Colchester Borough Council election, 2018

Colchester Borough Council election, 2018
17 seats (out of 51 seats); 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.06 % [1]

Last updated March 20, 2019

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. 17 members of the council (one-third of the whole) were elected, one from each of the 17 wards. It was the first standard election to take place following comprehensive boundary changes in 2016.

By-elections since 2016

A by-election was called in Shrub End following the resignation of one of the incumbent Liberal Democrat councillors. The seat was gained by the Conservatives in the subsequent by-election.

Shrub End by-election, 7 September 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Vic Flores	681	38.6	19.4
	Labour	Mike Dale	572	32.4	20.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sam McCarthy	373	21.1	13.9
	Independent	Mike Clark	54	3.1	New
	UKIP	Bruno Hickman	52	2.9	10.9
	Green	Victoria Weaver	34	1.9	5.6
Majority			109	6.2
Turnout			1,765	21.7	6.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Results Summary

The four main parties put up a full slate of candidates and Independents stood in eight wards.

Result

Colchester Borough Council election, 2018
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	2	0	2	40.4	15,765	2.9
	Liberal Democrat	12	1	3	2	19.9	8,472	2.7
	Labour	11	1	1		25.3	10,783	3.1
	Independent	3	0	0		7.1	3,130	3.0
	Green	0	0	0		7.0	2,880	2.6
Total		51					41,030

	No overall control hold

Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
14	11	3	23
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Ind	Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
12	11	3	25
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Ind	Conservative

New Administration

The Labour, Liberal Democrat, and Independent groups reached a deal that would continue their coalition^[2], with Cllr Mark Cory to replace the unseated Paul Smith as Leader of the Council.

Ward results

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Martyn Warnes*	1,275	62.6	0.5
	Conservative	Andrew Bright	510	25.0	11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mick Spindler	178	8.7	2.1
	Green	Andy Brooke	75	3.7	1.5
Majority			765	37.5	—
Turnout			2,038	27.3	5.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	5.6

No UKIP candidate as previous (-12.8).

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Crow	931	30.7	2.2
	Green	Mark Goacher	920	30.3	4.3
	Labour	Norma Dinnie-Weall	750	24.7	8.6
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Hayes	434	14.3	15.1
Majority			11	0.4	—
Turnout			3,035	39.6	2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Greenstead

Greenstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tina Bourne*	1,078	51.5	11.3
	Conservative	Fabian Green	502	24.0	5.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Baker	245	11.7	1.9
	Independent	Christopher Lee	203	9.7	3.3
	Green	John Clifton	67	3.2	3.6
Majority			576	27.5	—
Turnout			2,095	24.4	5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

No UKIP candidate as previous (-14.8)

Highwoods

Highwoods^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Phil Oxford*	926	45.4	4.7
	Conservative	Stephen Rowe	563	27.6	2.7
	Labour	Gary Braddy	314	15.4	4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Turrell	161	7.9	2.0
	Green	Robbie Spence	75	3.7	1.3
Majority			363	18.2	—
Turnout			2,039	27.6	5.6
	Independent hold		Swing	1.0

No UKIP candidate as previous (-9.1).

Lexden & Braiswick

Lexden & Braiswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Jarvis*	1,812	66.2	8.1
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Stevenson	407	14.9	2.6
	Labour	John Challen	338	12.3	0.9
	Green	Sue Bailey	181	6.6	6.5
Majority			1,405	51.3	—
Turnout			2,738	37.8	2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.4

Marks Tey & Layer

Marks Tey & Layer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jackie Maclean*	1,493	71.2	23.2
	Labour	John Spademan	275	13.1	0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Hull	224	10.7	0.8
	Green	Matt Stemp	106	5.1	5.1
Majority			1,218	41.2	—
Turnout			2,512	34.7	1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-17.6).

Mersea & Pyefleet

Mersea & Pyefleet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Davidson*	1,373	42.0	3.8
	Independent	John Akker	1,202	36.8	New
	Green	Peter Banks	374	11.4	1.4
	Labour	Barry Gilheany	219	6.7	7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Gemma Graham	99	3.0	2.6
Majority			171	5.2	—
Turnout			3,267	40.5	1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.3

No UKIP candidate as previous (-21.4).

Mile End

Mile End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David King	1,179	49.1	8.2
	Conservative	Thomas Rowe	728	30.3	5.1
	Labour	Pauline Bacon	353	14.7	4.3
	Green	Amanda Kirke	88	4.1	3.0
	Independent	Jason Leonard	44	1.8	New
Majority			451	18.8	—
Turnout			2,402	30.9	6.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	6.7

New Town & Christ Church

New Town & Christ Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lorcan Whitehead	1,319	41.7	19.4
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Spindler	816	25.8	11.0
	Conservative	Annesley Hardy	780	24.6	1.7
	Green	Bob Brannan	177	5.6	12.3
	Independent	Edmund Chinnery	74	2.3	New
Majority			503	15.9	—
Turnout			3,166	33.8	0.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	15.2

Old Heath & The Hythe

Old Heath & The Hythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lee Scordis*	1,525	61.5	20.7
	Conservative	Michael McDonnell	505	20.4	4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Craven	228	9.2	17.9
	Green	Andrew Canessa	129	5.2	11.1
	Independent	Chris Hill	93	3.8	New
Majority			1,020	41.1	—
Turnout			2,480	30.8	4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	8.1

Prettygate

Prettygate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roger Buston*	1,820	61.0	5.4
	Labour Co-op	Mike Dale	592	19.8	3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Hill	355	11.9	5.9
	Green	Clare Palmer	216	7.2	2.9
Majority			1,228	41.2	—
Turnout			2,983	37.6	3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1

Rural North

Rural North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Chillingworth*	2,015	68.5	8.7
	Labour	Judith Short	348	11.8	1.7
	Liberal Democrat	William Brown	298	10.1	4.8
	Green	Roger Bamforth	281	9.6	5.6
Majority			1,667	56.7	—
Turnout			2,942	34.6	1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.5

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pauline Hazell*	777	38.2	19.0
	Labour	Isobel Merry	622	30.6	18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Sam McCarthy	507	24.9	10.1
	Independent	Mike Clark	77	3.8	New
	Green	Wolfgang Fauser	50	2.5	5.0
Majority			155	7.6	—
Turnout			2,033	25.5	3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.1

No UKIP (-13.8) or Independent (-12.7) candidates as previous.

St. Anne's & St. John's

St. Anne's & St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Chris Hayter	1,206	43.4	25.1
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Smith*	1,026	36.9	9.1
	Labour	Gregory Edwards	346	12.4	3.5
	Green	Megan Maltby	106	3.8	2.4
	Independent	Kristine Lee	97	3.5	New
Majority			180	6.5	—
Turnout			2,781	34.2	1.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	17.1

No UKIP candidate as previous (-20.6).

Stanway

Stanway^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Paul Dundas	1,014	46.0	5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jessica Scott-Boutell	874	39.6	1.1
	Labour	Carole Spademan	230	10.4	2.4
	Green	Katie Francis	87	3.9	1.9
Majority			140	6.3	—
Turnout			2,205	33.2	3.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	3.2

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Loveland	1,423	66.6	1.3
	Labour	Barbara Nichols	404	18.9	0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Eriksson	197	9.2	New
	Green	Peter Lynn	114	5.3	8.2
Majority			1,019	47.7	—
Turnout			2,138	29.4	2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.8

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Andrea Luxford-Vaughn	1,542	49.5	21.2
	Labour Co-op	Rosalind Scott*	1,143	36.7	8.1
	Conservative	Liam Gallagher	328	10.5	12.0
	Green	Claudia Uller	105	3.4	3.5
Majority			399	12.8	—
Turnout			3,118	39.8	13.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	6.5

No Independent candidate as previous (-13.6).

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[1] ttp://www.colchester.gov.uk/electionresults

[2] ttp://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/16214396.Independents_shun_Tories_as__progressive_alliance__set_to_continue/

[3] ttps://twitter.com/yourcolchester/status/992185751910670336

[4] ttps://twitter.com/yourcolchester/status/992183448705097730

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