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2023 Tendring District Council election
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All 48 seats to Tendring District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Independent Labour
Last election 16 seats, 33.3% 9 seats, 18.6% 6 seats, 14.3%
Seats before 21 12 6
Seats won 19 16 8
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 5 Increase 2
Popular vote 18,675 13,105 12,246
Percentage 33.1% 23.3% 21.7%
Swing Decrease 0.2 pp Increase 2.6 pp Increase 7.7 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Tendring First
Last election 2 seats, 13.1% 4 seats, 5.9%
Seats before 2 4
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3
Popular vote 7,142 2,231
Percentage 12.7 4.0%
Swing Increase 0.2 pp Decrease 1.6 pp
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tendring District Council election
Leader before election

Neil Stock
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Mark Thompson
Independent
No overall control

The 2023 Tendring District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 48 members of Tendring District Council in Essex, England.[1][2] This would be on the same day as other local elections across England and parish council elections in the district.[3]

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by Conservative councillor Neil Stock, who had been leader of the council since 2015. He chose not to stand for re-election.[4]

After the election the council remained under no overall control. A coalition of independent councillors, Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed to take control of the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, independent councillor Mark Thompson was appointed leader of the council, Labour group leader Ivan Henderson was made deputy leader of the council, and Liberal Democrat group leader Gary Scott was made chair of the council.[5][6]

Summary

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Election result

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2023 Tendring District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 19 6 3 Increase 3 39.6 33.1 18,675 –0.2
  Independent 36 16 7 2 Increase 5 33.3 23.3 13,105 +2.6
  Labour 48 8 2 0 Increase 2 16.7 21.7 12,246 +7.7
  Liberal Democrats 26 4 2 0 Increase 2 8.3 12.7 7,142 +0.2
  Tendring First 6 1 1 4 Decrease 3 2.1 4.0 2,231 –1.6
  Green 19 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 4.3 2,416 +0.4
  Reform UK 4 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 436 N/A
  UKIP 1 0 0 5 Decrease 5 0.0 0.2 98 –4.8

Ward results

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The Statement of Nominated Persons, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[7] The ward results were as follows:[8]

Alresford and Elmstead

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Alresford & Elmstead (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Scott* 1,170 63.2 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Ann Wiggins* 1,046 56.5 +9.6
Conservative Harriet Butcher 607 32.8 +1.5
Conservative Mollie Ireland 466 25.2 –4.0
Labour Louise Armstrong 231 12.5 +5.5
Labour Olivier Mupenda 183 9.9 +2.9
Turnout 32.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ardleigh and Little Bromley

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Ardleigh & Little Bromley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zoe Fairley 343 46.3 –5.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Fontaine 324 43.7 +4.9
Labour Alan Todd 74 10.0 +0.8
Turnout 749 32.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease5.3

Bluehouse

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Bluehouse (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Lennard 213 24.9 +10.2
Conservative James Codling* 212 24.7 −2.9
Independent Bernie Goldman 195 22.8 N/A
Labour Martin Suker 188 21.9 N/A
Conservative Mary Newton* 185 21.6 −11.4
Independent Danny Mayzes 129 15.1 −2.1
Independent Bev Sencier 115 13.4 N/A
Independent Carolyn Mayzes 107 12.5 −7.1
Independent Josie Holland 101 11.8 N/A
UKIP Andrew Pemberton 98 11.4 −12.7
Green David Eisenhart-Rothe 56 6.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Emma Talbot 45 5.3 −2.2
Turnout 857 20.8
Labour gain from UKIP
Conservative gain from UKIP

James Codling and Mary Newton were elected in 2019 as UKIP members.

Brightlingsea

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Brightlingsea (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mick Barry* 1,411 68.7 +13.6
Independent Jayne Chapman* 1,309 63.7 +2.3
Independent Graham Steady* 1,081 52.6 +10.3
Independent Mat Court 561 27.3 N/A
Conservative John Carr 395 19.2 +9.6
Green Ben Harvey 264 12.8 –0.6
Labour Jenna Barton 251 12.2 +2.9
Conservative Nigel Dyson 217 10.6 +2.8
Labour Margaret Saunders 188 9.1 +1.5
Conservative Bobby McWilliams 180 8.8 +3.1
Labour Harry Prosser 148 7.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Jefferies 83 4.0 –22.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart Morgan 76 3.7 N/A
Turnout 34.2
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold

Burrsville

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Burrsville (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Amos* 499 39.3 –1.1
Conservative Mick Skeels* 432 34.1 –3.0
Independent Pat Murray 290 22.9 N/A
Labour Christopher Adams-Salmon 258 20.3 +7.5
Independent Gareth Bayford 256 20.2 N/A
Labour Tracey Lewis 254 20.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jon Manning 183 14.4 –21.5
Liberal Democrats Kane Silver 179 14.1 –18.9
Green Chris Southall 131 10.3 –9.2
Independent Jo Weiss 55 4.3 N/A
Turnout 28.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cann Hall

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Cann Hall (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gina Placey* 425 39.5 N/A
Independent Geeta Sudra 392 36.4 N/A
Conservative John Chittock* 366 34.0 –8.0
Conservative Mick Skeels 317 29.5 –3.4
Labour Sharon Bowling 201 18.7 +4.4
Labour Frances Wright 164 15.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rob Harper 98 9.1 –14.8
Reform UK Harry Shearing 97 9.0 N/A
Reform UK Susan Shearing 91 8.5 N/A
Turnout 23.9
Independent gain from Tendring First
Independent gain from Conservative

Gina Placey was elected in 2019 as a member of Tendring First.

Coppins

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Coppins (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Kotz 349 38.0 +18.9
Independent Sarah Newton 294 32.0 N/A
Labour Geoffrey Ely 292 31.8 +14.0
Conservative Ben Smith 284 30.9 +8.6
Conservative Alex Porter* 281 30.6 +9.6
Independent Dale Ward 264 28.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sam Manning 75 8.2 +1.8
Turnout 23.9
Labour gain from UKIP
Independent gain from UKIP

Alex Porter was elected in 2019 as a member of UKIP.

Dovercourt All Saints

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Dovercourt All Saints (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jo Henderson* 1,018 70.8 +14.4
Labour Maria Fowler* 858 59.6 +15.0
Conservative Andie Erskine 423 29.4 –7.2
Conservative Sharon Erskine 403 28.0 –5.4
Green Duncan Gordon 175 12.2 N/A
Turnout 29.8
Labour hold
Labour hold

Dovercourt Bay

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Dovercourt Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Garry Calver* 422 68.7 –10.1
Conservative Lizi Ninnim 145 23.6 +2.4
Liberal Democrats Nathan Williams 47 7.7 N/A
Majority 277 45.1 –12.5
Turnout 614 28.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease6.3

Dovercourt Tollgate

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Dovercourt Tollgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pam Morrison* 364 56.3 +2.5
Conservative John Wade 244 37.7 –8.5
Green Carrie Sanderson 39 6.0 N/A
Majority 120 18.6 +11.0
Turnout 647 28.3
Labour hold Swing Increase5.5

Dovercourt Vines and Parkeston

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Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Davidson* 337 66.3 +3.6
Conservative David Chant 120 23.6 –13.7
Liberal Democrats Simon Banks 51 10.0 N/A
Majority 217 42.7 +17.3
Turnout 24.1
Labour hold Swing Increase8.7

Eastcliff

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Eastcliff
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Baker 468 57.8 N/A
Conservative Percy Lomax 247 30.5 –13.5
Labour Matthew Wistowsky 95 11.7 N/A
Majority 221 27.3 N/A
Turnout 31.8
Independent gain from Holland Residents Swing N/A

Frinton

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Frinton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Turner* 910 46.8 +8.2
Conservative Richard Everett 903 46.5 +13.1
Tendring First Terry Allen* 668 34.4 –0.3
Tendring First Iris Johnson 496 25.5 –4.3
Labour Nigel Roper 322 16.6 +7.8
Labour George Taylor 318 16.4 N/A
Green Susan Clutterbuck 268 13.8 –3.3
Turnout 40.5
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Tendring First

Harwich and Kingsway

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Harwich & Kingsway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivan Henderson* 493 72.9 –3.3
Conservative Barry Brown 147 21.7 –2.1
Liberal Democrats Wayne Linge 36 5.3 N/A
Majority 316 51.2 N/A
Turnout 676 26.2
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.6

Homelands

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Homelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Platt 331 37.1 +12.3
Labour John Carrington 161 18.0 +8.4
Independent Shirley Heggie 122 13.7 N/A
Tendring First Jack Robertson 120 13.4 –8.1
Liberal Democrats Glenn Maleary 105 11.8 N/A
Green Paul Clutterbuck 54 6.0 –0.8
Majority 170 19.1 N/A
Turnout 35.6
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Increase2.0

Kirby Cross

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Kirby Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Cossens 377 45.7 +16.9
Tendring First Paul Clifton* 278 33.7 –7.7
Labour Jay Weaver 170 20.6 +12.8
Majority 99 12.0 N/A
Turnout 28.3
Conservative gain from Tendring First Swing Increase12.3

Kirby-le-Soken and Hamford

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Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Cossens 408 49.2 +7.4
Tendring First Fiona Knowles* 235 28.3 –29.9
Labour Bethan Phillips 111 13.4 N/A
Green Paul Butler 75 9.0 N/A
Majority 173 20.9 N/A
Turnout 829 33.7
Conservative gain from Tendring First Swing Increase18.7

Lawford, Manningtree and Mistley

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Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Terry Barrett 1,208 50.6 +19.4
Conservative Carlo Guglielmi* 907 38.0 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bensilum 824 34.5 +8.1
Conservative Valerie Guglielmi* 778 32.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Ken Symon 743 31.1 +8.6
Conservative Alan Coley* 721 30.2 –3.2
Labour Phillip Dunnett 552 23.1 –5.5
Labour Maria Dos Santos Tavares Carreiro 425 17.8 –6.2
Green Lucy Watts 360 15.1 –5.9
Labour Bailey Hayes 344 14.4 –7.9
Green David Watts 301 12.6 N/A
Turnout 35.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Little Clacton

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Little Clacton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeff Bray 400 62.6 –6.0
Labour Marian Hatch 156 24.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jordan Silver 83 13.0 –18.4
Majority 244 38.2 +1.0
Turnout 639 25.9
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Pier

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Pier
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Honeywood* 179 41.4 –4.8
Labour Donny Standing 145 33.6 +14.7
Independent James Burns 91 21.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Philip Cunningham 17 3.9 –3.0
Majority 34 7.8 –19.5
Turnout 432 22.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.8

St Bartholomew's

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St Bartholomew's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Adrian Smith 884 59.5 N/A
Independent Carrie Doyle 872 58.7 N/A
Conservative Justin Ball-Greenwood 390 26.2 +0.4
Conservative Julie Park 365 24.6 +0.5
Labour Gerard Lovett 249 16.8 +9.6
Labour Alison Mitchell 213 14.3 N/A
Turnout 33.1
Independent gain from Holland Residents
Independent gain from Holland Residents

St James

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St James (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Griffiths* 673 57.8 –11.2
Conservative Maurice Alexander* 654 56.2 –10.2
Labour Graham Ford 280 24.1 N/A
Labour Sheila Hammond 271 23.3 N/A
Independent Dan McDonnell 209 18.0 N/A
Reform UK Kate Hammond 128 11.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ben Minter 112 9.6 –23.0
Turnout 24.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St John's

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St John's (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark Stephenson* 455 41.6 +1.5
Independent Gemma Stephenson* 432 39.5 +2.6
Conservative Sue Ball-Greenwood 345 31.5 +8.7
Conservative Samuel Leonard 294 26.9 +8.5
Labour Norman Jacobs 197 18.0 +6.0
Labour David Bolton 190 17.4 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Katherine Hornby 128 11.7 +7.8
Green Rosemary Dodds 95 8.7 +3.7
Independent Colin Kingham 53 4.8 N/A
Turnout 22.8
Independent hold
Independent hold

St Osyth

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St Osyth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John White* 463 49.0 –7.4
Independent Michael Talbot* 454 48.0 –8.8
Conservative Stuart Mackintosh 265 28.0 –1.0
Conservative Grace Skeels 230 24.3 –4.2
Green Tracey Osben 148 15.7 N/A
Labour Sandra Adams-Salmon 128 13.5 +1.8
Labour Jane Herbert 122 12.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Talbot 80 8.5 N/A
Turnout 24.2
Independent hold
Independent hold

St Paul's

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St Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Honeywood* 288 41.6 +5.0
Tendring First Pierre Oxley 161 23.2 +1.4
Labour Robert Porter 157 22.7 N/A
Green Clive Purrett 50 7.2 –3.8
Liberal Democrats Karen Walker 25 3.6 –5.0
Independent Elizabeth Khan 12 1.7 N/A
Majority 127 18.4 +3.9
Turnout 693 31.0
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.8

Stour Valley

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Stour Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tanya Ferguson 336 34.7 –1.5
Labour Sean Fay 247 25.5 +11.9
Liberal Democrats Mark De Roy 185 19.1 +8.2
Reform UK Mark Cole 120 12.4 N/A
Green Eleanor Gordon 80 8.3 –2.1
Majority 89 9.2 +1.9
Turnout 968 40.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.7

The Bentleys and Frating

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The Bentleys & Frating
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynda McWilliams* 450 48.0 –6.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Taylor 173 18.4 –8.2
Independent Rebecca Cole 126 13.4 N/A
Labour David Smith 102 10.9 +4.7
Green Alison Clarke 87 9.3 –3.6
Majority 277 29.6 +1.9
Turnout 32.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.0

The Oakleys and Wix

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The Oakleys & Wix
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mike Bush* 311 40.3 –24.4
Conservative Tom Howard 265 34.4 +11.3
Labour Dave McLeod 133 17.3 +5.1
Green Bob Rowles 62 8.0 N/A
Majority 46 5.9 –35.7
Turnout 31.1
Independent hold Swing Decrease17.9

Thorpe, Beaumont and Great Holland

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Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Land 789 75.8 –2.0
Labour Diane Somers 129 12.4 N/A
Green Jemma Keleher 77 7.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Orton 46 4.4 N/A
Majority 660 63.4 +7.8
Turnout 36.1
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Walton

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Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tendring First Ann Oxley 273 33.4 +12.0
Independent Delyth Miles* 185 22.6 –5.6
Labour Chris Bee 171 20.9 +5.6
Conservative Ann Poonian 140 17.1 –8.2
Green Steven Walker 49 6.0 N/A
Majority 88 10.8 N/A
Turnout 30.1
Tendring First gain from Independent Swing Increase8.8

Weeley and Tendring

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Weeley & Tendring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Harris* 453 58.8 +24.8
Independent Vicky Cauvain 192 24.9 N/A
Labour Dave Chable 80 10.4 N/A
Green Natasha Osben 45 5.8 N/A
Majority 261 33.9 N/A
Turnout 31.3
Conservative gain from Foundation Swing N/A

Peter Harris was elected in 2019 as a Foundation Party member.

West Clacton and Jaywick Sands

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West Clacton & Jaywick Sands (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dan Casey* 602 54.1 +0.4
Independent Brad Thompson 537 48.2 N/A
Conservative David Booth 264 24.1 –0.4
Conservative Anne Alexander 232 20.8 +0.3
Independent Tony Mack 162 14.6 N/A
Labour Michael Cattrell 154 13.8 +4.4
Labour Adam Hewitt 138 12.4 +3.2
Independent Danell Dreelan 137 12.3 N/A
Turnout 27.9
Independent hold
Independent gain from UKIP

Changes 2023–2027

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Affiliation changes

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  • Nick Turner (Frinton), elected as a Conservative in May 2023, had moved to independent by September 2023.[9]
  • Jeff Bray (Little Clacton) and Peter Harris (Weeley & Tendring), both elected as Conservatives, left the party in November 2023 to sit as independents.[10]
  • Richard Everett (Frinton), elected as a Conservative in 2023, left the party in February 2024 to sit as an independent.[11]
  • James Codling (Bluehouse), elected as a Conservative, left the party on 11 June 2024 to sit as an independent.[12]
  • On 24 June 2024, independent councillors Nick Turner (Frinton), Richard Everett (Frinton), Jeff Bray (Little Clacton) and James Codling (Bluehouse) join Reform UK, giving the party it's first representation the council.[13]

By-elections

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Bluehouse by-election, 11 January 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bernard Goldman 181 30.4 +12.1
Conservative Alex Porter 91 15.3 –14.7
Labour John Carrington 83 13.9 –16.2
Reform UK Tony Mack 54 9.1 N/A
Independent Danny Mayzes 52 8.7 N/A
Independent Gareth Bayford 45 7.6 N/A
UKIP Andrew Pemberton 38 6.4 –7.5
Independent Josie Holland 24 4.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kane Silver 22 3.7 N/A
Independent John Chittock 6 1.0 N/A
Majority 90 15.1 N/A
Turnout 596
Independent gain from Labour Swing Increase13.4

By-election triggered by resignation of Labour councillor Ian Lennard.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "District and Parish local elections 4 May 2023". Tendring District Council. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ Meyler, Piers (11 April 2023). "Tendring local election candidates 2023 – full list". Essex Live. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ Dwan, James (5 April 2023). "Tendring Council election 2023: Names of candidates revealed". Clacton Gazette. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ^ Dwan, James (17 March 2023). "Tendring Council leader Neil Stock to stand down". Basildon, Canvey and Southend Echo. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  5. ^ Dedman, Simon (24 May 2023). "Colchester: Power-sharing ends between Labour and Lib Dems". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2023". Tendring District Council. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  7. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED" (PDF). Tendring District Council. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ^ "District and parish results". Tendring District Council. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Your councillors". Tendring District Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ^ Boothroyd, David (24 November 2023). "Never have happened in Sir Robin's Day". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. ^ Boothroyd, David (2 February 2024). "Aldermen back". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Changes log 2024-25". Open Council Data UK. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Four Tendring Councillors switch allegiance to Reform UK". Séamus O'Hanlon. Colchester Gazette. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  14. ^ Boothroyd, David (10 November 2023). "Lots of fun in Spalding". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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