2019 Braintree District Council election

The 2019 Braintree District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Braintree District Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 49 seats to Braintree District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout31.2%[1] (36.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Green and
Independent group[2]		 Halstead Residents
Last election 44 seats, 47.2% 1 seat, 11.3% 2 seats, 3.1%
Seats before 39 1 2
Seats won 34 8 4
Seat change 10 7 2
Popular vote 28,600 13,434 2,722
Percentage 45.5% 21.4% 4.3%
Swing 1.7% 10.1% 1.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP
Last election 2 seats, 19.9% 0 seats, 2.6% 0 seats, 15.5%
Seats before 4 0 0
Seats won 2 0 0
Seat change
Popular vote 13,278 2,540 771
Percentage 21.1% 4.0% 1.2%
Swing 1.3% 1.4% 14.3%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Braintree District Council election:
   Conservative
   Green
   Independent (Green and Independent group)
   Halstead Residents
   Labour
   Other Independent
Leader before election

Graham Butland
Conservative

 Elected Leader

Graham Butland
Conservative

Some minor ward boundary changes were made in February 2019.[4] 49 members were elected from 26 wards.

Before the election, an alliance was formed between the Liberal Democrats, Greens and the two Independent candidates standing in Coggeshall, such that the two parties did not stand against each other in most wards, and neither stood in Coggeshall. The elected Green and Independent councillors formed a political group on the new Council.[5]

The election returned a much reduced Conservative majority, down from 39 in 2015 to 19. The Green and Independent group became the largest opposition for the first time, with 8 seats, entirely in the southeast of the district.

By-elections between 2015 and 2019

Summary
By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Witham South 5 May 2016 Conservative Conservative
Witham North 20 October 2016 Conservative Labour
Bumpstead 20 October 2016 Conservative Conservative
Bocking North 3 May 2018 Conservative Labour
Hatfield Peverel and Terling 3 May 2018 Conservative Conservative

Witham South
Witham South: 5 May 2016[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gavin Maclure 446 44.3 -13.2
Labour Paul Heath 376 37.4 +10.8
Green Stephen Hicks 184 18.3 +12.0
Majority 70 7.0 N/A
Turnout 1,014 23.0 -38.9
Rejected ballots 8 0.8 -1.1
Conservative hold

Witham North
Witham North: 20 October 2016[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Barlow 339 37.5 +4.2
Conservative Lorne Campbell 308 34.0 -11.0
Green Michelle Weeks 227 25.1 +12.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Scott 31 3.4 -6.0
Majority 31 3.4 N/A
Turnout 906 18.3 -43.0
Rejected ballots 1 0.1 -1.7
Labour gain from Conservative

Bumpstead
Bumpstead: 20 October 2016[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Garrod 350 64.6 +2.7
UKIP Debbie Shaw 84 15.5 -4.1
Labour William Edwards 45 8.3 -10.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bolter 40 7.4 N/A
Green Anne Bishop 23 4.2 N/A
Majority 266 49.1 +6.8
Turnout 542 23.2 -52.5
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.8
Conservative hold

Bocking North
Bocking North: 3 May 2018[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anthony Everard 619 48.3 +9.0
Conservative Dean Wallace 540 42.2 +3.1
UKIP Samuel Cowie 78 6.1 -10.6
Green Dawn Holmes 44 3.4 -1.5
Majority 79 6.2 N/A
Turnout 1,281 30.7 -35.4
Rejected ballots 0 0.0 -0.4
Labour gain from Conservative

Hatfield Peverel and Terling
Hatfield Peverel and Terling: 3 May 2018[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Coleridge 965 64.7 -3.0
Green Jonathan Barker 293 19.6 +9.7
Labour Lucy Barlow 234 15.7 -6.3
Majority 672 45.0 N/A
Turnout 1,496 32.2 -41.2
Rejected ballots 4 0.3 -0.5
Conservative hold

Results summary
2019 Braintree District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 46 34 1 11 −10 69.4 45.5 28,600 −1.7
Green and Independent group
  Green 22 6 5 0 +5 12.2 17.8 11,165 +6.5
  Independent 2 2 2 0 +2 4.1 3.6 2,269 +3.6
Group total 24 8 7 0 +7 16.3 21.4 13,434 +10.1
  Halstead Residents 4 4 2 0 +2 8.2 4.3 2,722 +1.3
  Labour 49 2 1 1 0 4.1 21.1 13,278 +1.3
  Independent 3 1 1 0 +1 2.0 2.3 1,451 +2.0
  Liberal Democrat 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.0 2,540 +1.4
  UKIP 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 771 −14.3
Total 138 49 Turnout 31.2 34,696 −36.3

Results by ward

Bocking Blackwater
Bocking Blackwater[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Schmitt 862 35.8 -22.7
Conservative Trevor McArdle 844
Conservative Lyn Walters 813
Green John Malam 579 24.1 +14.0
Labour Agnes Bishop 487 20.2 +0.2
UKIP Leo Jenner 479 19.9 New
Labour Merle Morris 384
Labour Richard Parsons 359
Turnout 1,995 26.5 -39.3
Rejected ballots 7 0.4 +0.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bocking North
Bocking North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Mann 593 46.0 +15.1
Labour Tony Everard 569
Conservative Philip Rawlinson 445 34.5 -2.0
Green Dawn Holmes 251 19.5 +12.1
Turnout 1,187 28.6 -37.6
Rejected ballots 26 2.2 +1.8
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Bocking South
Bocking South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Baugh 511 43.7 +6.2
Conservative Ian Pritchard 399
Labour Moia Thorogood 377 32.2 +3.0
Labour Lynn Jefferis 369
Green Simon Attwood 282 24.1 +14.6
Turnout 1,115 25.1 -32.3
Rejected ballots 23 2.1 +1.9
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Braintree Central and Beckers Green
Braintree Central and Beckers Green[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Hensman 596 29.8 -1.2
Conservative Justin Wrench 512
Conservative Saif Rehman 504
Labour Celia Shute 494 24.7 -2.5
Labour Antony Jones 477
Labour Bill Edwards 461
Green Dormer Andrews 459 23.0 +7.9
Independent Colin Riches 451 22.6 New
Independent David Mansell 382
Turnout 1,702 26.2 -31.3
Rejected ballots 22 1.3 +0.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Braintree South
Braintree South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Bowers 539 48.9 -11.5
Conservative Dean Wallace 528
Labour Martin Green 327 29.6 -10.0
Labour Edith Aganoke 317
Green Nicholas Scales 237 21.5 New
Turnout 1,117 24.0 -35.7
Rejected ballots 29 2.6 -0.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Braintree West
Braintree West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Cunningham 804 52.3 +4.8
Conservative John McKee 780
Labour Andy Beatty 369 24.0 +6.0
Green Edwyn Gerrard-Abbott 363 23.6 +13.7
Labour Keiran Martin 253
Turnout 1,480 31.4 -36.9
Rejected ballots 21 1.4 +1.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bumpstead
Bumpstead[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diana Garrod 628 76.2 +14.4
Labour Jacqueline Thurgood 196 23.8 +5.2
Majority 432 52.4 +10.2
Turnout 854 36.4 -39.3
Rejected ballots 30 3.5 +2.7
Conservative hold Swing +4.6

Coggeshall
Coggeshall[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nick Unsworth [n 1] 1,210 60.6 New
Independent Tom Walsh [n 1] 1,059
Conservative Alan Dunn 559 28.0 -20.8
Conservative Lynette Bowers-Flint 552
Labour Gary Knights 228 11.4 -7.1
Labour Eileen Davidson 198
Turnout 1,989 43.3 -33.1
Rejected ballots 9 0.5 -0.4
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative

Gosfield and Greenstead Green
Gosfield and Greenstead Green[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Schwier 445 51.6 -16.1
Green Jenny Bishop 297 34.4 +20.6
Labour Deborah Warren 121 14.0 -4.4
Majority 148 17.1 -32.1
Turnout 908 41.4 -36.6
Rejected ballots 45 5.0 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing -18.3

Great Notley and Black Notley
Great Notley and Black Notley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Butland 1,191 50.4 -4.6
Conservative Tom Cunningham 1,053
Conservative Francesco Ricci 1,044
Green Freddie Gerrard-Abbott 536 22.7 +11.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Sheppard 336 14.2 New
Liberal Democrats David Toombs 303
Labour Juliet Walton 298 12.6 +0.1
Labour Collette Gibson 269
Labour Bronislaw Jagniaszek 211
Turnout 2,039 28.2 -43.0
Rejected ballots 40 2.0 +1.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Halstead St Andrews
Halstead St Andrews[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Halstead Residents David Hume 701 52.2 +10.9
Halstead Residents Mick Radley 628
Conservative Stephen Kirby 301 22.4 -12.5
Conservative Rob Pye 265
Labour Stephen Knight 184 13.7 -2.2
Labour Pauline Amos 174
Green Daniel Shadbolt 157 11.7 +3.7
Turnout 1,358 30.6 -34.6
Rejected ballots 29 2.1 -0.1
Halstead Residents hold
Halstead Residents gain from Conservative

Halstead Trinity
Halstead Trinity[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Halstead Residents Jackie Pell 800 57.8 +25.6
Halstead Residents Andy Munday 593
Labour Malcolm Fincken 329 23.8 +4.1
Labour Garry Warren 290
Conservative Julia Allen 256 18.5 -9.9
Turnout 1,252 26.8 -33.3
Rejected ballots 12 1.0 -0.7
Halstead Residents hold
Halstead Residents gain from Conservative

Hatfield Peverel and Terling
Hatfield Peverel and Terling[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Dervish 955 58.5 +10.2
Conservative David Bebb 901
Green Jonathan Barker 355 21.8 +12.7
Liberal Democrats Pamela Hooper 174 10.7 New
Labour Tony Bennett 148 9.1 -2.7
Labour Nick Fogden 127
Liberal Democrats David Wheeler 102
Turnout 1,547 33.6 -39.7
Rejected ballots 40 2.6 +1.8
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hedingham
Hedingham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jo Beavis 618 34.5 New
Conservative Hylton Johnson 607 33.9 -18.7
Green Stephanie Bills 374 20.9 New
Conservative Nigel McCrea 363
Labour Matt Creamer 190 10.6 -7.3
Labour Denis Franklin 104
Turnout 1,344 30.0 -36.6
Rejected ballots 18 1.3 +0.8
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Kelvedon and Feering
Kelvedon and Feering[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jennifer Sandum 857 47.3 +27.3
Green Paul Thorogood 717
Conservative Robert Mitchell 672 37.1 -21.0
Conservative John Elliott 629
Labour Ian Marshall 281 15.5 -6.4
Labour Bob Powers 175
Turnout 1,729 40.3 -36.1
Rejected ballots 14 0.8 -0.3
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Rayne
Rayne[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Euesden 430 54.3 -7.5
Green Poppy Gerrard-Abbott 260 32.8 +26.1
Labour Nigel Gibson 102 12.9 +1.9
Majority 170 21.5 -19.8
Turnout 805 35.8 -37.0
Rejected ballots 13 1.6 +1.1
Conservative hold Swing -16.8

Silver End and Cressing
Silver End and Cressing[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Abbott 1,334 66.9 +24.6
Green Bob Wright 1,059
UKIP Sean Perkins 292 14.6 -4.9
Conservative Becky Karaman-Naci 248 12.4 -15.1
Labour Ann Griffin 121 6.1 -4.7
Labour Richard Tuff 100
Turnout 1,740 37.5 -31.1
Rejected ballots 6 0.3 -0.0
Green hold
Green gain from Conservative

Stour Valley North
Stour Valley North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iona Parker 716 84.3 +21.8
Labour Peter Long 133 15.7 +0.0
Majority 583 68.7 +28.0
Turnout 901 39.1 -37.5
Rejected ballots 52 5.8 +4.7
Conservative hold Swing +10.9

Stour Valley South
Stour Valley South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wendy Scattergood 565 61.7 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Steve Bolter 274 29.9 +14.8
Labour Fredrick Hearn 77 8.4 -3.8
Majority 291 31.8 -11.6
Turnout 948 38.9 -39.9
Rejected ballots 32 3.4 +2.8
Conservative hold Swing -5.8

The Colnes
The Colnes[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Courtauld 755 50.7 -11.4
Conservative Gabrielle Spray 721
Green Alan Sheppard 517 34.7 +15.9
Labour Tamsin Cleeve 216 14.5 -4.6
Labour Cornelius Coughlan 122
Turnout 1,181 26.5 -46.3
Rejected ballots 26 2.2 +1.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Three Fields
Three Fields[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Tattersley 1,021 54.7 +4.8
Conservative Vanessa Santomauro 901
Green Andrea Phillips 585 31.4 +20.9
Labour Margaret Lynch 260 13.9 -0.4
Labour Barry Foskett 255
Turnout 1,498 33.0 -42.2
Rejected ballots 35 2.3 +2.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham Central
Witham Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Kilmartin 552 36.5 -8.5
Conservative Susan Wilson 439
Green Nelson Brunton 384 25.4 +8.7
Liberal Democrats Barry Fleet 373 24.7 +8.5
Labour Kathie Tearle 202 13.4 -8.8
Labour Jack Coleman 192
Turnout 1,228 28.0 -32.8
Rejected ballots 21 1.7 +0.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham North
Witham North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Michelle Weeks 596 39.3 +18.9
Green Stephen Hicks 539
Labour Co-op Philip Barlow 479 31.6 +0.2
Conservative Jack Bayford 443 29.2 -9.6
Conservative JoAnn Williams 437
Labour Co-op Leanora Headley 366
Turnout 1,536 30.0 -31.3
Rejected ballots 31 2.0 +0.2
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Witham South
Witham South[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Coleridge 587 51.0 -1.8
Conservative Ronald Ramage 542
Liberal Democrats Kate Onions 312 27.1 +17.8
Liberal Democrats Charlie Ryland 282
Labour Pamela Carlaw 252 21.9 -5.2
Labour Tom Hewitt 235
Turnout 1,117 24.0 -38.0
Rejected ballots 39 3.5 +1.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Witham West
Witham West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bill Rose 633 38.6 -7.3
Conservative Patrick Horner 599
Green Philip Hughes 427 26.1 +11.8
Labour Lucy Barlow 376 23.0 -5.3
Labour Antony Gore 256
Liberal Democrats James Fleet 202 12.3 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Waring 182
Turnout 1,463 29.1 -33.4
Rejected ballots 10 0.7 -1.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Yeldham
Yeldham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard van Dulken 453 72.1 +16.2
Labour Noel Owen 175 27.9 +9.4
Majority 278 44.3 +14.0
Turnout 663 31.1 -42.0
Rejected ballots 35 5.3 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing +3.4

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  4. "The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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Notes
  1. Member of the Green and Independent group
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