2019 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 2 May 2019. Seventeen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were up for election, one from each of the 17 wards.^[1]

2019 Colchester Borough Council election

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17 out of 51 seats to Colchester Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	32.6% ( 0.5%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Darius Laws Mark Cory Tim Young Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Leader since 1992 Leader's seat Castle (defeated) Wivenhoe Greenstead Last election 25 seats, 40.4% 12 seats, 19.9% 11 seats, 25.3% Seats before 25 12 11 Seats won 6 6 3 Seats after 23 13 11 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 15,387 11,638 7,740 Percentage 35.2% 26.6% 17.7% Swing 5.2% 6.7% 7.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Beverly Oxford Mark Goacher Party Independent Green Leader's seat Highwoods Castle Last election 3 seats, 7.1% 0 seats, 7.0% Seats before 3 0 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 3 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 2,775 5,939 Percentage 6.3% 13.6% Swing 0.8% 6.6%
Results map of the Colchester Borough Council election
Leader of the Council before election Mark Cory Liberal Democrats Leader of the Council after election Mark Cory Liberal Democrats

Result Summary

Candidates by Party

Conservative Party (17/17)

Liberal Democrats (17/17)

Labour Party (17/17)

Green Party (17/17)

Independent (4/17)

UKIP (1/17)

Result

Colchester Borough Council election, 2019
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	2	35.3	17	23	45.1	15,387	35.2	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	35.3	7	13	25.5	11,638	26.6	6.7
	Labour	3		17.6	8	11	21.6	7,740	17.7	7.6
	Independent	1		5.9	2	3	5.9	2,775	6.3	0.8
	Green	1	1	5.9	0	1	2.0	5,939	13.6	6.6
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	248	0.6	New

Visual representation of the Council

Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

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12	11	3	25
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Ind	Conservative

Following the election, the composition of the council was:

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13	11	3	1	23
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Ind	G	Conservative

Ward results

The Statement of Nominated Persons was released on 4 April 2019 detailing the persons standing as candidates at the Borough Council election.^[2]

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk*

Berechurch

Berechurch ward

Berechurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Pearson*	1,058	53.2	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Spindler	490	24.6	15.9
	Conservative	Fabian Green	301	15.1	9.9
	Green	Mary Bryan	142	7.1	3.4
Majority			568	28.6	8.9
Turnout			2,016	27.4	0.1
Registered electors			7,367
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	12.7

Castle

Castle ward

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Goacher	1,724	55.9	25.6
	Conservative	Darius Laws*	901	29.2	1.5
	Labour	Victoria Weaver	268	8.7	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Verity Wooley	193	6.3	8.0
Majority			823	26.7	—
Turnout			3,111	40.5	0.7
Registered electors			7,674
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	13.6

Greenstead

Greenstead ward

Greenstead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Young*	971	47.7	3.8
	Conservative	Christopher Piggott	388	19.0	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Chantelle-Louise Whyborn	281	13.8	2.1
	Independent	Christopher Lee	228	11.2	1.5
	Green	John Clifton	169	8.3	5.1
Majority			583	28.7
Turnout			2,067	20.4	4.0
Registered electors			10,148
	Labour hold		Swing	0.6

Highwoods

Highwoods ward

Highwoods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Beverly Oxford*	1,119	52.6	7.2
	Conservative	Stephen Rowe	409	19.3	8.3
	Labour	Jocelyn Law	247	11.6	3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Turrell	196	9.2	1.3
	Green	Robbie Spence	155	7.3	3.6
Majority			710	33.3	—
Turnout			2,126	29.4	1.8
Registered electors			7,273
	Independent hold		Swing	7.8

Lexden & Braiswick

Lexden & Braiswick ward

Lexden & Braiswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Barber*	1,745	62.3	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Stevenson	442	15.8	0.9
	Green	Roger Bamforth	403	14.5	7.9
	Labour	Conrad Winch	209	7.5	4.8
Majority			1,303	46.5	—
Turnout			2,823	39.2	1.4
Registered electors			7,205
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5

Marks Tey & Layer

Marks Tey & Layer ward

Marks Tey & Layer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Ellis*	1,560	64.6	6.6
	Green	Matt Stemp	345	14.3	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hull	328	13.6	2.9
	Labour	Jan Plummer	180	7.5	5.6
Majority			1,215	50.3	—
Turnout			2,444	32.6	2.1
Registered electors			7,488
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.9

Mersea & Pyefleet

Mersea & Pyefleet ward

Mersea & Pyefleet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Moore*	1,026	30.3	11.7
	Independent	John Akker	969	28.6	8.2
	Independent	Carl Powling	459	13.5	New
	Green	Peter Banks	310	9.1	2.3
	Labour	Bry Mogridge	263	7.8	1.1
	UKIP	David Broise	248	7.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Stevens	114	3.4	0.4
Majority			57	1.7	3.5
Turnout			3,413	42.4	1.9
Registered electors			8,052
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

Mile End

Mile End ward

Mile End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Coleman*	1,447	62.2	13.1
	Conservative	Natalie Rowe	463	19.9	10.4
	Green	Amanda Kirke	216	9.3	5.2
	Labour	Sarah Ryder	201	8.6	6.1
Majority			984	42.7	23.9
Turnout			2,327	28.6	2.3
Registered electors			8,182
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.8

No Independent candidate as previous (−1.8).

New Town & Christ Church

New Town & Christ Church ward

New Town & Christ Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cope*	1,128	36.2	10.4
	Labour	Elisa Vasquez-Walters	992	31.9	9.8
	Conservative	Carla Hales	604	19.4	5.2
	Green	Bob Brannan	390	12.5	6.9
Majority			136	4.3	—
Turnout			3,139	33.4	0.4
Registered electors			9,415
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.1

No Independent candidate as previous (−2.3).

Old Heath & The Hythe

Old Heath & The Hythe ward

Old Heath & The Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Fox*	1,181	52.0	9.5
	Conservative	Michael McDonnell	475	20.9	0.5
	Green	Andrew Canessa	323	14.2	9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Kiley	292	12.9	3.7
Majority			706	31.1	—
Turnout			2,299	27.5	3.3
Registered electors			8,349
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

No Independent candidate as previous (−3.8).

Prettygate

Prettygate ward

Prettygate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverly Davis*	1,520	54.1	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Loxley	600	21.4	9.5
	Labour	Jamie Overland	351	12.5	7.3
	Green	Clare Palmer	336	12.0	4.8
Majority			920	32.7	—
Turnout			2,857	36.3	1.3
Registered electors			7,866
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.2

Rural North

Rural North ward

Rural North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Chapman*	1,786	61.4	7.1
	Green	Sue Bailey	454	15.6	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Will Brown	445	15.3	5.2
	Labour	Judith Short	225	7.7	4.1
Majority			1,332	45.8	—
Turnout			2,951	34.9	0.3
Registered electors			8,455
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.6

Shrub End

Shrub End ward

Shrub End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sam McCarthy	878	41.6	16.7
	Conservative	Vic Flores*	714	33.8	4.4
	Labour Co-op	Rosalind Scott	364	17.3	13.3
	Green	Blake Roberts	154	7.3	2.5
Majority			164	7.8	—
Turnout			2,136	27.3	1.8
Registered electors			7,820
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.6

No Independent candidate as previous (−3.8).

St. Anne's & St. John's

St. Anne's & St. John's ward

St. Anne's & St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Chuah*	1,238	44.4	7.5
	Conservative	Thomas Rowe	1,118	40.1	3.3
	Green	Megan Maltby	217	7.8	4.0
	Labour	HK Norman	213	7.7	4.7
Majority			120	4.3	—
Turnout			2,824	34.3	0.1
Registered electors			8,235
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	5.4

No Independent candidate as previous (−3.5).

Stanway

Stanway ward

Stanway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Scott-Boutell*	1,237	52.7	13.1
	Conservative	Jeremy Hagon	795	33.9	12.1
	Green	Katie Francis	171	7.3	3.4
	Labour	John Spademan	143	6.1	4.3
Majority			442	18.8	—
Turnout			2,361	35.0	1.8
Registered electors			6,756
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.6

Tiptree

Tiptree ward

Tiptree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barbara Wood*	1,315	64.2	2.4
	Labour	Paul Jeffs	303	14.8	4.1
	Green	Wolfgang Fauser	232	11.3	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Graham	198	9.7	0.5
Majority			1,012	49.4	—
Turnout			2,095	29.3	0.1
Registered electors			7,156
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.9

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe ward

Wivenhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cory*	2,131	67.3	17.8
	Labour	Harry Nathan	571	18.0	18.7
	Conservative	Jodie Clark	267	8.4	2.1
	Green	John McArthur	198	6.3	2.9
Majority			1,560	49.3	—
Turnout			3,194	39.1	0.7
Registered electors			8,166
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	18.3