Braintree local elections
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Braintree Council is elected every four years.
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[edit] Political control
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1979
No overall control 1979 - 1995
Labour 1995 - 2003
No overall control 2003 -
[edit] Council elections
Braintree Council election 1999
Braintree Council election 2003
[edit] By-election results
| Braintree Central By-Election 31 July 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 583 | 65.5 | +1.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 165 | 18.5 | -3.1 | ||
| Conservative | 119 | 13.4 | -1.2 | ||
| Green | 23 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
| Majority | 418 | 47.0 | |||
| Turnout | 890 | 17.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Central By-Election 10 February 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 466 | 53.8 | +0.6 | ||
| Conservative | 260 | 30.0 | +8.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 140 | 16.2 | -0.6 | ||
| Majority | 206 | 23.8 | |||
| Turnout | 866 | 16.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| East By-Election 10 February 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 587 | 50.4 | -2.5 | ||
| Conservative | 344 | 29.5 | +3.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 192 | 16.5 | -4.6 | ||
| Green | 42 | 3.6 | +3.6 | ||
| Majority | 243 | 20.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,165 | 17.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Castle Hedingham By-Election 29 June 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 328 | 69.5 | -5.1 | ||
| Labour | 144 | 30.5 | +5.1 | ||
| Majority | 184 | 39.0 | |||
| Turnout | 472 | 32.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Braintree Central By-Election 6 July 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 694 | 52.1 | -1.1 | ||
| Conservative | 475 | 35.7 | +14.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 124 | 9.3 | -7.5 | ||
| Green | 38 | 2.9 | -5.6 | ||
| Majority | 219 | 16.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,331 | 24.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Braintree West By-Election 31 January 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 671 | 39.0 | +5.0 | ||
| Conservative | 666 | 38.7 | +8.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 261 | 15.2 | -20.5 | ||
| Independent | 66 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
| Green | 39 | 2.3 | +2.3 | ||
| Legalise Cannabis | 19 | 1.1 | +1.1 | ||
| Majority | 5 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,722 | 30.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Braintree Central By-Election 21 March 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 758 | 61.0 | +7.8 | ||
| Conservative | 278 | 22.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 144 | 11.6 | -5.2 | ||
| Green | 62 | 5.0 | -3.5 | ||
| Majority | 480 | 38.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,242 | 21.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Hedingham and Maplestead By-Election 11 March 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Bolter | 664 | 45.8 | +21.1 | |
| Conservative | 625 | 43.1 | -3.0 | ||
| Labour | 160 | 11.0 | -4.1 | ||
| Majority | 39 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,449 | 29.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Rayne By-Election 14 October 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 289 | 49.5 | +0.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Fish | 272 | 46.6 | -4.2 | |
| Green | 23 | 3.9 | +3.9 | ||
| Majority | 17 | 2.9 | |||
| Turnout | 584 | 34.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
