Braintree District Council elections

Braintree District Council in Essex, England is elected every four years. Since the last comprehensive boundary changes in 2015, 49 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.^[1]

Seat history

Year
Year	Con	Lab	LD^{[n 1]}	Grn	Ind	Oth
2023	26	9	-	4	7	3^[a]
2019	34	2	-	6	3	4^[b]
2015	44	2	-	1	-	2^[c]
Ward boundary changes; seats reduced from 60 to 49
2011	44	10	-	2	1	1^[d]
2007	42	9	1	2	1	5^[e]
2003	27	20	4	2	2	5^[f]
Ward boundary changes
1999	17	31	3	2	4	3^[g]
1995	10	37	6	-	5	2^[h]
1991	23	21	6	-	6	4^[i]
1987	30	13	5	-	8	4^[j]
1983	28	16	3	-	10	3^[k]
1979	28	17	3	-	7	3^[l]
Ward boundary changes
1976	39	8	1	-	8	2^[m]
1973	15	22	3	-	15	3^[n]
Local authority reorganisation; interim council created

^ Seat totals include those elected for the Liberal and SDP parties as both participated in the SDP-Liberal Alliance and subsequently merged to form the Liberal Democrats

Council elections

1973 Braintree District Council election
1976 Braintree District Council election
1979 Braintree District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1983 Braintree District Council election
1987 Braintree District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]^[4]
1991 Braintree District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]^[6]
1995 Braintree District Council election
1999 Braintree District Council election
2003 Braintree District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[7]^[8]
2007 Braintree District Council election
2011 Braintree District Council election
2015 Braintree District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[9]
2019 Braintree District Council election (Ward boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[10]
2023 Braintree District Council election

Results maps

2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map

Changes between elections

1995–1999

Braintree Central By-Election 31 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	583	65.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	165	18.5	−3.1
	Conservative	119	13.4	−1.2
	Green	23	2.6	+2.6
Majority		418	47.0
Turnout		890	17.8
	Labour hold	Swing

1999–2003

Central By-Election 10 February 2000^[11]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	466	53.8	+0.6
	Conservative	260	30.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	140	16.2	−0.6
Majority		206	23.8
Turnout		866	16.0
	Labour hold	Swing

East By-Election 10 February 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	587	50.4	−2.5
	Conservative	344	29.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	192	16.5	−4.6
	Green	42	3.6	+3.6
Majority		243	20.9
Turnout		1,165	17.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Castle Hedingham By-Election 29 June 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	328	69.5	−5.1
	Labour	144	30.5	+5.1
Majority		184	39.0
Turnout		472	32.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Braintree Central By-Election 6 July 2000^[11]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	694	52.1	−1.1
	Conservative	475	35.7	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	124	9.3	−7.5
	Green	38	2.9	−5.6
Majority		219	16.4
Turnout		1,331	24.1
	Labour hold	Swing

Braintree West By-Election 31 January 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	671	39.0	+5.0
	Conservative	666	38.7	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	261	15.2	−20.5
	Independent	66	3.8	+3.8
	Green	39	2.3	+2.3
	Legalise Cannabis	19	1.1	+1.1
Majority		5	0.3
Turnout		1,722	30.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Braintree Central By-Election 21 March 2002^[11]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	758	61.0	+7.8
	Conservative	278	22.4	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	144	11.6	−5.2
	Green	62	5.0	−3.5
Majority		480	38.6
Turnout		1,242	21.8
	Labour hold	Swing

2003–2007

Hedingham and Maplestead By-Election 11 March 2004^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	664	45.8	+21.1
	Conservative		625	43.1	−3.0
	Labour		160	11.0	−4.1
Majority			39	2.7
Turnout			1,449	29.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Rayne By-Election 14 October 2004^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Banthorpe	289	49.5	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Fish	272	46.6	−4.2
	Green		23	3.9	+3.9
Majority			17	2.9
Turnout			584	34.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2007–2011

Braintree East By-Election 19 June 2008^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Smith	668	50.7	+17.4
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	406	30.8	−4.6
	Green	Wendy Partridge	125	9.5	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lemon	119	9.0	−6.0
Majority			262	19.9
Turnout			1,318	27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatfield Peveral By-Election 19 June 2008^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Elliston	782	78.1	+0.1
	Labour	Carole Hine	138	13.8	−8.2
	Green	Agnes Wells	81	8.1	+8.1
Majority			644	64.3
Turnout			1,001	30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham West By-Election 2 October 2008^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Cohen	508	40.9	+1.2
	Labour	Kathleen Tearle	373	30.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Reekie	182	14.7	−2.2
	Green	Wendy Partridge	178	14.3	−2.1
Majority			135	10.8
Turnout			1,241	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Three Colnes By-Election 4 December 2008^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Siddall	647	77.0	+24.5
	Labour	Richard Tincknell	121	14.4	+4.1
	Green	Wendy Partridge	72	8.6	+8.6
Majority			526	62.6
Turnout			840	21.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015–2019

Witham South by-election, 5 May 2016^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Maclure	446	44.3	−13.2
	Labour	Paul Heath	376	37.4	+10.8
	Green	Stephen Hicks	184	18.3	+12.0
Majority			70	7.0
Turnout			1,014	23.0	−38.9
	Conservative hold

Witham North by-election, 20 October 2016^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Barlow	339	37.5	+4.2
	Conservative	Lorne Campbell	308	34.0	−11.0
	Green	Michelle Weeks	227	25.1	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Scott	31	3.4	−6.0
Majority			31	3.4
Turnout			906	18.3	−43.0
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bumpstead by-election, 20 October 2016^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Garrod	350	64.6	+2.7
	UKIP	Debbie Shaw	84	15.5	−4.1
	Labour	William Edwards	45	8.3	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	40	7.4	+7.4
	Green	Anne Bishop	23	4.2	+4.2
Majority			266	49.1	+6.8
Turnout			542	23.2	−52.5
	Conservative hold

Bocking North by-election, 3 May 2018^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Everard	619	48.3	+9.0
	Conservative	Dean Wallace	540	42.2	+3.1
	UKIP	Samuel Cowie	78	6.1	−10.6
	Green	Dawn Holmes	44	3.4	−1.5
Majority			79	6.2
Turnout			1,281	30.7	−35.4
	Labour gain from Conservative

Hatfield Peverel and Terling by-election, 3 May 2018^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Coleridge	965	64.7	−3.0
	Green	Jonathan Barker	293	19.6	+9.7
	Labour	Lucy Barlow	234	15.7	−6.3
Majority			672	45.0
Turnout			1,496	32.2	−41.2
	Conservative hold

2019–2023

Hatfield Peverel and Terling by-election, 6 May 2021^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren White	1,009	61.4	+2.9
	Green	Jonathan Barker	315	19.2	−2.6
	Labour	Jack Coleman	195	11.9	+2.8
	Independent	David Hodges	124	7.5	+7.5
Majority			694	42.2
Turnout			1,643
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witham South by-election, 6 May 2021^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Korsinah	623	51.5	+0.5
	Labour	Paul Heath	339	28.0	+6.1
	Green	Philip Hughes	157	13.0	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Ryland	91	7.5	−19.6
Majority			284	23.5
Turnout			1,210
	Conservative hold		Swing

Braintree South by-election, 10 November 2022^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Green	372	45.2	+15.6
	Conservative	Stephen Canning	317	38.5	−10.4
	Green	Simon Attwood	134	16.3	−5.2
Majority			55	6.7
Turnout			823
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coggeshall by-election, 10 November 2022^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dennis Abram	576	43.5	+43.5
	Conservative	Chris Siddall	451	34.1	+6.1
	Labour	Robert Powers	297	22.4	+11.0
Majority			125	9.4
Turnout			1,324
	Independent hold		Swing

References

^ "A Candidate's Guide" (PDF). Braintree District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
^ The District of Braintree (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ The Braintree, Chelmsford and Colchester (Areas) Order 1985
^ The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1986
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Braintree". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lib Dems drop bombshell on Blair's doorstep". guardian.co.uk. 22 March 2002. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
^ "Tories keep even score in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
^ "Twin council win for Tories". guardian.co.uk. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
^ "Election of a District Councillor for Braintree East on Thursday 19 June 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^ "Election of a District Councillor for Hatfield Peverel on Thursday 19 June 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^ "Election of a District Councillor for Witham West on Thursday 2 October 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^ "Election of a District Councillor for The Three Colnes on Thursday 4 December 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
^ Braintree District Council. "5th May 2016 District Council – Witham South | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
^ Braintree District Council. "20th October 2016 District Council – Witham North | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
^ Braintree District Council. "20th October 2016 District Council – Bumpstead | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
^ Braintree District Council. "3rd May 2018 – Bocking North – May 2018 | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
^ Braintree District Council. "3rd May 2018 – Hatfield Peverel and Terling | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatfield Peverel and Terling Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Witham South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Braintree South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Coggeshall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

By-election results Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine

Notes

^ 4 Halstead Residents
^ 4 Halstead Residents
^ 2 Halstead Residents
^ 1 Halstead Resident
^ 5 Halstead Residents
^ 5 Halstead Residents
^ 3 Residents Association
^ 2 Residents Association
^ 4 Ratepayer
^ 4 Residents Association
^ 2 Residents Association, 1 Independent Conservative
^ 2 Residents Association, 1 Independent Conservative
^ 1 Independent Conservative, 1 Residents Association
^ 2 Independent Conservative, 1 Residents Association

External links

Braintree District Council

[sdp-liberal-2] Seat totals include those elected for the Liberal and SDP parties as both participated in the SDP-Liberal Alliance and subsequently merged to form the Liberal Democrats

[guide-1] "A Candidate's Guide" (PDF). Braintree District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-03-19.

[17] The District of Braintree (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976

[18] The Braintree, Chelmsford and Colchester (Areas) Order 1985

[19] The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1986

[20] slation.gov.uk – The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.

[21] slation.gov.uk – The Essex and Suffolk (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[change-22] "Braintree". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

[23] slation.gov.uk – The District of Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[24] slation.gov.uk – The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[25] "The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.

[bombshell-26] "Lib Dems drop bombshell on Blair's doorstep". guardian.co.uk. 22 March 2002. Retrieved 2010-03-19.

[even-27] "Tories keep even score in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 12 March 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-19.

[twin-28] "Twin council win for Tories". guardian.co.uk. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 2010-03-19.

[east-29] "Election of a District Councillor for Braintree East on Thursday 19 June 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

[peverel-30] "Election of a District Councillor for Hatfield Peverel on Thursday 19 June 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

[witham-31] "Election of a District Councillor for Witham West on Thursday 2 October 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

[colnes-32] "Election of a District Councillor for The Three Colnes on Thursday 4 December 2008" (PDF). Braintree District council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-13.

[33] Braintree District Council. "5th May 2016 District Council – Witham South | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.

[34] Braintree District Council. "20th October 2016 District Council – Witham North | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.

[35] Braintree District Council. "20th October 2016 District Council – Bumpstead | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.

[36] Braintree District Council. "3rd May 2018 – Bocking North – May 2018 | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.

[37] Braintree District Council. "3rd May 2018 – Hatfield Peverel and Terling | Braintree District Council". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-18.

[38] "Local Elections Archive Project — Hatfield Peverel and Terling Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

[39] "Local Elections Archive Project — Witham South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

[40] "Local Elections Archive Project — Braintree South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

[41] "Local Elections Archive Project — Coggeshall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

[3] 4 Halstead Residents

[4] 4 Halstead Residents

[5] 2 Halstead Residents

[6] 1 Halstead Resident

[7] 5 Halstead Residents

[8] 5 Halstead Residents

[9] 3 Residents Association

[10] 2 Residents Association

[11] 4 Ratepayer

[12] 4 Residents Association

[13] 2 Residents Association, 1 Independent Conservative

[14] 2 Residents Association, 1 Independent Conservative

[15] 1 Independent Conservative, 1 Residents Association

[16] 2 Independent Conservative, 1 Residents Association

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