2023 Tendring District Council election

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All 48 seats toTendring District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Neil Stock (retiring) N/A Ivan Henderson Party Conservative Independent Labour Last election 16 seats, 33.3% 9 seats, 18.6% 6 seats, 14.3% Seats before 21 12 6 Seats won 19 16 8 Seat change 3 5 2 Popular vote 18,675 13,105 12,246 Percentage 33.1% 23.3% 21.7% Swing 0.2 pp 2.6 pp 7.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gary Scott Terry Allen (defeated) Party Liberal Democrats Tendring First Last election 2 seats, 13.1% 4 seats, 5.9% Seats before 2 4 Seats won 4 1 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 7,142 2,231 Percentage 12.7% 4.0% Swing 0.2 pp 1.6 pp
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tendring District Council election
Leader before election Neil Stock Conservative No overall control Leader after election Mark Thompson Independent No overall control

The2023 Tendring District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 48 members ofTendring District Council in Essex, England.^[1][2] This would be on the same day as otherlocal elections across England andparish council elections in the district.^[3]

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by Conservative councillor Neil Stock, who had been leader of the council since 2015. He chose not to stand for re-election.^[4]

After the election, the council remained under no overall control. A coalition ofindependent councillors,Labour and theLiberal Democrats formed to take control of the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, independent councillor Mark Thompson was appointed leader of the council, Labour group leaderIvan Henderson was made deputy leader of the council, and Liberal Democrat group leader Gary Scott was made chair of the council.^[5][6]

2023 Tendring District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	48	19	6	3	3	39.6	33.1	18,675	–0.2
	Independent	36	16	7	2	5	33.3	23.3	13,105	+2.6
	Labour	48	8	2	0	2	16.7	21.7	12,246	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	26	4	2	0	2	8.3	12.7	7,142	+0.2
	Tendring First	6	1	1	4	3	2.1	4.0	2,231	–1.6
	Green	19	0	0	0		0.0	4.3	2,416	+0.4
	Reform	4	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	436	N/A
	UKIP	1	0	0	5	5	0.0	0.2	98	–4.8

The Statement of Nominated Persons, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.^[7] The ward results were as follows:^[8]

Ardleigh & Little Bromley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zoe Fairley	343	46.3	–5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Fontaine	324	43.7	+4.9
	Labour	Alan Todd	74	10.0	+0.8
Turnout			749	32.1
	Conservativehold		Swing	5.3

James Codling and Mary Newton were elected in 2019 as UKIP members.

Gina Placey was elected in 2019 as a member of Tendring First.

Alex Porter was elected in 2019 as a member of UKIP.

Dovercourt Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Garry Calver*	422	68.7	–10.1
	Conservative	Lizi Ninnim	145	23.6	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Williams	47	7.7	N/A
Majority			277	45.1	–12.5
Turnout			614	28.0
	Labourhold		Swing	6.3

Dovercourt Tollgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pam Morrison*	364	56.3	+2.5
	Conservative	John Wade	244	37.7	–8.5
	Green	Carrie Sanderson	39	6.0	N/A
Majority			120	18.6	+11.0
Turnout			647	28.3
	Labourhold		Swing	5.5

Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Davidson*	337	66.3	+3.6
	Conservative	David Chant	120	23.6	–13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Banks	51	10.0	N/A
Majority			217	42.7	+17.3
Turnout				24.1
	Labourhold		Swing	8.7

Harwich & Kingsway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Henderson*	493	72.9	–3.3
	Conservative	Barry Brown	147	21.7	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Linge	36	5.3	N/A
Majority			316	51.2	N/A
Turnout			676	26.2
	Labourhold		Swing	0.6

Homelands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Platt	331	37.1	+12.3
	Labour	John Carrington	161	18.0	+8.4
	Independent	Shirley Heggie	122	13.7	N/A
	Tendring First	Jack Robertson	120	13.4	–8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Maleary	105	11.8	N/A
	Green	Paul Clutterbuck	54	6.0	–0.8
Majority			170	19.1	N/A
Turnout				35.6
	Conservativegain fromIndependent		Swing	2.0

Kirby Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Cossens	377	45.7	+16.9
	Tendring First	Paul Clifton*	278	33.7	–7.7
	Labour	Jay Weaver	170	20.6	+12.8
Majority			99	12.0	N/A
Turnout				28.3
	Conservativegain fromTendring First		Swing	12.3

Kirby-le-Soken & Hamford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Cossens	408	49.2	+7.4
	Tendring First	Fiona Knowles*	235	28.3	–29.9
	Labour	Bethan Phillips	111	13.4	N/A
	Green	Paul Butler	75	9.0	N/A
Majority			173	20.9	N/A
Turnout			829	33.7
	Conservativegain fromTendring First		Swing	18.7

Pier

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Honeywood*	179	41.4	–4.8
	Labour	Donny Standing	145	33.6	+14.7
	Independent	James Burns	91	21.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Cunningham	17	3.9	–3.0
Majority			34	7.8	–19.5
Turnout			432	22.1
	Conservativehold		Swing	9.8

St Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Honeywood*	288	41.6	+5.0
	Tendring First	Pierre Oxley	161	23.2	+1.4
	Labour	Robert Porter	157	22.7	N/A
	Green	Clive Purrett	50	7.2	–3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Walker	25	3.6	–5.0
	Independent	Elizabeth Khan	12	1.7	N/A
Majority			127	18.4	+3.9
Turnout			693	31.0
	Conservativehold		Swing	1.8

Stour Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tanya Ferguson	336	34.7	–1.5
	Labour	Sean Fay	247	25.5	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark De Roy	185	19.1	+8.2
	Reform	Mark Cole	120	12.4	N/A
	Green	Eleanor Gordon	80	8.3	–2.1
Majority			89	9.2	+1.9
Turnout			968	40.1
	Conservativehold		Swing	6.7

The Bentleys & Frating

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda McWilliams*	450	48.0	–6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Taylor	173	18.4	–8.2
	Independent	Rebecca Cole	126	13.4	N/A
	Labour	David Smith	102	10.9	+4.7
	Green	Alison Clarke	87	9.3	–3.6
Majority			277	29.6	+1.9
Turnout				32.4
	Conservativehold		Swing	1.0

The Oakleys & Wix

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Bush*	311	40.3	–24.4
	Conservative	Tom Howard	265	34.4	+11.3
	Labour	Dave McLeod	133	17.3	+5.1
	Green	Bob Rowles	62	8.0	N/A
Majority			46	5.9	–35.7
Turnout				31.1
	Independenthold		Swing	17.9

Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tendring First	Ann Oxley	273	33.4	+12.0
	Independent	Delyth Miles*	185	22.6	–5.6
	Labour	Chris Bee	171	20.9	+5.6
	Conservative	Ann Poonian	140	17.1	–8.2
	Green	Steven Walker	49	6.0	N/A
Majority			88	10.8	N/A
Turnout				30.1
	Tendring Firstgain fromIndependent		Swing	8.8

Peter Harris was elected in 2019 as a Foundation Party member.

• Nick Turner (Frinton), elected as a Conservative in May 2023, had moved to independent by September 2023.^[9]

• Jeff Bray (Little Clacton) and Peter Harris (Weeley & Tendring), both elected as Conservatives, left the party in November 2023 to sit as independents.^[10]

• Richard Everett (Frinton), elected as a Conservative in 2023, left the party in February 2024 to sit as an independent.^[11]

• James Codling (Bluehouse), elected as a Conservative, left the party on 11 June 2024 to sit as an independent.^[12]

• On 24 June 2024, independent councillors Nick Turner (Frinton), Richard Everett (Frinton), Jeff Bray (Little Clacton) and James Codling (Bluehouse) joinReform UK, giving the party its first representation the council.^[13]

Bluehouse by-election, 11 January 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bernard Goldman	181	30.4	+12.1
	Conservative	Alex Porter	91	15.3	–14.7
	Labour	John Carrington	83	13.9	–16.2
	Reform	Tony Mack	54	9.1	N/A
	Independent	Danny Mayzes	52	8.7	N/A
	Independent	Gareth Bayford	45	7.6	N/A
	UKIP	Andrew Pemberton	38	6.4	–7.5
	Independent	Josie Holland	24	4.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Kane Silver	22	3.7	N/A
	Independent	John Chittock	6	1.0	N/A
Majority			90	15.1	N/A
Turnout			596
	Independentgain fromLabour		Swing	13.4

By-election triggered by resignation of Labour councillor Ian Lennard.^[14]

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