1996 Chester City Council election
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 1996 Chester City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]1996 Chester City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | ![]() |
45.0 | 18 | 27 | 45.0 | 13,645 | 45.5 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | ![]() |
35.0 | 11 | 18 | 30.0 | 7,515 | 25.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | 3 | ![]() |
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 | 87 | 0.3 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
[edit]Blacon Hall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Boughton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Christleton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Curzon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Dee Point
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Farndon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Grosvenor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Hoole
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Malpas
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Newton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Plas Newton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Saughall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Sealand
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Tattenhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Upton Grange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Upton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Vicars Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Waverton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
Westminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chester City Council Election Results 1973-2007" (PDF). Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 23 March 2024.