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 50405–––2 [b] Conservative
1977 83122–0–0Conservative
1981 513213–0–2 [c] Conservative
1985 452923–0–0No overall control
1989 552518–0–1 [d] Conservative
1993 323332–0–1No overall control
1997 402315–001 [e] Conservative
2001 491910–001 [f] Conservative
2005 52138–002 [g] Conservative
2009 60112–002 [h] Conservative
2013 4299–294 [i] Conservative
2017 5667–105 [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−00000094−QINU`"'
Conservative Chris Amos1,22336.6+5.3
Holland Residents K.T. King53716.1−24.8'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000095−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 David Loxton 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

References

  1. ↑ "Essex County Council elections 2009". Essex County Council. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  2. ↑ "Results - Essex County Council & Basildon District Council By-Elections - 23rd September 2004". Basildon District Council. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "By Election Results December 2004". Harloweb. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Brentwood rural electoral division" (PDF). Brentwood Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Elections". cmis.essexcc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Elections". cmis.essexcc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Elections". cmis.essexcc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Elections". cmis.essexcc.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Election of a County Councillor - Brightlingsea Division - 9 October 2014 | Tendring District Council". 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "County Council – Rayleigh North". Essex County Council. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Election Division Candidates". Essex County Council. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Election Division Candidates". Essex County Council. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "County Council – Harlow South East". Essex County Council. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Essex County Council Statement of Persons Nominated Pitsea Division By Election July 2024" (PDF). Essex County Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "Stock by-election result". Essex County Council. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chelmsford Central Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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