Braintree District Council elections

Braintree District Council in Essex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 49 councillors have been elected from 26 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]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973 - 1976
Conservative1976 - 1979
No overall control1979 - 1995
Labour1995 - 2003
No overall control2003 - 2007
Conservative2007–present

Council elections

Changes between elections

1995-1999
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

1999-2003
Central By-Election 10 February 2000[12]
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[12]
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[12]
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

2003-2007
Hedingham and Maplestead By-Election 11 March 2004[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Stephen 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[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mike Banthorpe 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

2007-2011
Braintree East By-Election 19 June 2008[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jennifer Smith 668 50.7 +17.4
Labour Agnes Bishop 406 30.8 -4.6
Green Wendy Partridge 125 9.5 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Lemon 119 9.0 -6.0
Majority 262 19.9
Turnout 1,318 27.4
Conservative hold Swing
Hatfield Peveral By-Election 19 June 2008[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ron Elliston 782 78.1 +0.1
Labour Carole Hine 138 13.8 -8.2
Green Agnes Wells 81 8.1 +8.1
Majority 644 64.3
Turnout 1,001 30.1
Conservative hold Swing
Witham West By-Election 2 October 2008[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Geoffrey Cohen 508 40.9 +1.2
Labour Kathleen Tearle 373 30.1 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Joy Reekie 182 14.7 -2.2
Green Wendy Partridge 178 14.3 -2.1
Majority 135 10.8
Turnout 1,241 24.0
Conservative hold Swing
The Three Colnes By-Election 4 December 2008[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Chris Siddall 647 77.0 +24.5
Labour Richard Tincknell 121 14.4 +4.1
Green Wendy Partridge 72 8.6 +8.6
Majority 526 62.6
Turnout 840 21.5
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019
Witham South by-election, 5 May 2016[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gavin Maclure 446 44.3 -13.2
Labour Paul Heath 376 37.4 +10.8
Green Stephen Hicks 184 18.3 +12.0
Majority 70 7.0
Turnout 1,014 23.0 -38.9
Conservative hold
Witham North by-election, 20 October 2016[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Philip Barlow 339 37.5 +4.2
Conservative Lorne Campbell 308 34.0 -11.0
Green Michelle Weeks 227 25.1 +12.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Scott 31 3.4 -6.0
Majority 31 3.4
Turnout 906 18.3 -43.0
Labour gain from Conservative
Bumpstead by-election, 20 October 2016[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Diana Garrod 350 64.6 +2.7
UKIP Debbie Shaw 84 15.5 -4.1
Labour William Edwards 45 8.3 -10.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bolter 40 7.4 +7.4
Green Anne Bishop 23 4.2 +4.2
Majority 266 49.1 +6.8
Turnout 542 23.2 -52.5
Conservative hold
Bocking North by-election, 3 May 2018[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Anthony Everard 619 48.3 +9.0
Conservative Dean Wallace 540 42.2 +3.1
UKIP Samuel Cowie 78 6.1 -10.6
Green Dawn Holmes 44 3.4 -1.5
Majority 79 6.2
Turnout 1,281 30.7 -35.4
Labour gain from Conservative
Hatfield Peverel and Terling by-election, 3 May 2018[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Coleridge 965 64.7 -3.0
Green Jonathan Barker 293 19.6 +9.7
Labour Lucy Barlow 234 15.7 -6.3
Majority 672 45.0
Turnout 1,496 32.2 -41.2
Conservative hold

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