2024 Castle Point Borough Council election

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2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
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All 39 seats to Castle Point Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderWarren GibsonDave Blackwell
Party PIP CIIP
Last election16 seats, 35.4%16 seats, 20.2%
Seats before1616 [lower-alpha 1]
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderBeverley Egan
Party Conservative Independent
Last election9 seats, 28.5%0 seats, 0.8%
Seats before81
Leader before election

Dave Blackwell
CIIP
No overall control

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Castle Point Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 39 members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex will be elected following boundary changes.

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Background

Castle Point was a traditionally Conservative council. The Conservative controlled the council from 1976 until 1995, when the Labour Party won a majority. [1] The Conservatives retook control in 2003. This majority lasted until 2022 (aside from a period of no overall control from 2014 to 2015), [2] when the council again fell into no overall control.

In the most recent election, the People's Independent Party gained 6 seats with 35.4% of the vote, the Canvey Island Independent Party held the 6 seats they were defending with 20.2%, and the Conservatives lost 6 with 28.5%. Following the election, the CIIP and PIP formed a majority coalition. [3]

Boundary changes

Castle Point usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. [4] The change reduces the number of councillors by 2. The electoral system is due to change to whole council elections every 4 years following a vote by the council. [5]

Old wards [6] No. of seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Appleton3Appleton3
Boyce3Canvey Island Central3
Canvey Island Central3Canvey Island East3
Canvey Island East3Canvey Island North3
Canvey Island North3Canvey Island South3
Canvey Island South3Canvey Island Winter Gardens3
Canvey Island West2Hadleigh St James3
Canvey Island Winter Gardens3St George's3
Cedar Hall3St Mary's3
St George's3St Michael's3
St James3Tarpots3
St Mary's3Thundersley North3
St Peter's3Thundersley South3
Victoria3

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [7] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
CIIP 16 CIIP 15 CIIP
PIP 16 PIP 16 PIP
Conservative 9 Conservative 8 Conservative
Independent 0 Independent 1 Independent

Changes:

Results

2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  CIIP 15
  PIP 24
  Conservative 22
  Labour 25
 Canvey Residents' Alliance13
  Green 2
  Independent 1

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Castle Point Borough Council following the close of nomination on 8 April 2024. [9] Thirteen of the thirty-five Conservative nominations were rejected as invalid. An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Appleton

Appleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Dixon
Conservative Wayne Johnson
PIP Diana Jones*
PIP Lorraine Larman
Labour Mark Maguire
PIP Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert*
Conservative Barry Webb
Labour Charlie Young
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Canvey Island Central

Canvey Island Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Lorraine Breading
Canvey Residents Mickey Finn
CIIP Jamie Huntman
CIIP Peter May*
Canvey Residents Lisa Megennis
Labour Terry Miller
Canvey Residents Sean Quartermaine
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Canvey Island East

Canvey Island East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Susan Brooke
Labour Daniel Curtis
Canvey Residents Michael Griffin
Conservative John Last
Conservative Rachel Ojo
CIIP Carole Sach*
CIIP Grace Watson*
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Canvey Island North

Canvey Island North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Dave Blackwell*
Conservative Nikki Drogman
Labour Anita Duffield
Labour Brendan Duffield
CIIP Michael Fuller*
CIIP Nick Harvey*
Conservative Pat Haunts
Canvey Residents Kevin Hobbs
Canvey Residents Paul Joiner
Canvey Residents Jade Pittman
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Canvey Island South

Canvey Island South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Barry Campagna*
Canvey Residents Jamie Coronado
Labour Heidi Cox
Labour Katie Curtis
Canvey Residents Leah Griffin
Canvey Residents Scott Griffin
Conservative Joan Liddiard
CIIP Barry Palmer*
CIIP Janice Payne*
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Canvey Island Winter Gardens

Canvey Island Winter Gardens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darren Brown
Green Bob Chapman
Labour Co-op Moreblessing Chasiya
Canvey Residents Praise Coronado
Conservative Ivor Earl
CIIP Peter Greig*
Canvey Residents Michelle Griffin
Canvey Residents Natalie Lawrence
Labour Co-op Maggie McArthur-Curtis
CIIP David Thomas*
CIIP Graham Withers*
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Hadleigh St James

Hadleigh St James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Aimme Harbinson
Conservative Simon Hart*
PIP Kate Knott
PIP Duncan MacPherson
Labour Dina Mehdi
Labour Charlotte Reilly
Conservative Jacqui Thornton*
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

St George's

St George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Nicola Benson*
Green Billy Brew
Independent Steven Cole
Conservative David Cross
Conservative Paul Harbord
PIP Nanine Pachy
Labour Jackie Reilly
PIP Dean Silk
Labour Freddy West
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

St Mary's

St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Sharon Ainsley*
Labour Co-op Laurence Chapman
Labour Co-op Joe Cooke
Conservative Roxanne Goldfinch
PIP Rob Lillis*
Labour Co-op Georgina Morgan-Bates
PIP Russ Savage*
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

St Michael's

St Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Tim Copsey*
PIP Warren Gibson*
PIP John Knott*
Labour Amie Maguire
Labour Jacqueline Warner
Turnout
The People's Independent Party hold Swing
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Tarpots

Tarpots
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Kieron Bowker*
PIP Michael Dearson*
Labour Holly Foxen
Labour Susan Foxen
Conservative Sunil Gupta
Conservative Andrew Sheldon
PIP Benn Wimbledon
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Thundersley North

Thundersley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Belford
Labour Bill Emberson
Labour Helen Emberson
PIP Tom Gibson*
PIP Gareth Howlett*
PIP Steve Mountford*
Conservative Vincent White
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

Thundersley South

Thundersley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gwyn Bailey
PIP Matt Cortes
Conservative James Cutler
Labour Andrew Darling
PIP Laurie Dixon
PIP Allan Edwards*
Conservative Adrian Roper
Conservative Andy Thornton*
Turnout
win (new seat)
win (new seat)
win (new seat)

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References

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