2019 Tendring District Council election

The 2019 Tendring District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Tendring District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Following the 2015 election the size of the council was reduced from 60 seats to 48 seats with ward boundaries being redrawn accordingly. These changes took effect from this election.^[2]

Result[]

Due to the death of candidate, the election in St. Osyth ward was postponed to a later date, leaving two seats vacant. This is reflected in the seat percentages in the table below.^[3]

Tendring District Council Election, 2019
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	16	—	—	7	33.3	33.3	18,243	4.1
Independent	9	—	—	3	18.8	18.6	10,210	10.8
Labour	6	—	—	2	12.5	14.3	7,854	2.5
UKIP	5	—	—	17	10.4	5.2	2,868	18.1
Tendring First	4	—	—	3	8.3	5.9	3,209	1.2
H&E Matters	3	—	—		6.3	4.8	2,615	New
Liberal Democrats	2	—	—	1	4.2	13.1	7,197	11.4
Foundation	1	—	—	1	2.1	0.6	353	New
Green	0	—	—		0.0	4.1	2,240	2.5

Ward results[]

Alresford & Elmstead[]

Alresford & Elmstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Scott	1,072	56.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Wiggins	884	46.9
	Conservative	Rosemary Heaney	589	31.3
	Conservative	Fred Nicholls	550	29.2
	Green	Beverley Maltby	201	10.7
	Labour	Solma Ahmed	132	7.0
	Labour	Terry Ripo	131	7.0
Turnout			1,908
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ardleigh & Little Bromley[]

Ardleigh & Little Bromley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Neil Stock	335	52.0
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Fontaine	250	38.8
	Labour	Jim English	59	9.2
Majority
Turnout			644
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bluehouse[]

Bluehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Mary Newton	316	33.0
	UKIP	James Codling	264	27.6
	Independent	Andrew Pemberton	231	24.1
	Conservative	Harry Bouchard	199	20.8
	Independent	Carolyn Mayzes	188	19.6
	Conservative	James Bouchard	181	18.9
	Independent	Danny Mayzes	165	17.2
	Labour	Jon Salisbury	141	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Coker	72	7.5
Turnout			960
	UKIP win (new seat)
	UKIP win (new seat)

Brightlingsea[]

Brightlingsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jayne Chapman	1,607	61.4
	Independent	Mick Barry	1,442	55.1
	Independent	Graham Steady	1,106	42.3
	Independent	Karen Yallop	736	28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Beckett	693	26.5
	Independent	Ben Smith	397	15.2
	Green	Craig Whipps	350	13.4
	Conservative	John Carr	252	9.6
	Labour	Frederick Stringer	243	9.3
	Conservative	Graham Chasney	204	7.8
	Labour	Graham Ford	200	7.6
	Conservative	Izzy Morath	148	5.7
Turnout			2,625
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Burrsville[]

Burrsville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Amos	529	40.4
	Conservative	Mick Skeels	487	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Pitkin	471	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bensilum	432	33.0
	Green	Chris Southall	255	19.5
	Labour	Lesley Hartfield	168	12.8
Turnout			1,343
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cann Hall[]

Cann Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Chittock	478	42.0
	Tendring First	Gina Placey	453	39.8
	Conservative	Ian Whitley	374	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Wood	272	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Morgan	186	16.3
	Labour	Simon Wigley	163	14.3
Turnout			1,155
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Tendring First win (new seat)

Coppins[]

Coppins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Peter Cawthron	461	37.4
	UKIP	Alex Porter	448	36.4
	Conservative	Stuart Mackintosh	275	22.3
	Conservative	Beverley Moule	258	21.0
	Labour	Jonathan Cowan	235	19.1
	Labour	Rita Griffin	219	17.8
	Independent	Samantha Atkinson	201	16.3
	Independent	James Burns	171	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kriss Wood	79	6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Manning	62	5.0
Turnout			1,235
	UKIP win (new seat)
	UKIP win (new seat)

Dovercourt All Saints[]

Dovercourt All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jo Henderson	779	56.4
	Labour	Maria Fowler	616	44.6
	Conservative	Andrew Erskine	506	36.6
	Conservative	Tanya Ferguson	461	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Dixon	163	11.8
Turnout			1,444
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Dovercourt Bay[]

Dovercourt Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Garry Calver	479	78.8
	Conservative	Barry Brown	129	21.2
Majority
Turnout			608
	Labour win (new seat)

Dovercourt Tollgate[]

Dovercourt Tollgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pam Morrison	316	53.8
	Conservative	Rick Callender	271	46.2
Majority
Turnout			587
	Labour win (new seat)

Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston[]

Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bill Davidson	319	62.7
	Conservative	Sean Fay	190	37.3
Majority
Turnout			509
	Labour win (new seat)

Eastcliff[]

Eastcliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	H&E Matters	Joy Broderick	409	51.1
	Conservative	David Rose	352	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	Antony McKay	39	4.9
Majority
Turnout			800
	win (new seat)

Frinton[]

Frinton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Turner	808	38.6
	Tendring First	Terry Allen	726	34.7
	Conservative	Pamela Walford	699	33.4
	Tendring First	Linda Allen	624	29.8
	Green	Andy Wilson	358	17.1
	Independent	Ian Johnson	328	15.7
	Labour	Nadine Edwards	184	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Manning	139	6.6
Turnout			2,116
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Tendring First win (new seat)

Harwich and Kingsway[]

Harwich and Kingsway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ivan Henderson	519	76.2
	Conservative	Darrell Howard	162	23.8
Majority
Turnout			681
	Labour win (new seat)

Homelands[]

Homelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Anne Davis	231	25.8
	Conservative	Mick Page	222	24.8
	Tendring First	Fiona Robertson	193	21.5
	Independent	Laurence Gray	103	11.5
	Labour	Geoff Ely	86	9.6
	Green	Paul Clutterbuck	61	6.8
Majority
Turnout			896
	Independent win (new seat)

Kirby Cross[]

Kirby Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tendring First	Paul Clifton	312	41.4
	Conservative	Edward Bell	217	28.8
	UKIP	Christine Codling	165	21.9
	Labour	Dave Jones	59	7.8
Majority
Turnout			753
	Tendring First win (new seat)

Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford[]

Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tendring First	Fiona Knowles	506	58.2
	Conservative	Mark Platt	363	41.8
Majority
Turnout
	Tendring First win (new seat)

Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley[]

Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carlo Guglielmi	806	36.7
	Conservative	Alan Coley	733	33.4
	Conservative	Val Guglielmi	706	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Barrett	685	31.2
	Labour	Holly Turner	629	28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Pettit	579	26.4
	Labour	Patricia Chandler	527	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Banks	494	22.5
	Labour	Margaret Woods	490	22.3
	Green	Duncan Gordon	461	21.0
Turnout			2,219
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Little Clacton[]

Little Clacton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeff Bray	404	68.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jordan Silver	185	31.4
Majority
Turnout			589
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pier[]

Pier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Honeywood	228	46.2
	Labour	Susan Morley-Souter	93	18.9
	Independent	William Hones	90	18.3
	Green	Steven Kelly	48	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Barker	34	6.9
Majority
Turnout			493
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Bartholomew's[]

St. Bartholomew's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	H&E Matters	Colin Winfield	1,171	67.1
	H&E Matters	K T King	1,035	59.3
	Conservative	Mark Cossens	450	25.8
	Conservative	Samuel Leonard	420	24.1
	Green	Sally McAteer	163	9.3
	Labour	Sheila Hammond	126	7.2
Turnout			1,753
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

St. James[]

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Griffiths	837	69.0
	Conservative	Maurice Alexander	806	66.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Duffy	395	32.6
Turnout			1,294
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. John's[]

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mark Stephenson	545	40.1
	Independent	Gemma Stephenson	502	36.9
	UKIP	John Hones	336	24.7
	Conservative	Anne Alexander	310	22.8
	UKIP	Colin Madge	281	20.7
	Conservative	Richard Everett	250	18.4
	Labour	Norman Jacobs	163	12.0
	Labour	David Bolton	148	10.9
	Green	Rosemary Dodds	69	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kane Silver	53	3.9
Turnout			1,370
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

St. Paul's[]

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sue Honeywood	265	36.6
	UKIP	Mike Vaughn-Chatfield	160	22.1
	Tendring First	David Oxley	158	21.8
	Green	Clive Purrett	80	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Pitkin	62	8.6
Majority
Turnout			725
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stour Valley[]

Stour Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Zoe Fairley	320	36.2
	Independent	Mark Cole	255	28.9
	Labour	Dave McLeod	120	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Smith	96	10.9
	Green	Eleanor Gordon	92	10.4
Majority
Turnout			883
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Bentleys & Frating[]

The Bentleys & Frating
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynda McWilliams	430	54.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Taylor	211	26.6
	Green	Alison Clarke	102	12.9
	Labour	Louise Armstrong	49	6.2
Majority
Turnout			792
	Conservative win (new seat)

The Oakleys & Wix[]

The Oakleys & Wix
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Bush	513	64.7
	Conservative	David Chant	183	23.1
	Labour	John McAllister	97	12.2
Majority
Turnout			793
	Independent win (new seat)

Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland[]

Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Land	832	77.8
	Tendring First	Chris Keston	237	22.2
Majority
Turnout			1,069
	Conservative win (new seat)

Walton[]

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Delyth Miles	224	28.4
	Conservative	Ann Poonian	200	25.3
	Tendring First	Jack Robertson	169	21.4
	Labour	Nic El-Safty	121	15.3
	Independent	Chris Bee	76	9.6
Majority
Turnout			790
	Independent win (new seat)

Weeley and Tendring[]

Weeley and Tendring
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Foundation	Peter Harris	353	50.0
	Conservative	Mike Brown	240	34.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Galloway	113	16.0
Majority
Turnout			706
	Foundation win (new seat)

West Clacton & Jaywick Sands[]

West Clacton & Jaywick Sands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dan Casey	703	53.7
	UKIP	Nicola Overton	437	33.4
	Independent	Andy White	369	28.2
	Conservative	Kevin Watson	316	24.1
	Conservative	Roy Raby	268	20.5
	Labour	James Machin	123	9.4
	Labour	Tasha Osben	120	9.2
Turnout			1,318
	Independent win (new seat)
	UKIP win (new seat)

By-elections[]

St. Osyth's[]

St. Osyth's: 23 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Michael Talbot	856	56.8
	Independent	John White	850	56.4
	Conservative	Dawn Skeels	437	29.0
	Conservative	Mick Skeels	430	28.5
	Labour	Tracey Osben	177	11.7
Turnout			1,565	40.0
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Eastcliff[]

Eastcliff: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Baker	414	45.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Mike Skeels	294	32.6	-11.4
	H&E Matters	Rick Speller	118	13.1	-38.0
	Labour	Simon Wigley	44	4.9	N/A
	Independent	Danny Mayzes	18	2.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Pitkin	13	1.4	-3.5
Majority			120	13.3
Turnout			901
	Independent gain from		Swing	26.7

West Clacton and Jaywick Sands[]

West Clacton and Jaywick Sands: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jayne Nash	500	41.7	+21.7
	Independent	Brad Thompson	395	33.0	N/A
	Tendring First	Andy White	140	11.7	N/A
	Labour	James Machin	110	9.2	+1.4
	Independent	Andy Wood	32	2.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Morgan	21	1.8	N/A
Majority			105	8.7
Turnout			1,198
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	5.7

References[]

^ "District and Parish Elections - Thursday 2 May 2019". Tendring District Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Tendring final recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Election of district councillors for St Osyth to be delayed". Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[TEC-1] "District and Parish Elections - Thursday 2 May 2019". Tendring District Council. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[2] "Tendring final recommendations" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[3] "Election of district councillors for St Osyth to be delayed". Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

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