Tendring District Council elections

Tendring District Council in Essex, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 60 councillors have been elected from 32 wards.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973-1991
	No overall control	1991-1995
	Labour	1995-1999
	No overall control	1999-2011
	Conservative	2011-2015
	No overall control	2015–Present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2009 have been:[2]

Councillor		From	To
Neil Stock[3]	Conservative	2009	27 Nov 2012
Peter Halliday[4]	Conservative	27 Nov 2012	13 Dec 2013
Mick Page	Conservative	11 Feb 2014	10 May 2015
Neil Stock	Conservative	26 May 2015

Council elections

Year
Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	UKIP	Tendring First	Community Representatives	HOSRA	Independent
1991	18	11	19	-	-	-	4	7 (2*)
1995	8	37	6	-	-	-	4	4
1999	17	23	9	-	-	-	3	6 (1*)
2003	25	11	13	-	-	4	3	4
2007	28	6	6	-	10	5	2	3
2011	33	9	2	-	8	-	3	5
2015	23	4	1	22	1	-	3	6
2019	16	6	2	5	4	-	-	13

By-election results

1995-1999

Haven By-Election 21 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Residents	655	62.3
	Conservative	221	21.0
	Labour	142	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	33	3.1
Majority		434	41.3
Turnout		1,051	39.3
	Independent hold	Swing

St James By-Election 10 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	352	39.5	+7.3
	Labour	321	36.0	-13.4
	Liberal Democrats	219	24.6	+6.2
Majority		31	3.5
Turnout		892	17.2
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Harwich East By-Election 2 October 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	340	50.1	-18.0
	Conservative	151	22.3	+22.3
	Independent Labour	103	15.2	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	84	12.4	+12.4
Majority		189	27.8
Turnout		678	27.5
	Labour hold	Swing

1999-2003

Rush Green By-Election 20 July 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	473	52.3	-2.7
	Conservative	324	35.8	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	108	11.9	+0.4
Majority		149	16.5
Turnout		905	21.0
	Labour hold	Swing

St Mary's By-Election 19 April 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	374	50.7	+4.7
	Conservative	174	23.6	-4.2
	Community Representative	95	12.9	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	94	12.8	-13.4
Majority		200	27.1
Turnout		737	19.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Brightlingsea East By-Election 2 August 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	188	39.4	+8.7
	Labour	165	34.6	+1.5
	Conservative	124	26.0	+26.0
Majority		23	4.8
Turnout		477	15.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

St. Bartholomew By-Election 29 November 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Independent	332	51.1	-25.5
	Labour	238	36.6	+19.2
	Conservative	80	12.3	+12.3
Majority		94	14.5
Turnout		650	22.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Alresford Thorrington and Frating By-Election 7 March 2002[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garry Scott	347	44.0	+44.0
	Conservative		281	35.7	-13.6
	Labour		160	20.3	-30.4
Majority			66	8.3
Turnout			788	26.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Clacton St Johns By-Election 13 June 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	780	46.0	+4.9
	Conservative	514	30.3	+10.9
	Labour	403	23.7	+0.0
Majority		266	15.7
Turnout		1,697	28.2
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

2003-2007

Pier By-Election 22 July 2004
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	205	30.5	-17.4
	Labour	154	22.9	-16.2
	UKIP	109	16.2	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	102	15.2	+15.2
	Community Candidate	102	15.2	+15.2
Majority		51	7.6
Turnout		672	19.4
	Conservative hold	Swing

Thorrington, Frating, Elmstead & Great Bromley By-Election 20 January 2005[7]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	577	55.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	345	32.9	-14.8
	Labour	125	12.0	+12.0
Majority		232	22.6
Turnout		1,047	28.5
	Conservative hold	Swing

2007-2011

Burrsville By-Election 24 September 2009[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pam Sambridge	455	55.2	-10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce O'Brien	227	27.5	+15.7
	Labour	Max Morris	90	10.9	+1.1
	Green	Chris Southall	52	6.3	+6.3
Majority			228	27.7
Turnout			824	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Golf Green By-Election 8 April 2010[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Casey	409	28.2	-0.8
	Conservative	John Chittock	404	27.9	+8.6
	Tendring First	Louise Stanley	313	21.6	-21.8
	BNP	Keith Beaumont	139	9.6	+9.6
	Independent	Christopher Judd	120	8.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Candler	63	4.4	+4.4
Majority			5	0.3
Turnout			1,448	36.6
	Labour gain from Tendring First		Swing

2015-present

Rush Green By-Election 16 July 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Richard Everett	338	38.5%	10.0
	Conservative	Danny Mayzes	290	33.1%	13.8
	Labour	Samantha Atkinson	213	24.3%	2.1
	Independent	William Hones	36	4.1%	new
Majority
Turnout			877	24.8%
	UKIP hold		Swing

Great & Little Oakley by-election 9 February 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Michael Bush	216	36.8	4.1
	Conservative	Andrew Erskine	171	29.1	1.4
	Labour	Robert Shephard	117	19.9	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bensilum	83	14.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout				39.3
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

[10]

St James by-election 6 April 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Alexander	371	47.9	22.7
	UKIP	Teresa O'Hara	174	22.5	16.3
	Labour	Wendy Brown	116	15.0	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Duffy	99	12.8	N/A
	Green	Rosemary Dodds	15	1.9	N/A
Majority			197	25.4
Turnout			777	23
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

References

"Tendring". BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
"Council minutes". Tendring District Council. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
Lodge, Will (30 December 2016). "Tendring District Council leader Neil Stock awarded an OBE in New Year's Honours list". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
Dwan, James (28 November 2012). "Tendring Council elects new leader". Clacton Gazette. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
The District of Tendring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
"Lib Dems excel in council polls". guardian.co.uk. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
"Tories celebrate Hackney council win". guardian.co.uk. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
"Widow wins her husband's council seat". Daily Gazette. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
"Labour gain narrow victory over Tories in crucial by-election". Daily Gazette. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/council/elections%20%26%20voting/Declaration%20of%20results%20060417%20St%20James.pdf

By-election results

External links

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[hold-1] "Tendring". BBC News Online. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

[2] "Council minutes". Tendring District Council. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[3] Lodge, Will (30 December 2016). "Tendring District Council leader Neil Stock awarded an OBE in New Year's Honours list". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[4] Dwan, James (28 November 2012). "Tendring Council elects new leader". Clacton Gazette. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[5] The District of Tendring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975

[excel-6] "Lib Dems excel in council polls". guardian.co.uk. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

[hackney-7] "Tories celebrate Hackney council win". guardian.co.uk. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

[widow-8] "Widow wins her husband's council seat". Daily Gazette. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

[crucial-9] "Labour gain narrow victory over Tories in crucial by-election". Daily Gazette. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

[10] ttp://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/council/elections%20%26%20voting/Declaration%20of%20results%20060417%20St%20James.pdf

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