1996 Brentwood Borough Council election

The 1996 Brentwood Borough Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Brentwood Borough Council in England.

1996 Brentwood Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	7	1	50.0	18	25	64.1	8,820	42.8	–5.7
	Conservative	6		42.9	6	12	30.8	7,727	37.5	+7.4
	Labour	1	1	7.1	1	2	5.1	3,975	19.3	+0.2
	Independent Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	96	0.5	–0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	L. Harley	222	44.7
	Conservative	P. Reed	183	36.8
	Labour	R. Gow	92	18.5
Majority				7.9
Turnout				54.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Straw	828	52.7
	Conservative	J. Underwood	463	29.5
	Labour	R. Goddard	279	17.8
Majority				23.2
Turnout				34.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Elphick	857	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	E. Hine	606	33.5
	Conservative	J. Holiday	346	19.1
Majority				13.9
Turnout				44.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Higgins	988	65.7
	Liberal Democrats	B. Sarbutt	874
	Conservative	P. Currie	311	20.7
	Conservative	R. Donnelly	310
	Labour	J. Callaghan	205	13.6
	Labour	P. Mayo	196
Turnout				39.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1996 Brentwood Borough Council election

Ward results

Blackmore

Brentwood North

Brentwood South

Brentwood West

Brizes & Doddinghurst

Hook End & Wyatts Green

Hutton East

Hutton North

Hutton South

Ingatestone & Fryerning

Pilgrims Hatch

Shenfield

Warley

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Brown	901	51.2
	Conservative	K. Galbraith	546	31.0
	Labour	E. Joy	312	17.7
Majority				20.2
Turnout				39.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Gunnell	632	75.6
	Liberal Democrats	T. Murray	131	15.7
	Labour	M. Wigram	73	8.7
Majority				59.9
Turnout				51.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Russell	649	55.2
	Labour	M. Oliver	319	27.1
	Conservative	V. Fletcher	208	17.7
Majority				28.1
Turnout				32.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V. Young	653	43.8
	Liberal Democrats	S. Barnes	468	31.4
	Labour	E. O'Brien	275	18.4
	Independent Liberal	C. Williams	96	6.4
Majority				12.4
Turnout				44.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Nicholson	1,098	63.1
	Liberal Democrats	G. Chapman	422	24.3
	Labour	M. Burgess	219	12.6
Majority				38.8
Turnout				33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Harrison	807	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	L. Day	759	42.8
	Labour	P. Bartley	207	11.7
Majority				2.7
Turnout				45.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Bailey	960	55.6
	Labour	L. Southgate	391	22.6
	Conservative	J. Gray	376	21.8
Majority				33.0
Turnout				34.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	V. Fletcher	969	62.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. Goodey	389	25.0
	Labour	M. Owen	197	12.7
Majority				37.3
Turnout				37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Thompson	825	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pearson	623	34.6
	Labour	T. Lee	353	19.6
Majority				11.2
Turnout				39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

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