Tendring District Council elections

Tendring District Council in Essex, England is elected every four years.

Council elections

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats[a]	UKIP	Tendring First	Community Rep.	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (60 seats)
1973	31	11	4	–	–	–	14		Conservative
New ward boundaries[1]
1976	39	3	5	–	–	–	13		Conservative
1979	39	4	7	–	–	–	10		Conservative
1983	32	8	8	–	–	–	12		Conservative
1987	33	4	15	–	–	–	8		Conservative
1991	18	11	20	–	–	–	11[b]		No overall control
1995	8	37	7	0	–	–	8[c]		Labour
1999	16	23	9	0	–	–	12[d]		No overall control
New ward boundaries
2003	25	11	13	0	–	4	7[e]		No overall control
2007	28	6	6	0	10	5	5[f]		No overall control
2011	33	9	2	0	8	–	8[g]		Conservative
2015	23	4	1	22	1	–	9[h]		No overall control
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 60 to 47[2]
2019	16	6	2	5	4	–	15[i]		No overall control
2023	19	8	4	0	1	–	16		No overall control

Results maps

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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Haven By-Election 21 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents		655	62.3
	Conservative		221	21.0
	Labour		142	13.5
	Liberal Democrats		33	3.1
Majority			434	41.3
Turnout			1,051	39.3
	Independent hold		Swing

St James By-Election 10 July 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		352	39.5	+7.3
	Labour		321	36.0	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats		219	24.6	+6.2
Majority			31	3.5
Turnout			892	17.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Harwich East By-Election 2 October 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		340	50.1	−18.0
	Conservative		151	22.3	+22.3
	Independent Labour		103	15.2	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats		84	12.4	+12.4
Majority			189	27.8
Turnout			678	27.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Rush Green By-Election 20 July 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		473	52.3	−2.7
	Conservative		324	35.8	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats		108	11.9	+0.4
Majority			149	16.5
Turnout			905	21.0
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's By-Election 19 April 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		374	50.7	+4.7
	Conservative		174	23.6	−4.2
	Community Representative		95	12.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats		94	12.8	−13.4
Majority			200	27.1
Turnout			737	19.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Brightlingsea East By-Election 2 August 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		188	39.4	+8.7
	Labour		165	34.6	+1.5
	Conservative		124	26.0	+26.0
Majority			23	4.8
Turnout			477	15.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St. Bartholomew By-Election 29 November 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		332	51.1	−25.5
	Labour		238	36.6	+19.2
	Conservative		80	12.3	+12.3
Majority			94	14.5
Turnout			650	22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Alresford Thorrington and Frating By-Election 7 March 2002^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Scott	347	44.0	+44.0
	Conservative		281	35.7	−13.6
	Labour		160	20.3	−30.4
Majority			66	8.3
Turnout			788	26.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Clacton St Johns By-Election 13 June 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		780	46.0	+4.9
	Conservative		514	30.3	+10.9
	Labour		403	23.7	+0.0
Majority			266	15.7
Turnout			1,697	28.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2003-2007

Pier By-Election 22 July 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		205	30.5	−17.4
	Labour		154	22.9	−16.2
	UKIP		109	16.2	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats		102	15.2	+15.2
	Community Candidate		102	15.2	+15.2
Majority			51	7.6
Turnout			672	19.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley By-Election 20 January 2005^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		577	55.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats		345	32.9	−14.8
	Labour		125	12.0	+12.0
Majority			232	22.6
Turnout			1,047	28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Burrsville By-Election 24 September 2009^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Sambridge	455	55.2	−10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce O'Brien	227	27.5	+15.7
	Labour	Max Morris	90	10.9	+1.1
	Green	Chris Southall	52	6.3	+6.3
Majority			228	27.7
Turnout			824	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golf Green By-Election 8 April 2010^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Casey	409	28.2	−0.8
	Conservative	John Chittock	404	27.9	+8.6
	Tendring First	Louise Stanley	313	21.6	−21.8
	BNP	Keith Beaumont	139	9.6	+9.6
	Independent	Christopher Judd	120	8.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Candler	63	4.4	+4.4
Majority			5	0.3
Turnout			1,448	36.6
	Labour gain from Tendring First		Swing

2015-2019

Rush Green By-Election 16 July 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Richard Everett	338	38.5%	10.0
	Conservative	Danny Mayzes	290	33.1%	13.8
	Labour	Samantha Atkinson	213	24.3%	2.1
	Independent	William Hones	36	4.1%	new
Majority
Turnout			877	24.8%
	UKIP hold		Swing

Great & Little Oakley by-election 9 February 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Michael Bush	216	36.8	4.1
	Conservative	Andrew Erskine	171	29.1	1.4
	Labour	Robert Shephard	117	19.9	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bensilum	83	14.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout				39.3
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

St James by-election 6 April 2017^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Alexander	371	47.9	22.7
	UKIP	Teresa O'Hara	174	22.5	16.3
	Labour	Wendy Brown	116	15.0	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Duffy	99	12.8	N/A
	Green	Rosemary Dodds	15	1.9	N/A
Majority			197	25.4
Turnout			777	23
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

St Pauls by-election 15 February 2018^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Honeywood	378	39.5	12.0
	Independent	Stephen Andrews	160	16.7	16.7
	Independent	William Hones	134	14.0	7.9
	Labour	Rosie-Roella Kevlin	114	11.9	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pitkin	79	8.3	8.3
	UKIP	Mike Vaughan-Chatfield	71	7.4	30.1
	Green	Robert Cockroft	20	2.1	2.1
Majority			218	22.8
Turnout			956
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

2019-2023

Eastcliff by-election 6 May 2021^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Baker	414	45.9	45.9
	Conservative	Mick Skeels	294	32.6	11.4
	Holland Residents	Rick Speller	118	13.1	38.0
	Labour	Simon Wigley	44	4.9	4.9
	Independent	Danny Mayzes	18	2.0	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Pitkin	13	1.4	3.5
Majority			120	13.3
Turnout			901
	Independent gain from Holland Residents		Swing

West Clacton and Jaywick Sands by-election 6 May 2021^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jayne Nash	500	41.7	21.7
	Independent	Brad Thompson	395	33.0	33.0
	Tendring First	Andy White	140	11.7	11.7
	Labour	James Machin	110	9.2	1.4
	Independent	Andy Wood	32	2.7	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Morgan	21	1.8	1.8
Majority			105	8.8
Turnout			1,198
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

2023-2027

Bluehouse by-election 11 January 2024^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bernard Goldman	181	30.4	7.6
	Conservative	Alex Porter	91	15.3	10.6
	Labour	John Carrington	83	13.9	12.1
	Reform UK	Tony Mack	54	9.1	9.1
	Independent	Danny Mayzes	52	8.7	6.4
	Independent	Gareth Bayford	45	7.6	7.6
	UKIP	Andrew Pemberton	38	6.4	5.6
	Independent	Josie Holland	24	4.0	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kane Silver	22	3.7	1.8
	Independent	John Chittock	6	1.0	1.0
Majority			90	15.1
Turnout			596
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

The Bentleys and Frating by-election 6 February 2025^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Aimee Keteca	432	45.3	45.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rachael Richards	328	34.4	16.0
	Conservative	Neil Stock	163	17.1	30.9
	Labour	Oli Mupenda	31	3.2	7.7
Majority			104	10.9
Turnout			954
	Reform UK gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
2. Including 4 Residents Association
3. Including 4 Residents Association
4. Including 3 Residents Association
5. Including 3 Residents Association
6. Including 2 Residents Association
7. Including 3 Residents Association
8. Including 3 Residents Association
9. Including 3 Residents Association, 1 Foundation