Chelmsford City Council elections

Chelmsford City Council in Essex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003 the council has comprised 57 councillors elected from 24 wards. ^{[1] [2]}

Council elections

• 1973 Chelmsford District Council election
• 1976 Chelmsford District Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[3]
• 1979 Chelmsford Borough Council election
• 1983 Chelmsford Borough Council election
• 1987 Chelmsford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place) ^{[4] [5]}
• 1991 Chelmsford Borough Council election
• 1995 Chelmsford Borough Council election
• 1999 Chelmsford Borough Council election
• 2003 Chelmsford Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1) ^{[6] [7]}
• 2007 Chelmsford Borough Council election
• 2011 Chelmsford Borough Council election
• 2015 Chelmsford City Council election
• 2019 Chelmsford City Council election
• 2023 Chelmsford City Council election

Election results

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [a]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (60 seats)
1973	30	16	8	6		No overall control
New ward boundaries
1976	46	3	9	2		Conservative
1979	36	3	19	2		Conservative
1983	26	0	31	3		Alliance
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 60 to 56
1987	24	0	29	3		Alliance
1991	29	2	21	4		Conservative
1995	13	7	32	4		Liberal Democrats
1999	21	5	28	2		No overall control
New ward boundaries; seats increased from 56 to 57
2003	35	2	20	0		Conservative
2007	33	0	24	0		Conservative
2011	40	1	15	1		Conservative
2015	52	0	5	0		Conservative
2019	21	0	31	2		Liberal Democrats
2023	21	0	33	3		Liberal Democrats

Results maps

• 
  1976 results map
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  1979 results map
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  1983 results map
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  1987 results map
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  1991 results map
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  1995 results map
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  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

A by-election occurs when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of by-elections from 1983 onwards. ^[8] Full by-election results are listed under the last regular election preceeding the by-election and can be found by clicking on the ward name.

1983-1994

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Moulsham Lodge	10 November 1983		Alliance		Alliance
Waterhouse Farm	21 June 1984		Alliance		Alliance
Boreham & Springfield	7 February 1985		Alliance		Alliance
St Andrew's	11 July 1985		Conservative		Labour
Boreham & Springfield	5 December 1985		Alliance		Alliance
Baddow Road	20 March 1986		Conservative		Alliance
Rettendon & Runwell	4 May 1989		Conservative		Conservative
South Woodham - Elmwood & Woodville	22 February 1990		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Writtle	8 December 1994		Conservative		Liberal Democrats

1995-2006

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Old Moulsham	16 September 1999		Liberal Democrats		Conservative
Boreham	6 July 2000		Independent		Conservative
Woodham Ferrers & Bicknacre	2 May 2002		Conservative		Conservative
Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon	11 November 2004		Conservative		Conservative
Trinity	5 May 2005		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
South Woodham - Elmwood & Woodville	5 May 2005		Conservative		Conservative
The Lawns	15 September 2005		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Bicknacre & East & West Hanningfield	23 February 2006		Conservative		Conservative

2007-2018

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Broomfield & The Walthams	11 September 2007		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Moulsham & Central	14 December 2007		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Patching Hall	28 June 2012		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Broomfield & The Walthams	19 February 2013		Independent		Liberal Democrats
South Woodham - Elmwood & Woodville	5 December 2013		Conservative		SWFCTA
Bicknacre & East & West Hanningfield	9 October 2014		Conservative		Conservative
Moulsham & Central	4 May 2017		Conservative		Conservative

2019-present

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Marconi	7 November 2019		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Moulsham Lodge	6 May 2021		Liberal Democrats		Conservative
Writtle	1 July 2021		Conservative		Conservative
Little Baddow, Danbury & Sandon	5 May 2022		Conservative		Conservative
Moulsham & Central	1 May 2025		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Moulsham & Central	1 May 2025		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats

Notes

1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

1. "Workings of the Council". Chelmsford Borough Council. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
2. "Councillors". Chelmsford Borough Council. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Chelmsford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Chelmsford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
5. The Braintree, Chelmsford and Colchester (Areas) Order 1985
6. "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 12 September 2009.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Chelmsford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. "By-elections". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2026. Retrieved 18 January 2026.

• By-election results Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Chelmsford City Council