TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE
Conservative		51.4%
Liberal Democrat		26.9%
Labour		16.5%
Swing: 0.3% from LD to CON

IN DETAIL
Name	Party	Votes	%	+/- %
Alan Haselhurst	Conservative	27,263	51.4	+2.5
Elfreda Tealby-Watson	Liberal Democrat	14,255	26.9	+2.0
Swatantra Nandanwar	Labour	8,755	16.5	-6.1
Barry Tyler	UK Independence Party	1,412	2.7	-0.8
Raymond Brown	English Democrats	860	1.6	+1.6
Trevor Hackett	Veritas	475	0.9	+0.9
Majority		13,008	24.5
Turnout		53,020	68.3	+3.1

KEY SEAT

This seat is Liberal Democrat target number 76

POLITICAL MAKE UP OF EASTERN

Full details for Eastern

2001 RESULT FOR SAFFRON WALDEN
Conservative		48.9%
Liberal Democrat		24.9%
Labour		22.6%
Others		3.6%