Colchester City Council elections

One third of Colchester City 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 City Council showing the 2016 boundaries

Political control

Current composition

As of 15 December 2022, the council's composition is:

↓
15 15 2 19
Liberal Democrats Labour G Conservative

Council control

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

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973-1976
Conservative1976-1986
No overall control1986-1994
Liberal Democrats1994-1998
No overall control1998-2007
Conservative2007-2008
No overall control2008-present

Elections

Detailed results of these elections are shown in the table below. Boundary changes took place for the 1990, 2002 and 2016 elections leading to the whole council being elected on those years.[3]

Year LD[n 1] Con Lab Tip Res Ind Grn
2022 14 19 13 - 2 3
2021122311-32
2019132311-31
2018122511-3-
2016152211-3-
Ward boundary changes; seats reduced from 60 to 51
201520279-4-
201425238-3-[4] [n 2]
201226238-3-[5]
201126247-3-[6]
201026247-3-[7]
200823277-3-[8]
200721306-3-[9]
200621307-2-[10]
200423286-2-[11]
200325245-6-[12]
200226246-4-[3]
Ward boundary changes
20002321151--[13]
19992617161--[14]
19982714181--[15]
19963211161--[16]
19953314121--[17]
1994331971--[18]
1992292182--[19]
19912819112--
19902817123--
Ward boundary changes
19882423931-
198722241031-
198616281231-
198410341231-
19835351631-
19822351931-
1980-352221-
1979-362121-
1978-372111-
1976-391821-
New ward boundaries; seats increased from 58 to 60
19731282632-
Local authority reorganisation; interim council created (58 seats)

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2008 have been:[20]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Anne Turrell Liberal Democrats200816 Jun 2014
Martin Hunt Liberal Democrats16 Jun 201410 May 2015
Paul Smith Liberal Democrats27 May 20156 May 2018
Mark Cory Liberal Democrats23 May 201826 May 2021
Paul Dundas Conservative26 May 20218 May 2022
David King Liberal Democrats22 May 2022

Results maps
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  • 2021
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  • 2019
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  • 2018
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  • 2016
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  • 2015
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  • 2014
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  • 2012
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  • 2010
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  • 2008
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  • 2007
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    1991
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    1990
  • 1988
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    1986
  • 1984
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  • 1983
    1983
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    1982
  • 1980
    1980
  • 1979
    1979
  • 1978
    1978
  • 1976
    1976

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of by-elections from 1997 onwards;[21] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Highwoods by-election 8 December 2022 Independent Labour
Highwoods by-election 8 December 2022 Independent Liberal Democrats
Lexden & Braiswick by-election 28 July 2022 Conservative Conservative
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 by-election 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
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