2024 Castle Point Borough Council election

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2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
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All 39 seats to Castle Point Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderWarren GibsonDave Blackwell
Party PIP CIIP
Last election16 seats, 35.4%16 seats, 20.2%
Seats before1616 [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won2415
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg 1
 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderBeverley Egan
Party Conservative Independent
Last election9 seats, 28.5%0 seats, 0.8%
Seats before81
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg 1
Leader before election

Dave Blackwell
CIIP
No overall control

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Castle Point Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 39 members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex were elected following boundary changes.

Contents

The election resulted in a clean sweep for two local parties, with the Canvey Island Independent Party winning every seat in Canvey Island and the People's Independent Party taking the remainder of the borough.

Background

Castle Point was a traditionally Conservative council. The Conservative controlled the council from 1976 until 1995, when the Labour Party won a majority. [1] The Conservatives retook control in 2003. This majority lasted until 2022 (aside from a period of no overall control from 2014 to 2015), [2] when the council again fell into no overall control.

In the 2023 election, the People's Independent Party gained 6 seats with 35.4% of the vote, the Canvey Island Independent Party held the 6 seats they were defending with 20.2%, and the Conservatives lost 6 with 28.5%. Following the election, the CIIP and PIP formed a majority coalition. [3]

Boundary changes

Castle Point usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. [4] The change reduces the number of councillors by 2. The electoral system is due to change to whole council elections every 4 years following a vote by the council. [5]

Old wards [6] No. of seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Appleton3Appleton3
Boyce3Canvey Island Central3
Canvey Island Central3Canvey Island East3
Canvey Island East3Canvey Island North3
Canvey Island North3Canvey Island South3
Canvey Island South3Canvey Island Winter Gardens3
Canvey Island West2Hadleigh St James3
Canvey Island Winter Gardens3St George's3
Cedar Hall3St Mary's3
St George's3St Michael's3
St James3Tarpots3
St Mary's3Thundersley North3
St Peter's3Thundersley South3
Victoria3

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [7] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
CIIP 16 CIIP 15 CIIP 15
PIP 16 PIP 16 PIP 24
Conservative 9 Conservative 8 Conservative 0
Independent 0 Independent 1 Independent 0

Changes:

Results

Castle Point Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections. United Kingdom Castle Point Borough Council 2024.svg
Castle Point Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections.
2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  CIIP 151501Decrease2.svg 138.520.410,844
  PIP 2424Increase2.svg 8061.544.123,432
  Conservative 22007Decrease2.svg 7014.57,679
  Labour 2500009.34,972
 Canvey Residents' Alliance13000010.35,472
  Green 200000.7357
  Independent 1001Decrease2.svg 100.8409

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Castle Point Borough Council following the close of nomination on 8 April 2024. [9] Thirteen of the thirty-five Conservative nominations were rejected as invalid. [10] An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Appleton

Appleton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert* 854 20.08
PIP Diana Jones* 831 19.54
PIP Lorraine Larman 793 18.65
Conservative Wayne Johnson50411.85
Conservative Michael Dixon44110.56
Conservative Barry Webb4209.88
Labour Mark Maguire2054.82
Labour Charlie Young1964.61
Turnout 4,252
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

Canvey Island Central

Canvey Island Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Peter May* 716 20.12
CIIP Lorraine Breading 683 19.20
CIIP Jamie Huntman 590 16.58
Canvey Residents Mickey Finn47913.46
Canvey Residents Sean Quartermaine47613.38
Canvey Residents Lisa Megennis43112.11
Labour Terry Miller1835.14
Turnout 3,55822.8
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)

Canvey Island East

Canvey Island East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Susan Brooke 910 24.32
CIIP Carole Sach* 876 23.41
CIIP Grace Watson* 809 21.62
Canvey Residents Michael Griffin43511.62
Conservative John Last2637.03
Labour Daniel Curtis2256.01
Conservative Rachel Ojo2245.99
Turnout 3,74225.4
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)

Canvey Island North

Canvey Island North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Dave Blackwell* 834 18.74
CIIP Michael Fuller* 732 16.45
CIIP Nick Harvey* 715 16.07
Canvey Residents Kevin Hobbs52711.84
Canvey Residents Paul Joiner50011.24
Canvey Residents Jade Pittman47310.63
Conservative Nikki Drogman1874.20
Labour Anita Duffield1683.78
Conservative Pat Haunts1623.64
Labour Brendan Duffield1523.42
Turnout 4,45027.3
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)

Canvey Island South

Canvey Island South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP Barry Campagna* 851 20.73
CIIP Barry Palmer* 784 19.10
CIIP Janice Payne* 754 18.37
Canvey Residents Scott Griffin42610.38
Canvey Residents Leah Griffin41710.16
Canvey Residents Jamie Coronado41110.01
Conservative Joan Liddiard2245.46
Labour Heidi Cox1222.97
Labour Katie Curtis1162.83
Turnout 5,78625.5
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)

Canvey Island Winter Gardens

Canvey Island Winter Gardens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CIIP David Thomas* 551 16.19
CIIP Peter Greig* 548 16.10
CIIP Graham Withers* 491 14.43
Canvey Residents Michelle Griffin3359.84
Canvey Residents Natalie Lawrence2858.37
Canvey Residents Praise Coronado2778.14
Conservative Darren Brown2356.91
Labour Co-op Moreblessing Chasiya1785.23
Labour Co-op Maggie McArthur-Curtis1845.41
Green Bob Chapman1624.76
Conservative Ivor Earl1574.61
Turnout 5,68821.6
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)
CIIP win (new seat)

Hadleigh St James

Hadleigh St James
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Kate Knott 949
PIP Aimme Harbinson 850
PIP Duncan MacPherson 791
Conservative Simon Hart*464
Conservative Jacqui Thornton*445
Labour Dina Mehdi251
Labour Charlotte Reilly245
Turnout
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

St George's

St George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Nicola Benson* 751
PIP Dean Silk 552
PIP Nanine Pachy 509
Independent Steven Cole409
Conservative David Cross369
Conservative Paul Harbord333
Labour Jackie Reilly245
Labour Freddy West202
Green Billy Brew195
Turnout
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

St Mary's

St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Russ Savage* 1,360
PIP Rob Lillis* 1,351
PIP Sharon Ainsley* 1,322
Conservative Roxanne Goldfinch390
Labour Co-op Laurence Chapman285
Labour Co-op Joe Cooke249
Labour Co-op Georgina Morgan-Bates239
Turnout
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

St Michael's

St Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Tim Copsey* 1,387
PIP Warren Gibson* 1,396
PIP John Knott* 1,450
Labour Amie Maguire179
Labour Jacqueline Warner165
Turnout
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

Tarpots

Tarpots
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Michael Dearson* 899
PIP Kieron Bowker* 730
PIP Benn Wimbledon 678
Conservative Andrew Sheldon674
Conservative Sunil Gupta504
Labour Holly Foxen232
Labour Susan Foxen221
Turnout
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

Thundersley North

Thundersley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Gareth Howlett* 1,408
PIP Steve Mountford* 1,339
PIP Tom Gibson* 1,298
Conservative Margaret Belford382
Conservative Vincent White300
Labour Bill Emberson209
Labour Helen Emberson209
Turnout
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

Thundersley South

Thundersley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PIP Allan Edwards* 652
PIP Matt Cortes 648
PIP Laurie Dixon 634
Conservative James Cutler364
Conservative Andy Thornton*321
Conservative Adrian Roper316
Labour Gwyn Bailey168
Labour Andrew Darling144
Turnout
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)
PIP win (new seat)

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