2019 Chelmsford City Council election
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Map showing the results of the 2019 Chelmsford City Council election |
The 2019 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary[]
The Liberal Democrats made their largest gains in the country in Chelmsford, gaining 26 seats.[2][3] These 26 gains were all to the expense of the Conservatives who lost 31 seats during the elections here. The other 5 Conservative losses went to three independent and two South Woodham Ferrers Council Taxpayers Association candidates.[4]
2019 Chelmsford City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 51 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 54.4 | 39.8 | 39,067 | +19.4 | |
Conservative | 57 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 36.8 | 40.5 | 39,766 | -11.5 | |
Independent | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4,266 | +4.0 | |
South Woodham Ferrers Independents | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2,327 | -0.5 | |
Labour | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6,537 | -5.7 | ||
Green | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 5,008 | +2.3 | ||
UKIP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,223 | -7.9 |
Ward results[]
Source: Chelmsford City Council website[5]
Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Poulter | 927 | 75.6 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Sue Dobson | 833 | 67.9 | -5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenni Goldfinch | 373 | 30.4 | +21.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christian Sant | 321 | 26.2 | +19.2 | |
Turnout | 33.4 | -38.6 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Boreham and The Leighs[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Galley | 834 | 74.9 | -17.5 | |
Conservative | James Raven | 690 | 61.9 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Wilson | 275 | 24.7 | +7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Stevens | 224 | 20.1 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Kevin Adair | 204 | 18.3 | -1.0 | |
Turnout | 28.6 | -40.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Broomfield and The Walthams[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Wendy Daden | 1,226 | 60.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mike Steel | 788 | 38.6 | -12.6 | |
Conservative | Barry Knight | 713 | 35.0 | -14.0 | |
Conservative | Phillip Wilson | 685 | 33.6 | -12.8 | |
Green | Elizabeth Clark | 613 | 30.0 | +19.3 | |
Green | Angela Faulds | 529 | 25.9 | +15.8 | |
Green | Annette Swift | 452 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Desmond Sterne | 409 | 20.0 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lyndsey Knox | 356 | 17.5 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ken Hay | 349 | 17.1 | +5.6 | |
Turnout | 35.7 | -35.3 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rose Moore | 1,150 | 51.4 | +34.8 | |
Conservative | Neil Gulliver | 1,012 | 45.2 | -17.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Clark | 985 | 44.0 | +31.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Havell | 944 | 42.2 | +32.4 | |
Conservative | Susan Sullivan | 931 | 41.6 | -25.5 | |
Conservative | Graham Mcghie | 918 | 41.0 | -14.8 | |
UKIP | Nigel Carter | 305 | 13.6 | -6.3 | |
Labour | Steven Haigh | 234 | 10.5 | -6.4 | |
Labour | Harrison Dalby | 233 | 10.4 | -5.3 | |
Turnout | 30.9 | -38.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Chelmsford Rural West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicolette Chambers | 626 | 76.0 | -2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Fenwick | 198 | 24.0 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 428 | 52.0 | -14.8 | ||
Turnout | 824 | 36.7 | -39.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.4 |
Galleywood[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Janette Potter | 697 | 56.6 | -14.0 | |
Independent | Richard Hyland | 571 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Stevenson | 546 | 44.4 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Isherwood | 273 | 22.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Gale | 216 | 17.5 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Surrey | 159 | 12.9 | -11.2 | |
Turnout | 32.1 | -38.9 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Goat Hall[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Linda Mascot | 947 | 65.8 | +27.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Willis | 819 | 56.9 | +19.9 | |
Conservative | Jane Edwards | 496 | 34.4 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Anthony McQuiggan | 476 | 33.1 | -11.6 | |
Labour | Benjamin Poulton | 141 | 9.8 | -2.4 | |
Turnout | 33.9 | -39.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Great Baddow East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Shaw | 1,287 | 53.7 | +17.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Sosin | 1,169 | 48.8 | +16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nora Walsh | 1,018 | 42.5 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Liz Ahmed | 634 | 26.4 | -17.8 | |
Conservative | Stephanie Scott | 629 | 26.2 | -15.3 | |
Conservative | Sunil Gupta | 531 | 22.2 | -23.1 | |
Independent | Maurice Hyde | 536 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Angela Hyde | 515 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Sebastian Bodera | 510 | 21.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Andrew Moir | 189 | 7.9 | -6.4 | |
Labour | John Devane | 173 | 7.2 | -6.3 | |
Turnout | 39.5 | -31.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Great Baddow West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Young | 684 | 49.8 | +30.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jannetta Sosin | 637 | 46.4 | +26.3 | |
Conservative | Billy Taylor | 588 | 42.8 | -11.6 | |
Conservative | Bob Villa | 476 | 34.6 | -2.7 | |
UKIP | Mike Parker | 222 | 16.2 | -4.9 | |
Labour | Jonathan Legg | 140 | 10.2 | -7.8 | |
Turnout | 32.3 | -32.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Wright | 1,431 | 72.6 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Bob Shepherd | 1,421 | 72.1 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Ambor | 1,230 | 62.4 | -9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Whiteing | 553 | 28.1 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Longford | 447 | 22.7 | +11.6 | |
Green | Colin Budgey | 435 | 22.1 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Baker | 394 | 20.0 | +9.0 | |
Turnout | 34.4 | -39.6 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Marconi[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jude Deakin | 729 | 51.1 | +19.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Finnecy | 626 | 43.9 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | Yvonne Spence | 395 | 27.7 | -3.9 | |
Labour | Paul Bishop | 388 | 27.2 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | Ben Mcnally | 377 | 26.4 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Penny Richards | 337 | 23.6 | -5.7 | |
Turnout | 27.2 | -29.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Moulsham and Central[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Marie Goldman | 1,424 | 50.7 | +29.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Lager | 1,255 | 44.7 | +24.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Pooley | 1,139 | 40.5 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Ayman Syed | 1,047 | 37.3 | -16.7 | |
Conservative | Kim Gisby | 1,009 | 35.9 | -14.0 | |
Conservative | Seena Shah | 911 | 32.4 | -12.7 | |
Green | Lloyd Williamson | 508 | 18.1 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Rita Appleby | 442 | 15.7 | -4.0 | |
Labour | Edward Massey | 408 | 14.5 | -7.8 | |
Labour | Sean O'Sullivan | 352 | 12.5 | N/A | |
UKIP | John Theedom | 284 | 10.1 | -7.6 | |
Turnout | 36.8 | -31.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Moulsham Lodge[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Springett | 997 | 64.0 | +27.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Jones | 906 | 58.1 | +24.5 | |
Conservative | Simon Cook | 450 | 28.9 | -18.3 | |
Conservative | Callum Macconnachie | 378 | 24.2 | -8.8 | |
Green | Claire Bone | 250 | 16.0 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Elaine Baldwin | 137 | 8.8 | -3.0 | |
Turnout | 39.0 | -33.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Patching Hall[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Ayres | 1,254 | 54.5 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Davidson | 1,185 | 51.5 | +15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Goldman | 1,108 | 48.2 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Jon De Vries | 837 | 36.4 | -7.4 | |
Conservative | Mike Holoway | 813 | 35.3 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | Colin Cowie | 801 | 34.8 | -0.5 | |
Green | Angela Thomson | 284 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Joan Bliss | 230 | 10.0 | -11.5 | |
Labour | Jennie Duffy | 204 | 8.9 | -8.1 | |
Labour | David Howell | 188 | 8.2 | -7.8 | |
Turnout | 36.7 | -30.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Rettendon and Runwell[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Clark | 908 | 64.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lance Millane | 800 | 56.7 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Raymond Ride | 791 | 56.1 | -0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Pennicard | 323 | 22.9 | +19.6 | |
Turnout | 35.6 | -36.4 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Grundy | 1,070 | 80.9 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Roy Whitehead | 973 | 73.5 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maggie O'Connor | 324 | 24.5 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Neville | 278 | 21.0 | +14.5 | |
Turnout | 35.6 | -38.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
South Woodham - Chetwood and Collingwood[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Massey | 667 | 55.1 | -12.5 | |
Conservative | Ashley John | 605 | 50.0 | -11.5 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Sismey | 591 | 48.8 | -6.9 | |
John Miller | 522 | 43.1 | +13.0 | ||
Green | Ian Hammond | 392 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Green | Juliette Rey | 349 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Green | David Rey | 304 | 25.1 | +12.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Powling | 201 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 23.7 | -40.3 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
South Woodham - Elmwood and Woodville[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Bentley | 919 | 53.4 | +19.7 | ||
Ian Roberts | 886 | 51.5 | +21.5 | ||
Conservative | Patrica Hughes | 436 | 25.3 | -24.5 | |
Conservative | Bob Denston | 417 | 24.2 | -31.5 | |
Conservative | Linda Denston | 409 | 23.8 | -28.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Powling | 373 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 24.0 | -42.0 | |||
gain from Conservative | |||||
gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Springfield North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Fuller | 1,175 | 57.4 | +22.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Mackrory | 1,167 | 57.0 | +21.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chloe Tron | 1,051 | 51.4 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Hutchinson | 757 | 37.0 | -14.8 | |
Conservative | Brian Jeapes | 658 | 32.2 | -9.9 | |
Conservative | John Pioli | 570 | 27.9 | -8.8 | |
Green | Paul Wilson | 339 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Karen Kennedy | 222 | 10.9 | -5.8 | |
Labour | Russell Kennedy | 199 | 9.7 | -5.8 | |
Turnout | 32.2 | -34.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
St. Andrew's[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Robinson | 1,289 | 62.2 | +30.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lee Ashley | 1,258 | 60.7 | +26.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Davidson | 1,225 | 59.1 | +33.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Cousins | 545 | 26.3 | -15.7 | |
Conservative | Stephen Fowell | 492 | 23.7 | -12.6 | |
Conservative | Jake Smith | 471 | 22.7 | -10.1 | |
Labour | Susan Myers | 320 | 15.4 | -7.7 | |
Labour | Peter Dixon | 319 | 15.4 | -5.7 | |
Labour | Colin Farquhar | 304 | 14.7 | -5.4 | |
Turnout | 33.3 | -31.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
The Lawns[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Natacha Dudley | 969 | 57.5 | +21.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Lee | 951 | 56.4 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | Christine Garrett | 671 | 39.8 | -10.7 | |
Conservative | Julia Jeapes | 639 | 37.9 | -6.5 | |
Labour | Ruth Sabey | 140 | 8.3 | -3.1 | |
Turnout | 42.9 | -33.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Trinity[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Bracken | 787 | 48.0 | +22.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Frascona | 747 | 45.6 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Graham Seeley | 429 | 26.2 | -17.0 | |
Conservative | James Tyrrell | 393 | 24.0 | -32.9 | |
Green | Ben Harvey | 281 | 17.2 | +5.9 | |
Green | Peter Fowler | 272 | 16.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Damien Francis | 150 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Labour | John Duffy | 118 | 7.2 | -12.0 | |
Labour | Angelica Medici | 99 | 6.0 | -10.7 | |
Turnout | 36.9 | -33.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Waterhouse Farm[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jennie Lardge | 908 | 65.6 | +41.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Sampson | 852 | 61.5 | +41.1 | |
Conservative | Matt Flack | 390 | 28.2 | -17.1 | |
Conservative | Chloë Ahmed | 371 | 26.8 | -12.0 | |
Labour | Sandra Massey | 248 | 17.9 | -8.2 | |
Turnout | 32.8 | -32.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Writtle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Roper | 829 | 68.0 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Douglas | 662 | 54.3 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Birgit Baker | 537 | 44.1 | +9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Chaplin | 410 | 33.6 | +5.3 | |
Turnout | 32.6 | -38.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
By-elections[]
Marconi[]
A by-election was held in Marconi ward on 7th November 2019 after the resignation of Cllr Catherine Finnecy.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Smita Rajesh | 563 | 48.1 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Ben McNally | 311 | 26.6 | -0.5 | |
Labour | Paul Bishop | 156 | 13.3 | -12.1 | |
Independent | Steven Chambers | 72 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Green | Ben Harvey | 69 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 252 | 21.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,171 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Moulsham Lodge[]
A by-election was held following the resignation of Cllr. Mark Springett in March 2020. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gisby | 790 | 43.0 | +16.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hazel Clark | 652 | 35.5 | -25.5 | |
Independent | Angela Ling | 183 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Jake Havard | 122 | 6.6 | +2.2 | |
Green | Ben Harvey | 89 | 4.8 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 138 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,836 | 42.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 21.0 |
Writtle[]
A by-election was held in Writtle ward on 1st July 2021 following the death of sitting Councillor Malcolm Watson. The major issues during the campaign were the proposed 850-home Warren Farm development within Writtle parish and the City Council's proposal to charge for parking at Hylands Park.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Thorpe-Apps | 716 | 50.0 | -11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynn Foster | 572 | 39.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | Ronnie Bartlett | 78 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Edward Massey | 67 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 144 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,433 | 35.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.2 |
References[]
- ^ "Upcoming elections". Chelmsford City Council. Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Hooper, Alasdair (3 May 2019). "The Essex local election results in full - who won in your area?". essexlive. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Local elections: Results in maps and charts". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Chelmsford City Council". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Local council election results". Chelmsford City Council. Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Chelmsford councillor quits". 3 March 2020.
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