2024 Colchester City Council election
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
17 out of 51 seats to Colchester City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Paul Dundas Martin Goss
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 19 seats, 30.5% 15 seats, 30.3%
Seats before 19 16
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Julie Young Mark Goacher
Party Labour Green
Last election 15 seats, 24.5% 2 seats, 10.2%
Seats before 14 2
Map showing the electoral wards of Colchester
Leader before election

David King
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

 Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Colchester City Council election is due to take place on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections across England.[1] Seventeen members of the council are due to be elected, one from each of the wards.[2]

Background

This set of seats were last up for election at the 2021 election. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council election (then Borough) scheduled for 2020 was postponed one year to 2021. This resulted in the terms of councillors elected at the 2021 election being truncated to 3-years rather than the usual 4-years.

Pre-Election Composition
Party Seats
Conservative Party 19
Liberal Democrats 16
Labour Party 14
Green Party 2

Summary

Election result

2024 Colchester City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 12
  Liberal Democrats 11
  Labour 9
  Green 2

Incumbents

Ward Incumbent Councillor Party Re-standing
Berechurch Dave Harris Labour Co-op Unknown
Castle Steph Nissen[lower-alpha 1] Labour Unknown
Greenstead Julie Young Labour Co-op Unknown
Highwoods Simon Appleton[lower-alpha 2] Liberal Democrats Unknown
Lexden & Braiswick Sara Naylor[lower-alpha 3] Conservative Unknown
Marks Tey & Layer Kevin Bentley Conservative Unknown
Mersea & Pyefleet John Jowers Conservative Unknown
Mile End Martin Goss Liberal Democrats Unknown
New Town & Christ Church Pam Cox Labour Unknown
Old Heath & The Hythe Michael Lilley Labour Co-op Unknown
Prettygate Sue Lissimore Conservative Unknown
Rural North Darius Laws Conservative Unknown
Shrub End Lyn Barton Liberal Democrats Unknown
St. Anne's & St. John's Mike Hogg Liberal Democrats No
Stanway Jeremy Hagon Conservative Unknown
Tiptree Roger Mannion Conservative Unknown
Wivenhoe Michelle Burrows Liberal Democrats Unknown

Candidates

Berechurch

Berechurch ward
Berechurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Castle

Castle ward
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ryan Smith
Green Kemal Cufoglu
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Greenstead

Greenstead ward
Greenstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Highwoods

Highwoods ward
Highwoods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Lexden & Braiswick

Lexden & Braiswick ward
Lexden & Braiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Marks Tey & Layer

Marks Tey & Layer ward
Marks Tey & Layer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Mersea & Pyefleet

Mersea & Pyefleet ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Mile End

Mile End ward
Mile End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

New Town & Christ Church

New Town & Christ Church ward
New Town & Christ Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Old Heath & The Hythe

Old Heath & The Hythe ward
Old Heath & The Hythe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Prettygate

Prettygate ward
Prettygate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Rural North

Rural North ward
Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Shrub End

Shrub End ward
Shrub End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

St. Anne's & St. John's

St. Anne's & St. John's ward
St. Anne's & St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Stanway

Stanway ward
Stanway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Tiptree

Tiptree ward
Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

Wivenhoe

Wivenhoe ward
Wivenhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Green
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform UK

References

  1. ↑ "Election timetables for scheduled local government elections in England". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Colchester City Council upcoming elections". Colchester Council. 2023-12-30. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.

Notes

  1. ↑ Originally elected as a Green, but defected to Labour in December 2022
  2. ↑ Elected at the 2023 Highwoods by-election
  3. ↑ Elected at the 2022 Lexden & Braiswick by-election
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