1991 Chester City Council election

1991 Chester City Council election
21 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1991 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

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

[1]

1991 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10		47.6	14	24	40.0	15,225	36.9	+7.1
	Labour	4	1	19.0	17	21	35.0	14,282	34.6	–13.7
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	28.6	8	14	23.3	9,893	24.0	+3.9
	Independent	1		4.8	0	1	1.7	1,613	3.9	+3.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	180	0.4	–0.9
	Ratepayer	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.2	±0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Mapes*	1,120	68.8	+9.1
	Labour	R. Barlow	509	31.2	–9.1
Majority			611	37.5	+18.1
Turnout			1,629	44.0	–5.0
Registered electors			3,702
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Price*	1,321	84.8	–4.2
	Conservative	T. Truesdale	237	15.2	+4.2
Majority			1,084	69.6	–8.4
Turnout			1,558	36.5	–9.6
Registered electors			4,268
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Farrell*	1,363	48.1	+7.7
	Conservative	A. Elloy	1,125	39.7	+3.8
	Labour	M. Thompson	347	12.2	–11.5
Majority			238	8.4	+3.9
Turnout			2,835	63.3	+0.2
Registered electors			4,481
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Begbie	1,080	57.8	–12.8
	Labour	S. Wardman	405	21.7	–7.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Beith	383	20.5	N/A
Majority			675	36.1	N/A
Turnout			1,868	50.0	+7.0
Registered electors			3,735
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

1991 Chester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Barrow

Blacon Hall

Boughton Heath

Christleton

College

Dee Point

Dodleston

Elton

Grosvenor

Hoole

Malpas

Newton

Plas Newton

Saughall

Sealand

Tarvin

Tattenhall

Upton Heath

Vicars Cross

Westminster

References

Related Articles

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Hughes	1,178	58.3	–6.5
	Conservative	H. Middleton	519	25.7	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	D. Hooper	236	11.7	+2.4
	Ratepayer	D. Taylor	88	4.4	–0.2
Majority			659	32.6	–11.0
Turnout			2,021	45.7	–1.2
Registered electors			4,423
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Nelson	1,392	81.1	–2.6
	Conservative	J. Jaworzyn	325	18.9	+2.6
Majority			1,067	62.1	N/A
Turnout			1,717	39.2	–3.9
Registered electors			4,382
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Fair*	597	68.7	+8.6
	Labour	G. Thompson	157	18.1	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	K. Prydderch	115	13.2	–20.8
Majority			440	50.6	+24.5
Turnout			869	54.4	–7.6
Registered electors			1,596
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Rowlands	1,196	57.9	+11.5
	Labour	S. Rudd	869	42.1	–11.5
Majority			327	15.8	N/A
Turnout			2,065	46.5	+1.4
Registered electors			4,440
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Byatt*	1,166	46.3	+8.8
	Labour	W. Price	937	37.2	–9.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Speirs	414	16.4	+6.1
Majority			229	9.1	N/A
Turnout			2,517	59.9	–2.7
Registered electors			4,199
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Smith*	1,227	51.1	+4.9
	Labour	M. Foster	942	39.2	+0.3
	Conservative	M. Stuart	234	9.7	+0.4
Majority			285	11.9	N/A
Turnout			2,403	59.0	+1.1
Registered electors			4,072
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Crump	703	50.2	–1.9
	Independent	C. Higgie	599	42.8	–5.1
	Labour	S. Murphy	98	7.0	N/A
Majority			104	7.4	+3.2
Turnout			1,400	47.4	+2.9
Registered electors			2,951
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Simpson	973	42.0	+2.2
	Conservative	J. Hibbert*	904	39.0	+5.5
	Labour	W. Houlsby	440	19.0	–7.6
Majority			69	3.0	–3.3
Turnout			2,317	58.2	–0.5
Registered electors			3,981
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Hale*	1,159	52.7	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	T. Ralph	954	43.4	–2.5
	Labour	R. Cross	677	30.8	–6.0
	Labour	W. Megarrell	602	27.4	–9.4
	Conservative	A. Smith	500	22.7	+6.4
	Conservative	W. Sutton	500	22.7	+5.4
Turnout			2,198	59.7	–5.2
Registered electors			3,681
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Davies	730	43.8	–26.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Ballard	602	36.1	N/A
	Labour	S. Newton	334	20.0	–9.9
Majority			128	7.7	–32.5
Turnout			1,666	57.0	+13.3
Registered electors			2,921
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Sealand
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Nield*	1,087	65.6	–1.1
	Conservative	J. David	328	19.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Indermaur	136	8.2	N/A
	Green	H. De Lemos	105	6.3	–2.0
Majority			759	45.8	–3.9
Turnout			1,656	47.2	–4.4
Registered electors			3,505
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

Tarvin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Plenderleath*	1,076	73.4	+15.9
	Labour	A. Pegrum	389	26.6	–15.9
Majority			687	46.9	+31.9
Turnout			1,465	45.2	+0.6
Registered electors			3,238
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.9

Vicars Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Proctor*	1,453	64.3	+12.8
	Conservative	C. Robson	455	20.1	–2.7
	Labour	E. Turner	351	15.5	–10.1
Majority			988	44.2	+18.2
Turnout			2,260	53.7	–3.3
Registered electors			4,207
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Haynes*	1,014	84.2	*N/A*
	Labour	J. Oakden	190	15.8	–12.6
Majority			824	68.4	N/A
Turnout			1,204	46.5	+13.2
Registered electors			2,589
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Cliffe	1,140	45.5	+7.9
	Labour	S. Grant	1,099	43.9	–8.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Hancox	265	10.6	+0.3
Majority			41	1.6	N/A
Turnout			2,504	60.5	–3.3
Registered electors			4,136
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Croft	1,290	43.9	+7.2
	Labour	L. Barlow	958	32.6	–8.8
	Liberal Democrats	A. Stobie	613	20.9	+3.5
	Green	T. Barker	75	2.6	–1.9
Majority			332	11.3	N/A
Turnout			2,936	63.8	–0.5
Registered electors			4,602
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.0

v t e Council elections in Cheshire
Cheshire East Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
Cheshire West and Chester Council	2008 2011 2015 2019 2023
Halton Borough 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
Warrington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Cheshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished
Chester City 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 Abolished
Congleton Borough 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 Abolished
Crewe and Nantwich Borough 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 Abolished
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough 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 Abolished
Macclesfield Borough 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 Abolished
Vale Royal Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards, Boundary changes

v t e (1990 ←) 1991 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1992)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bradford Bolton Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Gateshead Dudley Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
District councils (England)	Adur Allerdale Alnwick Amber Valley Arun Ashfield Ashford Aylesbury Vale Babergh Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blaby Blackburn Blackpool Blyth Valley Bolsover Boothferry Boston Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Braintree Breckland Brentwood Bridgnorth Brighton Bristol Broadland Bromsgrove Broxbourne Broxtowe Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Canterbury Caradon Carlisle Carrick Castle Morpeth Castle Point Charnwood Chelmsford Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chesterfield Chester-le-Street Chichester Chiltern Chorley Christchurch Cleethorpes Colchester Congleton Copeland Corby Cotswold Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Dacorum Darlington Dartford Daventry Derbyshire Dales Derby Derwentside Dover Durham Easington East Cambridgeshire East Devon East Dorset East Hampshire East Hertfordshire East Lindsey East Northamptonshire East Staffordshire East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Eastbourne Eastleigh Eden Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Epsom and Ewell Erewash Exeter Fareham Fenland Forest Heath Forest of Dean Fylde Gedling Gillingham Glanford Gloucester Gosport Gravesham Great Grimsby Great Yarmouth Guildford Halton Hambleton Harborough Harlow Harrogate Hart Hartlepool Hastings Havant Hereford Hertsmere High Peak Hinckley and Bosworth Holderness Horsham Hove Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Kennet Kerrier Kettering King's Lynn and West Norfolk Kingston upon Hull Kingswood Lancaster Langbaurgh-on-Tees Leicester Leominster Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Luton Macclesfield Maidstone Maldon Malvern Hills Mansfield Medina Melton Mendip Mid Bedfordshire Mid Devon Mid Suffolk Mid Sussex Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Mole Valley New Forest Newark Newbury Newcastle-under-Lyme North Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Devon North Dorset North East Derbyshire North Hertfordshire North Kesteven North Norfolk North Shropshire North Warwickshire North West Leicestershire North Wiltshire Northampton Northavon Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton and Bedworth Oadby and Wigston Oswestry Oxford Pendle Penwith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Purbeck Reading Redditch Reigate and Banstead Restormel Ribble Valley Richmondshire Rochester-upon-Medway Rochford Rossendale Rother Rugby Runnymede Rushcliffe Rushmoor Rutland Ryedale Salisbury Scarborough Scunthorpe Sedgefield Sedgemoor Selby Sevenoaks Shepway Shrewsbury and Atcham Slough South Bedfordshire South Bucks South Cambridgeshire South Derbyshire South Hams South Herefordshire South Holland South Kesteven South Lakeland South Norfolk South Northamptonshire South Oxfordshire South Ribble South Shropshire South Somerset South Staffordshire South Wight Southampton Southend-on-Sea Spelthorne St Albans St Edmundsbury Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Suffolk Coastal Surrey Heath Swale Tamworth Tandridge Taunton Deane Teesdale Teignbridge Tendring Test Valley Tewkesbury Thamesdown Thanet The Wrekin Three Rivers Thurrock Tonbridge and Malling Torbay Torridge Tunbridge Wells Tynedale Uttlesford Vale of White Horse Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Warrington Warwick Watford Waveney Waverley Wealden Wear Valley Wellingborough Welwyn Hatfield West Devon West Dorset West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire West Somerset West Wiltshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Windsor and Maidenhead Woking Wokingham Woodspring Worcester Worthing Wychavon Wycombe Wyre Wyre Forest York
District councils (Wales)	Aberconwy Alyn and Deeside Anglesey - Ynys Môn Arfon Blaenau Gwent Brecknock Cardiff Carmarthen Ceredigion Colwyn Cynon Valley Delyn Dinefwr Dwyfor Glyndŵr Islwyn Llanelli Lliw Valley Meirionnydd Merthyr Tydfil Monmouth Montgomeryshire Neath Newport Ogwr Port Talbot Preseli Pembrokeshire Radnorshire Rhondda Rhuddlan Rhymney Valley South Pembrokeshire Swansea Taff-Ely Torfaen Vale of Glamorgan Wrexham Maelor