1995 Chester City Council election

1995 Chester City Council election
20 out of 60 seats to Chester City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1995 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1995 Chester City Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Chester City Council in Cheshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1995 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

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

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

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

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

1995 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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Crump*	685	62.7	+13.7
	Labour	S. Davies	298	27.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	N. Banks	110	10.1	N/A
Majority			387	35.4	N/A
Turnout			1,093	35.8	–4.4
Registered electors			3,051
	Conservative hold

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

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

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

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Haynes*	723	65.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	I. Cross	219	20.0	–25.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Richardson	155	14.1	+0.9
Majority			504	45.9	N/A
Turnout			1,097	42.0	–2.0
Registered electors			2,614
	Independent hold

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
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

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

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

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