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Colchester Borough Council Elections
One third of Colchester City Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes at the 2016 election, 51 councillors have been elected from 17 wards. Political control As of 15 December 2022, the council's composition is: Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Detailed results of these elections are shown in the table below. Boundary changes took place for the 1990, 2002 and 2016 elections leading to the whole council being elected on those years. Leadership The leaders of the council since 2008 have been: Results Maps File:Colchester UK ward map 2022.svg, 2022 File:Colchester UK ward map 2021.svg, 2021 File:Colchester UK ward map 2019.svg, 2019 File:Colchester Borough Council election, 2018 result.png, 2018 File:Colchester Borough Council election, 2016 result.png, 2016 File:CBC results map 2015.png, 2015 File:Colchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colchester UK Ward Map 2016 (blank)
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colchester therefore claims to be Britain's first city. It has been an important military base since the Roman era, with Colchester Garrison currently housing the 16th Air Assault Brigade. Situated on the River Colne, Colchester is northeast of London. The city is connected to London by the A12 road and the Great Eastern Main Line railway. Colchester is less than from London Stansted Airport and from the port of Harwich. Attractions in and around the city include Colchester United Football Club, Colchester Zoo, and several art galleries. Colchester Castle was constructed in the eleventh century on earlier Roman foundations; it now contains a museum. The main campus of the University of Essex is located just outside the city. Local governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent (politician)
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Colchester Borough Council Election
The 2006 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was * Conservative 30 * Liberal Democrats 21 *Labour 7 *Independent 2 Background Before the election the Conservatives had run the council since the 2004 election and had 28 of the 60 seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats had 22 seats, Labour had 7 seats and there were 3 independents. 20 seats were contested at the election, with the councillors who were defending seats including the Conservative leader of the council, John Jowers, the mayor Terry Sutton and the Liberal Democrat group leader, Colin Sykes. However the Conservatives did not have a candidate in New Town ward due to an error on their candidate's nomination papers. As well as the parties who were defending seats on the council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Colchester Borough Council Election
The 2007 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Colchester (borough), Colchester Borough status in the United Kingdom, Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was *Conservative Party (UK), Conservative 30 *Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats 21 *Labour Party (UK), Labour 6 *Independent (politician), Independent 3 Campaign Before the election the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives had 30 of the 60 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats had 21, Labour Party (UK), Labour had 7 and there were 2 Independent (politician), independents. With the Conservative party needing to gain one seat to gain a majority on the council for the first time since 1986, Colchester attracted national attention with the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, coming to the marg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Colchester Borough Council Election
The 2008 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was * Conservative 27 * Liberal Democrats 23 *Labour 7 *Independent 3 Background After the last election in 2007 the Conservatives held half of the seats on the council with 30 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 21 seats, Labour 6 seats and there were 3 independents. However, in July 2007, 2 Liberal Democrat councilors, Craig and Terry Sutton, defected to the Conservatives after falling out with the local Liberal Democrat Member of parliament Bob Russell over a new community stadium. This gave the Conservatives a majority on the council with 32 of the 60 seats. 20 seats were contested at the election, with the Conservatives defending 12 of the seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Colchester Borough Council Election
The 2010 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was * Liberal Democrats 26 * Conservative 24 *Labour 7 *Independent 3 Election result The Liberal Democrats became the largest party on the council with 26 seats after taking 3 seats from the Conservatives. The gains came in Berechurch and Mile End wards where the sitting councillors were not defending the seats, as well as Stanway where Conservative councillor Gaye Pyman was defeated by 265 votes. This dropped the Conservatives to 24 seats, while Labour stayed on 7 seats and there remained 3 independents. Overall turnout at the election was 65.3%, ranging from a high of 74.6% in Pyefleet to a low of 47.9% in St Andrew's ward. Following the election the coalition between the Liberal Democrats, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Colchester Borough Council Election
The 2011 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was * Liberal Democrats 26 * Conservative 24 *Labour 7 *Independent 3 Election result No seats changed hands at the election with the Liberal Democrats remaining on 26 seats after holding 7 seats, ahead of the Conservatives, who stayed on 24 seats after retaining the 9 seats they had been defending. Meanwhile, Labour retained 3 seats to keep 7 councillors and 1 independent retained his seat. Among those to hold their seats were the Liberal Democrat group leader Martin Hunt in Christ Church ward and the Labour group leader Tim Young in St Andrews, while the closest result saw Conservative Pauline Hazell retain Shrub End by 123 votes from the Liberal Democrats The coalition between the Liberal Dem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Colchester Borough Council Election
The 2012 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Colchester (borough), Colchester Borough status in the United Kingdom, Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was *Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats 26 *Conservative Party (UK), Conservative 23 *Labour Party (UK), Labour 8 *Independent (politician), Independent 3 Campaign Before the election a coalition between the Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats with 26 seats, Labour Party (UK), Labour with 7 seats and the 3 Independent (politician), independents ran the council, while the 24 Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives were in opposition. 20 of the seats were contested at the election with the Conservatives aiming to regain seats they had lost at the 2008 Colchester Borough Council election, 2008 election, while the Local Government Info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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