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The2023 Braintree District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members ofBraintree District Council in Essex, England.[2] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections in England.
TheConservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority.[3]
Prior to the election the Conservatives had a majority of 17 seats on the council. They had held a majority since 2007. There were four registered political parties represented on the council plus three independent councillors. The three independents formed a political group with the Greens called the "Green and Independent Group", led by Green councillor James Abbott.[4]
After the election, the Conservatives retained their majority but it was reduced to just 3 seats. Conservative group leader Graham Butland continued to serve asleader of the council, a position he had held continuously since 2004.[5] The Greens and independents continued to form a group after the election, but renamed the "Independent and Green Group" and with the group leadership passing to independent councillor Jo Beavis. The Labour group also changed their leader after the election; their previous leader David Mann had not stood for re-election so Lynn Jefferis was appointed to that role.[6]
| 2023 Braintree District Council election | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 49 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 53.1 | 39.8 | 26,211 | –5.7 | |||
| Green andIndependent group (G&I) | |||||||||||
| Green | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 10,187 | –2.3 | |||
| Independent | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 6,663 | +6.5 | |||
| G&I total | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 22.4 | 25.6 | 16,850 | +4.2 | |||
| Labour | 49 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 18.4 | 26.8 | 17,677 | +5.7 | |||
| Halstead Residents | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2,330 | –0.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2,298 | –0.5 | |||
| Reform UK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 321 | N/A | |||
| UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 68 | –1.1 | |||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 64 | –2.2 | |||
| Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 51 | N/A | |||
| Total | 149 | 49 | Turnout | ||||||||
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Braintree District Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.[7] The results of the district council election were released on 5 May 2023.[8]
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk *.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lyn Walters* | 815 | 50.3 | +9.4 | |
| Conservative | Justin Wrench | 804 | 49.7 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Lynette Bowers-Flint | 773 | 47.7 | +5.2 | |
| Green | Dormer Andrews | 582 | 35.9 | +6.8 | |
| Labour | Jasmine Curitz | 576 | 35.6 | +11.1 | |
| Labour | David Chidgey | 540 | 33.4 | +14.1 | |
| Labour | Richard Parsons | 421 | 26.0 | +7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Card | 347 | 21.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 25.0 | –1.5 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lynn Jefferis | 565 | 51.6 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | John Baugh | 522 | 47.6 | +9.3 | |
| Labour | Keiran Martin | 506 | 46.2 | –2.8 | |
| Conservative | Felicia Ayo-Ajala | 372 | 33.9 | N/A | |
| Green | Andrea Phillips | 226 | 20.6 | –1.0 | |
| Turnout | 28.9 | +0.3 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jack Edwards | 511 | 46.8 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | Moia Thorogood | 485 | 45.8 | +11.3 | |
| Conservative | Trevor McArdle* | 479 | 45.3 | +8.8 | |
| Labour | Robert Heath | 459 | 43.4 | +9.6 | |
| Green | Karl Handy | 181 | 17.1 | –8.7 | |
| Turnout | 24.7 | –0.4 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shirley Mason | 699 | 48.9 | +19.5 | |
| Labour | Thomas Diamond | 694 | 48.6 | +20.2 | |
| Labour | Jonathan Ayten | 687 | 48.1 | +20.7 | |
| Conservative | Karen Brown | 488 | 30.5 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | Sandra Canning | 475 | 30.0 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Hensman* | 425 | 29.8 | –5.7 | |
| Green | Simon Attwood | 422 | 27.3 | +2.3 | |
| Independent (Green) | Colin Riches | 393 | 26.8 | +0.7 | |
| Turnout | 24.5 | –1.7 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Martin Green* | 468 | 44.6 | +14.5 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Bowers* | 457 | 43.6 | –5.9 | |
| Labour | Jacqueline Thurgood | 444 | 42.3 | +13.2 | |
| Conservative | Saif Rehman* | 399 | 38.1 | –10.4 | |
| Green | Stuart Wicks | 185 | 17.6 | –4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Hughes | 144 | 13.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 24.4 | +0.4 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
Martin Green previously gained the seat in the2022 by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Cunningham* | 727 | 55.1 | –0.1 | |
| Conservative | George Prime | 692 | 52.4 | –1.1 | |
| Labour | Alexander Wilsdon | 457 | 34.6 | +9.3 | |
| Labour | Peter Wyatt | 426 | 32.2 | +14.9 | |
| Green | Nick Scales | 341 | 25.8 | +0.9 | |
| Turnout | 30.6 | –0.8 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Diana Garord* | 479 | 60.2 | –16.0 | |
| Labour | Gary Knights | 236 | 29.6 | +5.8 | |
| Reform | Norma Saggers | 81 | 10.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 243 | 30.6 | –21.8 | ||
| Turnout | 796 | 34.6 | –1.8 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Green) | Tom Walsh* | 981 | 56.5 | +3.0 | |
| Independent (Green) | Dennis Abram* | 928 | 53.4 | –7.7 | |
| Conservative | Sue Wilson | 540 | 31.1 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Chris Siddall | 478 | 27.5 | –0.4 | |
| Labour | Robert Powers | 287 | 16.5 | +5.0 | |
| Labour | Usha Agarwal-Hollands | 260 | 15.0 | +5.0 | |
| Turnout | 39.0 | –4.3 | |||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Schwier* | 396 | 52.6 | +1.0 | |
| Green | Jenny Bishop | 219 | 29.1 | –5.3 | |
| Labour | Deborah Warren | 138 | 18.3 | +4.3 | |
| Majority | 177 | 23.5 | +6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 753 | 34.9 | –6.5 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Butland* | 1,028 | 54.6 | –5.0 | |
| Conservative | Frankie Ricci* | 979 | 52.0 | –0.2 | |
| Conservative | Tom Cunningham* | 969 | 51.5 | –1.2 | |
| Green | Poppy Gerrard-Abbott | 490 | 26.0 | –0.8 | |
| Labour | Andrew Beatty | 428 | 22.7 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Smith | 387 | 20.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Antony Jones | 384 | 20.4 | +6.9 | |
| Labour | Bronislaw Jagniaszek | 354 | 18.8 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Toombs | 347 | 18.4 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Sheppard | 284 | 15.1 | –1.7 | |
| Turnout | 27.0 | –1.2 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halstead Residents | Jim Bond | 664 | 56.7 | +3.8 | |
| Halstead Residents | Andy Munday* | 632 | 53.9 | +6.5 | |
| Conservative | David Finch | 289 | 24.7 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Steven Knight | 286 | 24.4 | +10.5 | |
| Labour | Kathleen Tearle | 255 | 21.8 | +8.7 | |
| Conservative | Olatunbosun Senbanjo | 150 | 12.8 | –7.2 | |
| UKIP | Judy Wood | 68 | 5.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 25.7 | –4.9 | |||
| Halstead Residentshold | |||||
| Halstead Residentshold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halstead Residents | Jackie Pell* | 625 | 54.0 | –10.5 | |
| Labour | Malcolm Fincken | 520 | 44.9 | +18.4 | |
| Labour | Garry Warren | 437 | 37.8 | +14.4 | |
| Halstead Residents | Linda Hilton | 409 | 35.4 | –12.4 | |
| Conservative | Barry Britten | 180 | 15.6 | –5.0 | |
| Conservative | Libby Poole | 143 | 12.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 24.3 | –2.5 | |||
| Halstead Residentshold | |||||
| Labourgain fromHalstead Residents | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charley Dervish | 877 | 63.7 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | James Coleridge* | 855 | 62.1 | +2.3 | |
| Green | Jonathan Barker | 409 | 29.7 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | Linda Bennison | 312 | 22.7 | +14.3 | |
| Labour | Tony Bennett | 299 | 21.7 | +11.9 | |
| Turnout | 30.8 | –2.8 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Green) | Jo Beavis* | 941 | 73.8 | +27.2 | |
| Independent (Green) | Wendy Taylor | 764 | 59.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jason Ferrando | 304 | 23.9 | –21.9 | |
| Conservative | Philip Rawlinson | 236 | 18.5 | –8.9 | |
| Labour | Christine Calver | 156 | 12.2 | +4.4 | |
| Labour | Matthew Creamer | 148 | 11.6 | –2.7 | |
| Turnout | 30.1 | +0.1 | |||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Paul Thorogood* | 1,096 | 57.4 | +15.6 | |
| Green | Camilla Finch | 940 | 49.2 | –0.8 | |
| Conservative | Robert Mitchell | 668 | 35.0 | –4.2 | |
| Conservative | India Jayatillake | 644 | 33.7 | –3.0 | |
| Labour | Eileen Davidson | 246 | 12.9 | –3.5 | |
| Labour | Pamela Carlaw | 226 | 11.8 | +1.6 | |
| Turnout | 43.6 | +3.3 | |||
| Greenhold | |||||
| Greenhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Green) | Ann Hooks | 528 | 64.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Glenn Young | 218 | 26.4 | –27.9 | |
| Labour | Nigel Gibson | 79 | 9.6 | –3.3 | |
| Majority | 310 | 37.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 825 | 37.6 | +1.8 | ||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | James Abbott* | 1,198 | 75.2 | –1.7 | |
| Green | Bob Wright* | 1,017 | 63.8 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | Jacky Bayford | 300 | 18.8 | +4.5 | |
| Conservative | Darrin Hammond | 297 | 18.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Steven Bennison | 134 | 8.4 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | Ann Griffin | 126 | 7.9 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Annetta Hawkins | 64 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Andrew Page | 51 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 31.5 | –7.0 | |||
| Greenhold | |||||
| Greenhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Iona Parker* | 507 | 55.6 | –28.7 | |
| Labour | Peter Long | 172 | 18.9 | +3.2 | |
| Green | Mark Posen | 167 | 18.3 | N/A | |
| Reform | Raymond Richards | 66 | 7.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 335 | 36.7 | –32.0 | ||
| Turnout | 912 | 36.0 | –3.1 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Holland | 549 | 59.3 | –2.4 | |
| Green | Paul Robinson | 221 | 23.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Frederick Hearn | 156 | 16.8 | +8.4 | |
| Majority | 328 | 35.4 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 926 | 38.0 | –0.9 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Courtauld* | 724 | 56.3 | –9.1 | |
| Conservative | Gabrielle Spray* | 707 | 55.0 | –7.4 | |
| Green | James Astley | 549 | 42.7 | –2.1 | |
| Labour | Sandra Hindley | 346 | 26.9 | +8.2 | |
| Labour | Felix Preston | 247 | 19.2 | +8.6 | |
| Turnout | 30.8 | +4.3 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (Green) | Mark Ault | 995 | 53.1 | N/A | |
| Independent (Green) | Michael Staines | 851 | 45.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | John Warner | 818 | 43.6 | –26.2 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Canning | 593 | 31.6 | –30.0 | |
| Labour | William Edwards | 265 | 14.1 | –3.7 | |
| Labour | Stephen Newton | 228 | 12.2 | –5.2 | |
| Turnout | 43.2 | +10.2 | |||
| Independentgain fromConservative | |||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sindhu Rajeev | 510 | 39.7 | –6.0 | |
| Conservative | Toby Williams | 486 | 37.9 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | Lucy Barlow | 362 | 28.2 | +11.5 | |
| Green | Edwyn Gerrard-Abbott | 358 | 27.9 | –3.9 | |
| Labour | Joan Coleman | 288 | 22.4 | +6.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Fleet | 259 | 20.2 | –10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Waring | 198 | 15.4 | N/A | |
| Reform | Richard Thomson | 107 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 27.9 | –0.1 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Billy Taylor | 568 | 39.6 | +10.2 | |
| Conservative | Ethan Williams | 543 | 37.8 | +8.8 | |
| Labour | Philip Barlow | 477 | 33.2 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | Leanora Headley | 418 | 29.1 | +4.8 | |
| Green | Stephen Hicks* | 401 | 27.9 | –7.9 | |
| Green | Phillip Hughes | 396 | 27.6 | –12.0 | |
| Reform | Tim Blaxill | 67 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 26.9 | –3.1 | |||
| Conservativegain fromGreen | |||||
| Conservativegain fromGreen | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Heath | 501 | 44.5 | +21.1 | |
| Labour | Jacqueline Martin | 473 | 42.0 | +20.2 | |
| Conservative | William Korsinah | 448 | 39.8 | –14.7 | |
| Conservative | Joe Trigg | 424 | 37.6 | –12.7 | |
| Green | Stephanie Bills | 174 | 15.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Hewitt | 137 | 12.2 | –16.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlie Ryland | 97 | 8.6 | –17.6 | |
| Turnout | 26.0 | +2.0 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jon Hayes | 533 | 40.1 | –3.5 | |
| Conservative | Ron Ramage* | 520 | 39.1 | –2.1 | |
| Labour | Jack Coleman | 467 | 35.1 | +9.2 | |
| Labour | Jack Robertson | 427 | 32.1 | +14.5 | |
| Green | Susan Ager | 361 | 27.1 | –2.3 | |
| Green | Steven Crane | 254 | 19.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Holt | 98 | 7.4 | –6.5 | |
| Turnout | 28.3 | –0.8 | |||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Van Dulken | 312 | 44.2 | –27.9 | |
| Independent (Green) | Julia Allen | 282 | 39.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Denis Franklin | 112 | 15.9 | –12.0 | |
| Turnout | 706 | 32.1 | +1.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Fleet | ||||
| Conservative | India Jayatillake | ||||
| Labour | Sarah Neal | ||||
| Independent (Green) | Colin Riches | ||||
| Reform | Nathan Robins | ||||