1991 Uttlesford District Council election

Incumbent councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). Changes in seats do not take into account by-elections or defections.

Ashdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Tyler*	317	75.8	N/A
	Labour	M. Green	101	24.2	N/A
Majority			216	51.6	N/A
Turnout			418	50.8	N/A
Registered electors			833
	Independent hold

Birchanger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Haggerwood*	302	72.1	–11.4
	Labour	K. Williams	117	27.9	N/A
Majority			185	44.2	–22.6
Turnout			419	53.1	–7.9
Registered electors			787
	Conservative hold

Clavering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Abrahams*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,281
	Independent hold

Elsenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hurwitz*	340	57.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	A. White	158	26.5	N/A
	Labour	M. Mott	98	16.4	N/A
Majority			182	30.5	N/A
Turnout			596	38.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,552
	Conservative hold

Felsted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Gregory	636	55.0	–21.1
	Conservative	J. Berry-Richards	588	50.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R. Head	501	43.3	–9.1
Turnout			~1,157	53.2	+1.3
Registered electors			2,175
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Great Dunmow North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Gaylor	632	54.0	–4.3
	Liberal Democrats	G. Powers	493	42.2	+6.9
	Conservative	M. Davey*	385	32.9	–13.4
	Conservative	R. Handy	377	32.2	+0.9
	Labour	K. Blackburn	172	14.7	N/A
Turnout			~1,170	52.4	–2.4
Registered electors			2,232
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Great Dunmow South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Westcott*	816	59.6	–2.3
	Liberal Democrats	N. Prowse*	575	42.0	–9.0
	Conservative	D. James	566	41.3	N/A
	Labour	D. Cole	305	22.3	N/A
Turnout			~1,370	47.8	–8.1
Registered electors			2,866
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Great Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Streeter*	Unopposed
Registered electors			752
	Independent hold

Hatfield Broad Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Wood*	Unopposed
Registered electors			888
	Conservative hold

Hatfield Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Delderfield*	324	64.7	–13.8
	Labour	W. McCarthy	177	35.3	+13.8
Majority			147	29.4	–27.5
Turnout			501	44.7	–5.4
Registered electors			1,157
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.8

Henham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Braeckman	326	49.5	–12.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gibb	277	42.0	+3.6
	Labour	J. Graddon	56	8.5	N/A
Majority			49	7.5	–15.6
Turnout			659	55.2	+9.6
Registered electors			1,202
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.9

Little Hallingbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Row*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,091
	Conservative hold

Littlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Menell*	Unopposed
Registered electors			929
	Conservative hold

Newport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Brockwell	483	62.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	P. Beer	291	37.6	+22.4
Majority			192	24.8	–7.9
Turnout			774	48.0	+0.3
Registered electors			1,641
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.4

Rickling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Smith	267	53.6	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. West	231	46.4	–7.7
Majority			36	7.2	N/A
Turnout			498	63.2	–3.9
Registered electors			791
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.7

Saffron Walden Audley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Lefever	554	42.7	+8.4
	Conservative	D. Miller*	554	42.7	–7.0
	Conservative	A. Walters*	524	40.4	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Porter	519	40.0	+6.8
	Labour	J. Evans	184	14.2	–3.1
	Labour	S. Lake	169	13.0	–1.5
Turnout			~1,296	57.6	–3.6
Registered electors			2,250
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Paget*	652	43.9	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	K. Bigsby	518	34.9	–0.2
	Labour	D. Cornell	449	30.2	+9.9
	Conservative	R. Eastham*	446	30.0	–14.1
	Labour	D. Barrs	409	27.5	+10.7
	Conservative	B. Chandler	372	25.0	–12.2
Turnout			~1,485	52.7	–5.7
Registered electors			2,818
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats hold

Saffron Walden Plantation (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ketteridge*	583	42.5	–7.1
	Conservative	S. Neville*	495	36.1	–7.1
	Labour	R. Bunn	358	26.1	+10.3
	Labour	Y. Morton	356	25.9	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	V. Hunter	350	25.5	–12.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Drinkwater	346	25.2	–9.2
Turnout			~1,372	44.7	–5.7
Registered electors			3,070
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Saffron Walden Shire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Green*	628	57.7	+15.4
	Conservative	R. Dean	398	36.5	–7.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Price-Smith	322	29.6	+4.8
	Labour	K. Pipe	262	24.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	F. Whittington	259	23.8	+0.7
Turnout			~1,089	45.2	–8.6
Registered electors			2,410
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold

Stansted Mountfitchet (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Dean*	905	48.9	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	M. Caton*	850	45.9	–1.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Clifford*	828	44.7	±0.0
	Conservative	B. Gott	773	41.7	–0.8
	Independent	P. Wellings	723	39.0	N/A
	Conservative	R. Wallace	722	39.0	–3.4
Turnout			~1,852	46.4	–6.6
Registered electors			1,124
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stebbing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Porter	344	53.3	N/A
	Independent	E. Kiddle*	301	46.7	–30.9
Majority			43	6.6	N/A
Turnout			645	58.0	+0.3
Registered electors			1,124
	Independent gain from Independent

Stort Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Collins*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,040
	Conservative hold

Takeley (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. MacPhail*	412	45.5	–13.5
	Conservative	J. Cheetham	382	42.2	–14.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Backus	304	33.6	N/A
	Labour	J. Oliveira	302	33.4	–5.1
Turnout			~905	41.9	–0.1
Registered electors			2,160
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thaxted (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Walsh*	609	56.0	+17.2
	Independent	P. Leeder*	460	42.3	–12.6
	Liberal Democrats	S. Corke	367	33.8	–1.0
	Labour	K. Donovan	183	16.8	N/A
	Independent	D. Morgan	118	10.9	N/A
	Independent	R. Morgan	91	8.4	N/A
Turnout			~1,087	52.3	–3.9
Registered electors			2,078
	Conservative gain from Independent
	Independent hold

The Canfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Wright*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,400
	Conservative hold

The Chesterfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lightning*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,179
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

The Eastons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Thorburn	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,032
	Conservative hold

The Rodings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K. Tivendale*	Unopposed
Registered electors			992
	Conservative hold

The Sampfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Hughes*	316	51.5	N/A
	Independent	R. Lander	298	48.5	N/A
Majority			18	2.9	N/A
Turnout			614	47.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,297
	Independent hold

Wenden Lofts

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chambers*	369	56.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R. Harcourt	285	43.6	N/A
Majority			84	12.8	N/A
Turnout			654	58.9	N/A
Registered electors			1,110
	Conservative hold

Wimbish & Debden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Belcher*	311	57.2	–18.2
	Independent	R. Stone	233	42.8	N/A
Majority			78	14.4	–36.3
Turnout			544	49.1	–1.1
Registered electors			1,115
	Conservative hold

Takeley by-election: 12 March 1992^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		460	41.6
	Conservative		430	38.9
	Labour		215	19.5
Majority			30	2.7
Turnout			1,105	50.9
Registered electors			2,171
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The Rodings by-election: 19 November 1992^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		279	52.0
	Conservative		258	48.0
Majority			21	3.9
Turnout			537	54.1
Registered electors			993
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Saffron Walden Castle by-election: 1 April 1993^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		472	36.8
	Conservative		436	34.0
	Labour		308	24.0
	Independent		66	5.1
Majority			36	2.8
Turnout			1,282	45.6
Registered electors			2,811
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saffron Walden Plantation by-election: 14 April 1994^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		611	46.0
	Conservative		369	27.8
	Labour		349	26.3
Majority			242	18.2
Turnout			1,329	42.9
Registered electors			3,098
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing