1992 Chester City Council election

1992 English local election

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7 May 1992 (1992-05-07)

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20 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council
31 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	24 seats, 36.9%	21 seats, 34.6%
Seats won	9	5
Seats after	23	19
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	13,223	10,126
Percentage	41.0%	31.4%
Swing	4.1%	3.2%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Last election	14 seats, 24.0%	1 seat, 3.9%
Seats won	5	1
Seats after	16	2
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	7,716	1,060
Percentage	23.9%	3.3%
Swing	0.1%	0.6%

Winner of each seat at the 1992 Chester City Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1992 Chester City Council election took place on 7 May 1992 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Election result

1992 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	45.0	14	23	37.7	13,223	41.0	+4.1
	Labour	5	2	25.0	14	19	31.1	10,126	31.4	–3.2
	Liberal Democrats	5	2	25.0	11	16	26.2	7,716	23.9	–0.1
	Independent	1	1	5.0	1	2	4.9	1,060	3.3	–0.6
	Ratepayer	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	84	0.3	+0.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	43	0.1	–0.3

Ward results

Blacon Hall

Blacon Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Randall*	842	78.0	–6.9
	Conservative	T. Truesdale	238	22.0	+6.9
Majority			604	55.9	–13.7
Turnout			1,081	25.8	–10.7
Registered electors			4,184
	Labour hold		Swing	6.9

Boughton

Boughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Halley	683	51.5	–17.1
	Conservative	G. Robinson	526	39.7	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Brett	116	8.8	+0.6
Majority			157	11.8	–33.4
Turnout			1,326	50.6	–9.6
Registered electors			2,618
	Labour hold		Swing	16.8

Christleton

Christleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Bailey*	1,056	61.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Beith	331	19.3	–1.2
	Labour	S. Wardman	330	19.2	–2.5
Majority			725	42.2	+6.1
Turnout			1,717	46.4	–3.6
Registered electors			3,697
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.5

College

College
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Russell*	1,059	56.0	–2.3
	Conservative	A. Hodgson	527	27.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pay	220	11.6	–0.1
	Ratepayer	D. Taylor	84	4.4	±0.0
Majority			532	28.1	–4.5
Turnout			1,890	40.4	–5.3
Registered electors			4,676
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

Curzon

Curzon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Price	809	47.8	+9.4
	Labour	L. Nixon	686	40.5	–21.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Main	198	11.7	N/A
Majority			123	7.3	N/A
Turnout			1,693	57.7	–11.2
Registered electors			2,936
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	15.3

Dee Point

Dee Point
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Fetherston*	875	66.4	–14.7
	Conservative	J. Jaworzyn	355	26.9	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Indermaur	88	6.7	N/A
Majority			520	39.5	–22.6
Turnout			1,318	30.1	–9.1
Registered electors			4,378
	Labour hold		Swing	11.4

Farndon

Farndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Rowlandson*	529	78.0	+4.4
	Labour	P. Byrne	149	22.0	–4.4
Majority			380	56.0	+8.8
Turnout			678	40.3	+0.6
Registered electors			1,683
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

Grosvenor

Grosvenor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Connolly	1,152	52.2	+5.9
	Labour	S. Rudd	749	33.9	–3.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. Speirs	307	13.9	–2.5
Majority			403	18.3	+9.2
Turnout			2,208	52.0	–7.9
Registered electors			4,244
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.6

Hoole

Hoole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Veitch*	1,084	49.5	–1.6
	Labour	M. Foster	848	38.7	–0.5
	Conservative	M. Vaughan	258	11.8	+2.1
Majority			236	10.8	–1.1
Turnout			2,190	51.5	–7.5
Registered electors			4,256
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.6

Malpas

Malpas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Higgie	600	51.0	+8.2
	Conservative	G. Roberts	577	49.0	–1.2
Majority			23	2.0	N/A
Turnout			1,177	40.2	–7.2
Registered electors			2,926
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	4.7

Newton

Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ebo*	995	47.6	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	W. Williams	757	36.2	–5.8
	Labour	W. Megarrell	340	16.3	–2.7
Majority			238	11.4	N/A
Turnout			2,092	52.6	–5.6
Registered electors			3,975
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.2

Plas Newton

Plas Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Ralph*	774	38.1	–11.5
	Conservative	A. Smith	729	35.9	+14.5
	Labour	A. Mulvihill	528	26.0	–3.0
Majority			45	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,031	56.5	–3.2
Registered electors			3,596
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	13.0

Saughall

Saughall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Coughlan*	697	48.5	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Ballard	593	41.2	+5.1
	Labour	S. Newton	148	10.3	–9.7
Majority			104	7.2	–0.5
Turnout			1,438	49.0	–8.0
Registered electors			2,933
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

Sealand

Sealand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Bott*	814	57.4	–8.2
	Conservative	J. David	345	24.3	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	E. Bowman	260	18.3	+10.1
Majority			469	33.1	–12.7
Turnout			1,419	42.0	–5.2
Registered electors			3,382
	Labour hold		Swing	6.4

Tattenhall

Tattenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Jones	510	45.6	*N/A*
	Independent	B. Smith	460	41.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	T. Williams	148	13.2	N/A
Majority			50	4.5	N/A
Turnout			1,118	44.0	–2.5
Registered electors			2,534
	Conservative hold

Upton Grange

Upton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Bain	789	53.7	–3.2
	Conservative	J. Butler*	547	37.2	+12.2
	Labour	N. King	134	9.1	–9.0
Majority			242	16.5	–15.5
Turnout			1,470	51.0	–8.9
Registered electors			2,879
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	7.7

Upton Heath

Upton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Fitton	1,114	49.4	+3.9
	Labour	S. Grant	924	41.0	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hancox	218	9.7	–0.9
Majority			190	8.4	+6.8
Turnout			2,256	55.3	–5.2
Registered electors			4,079
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	3.4

Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Holding*	1,040	52.9	–11.4
	Conservative	D. Robotham	571	29.0	+8.9
	Labour	P. Whitley	355	18.1	+2.6
Majority			469	23.9	–20.3
Turnout			1,966	47.1	–6.6
Registered electors			4,173
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.2

Waverton

Waverton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Walley	428	49.4	+6.3
	Conservative	J. Cleland	377	43.5	–1.2
	Labour	F. Baker	62	7.2	–5.0
Majority			51	5.9	N/A
Turnout			867	61.3
Registered electors			1,415
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	3.8

Westminster

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Short*	1,311	56.5	+12.6
	Labour	L. Barlow	600	25.9	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	A. Stobie	365	15.7	–5.2
	Green	M. Barker	43	1.9	–0.7
Majority			711	30.7	+19.4
Turnout			2,319	49.2	–14.6
Registered electors			4,710
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.7

References

"Chester City Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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