Colchester Borough Council election, 2016

Colchester Borough Council election, 2016
United Kingdom
May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)

51 seats
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 36.0%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrat Labour
Last election 27 20 9
Seats before 27 20 9
Seats won 22 15 11
Seat change Decrease 5 Decrease 5 Increase 2
Popular vote 47,088 28,331 27,846
Percentage 37.5 22.6 22.2
Swing Decrease2.6 Increase2.8 Increase3.8

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Green UKIP
Last election 4 0 0
Seats before 3 0 0
Seats won 3 0 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Popular vote 5,079 12,042 5,129
Percentage 4.1 9.7 4.1
Swing Increase1.7 Increase1.5 Decrease7.0

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 5 May 2016. Colchester Borough Council normally elects one third of its councillors each year, however, due to boundary changes, the whole council is up for election.

Prior to this election, the cabinet (8 seats) was held by a coalition including the Liberal Democrats (5 seats), the Labour Party (2 seats) and a Highwoods & Stanway Independent (1 seat). Paul Smith (Liberal Democrat), a councillor from St. John's ward, was elected Leader of the Council by 32 to 28 votes.

Each voter had three available votes instead of the usual one vote.

Background

Following the 2015 election the Liberal Democrat-Labour-Independent coalition maintained control of the Council, although with a much reduced majority (14 to 4). The Liberal Democrats suffered heavy losses in North and West Colchester with 4 councillors being unseated, all by the Conservative Party. The Conservatives subsequently became the largest party on the Council but short of a majority by 4 councillors. Although failing to win additional seats, the Labour Party made moderate gains in vote share across the Borough. Following a promising performance at the 2014 election, the UK Independence Party failed to build on their success and lost in vote share across Colchester, failing to take a single ward. Like UKIP, and despite a notable boost in local and national membership, the Green Party of England and Wales also fell in vote share and failed to win any seats. However, both UKIP and the Green Party received the highest number of votes for their respective parties in a Colchester local election.

Prior to the election, Independent member for Stanway, Laura Sykes, resigned her post as Borough Councillor due to moving away from the area. This left the ruling coalition with a majority of 3 over the Conservative group.

Boundary Changes

A boundary review was undertaken throughout 2014/2015 as part of a review of local authority electoral wards. The new electoral wards have taken effect from this election reducing the number of councillors by 9 (from 60 to 51), reducing the number of wards by 10 (from 27 to 17) and standardising the number of councillors representing each ward (3 councillors per ward). Each ward is designed to contain approximately 8,000 electors, taking into account the projected population growth over the next 10 years.[1]

Candidates by Party

Conservative Party (51/51)
Labour Party (51/51)
Green Party (48/51)
Liberal Democrats (38/51)
UKIP (10/51)
Independent (8/51)

Results Summary

Colchester Borough Council election, 2016
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 22 1 6 Decrease 5 43.1 37.5 47,088 -2.6
  Liberal Democrat 15 2 7 Decrease 5 29.4 22.6 28,331 +2.8
  Labour 11 2 0 Increase 2 21.6 22.2 27,846 +3.8
  Independent 3 0 0 Steady 5.9 4.1 5,079 +1.7
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 9.7 12,046 +1.5
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 4.1 5,129 -7.0

The total number of seats on the council was reduced from 60 to 51 seats, resulting in a nominal loss of 5 Conservative and 4 Liberal Democrats councillors. This is reflected in the changes in seats.

Ward Results

Due to boundary changes the number of wards is reduced from 27 to 17. Each ward will be represented by 3 councillors. The length of an elected councillor's term will depend on the position of election within that ward (1st, 4 years; 2nd, 3 years; 3rd, 2 years). Terms will revert to 4-years as standard from the 2018 election.

The Statement of Nominated Persons was released by Colchester Borough Council's Returning Officer following the closing of nominations on 7 April 2016. This detailed the list of candidates nominated to stand in each ward.

Previously sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk*

Berechurch

Berechurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Dave Harris* 1,710 27.4 N/A
Labour Chris Pearson* 1,283 20.5 N/A
Labour Martyn Warnes 1,206 19.3 N/A
Conservative Annabel Glayzer 366 5.9 N/A
Conservative Michael Brown 359 5.7 N/A
Conservative Chris Brown 356 5.7 N/A
UKIP Ralph Morse 353 5.6 N/A
Liberal Democrat Katie Hood 181 2.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat George Penny 155 2.5 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jakub Makowski 144 2.3 N/A
Green Sam Borley 142 2.3 N/A
Turnout 2,361 32.4 N/A
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Party%+/-
Labour 67.1 +16.8
Conservative 17.3 -4.7
Liberal Democrat 7.7 -2.7
UKIP 5.6 -7.8
Green 2.3 -1.6

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Nick Barlow 881 11.1 N/A
Conservative Darius Laws* 854 10.7 N/A
Conservative Daniel Ellis 801 10.1 N/A
Liberal Democrat Bill Frame* 792 9.9 N/A
Green Mark Goacher 781 9.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jo Hayes* 769 9.7 N/A
Conservative Kate Martin 759 9.5 N/A
Green Amanda Kirke 511 6.4 N/A
Labour Isobel Merry 484 6.1 N/A
Labour Barry Gilheany 452 5.7 N/A
Green Charles David Ham 451 5.7 N/A
Labour Jordan Newell 427 5.4 N/A
Turnout 2,781 37.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Party%+/-
Liberal Democrat 30.7 +5.5
Conservative 30.3 -5.6
Green 21.9 +0.7
Labour 17.2 -0.5

Greenstead

Greenstead was created from the following wards:

Greenstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Julie Young* 1,144 18.7 N/A
Labour Tim Young* 1,134 18.5 N/A
Labour Tina Bourne* 999 16.3 N/A
Conservative Chris Hill 517 8.4 N/A
UKIP Jamie Middleditch 421 6.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat Owen Bartholomew 388 6.3 N/A
Conservative Paul Hanslow 341 5.6 N/A
Conservative Andrew Higginson 309 5.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Josef Schumacher 288 4.7 N/A
Green Chris Flossman 193 3.1 N/A
Independent Christopher Lee 183 3.0 N/A
Green Poppy Gerrard-Abbott 115 1.9 N/A
Green Asa Bortherton 103 1.7 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 2,279 30.3 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Party results
Labour
 
53.4%
Conservative
 
19.0%
Liberal Democrat
 
11.0%
UKIP
 
6.9%
Green Party
 
6.7%
Independent
 
3.0%

Highwoods

Highwoods
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Gerard Oxford* 1,126 17.0 N/A
Independent Bev Oxford* 1,038 15.7 N/A
Independent Phil Oxford* 954 14.4 N/A
Conservative Chris Hayter 690 10.4 N/A
Conservative James Child 588 8.9 N/A
Conservative Steph Hayward 522 7.9 N/A
Labour David McCulloch 287 4.3 N/A
Labour Gary Braddy 285 4.3 N/A
Labour Diane Stevens 283 4.3 N/A
Liberal Democrat John Baker 273 4.1 N/A
UKIP Alex Knupffer 251 3.8 N/A
Green Robbie Spence 139 2.1 N/A
Green Bonnie Murphy 92 1.4 N/A
Green Leo Palmer 91 1.4 N/A
Turnout 2,348 33.4 N/A
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Party%+/-
Independent 47.1 +10.2
Conservative 27.2 - 0.5
Labour 12.9 +1.8
Green 4.9 +0.6
Liberal Democrat 4.1 - 6.5
UKIP 3.8 - 5.4

Lexden & Braiswick

Lexden & Braiswick was created from the following wards:

Lexden & Braiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dennis Willits* 1,712 21.1 N/A
Conservative Lewis Barber* 1,704 21.0 N/A
Conservative Brian Jarvis* 1,609 19.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Thomas Stevenson 515 6.4 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gemma Graham 410 5.1 N/A
Green Steve Ford 386 4.8 N/A
Liberal Democrat Susan Waite 367 4.5 N/A
Labour Alison Inman 335 4.1 N/A
Labour Sioux Blair-Jordan 321 4.0 N/A
Labour Megan Saliu 284 3.5 N/A
Green Rosa Chandler 247 3.0 N/A
Green Emmanuel Blondel 219 2.7 N/A
Turnout 2,886 40.4 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Party results
Conservative
 
62.0%
Liberal Democrat
 
15.9%
Labour
 
11.6%
Green Party
 
10.5%

Marks Tey & Layer

Marks Tey & Layer was created from the following wards:

Marks Tey & Layer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Kevin Bentley* 1,424 N/A
Conservative Andrew Ellis* 1,248 N/A
Conservative Jackie Maclean* 1,135 N/A
UKIP John Pitts 523 N/A
Labour John Wood 379 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gillian Collings 340 N/A
Green Clare Palmer 302 N/A
Labour John Spademan 296 N/A
Labour Michael Wagstaff 231 N/A
Green Matt Stemp 206 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,396 35.8 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Vote share
Conservative
 
62.6%
Labour
 
14.9%
UKIP
 
8.6%
Green Party
 
8.4%
Liberal Democrat
 
5.6%

Mersea & Pyefleet

Mersea & Pyefleet was created from the following wards:

Mersea & Pyefleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Jowers* 1,643 N/A
Conservative Patricia Moore* 1,433 N/A
Conservative Robert Davidson* 1,392 N/A
UKIP David Holmes 768 N/A
UKIP David Broise 768 N/A
Labour Bry Mogridge 515 N/A
UKIP Maria Vigneau 507 N/A
Green Lisa Britton 459 N/A
Green Peter Banks 426 N/A
Labour Neil Belcher 301 N/A
Labour Ron Smith 269 N/A
Liberal Democrat Barry Woodward 202 N/A
Green Bartosz Mizgier 143 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 3,175 39.5 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Vote share
Conservative
 
50.7%
UKIP
 
23.9%
Labour
 
12.3%
Green Party
 
11.7%
Liberal Democrat
 
2.3%

Mile End

Mile End
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Martin Goss* 1,666 N/A
Liberal Democrat Phillip Coleman 1,375 N/A
Liberal Democrat Dominic Graham* 1,344 N/A
Conservative Ben Locker* 731 N/A
Conservative Stephen Rowe 543 N/A
Conservative Thomas Rowe 525 N/A
Labour Martin Camroux 302 N/A
Labour Beverly Pearce 258 N/A
Labour Elisa Vasquez-Walters 221 N/A
Green David Traynier 206 N/A
Green Mary Bryan 127 N/A
Green Peter Lynn 88 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 2,622 37.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Party%+/-
Liberal Democrat 59.4 +27.1
Conservative 24.4 -14.0
Labour 10.8 -2.1
Green 5.7 -1.0

New Town & Christ Church

New Town & Christ Church was created from the following wards:

New Town & Christ Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Theresa Higgins* 1,140 N/A
Liberal Democrat Nick Cope* 1,113 N/A
Liberal Democrat Annie Feltham* 1,032 N/A
Labour Abigail Fuller 710 N/A
Conservative Annesley Hardy* 691 N/A
Conservative Simon Crow 666 N/A
Conservative Ben Payne 616 N/A
Labour Oladipo Odedengbe 563 N/A
Labour Jaki Whyte 559 N/A
Green Bob Brannan 555 N/A
Green Ruby Runnalls Palmer 346 N/A
Green Laurence Knight 317 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 2,900 33.9 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Vote share
Liberal Democrat
 
39.5%
Conservative
 
23.8%
Labour
 
22.1%
Green Party
 
14.7%

Old Heath & The Hythe

Old Heath & The Hythe was created from the following wards:

Old Heath & The Hythe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Mike Lilley* 1,126 N/A
Labour Adam Fox 1,025 N/A
Labour Lee Scordis 925 N/A
Liberal Democrat Julia Havis* 747 N/A
Liberal Democrat Janet Knight 711 N/A
Liberal Democrat Justin Knight* 689 N/A
Green Susan Allen 451 N/A
Conservative Liam Gallagher 435 N/A
Conservative Richard Brown 403 N/A
Conservative Alan Scattergood 344 N/A
Green Jan Plummer 302 N/A
Green Andrew Canessa 258 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 2,699 34.8 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Vote share
Labour
 
41.5%
Liberal Democrat
 
29.0%
Conservative
 
15.9%
Green Party
 
13.6%

Prettygate

Prettygate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sue Lissimore* 2,024 N/A
Conservative Beverly Davis* 1,675 N/A
Conservative Roger Buston* 1,637 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jake Beavan 649 N/A
Labour Mike Dale 599 N/A
Liberal Democrat Glanville Williams 585 N/A
Labour Richard Bourne 563 N/A
Labour Clive Needle 379 N/A
Green Ruby Butler 369 N/A
Green Luke O'Loughlin 209 N/A
Green Mike Stewart 192 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 3,227 40.6 N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Party%+/-
Conservative 60.1 +9.0
Labour 17.4 +2.1
Liberal Democrat 13.9 -7.9
Green 8.7 +4.3

Rural North

Rural North was created from the following wards:

Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Christopher Arnold* 1,913 N/A
Conservative Nigel Chapman* 1,824 N/A
Conservative Peter Chillingworth* 1,665 N/A
Green Roger Bamforth 488 N/A
Liberal Democrat Will Brown 478 N/A
Green Blake Roberts 367 N/A
Labour Kevin Finnigan 322 N/A
Labour Judith Short 319 N/A
Green Janita Le Fevre 282 N/A
Labour Paul Fryer-Kelsey 278 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 3,030 36.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Vote share
Conservative
 
68.1%
Green Party
 
14.3%
Labour
 
11.6%
Liberal Democrat
 
6.0%

Shrub End

Shrub End
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Lyn Barton* 960 N/A
Liberal Democrat Karen Chaplin 569 N/A
Conservative Pauline Hazell* 526 N/A
Conservative Mike Hardy 510 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jamie Chaplin 508 N/A
Conservative Vic Flores 496 N/A
UKIP Bruno Hickman 379 N/A
Independent Sharron Lawrence 349 N/A
Labour Bruce Tuxford 324 N/A
Labour Steve Dunt 322 N/A
Labour Stuart Ellis 305 N/A
Green Wolfgang Fauser 206 N/A
Green Stuart Welham 143 N/A
Green Maria Harrison 92 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 2,165 28.2 N/A
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Party%+/-
Liberal Democrat 35.8 +9.9
Conservative 26.9 -8.3
Labour 16.7 +0.2
Green 7.8 +2.2
UKIP 6.7 -10.2
Independent 6.1 N/A

St. Anne's & St. John's

St. Anne's & St. John's was created from the following wards:

St. Anne's & St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Mike Hogg* 1,426 N/A
Liberal Democrat Helen Chuah* 1,352 N/A
Liberal Democrat Paul Smith* 1,215 N/A
UKIP Jason Berry 637 N/A
Conservative Charles McKay 568 N/A
UKIP Bill Faram 529 N/A
Conservative Peter Klejna-Wendt 511 N/A
Conservative Terry Sutton 465 N/A
Labour Sam Fuller 276 N/A
Labour Amanda Stannard 274 N/A
Labour Alex Yeandle 251 N/A
Green Callum Fauser 191 N/A
Green Robert Chambers 160 N/A
Green Megan Maltby 111 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 2,883 35.7 N/A
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Vote share
Liberal Democrat
 
50.1%
Conservative
 
19.4%
UKIP
 
14.6%
Labour
 
10.1%
Green Party
 
5.8%

Stanway

Stanway
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fiona Maclean* 963 N/A
Liberal Democrat Lesley Scott-Boutell 962 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jessica Scott-Boutell* 944 N/A
Conservative Paul Dundas 839 N/A
Conservative Christopher Manby 792 N/A
Liberal Democrat Jon Manning* 629 N/A
Labour David Hough 302 N/A
Labour Carol Spademan 302 N/A
Labour Ian Yates 256 N/A
Green Walter Schwartz 137 N/A
Green Will Price 137 N/A
Green Nicholas Blondel 136 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,331 36.2 N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Party%+/-
Conservative 40.1 -2.3
Liberal Democrat 39.6 +2.6
Labour 13.4 -0.8
Green 6.4 +0.4

Tiptree

Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Elliott* 1,459 N/A
Conservative Barbara Wood 1,403 N/A
Conservative Derek Loveland 1,370 N/A
Labour Joanne Devine 400 N/A
Labour Barbara Nichols 400 N/A
Labour Robert Spademan 371 N/A
Green Kathy Bamforth 291 N/A
Green Rob Cronshaw 196 N/A
Green Adam Abo Henriksen 165 N/A
Majority N/A N/A N/A
Turnout 2,247 31.5 N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Party%+/-
Conservative 69.9 +27.1
Labour 19.4 +6.2
Green 10.8 +7.6

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe was created from the following wards:

Wivenhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Cyril Liddy* 1,154 N/A
Liberal Democrat Mark Cory* 1,141 N/A
Labour Co-op Rosalind Scott* 1,137 N/A
Labour Co-op Phil Finn 998 N/A
Conservative Peter Hill 906 N/A
Liberal Democrat Sanchia Nash 892 N/A
Independent Andrea Luxford Vaughan 549 N/A
Liberal Democrat Alex Hale 499 N/A
Independent Mike Newton 464 N/A
Conservative Craig Stuart 447 N/A
Independent Shaun Boughton 416 N/A
Conservative Roman Perrior 379 N/A
Green Tim Glover 278 N/A
Green Laura Pountney 123 N/A
Green Lora Aziz 113 N/A
Majority
Turnout 3,185 53.3 N/A
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Labour Co-op win (new seat)
Vote share
Labour
 
34.6%
Liberal Democrat
 
26.7%
Conservative
 
18.2%
Independent
 
15.1%
Green Party
 
5.4%

References

  1. "Local Boundary Commission for England". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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