Tendring council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 32 wards · 48 seats contested

Most seats
19
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
48
across 32 wards
Turnout
29.5%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 19 +3 18,860 33.0% +0.2
Independent 16 +7 13,756 24.1% +5.7
Labour Party 8 +2 12,003 21.0% +6.9
Liberal Democrats 4 +2 7,142 12.5% -1.4
Tendring First 1 -3 2,231 3.9% -2.2
Green Party 0 +0 2,416 4.2% +0.2
Reform UK 0 +0 579 1.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 -5 98 0.2% -5.0
Holland On Sea & Eastcliff Matters 0 -3 0 — —
Foundation Party 0 -1 0 — —

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 48
Conservative and Unionist Party 48
Labour Party 48
Independent 36
Liberal Democrats 26
Green Party 19
Tendring First 7
Reform UK 4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

A party standing a full slate could field 48 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.

Alresford & Elmstead 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gary Gordon Ian Scott Elected 1,170 63.2% +3.0
Liberal Democrats Ann Wiggins Elected 1,046 56.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harriet Alice Butcher 607 32.8% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Mollie Rose Ireland 466 25.2% —
Labour Party Louise Lopdell Armstrong 231 12.5% +5.1
Labour Party Olivier Mupenda 183 9.9% —
Majority439
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,852

Liberal Democrats hold

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Zoe Jacqueline Fairley Elected 343 46.3% -5.7
Liberal Democrats Helen Claire Fontaine 324 43.7% +4.9
Labour Party Alan Tresham Todd 74 10.0% +0.8
Majority19
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast741

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bluehouse 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ian William Lennard Elected 213 25.9% +9.9
Conservative and Unionist Party James Codling Elected 212 25.8% +3.1
Independent Bernie Goldman 195 23.7% -2.6
Labour Party Martin Suker 188 22.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Catherine Newton 185 22.5% —
Independent Danny Mayzes 129 15.7% —
Independent Bev Sencier 115 14.0% —
Independent Carolyn Mayzes 107 13.0% —
Independent Josie Holland 101 12.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Andrew Pemberton 98 11.9% -24.1
Green Party David Alexander Eisenhart-Rothe 56 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Emma Louise Talbot 45 5.5% -2.7
Majority17
Turnout21.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)822

Labour Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP) · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Brightlingsea 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mick Barry Elected 1,411 68.7% +3.3
Independent Jayne Beverley Chapman Elected 1,309 63.7% —
Independent Graham David Steady Elected 1,081 52.6% —
Independent Mat Court 561 27.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Anthony Carr 395 19.2% +9.0
Green Party Ben Harvey 264 12.8% -1.4
Labour Party Jenna Susan Barton 251 12.2% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Graham Dyson 217 10.6% —
Labour Party Margaret Saunders 188 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bobby McWilliams 180 8.8% —
Labour Party Harry Prosser 148 7.2% —
Liberal Democrats James Robert David Jefferies 83 4.0% -24.1
Liberal Democrats Stuart David Morgan 76 3.7% —
Majority520
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,055

Independent hold

Burrsville 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Amos Elected 499 39.4% -5.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Mick Skeels Elected 432 34.1% —
Independent Pat Murray 290 22.9% —
Labour Party Christopher James Adams-Salmon 258 20.3% +6.0
Independent Gareth Luke Bayford 256 20.2% —
Labour Party Tracey Michelle Lewis 254 20.0% —
Liberal Democrats Jon Manning 183 14.4% -25.8
Liberal Democrats Kane Anthony Silver 179 14.1% —
Green Party Chris Southall 131 10.3% -11.4
Independent Jo Weiss 55 4.3% —
Majority142
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,268

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Cann Hall 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Gina Placey Elected 425 39.5% —
Independent Geeta Dilip Sudra Elected 392 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Chittock 366 34.0% -15.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Mick Skeels 317 29.5% —
Labour Party Sharon Bowling 201 18.7% +1.8
Labour Party Frances Lee Wright 164 15.2% —
Liberal Democrats Rob Harper 98 9.1% -19.1
Reform UK Harry Shearing 97 9.0% —
Reform UK Susan Elizabeth Shearing 91 8.5% —
Majority26
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,076

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

Coppins 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Kotz Elected 349 37.9% +18.4
Independent Sarah Jane Newton Elected 294 32.0% +15.3
Labour Party Geoff Ely 292 31.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Smith 284 30.9% +8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Oliver James Porter 281 30.5% —
Independent Dale Lee Ward 264 28.7% —
Liberal Democrats Sam Manning 75 8.2% +1.6
Majority2
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)920

Labour Party gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP) · Independent gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Dovercourt All Saints 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jo Henderson Elected 1,018 70.8% +9.1
Labour Party Maria Fowler Elected 858 59.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew James Erskine 423 29.4% -10.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Sharon Erskine 403 28.0% —
Green Party Duncan Michael Gordon 175 12.2% —
Majority435
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,438

Labour Party hold

Dovercourt Bay

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Garry William John Calver Elected 422 68.7% -10.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Lizi Ninnim 145 23.6% +2.4
Liberal Democrats Nathan Charles Williams 47 7.7% —
Majority277
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast614

Labour Party hold

Dovercourt Tollgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pam Morrison Elected 264 48.3% -5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John Christopher Wade 244 44.6% -1.6
Green Party Carrie Elizabeth Sanderson 39 7.1% —
Majority20
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast547

Labour Party hold

Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bill Davidson Elected 337 66.3% +3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party David Stephen Chant 120 23.6% -13.7
Liberal Democrats Simon Godfrey Banks 51 10.0% —
Majority217
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast508

Labour Party hold

Eastcliff

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andy Baker Elected 468 57.8% +11.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Percy William Cecil Lomax 247 30.5% -2.1
Labour Party Matthew John Wistowsky 95 11.7% +6.8
Majority221
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast810

Independent hold

Frinton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Turner Elected 910 46.9% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Hugh Everett Elected 903 46.5% —
Tendring First Terry Allen 668 34.4% -3.2
Tendring First Iris Johnson 496 25.5% —
Labour Party Nigel David King Roper 322 16.6% +7.1
Labour Party George Thomas Taylor 318 16.4% —
Green Party Susan Clutterbuck 268 13.8% -4.7
Majority235
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,942

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tendring First · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Harwich & Kingsway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ivan John Henderson Elected 493 72.9% -3.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry Edward Brown 147 21.7% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Wayne Michael Linge 36 5.3% —
Majority346
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast676

Labour Party hold

Homelands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Edward Platt Elected 331 37.1% +12.3
Labour Party John Philip Carrington 161 18.0% +8.4
Independent Shirley Heggie 122 13.7% -12.1
Tendring First Jack Robertson 120 13.4% -8.1
Liberal Democrats Glenn Edmund Maleary 105 11.8% —
Green Party Paul Clutterbuck 54 6.0% -0.8
Majority170
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast893

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent

Kirby Cross

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrea Iona Cossens Elected 377 45.7% +16.9
Tendring First Paul Clifton 278 33.7% -7.7
Labour Party Jay Edward Weaver 170 20.6% +12.8
Majority99
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast825

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tendring First

Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Alan Cossens Elected 408 49.2% +7.4
Tendring First Fiona Knowles 235 28.3% -29.9
Labour Party Bethan Joye Phillips 111 13.4% —
Green Party Paul Richard Butler 75 9.0% —
Majority173
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast829

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Tendring First

Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Terry Barrett Elected 1,208 50.6% +17.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Carlo Guglielmi Elected 907 38.0% -1.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Bensilum Elected 824 34.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Val Guglielmi 778 32.6% —
Liberal Democrats Ken Symon 743 31.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan David Coley 721 30.2% —
Labour Party Philip John Dunnett 552 23.1% -7.8
Labour Party Maria De Assis Dos Santos Tavares Carreiro 425 17.8% —
Green Party Lucy Jane Watts 360 15.1% -7.6
Labour Party Bailey Hendrix Hayes 344 14.4% —
Green Party David Dominic Watts 301 12.6% —
Majority46
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,388

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Little Clacton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Bray Elected 400 62.6% -6.0
Labour Party Marian Lilian Hatch 156 24.4% —
Liberal Democrats Jordan John Silver 83 13.0% -18.4
Majority244
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast639

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Pier

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Honeywood Elected 179 41.4% -4.8
Labour Party Donny Standing 145 33.6% +14.7
Independent James Charles Burns 91 21.1% +2.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Mark Cunningham 17 3.9% -3.0
Majority34
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast432

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St Bartholomew's 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Adrian Smith Elected 884 59.5% —
Independent Carrie Doyle Elected 872 58.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Justin Nathan Ball-Greenwood 390 26.2% -0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Rose Park 365 24.6% —
Labour Party Gerard Lovett 249 16.8% +9.3
Labour Party Alison Mitchell 213 14.3% —
Majority482
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,486

Independent gain from Holland On Sea & Eastcliff Matters · Independent gain from Holland On Sea & Eastcliff Matters

St James 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Griffiths Elected 673 57.8% -24.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Maurice John Alexander Elected 654 56.2% —
Labour Party Graham John Ford 280 24.1% —
Reform UK Kate Hammond 271 23.3% —
Independent Dan McDonnell 209 18.0% —
Labour Party Sheila Hammond 128 11.0% —
Liberal Democrats Ben Mayhew Minter 112 9.6% -29.1
Majority374
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,164

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St John's 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mark Stephenson Elected 455 41.6% +0.6
Independent Gemma Louise Stephenson Elected 432 39.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Ball-Greenwood 345 31.5% +8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Harry Leonard 294 26.9% —
Labour Party Norman Jacobs 197 18.0% +5.7
Labour Party David John Bolton 190 17.4% —
Liberal Democrats Katherine Sarah May Hornby 128 11.7% +7.7
Green Party Rosemary Ann Dodds 95 8.7% +3.5
Independent Colin David Kingham 53 4.8% —
Majority87
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,094

Independent hold

St Osyth 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent John Frederick White Elected 463 49.0% -13.3
Independent Michael John Talbot Elected 454 48.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart James Mackintosh 265 28.0% -3.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Grace Rozlynne Misha Skeels 230 24.3% —
Green Party Tracey Osben 148 15.7% —
Labour Party Sandra Rose Adams-Salmon 128 13.5% +0.7
Labour Party Jane Sarah Denise Herbert 122 12.9% —
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Gavin Talbot 80 8.5% —
Majority189
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)945

Independent hold

St Paul's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Honeywood Elected 288 41.6% +5.0
Tendring First Pierre James Oxley 161 23.2% +1.4
Labour Party Robert Porter 157 22.7% —
Green Party Clive Anthony Thomas Purrett 50 7.2% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Karen Margaret Walker 25 3.6% -4.9
Independent Elizabeth Ranar Khan 12 1.7% —
Majority127
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast693

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Stour Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tanya Michelle Ferguson Elected 336 34.7% -1.5
Labour Party Sean Fay 247 25.5% +11.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Anton De Roy 185 19.1% +8.2
Reform UK Mark Cole 120 12.4% —
Green Party Eleanor Mary Gordon 80 8.3% -2.2
Majority89
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast968

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

The Bentleys & Frating

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lynda Ann McWilliams Elected 450 48.0% -6.3
Liberal Democrats Robert James Taylor 173 18.4% -8.2
Independent Rebecca Louise Cole 126 13.4% —
Labour Party David Smith 102 10.9% +4.7
Green Party Alison Margaret Clarke 87 9.3% -3.6
Majority277
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast938

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

The Oakleys & Wix

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mike Bush Elected 311 40.3% -24.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Howard 265 34.4% +11.3
Labour Party Dave McLeod 133 17.3% +5.0
Green Party Bob Rowles 62 8.0% —
Majority46
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast771

Independent hold

Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Land Elected 789 75.8% -2.0
Labour Party Diane Margaret Somers 129 12.4% —
Green Party Jemma Keleher 77 7.4% —
Liberal Democrats David John Orton 46 4.4% —
Majority660
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,041

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Walton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Tendring First Ann Frances Oxley Elected 273 33.4% +12.0
Independent Delyth Miles 185 22.6% -5.7
Labour Party Chris Bee 171 20.9% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Poonian 140 17.1% -8.2
Green Party Steven Walker 49 6.0% —
Majority88
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast818

Tendring First gain from Independent

Weeley & Tendring

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Harris Elected 453 58.5% +24.5
Independent Vicky Cauvain 196 25.3% —
Labour Party Dave Chable 80 10.3% —
Green Party Natasha Osben 45 5.8% —
Majority257
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast774

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Foundation Party

West Clacton & Jaywick Sands 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Dan Casey Elected 602 54.1% +21.1
Independent Brad Thompson Elected 537 48.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Booth 264 23.7% -18.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Alexander 232 20.8% —
Independent Tony Mack 162 14.6% —
Labour Party Michael Cattrell 154 13.8% +4.7
Labour Party Adam Hewitt 138 12.4% —
Independent Danell Michelle Dreelan 137 12.3% —
Majority273
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,113

Independent gain from UK Independence Party (UKIP) · Independent hold

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