Braintree council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 26 wards · 49 seats contested

Most seats
34
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
49
across 26 wards
Turnout
31.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 34 — 28,600 45.5% —
Green Party 6 — 11,165 17.8% —
Halstead Residents' Association 4 — 2,722 4.3% —
Independent 3 — 3,720 5.9% —
Labour Party 2 — 13,278 21.1% —
Liberal Democrats 0 — 2,570 4.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 771 1.2% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 49
Labour Party 49
Conservative and Unionist Party 46
Green Party 22
Liberal Democrats 10
Independent 5
Halstead Residents' Association 4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 2

A party standing a full slate could field 49 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Bocking Blackwater 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jean Wendy Schmitt Elected 862 53.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Trevor Robert McArdle Elected 844 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lyn Shirley Walters Elected 813 50.7% —
Green Party John Edwin Malam 579 36.1% —
Labour Party Agnes Reid Bishop 487 30.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Leo James Jenner 479 29.9% —
Labour Party Merle Glynis Morris 384 24.0% —
Labour Party Richard Gordon Parsons 359 22.4% —
Majority234
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,602

Bocking North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Mann Elected 593 63.8% +15.5
Labour Party Tony Everard Elected 569 61.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip William Rawlinson 445 47.9% +5.7
Green Party Dawn Allison Holmes 251 27.0% +23.6
Majority124
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)929

Bocking South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David John Baugh Elected 511 52.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Robin David Pritchard Elected 399 41.2% —
Labour Party Moia Thorogood 377 38.9% —
Labour Party Lynn Rosemary Jefferis 369 38.1% —
Green Party Simon Anthony Attwood 282 29.1% —
Majority22
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)969

Braintree Central & Beckers Green 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Crawford Hensman Elected 596 41.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Justin Wrench Elected 512 35.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Saif Rehman Elected 504 34.9% —
Labour Party Celia Eileen Shute 494 34.2% —
Labour Party Antony Christopher Jones 477 33.0% —
Labour Party Bill Edwards 461 31.9% —
Green Party Dormer David Andrews 459 31.8% —
Independent Colin Albert Riches 451 31.2% —
Independent David James Mansell 382 26.4% —
Majority10
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,445

Braintree South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin James Bowers Elected 539 55.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dean Terry Wallace Elected 528 54.2% —
Labour Party Martin John Green 327 33.6% —
Labour Party Edith Ucke Aganoke 317 32.5% —
Green Party Nicholas David Scales 237 24.3% —
Majority201
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)974

Braintree West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Clark Cunningham Elected 804 62.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Tasker Mckee Elected 780 60.7% —
Labour Party Andy Beatty 369 28.7% —
Green Party Edwyn James John Gerrard-Abbott 363 28.3% —
Labour Party Keiran Peter Martin 253 19.7% —
Majority411
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,284

Bumpstead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Diana Garrod Elected 628 76.2% —
Labour Party Jacqui Thurgood 196 23.8% —
Majority432
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast824

Coggeshall 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Nick Unsworth Elected 1,210 63.6% —
Independent Tom Walsh Elected 1,059 55.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Malcolm Dunn 559 29.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynette Bowers-Flint 552 29.0% —
Labour Party Gary James William Knights 228 12.0% —
Labour Party Eileen Kirkpatrick Davidson 198 10.4% —
Majority500
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,903

Gosfield & Greenstead Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Gordon Schwier Elected 445 51.6% —
Green Party Jenny Bishop 297 34.4% —
Labour Party Deborah Rose Warren 121 14.0% —
Majority148
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast863

Great Notley & Black Notley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Butland Elected 1,191 67.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Glencairn Cunningham Elected 1,053 59.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Francesco Patrizio Ricci Elected 1,044 59.4% —
Green Party Freddie Gerrard-Abbott 536 30.5% —
Liberal Democrats Graham John Sheppard 366 20.8% —
Liberal Democrats David Paul Toombs 303 17.2% —
Labour Party Juliet Clare Walton 298 17.0% —
Labour Party Collette Gibson 269 15.3% —
Labour Party Bronislaw Alexander Jagniaszek 211 12.0% —
Majority508
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,757

Halstead St Andrew's 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Halstead Residents' Association David Hume Elected 701 58.2% —
Halstead Residents' Association Mick Radley Elected 628 52.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Charles Kirby 301 25.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rob Pye 265 22.0% —
Labour Party Stephen Richard Knight 184 15.3% —
Labour Party Pauline Amos 174 14.4% —
Green Party Daniel Liam Shadbolt 157 13.0% —
Majority327
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,205

Halstead Trinity 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Halstead Residents' Association Jackie Pell Elected 800 70.5% —
Halstead Residents' Association Andy Munday Elected 593 52.3% —
Labour Party Malcolm Fincken 329 29.0% —
Labour Party Garry John Warren 290 25.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julia Suzanne Allen 256 22.6% —
Majority264
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,134

Hatfield Peverel & Terling 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Joanne Charley Dervish Elected 955 69.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Llewellyn Bebb Elected 901 65.2% —
Green Party Jonathan David Barker 355 25.7% —
Liberal Democrats Pamela Hooper 174 12.6% —
Labour Party Tony Bennett 148 10.7% —
Labour Party Nick Fogden 127 9.2% —
Liberal Democrats David Mark Wheeler 102 7.4% —
Majority546
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,381

Hedingham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Jo Clare Beavis Elected 618 54.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hylton David Johnson Elected 607 53.8% —
Green Party Stephanie Bills 374 33.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Grant Mccrea 363 32.2% —
Labour Party Matt Creamer 190 16.8% —
Labour Party Denis Christopher Franklin 104 9.2% —
Majority233
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,128

Kelvedon & Feering 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jennifer Sarah Sandum Elected 857 51.4% —
Green Party Paul Richard Thorogood Elected 717 43.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Godfrey Scudamore Mitchell 672 40.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John George James Elliott 629 37.8% —
Labour Party Ian Alexander Marshall 281 16.9% —
Labour Party Bob Powers 175 10.5% —
Majority45
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,666

Rayne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Andrew Euesden Elected 430 54.3% —
Green Party Poppy Eloise Gerrard-Abbott 260 32.8% —
Labour Party Nigel Peter Gibson 102 12.9% —
Majority170
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast792

Silver End & Cressing 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party James Edward Abbott Elected 1,334 84.6% —
Green Party Bob Wright Elected 1,059 67.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Sean David Perkins 292 18.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Becky Karaman-Naci 248 15.7% —
Labour Party Ann Griffin 121 7.7% —
Labour Party Richard Andrew Tuff 100 6.3% —
Majority767
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,577

Stour Valley North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Iona Claire Fitzgerald Parker Elected 716 84.3% —
Labour Party Peter John Long 133 15.7% —
Majority583
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast849

Stour Valley South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Diane Scattergood Elected 565 61.7% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Bolter 274 29.9% —
Labour Party Fredrick Charles Hearn 77 8.4% —
Majority291
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast916

The Colnes 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party George Courtauld Elected 755 64.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gabrielle Ann Spray Elected 721 61.8% —
Green Party Alan William Sheppard 517 44.3% —
Labour Party Tamsin Cleeve 216 18.5% —
Labour Party Cornelius Francis Coughlan 122 10.5% —
Majority204
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,166

Three Fields 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Tattersley Elected 1,021 67.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vanessa Santomauro Elected 901 59.6% —
Green Party Andrea Phillips 585 38.7% —
Labour Party Margaret Lynch 260 17.2% —
Labour Party Barry Peter Foskett 255 16.9% —
Majority316
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,511

Witham Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela Kilmartin Elected 552 51.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Wilson Elected 439 41.0% —
Green Party Nelson Joseph Brunton 384 35.9% —
Liberal Democrats Barry John Fleet 373 34.8% —
Labour Party Kathie Tearle 202 18.9% —
Labour Party Jack Coleman 192 17.9% —
Majority55
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,071

Witham North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Michelle Lilias Weeks Elected 596 41.7% —
Green Party Stephen Eric Hicks Elected 539 37.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Phil Barlow 479 33.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Bayford 443 31.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party JoAnn Williams 437 30.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Leanora Agene Headley 366 25.6% —
Majority60
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,430

Witham South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James William Coleridge Elected 587 53.1% +8.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Ronald Philip Ramage Elected 542 49.0% —
Liberal Democrats Kate Onions 312 28.2% —
Liberal Democrats Charlie Ryland 282 25.5% —
Labour Party Pamela Carlaw 252 22.8% -14.6
Labour Party Tom Hewitt 235 21.3% —
Majority230
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,105

Witham West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Rose Elected 633 47.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patrick William Horner Elected 599 44.8% —
Green Party Philip John Hughes 427 31.9% —
Labour Party Lucy Merri Barlow 376 28.1% —
Labour Party Antony James Gore 256 19.1% —
Liberal Democrats James William Fleet 202 15.1% —
Liberal Democrats Helen Julia Waring 182 13.6% —
Majority172
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,338

Yeldham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Michael van Dulken Elected 453 72.1% —
Labour Party Noel Andalusia Croft Owen 175 27.9% —
Majority278
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast628

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