Tendring District Council elections

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

Council elections

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats [a]	UKIP	Reform	Tendring First	Community Rep.	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (60 seats)
1973	31	11	4	–	–	–	–	14		Conservative
New ward boundaries [1]
1976	39	3	5	–	–	–	–	13		Conservative
1979	39	4	7	–	–	–	–	10		Conservative
1983	32	8	8	–	–	–	–	12		Conservative
1987	33	4	15	–	–	–	–	8		Conservative
1991	18	11	20	–	–	–	–	11 [b]		No overall control
1995	8	37	7	0	–	–	–	8 [c]		Labour
1999	16	23	9	0	–	–	–	12 [d]		No overall control
New ward boundaries
2003	25	11	13	0	–	–	4	7 [e]		No overall control
2007	28	6	6	0	–	10	5	5 [f]		No overall control
2011	33	9	2	0	–	8	–	8 [g]		Conservative
2015	23	4	1	22	–	1	–	9 [h]		No overall control
New ward boundaries; seats decreased from 60 to 47 [2]
2019	16	6	2	5	–	4	–	15 [i]		No overall control
2023	19	8	4	0	0	1	–	16		No overall control
Current [j] [3]	13	7	4	0	7	1	–	16		No overall control

Results maps

Seat maps

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  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

Other results maps

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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

By-election results

A by-election occurs when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of by-elections from 1983 onwards. 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
Southcliff	29 September 1983		Conservative		Conservative
St James	3 May 1984		Conservative		Conservative
Mistley	20 September 1984		Conservative		Alliance
Walton	1 November 1984		Conservative		Conservative
Great & Little Oakley	28 March 1985		Conservative		Labour
Holland & Kirby	29 May 1986		Residents		Alliance
Lawford & Manningtree	15 October 1987		Conservative		Labour
Great & Little Oakley	22 December 1988		Conservative		SLD
Great Bentley	4 May 1989		Conservative		SLD
Ardleigh	4 May 1989		Conservative		Conservative
St Mary's	15 June 1989		SLD		Labour
St Mary's	5 April 1990		SLD		SLD
Walton	7 June 1990		Conservative		Labour
Rush Green	6 February 1992		Conservative		Labour
Southcliff	18 February 1993		Liberal Democrats		Conservative
Harwich West	18 March 1993		Labour		Labour
St John's	6 May 1993		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Walton	2 December 1993		Conservative		Conservative
Alresford, Thorrington & Frating	5 May 1994		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
St Bartholomews	19 May 1994		Residents		Independent
Lawford & Manningtree	22 September 1994		Conservative		Labour

1995-2006

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Elmstead	16 November 1995		Conservative		Conservative
Harwich West Central	18 April 1996		Labour		Labour
Haven	21 November 1996		Residents		Independent
St James	10 July 1997		Labour		Conservative
Harwich East	2 October 1997		Labour		Labour
Rush Green	20 July 2000		Labour		Labour
St Mary's	19 April 2001		Labour		Labour
Brightlingsea East	2 August 2001		Labour		Liberal Democrats
St Bartholomews	29 November 2001		Independent		Independent
Alresford, Thorrington & Frating	7 March 2002		Labour		Liberal Democrats
St John's	13 June 2002		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Pier	22 July 2004		Conservative		Conservative
Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley	20 January 2005		Conservative		Conservative

2007-2018

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Burrsville	24 September 2009		Conservative		Conservative
Golf Green	8 April 2010		Community Rep.		Labour
St Bartholomews	22 March 2012		Residents		Residents
St Bartholomews	16 August 2012		Residents		Residents
Harwich West	28 March 2013		Labour		Labour
St James	26 September 2013		Conservative		Conservative
Peter Bruff	6 February 2014		Conservative		Conservative
St John's	6 February 2014		Conservative		Conservative
Manningtree, Mistley, Little Bentley & Tendring	3 July 2014		Conservative		Conservative
Rush Green	6 July 2015		UKIP		UKIP
St Paul's	5 May 2016		UKIP		UKIP
Great & Little Oakley	9 February 2017		Independent		UKIP
St James	6 April 2017		UKIP		Conservative
St Paul's	15 February 2018		UKIP		Conservative

2019-present

Ward	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Eastcliff	6 May 2021		Residents		Independent
West Clacton & Jaywick Sands	6 May 2021		UKIP		Conservative
Bluehouse	11 January 2024		Labour		Independent
The Bentleys & Frating	6 February 2025		Conservative		Reform
Frinton	6 June 2025		Conservative		Reform

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 4 Residents Association
3. Including 4 Residents Association
4. Including 3 Residents Association
5. Including 3 Residents Association
6. Including 2 Residents Association
7. Including 3 Residents Association
8. Including 3 Residents Association
9. Including 3 Residents Association, 1 Foundation
10. Updated 18 January 2026

References

1. The District of Tendring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
2. The Tendring (Electoral Changes) Order 2017
3. "Tendring District Council Composition". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. 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

• Tendring District Council