1996 Chester City Council election

1996 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 1996 Chester City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1996 Chester City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 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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1996 Chester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	9	4	45.0	18	27	45.0	13,645	45.5	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	7	2	35.0	11	18	30.0	7,515	25.1	+1.5
	Conservative	3	6	15.0	10	13	21.7	8,160	27.2	+0.4
	Independent	1		5.0	1	2	3.3	582	1.9	–2.0
	Ratepayer	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	87	0.3	±0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Randall*	992	86.2	–2.9
	Conservative	C. Isaac	112	9.7	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	H. Chrusciezl	47	4.1	+0.3
Majority			880	76.5	–5.5
Turnout			1,151	28.6	–2.0
Registered electors			4,022
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Vernon*	679	70.5	+13.2
	Conservative	P. Power	192	19.9	–9.2
	Liberal Democrats	P. Brett	92	9.6	–4.1
Majority			487	50.6	+22.4
Turnout			963	37.6	–4.4
Registered electors			2,560
	Labour hold		Swing	11.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Bailey*	872	52.7	+5.4
	Labour	S. Wardman	639	38.6	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	R. Yakan	144	8.7	–11.1
Majority			233	14.1	–0.3
Turnout			1,655	43.7	–2.3
Registered electors			3,790
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Russell*	1,162	68.6	+1.1
	Conservative	S. Barclay	307	18.1	–1.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Indermaur	137	8.1	+0.7
	Ratepayer	D. Taylor	87	5.1	–0.7
Majority			855	50.5	+2.2
Turnout			1,693	37.0	–0.6
Registered electors			4,573
	Labour hold		Swing	1.1

1996 Chester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Blacon Hall

Boughton

Christleton

College

Curzon

Dee Point

Farndon

Grosvenor

Hoole

Malpas

Newton

Plas Newton

Saughall

Sealand

Tattenhall

Upton Grange

Upton Heath

Vicars Cross

Waverton

Westminster

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Mercer	792	56.0	+2.9
	Conservative	J. Price*	546	38.6	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	G. Ralph	77	5.4	–4.5
Majority			246	17.4	+1.3
Turnout			1,415	49.6	–10.4
Registered electors			2,852
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Featherston*	1,007	83.4	+0.2
	Conservative	J. Jaworzyn	147	12.2	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	K. Prydderch	53	4.4	–1.0
Majority			860	71.3	–0.6
Turnout			1,207	30.2	+0.2
Registered electors			4,003
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P. Roberts	397	46.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	S. Rowlandson*	380	44.5	–33.5
	Labour	S. Floyd	76	8.9	–13.1
Majority			17	2.0	N/A
Turnout			853	49.8	+9.5
Registered electors			1,712
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Evans	1,110	52.8	+3.5
	Conservative	P. Connolly*	764	36.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	T. Crossland	229	10.9	–5.3
Majority			346	16.5	+1.7
Turnout			2,103	48.9	–3.1
Registered electors			4,296
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Nuttall	1,132	50.4	–2.6
	Labour	D. Kelly	1,011	45.0	–2.0
	Conservative	G. Beattie	105	4.7	N/A
Majority			121	5.4	–0.7
Turnout			2,248	48.2	+0.3
Registered electors			4,665
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Higgie*	508	49.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	R. Clutton	352	34.0	–28.7
	Labour	C. Byrne	147	14.2	–13.1
	Liberal Democrats	U. Gerstl	28	2.7	–7.4
Majority			156	15.1	N/A
Turnout			1,035	34.1	–1.7
Registered electors			3,038
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Biddle	849	46.8	+3.4
	Conservative	J. Ebo*	506	27.9	–0.2
	Labour	W. Megarrell	460	25.3	–3.2
Majority			343	18.9	+3.9
Turnout			1,815	46.2	+0.5
Registered electors			3,931
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	T. Ralph*	775	45.9	–10.1
	Labour	G. Craig	708	41.9	–2.1
	Conservative	H. Wood	205	12.1	N/A
Majority			67	4.0	–8.0
Turnout			1,688	46.3	+1.1
Registered electors			3,465
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Coughlan*	548	37.3	–1.6
	Labour	A. Porter	503	34.2	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Pemberton*	419	28.5	–2.1
Majority			45	3.1	–5.2
Turnout			1,470	49.4	–2.8
Registered electors			2,974
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Bott*	1,038	78.7	–2.0
	Conservative	A. Van Der Zwan	187	14.2	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	B. Yakan	94	7.1	–2.0
Majority			851	64.5	–5.9
Turnout			1,319	35.0	–2.0
Registered electors			3,764
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Upton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Bain*	792	55.9	–6.2
	Conservative	J. Cliffe	370	26.1	+5.1
	Labour	J. Baker	255	18.0	+1.2
Majority			422	29.8	–11.3
Turnout			1,417	44.7	–5.3
Registered electors			3,171
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.7

Waverton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	C. Walley*	568	69.1	+19.7
	Conservative	H. Broad-Davies	184	22.4	–21.1
	Labour	C. Davies	70	8.5	+1.3
Majority			384	46.7	+40.8
Turnout			822	57.0	–4.3
Registered electors			1,442
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	20.4

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Davies	1,129	48.8	–4.3
	Conservative	R. Short*	989	42.7	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	H. Prydderch	196	8.5	N/A
Majority			140	6.1	–20.1
Turnout			2,314	45.3	–3.0
Registered electors			5,111
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	10.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Jones*	448	48.3	+28.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Richardson	294	31.7	+17.6
	Labour	A. Pegrum	186	20.0	N/A
Majority			154	16.6	N/A
Turnout			928	35.3	–6.7
Registered electors			2,632
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Duffus	1,036	52.5	+4.0
	Conservative	N. Fitton*	648	32.8	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	N. McGlinchey	217	11.0	–6.5
	Independent	J. Starkey	74	3.7	±0.0
Majority			388	19.6	+1.3
Turnout			1,975	49.2	–4.8
Registered electors			4,017
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	K. Holding*	975	50.8	–4.2
	Labour	R. Harrison	645	33.6	+5.7
	Conservative	C. Dodman	298	15.5	–1.6
Majority			330	17.2	–10.0
Turnout			1,918	46.3	+2.0
Registered electors			4,146
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.0

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