1965 Essex County Council election

The 1965 Essex County Council election took place on 25 March 1965 to elect members of Essex County Council in England.[1]

1965 Essex County Council election

25 March 1965 (1965-03-25) 1967 →

All 77 seats to Essex County Council
39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout27.7%
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Seats won 47 29 1
Popular vote 88,214 69,886 8,522
Percentage 52.3% 41.4% 5.1%

Council control after election


Conservative

Summary

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1965 Essex County Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 47 61.0 52.3 88,214
  Labour 29 37.7 41.4 69,886
  Liberal 1 1.3 5.1 8,522
  Independent 0 0.0 1.1 1,884
  Communist 0 0.0 0.1 131

Division results

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Results from 4 divisions are missing from the source document and are therefore not listed here.

Bardfield

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Bardfield
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Edith Borthwick Unopposed
Registered electors 5,966
Conservative win

Basildon (Billericay)

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Basildon (Billericay)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Coker 1,888 80.6
Labour Buckley 454 19.4
Majority 1,434 61.2
Turnout 2,343 26.2
Registered electors 8,947
Conservative win

Basildon (Central)

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Basildon (Central)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Robert Payne 708 60.6
Conservative Shackleton 460 39.4
Majority 248 21.2
Turnout 1,168 14.6
Registered electors 8,018
Labour win

Basildon (Fryerns)

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Basildon (Fryerns)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Turner 755 66.3
Conservative Nicholls 322 28.3
Communist Denny 62 5.4
Majority 433 38.0
Turnout 1,139 14.1
Registered electors 8,079
Labour win

Basildon (Laindon)

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Basildon (Laindon)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Violet Palmer 696 59.6
Conservative de-la Bertauche 472 40.4
Majority 224 19.2
Turnout 1,168 16.1
Registered electors 7,253
Labour win

Basildon (Langdon Hills)

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Basildon (Langdon Hills)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Cullis 935 56.0
Labour Forster 735 44.0
Majority 200 12.0
Turnout 1,670 21.7
Registered electors 7,703
Conservative win

Basildon (Pitsea)

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Basildon (Pitsea)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Elderton 746 54.6
Conservative Thorpe 620 45.4
Majority 126 9.2
Turnout 1,366 18.6
Registered electors 7,354
Labour win

Basildon (Ramsden)

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Basildon (Ramsden)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Redbond 1,281 69.7
Labour Burnett 558 30.3
Majority 723 39.4
Turnout 1,839 23.7
Registered electors 7,766
Conservative win

Basildon (Wickford)

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Basildon (Wickford)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Fred Hodgson 1,651 61.3
Labour Walsh 1,043 38.7
Majority 608 22.6
Turnout 2,694 27.3
Registered electors 9,883
Conservative win

Benfleet (East)

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Benfleet (East)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Jeffrey Daniels 2,174 67.7
Labour Evans 1,039 32.3
Majority 1,135 35.4
Turnout 3,213 26.2
Registered electors 12,249
Conservative win

Benfleet (West)

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Benfleet (West)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Walter Marrison 2,158 59.3
Labour Herington 1,484 40.7
Majority 674 18.6
Turnout 3,642 22.8
Registered electors 16,010
Conservative win

Braintree & Bocking

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Braintree & Bocking
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Tabor 2,574 56.2
Conservative Ralph Batey 2,008 43.8
Majority 566 12.4
Turnout 4,582 32.3
Registered electors 14,169
Labour win

Brentwood (Central)

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Brentwood (Central)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Isgrove 1,543 77.8
Labour Morgan 441 22.2
Majority 1,984 55.6
Turnout 1,984 25.2
Registered electors 7,859
Conservative win

Brentwood (Hutton)

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Brentwood (Hutton)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Crofton 1,884 51.5
Liberal Wernick 935 25.5
Labour O'Brien 842 23.0
Majority 949 26.0
Turnout 3,661 37.9
Registered electors 9,649
Conservative win

Brentwood (North)

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Brentwood (North)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Davidson 1,527 62.3
Liberal Neal 567 23.1
Labour Rowe 357 14.6
Majority 960 39.2
Turnout 2,451 31.6
Registered electors 7,766
Conservative win

Brentwood (South)

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Brentwood (South)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ernest Sole 1,974 54.1
Labour Horovitch 1,675 45.9
Majority 299 8.2
Turnout 3,649 40.7
Registered electors 8,969
Conservative win

Brightlingsea

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Brightlingsea
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Thomas Dale 832 35.9
Conservative Gooch 777 33.5
Labour French 711 30.6
Majority 55 2.4
Turnout 2,320 30.5
Registered electors 7,598
Liberal win

Broomfield

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Broomfield
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Eden Unopposed
Registered electors 6,858
Conservative win

Canvey Island

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Canvey Island
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur Mason 1,748 64.5
Conservative Smith 962 35.5
Majority 786 29.0
Turnout 2,710 19.6
Registered electors 13,797
Labour win

Chelmsford (East)

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Chelmsford (East)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Frederick Ward 1,010 64.0
Labour Landers 568 36.0
Majority 442 28.0
Turnout 1,578 24.6
Registered electors 6,404
Conservative win

Chelmsford (North)

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Chelmsford (North)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Henry Woodcraft 1,781 57.6
Conservative King 1,309 42.4
Majority 472 15.2
Turnout 3,090 24.8
Registered electors 12,464
Labour win

Chelmsford (South)

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Chelmsford (South)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Evelyn Hockley 1,550 72.3
Labour Baker 594 27.7
Majority 956 44.6
Turnout 2,144 23.1
Registered electors 9,276
Conservative win

Chelmsford (West)

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Chelmsford (West)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Miriam Edwards 792 40.2
Conservative Fuche 736 37.4
Independent Verdult 440 22.4
Majority 56 2.8
Turnout 1,968 28.1
Registered electors 7,000
Labour win

Chigwell (Buckhurst Hill)

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Chigwell (Buckhurst Hill)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ernest Perry 1,482 73.8
Labour Hempstead 526 26.2
Majority 956 47.6
Turnout 2,008 24.2
Registered electors 8,294
Conservative win

Chigwell (Chigwell)

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Chigwell (Chigwell)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Leslie Wilson 967 87.6
Labour Palfreman 137 12.4
Majority 830 75.2
Turnout 1,104 17.9
Registered electors 6,175
Conservative win

Chigwell (Loughton North)

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Chigwell (Loughton North)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Frank Davis 1,486 54.5
Conservative L. Davis 1,242 45.5
Majority 244 9.0
Turnout 2,728 26.0
Registered electors 10,509
Labour win

Chigwell (Loughton South)

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Chigwell (Loughton South)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Norman Crafford 1,862 57.8
Labour William Archer 1,288 40.0
Communist Hinchliff 69 2.1
Majority 574 17.8
Turnout 3,219 28.6
Registered electors 11,257
Conservative win

Clacton (North East)

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Clacton (North East)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Daphne Nicolls 1,647 84.3
Labour White 306 15.7
Majority 1,341 68.6
Turnout 1,953 16.5
Registered electors 11,866
Conservative win

Clacton (South West)

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Clacton (South West)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Hyde 1,913 82.7
Labour Madden 400 17.3
Majority 1,513 65.4
Turnout 2,313 17.4
Registered electors 13,325
Conservative win

Coggeshall

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Coggeshall
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Dixon Smith 1,963 54.7
Labour Christopher Walker 1,626 45.3
Majority 337 9.4
Turnout 3,589 44.8
Registered electors 8,005
Conservative win

Colchester (Central)

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Colchester (Central)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Frederick Parsley 1,215 54.7
Conservative Odling 1,007 45.3
Majority 208 9.4
Turnout 2,222 33.7
Registered electors 6,589
Labour win

Colchester (East)

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Colchester (East)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Eileen Komlosy Unopposed
Registered electors 8,568
Labour win

Colchester (North)

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Colchester (North)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Underwood 1,424 54.1
Labour Ladbrook 1,210 45.9
Majority 214 8.2
Turnout 2,634 30.2
Registered electors 8,728
Conservative win

Colchester (South)

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Colchester (South)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ivor Brown Unopposed
Registered electors 9,061
Labour win

Colchester (West)

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Colchester (West)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Sir John Greaves Unopposed
Registered electors 9,061
Conservative win

Danbury

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Danbury
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Reed 1,384 68.8
Labour Davida Higgin 628 31.2
Majority 756 37.6
Turnout 2,012 29.4
Registered electors 6,834
Conservative win

Dedham & Stanway

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Dedham & Stanway
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Gerald Milsom Unopposed
Registered electors 10,524
Conservative win

Dunmow

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Dunmow
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Margaret Davey 2,013 75.6
Labour Lynch 651 24.4
Majority 1,362 51.2
Turnout 2,664 35.0
Registered electors 7,623
Conservative win

Epping

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Epping
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative George Padfield 1,379 53.7
Labour Christopher Morris 811 31.6
Liberal Grant 379 14.8
Majority 568 22.1
Turnout 2,569 38.4
Registered electors 6,693
Conservative win

Epping Upland

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Epping Upland
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Daniels 1,549 67.2
Labour Jones 756 32.8
Majority 793 34.4
Turnout 2,305 29.8
Registered electors 7,739
Conservative win

Frinton & Walton

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Frinton & Walton
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Margaret Gray 1,939 59.6
Liberal Rayner 947 29.1
Labour Phillips 369 11.3
Majority 992 30.5
Turnout 3,255 36.5
Registered electors 8,922
Conservative win

Great Baddow

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Great Baddow
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Foxon 1,773 63.4
Labour Hempstead 1,025 36.6
Majority 748 26.8
Turnout 2,798 31.3
Registered electors 8,939
Conservative win

Halstead

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Halstead
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Geoffrey Waterer 2,745 56.3
Labour Dixey 2,128 43.7
Majority 617 12.6
Turnout 4,873 53.9
Registered electors 9,037
Conservative win

Harlow (Harlow & Mark Hall)

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Harlow (Harlow & Mark Hall)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anderson 1,568 75.9
Liberal Preece 499 24.1
Majority 1,069 51.8
Turnout 2,067 23.3
Registered electors 8,891
Labour win

Harlow (Netteswell & Little Parndon)

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Harlow (Netteswell & Little Parndon)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sonia Anderson 1,447 75.8
Liberal Jackson 463 24.2
Majority 984 51.6
Turnout 1,910 22.3
Registered electors 8,571
Labour win

Harlow (Potter Street & Brays Grove)

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Harlow (Potter Street & Brays Grove)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Lehane 738 84.8
Liberal Jackson 132 15.2
Majority 606 69.6
Turnout 870 15.2
Registered electors 5,709
Labour win

Harlow (Town Centre & Great Parndon)

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Harlow (Town Centre & Great Parndon)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Howett 1,232 61.5
Conservative Carson 592 29.6
Liberal Perry 179 8.9
Majority 640 31.9
Turnout 2,003 32.2
Registered electors 6,213
Labour win

Harlow (Tye Green & Latton Bush)

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Harlow (Tye Green & Latton Bush)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Karger 1,248 77.7
Liberal Green 358 22.3
Majority 890 55.4
Turnout 1,606 23.7
Registered electors 6,766
Labour win

Harwich

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Harwich
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Harry Gochin 1,240 46.2
Independent Burtsal 1,040 38.7
Independent Rose 404 15.1
Majority 200 7.5
Turnout 2,684 28.0
Registered electors 9,578
Labour win

Hedingham

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Hedingham
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Dorothy Stieber 2,301 52.7
Conservative Warren 2,063 47.3
Majority 236 5.4
Turnout 4,364 55.5
Registered electors 7,862
Labour win

Hockley & Rawreth

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Hockley & Rawreth
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Wright 1,411 68.5
Labour Lambe 649 31.5
Majority 762 37.0
Turnout 2,060 20.6
Registered electors 9,984
Conservative win

Maldon

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Maldon
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative James Brown 1,725 52.1
Labour Brewster 1,584 47.9
Majority 141 4.2
Turnout 3,309 40.8
Registered electors 8,106
Conservative win

Mersea

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Mersea
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Raymond Bunn 2,178 68.8
Labour Edward Lilley 990 31.3
Majority 1,188 37.5
Turnout 3,168 28.0
Registered electors 11,330
Conservative win

Ongar

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Ongar
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ernest Cooke 2,163 68.1
Labour Hammond 1,014 31.9
Majority 1,149 36.2
Turnout 3,177 35.6
Registered electors 8,934
Conservative win

Southminster

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Southminster
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Watts 1,647 64.9
Labour Harris 641 25.2
Liberal Barlow 251 9.9
Majority 1,006 39.7
Turnout 2,539 31.0
Registered electors 8,181
Conservative win

Stansted

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Stansted
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Dyball 2,208 63.6
Labour Wilson 1,263 36.4
Majority 945 27.2
Turnout 3,471 41.5
Registered electors 8,375
Conservative win

Stock

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Stock
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Foulsham 1,156 77.6
Labour Guilder 333 22.4
Majority 1,489 55.2
Turnout 1,489 23.0
Registered electors 6,479
Conservative win

Tendring

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Tendring
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Fred Aylmore 1,119 52.7
Labour Ann Hoskyna 1,004 47.3
Majority 115 5.4
Turnout 2,123 25.0
Registered electors 8,495
Conservative win

Thaxted

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Thaxted
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Gerald Curtis 1,552 53.1
Labour Peter Harrison 1,372 46.9
Majority 180 6.2
Turnout 2,924 40.9
Registered electors 7,147
Conservative win

Theydon

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Theydon
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative David Jones 2,137 55.5
Liberal Logan 936 24.3
Labour Gerrard 777 20.2
Majority 1,201 31.2
Turnout 3,850 41.1
Registered electors 9,369
Conservative win

Thurrock (Chadwell)

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Thurrock (Chadwell)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Arthur Siddons 552 79.5
Liberal Sidney Senior 142 20.5
Majority 410 59.0
Turnout 694 10.8
Registered electors 6,446
Labour win

Thurrock (Grays Thurrock)

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Thurrock (Grays Thurrock)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Harold Fletcher 1,080 60.0
Conservative Bright 616 34.2
Liberal Catty 104 5.8
Majority 464 25.8
Turnout 1,800 17.2
Registered electors 10,443
Labour win

Thurrock (Little Thurrock)

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Thurrock (Little Thurrock)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Roy Robertson 792 50.3
Conservative Robinson 782 47.7
Majority 10 0.6
Turnout 1,574 23.5
Registered electors 6,691
Labour win

Thurrock (Orsett & Stifford)

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Thurrock (Orsett & Stifford)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John Pollard 1,080 52.0
Conservative Price 730 35.1
Liberal Ronald Knight 267 12.9
Majority 350 16.9
Turnout 2,077 24.8
Registered electors 8,365
Labour win

Thurrock (South Ockendon)

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Thurrock (South Ockendon)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Wootton 984 85.6
Liberal Bowles 165 14.4
Majority 819 71.2
Turnout 1,149 10.0
Registered electors 11,459
Labour win

Thurrock (Stanford-le-Hope & Corringham)

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Thurrock (Stanford-le-Hope & Corringham)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Julian Norris 1,691 59.0
Conservative Hart 1,064 37.1
Liberal Sargeant 113 3.9
Majority 627 21.9
Turnout 2,868 21.9
Registered electors 13,092
Labour win

Thurrock (Tilbury)

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Thurrock (Tilbury)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Albert Jones 564 95.6
Liberal Percy Goodyear 26 4.4
Majority 538 91.2
Turnout 590 9.9
Registered electors 5,963
Labour win

Thurrock (West Thurrock & Aveley)

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Thurrock (West Thurrock & Aveley)
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Ridgwell 620 83.8
Liberal Beadle 120 16.2
Majority 500 67.6
Turnout 740 7.9
Registered electors 9,369
Labour win

Tollesbury

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Tollesbury
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Gimson 1,843 60.9
Liberal White 644 21.3
Labour Lane 538 17.8
Majority 1,199 39.6
Turnout 3,025 39.6
Registered electors 7,637
Conservative win

Waltham Abbey

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Waltham Abbey
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Ellen Tuck 1,741 55.8
Labour Allen 1,378 44.2
Majority 363 11.6
Turnout 3,119 39.8
Registered electors 7,828
Conservative win

Witham

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Witham
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Thomas Mott 1,666 55.4
Conservative Elizabeth Clarke 1,339 44.6
Majority 327 10.8
Turnout 3,005 43.2
Registered electors 6,960
Labour win

Wivenhoe

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Wivenhoe
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Derek Crosfield 1,138 41.9
Conservative Hunneyball 1,118 41.1
Liberal Fitch 463 17.0
Majority 20 0.8
Turnout 2,719 31.3
Registered electors 8,684
Labour win

Writtle

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Writtle
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Beryl Platt Unopposed
Registered electors 7,445
Conservative win

References

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  1. ^ "Essex County Council elections - 15 April 1967". Essex County Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)