Chelmsford council election, 2023
Most seats
33
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
57
across 24 wards
Turnout
31.8%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 33 | +2 | 39,567 | 41.5% | +1.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 21 | +0 | 37,771 | 39.6% | -1.0 |
| Independent | 2 | -1 | 2,220 | 2.3% | -2.0 |
| Independent Network | 1 | +1 | 1,891 | 2.0% | — |
| Labour Party | 0 | +0 | 9,010 | 9.4% | +2.8 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 2,445 | 2.6% | -2.5 |
| South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party | 0 | -2 | 2,003 | 2.1% | -0.3 |
| Heritage Party | 0 | +0 | 193 | 0.2% | — |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 0 | +0 | 178 | 0.2% | -0.8 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | +0 | 85 | 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 57 |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 57 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 51 | |
| Labour Party | 37 | |
| Green Party | 10 | |
| Independent Network | 6 | |
| South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party | 4 | |
| Independent | 3 | |
| Heritage Party | 1 | |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 1 | |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 57 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.
Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sue Dobson Elected | 777 | 67.9% | -7.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Taylor Elected | 740 | 64.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Amanda Wilson | 279 | 24.4% | -6.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Stevens | 258 | 22.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Maria Blakemore | 235 | 20.5% | — |
| Majority | 461 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,144 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Boreham and The Leighs 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Raven Elected | 697 | 61.5% | -13.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Victoria Louise Canning Elected | 669 | 59.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Terence Beckett | 366 | 32.3% | +7.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jyothi Kurra | 317 | 28.0% | — |
| Labour Party | John Paul Devane | 219 | 19.3% | +1.0 |
| Majority | 303 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,134 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Broomfield and The Walthams 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mike Steel Elected | 1,148 | 47.0% | +8.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Philip Robert Andrew Wilson Elected | 889 | 36.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Jane Bugbee Elected | 870 | 35.6% | +18.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Darren John Johnson | 850 | 34.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colin Michael William Todd | 841 | 34.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Tayo Udoh | 716 | 29.3% | — |
| Independent | Wendy Anne Daden | 691 | 28.3% | -31.8 |
| Labour Party | Kuldeep Kundan Golla | 357 | 14.6% | -5.4 |
| Labour Party | Peter Alexander Dixon | 342 | 14.0% | — |
| Green Party | Mike Thompson | 333 | 13.6% | -16.4 |
| Labour Party | David Howell | 295 | 12.1% | — |
| Majority | 20 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,444 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rose Moore Elected | 1,177 | 49.1% | -2.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Hall Elected | 1,092 | 45.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Sullivan Elected | 1,083 | 45.2% | -0.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sunil Kumar Gupta | 1,026 | 42.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Daniel Paul Jeffreys | 1,025 | 42.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Geoff Walker | 1,025 | 42.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Louis Dearmer | 304 | 12.7% | +2.2 |
| Labour Party | David Keith Sweeney | 262 | 10.9% | — |
| Heritage Party | Eloise Schultz | 193 | 8.1% | — |
| Majority | 57 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,396 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Chelmsford Rural West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicolette Chambers Elected | 573 | 69.3% | -6.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Oliver James Fenwick | 135 | 16.3% | -7.7 |
| Labour Party | Steve Maclean | 119 | 14.4% | — |
| Majority | 438 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 827 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Galleywood 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Janette Potter Elected | 740 | 57.9% | +1.3 |
| Independent Network | Richard Joseph John Hyland Elected | 552 | 43.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan Chambers | 530 | 41.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Gale | 213 | 16.7% | -5.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Leslie Hay | 180 | 14.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Robert James Croft | 179 | 14.0% | +1.1 |
| Labour Party | Alan Haines | 162 | 12.7% | — |
| Majority | 22 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,278 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent Network gain from Independent
Goat Hall 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Mascot Elected | 845 | 56.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Clark Elected | 790 | 52.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christine Garrett | 529 | 35.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Yvonne Spence | 480 | 31.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Joy Chandler | 145 | 9.6% | — |
| Green Party | Jeremy Nicolas Crook | 122 | 8.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Thomas Medici | 105 | 7.0% | — |
| Majority | 261 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,508 | |||
Great Baddow East 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kieron Franks Elected | 871 | 50.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Davey Elected | 869 | 50.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Boleslaw Sosin Elected | 829 | 48.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Anthony John McQuiggan | 671 | 38.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carol Springthorpe | 617 | 35.8% | — |
| Independent Network | Mary Cordeiro | 534 | 31.0% | — |
| Green Party | Lynne Wye | 327 | 19.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Nicola Hesper | 275 | 16.0% | — |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Nigel Carter | 178 | 10.3% | — |
| Majority | 158 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,724 | |||
Great Baddow West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Young Elected | 702 | 60.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jannetta Sosin Elected | 637 | 54.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rengarajan Subramanian | 512 | 44.0% | — |
| Independent Network | Andy Graham | 309 | 26.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Jessica Peacock | 166 | 14.3% | — |
| Majority | 125 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,163 | |||
Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steph Scott Elected | 1,499 | 72.7% | +3.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jacob Peter Armstrong Elected | 1,466 | 71.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julia Jeapes Elected | 1,432 | 69.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Baker | 508 | 24.6% | +2.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Whiteing | 455 | 22.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Annette Ellison Longford | 421 | 20.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Stephen Capper | 205 | 9.9% | +1.5 |
| Labour Party | Conor James Hicks | 202 | 9.8% | — |
| Majority | 924 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,063 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Marconi 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jude Deakin Elected | 771 | 60.8% | +12.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Smita Rajesh Elected | 631 | 49.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Richard Scott | 283 | 22.3% | -4.2 |
| Labour Party | Paul Bishop | 273 | 21.5% | +8.2 |
| Green Party | Ronnie Bartlett | 192 | 15.1% | +9.2 |
| Labour Party | Jonathan David Legg | 177 | 14.0% | — |
| Independent Network | Kevin James Daines | 124 | 9.8% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Anthony O'Donnell | 85 | 6.7% | — |
| Majority | 348 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,268 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Moulsham Lodge 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Goldman Elected | 742 | 47.9% | +12.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ashley Thompson Elected | 691 | 44.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert James Ewart Gisby | 676 | 43.7% | +0.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jake David Smith | 625 | 40.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Tim Wright | 188 | 12.1% | +5.5 |
| Green Party | Claire Young | 173 | 11.2% | +6.3 |
| Majority | 15 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,548 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Moulsham and Central 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Marie Goldman Elected | 1,737 | 58.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlene Anne-Maria Adutwim Elected | 1,491 | 50.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Pooley Elected | 1,392 | 47.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kim Louise Gisby | 914 | 30.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Liz Hall | 903 | 30.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Seena Shah | 871 | 29.5% | — |
| Green Party | Sally Kershaw | 474 | 16.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Philip Andrew Rogers Etheridge | 385 | 13.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Edward Massey | 368 | 12.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Richard Parry | 330 | 11.2% | — |
| Majority | 478 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,955 | |||
Patching Hall 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Davidson Elected | 1,104 | 59.1% | +4.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Foster Elected | 1,076 | 57.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Vetri Pappa Elected | 984 | 52.6% | +16.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mike Holoway | 926 | 49.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Seán Manley | 821 | 43.9% | — |
| Green Party | Angela Thomson | 361 | 19.3% | +7.0 |
| Labour Party | Adam Kenningham-Brown | 336 | 18.0% | +8.0 |
| Majority | 58 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,869 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
Rettendon and Runwell 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Paul Clark Elected | 800 | 55.7% | -8.6 |
| Independent | Steve Davis Elected | 729 | 50.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jim Knight | 545 | 38.0% | -18.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dave Phillips | 534 | 37.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Yvonne Waterhouse | 142 | 9.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jenni Goldfinch | 73 | 5.1% | -17.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Glyn Pennicard | 48 | 3.3% | — |
| Majority | 184 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,436 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold
South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Grundy Elected | 1,000 | 79.9% | -1.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roy Thomas Whitehead Elected | 938 | 74.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerhard Petri | 221 | 17.7% | -6.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maike Agnes Windhorst | 205 | 16.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Mark James Reilly | 139 | 11.1% | — |
| Majority | 717 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,252 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bob Massey Elected | 708 | 57.8% | +2.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Malcolm Sismey Elected | 656 | 53.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ashley Michael John Elected | 534 | 43.6% | — |
| South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party | Jackie Birch | 527 | 43.1% | -0.1 |
| South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party | Scott Wilson | 495 | 40.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Jonathan Gatenby | 218 | 17.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Amanda Powling | 205 | 16.7% | +0.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Powling | 170 | 13.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Josephine Regnier-Wilson | 159 | 13.0% | — |
| Majority | 7 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,224 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Donna Eley Elected | 618 | 49.9% | +17.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Terry Sherlock Elected | 582 | 47.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Murrough Francis Henry O'Brien Elected | 527 | 42.5% | +4.5 |
| South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party | Keith Bentley | 518 | 41.8% | -38.3 |
| South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party | Ian Clifford Roberts | 463 | 37.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Dee Davey | 435 | 35.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Scott Wilson | 396 | 32.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Anthony Weaver | 179 | 14.4% | — |
| Majority | 9 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,239 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party · Liberal Democrats gain from South Woodham Ferrers Residents Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Springfield North 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Clark Elected | 943 | 44.9% | -12.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Fuller Elected | 925 | 44.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Chloe Tron Elected | 897 | 42.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul John Leslie Hutchinson | 893 | 42.5% | +5.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Emmanuel Adeyemi Aluko | 781 | 37.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Arthur Stephen Pioli | 767 | 36.5% | — |
| Independent Network | Martin James Lovett | 245 | 11.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Steven Kenneth Haigh | 236 | 11.2% | +0.4 |
| Labour Party | Karen Ann Kennedy | 222 | 10.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Russell John Kennedy | 210 | 10.0% | — |
| Green Party | Reza Hossain | 187 | 8.9% | -7.7 |
| Majority | 4 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,102 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
St Andrews 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Davidson Elected | 1,161 | 70.8% | +8.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson Elected | 1,155 | 70.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Louise Hawkins Elected | 1,104 | 67.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter John Cousins | 555 | 33.9% | +7.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chloë Ann Ahmed | 398 | 24.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Megan Jodie Francis | 297 | 18.1% | +2.7 |
| Labour Party | Mark Thornley | 246 | 15.0% | — |
| Majority | 549 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,639 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
The Lawns 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Lee Elected | 854 | 53.0% | -4.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Natacha Audrey Dudley Elected | 821 | 50.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joel Martyn Alderman | 581 | 36.0% | -3.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Elizabeth Edwards | 555 | 34.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Diane Margaret Niven Mcdermott | 169 | 10.5% | +2.2 |
| Independent Network | Beata Maria Chadwick | 127 | 7.9% | — |
| Green Party | Luke Wotton | 118 | 7.3% | — |
| Majority | 240 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,612 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Trinity 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Julia Frascona Elected | 889 | 59.1% | +11.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Sampson Elected | 809 | 53.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Terence Adams | 564 | 37.5% | +11.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Michael Kimberlin | 543 | 36.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Sarah Elizabeth Jones | 205 | 13.6% | +6.4 |
| Majority | 245 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,505 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Waterhouse Farm 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jennie Lardge Elected | 732 | 49.5% | -16.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Walsh Elected | 641 | 43.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Penny Richards | 494 | 33.4% | +15.5 |
| Labour Party | Pankaj Sharma | 467 | 31.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Brian John Jeapes | 337 | 22.8% | -5.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gilbert Smith | 288 | 19.5% | — |
| Majority | 147 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,480 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Writtle 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Thorpe-Apps Elected | 796 | 54.5% | +4.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Barry Knight Elected | 749 | 51.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | David Loxton | 552 | 37.8% | -2.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sanjeev Valdaya | 507 | 34.7% | — |
| Green Party | Robert Francis Jordan | 158 | 10.8% | +5.4 |
| Labour Party | Sandra Ann Massey | 157 | 10.8% | +6.1 |
| Majority | 197 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,460 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold