2023 Braintree District Council election

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2023 Braintree District Council election
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All 49 seats to Braintree District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderGraham ButlandDavid Mannn/a
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election34 seats, 45.5%2 seats, 21.1%3 seats, 5.9%
Seats before33 [lower-alpha 1] 33
Seats after2697
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 7Increase2.svg 4
Popular vote26,21117,6776,727
Percentage39.8%26.8%10.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 5.7ppIncrease2.svg 5.7ppIncrease2.svg 4.3pp
 Fourth partyFifth party
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LeaderJames AbbottJackie Pell
Party Green Halstead Residents
Last election6 seats, 17.8%4 seats, 4.3%
Seats before64 [lower-alpha 2]
Seats after43
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote10,1872,330
Percentage15.5%3.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 2.3ppDecrease2.svg 0.8pp
Braintree UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Braintree District Council election
Leader before election

Graham Butland
Conservative

Leader after election

Graham Butland
Conservative

The 2023 Braintree District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Braintree District Council in Essex, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Contents

The Conservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority. [3]

Summary

Prior to the election the Conservatives had a majority of 17 seats on the council. They had held a majority since 2007. There were four registered political parties represented on the council plus three independent councillors. The three independents formed a political group with the Greens called the "Green and Independent Group", led by Green councillor James Abbott. [4]

After the election, the Conservatives retained their majority but it was reduced to just 3 seats. Conservative group leader Graham Butland continued to serve as leader of the council, a position he had held continuously since 2004. [5] The Greens and independents continued to form a group after the election, but renamed the "Independent and Green Group" and with the group leadership passing to independent councillor Jo Beavis. The Labour group also changed their leader after the election; their previous leader David Mann had not stood for re-election so Lynn Jefferis was appointed to that role. [6]

Election result

2023 Braintree District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4926311Decrease2.svg 853.139.826,211–5.7
Green and Independent group (G&I)
  Green 22402Decrease2.svg 28.215.510,187–2.3
  Independent 8740Increase2.svg 414.310.16,663+6.5
G&I total301142Increase2.svg 222.425.616,850+4.2
  Labour 49971Increase2.svg 718.426.817,677+5.7
 Halstead Residents4301Decrease2.svg 16.13.52,330–0.8
  Liberal Democrat 10000Steady2.svg0.03.52,298–0.5
  Reform UK 4000Steady2.svg0.00.5321N/A
  UKIP 1000Steady2.svg0.00.168–1.1
  Independent 1000Steady2.svg0.00.164–2.2
  Heritage 1000Steady2.svg0.00.151N/A
Total14949Turnout

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Braintree District Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023. [7] The results of the district council election were released on 5 May 2023. [8]

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk *.

Bocking Blackwater

Bocking Blackwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lyn Walters* 815 50.3 +9.4
Conservative Justin Wrench 804 49.7 +6.3
Conservative Lynette Bowers-Flint 773 47.7 +5.2
Green (G&I)Dormer Andrews58235.9+6.8
Labour Jasmine Curitz57635.6+11.1
Labour David Chidgey54033.4+14.1
Labour Richard Parsons42126.0+7.9
Liberal Democrats James Card34721.4N/A
Turnout 25.0–1.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bocking North

Bocking North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Jefferis 565 51.6 +0.5
Conservative John Baugh 522 47.6 +9.3
Labour Keiran Martin50646.2–2.8
Conservative Felicia Ayo-Ajala37233.9N/A
Green (G&I)Andrea Phillips22620.6–1.0
Turnout 28.9+0.3
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Bocking South

Bocking South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Edwards 511 46.8 +1.5
Labour Moia Thorogood 485 45.8 +11.3
Conservative Trevor McArdle*47945.3+8.8
Labour Robert Heath45943.4+9.6
Green (G&I)Karl Handy18117.1–8.7
Turnout 24.7–0.4
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Braintree Central and Beckers Green

Braintree Central & Beckers Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shirley Mason 699 48.9 +19.5
Labour Thomas Diamond 694 48.6 +20.2
Labour Jonathan Ayten 687 48.1 +20.7
Conservative Karen Brown48830.5+3.7
Conservative Sandra Canning47530.0+3.3
Conservative Andrew Hensman*42529.8–5.7
Green (G&I)Simon Attwood42227.3+2.3
Independent (G&I)Colin Riches39326.8+0.7
Turnout 24.5–1.7
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Braintree South

Braintree South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martin Green* 468 44.6 +14.5
Conservative Kevin Bowers* 457 43.6 –5.9
Labour Jacqueline Thurgood44442.3+13.2
Conservative Saif Rehman*39938.1–10.4
Green (G&I)Stuart Wicks18517.6–4.2
Liberal Democrats Tom Hughes14413.7N/A
Turnout 24.4+0.4
Labour hold
Conservative hold

Martin Green previously gained the seat in the 2022 by-election.

Braintree West

Braintree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Cunningham* 727 55.1 –0.1
Conservative George Prime 692 52.4 –1.1
Labour Alexander Wilsdon45734.6+9.3
Labour Peter Wyatt42632.2+14.9
Green (G&I)Nick Scales34125.8+0.9
Turnout 30.6–0.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bumpstead

Bumpstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Garord* 479 60.2 –16.0
Labour Gary Knights23629.6+5.8
Reform UK Norma Saggers8110.2N/A
Majority24330.6–21.8
Turnout 79634.6–1.8
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg10.9

Coggeshall

Coggeshall (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (G&I)Tom Walsh* 981 56.5 +3.0
Independent (G&I)Dennis Abram* 928 53.4 –7.7
Conservative Sue Wilson54031.1+2.9
Conservative Chris Siddall47827.5–0.4
Labour Robert Powers28716.5+5.0
Labour Usha Agarwal-Hollands26015.0+5.0
Turnout 39.0–4.3
Independent hold
Independent hold

Gosfield and Greenstead Green

Gosfield & Greenstead Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Schwier* 396 52.6 +1.0
Green (G&I)Jenny Bishop21929.1–5.3
Labour Deborah Warren13818.3+4.3
Majority17723.5+6.3
Turnout 75334.9–6.5
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.2

Great Notley and Black Notley

Great Notley & Black Notley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Butland* 1,028 54.6 –5.0
Conservative Frankie Ricci* 979 52.0 –0.2
Conservative Tom Cunningham* 969 51.5 –1.2
Green (G&I)Poppy Gerrard-Abbott49026.0–0.8
Labour Andrew Beatty42822.7+7.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Smith38720.5N/A
Labour Antony Jones38420.4+6.9
Labour Bronislaw Jagniaszek35418.8+8.2
Liberal Democrats David Toombs34718.4+3.2
Liberal Democrats Graham Sheppard28415.1–1.7
Turnout 27.0–1.2
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Halstead St. Andrews

Halstead St. Andrews
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Halstead Residents Jim Bond 664 56.7 +3.8
Halstead Residents Andy Munday* 632 53.9 +6.5
Conservative David Finch28924.7+2.0
Labour Steven Knight28624.4+10.5
Labour Kathleen Tearle25521.8+8.7
Conservative Olatunbosun Senbanjo15012.8–7.2
UKIP Judy Wood685.8N/A
Turnout 25.7–4.9
Halstead Residents hold
Halstead Residents hold

Halstead Trinity

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Halstead Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Halstead Residents Jackie Pell* 625 54.0 –10.5
Labour Malcolm Fincken 520 44.9 +18.4
Labour Garry Warren43737.8+14.4
Halstead Residents Linda Hilton40935.4–12.4
Conservative Barry Britten18015.6–5.0
Conservative Libby Poole14312.4N/A
Turnout 24.3–2.5
Halstead Residents hold
Labour gain from Halstead Residents

Hatfield Peverel and Terling

Hatfield Peverel & Terling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charley Dervish 877 63.7 +0.3
Conservative James Coleridge* 855 62.1 +2.3
Green (G&I)Jonathan Barker40929.7+6.1
Labour Linda Bennison31222.7+14.3
Labour Tony Bennett29921.7+11.9
Turnout 30.8–2.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hedingham

Hedingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (G&I)Jo Beavis* 941 73.8 +27.2
Independent (G&I)Wendy Taylor 764 59.9 N/A
Conservative Jason Ferrando30423.9–21.9
Conservative Philip Rawlinson23618.5–8.9
Labour Christine Calver15612.2+4.4
Labour Matthew Creamer14811.6–2.7
Turnout 30.1+0.1
Independent hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Kelvedon and Feering

Kelvedon & Feering
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green (G&I)Paul Thorogood* 1,096 57.4 +15.6
Green (G&I)Camilla Finch 940 49.2 –0.8
Conservative Robert Mitchell66835.0–4.2
Conservative India Jayatillake64433.7–3.0
Labour Eileen Davidson24612.9–3.5
Labour Pamela Carlaw22611.8+1.6
Turnout 43.6+3.3
Green hold
Green hold

Rayne

Rayne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (G&I)Ann Hooks 528 64.0 N/A
Conservative Glenn Young21826.4–27.9
Labour Nigel Gibson799.6–3.3
Majority31037.6N/A
Turnout 82537.6+1.8
Independent gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Silver End and Cressing

Silver End & Cressing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green (G&I)James Abbott* 1,198 75.2 –1.7
Green (G&I)Bob Wright* 1,017 63.8 +2.7
Conservative Jacky Bayford30018.8+4.5
Conservative Darrin Hammond29718.6N/A
Labour Steven Bennison1348.4+2.6
Labour Ann Griffin1267.9+0.9
Independent Annetta Hawkins644.0N/A
Heritage Andrew Page513.2N/A
Turnout 31.5–7.0
Green hold
Green hold

Stour Valley North

Stour Valley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iona Parker* 507 55.6 –28.7
Labour Peter Long17218.9+3.2
Green (G&I)Mark Posen16718.3N/A
Reform UK Raymond Richards667.2N/A
Majority33536.7–32.0
Turnout 91236.0–3.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg16.0

Stour Valley South

Stour Valley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Holland 549 59.3 –2.4
Green (G&I)Paul Robinson22123.9N/A
Labour Frederick Hearn15616.8+8.4
Majority32835.4+3.6
Turnout 92638.0–0.9
Conservative hold Swing N/A

The Colnes

The Colnes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Courtauld* 724 56.3 –9.1
Conservative Gabrielle Spray* 707 55.0 –7.4
Green (G&I)James Astley54942.7–2.1
Labour Sandra Hindley34626.9+8.2
Labour Felix Preston24719.2+8.6
Turnout 30.8+4.3
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Three Fields

Three Fields
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent (G&I)Mark Ault 995 53.1 N/A
Independent (G&I)Michael Staines 851 45.4 N/A
Conservative John Warner81843.6–26.2
Conservative Stephen Canning59331.6–30.0
Labour William Edwards26514.1–3.7
Labour Stephen Newton22812.2–5.2
Turnout 43.2+10.2
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Witham Central

Witham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sindhu Rajeev 510 39.7 –6.0
Conservative Toby Williams 486 37.9 +1.5
Labour Lucy Barlow36228.2+11.5
Green (G&I)Edwyn Gerrard-Abbott35827.9–3.9
Labour Joan Coleman28822.4+6.5
Liberal Democrats Barry Fleet25920.2–10.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Waring19815.4N/A
Reform UK Richard Thomson1078.3N/A
Turnout 27.9–0.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham North

Witham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Billy Taylor 568 39.6 +10.2
Conservative Ethan Williams 543 37.8 +8.8
Labour Philip Barlow47733.2+1.4
Labour Leanora Headley41829.1+4.8
Green (G&I)Stephen Hicks*40127.9–7.9
Green (G&I)Phillip Hughes39627.6–12.0
Reform UK Tim Blaxill674.7N/A
Turnout 26.9–3.1
Conservative gain from Green
Conservative gain from Green

Witham South

Witham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Heath 501 44.5 +21.1
Labour Jacqueline Martin 473 42.0 +20.2
Conservative William Korsinah44839.8–14.7
Conservative Joe Trigg42437.6–12.7
Green (G&I)Stephanie Bills17415.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Hewitt13712.2–16.7
Liberal Democrats Charlie Ryland978.6–17.6
Turnout 26.0+2.0
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Witham West

Witham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jon Hayes 533 40.1 –3.5
Conservative Ron Ramage* 520 39.1 –2.1
Labour Jack Coleman46735.1+9.2
Labour Jack Robertson42732.1+14.5
Green (G&I)Susan Ager36127.1–2.3
Green (G&I)Steven Crane25419.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Holt987.4–6.5
Turnout 28.3–0.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Yeldham

Yeldham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Van Dulken 312 44.2 –27.9
Independent (G&I)Julia Allen28239.9N/A
Labour Denis Franklin11215.9–12.0
Turnout 70632.1+1.0
Conservative hold Swing N/A

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