Castle (Colchester electoral ward)

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Castle
Electoral ward for Colchester Borough Council
Castle ward shown within Colchester Borough.png
Castle ward (in red) displayed within Colchester Borough
Ward Information
CreatedUnknown
Councillors3
Electorate7,615 (2015)
Created fromUnknown
St. Marys (2002)
Overlaps
Parliament constituency Colchester (Unknown-1983; 1997-present)
Colchester North (1983-1997)
County divisionAbbey

Castle is an electoral ward in Colchester and is within the Colchester Borough Council boundary, to which it elects 3 councillors.

Contents

The ward covers central Colchester, England including the Town Centre, the historic Dutch Quarter neighbourhood and Colchester Castle, which lends its namesake to the ward.

History

Castle ward has existed since at least 1976 and is still in use today. The boundaries of the ward have seldom changed, with the exception of the amalgamation of the St. Marys neighbourhood (from St. Marys ward) into the west of Castle following boundary changes from the 2002 election.

The ward was originally held by the Labour Party and then changed hands between the Conservatives, Labour and the SDP-Liberal Alliance (later Liberal Democrats) until the 1990 election, when the Liberal Democrats solidly held the ward for the next 25 years. Recently, it has become a marginal ward, last won by the Green Party at the 2019 election.

Castle has the highest vote share for the Green Party in a Colchester ward.

Ward Councillors

Current

NamePartyYears in Office
Richard Kirkby-Taylor Green 2022–present
Steph Nissen Labour 2021–present
Mark Goacher Green 2019–present

Former

NamePartyYears in Office
Ken Cooke Labour 1978–1992; 1995-1999
D. Dunn Labour 1979-1983
D. Goodchild Labour 1980-1984
E. Humphrey Conservative 1983-1987
R. Cole Conservative 1984-1988
as above Liberal Democrats 1988-1990
Chris Hall Liberal Democrats 1987-2010
J. Carter Liberal Democrats 1990-1995
Henry Spyvee Liberal Democrats 1990-2012
Ken Jones Liberal Democrats 1999-2007
Bill Frame Liberal Democrats 2010-2016
Jo Hayes Liberal Democrats 2012-2016
Simon Crow Conservative 2018-2022

Elections

Election Results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
2015 election
Electorate: 7,615
Turnout: 4,642 (61.0%) +23.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Majority: 496 (10.6%) N/A
Swing: 6.2% from Lib Dem to Con
Darius Laws Conservative 1,66735.9+11.8
Owen Howell Liberal Democrats 1,17225.2-0.5
Andrew Canessa Green 98221.2+4.0
Andrew Murphy Labour 82117.7-0.1
2014 election
Turnout: 2,683 (38.0%) +8.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 46 (1.7%) -20.2
Swing: 10.4% from Lib Dem to Con
Bill Frame Liberal Democrats 69325.8-14.6
Darius Laws Conservative 64724.1+6.2
Ben Howard Labour 47817.8+4.4
Peter Lynn Green 46217.2-1.4
Ron Levy UKIP 40315.0+5.3
2012 election
Turnout: 2,129 (30.0%) -9.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 466 (21.9%) +7.6
Swing: 4.2% from Green to Lib Dem
Jo Hayes Liberal Democrats 86140.4+0.3
Peter Lynn Green 39518.6-7.1
Mohammed Rashid Conservative 38217.9-3.1
Robert Fisher Labour 28513.4+0.2
Ron Levy UKIP 2069.7N/A
2011 election
Turnout: 2,779 (39.5%) -19.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 398 (14.3%) -1.3
Swing: 3.0% from Lib Dem to Green
Nick Barlow Liberal Democrats 1,11340.1-1.7
Peter Lynn Green 71525.7+4.2
Bruce Halling Conservative 58321.0-5.2
Luke Dopson Labour 36813.2+2.6
2010 election
Turnout: 4,248 (59.1%) +21.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 662 (15.6%) +2.1
Swing: 6.0% from Lib Dem to Con
Bill Frame Liberal Democrats 1,77441.8-3.4
Lucy Cramer Conservative 1,11226.2+8.6
Peter Lynn Green 91321.5-10.2
Adam Fox Labour 44910.6+5.1
2008 election
Turnout: 2,460 (38.1%) +0.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 332 (13.5%) +4.8
Swing: 2.2% from Green to Lib Dem
William Spyvee Liberal Democrats 1,11145.2+4.2
Peter Lynn Green 77931.7-0.6
Darius Laws Conservative 43417.6-2.9
John Cooke Labour 1365.5-0.7
2007 election
Turnout: 2,291 (37.4%) +1.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 200 (8.7%) -17.3
Swing: 8.7% from Lib Dem to Green
Nick Barlow Liberal Democrats 94041.0-7.7
Peter Lynn Green 74032.3+9.7
Glenn Granger Conservative 46920.5+2.4
Michael Powell Labour 1426.2-1.9
2006 election
Turnout: 2,306 (36.0%) +0.6
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 600 (26.0%) -4.2
Swing: 15.9% from Lib Dem to Green
Chris Hall Liberal Democrats 1,12248.7-9.2
Peter Lynn Green 52222.6N/A
Benjamin Twitchen Conservative 41818.1-9.6
Mark Warner Labour 1878.1-6.4
Stephen Miller Independent 572.5N/A
2004 election
Turnout: 2,047 (35.4%) +6.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 619 (30.2%) +0.1
Swing: 0.1% from Con to Lib Dem
William Spyvee Liberal Democrats 1,18557.9+3.5
Pauline Lucas Conservative 56627.7+3.4
Malcolm Cannon Labour 29614.5+1.8
2003 election
Turnout: 1,660 (28.6%) -3.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 499 (30.1%)
Swing: 1.3% from Lib Dem to Con
Kenneth Jones Liberal Democrats 90354.4-2.0
Pauline Lucas Conservative 40424.3+4.8
Malcolm Cannon Labour 21012.7-1.4
Walter Schwarz Green 1328.0-2.0
2000 election
Turnout: 31.0% (-1.0)
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 263 (14.3%) -4.4
Swing: 3.8% from Lab to Lib Dem
William Spyvee Liberal Democrats 78842.9-1.4
N. Stock Conservative 52528.6+8.6
Kim Naish Labour 48626.4-10.8
L. Basker Natural Law 392.1N/A
1999 election
Turnout: 32.2%
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 8.9%
Swing: 3.5% from Lib Dem to Lab
Kenneth Jones Liberal Democrats 83444.3
J. Thomas Labour 66635.4
M. Coyne Conservative 38420.4
1998 election
Turnout: 34.0%
Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 15.8%
Swing: 4.6% from Lab to Lib Dem
Chris Hall Liberal Democrats 90744.5
Chris Pearson Labour 58528.7
N. Stock Conservative 51425.2
L. Basker Natural Law 321.6
1996 election Liberal Democrats hold
Majority: 7.7%
Swing: 4.2% from Lab to Lib Dem
William Spyvee Liberal Democrats unopposed

Charts

Vote Share: 1976-2000

Vote Share: 2000-2015

Polling districts

Electorate in brackets (as of 2015): [1]

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References

  1. "Colchester Borough Council Draft Polling District and Polling Place Review 2015". Colchester Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.