Braintree District Council in Essex , England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 49 councillors have been elected from 26 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]
Council elections [ ]
Changes between elections [ ]
1995–1999 [ ]
Braintree Central By-Election 31 July 1997
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
583
65.5
+1.7
Liberal Democrats
165
18.5
-3.1
Conservative
119
13.4
-1.2
Green
23
2.6
+2.6
Majority
418
47.0
Turnout
890
17.8
Labour hold
Swing
1999–2003 [ ]
Central By-Election 10 February 2000[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
466
53.8
+0.6
Conservative
260
30.0
+8.5
Liberal Democrats
140
16.2
-0.6
Majority
206
23.8
Turnout
866
16.0
Labour hold
Swing
East By-Election 10 February 2000
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
587
50.4
-2.5
Conservative
344
29.5
+3.5
Liberal Democrats
192
16.5
-4.6
Green
42
3.6
+3.6
Majority
243
20.9
Turnout
1,165
17.0
Labour hold
Swing
Castle Hedingham By-Election 29 June 2000
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
328
69.5
-5.1
Labour
144
30.5
+5.1
Majority
184
39.0
Turnout
472
32.0
Conservative hold
Swing
Braintree Central By-Election 6 July 2000[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
694
52.1
-1.1
Conservative
475
35.7
+14.2
Liberal Democrats
124
9.3
-7.5
Green
38
2.9
-5.6
Majority
219
16.4
Turnout
1,331
24.1
Labour hold
Swing
Braintree West By-Election 31 January 2002
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
671
39.0
+5.0
Conservative
666
38.7
+8.4
Liberal Democrats
261
15.2
-20.5
Independent
66
3.8
+3.8
Green
39
2.3
+2.3
Legalise Cannabis
19
1.1
+1.1
Majority
5
0.3
Turnout
1,722
30.0
Labour hold
Swing
Braintree Central By-Election 21 March 2002[12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
758
61.0
+7.8
Conservative
278
22.4
+0.9
Liberal Democrats
144
11.6
-5.2
Green
62
5.0
-3.5
Majority
480
38.6
Turnout
1,242
21.8
Labour hold
Swing
2003–2007 [ ]
Hedingham and Maplestead By-Election 11 March 2004[13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal Democrats
Stephen Bolter
664
45.8
+21.1
Conservative
625
43.1
-3.0
Labour
160
11.0
-4.1
Majority
39
2.7
Turnout
1,449
29.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Swing
Rayne By-Election 14 October 2004[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Mike Banthorpe
289
49.5
+0.3
Liberal Democrats
Joanne Fish
272
46.6
-4.2
Green
23
3.9
+3.9
Majority
17
2.9
Turnout
584
34.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Swing
2007–2011 [ ]
Braintree East By-Election 19 June 2008[15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Jennifer Smith
668
50.7
+17.4
Labour
Agnes Bishop
406
30.8
-4.6
Green
Wendy Partridge
125
9.5
+9.5
Liberal Democrats
Paul Lemon
119
9.0
-6.0
Majority
262
19.9
Turnout
1,318
27.4
Conservative hold
Swing
Hatfield Peveral By-Election 19 June 2008[16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Ron Elliston
782
78.1
+0.1
Labour
Carole Hine
138
13.8
-8.2
Green
Agnes Wells
81
8.1
+8.1
Majority
644
64.3
Turnout
1,001
30.1
Conservative hold
Swing
Witham West By-Election 2 October 2008[17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Geoffrey Cohen
508
40.9
+1.2
Labour
Kathleen Tearle
373
30.1
+3.2
Liberal Democrats
Joy Reekie
182
14.7
-2.2
Green
Wendy Partridge
178
14.3
-2.1
Majority
135
10.8
Turnout
1,241
24.0
Conservative hold
Swing
The Three Colnes By-Election 4 December 2008[18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Chris Siddall
647
77.0
+24.5
Labour
Richard Tincknell
121
14.4
+4.1
Green
Wendy Partridge
72
8.6
+8.6
Majority
526
62.6
Turnout
840
21.5
Conservative hold
Swing
2015–2019 [ ]
Witham South by-election, 5 May 2016[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Gavin Maclure
446
44.3
-13.2
Labour
Paul Heath
376
37.4
+10.8
Green
Stephen Hicks
184
18.3
+12.0
Majority
70
7.0
Turnout
1,014
23.0
-38.9
Conservative hold
Witham North by-election, 20 October 2016[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Philip Barlow
339
37.5
+4.2
Conservative
Lorne Campbell
308
34.0
-11.0
Green
Michelle Weeks
227
25.1
+12.8
Liberal Democrats
Mark Scott
31
3.4
-6.0
Majority
31
3.4
Turnout
906
18.3
-43.0
Labour gain from Conservative
Bumpstead by-election, 20 October 2016[21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Diana Garrod
350
64.6
+2.7
UKIP
Debbie Shaw
84
15.5
-4.1
Labour
William Edwards
45
8.3
-10.3
Liberal Democrats
Stephen Bolter
40
7.4
+7.4
Green
Anne Bishop
23
4.2
+4.2
Majority
266
49.1
+6.8
Turnout
542
23.2
-52.5
Conservative hold
Bocking North by-election, 3 May 2018[22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Labour
Anthony Everard
619
48.3
+9.0
Conservative
Dean Wallace
540
42.2
+3.1
UKIP
Samuel Cowie
78
6.1
-10.6
Green
Dawn Holmes
44
3.4
-1.5
Majority
79
6.2
Turnout
1,281
30.7
-35.4
Labour gain from Conservative
Hatfield Peverel and Terling by-election, 3 May 2018[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
James Coleridge
965
64.7
-3.0
Green
Jonathan Barker
293
19.6
+9.7
Labour
Lucy Barlow
234
15.7
-6.3
Majority
672
45.0
Turnout
1,496
32.2
-41.2
Conservative hold
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