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Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022.[1][2] Eighteen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were elected: one from 16 of the 17 wards, and two councillors from New Town & Christ Church ward, following the death of incumbent councillor Nick Cope (Liberal Democrat),[3] elected in 2019 and due to serve until 2023.
At the election, the Conservative-Independent coalition lost control of the council, losing seats to the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. Paul Dundas, the leader of the Conservative group, lost his seat in Stanway to challenger Tracey Arnold.
Labour gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats and won the vacated Independent seat in Highwoods, giving them their largest reprenstation on the council since the 1990s.
Following the results of the previous election, the ruling "Progressive Alliance" coalition (comprising the Liberal Democrats, Labour and Independents) lost control of the council after the Independents decided to form an administration with the Conservatives, giving them a majority of one seat over the opposition parties.
2022 Colchester Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 6 | ![]() |
33.3 | 13 | 19 | 37.3 | 16,308 | 34.5 | -10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 5 | ![]() |
27.8 | 9 | 14 | 27.5 | 13,731 | 29.1 | +9.4 | |
Labour | 6 | ![]() |
33.3 | 7 | 13 | 25.5 | 13,311 | 28.2 | +5.7 | |
Green | 1 | ![]() |
5.6 | 2 | 3 | 5.9 | 3,909 | 8.3 | -2.4 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2 | 2 | 3.9 | N/A | N/A | -1.7 |
Ward | Incumbent Councillor | Party | Re-standing | |
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Berechurch | Martyn Warnes | Labour Co-op | Yes | |
Castle | Simon Crow | Conservative | Yes | |
Greenstead | Tina Bourne | Labour | No | |
Highwoods | Phil Oxford | Independent | No | |
Lexden & Braiswick | Martin Leatherdale | Conservative | Yes | |
Marks Tey & Layer | Jackie Maclean | Conservative | Yes | |
Mersea & Pyefleet | Robert Davidson | Conservative | Yes | |
Mile End | David King | Liberal Democrats | Yes | |
New Town & Christ Church | Lorcan Whitehead | Labour | No | |
Old Heath & The Hythe | Lee Scordis | Labour | Yes | |
Prettygate | Roger Buston | Conservative | Yes | |
Rural North | Peter Chillingworth | Conservative | No | |
Shrub End | Pauline Hazell | Conservative | No | |
St. Anne's & St. John's | Chris Hayter | Conservative | No | |
Stanway | Paul Dundas | Conservative | Yes | |
Tiptree | Derek Loveland | Conservative | No | |
Wivenhoe | Andrea Luxford-Vaughn | Liberal Democrats | Yes |
The Statement of Persons Nominated was released on 5 April 2022, detailing the candidates who will be standing in each of the wards.[4] The results of the Borough Council election were announced on 6 May 2022.[5]
Incumbents are listed with an asterisk *
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Martyn Warnes* | 1,418 | 69.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Chris Piggott | 402 | 19.7 | -0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michaela Grossmann-Hislop | 127 | 6.2 | -2.0 | |
Green | John Clifton | 98 | 4.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 1,016 | 49.6 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,045 | 27.8 | -3.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Richard Kirkby-Taylor | 1,420 | 50.2 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Simon Crow* | 794 | 28.1 | -4.4 | |
Labour | Alan Short | 360 | 12.7 | -6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Gillingham | 254 | 9.0 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 626 | 22.1 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,828 | 35.5 | -1.6 | ||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Molly Bloomfield | 1,194 | 59.1 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Petra Crees | 512 | 25.3 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Shaun Boughton | 184 | 9.1 | -1.4 | |
Green | Lisa Cross | 132 | 6.5 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 682 | 33.8 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,022 | 18.2 | -1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
No Reform UK (2.7%) candidate as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Jocelyn Law | 833 | 40.8 | +22.8 | |
Conservative | Stephen Rowe | 773 | 37.9 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Laura Cassidy | 435 | 21.3 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 60 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,041 | 28.5 | -1.8 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
No Independent (35.0%), Green (6.4%) or Reform UK (2.9%) candidates as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin Leatherdale* | 1,416 | 51.8 | -4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Culham | 607 | 22.2 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Stephen Novy | 406 | 14.9 | +3.5 | |
Green | Roger Bamforth | 302 | 11.1 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 809 | 29.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,731 | 37.3 | -6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jackie Maclean* | 1,393 | 56.6 | -10.8 | |
Labour | Barry Gilheany | 456 | 18.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Hull | 381 | 15.5 | +7.5 | |
Green | Amy Sheridan | 229 | 9.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 937 | 38.1 | -17.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,459 | 30.4 | -3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No Independent (4.7%) candidate as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Davidson* | 1,742 | 65.0 | -4.8 | |
Labour | Natalie Eldred | 521 | 19.5 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Stevens | 415 | 15.5 | +10.4 | |
Majority | 1,221 | 45.5 | -8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,678 | 34.0 | -3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No Green (16.1%) candidate as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David King* | 1,885 | 66.3 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | David Linghorn-Baker | 447 | 15.7 | -3.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Pauline Bacon | 350 | 12.3 | +1.5 | |
Green | Amanda Kirke | 163 | 5.7 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,438 | 50.6 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,845 | 30.4 | -2.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Labour | Kayleigh Rippingale | 1,451 | 45.8 | ||
Labour | Sam McLean | 1,292 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Spindler | 1,089 | 34.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin James | 920 | 29.1 | ||
Conservative | Annesley Hardy | 580 | 18.3 | ||
Conservative | Carla Hales | 524 | 16.6 | ||
Green | Clare Burgess | 473 | 14.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,324 | 34.4 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lee Scordis* | 1,585 | 64.2 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Martin | 502 | 20.3 | -6.3 | |
Green | Andrew Canessa | 204 | 8.3 | -2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Schraml | 176 | 7.1 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 43.9 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,467 | 28.8 | -1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Buston* | 1,406 | 46.4 | -13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Loxley | 1,050 | 34.6 | +19.2 | |
Labour | Simon Collis | 406 | 13.4 | -1.1 | |
Green | Natalie Edgoose | 171 | 5.6 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 356 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,033 | 39.0 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Sunnucks | 1,731 | 57.5 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Brown | 504 | 16.7 | +6.2 | |
Green | Sue Bailey | 391 | 13.0 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Neil Jones | 386 | 12.8 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 1,227 | 40.8 | -11.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,012 | 35.9 | -4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
No Reform UK (2.5%) candidate as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mick Spindler | 826 | 39.2 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Angela Linghorn-Baker | 660 | 31.3 | -4.0 | |
Labour | Luke Hayes | 623 | 29.5 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 166 | 7.9 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,109 | 26.6 | -0.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
No Green (6.1%) or Reform UK (2.8%) candidates as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Smith | 1,478 | 51.8 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Thomas Rowe | 986 | 34.5 | -6.6 | |
Labour | Abigail Chambers | 390 | 13.7 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 492 | 17.3 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,854 | 35.0 | -0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
No Green (6.8%) candidate as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tracy Arnold | 1,302 | 53.8 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Paul Dundas* | 907 | 37.5 | -8.9 | |
Labour | Jim Pey | 211 | 8.7 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 395 | 16.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,420 | 35.0 | -0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
No Green (4.4%) candidate as previous.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rhys Smithson | 1,351 | 61.6 | -10.4 | |
Labour | Ian Yates | 395 | 18.0 | +5.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kieron Franks | 284 | 13.0 | +5.8 | |
Green | John McArthur | 163 | 7.4 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 956 | 43.6 | -16.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,193 | 30.1 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrea Luxford-Vaughan* | 1,814 | 56.8 | +18.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Cyril Liddy | 1,034 | 32.4 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Mollie Ireland | 182 | 5.7 | -9.6 | |
Green | Christopher Blomeley | 163 | 5.1 | -9.2 | |
Majority | 780 | 24.4 | +17.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,193 | 43.7 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |