1995 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

1995 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election
← 1991 4 May 1995 1999 →
44 seats to St Edmundsbury Borough Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1995 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election.
Control before election; ; No overall control	Control after election ; ; Labour

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

Quick facts 44 seats to St Edmundsbury Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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1995 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election^[2]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	38	23	12	0	12	52.3	47.9	17,942	+11.1
	Conservative	37	14	3	9	6	31.8	33.2	12,458	–1.9
	Liberal Democrats	8	4	0	1	1	11.4	11.1	4,170	–4.2
	Independent	10	3	2	7	5	4.5	7.7	2,901	–3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	M. Ames*	661	42.1
	Conservative	B. Lockwood	457	29.1
	Labour	R. Croly	452	28.8
	Conservative	F. Jepson*	449	28.6
	Independent	D. Norman	228	14.5
Turnout			~1,570	44.0
Registered electors			2,911
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Wallace*	539	65.2
	Labour	I. Wooler	288	34.8
Majority			251	30.4
Turnout			827	46.8
Registered electors			1,775
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Jolly	367	52.1
	Conservative	P. English*	338	47.9
Majority			29	4.1
Turnout			705	47.8
Registered electors			1,478
	Labour gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Kiernan*	994	73.4
	Labour	J. Hartley*	923	68.2
	Conservative	M. Richards	361	26.6
Turnout			~1,355	27.5
Registered electors			4,177
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

1995 St Edmundsbury Borough Council election

Summary

Election result

Ward results

Abbeygate

Barningham

Barrow

Cangle

Castle

Cavendish

Chalkstone

Chevington

Clare

Clements

Eastgate

Fornham

Great Barton

Honington

Horringer

Horringer Court

Hundon

Ixworth

Kedington

Northgate

Pakenham

Risby

Risbygate

Rougham

Sextons

Southgate

St. Marys & Helions

St. Olaves

Stanton

Westgate

Whelnetham

Wickhambrook

Withersfield

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Kiernan	602	85.3
	Conservative	T. Phillips	104	14.7
Majority			498	70.5
Turnout			706	29.0
Registered electors			2,427
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. Wayman*	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,358
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Jones*	894	55.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Jones*	653	40.7
	Labour	E. Percy	537	33.5
	Conservative	M. Strike	174	10.8
Turnout			~1,605	25.5
Registered electors			4,426
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Hart	395	56.8
	Labour	P. Bridge	301	43.2
Majority			94	13.5
Turnout			696	47.0
Registered electors			1,510
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. Warmington	414	51.0
	Conservative	J. Stevens	397	49.0
Majority			17	2.1
Turnout			811	50.0
Registered electors			1,619
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	M. Martin*	Unopposed
	Labour	M. O'Neill*	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,495
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Beckwith	825	45.6
	Labour	D. Sharpe	760	42.0
	Conservative	E. Mortimer	651	36.0
	Conservative	I. Speakman*	635	35.1
	Independent	H. Godfrey*	332	18.4
Turnout			~1,809	36.0
Registered electors			4,853
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Cockle	511	51.1
	Conservative	M. Jones	489	48.9
Majority			22	2.2
Turnout			1,000	42.5
Registered electors			2,367
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Horbury*	471	67.3
	Labour	R. Muge	229	32.7
Majority			242	34.6
Turnout			700	41.7
Registered electors			1,690
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Sutton	279	53.7
	Labour	D. Pollard	241	46.3
Majority			38	7.3
Turnout			520	44.0
Registered electors			1,198
	Conservative gain from Independent

Horringer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	A. Biglin	418	58.7
	Conservative	J. Shipston	192	27.0
	Labour	H. Wright	102	14.3
Majority			226	31.7
Turnout			712	60.3
Registered electors			1,180
	Independent gain from Conservative

Ixworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. Robinson*	316	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	N. Amor	300	34.3
	Labour	M. De Koning- Spooner	259	29.6
Majority			16	1.8
Turnout			875	40.1
Registered electors			2,189
	Conservative hold

Kedington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Denning	216	45.5
	Independent	A. Childerhouse	149	31.4
	Conservative	S. Hayward	110	23.2
Majority			67	14.1
Turnout			475	33.6
Registered electors			1,416
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Higgins	511	66.5
	Conservative	J. Easdown	257	33.5
Majority			254	33.1
Turnout			768	42.0
Registered electors			1,840
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Warwick*	454	51.5
	Labour	D. Sparks	427	48.5
Majority			27	3.1
Turnout			881	52.8
Registered electors			1,676
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Lockwood*	778	84.7
	Labour	E. Steel*	704	76.7
	Conservative	R. Simpson	141	15.3
	Conservative	A. Cowper	124	13.5
Turnout			~918	40.0
Registered electors			2,315
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Bartram	315	53.6
	Independent	J. Pereira*	273	46.4
Majority			42	7.1
Turnout			588	40.6
Registered electors			1,466
	Labour gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	K. Fisher*	434	58.4
	Labour	R. Bridge	309	41.6
Majority			125	16.8
Turnout			743	48.0
Registered electors			1,570
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. O'Driscoll*	733	65.6
	Labour	M. Ereira-Guyer	698	62.5
	Conservative	E. Spooner*	384	34.4
	Conservative	A. Biggs	335	30.0
Turnout			~1,117	42.0
Registered electors			2,750
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Mildmay-White	276	43.7
	Independent	T. May*	222	35.2
	Labour	A. Grenville	133	21.1
Majority			54	8.6
Turnout			631	47.0
Registered electors			1,358
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Nowak	814	60.2
	Labour	C. Muge	776	57.4
	Conservative	P. Underwood*	539	39.8
	Conservative	D. Speakman*	535	39.5
Turnout			~1,353	49.0
Registered electors			2,853
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	B. Bagnall*	943	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Williams*	884	51.1
	Labour	M. Benwell	449	26.0
	Conservative	C. Gardner	338	19.5
Turnout			~1,731	44.0
Registered electors			3,575
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Hatchell	238	51.7
	Conservative	A. Horrigan*	156	33.9
	Independent	P. O'Garvaigh	66	14.3
Majority			82	17.8
Turnout			460	36.0
Registered electors			1,297
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Wormleighton*	763	85.5
	Labour	W. Cownley*	724	81.2
	Conservative	A. Williams	129	14.5
Turnout			~892	35.0
Registered electors			2,868
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Moore	363	37.3
	Conservative	P. Rudge*	323	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	T. Cook	149	15.3
	Independent	J. Thorndyke	138	14.2
Majority			40	4.1
Turnout			973	45.0
Registered electors			2,168
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. Button	516	43.1
	Conservative	M. Brundle*	507	42.4
	Conservative	F. Warby	472	39.4
	Labour	P. Smithers	454	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gadbury	174	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	P. Dulieu	173	14.5
Turnout			~1,197	43.0
Registered electors			2,836
	Labour gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Clements*	357	50.4
	Labour	E. Kilner	352	49.6
Majority			5	0.7
Turnout			709	43.0
Registered electors			1,639
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	D. Redhead	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,650
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Clifton-Brown*	340	55.0
	Labour	E. Elkins	278	45.0
Majority			62	10.0
Turnout			618	46.6
Registered electors			1,332
	Conservative hold