Colchester Borough Council elections

One third of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes at the 2016 election, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.

Ward map of Colchester Borough showing the 2016 boundaries

Political control

Following the 2019 election, the council's composition is:

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13	11	3	1	23
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Ind	G	Conservative

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]

Duration	Control
2008-		No overall control
2007-2008		Conservative
1998-2007		No overall control
1994-1998		Liberal Democrats
1986-1994		No overall control
1976-1986		Conservative
1973-1976		No overall control

Detailed results of these elections are shown in the table below. Boundary changes took place for the 1990, 2003 and 2016 elections leading to the whole council being elected on those years.[3]

Year	LD[n 1]	Con	Lab	Tip Res	Ind	Grn
2019	13	23	11	-	3	1
2018	12	25	11	-	3	-
2016	15	22	11	-	3	-
Ward boundary changes; seats reduced from 60 to 51
2015	20	27	9	-	4	-
2014	25	23	8	-	3	-	[4] [n 2]
2012	26	23	8	-	3	-	[5]
2011	26	24	7	-	3	-	[6]
2010	26	24	7	-	3	-	[7]
2008	23	27	7	-	3	-	[8]
2007	21	30	6	-	3	-	[9]
2006	21	30	7	-	2	-	[10]
2004	23	28	6	-	2	-	[11]
2003	25	24	5	-	6	-	[12]
2002	26	24	6	-	4	-	[3]
Ward boundary changes
2000	23	21	15	1	-	-	[13]
1999	26	17	16	1	-	-	[14]
1998	27	14	18	1	-	-	[15]
1996	32	11	16	1	-	-	[16]
1995	33	14	12	1	-	-	[17]
1994	33	19	7	1	-	-	[18]
1992	29	21	8	2	-	-	[19]
1991	28	19	11	2	-	-
1990	28	17	12	3	-	-
Ward boundary changes
1988	24	23	9	3	1	-
1987	22	24	10	3	1	-
1986	16	28	12	3	1	-
1984	10	34	12	3	1	-
1983	5	35	16	3	1	-
1982	2	35	19	3	1	-
1980	-	35	22	2	1	-
1979	-	36	21	2	1	-
1978	-	37	21	1	1	-
1976	-	39	18	2	1	-
New ward boundaries; seats increased from 58 to 60
1973	1	28	26	3	2	-
Local authority reorganisation; interim council created (58 seats)

Borough Results Maps

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By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[20] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Shrub End by-election	9 September 2017		Liberal Democrats		Conservative
Dedham & Langham by-election	15 September 2015		Conservative		Conservative
Wivenhoe Quay by-election	3 July 2014		Labour		Labour
Birch and Winstree by-election	4 December 2008		Conservative		Conservative
Berechurch by-election	21 October 2004		Liberal Democrats		Labour
Wivenhoe Quay by-election	22 April 2004		Independent		Labour
Mile End by-election	22 November 2001		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Prettygate by-election	7 June 2001		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Lexden by-election	19 October 2000		Conservative		Conservative
Tiptree by-election	25 June 1998		Labour		Labour
Dedham	4 September 1997		Liberal Democrats		Conservative

Notes

1. Seat totals include those elected for the Liberal and SDP parties as both participated in the SDP-Liberal Alliance and subsequently merged to form the Liberal Democrats
2. One seat vacant

References

1. "Colchester". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
2. Wilkin, Chris (11 July 2007). "Colchester: Lib Dems furious at pair's defection to the Tories". Daily Gazette. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
3. "Colchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
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6. "Vote 2011". BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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11. "Colchester council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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13. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
14. "Colchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
15. "Local government election results". The Independent. 8 May 1998.
16. "Election Results Round-Up - Local Elections". The Times. 3 May 1996. p. 8.
17. "The complete list of local council election results". The Independent. 6 May 1995.
18. "Local Elections: Full results of the voting in local authority polls". The Independent. 7 May 1994.
19. "UK Council Elections: Election Results". Financial Times. 8 May 1992. p. 11.
20. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 24 May 2014.

• By-election results

External links

• Colchester Borough Council