2019 Maldon District Council election

The 2019 Maldon District Council election took place on 2 May to elect all members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England, the same day as the other 2019 United Kingdom local elections.

2019 Maldon District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 31 seats to Maldon District Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Independent Last election 29 seats, 56.5% 2 seats, 16.4% Seats won 17 14 Seat change 11 12 Popular vote 11,575 12,156 Percentage 45.8% 48.1% Swing 10.7% 31.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Maldon District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Summary

Election result

2019 Maldon District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29	17	0	11	11	54.8	45.8	11,575	–10.7
	Independent	27	14	12	0	12	45.2	48.1	12,156	+31.7
	Labour	8	0	0	0		0.0	5.4	1,365	–4.8
	UKIP	1	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.6	155	–7.5

No Green (-6.5), BNP (-1.5) or Liberal Democrat (-0.8) candidates stood in this election.

Ward results

Althorne

Althorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Bassenger	531	52.6
	Conservative	Bob Boyce	468	46.3
	Conservative	Linda Pailing	369	36.5
	Labour	Joshua Allen	185	18.3
Turnout			1,021	29.4
	Independent gain from UKIP
	Conservative hold

Burnham-on-Crouch North

Burnham-on-Crouch North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wendy Stamp	930	83.3
	Conservative	Anne Hull	356	31.9
	Conservative	Neil Pudney	270	24.2
	Labour	Jackie Brown	167	15.0
Turnout			1,117	36.0
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Burnham-on-Crouch South

Burnham-on-Crouch South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nick Skeens	771	67.9
	Independent	Vanessa Bell	740	65.2
	Conservative	Ron Pratt	270	23.8
	Conservative	Peter Elliott	193	17.0
	Labour	Leslie McDonald	131	11.5
Turnout			1,145	34.6
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Great Totham

Great Totham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Siddall	714	55.8
	Conservative	John Keyes	704	55.0
	Independent	Jade Hughes	483	37.8
	Independent	Mark Fullbrook	267	20.9
	Labour	Karen Corley	126	9.9
Turnout			1,279	42.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heybridge East

Heybridge East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Harker	471	54.0
	Conservative	Anne Beale	429	49.2
	Independent	Carey Martin	369	42.3
	Independent	Richard Perry	359	41.2
Turnout			905	27.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Heybridge West

Heybridge West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Edwards	423	60.3
	Independent	Chrisy Morris	283	40.3
	Conservative	Ian Dobson	277	39.5
	Conservative	Robert Long	224	31.9
Turnout			723	22.7
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Maldon East

Maldon East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Swain	224	50.7
	Independent	David Ogg	123	25.6
	Conservative	Stephen Savage	114	23.7
Majority
Turnout			472	24.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Maldon North

Maldon North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Nunn	703	62.2
	Independent	Carlie Mayes	367	32.4
	Conservative	Richie Miller	347	30.7
	Conservative	Tony Shrimpton	310	27.4
	Independent	Michael Pearlman	256	22.6
Turnout			1,158	34.1
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Maldon South

Maldon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Lagan	663	65.1
	Independent	Jeanette Stilts	475	46.6
	Conservative	Andrew Cain	322	31.6
	Conservative	Branda Harker	265	26.0
	Labour	Wayne Frostick	150	14.7
Turnout			1,019	33.2
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Independent gain from Conservative

Maldon West

Maldon West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Heard	1,039	83.5
	Independent	Flo Shaughnessy	894	71.8
	Conservative	Jhual Hafiz	233	18.7
Turnout			1,250	40.1
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Mayland

Mayland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Channer	Unopposed
	Conservative	Michael Helm	Unopposed
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Purleigh

Purleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Fleming	625	66.7
	Conservative	Sue White	586	62.5
	Independent	Tina Gentry	266	28.4
	Independent	Chris van Rossum	249	26.6
Turnout			956	34.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Southminster

Southminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Beale	576	43.0
	Conservative	Adrian Fluker	410	30.6
	Independent	John Anderson	354	26.4
Majority
Turnout			908	26.4
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Tillingham

Tillingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dewick	283	44.8
	Independent	Matthew Neall	193	30.6
	UKIP	Peter Horscroft	155	24.6
Majority
Turnout			644	36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tollesbury

Tollesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Bamford	409	72.5
	Labour	Jenna Payne	155	27.5
Majority
Turnout			596	36.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maddie Thompson	749	72.1
	Conservative	Clive Morley	707	68.0
	Labour	Glenn Craig	278	26.8
Turnout			1,089	31.8
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wickham Bishops and Woodham

Wickham Bishops and Woodham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karl Jarvis	784	65.2
	Conservative	Mark Durham	686	57.0
	Independent	Dawn Penn	256	21.3
	Independent	Leonard Perry	207	17.2
	Labour	Ted Herring	173	14.4
Turnout			1,215	41.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-elections

Heybridge East

Heybridge East: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Heubner	510	49.4
	Independent	Richard Perry	202	19.6
	Labour	Wayne Frosick	123	11.9
	Independent	Alan Outlaw	111	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Driver	87	8.4
Majority			308	29.8
Turnout			1,033	31.9
Registered electors			3,271
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tollesbury

Tollesbury: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Emma Stephens	531	65.4
	Conservative	Debbie Keating	224	27.6
	Labour	Matthew Wallis-Keyes	39	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones	18	2.2
Majority			307	37.8
Turnout			812	49.7
Registered electors			1,645
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Wickham Bishops & Woodham

Wickham Bishops and Woodham: 24 February 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Morgan	361	53.9	−11.3
	Independent	Lance Peatling	161	24.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Baldy	80	11.9	N/A
	Labour	Matthew Wallis-Keyes	66	9.9	−4.5
Majority			200	29.9
Turnout			670	23.4
	Conservative hold

Heybridge West

Heybridge West: 14 April 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Spenceley	269	45.6	N/A
	Conservative	Nigel Miller	107	18.1	−21.4
	Independent	Simon Burwood	93	15.8	N/A
	Independent	Richard Perry	72	12.2	N/A
	Labour	Matthew Wallis-Keyes	49	8.3	N/A
Majority			162	27.5
Turnout			590	17.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	N/A