Castle Point Borough Council elections

Map showing the composition of Castle Point Borough Council as of December 2014. Conservatives in blue, Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey, UK Independence Party in purple and independent in dark grey.

One third of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Until 2003 the whole council was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 41 councillors have been elected from 14 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]^[3]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - 2014
No overall control	2014
Conservative	2014 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election increasing the number of seats by 2.^[4]

Castle Point District Council election, 1973
Castle Point District Council election, 1976
Castle Point District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Castle Point District Council election, 1983

Year						Notes
Year	Conservative	Canvey Island Independent	UK Independence Party	Independent	Labour	Notes
1987^[6]	39	0	0	0	0	District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same^[7]
1991^[8]	36	0	0	0	3
1995^[9]	5	0	0	0	34
1999^[10]	15	0	0	0	24
2003^[4]	39	0	0	0	2	New ward boundaries^[11]
2004^[12]	35	6	0	0	0
2006^[13]	29	11	0	0	1
2007^[14]	26	15	0	0	0
2008^[15]	25	15	0	0	1
2010^[16]	25	16	0	0	0
2011^[17]	25	16	0	0	0
2012^[1]	25	15	0	1	0
2014^[2]	20	16	5	0	0
2015	22	13	3	3	0

Borough result maps

2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2010 results map
2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[18] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date
Cedar Hall	10 April 1997	Labour	Labour
Canvey Island East	22 October 1998	Labour	Labour
St. Georges by-election	19 July 2001	Labour	Labour
Boyce by-election	30 September 2004	Conservative	Conservative
Canvey Island North by-election	8 September 2005	Conservative	Labour
St Marys by-election (first seat)	20 December 2007	Conservative	Conservative
St Marys by-election (second seat)	20 December 2007	Conservative	Labour
Canvey Island East by-election	30 October 2014	Canvey Island Independent	Independent

References

1 2 "Councillors". Castle Point Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
1 2 "Castle Point". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
↑ Mansfield, Katie (5 November 2014). "Defector gives power back to Conservatives". The Echo. NewsBank. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
↑ The District of Castle Point (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1987. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ The Basildon and Castle Point (Areas) Order 1984
↑ "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Castle Point". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Castle Point : Council election results, June 10". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 11 June 2004. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local elections: Castle Point". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
↑ "Voting for us was a matter of trust". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 7 May 2007. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Castle Point". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
↑ "Castle Point". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
↑ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 July 2014.

External links

Castle Point Borough Council

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Colchester Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018

Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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