2019 Braintree District Council election

2019 Braintree District Council election
All 49 seats to Braintree District Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31.2% (36.3%)
	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

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.

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.

Summary

Election result

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	3	3	3	0	+3	6.1	3.6	2,269	+3.6
	Group total		24	9	8	0	+8	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		2	0	0	0	0	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	43.4	−8.8
	Conservative	Trevor McArdle	844	42.5	+8.0
	Conservative	Lyn Walters	813	40.9	+9.3
	Green	John Malam	579	29.1	+20.1
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	487	24.5	+6.7
	UKIP	Leo Jenner	479	24.1	N/A
	Labour	Merle Morris	384	19.3	+4.6
	Labour	Richard Parsons	359	18.1	+4.8
Turnout			1,995	26.5	−39.3
Rejected ballots			7	0.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Bocking North

Bocking North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Mann	593	51.1	+17.1
	Labour	Tony Everard	569	49.0	+18.1
	Conservative	Philip Rawlinson	445	38.3	−1.8
	Green	Dawn Holmes	251	21.6	+13.4
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	46.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Ian Pritchard	399	36.5	+10.3
	Labour	Moia Thorogood	377	34.5	+5.7
	Labour	Lynn Jefferis	369	33.8	+6.6
	Green	Simon Attwood	282	25.8	+16.4
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	35.5	−2.1
	Conservative	Justin Wrench	512	30.5	−4.5
	Conservative	Saif Rehman	504	30.0	−2.4
	Labour	Celia Shute	494	29.4	+4.0
	Labour	Antony Jones	477	28.4	−2.3
	Labour	Bill Edwards	461	27.4	+2.0
	Green	Dormer Andrews	459	27.3	+10.2
	Independent	Colin Riches	451	26.8	N/A
	Independent	David Mansell	382	22.7	N/A
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	49.5	−4.2
	Conservative	Dean Wallace	528	48.5	+6.5
	Labour	Martin Green	327	30.1	−5.2
	Labour	Edith Aganoke	317	29.1	−5.4
	Green	Nicholas Scales	237	21.8	N/A
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	55.1	+18.6
	Conservative	John McKee	780	53.5	−3.0
	Labour	Andy Beatty	369	25.3	+4.8
	Green	Edwyn Gerrard-Abbott	363	24.9	+13.1
	Labour	Keiran Martin	253	17.3	−1.8
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	61.1	*N/A*
	Independent	Tom Walsh ^{[n 1]}	1,059	53.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Alan Dunn	559	28.2	−23.1
	Conservative	Lynette Bowers-Flint	552	27.9	−14.1
	Labour	Gary Knights	228	11.5	−8.0
	Labour	Eileen Davidson	198	10.0	−5.8
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	59.6	−1.3
	Conservative	Tom Cunningham	1,053	52.7	±0.0
	Conservative	Francesco Ricci	1,044	52.2	+1.9
	Green	Freddie Gerrard-Abbott	536	26.8	+13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Sheppard	336	16.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Toombs	303	15.2	N/A
	Labour	Juliet Walton	298	14.9	+1.1
	Labour	Collette Gibson	269	13.5	±0.0
	Labour	Bronislaw Jagniaszek	211	10.6	−2.4
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	52.9	+11.5
	Halstead Residents	Mick Radley	628	47.4	+22.6
	Conservative	Stephen Kirby	301	22.7	−12.3
	Conservative	Rob Pye	265	20.0	−7.9
	Labour	Stephen Knight	184	13.9	−2.1
	Labour	Pauline Amos	174	13.1	+3.2
	Green	Daniel Shadbolt	157	11.9	+3.9
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	64.5	+18.9
	Halstead Residents	Andy Munday	593	47.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Malcolm Fincken	329	26.5	−1.4
	Labour	Garry Warren	290	23.4	+5.5
	Conservative	Julia Allen	256	20.6	−19.6
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	63.4	+21.5
	Conservative	David Bebb	901	59.8	+7.7
	Green	Jonathan Barker	355	23.6	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Hooper	174	11.5	N/A
	Labour	Tony Bennett	148	9.8	−2.9
	Labour	Nick Fogden	127	8.4	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Wheeler	102	6.8	N/A
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	46.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Hylton Johnson	607	45.8	+4.9
	Green	Stephanie Bills	374	28.2	N/A
	Conservative	Nigel McCrea	363	27.4	−21.6
	Labour	Matt Creamer	190	14.3	−2.4
	Labour	Denis Franklin	104	7.8	−8.8
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	50.0	+29.4
	Green	Paul Thorogood	717	41.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robert Mitchell	672	39.2	−17.9
	Conservative	John Elliott	629	36.7	−23.3
	Labour	Ian Marshall	281	16.4	−6.2
	Labour	Bob Powers	175	10.2	−11.4
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	76.9	+27.6
	Green	Bob Wright	1,059	61.1	+33.1
	UKIP	Sean Perkins	292	16.8	−5.8
	Conservative	Becky Karaman-Naci	248	14.3	−17.5
	Labour	Ann Griffin	121	7.0	−5.5
	Labour	Richard Tuff	100	5.8	−3.8
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	65.4	+3.5
	Conservative	Gabrielle Spray	721	62.4	+13.5
	Green	Alan Sheppard	517	44.8	+26.0
	Labour	Tamsin Cleeve	216	18.7	−0.3
	Labour	Cornelius Coughlan	122	10.6	+0.4
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	69.8	+16.2
	Conservative	Vanessa Santomauro	901	61.6	+15.5
	Green	Andrea Phillips	585	40.0	+28.7
	Labour	Margaret Lynch	260	17.8	+2.5
	Labour	Barry Foskett	255	17.4	+5.8
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	45.7	+2.0
	Conservative	Susan Wilson	439	36.4	−8.9
	Green	Nelson Brunton	384	31.8	+15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Fleet	373	30.9	+14.6
	Labour	Kathie Tearle	202	16.7	−5.6
	Labour	Jack Coleman	192	15.9	−3.1
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	39.6	+18.4
	Green	Stephen Hicks	539	35.8	*N/A*
	Labour Co-op	Philip Barlow	479	31.8	−0.8
	Conservative	Jack Bayford	443	29.4	−10.9
	Conservative	JoAnn Williams	437	29.0	−8.5
	Labour Co-op	Leanora Headley	366	24.3	−0.6
Turnout			1,536	30.0	−31.3
Rejected ballots			31	2.0	+0.2
	Green gain from Labour Co-op
	Green gain from Conservative

Labour gained one of the Conservative seats in a 2016 by-election.

Witham South

Witham South^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Coleridge	587	54.5	+3.8
	Conservative	Ronald Ramage	542	50.3	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Onions	312	28.9	+20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Ryland	282	26.2	+18.9
	Labour	Pamela Carlaw	252	23.4	−2.6
	Labour	Tom Hewitt	235	21.8	+3.2
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	43.6	+0.7
	Conservative	Patrick Horner	599	41.2	−5.7
	Green	Philip Hughes	427	29.4	+14.8
	Labour	Lucy Barlow	376	25.9	−3.0
	Labour	Antony Gore	256	17.6	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Fleet	202	13.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Waring	182	12.5	N/A
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

By-elections

Hatfield Peverel and Terling

Hatfield Peverel and Terling: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren White	1,009	61.4	+1.6
	Green	Jonathan Barker	315	19.2	−4.4
	Labour	Jack Coleman	195	11.9	+2.1
	Independent	David Hodges	124	7.5	N/A
Majority			694	42.2	N/A
Turnout			1,650	35.6	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.0

Witham South

Witham South: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Korsinah	623	51.5	+1.2
	Labour	Paul Heath	339	28.0	+4.6
	Green	Philip Hughes	157	13.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Ryland	91	7.5	−18.7
Majority			284	23.5	N/A
Turnout			1,217	26.5	+2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Braintree South

Braintree South: 10 November 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Green	372	45.2	+15.6
	Conservative	Stephen Canning	317	38.5	−10.4
	Green	Simon Attwood	134	16.3	−5.2
Majority			55	6.7	N/A
Turnout			823	17.4	−6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.0

Coggeshall

Coggeshall: 10 November 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dennis Abram	576	43.5	−17.1
	Conservative	Christopher Siddall	451	34.1	+6.1
	Labour	Robert Powers	297	22.4	+11.0
Majority			125	9.4	N/A
Turnout			1,324	28.3	−15.0
	Independent hold		Swing	11.6

References

^ Braintree D. Council (2 May 2019). "Overall turnout in Braintree District Local Elections is 31.22% #LocalElection2019 #BDelections". @BraintreeDC. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ "New alliance 'delighted' after winning eight seats on Braintree Council". Braintree and Witham Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa Arthur, Will. "District Election Results 2019". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
^ "CMIS > Councillors". braintree.cmis.uk.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

Notes

^ ^a ^b Member of the Green and Independent group

[1] Braintree D. Council (2 May 2019). "Overall turnout in Braintree District Local Elections is 31.22% #LocalElection2019 #BDelections". @BraintreeDC. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[2] "New alliance 'delighted' after winning eight seats on Braintree Council". Braintree and Witham Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[X-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa Arthur, Will. "District Election Results 2019". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[4] "The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

[5] "CMIS > Councillors". braintree.cmis.uk.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

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