Maldon District Council elections

Maldon District Council in Essex, England is elected every four years.

Council elections

The table below indicates the seat composition of the council following the conclusion of each election. ^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [a]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (30 seats)
1973	11	4	3	12		No overall control
1976	20	1	0	9		Conservative
New ward boundaries (30 seats) [2]
1979	18	2	3	7		Conservative
1983	15	1	9	5		No overall control
1987	14	1	11	4		No overall control
1991 [3]	13	1	6	10		No overall control
1995	12	7	1	10		No overall control
1999	17	6	0	7		Conservative
New ward boundaries (31 seats) [4] [5]
2003	21	2	0	8		Conservative
2007	26	0	0	5		Conservative
2011	28	0	0	3		Conservative
2015	28	0	0	3 [b]		Conservative
2019	17	0	0	14		Conservative
2023	10	1	6	14 [c]		No overall control

Results maps

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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. ^[6] 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
Heybridge West	10 July 1986		Alliance		Alliance
Heybridge West	24 November 1988		SLD		SLD
Maldon East	11 March 1993		Liberal Democrats		Independent
Heybridge West	20 May 1993		Liberal Democrats		Independent
Goldhanger	29 July 1993		Conservative		Conservative

1995-2006

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
St Lawrence	7 June 2001		Conservative		Conservative
Maldon North West	21 February 2002		Labour		Conservative
Maldon West	24 November 2005		Conservative		Conservative

2007-2018

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Burnham-on-Crouch North	7 June 2007		Independent		Independent
Burnham-on-Crouch North	7 June 2007		Conservative		Conservative
Maldon North	7 August 2008		Conservative		Conservative
Tollesbury	5 July 2012		Conservative		Labour
Maldon West	8 December 2016		Conservative		Independent

2019-present

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Heybridge East	6 May 2021		Conservative		Conservative
Tollesbury	6 May 2021		Conservative		Independent
Wickham Bishops & Woodham	24 February 2022		Conservative		Conservative
Heybridge West	14 April 2022		Independent		Liberal Democrats
Maldon North	27 March 2025		Conservative		Conservative
Maldon West	29 May 2025		MDIG		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).
2. Including 1 UKIP
3. Including 7 Maldon District Independent Group

References

1. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 12 May 2025.
2. The District of Maldon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Essex (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
4. "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 14 March 2010.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Maldon (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. "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 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Maldon District Council