New Town (Colchester ward)

New Town
Former electoral ward for the Colchester Borough Council
New Town ward boundaries from 2002 to 2016
District	Colchester
County	Essex
Electorate	6,606 (2015)
Former electoral ward
Created	1974
Abolished	2016
Councillors	3
Replaced by	New Town and Christ Church and Old Heath and The Hythe
ONS code	22UGGU
GSS code	E05004134

New Town was an electoral ward in Colchester, England from 1974 to 2016. It was first used in the 1973 election and last used at the 2015 election. It covered the New Town neighbourhood and the western portion of The Hythe neighbourhood. It returned three councillors to Colchester Borough Council. In 2016 it was abolished and became parts of the New Town and Christ Church and Old Heath and The Hythe wards. Bob Russell, who represented the ward from its creation until 2002, became member of parliament for Colchester.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1973–1978	J. Bensusan-Butt		Labour
1973–2002	Bob Russell		Labour
			Alliance
			SLD
			Liberal Democrats
1973–1978	D. Williams		Labour
1978–1982	J. Orpe		Labour
1982–1986	R. Evans		Alliance
1983–1990	J. Coleman		Alliance
1986–1990	Y. Edkins		Alliance
1990–2000	J. Stevens		Liberal Democrats
1990–1990	S. Haylock		Liberal Democrats
1999–2016	Theresa Higgins		Liberal Democrats
2000–2002	S. Gray		Liberal Democrats
2002–2016	Peter Higgins		Liberal Democrats
2002–2011	Margaret Fisher		Liberal Democrats
2011–2016	Annie Feltham		Liberal Democrats

Colchester council elections

2015 election

The election took place on 7 May 2015.

2015 Colchester Borough Council election: New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Feltham	1,289	32.1	−9.5
	Conservative	Matt Neall	834	20.8	+8.4
	Labour	Lee Scordis	772	19.2	+4.4
	Green	Mark Goacher	631	15.7	+2.3
	UKIP	Alex Knupffer	493	12.3	−5.8
Majority			455	11.3	−12.2
Turnout			3,719	56.3	+27.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.0

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.

2014 Colchester Borough Council election: New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Higgins	766	41.6	−11.2
	UKIP	Tony Hardy	334	18.1	+9.9
	Labour	Lillie Dopson	273	14.8	−3.9
	Green	Mark Goacher	247	13.4	+2.0
	Conservative	Matthew Neall	222	12.1	+3.1
Majority			432	23.5	−10.6
Turnout			1,842	29	+6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2012 election

The election took place on 3 May 2012.

2012 Colchester Borough Council election: New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Higgins	771	52.8	+3.4
	Labour	Stephen Pattison	273	18.7	−4.7
	Green	Robert Spence	166	11.4	−2.7
	Conservative	Lauren McManus	131	9.0	−4.1
	UKIP	Christopher Treloar	120	8.2	N/A
Majority			498	34.1	+8.1
Turnout			1,461	23.5	−10.5
Registered electors			6,243
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.1

2011 election

The election took place on 5 May 2011.

2011 Colchester Borough Council election: New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Feltham	1,026	49.4	−9.7
	Labour	Lillie Dopson	486	23.4	+10.7
	Green	Steven McGough	294	14.1	+5.4
	Conservative	Lauren McManus	272	13.1	−6.4
Majority			540	26.0	−13.6
Turnout			2,078	34.0	−22.1
Registered electors			6,143
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.2

2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010.

2010 Colchester Borough Council election: New Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Higgins	2,061	59.1	−3.5
	Conservative	Mo Metcalf-Fisher	680	19.5	+2.9
	Labour	Rossanna Trudgian	441	12.7	+3.7
	Green	Linda Wonnacott	304	8.7	−3.1
Majority			1,381	39.6	−6.4
Turnout			3,486	56.1	+28.6
Registered electors			6,241
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.2