Essex County Council elections

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Essex County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 75 councillors are elected from 70 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Reform Green UKIP Independent
& Others
Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (97 seats)
1973 504052 [b] Conservative
1977 8312200Conservative
1981 51321302 [c] Conservative
1985 45292300No overall control
1989 55251801 [d] Conservative
1993 32333201No overall control
1997 402315001 [e] Conservative
2001 491910001 [f] Conservative
2005 52138002 [g] Conservative
2009 60112002 [h] Conservative
2013 4299294 [i] Conservative
2017 5667105 [j] Conservative
2021 52580109 [k] Conservative

County result maps

By-election results

1985–1989

Basildon Vange (June 1986) (Labour Hold)

Gray Thurrock (July 1986) (Labour Hold)

Belfairs and Blenheim By-Election: February 1987
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Albert Smulian 2,005 55.6 +2.3
Conservative Terrence Birdseye1,28935.7−0.2
Labour Nigel Boorman3148.7−1.1
Majority 71619.8+2.5
Turnout 3,60833.0−12.2
Alliance hold Swing +1.0
Basildon Crouch By-Election: December 1987
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Alliance Francis Bellard 1,423 45.9 +14.1
Conservative Terence Dove1,28841.5−4.1
Labour Margaret Davis39112.6−10.0
Majority 1354.6
Turnout 3,10230.0−6.0
Alliance gain from Conservative Swing +9.1
Maypole By-Election: May 1988
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SLD Patricia Pascoe 2,035 42.3 −1.1
Labour Donald Quinn1,57232.7−6.9
Conservative Mary Fairhead1,20025.0+8.0
Majority 4639.6+5.8
Turnout 4,80739.0+2.3
SLD hold Swing +2.9

1989–1993

Old Heath By-Election: 3 May 1990
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Pearson 2,384 40.1 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Vincent Edkins2,10335.4−0.3
Conservative Edward Winney1,03917.5−1.9
SDP John Parrick4167.0+7.0
Majority 2814.7+4.5
Turnout 5,94248.1+8.6
Labour hold Swing +2.3
Brentwood Central By-Election: June 1990
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Edgar Davis 2,210 56.0 +21.5
Conservative John Hutton1,33933.9−14.6
Labour Francis Keohane2496.3−4.2
Green Philip Ray892.3−4.6
SDP Samuel Ormsby320.8+0.8
Independent James Holdsworth280.7+0.7
Majority 87122.1−13.8
Turnout 3,94740.1−3.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +18.1
Dunmow By-Election: 2 May 1991
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Westcott 2,937 56.4 −5.7
Liberal Democrats John Gibbs1,45127.9+7.7
Labour David Cole81715.7−2.0
Majority 1,48628.5−13.4
Turnout 5,20545.1+7.7
Conservative hold Swing −6.7
Basildon Laindon By-Election: September 1991
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Walsh 1,780 48.4 +13.1
Labour Harold Bruce1,36032.7−17.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Wilson53813.0+4.4
Majority 42011.4
Turnout 4,15533.2−3.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +15.4
Brentwood Hutton By-Election: September 1992
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alun Thomas 1,872 57.9 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Katharine Spanton1,19136.8+18.6
Labour Edward O’Brien1725.3−13.7
Majority 68121.1−43.6
Turnout 3,23526.8−7.2
Conservative hold Swing −11.8

1993–1997

Loughton St. Marys By-Election: 21 October 1993
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Goodwin 1,891 55.6 +10.5
Conservative Vernon Davies87025.6−10.0
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Macy64118.8−0.5
Majority 1,02130.0
Turnout 3,40232.5
Labour hold Swing +10.3
Tendring Rural West By-Election: 22 September 1994
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Pearson 1,260 35.6 +5.7
Conservative Roger Lord 1,19733.9−1.5
Liberal Democrats Potter99928.3−5.4
Green Fox802.3+2.3
Majority 631.8
Turnout 3,536
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +4.1

1997–2001

Basildon Westley Heights By-Election: 4 June 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Sears 1,717 37.9 +2.2
Conservative David Walsh1,57334.8−6.0
Liberal Democrats Geoffery Williams1,23127.2+3.7
Majority 1443.1
Turnout 4,52135.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Loughton St. Johns By-Election: 11 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Goodwin 927 48.4 +11.4
Conservative Colin Finn52727.5+2.0
Loughton Residents Kay Ellis40421.1−9.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Spence562.9−3.6
Majority 40020.9
Turnout 1,91419.4
Labour hold Swing

2001–2005

Basildon Westley Heights By-Election: 23 September 2004 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Williams 1,167 45.0 +24.2
Conservative Sandra Hillier99938.5−3.0
Labour Jane Dyer42616.4−21.3
Majority 1686.5
Turnout 2,59219.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Little Parndon and Town Centre By-Election: 16 December 2004 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Danvers 1,082 43.5 −9.1
Conservative Lee Dangerfield71528.7+0.8
UKIP Anthony Bennett26410.5+10.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Millington2138.6−10.9
Independent Patricia Bryne1957.8+7.8
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook 210.8+0.8
Majority 36714.8
Turnout 2,48727.3
Labour hold Swing

2005–2009

Brentwood Rural By-Election: 13 July 2006 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Naylor 2,062 61.5 +11.8
Liberal Democrats Barry Aspinell1,15034.3+2.3
Labour Jane Winter1424.2−4.5
Majority 91227.2
Turnout 3,35426.0
Conservative hold Swing

2010–2013

Harlow West By-Election: 5 May 2011 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Durcan 5,320 48.4 +22.3
Conservative Mark Gough4,56441.6+8.3
Liberal Democrats John Strachan1,10010.0−5.4
Majority 7566.9
Turnout 10,98437.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, the Green Party had received 11.0% and the British National Party received 14.2%.

Chelmsford Central By-Election: 9 June 2011 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dick Madden 1,496 43.6 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Pooley1,32338.6−5.9
Labour Russell Kennedy61017.8+10.1
Majority 173
Turnout 3,42929
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009, when the British National Party and the Green Party also stood, receiving 6.1% and 8.2%, respectively, of votes cast.

Stock By-Election: 8 September 2011 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Grundy 1,820 59.3 −6.4
UKIP Jesse Pryke73624.1n/a
Labour Maurice Austin2738.9+3.7
Liberal Democrats Marian Elsden1605.2−7.3
Green Reza Hossain802.6−6.1
Majority 1,084
Turnout 3,06922.4
Conservative hold Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, the British National Party received 7.8% of the votes cast

Chelmsford North By-Election: 28 June 2012 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Robinson 1,614 42.1 −4.6
Conservative Robert Pontin94124.5−7.5
Labour Nastassia Player71118.5+10.7
UKIP Leslie Retford43511.3n/a
Green Reza Hossain1343.5−3.8
Majority 6.9
Turnout 3,83528.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, British National Party received 6.2%.

2013–2017

Brightlingsea By-Election: 9 October 2014 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Goggin 1,809 33.7 +9.1
UKIP Anne Poonian1,64230.6+0.2
Liberal Democrats Gary Scott1,19922.3−4.6
Labour Carol Carlsson-Browne5249.8−2.7
Green Beverley Maltby2003.7+0.2
Majority 1673.1−0.4
Turnout 5,39836.5+4.3
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing +4.5
Bocking By-Election: 5 March 2015 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Canning 1,071 34.3 +2.1
Labour Lynn Watson97431.2+1.3
UKIP Michael Ford85527.4−5.3
Green John Malam1655.3+2.2
Independent Walter Sale581.9N/A
Majority 973.1
Turnout 3,123
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing
Clacton East By-Election: 31 March 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Holland Residents Colin Sargeant 1,781 46.8 N/A
UKIP Benjamin Smith96125.3+0.5
Conservative Richard Bleach62816.5−10.3
Labour Christopher Bird38710.2−0.5
Liberal Democrats Rain Welham-Cobb491.3−0.4
Majority 820
Turnout
Holland Residents gain from Tendring First Swing
Basildon Laindon Park and Fryerns By-Election: 9 June 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Frank Ferguson 2,034 42.6 +9.2
Labour Gavin Callaghan1,60033.5−7.4
Conservative Gary Maylin87818.4+2.4
Green Phillip Rackley2645.5+3.1
Majority 434
Turnout 16.9
UKIP gain from Labour Swing

2017–2021

Clacton East By-Election: 3 October 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Stephenson 1,231 36.9 +21.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000074−QINU`"'
Conservative Chris Amos1,22336.6+5.3
Holland Residents K.T. King53716.1−24.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000075−QINU`"'
Liberal Democrats Callum Robertson1404.2+2.4
Labour Geoff Ely1113.3−6.1
Green Chris Southall972.9+1.3
Majority 80.2−9.4
Turnout 3,33925.3−10.5
Independent hold Swing +8.3

2021–2026

Rayleigh North By-Election: 3 March 2022 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Newport 1,658 57.4 +12.3
Conservative Simon Smith92932.2−11.8
Independent Jack Lawmon1645.7N/A
Labour Lorraine Ridley1374.7−6.2
Majority 72925.2+24.1
Turnout 2,89221.9−15.6
Registered electors 13,183
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +12.0
Basildon Laindon Park and Fryerns By-Election: 4 May 2023 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Reid 2,748 49.7 +15.3
Conservative Terri Sargent1,89034.2+1.2
Green Oliver McCarthy4458.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Chandler4448.0+3.9
Majority 85815.5+14.1
Turnout 5,58818.2–6.9
Registered electors 30,722
Labour hold Swing +7.1
Harlow South East By-Election: 2 May 2024 [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Johnson 2,008 48.6 –13.1
Labour Kay Morrison1,47635.7+2.8
UKIP Dan Long2596.3N/A
Green Jennifer Steadman2576.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Christopher Millington1303.2–0.9
Majority 53212.9
Turnout 4,16328.1–5.4
Registered electors 14,841
Conservative hold Swing –7.9
Basildon Pitsea By-Election: 4 July 2024 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Emma Callaghan 5,959 43.8 +2.0
Conservative Craig Rimmer4,36032.1–13.8
Independent Iurie Cojocaru1,67712.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Phil Jenkins1,0457.7+1.9
TUSC Jack Huggins5504.0N/A
Majority 1,59911.8N/A
Turnout 13,59141.2+14.9
Registered electors 32,977+161
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.9
Stock By-Election: 12 December 2024 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Dobson 1,304 46.4 –23.1
Reform UK Thomas Allison97734.7N/A
Independent Paul Clark1605.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Christine Shaw1565.5−1.3
Labour Stephen Capper1274.5−5.5
Green Edward Massey893.2−2.9
Majority 32711.6
Turnout 2,813
Conservative hold Swing
Chelmsford Central By-Election: 1 May 2025 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Shaw 2,030 47.5 +4.4
Conservative Seena Shah95622.3–16.9
Reform UK Darren Brooke86920.3N/A
Labour Penny Richards2275.3
Green Ronnie Bartlett1964.6
Majority 1,07425.1
Turnout 4,278
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Notes

  1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. Including 1 Residents Association
  3. Including 2 Residents Association
  4. 1 Loughton Residents Association
  5. 1 Loughton Residents Association
  6. 1 Loughton Residents Association
  7. 1 Loughton Residents Association, 1 Community Representative
  8. 1 Canvey Island Independent Party, 1 Loughton Residents Association
  9. Including 1 Canvey Island Independent Party, 1 Loughton Residents Association, 1 Tendring First
  10. Including 2 Canvey Island Independent Party, 1 Loughton Residents Association
  11. Including 2 Canvey Island Independent Party, 2 Residents for Uttlesford, 1 Loughton Residents Association, 1 Rochford Residents

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