1995 Chester City Council election

Summary

Election result

1995 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	4	40.0	15	23	38.3	15,176	45.3	+0.2
	Conservative	6	4	30.0	13	19	31.7	8,984	26.8	–2.4
	Liberal Democrats	5		25.0	11	16	26.7	7,909	23.6	–1.4
	Independent	1		5.0	1	2	3.3	1,300	3.9	N/A
	Ratepayer	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	104	0.3	–0.2

Ward results

Barrow

Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Roberts	696	45.5	–9.0
	Labour	R. Barlow	567	37.1	–8.4
	Liberal Democrats	U. Gerstl	266	17.4	N/A
Majority			129	8.4	–0.7
Turnout			1,529	39.3	–1.7
Registered electors			3,887
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.3

Blacon Hall

Blacon Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Price*	1,118	89.1	–3.4
	Conservative	E. Margerum	89	7.1	–0.4
	Liberal Democrats	H. Prydderch	48	3.8	N/A
Majority			1,029	82.0	–3.0
Turnout			1,255	30.6	–0.4
Registered electors			4,102
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

Boughton Heath

Boughton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Farrell*	1,087	52.2	–0.8
	Labour	E. Davies	512	24.6	+5.5
	Conservative	P. Gaskin	484	23.2	–4.6
Majority			575	27.6	+2.4
Turnout			2,083	46.0	–5.0
Registered electors			4,524
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.2

Christleton

Christleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Boughton	846	47.3	–13.6
	Labour	S. Wardman	588	32.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	I. Mottershaw	354	19.8	+0.7
Majority			258	14.4	–27.8
Turnout			1,768	46.0	–0.4
Registered electors			3,888
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.3

College

College

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Degg	1,203	67.5	–0.6
	Conservative	S. Barclay	342	19.2	–3.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Indermaur	132	7.4	N/A
	Ratepayer	D. Taylor	104	5.8	–3.1
Majority			861	48.3	+3.1
Turnout			1,781	37.6	+1.6
Registered electors			4,738
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

Dee Point

Dee Point

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Nelson*	1,098	83.2	–2.5
	Conservative	J. Jaworzyn	150	11.4	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	L. Biddle	71	5.4	N/A
Majority			948	71.9	+0.4
Turnout			1,319	30.0	–1.0
Registered electors			4,393
	Labour hold		Swing	0.2

Dodleston

Dodleston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Fair*	421	51.0	–17.7
	Labour	A. Porter	323	39.2	+21.1
	Liberal Democrats	K. Prydderch	81	9.8	–3.4
Majority			98	11.9	–38.8
Turnout			825	49.0	–5.4
Registered electors			1,684
	Conservative hold		Swing	19.4

Elton

Elton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Bennett	1,023	53.6	–5.5
	Conservative	D. Rowlands*	726	38.1	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	G. Ralph	158	8.3	N/A
Majority			297	15.6	–2.5
Turnout			1,907	39.0	–6.0
Registered electors			4,870
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	1.4

Grosvenor

Grosvenor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Davidson	1,117	49.3	–8.1
	Conservative	C. White	781	34.5	–8.1
	Liberal Democrats	T. Crossland	368	16.2	N/A
Majority			336	14.8	–0.1
Turnout			2,266	52.0	±0.0
Registered electors			4,344
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.0

Hoole

Hoole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Smith*	1,202	53.0	–4.1
	Labour	D. Kelly	1,064	47.0	+11.4
Majority			138	6.1	–15.5
Turnout			2,266	47.9	–1.1
Registered electors			4,726
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.8

Malpas

Newton

Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Simpson*	795	43.4	–9.2
	Labour	W. Megarrell	521	28.5	+8.9
	Conservative	J. Smith	515	28.1	+0.3
Majority			274	15.0	–9.8
Turnout			1,831	45.7	–6.3
Registered electors			4,007
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.1

Plas Newton

Plas Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Hale*	921	56.0	–3.3
	Labour	G. Criag	723	44.0	+15.7
Majority			198	12.0	–19.0
Turnout			1,644	45.2	–6.8
Registered electors			3,637
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.5

Saughall

Saughall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Storrar	609	38.9	–9.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pemberton	479	30.6	–10.6
	Labour	C. Gahan	477	30.5	+20.2
Majority			130	8.3	+1.1
Turnout			1,565	52.2	+3.2
Registered electors			2,998
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.5

Sealand

Sealand

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Nield	1,180	80.7	+23.3
	Conservative	C. Pearson	150	10.3	–14.0
	Liberal Democrats	R. Price	133	9.1	–9.2
Majority			1,030	70.4	+37.3
Turnout			1,463	37.0	–5.0
Registered electors			3,953
	Labour hold		Swing	18.7

Tarvin

Tarvin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Plenderleath*	605	53.5	–19.9
	Labour	A. Pegrum	434	38.4	+11.8
	Liberal Democrats	S. Plank	92	8.1	N/A
Majority			171	15.1	–31.8
Turnout			1,131	33.7	–11.5
Registered electors			3,355
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.9

Tattenhall

Upton Heath

Upton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Dixon	1,065	48.5	+1.9
	Conservative	J. Cliffe*	663	30.2	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	R. Biddle	385	17.5	–7.7
	Independent	J. Starkey	81	3.7	N/A
Majority			402	18.3	–0.1
Turnout			2,194	54.0	–3.0
Registered electors			4,043
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.1

Vicars Cross

Vicars Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Proctor*	1,072	55.0	–6.3
	Labour	C. Jones	543	27.9	+7.6
	Conservative	D. Gauke	333	17.1	–1.4
Majority			529	27.2	–13.8
Turnout			1,948	44.3	–1.7
Registered electors			4,395
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.0

Westminster

Westminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Murphy	1,322	53.1	+4.7
	Conservative	D. Bithell	670	26.9	–9.0
	Independent	R. Croft*	496	19.9	N/A
Majority			652	26.2	+13.7
Turnout			2,488	48.3	–3.7
Registered electors			5,150
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.9

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