2021 Colchester Borough Council election

2021 Colchester Borough Council election
19 out of 51 seats to Colchester Borough Council ; 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.9% ( 1.3%)
	Results map of the Borough Council election

Last updated March 23, 2024

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 6 May 2021. They were originally planned for 7 May 2020,^[1] but postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Seventeen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were up for election, one from each of the 17 wards. There were also two additional by-elections in Prettygate and Lexden & Braiswick wards, bringing the total number of elected members to nineteen.

Result Summary

Candidates by party

Conservative Party (19/19)

Labour Party (19/19)

Green Party (18/19)

Liberal Democrats (17/19)

Reform UK (4/19)

Independent (2/19)

Result

2021 Colchester Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9		47.7	14	23	45.1	23,413	44.8	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	21.1	8	12	23.5	10,264	19.7	-6.9
	Labour	4		21.1	7	11	21.6	11,763	22.5	+4.8
	Independent	1		5.3	2	3	5.9	912	1.7	-4.6
	Green	1	1	5.3	1	2	3.9	5,592	10.7	-2.9
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	266	0.5	New

Ward results

The Statement of Nominated Persons was released on 8 April 2021 detailing the persons standing as candidates at the Borough Council election.^[3]

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk*

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Harris*	1,604	68.4	+15.2
	Conservative	Chris Piggott	470	20.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Spindler	193	8.2	-16.4
	Green	John Clifton	78	3.3	-3.8
Majority			1,134	48.4	+19.8
Turnout			2,345	31.5	+2.9
Registered electors			7,437
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steph Nissen	1,136	37.8	-18.1
	Conservative	Fabian Green	976	32.5	+3.3
	Labour	Richard Hill	574	19.1	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Gillingham	319	10.6	+4.3
Majority			160	5.3	-21.4
Turnout			3,005	37.1	-3.4
Registered electors			8,109
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	10.7

Greenstead

Greenstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Julie Young*	1,097	52.0	+4.5
	Conservative	Michael Hinton	600	28.4	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chantelle-Louise Whyborn	222	10.5	-3.3
	Green	Kemal Cufoglu	135	6.4	-1.9
	Reform UK	Kevin Blair	57	2.7	N/A
Majority			497	23.6	-5.1
Turnout			2,111	19.3	-1.1
Registered electors			10,921
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	2.5

No Independent candidate as previous (-11.2).

Highwoods

Highwoods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gerard Oxford*	780	35.0	-17.6
	Conservative	Stephen Rowe	664	29.8	+10.5
	Labour	Jocelyn Law	401	18.0	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kieron Franks	188	8.4	-0.8
	Green	Clare Burgess	135	6.4	-0.9
	Reform UK	Diane Baker	64	2.9	N/A
Majority			116	5.2	-28.1
Turnout			2,228	30.3	+0.9
Registered electors			7,365
	Independent hold		Swing	14.1

Lexden & Braiswick

Lexden & Braiswick (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis Willetts*	1,949	61.0	-1.3
	Conservative	Martin Leatherdale	1,597	50.0	-12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Culham	594	18.6	+2.8
	Green	Roger Bamforth	532	16.6	+2.1
	Labour	Luke Hayes	396	12.4	+4.9
	Labour	Kayleigh Rippingale-Shaw	333	10.4	+2.9
Turnout			3,200	43.3	+4.1
Registered electors			7,390
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Marks Tey & Layer

Marks Tey & Layer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Bentley*	1,880	67.4	+2.8
	Labour	John Spademan	323	11.6	+4.1
	Green	Amy Sheridan	231	8.3	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hull	223	8.0	-5.6
	Independent	Neil Gilbranch	132	4.7	N/A
Majority			1,557	55.8	+5.5
Turnout			2,789	34.0	+1.4
Registered electors			8,198
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Mersea & Pyefleet

Mersea & Pyefleet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jowers*	2,126	69.8	+39.5
	Green	Peter Banks	490	16.1	+7.0
	Labour	James Pey	272	8.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Waite	156	5.1	+1.7
Majority			1,636	53.7	+52.0
Turnout			3,044	37.7	-4.7
Registered electors			8,068
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.3

No Independent (-28.6, -13.5) or UKIP (-7.3) candidates as previous.

Mile End

Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Goss*	1,974	65.3	+3.1
	Conservative	Rachel Smith	583	19.3	-0.6
	Labour Co-op	Pauline Bacon	328	10.8	+2.2
	Green	Amanda Kirke	139	4.6	-4.7
Majority			1,391	46.0	+3.3
Turnout			3,024	32.5	+3.9
Registered electors			9,293
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.8

New Town & Christ Church

New Town & Christ Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Cox^[4]	1,521	43.4	+11.5
	Conservative	Carla Hales	887	25.3	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Spindler	794	22.7	-13.5
	Green	Bob Brannan	301	8.6	-3.9
Majority			634	18.0	—
Turnout			3,503	35.5	+2.1
Registered electors			9,882
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	2.8

Old Heath & The Hythe

Old Heath & The Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Lilley*	1,376	53.3	+1.3
	Conservative	Rowena Cable	687	26.6	+5.7
	Green	Andrew Canessa	282	10.9	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Soban Asghar	235	9.1	-3.8
Majority			689	26.7	-4.4
Turnout			2,580	29.8	+2.3
Registered electors			8,649
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	2.2

Prettygate

Prettygate (2 seats due to by-election)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Lissimore*	2,136	65.7	+11.6
	Conservative	Leigh Tate	1,285	39.6	-14.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Loxley	544	16.7	-5.3
	Labour	Richard Bourne	513	15.8	+3.3
	Labour	Victoria Weaver	388	11.9	-0.6
	Green	John Burgess	350	10.8	-1.2
	Green	Natalie Edgoose	250	7.7	-4.3
Turnout			3,251	40.7	+4.4
Registered electors			7,994
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Rural North

Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darius Laws^[4]	2,207	64.5	+3.1
	Green	Sue Bailey	406	11.9	-3.7
	Labour	Diane Brown	367	10.7	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	William Brown	359	10.5	-4.8
	Reform UK	Andrew Phillips	84	2.5	N/A
Majority			1,801	52.6	+6.8
Turnout			3,423	40.2	+5.3
Registered electors			8,526
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lyn Barton*	819	37.0	-4.6
	Conservative	Angela Linghorn-Baker	783	35.3	+1.5
	Labour	David McCulloch	416	18.8	+1.5
	Green	Blake Roberts	136	6.1	-2.2
	Reform UK	Joe Johnson	61	2.8	N/A
Majority			36	1.7	-6.1
Turnout			2,215	27.1	-0.2
Registered electors			8,164
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.1

St. Anne's & St. John's

St. Anne's & St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	*Mike Hogg^[4]**	1,241	42.0	-2.4
	Conservative	Thomas Rowe^[6]	1,214	41.1	+1.0
	Labour	Abigail Chambers	301	10.2	+2.5
	Green	Pam Nelson	200	6.8	-1.0
Majority			27	0.9	-3.4
Turnout			2,956	35.8	+1.5
Registered electors			8,248
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.7

Stanway

Stanway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Hagon	1,160	46.4	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Williams	987	39.5	-13.2
	Labour	Kevin Brown	245	9.8	+3.7
	Green	John McArthur	109	4.4	-2.9
Majority			173	6.9	—
Turnout			2,501	35.9	+0.9
Registered electors			6,972
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.9

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Mannion	1,713	72.0	+7.8
	Labour	John Wood	288	12.1	-2.7
	Green	Clare Smee	206	8.7	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Stevens	171	7.2	-1.5
Majority			1,425	59.9	+10.5
Turnout			2,378	32.5	+3.2
Registered electors			7,324
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.3

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Burrows	1,245	38.4	-28.9
	Labour Co-op	Cyril Liddy*	1,020	31.5	+13.5
	Conservative	Jodie Clark	496	15.3	+6.9
	Green	Asa Aldis	480	14.8	+8.5
Majority			225	6.9	—
Turnout			3,241	41.9	+2.8
Registered electors			7,735
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	21.2

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