Colchester local elections

One third of Colchester District Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 60 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1986
No overall control	1986 - 1994
Liberal Democrats	1994 - 1998
No overall control	1998 - present

Council elections

Colchester Council election, 1998

Colchester Council election, 1999

Colchester Council election, 2000

Colchester Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[3]

Colchester Council election, 2003

Colchester Council election, 2004

Colchester Council election, 2006

Colchester Council election, 2007

Colchester Council election, 2008

Colchester Council election, 2010

By-election results

Dedham By-Election 4 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		374	45.8	+11.1
	Liberal Democrat		352	43.1	-14.8
	Labour		91	11.1	+3.7
Majority			22	2.7
Turnout			817	51.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Tiptree By-Election 25 June 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		624	46.0	-14.0
	Tiptree Residents		399	29.4	+29.4
	Conservative		333	24.6	-2.3
Majority			291	16.6
Turnout			1,356	21.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Lexden By-Election 19 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		939	55.9	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat		639	38.0	+8.4
	Labour		103	6.1	+0.3
Majority			300	17.9
Turnout			1,681	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prettygate By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,674	41.4	+2.7
	Conservative		1,498	37.1	-11.7
	Labour		869	21.5	+8.9
Majority			176	4.3
Turnout			4,041
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Mile End By-Election 22 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		529	33.6	-7.7
	Conservative		468	29.7	-5.5
	Labour		443	28.1	+4.6
	Independent		135	8.6	+8.6
Majority			61	3.9
Turnout			1,575	14.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wivenhoe Quay By-Election 22 April 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Ford	626	34.4	+9.7
	Conservative	Anne Quarrie	614	33.7	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Jacobs	581	31.9	+31.9
Majority			12	0.7
Turnout			1,821	44.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Berechurch By-Election 21 October 2004[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Harris	838	51.5	+21.0
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Verran	493	30.3	-15.4
	Conservative	Andrew Bright	296	18.2	-5.6
Majority			345	21.2
Turnout			1,627	30.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Birch and Winstree By-Election 4 December 2008[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Ellis	745	58.1	-12.1
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Longman	423	33.0	+14.1
	Labour	James Spencer	83	6.5	+0.4
	Green	Katherine Bamforth	32	2.5	-2.5
Majority			322	25.1
Turnout			1,283	29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. ^ "Elections and Registering to Vote". Colchester Borough Council. http://www.colchester.gov.uk/customer_services.asp?sec_id=83. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
2. ^ "Colchester". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/22ug.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
3. ^ "Colchester". BBC News Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2002/local_elections/33.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
4. ^ "Labour wins byelection in army town". London: guardian.co.uk. 2004-10-22. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2004/oct/22/byelections.uk. Retrieved 2010-03-17. 
5. ^ "Birch and Winstree By-Election Result". Colchester Borough Council. 2008-12-05. http://www.colchester.gov.uk/news_det.asp?art_id=7815&sec_id=27. Retrieved 2009-09-05. ^{[dead link]}

• By-election results

External links

• Colchester Council