2024 Colchester City Council election

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2024 Colchester City Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)2026 

18 out of 51 seats to Colchester City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderPaul DundasMartin Goss
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election19 seats, 30.5%15 seats, 30.3%
Seats before1916

 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderJulie YoungMark Goacher
Party Labour Green
Last election15 seats, 24.5%2 seats, 10.2%
Seats before132

Colchester UK ward map 2016 (blank).svg
Map showing the electoral wards of Colchester

Leader before election

David King
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Colchester City Council election is due to take place on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections across England. [1] Eighteen members of the council are due to be elected, one from each of the wards, with an additonal by-election in Greenstead ward. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

This set of seats were last up for election at the 2021 election. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council election (then Borough) scheduled for 2020 was postponed one year to 2021. This resulted in the terms of councillors elected at the 2021 election being truncated to 3-years rather than the usual 4-years.

In addition to the seventeen regular members up for election, there will be a by-election in Greenstead ward due to the resignation of Cllr Molly Bloomfield.

Pre-Election Composition
19
16
14
2
PartySeats
Conservative Party19
Liberal Democrats16
Labour Party14
Green Party2

Summary

Candidates by party

Conservative Party (18/18)





Labour Party (18/18)





Green Party (18/18)





Liberal Democrats (17/18)





Independent (3/18)





Reform UK (2/18)





Election result

2024 Colchester City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 12
  Liberal Democrats 11
  Labour 8
  Green 2
  Independent 0
  Reform UK 0

Incumbents

WardIncumbent CouncillorPartyRe-standing
BerechurchDave Harris Labour Co-op Yes
CastleSteph Nissen [lower-alpha 1] Labour Yes
GreensteadJulie Young Labour Co-op Yes
HighwoodsSimon Appleton [lower-alpha 2] Liberal Democrats Yes
Lexden & BraiswickSara Naylor [lower-alpha 3] Conservative No
Marks Tey & LayerKevin Bentley Conservative Yes
Mersea & PyefleetJohn Jowers Conservative No
Mile EndMartin Goss Liberal Democrats Yes
New Town & Christ Church Pam Cox Labour Yes
Old Heath & The HytheMike Lilley Labour Co-op Yes
PrettygateSue Lissimore Conservative Yes
Rural NorthDarius Laws Conservative Yes
Shrub EndLyn Barton Liberal Democrats No
St. Anne's & St. John'sMike Hogg Liberal Democrats No
StanwayJeremy Hagon Conservative Yes
TiptreeRoger Mannion Conservative Yes
WivenhoeMichelle Burrows Liberal Democrats No

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated details the candidates standing in each ward. It was released on 5 April 2023 following the close of nominations. [4] Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*).

Berechurch

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Berechurch ward
Berechurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bevan Waghorn
Green John Clifton
Labour Co-op Dave Harris*
Liberal Democrats Karen Chaplin

Castle

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Castle ward
Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ryan Smith
Green Kemal Çufoğlu
Labour Steph Nissen*
Liberal Democrats Martin Gillingham

Greenstead

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Greenstead ward
Greenstead (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronnie Achille
Conservative Rowan Knight
Green Lisa Cross
Green Zac Roulston
Labour Elizabeth Alake-Akinyemi
Labour Co-op Julie Young*
Liberal Democrats Jenny Stevens

Highwoods

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Highwoods ward
Highwoods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Hayter
Green Antony Greenwood
Labour Gary Braddy
Liberal Democrats Simon Appleton*

Lexden & Braiswick

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Lexden & Braiswick ward
Lexden & Braiswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Willetts
Green Roger Bamforth
Labour Sandy Armitage
Liberal Democrats Thomas Stevenson

Marks Tey & Layer

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Marks Tey & Layer ward
Marks Tey & Layer
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Bentley*
Green Amy Sheridan
Labour John Spademan
Liberal Democrats Mark Hull

Mersea & Pyefleet

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Mersea & Pyefleet ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Parsons
Green Libby Kirkby-Taylor
Independent John Akker
Labour Natalie Eldred
Liberal Democrats John Knight
Reform UK Sophie Preston-Hall

Mile End

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Mile End ward
Mile End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phoebe Butcher
Green Amanda Kirke
Labour Co-op Pauline Bacon
Liberal Democrats Martin Goss*

New Town & Christ Church

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New Town & Christ Church ward
New Town & Christ Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Piggott
Green Sara Ruth
Independent Ian Partridge
Labour Pam Cox*
Liberal Democrats Alan Mathias

Old Heath & The Hythe

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Old Heath & The Hythe ward
Old Heath & The Hythe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Martin
Green Andrew Canessa
Independent Jeffrey Drew
Labour Co-op Mike Lilley*
Liberal Democrats Jakub Makowski

Prettygate

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Prettygate ward
Prettygate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Lissimore*
Green Natalie Edgoose
Labour Chris Coates
Liberal Democrats John Loxley

Rural North

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Rural North ward
Rural North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Darius Laws*
Green John Burgess
Labour Barbara Nichols
Liberal Democrats Karen Maxwell

Shrub End

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Shrub End ward
Shrub End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Linghorn-Baker
Green Bob Brannan
Labour Claire Osborne
Liberal Democrats Mark Arnold

St. Anne's & St. John's

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St. Anne's & St. John's ward
St. Anne's & St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Crow
Green Sabestian Dwyer
Labour Brian Omiyi
Liberal Democrats Catherine Spindler

Stanway

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Stanway ward
Stanway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Hagon*
Green Clare Smee
Labour William Hayton
Liberal Democrats Chantelle-Louise Whyborn

Tiptree

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Tiptree ward
Tiptree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Mannion*
Green Clare Burgess
Labour Co-op Luke Hayes
Liberal Democrats Sue Waite
Reform UK Ashley Girling

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe ward Wivenhoe.png
Wivenhoe ward
Wivenhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Higginson
Green Berthold Lausen
Labour Philip Long
Liberal Democrats Sean Kelly

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References

  1. "Election timetables for scheduled local government elections in England". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. "Notice of Election" (PDF). Colchester City Council. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. "Colchester City Council upcoming elections". Colchester Council. 2023-12-30. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  4. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Colchester City Council. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

Notes

  1. Originally elected as a Green, but defected to Labour in December 2022
  2. Elected at the 2023 Highwoods by-election
  3. Elected at the 2022 Lexden & Braiswick by-election