Essex County Council elections

Essex County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 75 councillors are elected from 70 wards.^[1]

Political control

Party or group in control	Years
Council founded	1889
Conservative	1973 - 1985
No overall control	1985 - 1989
Conservative	1989 - 1993
No overall control	1993 - 1997
Conservative	1997–present

Council elections

Essex County Council election, 1973
Essex County Council election, 1977
Essex County Council election, 1981
Essex County Council election, 1985
Essex County Council election, 1989
Essex County Council election, 1993
Essex County Council election, 1997
Essex County Council election, 2001
Essex County Council election, 2005 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4)^[2]
Essex County Council election, 2009
Essex County Council election, 2013

County result maps

2009 results map
2013 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Basildon Westley Heights By-Election 4 June 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,717	37.9	+2.2
	Conservative		1,573	34.8	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat		1,231	27.2	+3.7
Majority			144	3.1
Turnout			4,521	35.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Loughton St. Johns By-Election 11 November 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		927	48.4	+11.4
	Conservative		527	27.5	+2.0
	Independent		404	21.1	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat		56	2.9	-3.6
Majority			400	20.9
Turnout			1,914	19.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2001-2005

Basildon Westley Heights By-Election 23 September 2004^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,167	45.0	+24.2
	Conservative		999	38.5	-3.0
	Labour		426	16.4	-21.3
Majority			168	6.5
Turnout			2,592	19.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Parndon and Town Centre By-Election 16 December 2004^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Danvers	1,082	43.5	-9.1
	Conservative	Lee Dangerfield	715	28.7	+0.8
	UKIP	Anthony Bennett	264	10.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Millington	213	8.6	-10.9
	Independent	Patricia Bryne	195	7.8	+7.8
	English Democrats	Robin Tilbrook	21	0.8	+0.8
Majority			367	14.8
Turnout			2,487	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Brentwood Rural By-Election 13 July 2006^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Naylor	2,062	61.5	+11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Aspinell	1,150	34.3	+2.3
	Labour	Jane Winter	142	4.2	-4.5
Majority			912	27.2
Turnout			3,354	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010-2013

Harlow West By-Election 5 May 2011^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Durcan	5320	48.4	+22.3
	Conservative	Mark Gough	4564	41.6	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Strachan	1100	10.0	-5.4
Majority			756	6.9
Turnout			10,984	37.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, the Green Party had received 11.0% and the British National Party received 14.2%.

Chelmsford Central By-Election 9 June 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dick Madden	1496	43.6	+10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Pooley	1323	38.6	-5.9
	Labour	Russell Kennedy	610	17.8	+10.1
Majority			173
Turnout			3429	29
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009, when the British National Party and the Green Party also stood, receiving 6.1% and 8.2%, respectively, of votes cast.

Stock By-Election 8 September 2011^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Grundy	1820	59.3	-6.4
	UKIP	Jesse Pryke	736	24.1	n/a
	Labour	Maurice Austin	273	8.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Marian Elsden	160	5.2	-7.3
	Green	Reza Hossain	80	2.6	-6.1
Majority			1084
Turnout			3069	22.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, the British National Party received 7.8% of the votes cast

Chelmsford North By-Election 28 June 2012^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Robinson	1614	42.1	-4.6
	Conservative	Robert Pontin	941	24.5	-7.5
	Labour	Nastassia Player	711	18.5	+10.7
	UKIP	Leslie Retford	435	11.3	n/a
	Green	Reza Hossain	134	3.5	-3.8
Majority				6.9
Turnout			3,835	28.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Percentage changes are since June 2009. At the previous election, British National Party received 6.2%.

2013 - 2017

Brightlingsea: 9 October 2014^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Goggin	1,809	33.7	+9.1
	UKIP	Anne Poonian	1,642	30.6	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Scott	1,199	22.3	-4.6
	Labour	Carol Carlsson-Browne	524	9.8	-1.1
	Green	Beverley Maltby	200	3.7	+0.2
Majority			167	3.1
Turnout			5,374
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Bocking: 5 March 2015^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Canning	1,071	34.3	+2.1
	Labour	Lynn Watson	974	31.2	+1.3
	UKIP	Michael Ford	855	27.4	-5.3
	Green	John Malam	165	5.3	+2.2
	Independent	Walter Sale	58	1.9	N/A
Majority			97	3.1
Turnout			3,123
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

References

↑ "Essex County Council elections 2009". Essex County Council. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ "Local election results: Essex". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ "Results - Essex County Council & Basildon District Council By-Elections - 23rd September 2004.". Basildon District Council. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ "By Election Results December 2004". Harloweb. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ "Brentwood rural electoral division" (PDF). Brentwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ Essex CC result
↑ Essex CC result
↑ Essex CC result
↑ Essex CC result
↑ http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/council/elections-voting/election-results/election-county-councillor-brightlingsea-division-9
↑ http://www.braintree.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/4891/declaration_of_results-bocking

External links

Elections on the Essex County Council website

Council elections in Essex

Essex County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

English County Council Elections

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