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Essex County Council Elections
Essex County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 75 councillors are elected from 70 wards. Political control Leadership The leaders of the council since 1997 have been: Council elections * 1973 Essex County Council election * 1977 Essex County Council election * 1981 Essex County Council election * 1985 Essex County Council election * 1989 Essex County Council election * 1993 Essex County Council election *1997 Essex County Council election (loss of Thurrock and Southend reduced the number of seats by 19) *2001 Essex County Council election * 2005 Essex County Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4) *2009 Essex County Council election *2013 Essex County Council election *2017 Essex County Council election *2021 Essex County Council election Elections to Essex County Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. All 75 councillors were elected from 70 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex County Council
Essex County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Essex in England. It has 75 councillors, elected from 70 divisions, and is currently controlled by the Conservative Party. The council meets at County Hall in the centre of Chelmsford. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association. Area and responsibilities At the time of the 2011 census it served a population of 1,393,600, which makes it one of the largest local authorities in England. As a non-metropolitan county council, responsibilities are shared between districts (including boroughs) and in many areas also between civil parish (including town) councils. Births, marriages/civil partnerships and death registration, roads, libraries and archives, refuse disposal, most of state education, of social services and of transport are provided at the county level. History The county council was formed in 1889, governing the administrative county of Essex. West Ham, otherwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Essex County Council Election
An election to Essex County Council took place on 7 June 2001 as part of the 2001 United Kingdom local elections. 79 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 1997. The Conservative Party retained control of Essex County Council in the 2001 local elections, with an increased majority. Summary Going in to the election the Conservatives had run the Council in a minority government since 2000. Previous composition 1997 election Composition of council seats before election Results , -bgcolor=#F6F6F6 , colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" , Total , style="text-align: right;" , 79 , colspan=5 , , style="text-align: right;" , 618,785 , style="text-align: right;" , , - Election of Group Leaders Paul White (Stock) was re elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex County Council Elections
Essex County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2005, 75 councillors are elected from 70 wards. Political control Leadership The leaders of the council since 1997 have been: Council elections * 1973 Essex County Council election * 1977 Essex County Council election * 1981 Essex County Council election * 1985 Essex County Council election * 1989 Essex County Council election * 1993 Essex County Council election *1997 Essex County Council election (loss of Thurrock and Southend reduced the number of seats by 19) *2001 Essex County Council election * 2005 Essex County Council election (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 4) *2009 Essex County Council election *2013 Essex County Council election *2017 Essex County Council election *2021 Essex County Council election Elections to Essex County Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. All 75 councillors were elected from 70 e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Tilbrook
Robin C. W. Tilbrook (born 1958) is an English solicitor and political leader who chairs the English Democrats, a political party he founded. It advocates a devolved English Parliament, having previously advocated English independence from the United Kingdom. Early life Tilbrook was born in Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya, in 1958. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, gained a BA (Hons) in politics and economics from the University of Kent at Canterbury, and then studied at The College of Law, Chester. He was a Coldstream Guardsman and has worked in a factory, in junior management, and as a teacher at primary and secondary level. By 2003, he was a solicitor and a partner in the firm of Tilbrooks in Ongar, Essex. In 2005, he commented after a case, "It is a black day in the courts when they refuse to make a declaration that St George's Day is a special occasion." On 27 September 2011, he became a Freeman of the City of London. Politics He was a member of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Lord (politician)
The 2014 by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Clacton in Essex, England, took place on 9 October 2014. The by-election was triggered by the Conservative MP for Clacton, Douglas Carswell, defecting to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and subsequently resigning his seat to seek re-election as its candidate. Standing for UKIP, Carswell retained the seat with 59.7% of the vote, becoming UKIP's first elected MP. The Conservatives came second, and Labour third. According to John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University, the result was the biggest increase in the share of a vote for any party in any by-election in history. Background On 28 August 2014, Douglas Carswell, a Eurosceptic Conservative backbencher, announced his defection to UKIP and said that he was resigning his seat in order to fight a by-election. He said he did not think Prime Minister David Cameron was "serious about the change we need", adding that "many of those at the top of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Essex County Council Election
Elections to Essex County Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. All 75 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions, with each returning either one or two councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous elections in 2009, 2013 and 2017. Previous composition 2017 election Composition of council seats before election Changes between elections In between the 2017 election and the 2021 election, the following council seats changed hands: Result Summary Candidates by Party Result , -bgcolor=#F6F6F6 , colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" , Total , style="text-align: right;" , 75 , colspan=5 , , style="text-align: right;" , 403,978 , style="text-align: right;" , , - Election of Group Leaders Kevin Bentley (Stanway and Pyefleet) was elected leader of the Conservativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Essex County Council Election
Elections to Essex County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 United Kingdom local elections, 2017 local elections. All 75 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions, which each returned either one or two councillors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous elections in 2009 and 2013. No elections were held in Thurrock or City of Southend-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. Previous composition 2013 election Composition of council seats before election Changes between elections In between the 2013 election and the 2017 election, the following council seats changed hands: Summary The election saw the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, with a increased majority. Results Summary , -bgcolor=#F6F6F6 , colspan=2 style="text-align ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Essex County Council Election
An election to Essex County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 75 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Essex County Council Election
An election to Essex County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections. The elections had been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the 2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, European Parliament. 75 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. All locally Elections in the United Kingdom#Registration procedure, registered electors (British citizen, British, Irish citizen, Irish, Commonwealth citizen, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production. It is one of the most popular news websites, with 1.2 billion website visits in April 2021, as well as being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news. The website contains international news coverage, as well as British, entertainment, science, and political news. Many reports are accompanied by audio and video from the BBC's television and radio news services, while the latest TV and radio bulletins are also available to view or listen to on the site together with other current affairs programmes. BBC News Online is closely linked to its sister department website, that of BBC Sport. Both sites follow similar layout and content options and respective journalists work alongside each other. Location information provided by users is also shared with the website of BBC Weather to provide local content. From 1998 to 2001 the site was named best news website at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Essex County Council Election
An election to Essex County Council took place on 9 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 75 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were redrawn for this election. The Conservative Party retained control with an increased majority, winning 52 of the 75 seats. Labour and the Liberal Democrats both lost seats. Previous composition 2001 election Composition of council seats before election Results , -bgcolor=#F6F6F6 , colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" , Total , style="text-align: right;" , 75 , colspan=5 , , style="text-align: right;" , , style="text-align: right;" , , - Election of Group Leaders Paul White (Stock) was re elected leader of the Conservative Group, Tom Smith-Hughes (Chelmsford North) was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Essex County Council Election
An election to Essex County Council took place on 1 May 1997 as part of the 1997 United Kingdom local elections. 79 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. With the creation of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and Thurrock Council in 1998 the number of seats contested at this election was reduced by 19. In 1993 the breakdown of these seats were, Lab 9 Con 5 LD 5. Summary Previous composition 1993 election Composition of council seats before election Results , -bgcolor=#F6F6F6 , colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" , Total , style="text-align: right;" , 79 , colspan=5 , , style="text-align: right;" , 723,320 , style="text-align: right;" , , - Election of Group Leaders Paul White, Baron Hanningfield, Paul White (Stock) was elected leader of the Conservative Group, Mervyn Juliff (Great Parndon) was ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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