28.0
Registered electors			11,330
	Conservative win

Ongar

Ongar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernest Cooke	2,163	68.1
	Labour	Hammond	1,014	31.9
Majority			1,149	36.2
Turnout			3,177	35.6
Registered electors			8,934
	Conservative win

Southminster

Southminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Watts	1,647	64.9
	Labour	Harris	641	25.2
	Liberal	Barlow	251	9.9
Majority			1,006	39.7
Turnout			2,539	31.0
Registered electors			8,181
	Conservative win

Stansted

Stansted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Dyball	2,208	63.6
	Labour	Wilson	1,263	36.4
Majority			945	27.2
Turnout			3,471	41.5
Registered electors			8,375
	Conservative win

Stock

Stock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Foulsham	1,156	77.6
	Labour	Guilder	333	22.4
Majority			1,489	55.2
Turnout			1,489	23.0
Registered electors			6,479
	Conservative win

Tendring

Tendring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Aylmore	1,119	52.7
	Labour	Ann Hoskyna	1,004	47.3
Majority			115	5.4
Turnout			2,123	25.0
Registered electors			8,495
	Conservative win

Thaxted

Thaxted
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Curtis	1,552	53.1
	Labour	Peter Harrison	1,372	46.9
Majority			180	6.2
Turnout			2,924	40.9
Registered electors			7,147
	Conservative win

Theydon

Theydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Jones	2,137	55.5
	Liberal	Logan	936	24.3
	Labour	Gerrard	777	20.2
Majority			1,201	31.2
Turnout			3,850	41.1
Registered electors			9,369
	Conservative win

Thurrock (Chadwell)

Thurrock (Chadwell)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Siddons	552	79.5
	Liberal	Sidney Senior	142	20.5
Majority			410	59.0
Turnout			694	10.8
Registered electors			6,446
	Labour win

Thurrock (Grays Thurrock)

Thurrock (Grays Thurrock)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Harold Fletcher	1,080	60.0
	Conservative	Bright	616	34.2
	Liberal	Catty	104	5.8
Majority			464	25.8
Turnout			1,800	17.2
Registered electors			10,443
	Labour win

Thurrock (Little Thurrock)

Thurrock (Little Thurrock)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Roy Robertson	792	50.3
	Conservative	Robinson	782	47.7
Majority			10	0.6
Turnout			1,574	23.5
Registered electors			6,691
	Labour win

Thurrock (Orsett & Stifford)

Thurrock (Orsett & Stifford)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Pollard	1,080	52.0
	Conservative	Price	730	35.1
	Liberal	Ronald Knight	267	12.9
Majority			350	16.9
Turnout			2,077	24.8
Registered electors			8,365
	Labour win

Thurrock (South Ockendon)

Thurrock (South Ockendon)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wootton	984	85.6
	Liberal	Bowles	165	14.4
Majority			819	71.2
Turnout			1,149	10.0
Registered electors			11,459
	Labour win

Thurrock (Stanford-le-Hope & Corringham)

Thurrock (Stanford-le-Hope & Corringham)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julian Norris	1,691	59.0
	Conservative	Hart	1,064	37.1
	Liberal	Sargeant	113	3.9
Majority			627	21.9
Turnout			2,868	21.9
Registered electors			13,092
	Labour win

Thurrock (Tilbury)

Thurrock (Tilbury)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert Jones	564	95.6
	Liberal	Percy Goodyear	26	4.4
Majority			538	91.2
Turnout			590	9.9
Registered electors			5,963
	Labour win

Thurrock (West Thurrock & Aveley)

Thurrock (West Thurrock & Aveley)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ridgwell	620	83.8
	Liberal	Beadle	120	16.2
Majority			500	67.6
Turnout			740	7.9
Registered electors			9,369
	Labour win

Tollesbury

Tollesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Gimson	1,843	60.9
	Liberal	White	644	21.3
	Labour	Lane	538	17.8
Majority			1,199	39.6
Turnout			3,025	39.6
Registered electors			7,637
	Conservative win

Waltham Abbey

Waltham Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ellen Tuck	1,741	55.8
	Labour	Allen	1,378	44.2
Majority			363	11.6
Turnout			3,119	39.8
Registered electors			7,828
	Conservative win

Witham

Witham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Mott	1,666	55.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Clarke	1,339	44.6
Majority			327	10.8
Turnout			3,005	43.2
Registered electors			6,960
	Labour win

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Crosfield	1,138	41.9
	Conservative	Hunneyball	1,118	41.1
	Liberal	Fitch	463	17.0
Majority			20	0.8
Turnout			2,719	31.3
Registered electors			8,684
	Labour win

Writtle

Writtle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Beryl Platt	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,445
	Conservative win

References

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Colchester City Council	1950 1951 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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Harlow District 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 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
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 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Southend-on-Sea City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (1964 ←) 1965 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1966)
County councils (England)	Essex Kent Surrey
County boroughs (England)	Leeds Liverpool Sheffield
Urban districts (England)	Hale
Municipal boroughs (England)	Altrincham Sale
City corporations (Scotland)	Aberdeen Dundee Edinburgh Glasgow

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