2022 Colchester Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council are due to be held on 5 May 2022.[1][2] Eighteen members of the council (one-third of the whole) are to be 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.

2022 Colchester Borough Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
18 out of 51 seats
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Paul Dundas Martin Goss Adam Fox
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader's seat Stanway Mile End Old Heath & The Hythe
Last election 23 seats, 44.8% 12 seats, 19.7% 11 seats, 22.5%
Seats before 23 11 11
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Mark Goacher Gerard Oxford
Party Green Independent
Leader's seat Castle Highwoods
Last election 2 seats, 10.7% 3 seats, 1.7%
Seats before 2 3
Seats won 0
Seats after 2
Seat change 1
Popular vote 0
Percentage 0.0%

Background

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 1 seat over the opposition parties.

Summary

Candidates by party
Conservative Party (18/18)





Liberal Democrats (18/18)





Labour Party (18/18)





Green Party (12/18)





Election results
2022 Colchester Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 13
  Liberal Democrats 9
  Labour 7
  Green 2
  Independent 0 1 0.0 2 2 3.9 N/A N/A N/A

Incumbents
Ward Incumbent Councillor Party Re-standing
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

Candidates by ward

The Statement of Persons Nominated was released on 5 April 2022, detailing the candidates who will be standing in each of the wards.[4]

Incumbents are listed with an asterisk *

Berechurch
Berechurch ward
Berechurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Piggott
Green John Clifton
Labour Martyn Warnes*
Liberal Democrats Michaela Grossmann-Hislop

Castle
Castle ward
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Crow*
Green Richard Kirkby-Taylor
Labour Alan Short
Liberal Democrats Martin Gillingham

Greenstead
Greenstead ward
Greenstead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Petra Crees
Green Lisa Cross
Labour Molly Bloomfield
Liberal Democrats Shaun Boughton

No Reform UK (2.7%) candidate as previous.

Highwoods
Highwoods ward
Highwoods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Rowe
Labour Jocelyn Law
Liberal Democrats Laura Cassidy

No Independent (35.0%), Green (6.4%) or Reform UK (2.9%) candidates as previous.

Lexden & Braiswick
Lexden & Braiswick ward
Lexden & Braiswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Leatherdale*
Green Roger Bamforth
Labour Stephen Novy
Liberal Democrats Sandra Culham

Marks Tey & Layer
Marks Tey & Layer ward
Marks Tey & Layer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jackie Maclean*
Green Amy Sheridan
Labour Barry Gilheany
Liberal Democrats Mark Hull

No Independent (4.7%) candidate as previous.

Mersea & Pyefleet
Mersea & Pyefleet ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Davidson*
Labour Natalie Eldred
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Stevens

No Green (16.1%) candidate as previous.

Mile End
Mile End ward
Mile End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Linghorn-Baker
Green Amanda Kirke
Labour Pauline Bacon
Liberal Democrats David King*

New Town & Christ Church
New Town & Christ Church ward
New Town & Christ Church (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carla Hales
Conservative Annesley Hardy
Green Clare Burgess
Labour Sam McLean
Labour Kayleigh Rippingale
Liberal Democrats Robin James
Liberal Democrats Catherine Spindler

Old Heath & The Hythe
Old Heath & The Hythe ward
Old Heath & The Hythe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Martin
Green Andrew Canessa
Labour Lee Scordis*
Liberal Democrats Peter Schraml

Prettygate
Prettygate ward
Prettygate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Buston*
Green Natalie Edgoose
Labour Simon Collis
Liberal Democrats John Loxley

Rural North
Rural North ward
Rural North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Sunnucks
Green Sue Bailey
Labour Neil Jones
Liberal Democrats William Brown

No Reform UK (2.5%) candidate as previous.

Shrub End
Shrub End ward
Shrub End
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Linghorn-Baker
Labour Luke Hayes
Liberal Democrats Mick Spindler

No Green (6.1%) or Reform UK (2.8%) candidates as previous.

St. Anne's & St. John's
St. Anne's & St. John's ward
St. Anne's & St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Rowe
Labour Abigail Chambers
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith

No Green (6.8%) candidate as previous.

Stanway
Stanway ward
Stanway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Dundas*
Labour Jim Pey
Liberal Democrats Tracy Arnold

No Green (4.4%) candidate as previous.

Tiptree
Tiptree ward
Tiptree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rhys Smithson
Green John McArthur
Labour Ian Yates
Liberal Democrats Kieron Franks

Wivenhoe
Wivenhoe ward
Wivenhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mollie Ireland
Green Christopher Blomeley
Labour Cyril Liddy
Liberal Democrats Andrea Luxford-Vaughan*

References
  1. "Colchester Borough Council Elections Thursday 5 May 2022". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  2. "Colchester council elections 2022: Full list of candidates". Daniel Rees. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. "Cllr Nick Cope: A joint statement by the Mayor of Colchester and the Leader of Colchester Borough Council". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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