Colchester Borough Council elections

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File:Colchester UK political composition map.svg
Map showing the composition of Colchester Borough Council after the Wivenhoe Quay by-election in July 2014. Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and independent in grey.

One third of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 60 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.[1] From the Colchester Borough Council elections, 2016 the council will consist of 51 councillors from 17 wards, a reduction of 9 councillors and 10 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Party in control Years
No overall control 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1986
No overall control 1986 - 1994
Liberal Democrats 1994 - 1998
No overall control 1998 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - 2008
No overall control 2008 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition since the 1976 election. Boundary changes took place for the 1990 and 2003 election leading to the whole council being elected on those years.[4]

Year SDP-Liberal/Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Independent Vacant
1976 - 39 18 3 -
1978 - 37 21 2 -
1979 - 38 20 3 -
1980 - 37 21 3 -
1982 2 37 18 4 -
1983 5 37 15 4 -
1984 10 35 12 4 -
1986 16 30 11 4 -
1987 22 27 9 4 -
1988 24 26 8 4 -
1990 28 17 10 3 -
1992[5] 30 21 7 2 -
1994[6] 34 19 6 1 0
1995[7] 34 13 12 1 0
1996[8] 33 11 15 1 0
1998[9] 27 15 17 1 0
1999[10] 26 18 15 1 0
2000[11] 23 22 14 1 0
2002[4] 26 24 6 4 0
2003[12] 25 24 5 6 0
2004[13] 23 28 6 3 0
2006[14] 21 30 7 2 0
2007[15] 21 30 6 3 0
2008[16] 23 27 7 3 0
2010[17] 26 24 7 3 0
2011[18] 26 24 7 3 0
2012[19] 26 23 8 3 0
2014[20] 25 23 8 3 1
2015 20 27 8 4 0
2016 - - - - -

Borough result maps

  • 2002 results map

  • 2003 results map

  • 2004 results map

  • 2006 results map

  • Colchester UK local election 2007 map.svg

    2007 results map

  • Colchester UK local election 2008 map.svg

    2008 results map

  • Colchester UK local election 2010 map.svg

    2010 results map

  • 2012 results map

  • Colchester UK local election 2014 map.svg

    2014 results map

  • Colchester Borough Council election 2015 map.svg

    2015 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[21] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

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

References

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