2024 Colchester City Council election

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17 out of 51 seats to Colchester City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Paul Dundas Martin Goss Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 19 seats, 30.5% 15 seats, 30.3% Seats before 19 16   Third party Fourth party   Leader Julie Young Mark Goacher Party Labour Green Last election 15 seats, 24.5% 2 seats, 10.2% Seats before 14 2
Map showing the electoral wards of Colchester
Leader before election David King Liberal Democrats No overall control Leader after election TBD

The 2024 Colchester City Council election is due to take place on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections across England.^[1] Seventeen members of the council are due to be elected, one from each of the wards.^[2]

Background

This set of seats were last up for election at the 2021 election. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council election (then Borough) scheduled for 2020 was postponed one year to 2021. This resulted in the terms of councillors elected at the 2021 election being truncated to 3-years rather than the usual 4-years.

Summary

Election result

Incumbents

Candidates

Berechurch

Castle

Greenstead

Highwoods

Lexden & Braiswick

Marks Tey & Layer

Mersea & Pyefleet

Mile End

New Town & Christ Church

Old Heath & The Hythe

Prettygate

Rural North

Shrub End

St. Anne's & St. John's

Stanway

Tiptree

Wivenhoe