Braintree council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 26 wards · 50 seats contested

Most seats

Conservative and Unionist Party

Seats contested

across 26 wards

Turnout

31.1%

average of reporting wards

Summary

Party	Seats	+/−	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	27	-7	27,088	40.6%	-4.9
Labour Party	9	+7	17,677	26.5%	+5.3
Independent	7	+4	6,727	10.1%	+4.2
Green Party	4	-2	10,187	15.3%	-2.5
Halstead Residents' Association	3	-1	2,330	3.5%	-0.8
Liberal Democrats	0	+0	2,298	3.4%	-0.6
Reform UK	0	+0	321	0.5%	—
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	0	+0	68	0.1%	-1.1
Heritage Party	0	+0	51	0.1%	—

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party	Candidates	Of a possible 50
Conservative and Unionist Party	50
Labour Party	49
Green Party	22
Independent	10
Liberal Democrats	10
Halstead Residents' Association	4
Reform UK	4
Heritage Party	1
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	1

A party standing a full slate could field 50 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	Lyn Shirley Walters Elected	815	50.3%	-3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Justin Wrench Elected	804	49.7%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Lynette Barbara Flint Elected	773	47.7%	—
Green Party	David Andrews	582	35.9%	-0.2
Labour Party	Jasmine Lara Curitz	576	35.6%	+5.2
Labour Party	David Wayne Chidgey	540	33.4%	—
Labour Party	Richard Gordon Parsons	421	26.0%	—
Liberal Democrats	James Card	347	21.4%	—
Majority		191
Turnout		25.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,619

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bocking North 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Lynn Rosemary Jefferis Elected	565	51.6%	-12.3
Conservative and Unionist Party	John Baugh Elected	522	47.6%	-0.3
Labour Party	Keiran Peter Martin	506	46.2%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Felicia Odunayo Ayo-Ajala	372	33.9%	—
Green Party	Andrea Phillips	226	20.6%	-6.4
Majority		16
Turnout		29.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,096

Labour Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Bocking South 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jack Peter Richard Edwards Elected	511	48.3%	-4.4
Labour Party	Moia Thorogood Elected	485	45.8%	+6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Trevor Robert McArdle	479	45.3%	—
Labour Party	Robert Paul Heath	459	43.4%	—
Green Party	Karl Anthony Handy	181	17.1%	-12.0
Majority		6
Turnout		25.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,058

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Braintree Central & Beckers Green 3 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Shirley Mason Elected	699	48.9%	+14.8
Labour Party	Tom Diamond Elected	694	48.6%	—
Labour Party	Jonathan Ayten Elected	687	48.1%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Karen Brown	488	34.2%	-7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sandra Ann Canning	475	33.3%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Andrew Crawford Hensman	425	29.8%	—
Green Party	Simon Anthony Attwood	422	29.6%	-2.2
Independent	Colin Albert Riches	393	27.5%	-3.7
Majority		199
Turnout		24.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,428

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Braintree South 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Martin John Green Elected	468	44.7%	-0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Kevin James Bowers Elected	457	43.6%	+5.1
Labour Party	Jacqui Thurgood	444	42.4%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Saif Rehman	399	38.1%	—
Green Party	Stuart Wick	185	17.7%	+1.4
Liberal Democrats	Tom Hughes	144	13.7%	—
Majority		13
Turnout		24.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,048

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Braintree West 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Mary Clark Cunningham Elected	727	55.0%	-7.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	George Prime Elected	692	52.3%	—
Labour Party	Alexander James Frederick Wilsdon	457	34.6%	+5.8
Labour Party	Peter John Wyatt	426	32.2%	—
Green Party	Nicholas David Scales	341	25.8%	-2.5
Majority		235
Turnout		31.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,322

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bumpstead

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Diana Garrod Elected	479	60.2%	-16.0
Labour Party	Gary James William Knights	236	29.6%	+5.9
Reform UK	Norma Vivien Saggers	81	10.2%	—
Majority		243
Turnout		35.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		796

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Coggeshall 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Independent	Tom Walsh Elected	981	56.5%	+13.0
Independent	Dennis John Abram Elected	928	53.4%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sue Wilson	540	31.1%	-3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Chris William Siddall	478	27.5%	—
Labour Party	Bob Powers	287	16.5%	-5.9
Labour Party	Usha Agarwal-Hollands	260	15.0%	—
Majority		388
Turnout		39.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,737

Independent hold

Gosfield & Greenstead Green

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Peter Gordon Schwier Elected	396	52.6%	+1.0
Green Party	Jenny Bishop	219	29.1%	-5.3
Labour Party	Deborah Rose Warren	138	18.3%	+4.3
Majority		177
Turnout		35.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		753

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Great Notley & Black Notley 3 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Graham Butland Elected	1,028	54.6%	-13.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Francesco Patrizio Ricci Elected	979	52.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Tom Glencairn Cunningham Elected	969	51.5%	—
Green Party	Poppy Eloise Gerrard-Abbott	490	26.0%	-4.5
Labour Party	Andrew David Beatty	428	22.7%	+5.8
Liberal Democrats	Brian George Smith	387	20.6%	-0.3
Labour Party	Antony Christopher Jones	384	20.4%	—
Labour Party	Bronislaw Alexander Jagniaszek	354	18.8%	—
Liberal Democrats	David Paul Toombs	347	18.4%	—
Liberal Democrats	Graham John Sheppard	284	15.1%	—
Majority		479
Turnout		27.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,883

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Halstead St Andrew's 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Halstead Residents' Association	Jim Bond Elected	664	56.7%	-1.5
Halstead Residents' Association	Andy Munday Elected	632	53.9%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	David Malcolm Finch	289	24.7%	-0.3
Labour Party	Steven Richard Knight	286	24.4%	+9.1
Labour Party	Kathie Tearle	255	21.8%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Olatunbosun Senbanjo	150	12.8%	—
UK Independence Party (UKIP)	Judy Wood	68	5.8%	—
Majority		343
Turnout		26.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,172

Halstead Residents' Association hold

Halstead Trinity 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Halstead Residents' Association	Jackie Pell Elected	625	54.0%	-16.5
Labour Party	Malcolm Fincken Elected	520	44.9%	+15.9
Labour Party	Garry John Warren	437	37.8%	—
Halstead Residents' Association	Linda Janet Hilton	409	35.4%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Barry George Britten	180	15.6%	-7.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Libby Poole	143	12.4%	—
Majority		83
Turnout		24.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,157

Halstead Residents' Association hold · Labour Party gain from Halstead Residents' Association

Hatfield Peverel & Terling 3 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Charley Dervish Elected	877	72.5%	+11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party	Joanne Charley Dervish Elected	877	72.5%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	James William Coleridge Elected	855	70.7%	—
Green Party	Jonathan David Barker	409	33.8%	+14.7
Labour Party	Linda Jane Bennison	312	25.8%	+14.0
Labour Party	Tony Bennett	299	24.7%	—
Majority		446
Turnout		31.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,210

Conservative and Unionist Party gain · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hedingham 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Independent	Jo Clare Beavis Elected	941	73.9%	+19.1
Independent	Wendy Taylor Elected	764	60.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jason Simon Ferrando	304	23.9%	-30.0
Conservative and Unionist Party	Philip William Rawlinson	236	18.5%	—
Labour Party	Christine Calver	156	12.2%	-4.6
Labour Party	Matt Creamer	148	11.6%	—
Majority		460
Turnout		30.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,274

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold

Kelvedon & Feering 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Green Party	Paul Richard Thorogood Elected	1,096	57.4%	+5.9
Green Party	Camilla Jane Finch Elected	940	49.2%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Robert Godfrey Scudamore Mitchell	668	35.0%	-5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party	India Jane Jayatillake	644	33.7%	—
Labour Party	Eileen Kirkpatrick Davidson	246	12.9%	-4.0
Labour Party	Pamela Carlaw	226	11.8%	—
Majority		272
Turnout		44.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,910

Green Party hold

Rayne

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Independent	Ann Louise Hooks Elected	528	64.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Glenn James Young	218	26.4%	-27.9
Labour Party	Nigel Peter Gibson	79	9.6%	-3.3
Majority		310
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		825

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Silver End & Cressing 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Green Party	James Edward Abbott Elected	1,198	75.2%	-9.4
Green Party	Bob Wright Elected	1,017	63.8%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jack Bayford	300	18.8%	+3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party	Darrin Robert Hammond	297	18.6%	—
Labour Party	Steven John Bennison	134	8.4%	+0.7
Labour Party	Ann Griffin	126	7.9%	—
Independent	Annetta Elaine Hawkins	64	4.0%	—
Heritage Party	Andrew Francis Page	51	3.2%	—
Majority		717
Turnout		32.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,594

Green Party hold

Stour Valley North

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Iona Claire Fitzgerald Parker Elected	507	55.6%	-28.7
Labour Party	Peter John Long	172	18.9%	+3.2
Green Party	Mark Posen	167	18.3%	—
Reform UK	Raymond Richards	66	7.2%	—
Majority		335
Turnout		36.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		912

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Stour Valley South

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	David Peter Holland Elected	549	59.3%	-2.4
Green Party	Paul James Robinson	221	23.9%	—
Labour Party	Fredrick Charles Hearn	156	16.8%	+8.4
Majority		328
Turnout		38.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		926

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

The Colnes 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	George Courtauld Elected	724	56.3%	-8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party	Gabrielle Ann Spray Elected	707	55.0%	—
Green Party	James Astley	549	42.7%	-1.6
Labour Party	Sandra Diane Hindley	346	26.9%	+8.4
Labour Party	Felix Preston	247	19.2%	—
Majority		158
Turnout		31.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,286

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Three Fields 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Independent	Mark Ian Ault Elected	995	53.1%	—
Independent	Michael Robert John Staines Elected	851	45.4%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	John Philip Warner	818	43.6%	-23.9
Conservative and Unionist Party	Stephen Canning	593	31.6%	—
Labour Party	William Paul Edwards	265	14.1%	-3.1
Labour Party	Stephen Jeffrey Newton	228	12.2%	—
Majority		33
Turnout		43.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,875

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Witham Central 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Sindhu Rajeev Elected	510	39.7%	-11.8
Conservative and Unionist Party	Toby Williams Elected	486	37.9%	—
Labour Party	Lucy Merri Barlow	362	28.2%	+9.3
Green Party	Edwyn James John Gerrard-Abbott	358	27.9%	-8.0
Labour Party	Joan Margaret Coleman	288	22.4%	—
Liberal Democrats	Barry John Fleet	259	20.2%	-14.7
Liberal Democrats	Helen Julia Waring	198	15.4%	—
Reform UK	Richard Thomson	107	8.3%	—
Majority		124
Turnout		28.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,284

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Witham North 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Billy Taylor Elected	568	39.6%	+8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ethan Williams Elected	543	37.8%	—
Labour Party	Phil Barlow	477	33.2%	-0.3
Labour Party	Leanora Agene Headley	418	29.1%	—
Green Party	Stephen Eric Hicks	401	27.9%	-13.7
Green Party	Philip John Hughes	396	27.6%	—
Reform UK	Tim Blaxill	67	4.7%	—
Majority		66
Turnout		27.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,435

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Green Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Green Party

Witham South 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Labour Party	Paul Alan Thomas Heath Elected	501	44.5%	+16.4
Labour Party	Jacqueline Suzanne Marie Martin Elected	473	42.0%	—
Conservative and Unionist Party	William Korsinah	448	39.8%	-11.7
Conservative and Unionist Party	Joe Trigg	424	37.6%	—
Green Party	Stephanie Bills	174	15.4%	+2.5
Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Simon Hewitt	137	12.2%	+4.6
Liberal Democrats	Charlie Ryland	97	8.6%	—
Majority		25
Turnout		26.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,127

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Witham West 2 seats

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Jon Hayes Elected	533	40.1%	-7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party	Ronald Philip Ramage Elected	520	39.1%	—
Labour Party	Jack Coleman	467	35.1%	+7.0
Labour Party	Jack Robertson	427	32.1%	—
Green Party	Susan Ager	361	27.1%	-4.8
Green Party	Steven Crane	254	19.1%	—
Liberal Democrats	Andrew Simon Holt	98	7.4%	-7.7
Majority		53
Turnout		28.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast (estimated)		1,330

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Yeldham

Party	Candidate	Votes	Share	+/−
Conservative and Unionist Party	Richard Michael van Dulken Elected	312	44.2%	-27.9
Independent	Julia Suzanne Allen	282	39.9%	—
Labour Party	Denis Christopher Franklin	112	15.9%	-12.0
Majority		30
Turnout		32.0%
Registered electors		—
Ballots cast		706

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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