1991 Braintree District Council election

1991 Braintree District Council election
← 1987 2 May 1991 1995 →
All 60 seats to Braintree District Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner in each seat at the 1991 Braintree District Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1991 Braintree District Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Quick facts All 60 seats to Braintree District Council 31 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	23	7	38.3	37.1	32,579	-5.5
Labour	21	8	35.0	36.0	31,622	+7.9
Liberal Democrats	6	1	10.0	17.7	15,528	-1.0
Independent	6	2	10.0	4.3	3,819	-3.3
Ratepayer	4	4	6.7	3.5	3,043	N/A
Green	0	0	0.0	0.8	682	N/A
Independent Labour	0	0	0.0	0.7	650	N/A
Residents	0	4	0.0	0.0	0	-3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Turner P.	735	61.9	+10.5
	Conservative	Goddard P.	363	29.8	−14.0
	Labour	Shrivington M.	101	8.3	+3.5
Majority			372	32.1	+24.5
Turnout			1,199	50.1	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	626	54.7	*N/A*
	Independent	301	26.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	218	19.0	N/A
Majority		325	28.4	N/A
Turnout		1,145	40.0	N/A
Registered electors		2,863
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	298	38.1	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	260	33.2	N/A
	Labour	225	28.7	N/A
Majority		38	4.9	N/A
Turnout		783	55.0	N/A
Registered electors		1,424
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

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