Local Election Results 2017

Essex

Whole council up for election.

CIIP = Canvey Island Independent Party
EDP = English Democrats Party
Loughton = Loughton Residents Association
R4U = Residents for Uttlesford
Rayleigh = Rayleigh Independents
Rochford = Rochford District Residents
SWFInd = South Woodham Ferrers Independents
Tendring = Tendring First
Wickford = Wickford Independents

Other results for Essex:2005 2009 2013 2021
By-elections for Essex (may be incomplete): 13th July 2006 (Brentwood Rural) — 5th May 2011 (Harlow W.) — 9th June 2011 (Chelmsford C.) — 8th September 2011 (Stock) — 28th June 2012 (Chelmsford N.) — 9th October 2014 (Brightlingsea) — 5th March 2015 (Bocking) — 31st March 2016 (Clacton E.) — 9th June 2016 (Basildon Laindon Park & Fryerns) — 3rd October 2019 (Clacton E.) — 3rd March 2022 (Rayleigh N.) — 4th May 2023 (Basildon Laindon Park & Fryerns) — 2nd May 2024 (Harlow S.E.) — 4th July 2024 (Basildon Pitsea) — 12th December 2024 (Stock) — 1st May 2025 (Chelmsford C.)
Results for district councils — Basildon2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Braintree2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Brentwood2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Castle Point2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Chelmsford2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Colchester2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Epping Forest2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Harlow2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 — Maldon2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Rochford2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 — Tendring2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 — Uttlesford2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Map of the results —Export spreadsheet

Consolidated results — Essex 2017

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Conservative	166770	49.0%	56
Labour	54041	15.9%	6
Liberal Democrat	49990	14.7%	7
UK Independence Party	25883	7.6%	0
Green Party	15722	4.6%	1
Independent	10077	3.0%	2
Residents for Uttlesford	5231	1.5%	0
Canvey Island Independent Party	3654	1.1%	2
Loughton Residents Association	2824	0.8%	1
Wickford Independents	1503	0.4%	0
Rochford District Residents	1400	0.4%	0
Tendring First	1332	0.4%	0
British National Party	761	0.2%	0
South Woodham Ferrers Independents	732	0.2%	0
Rayleigh Independents	655	0.2%	0
English Democrats Party	58	0.0%	0

Abbey [Lab gain from LD]

Lee Scordis	Lab	1624	32.1%
Lyn Barton	LD	1469	29.0%
Daniel Ellis	C	1290	25.5%
Mark Goacher	Grn	466	9.2%
Ron Levy	UKIP	218	4.3%

Basildon Laindon Park and Fryerns (2) [1 C gain from UKIP]

Jeff Henry	C	2196	36.2%
Allan Davies	Lab	2154	35.5%
Sandra Hiller	C	2077
Adele Brown	Lab	2018
Derrick Fellowes	UKIP	1405	23.1%
Frank Ferguson	UKIP	1402
Elizabeth Grant	LD	317	5.2%
Colin Grant	LD	296

Basildon Pitsea (2) [1 C gain from Lab]

Stephen Hiller	C	2654	37.2%
Patricia Reid	Lab	2605	36.5%
Paul Bishop	Lab	2452
Christopher Jackman	C	2313
Simon Breedon	UKIP	1372	19.2%
Stephen Ward	UKIP	1113
Martin Howard	LD	351	4.9%
Stephen Nice	LD	303
Paul Borg	BNP	161	2.3%
Christine Winter	BNP	126

Basildon Westley Heights [Ind gain from UKIP]

Kerry Smith	Ind	3341	60.6%
Andrew Schrader	C	1329	24.1%
Jack Ferguson	Lab	546	9.9%
Benjamin Williams	LD	294	5.3%

Billericay and Burstead (2)

Anthony Hedley	C	6223	65.1%
Richard Moore	C	5623
Santa Bennett	Lab	1082	11.3%
Darren Kelliher	LD	926	9.7%
David Kirkman	Lab	745
Oliver Alexander	Grn	701	7.3%
Clare Nice	LD	685
Kevin Piper	UKIP	628	6.6%
Linda Allport-Hodge	UKIP	548

Bocking [C gain from UKIP]

Stephen Canning	C	2143	55.3%
Collette Gibson	Lab	992	25.6%
Alan Rees	UKIP	367	9.5%
Barry Foskett	LD	218	5.6%
Poppy Gerrard-Abbott	Grn	158	4.1%

Braintree Eastern

Robert Mitchell	C	2504	56.8%
Moia Thorogood	Lab	723	16.4%
Geoffrey Keig	LD	476	10.8%
Stephen Hicks	Grn	429	9.7%
Norma Huxter	UKIP	275	6.2%

Braintree Town

Jean Schmitt	C	1922	51.4%
Colin Riches	Lab	1067	28.6%
Sam Cowie	UKIP	338	9.0%
Laura Davies	LD	247	6.6%
Stephanie Bills	Grn	163	4.4%

Brentwood Hutton

Louise McKinlay	C	3533	72.1%
Dominic Naylor	LD	629	12.8%
Emma Benson	Lab	502	10.2%
Alistair Stephen	Grn	235	4.8%

Brentwood North

Barry Aspinell	LD	2522	51.0%
John Kerslake	C	1746	35.3%
Michele Wigram	Lab	297	6.0%
Bryan Finegan	UKIP	270	5.5%
Wendy Stephen	Grn	106	2.1%

Brentwood Rural

Lesley Wagland	C	3320	65.5%
Darryl Sankey	LD	804	15.9%
Alison Heales	UKIP	424	8.4%
Tim Barrett	Lab	349	6.9%
Paul Jeater	Grn	174	3.4%

Brentwood South

David Kendall	LD	2087	46.1%
Andy Wiles	C	1704	37.6%
Gareth Barrett	Lab	542	12.0%
John Hamilton	Grn	198	4.4%

Brightlingsea [C gain from UKIP]

Alan Goggin	C	2490	47.5%
Gary Scott	LD	1318	25.1%
Frank Belgrove	Lab	628	12.0%
Ben Smith	UKIP	602	11.5%
Bev Maltby	Grn	205	3.9%

Broomfield and Writtle

John Aldridge	C	2916	54.2%
Wendy Daden	Ind	959	17.8%
Julia Frascona	LD	894	16.6%
Connor Woolner	Lab	423	7.9%
Reza Hossain	Grn	184	3.4%

Buckhurst Hill and Loughton South

Valerie Metcalfe	C	2742	56.5%
Simon Heap	Grn	1093	22.5%
Joseph Barkham	LD	549	11.3%
Jason Philips	Lab	466	9.6%

Canvey Island East

Dave Blackwell	CIIP	1976	47.3%
Chas Mumford	C	1359	32.5%
Sam Aubrey	UKIP	482	11.5%
Maggie McArthur-Curtis	Lab	319	7.6%
Paul Chaplin	LD	46	1.1%

Canvey Island West [CIIP gain from C]

Peter May	CIIP	1678	49.8%
Jay Blissett	C	1342	39.8%
Jackie Reilly	Lab	336	10.0%
Ian Gale	LD	15	0.4%

Chelmer

John Spence	C	3184	64.3%
Natacha Dudley	LD	746	15.1%
Sandra Massey	Lab	471	9.5%
Jesse Pryke	UKIP	316	6.4%
Colin Budgey	Grn	237	4.8%

Chelmsford Central

Dick Madden	C	1823	42.5%
Marie Goldman	LD	1617	37.7%
Edward Massey	Lab	506	11.8%
John Theedom	UKIP	180	4.2%
Tony Lane	Grn	165	3.8%

Chelmsford North

Stephen Robinson	LD	2194	47.0%
Mike Holoway	C	1635	35.0%
David Howell	Lab	466	10.0%
Thomas Jones	UKIP	243	5.2%
Keith Wiffen	Grn	131	2.8%

Chelmsford West

Jude Deakin	LD	1735	39.1%
Graham Seeley	C	1534	34.6%
Richard Hyland	Lab	757	17.1%
Nigel Carter	UKIP	284	6.4%
Natalie Seaman	Grn	129	2.9%

Chigwell and Loughton Broadway

Gagan Mohindra	C	2033	65.7%
Joanne Alexander-Sefre	LD	545	17.6%
Mich Diamond-Conway	Lab	518	16.7%

Clacton East [Ind gain from Tendring]

Colin Sargeant	Ind	1906	40.9%
Chris Amos	C	1458	31.3%
Mark Stephenson	UKIP	705	15.1%
Robert Porter	Lab	440	9.4%
Kane Silver	LD	82	1.8%
Sally McAteer	Grn	74	1.6%

Clacton North

Andy Wood	C	1639	49.9%
Samantha Atkinson	Lab	725	22.1%
Andrew Pemberton	UKIP	724	22.0%
Barrie Coker	LD	125	3.8%
David Davis	Grn	73	2.2%

Clacton West

Paul Honeywood	C	1805	50.9%
Dan Casey	Lab	874	24.7%
Roy Raby	UKIP	619	17.5%
Sean Duffy	LD	157	4.4%
Steven Kelly	Grn	88	2.5%

Constable

Anne Brown	C	3688	68.6%
Thomas Stevenson	LD	725	13.5%
Ian Yates	Lab	552	10.3%
Blake Roberts	Grn	413	7.7%

Drury

Sue Lissimore	C	3330	58.3%
Glanville Williams	LD	1279	22.4%
Sioux Blair-Jordan	Lab	594	10.4%
Robbie Spence	Grn	303	5.3%
Diane Baker	UKIP	202	3.5%

Dunmow

Susan Barker	C	3389	55.9%
Alexander Armstrong	R4U	1457	24.0%
Lori Flawn	LD	402	6.6%
Bill McCarthy	Lab	399	6.6%
Alan Stannard	UKIP	283	4.7%
Ashley Payne	Grn	133	2.2%

Epping and Theydon Bois [C gain from LD]

Christopher Whitbread	C	2419	45.5%
Jon Whitehouse	LD	2275	42.8%
Simon Bullough	Lab	353	6.6%
Barry Johns	UKIP	264	5.0%

Frinton and Walton

Mark Platt	C	3066	52.0%
Terry Allen	Tendring	1332	22.6%
Andy White	Lab	616	10.4%
Richard Everett	UKIP	563	9.5%
Susan Clutterbuck	Grn	192	3.3%
Simon Banks	LD	131	2.2%

Great Baddow

Jenny Chandler	C	2306	46.7%
Chris Shaw	LD	1718	34.8%
Chris Vince	Lab	422	8.5%
Jeanette Howes	UKIP	360	7.3%
Liz Carlton	Grn	134	2.7%

Hadleigh

Jill Reeves	C	3063	66.2%
Brian Lee	UKIP	560	12.1%
Lee Dorrington	Lab	550	11.9%
Geoff Duff	LD	241	5.2%
Douglas Copping	Grn	214	4.6%

Halstead

Jo Beavis	C	2604	59.3%
Garry Warren	Lab	871	19.8%
Anthony Felton	UKIP	338	7.7%
Mark Jarman-Howe	LD	324	7.4%
Jenny Bishop	Grn	230	5.2%
Paul Hooks	BNP	23	0.5%

Harlow North [C gain from Lab]

Michael Garnett	C	2512	51.0%
Michael Danvers	Lab	2036	41.3%
Lesley Rideout	LD	379	7.7%

Harlow South East

Eddie Johnson	C	2468	58.0%
Eugenie Harvey	Lab	1495	35.1%
Christopher Robins	LD	293	6.9%

Harlow West (2) [2 C gains from Lab]

Michael Hardware	C	3940	47.7%
Clive Souter	C	3802
Karen Clempner	Lab	3457	41.9%
Tony Durcan	Lab	3315
Hannah Clare	Grn	561	6.8%
James Aicken	Grn	405
Christopher Millington	LD	297	3.6%
Robert Thurston	LD	248

Harwich

Ivan Henderson	Lab	2427	51.4%
Ricky Callender	C	1374	29.1%
Aaron Hammond	UKIP	725	15.4%
Owen Bartholomew	LD	106	2.2%
Paul Clutterbuck	Grn	88	1.9%

Hedingham

David Finch	C	3222	64.9%
Bill Edwards	Lab	592	11.9%
Steve Bolter	LD	541	10.9%
David Huxter	UKIP	371	7.5%
Dawn Holmes	Grn	242	4.9%

Heybridge and Tollesbury

Mark Durham	C	2965	57.9%
Keith Miller	Lab	547	10.7%
Andrew Francis	UKIP	450	8.8%
Richard Lee	LD	434	8.5%
Richard Perry	BNP	422	8.2%
Edwyn Gerrard-Abbott	Grn	304	5.9%

Loughton Central

Chris Pond	Loughton	2824	69.3%
Jonathan Hunter	C	801	19.7%
Angela Ayre	Lab	328	8.1%
Paul Rissbrook	LD	121	3.0%

Maldon

Penny Channer	C	2865	59.8%
Lee Rigby	Lab	680	14.2%
Neil Babbage	LD	533	11.1%
Tim Drain	UKIP	310	6.5%
Benjamin Finn	Grn	246	5.1%
Trevor Cable	BNP	155	3.2%

Maypole

Dave Harris	Lab	2178	51.5%
Pauline Hazell	C	1166	27.6%
Martin Goss	LD	600	14.2%
Bruno Hickman	UKIP	192	4.5%
Laura Pountney	Grn	96	2.3%

Mersea and Tiptree

John Jowers	C	2555	49.0%
John Akker	Ind	1058	20.3%
Bry Mogridge	Lab	533	10.2%
David Broise	UKIP	474	9.1%
Jo Hayes	LD	317	6.1%
Peter Banks	Grn	281	5.4%

Mile End and Highwoods

Anne Turrell	LD	2104	46.5%
Thomas Rowe	C	1549	34.2%
Michael Wagstaff	Lab	464	10.3%
Amanda Kirke	Grn	207	4.6%
Alex Knupffer	UKIP	200	4.4%

North Weald and Nazeing

Anthony Jackson	C	3081	78.5%
Stefan Mullard	Lab	500	12.7%
Arnold Verrall	LD	346	8.8%

Ongar and Rural

Maggie McEwen	C	2336	68.2%
Brian Surtees	LD	432	12.6%
Liam Preston	Lab	316	9.2%
Lawrence Mendoza	UKIP	282	8.2%
Robin Tilbrook	EDP	58	1.7%

Parsons Heath and East Gates

John Baker	LD	1885	43.3%
Darius Laws	C	1486	34.1%
Judy Short	Lab	514	11.8%
Jason Berry	UKIP	294	6.7%
Robert Brannan	Grn	179	4.1%

Rayleigh North

Malcolm Maddocks	C	2122	44.7%
Christopher Black	LD	1462	30.8%
John Hayter	UKIP	835	17.6%
Roger Neville	Lab	331	7.0%

Rayleigh South [C gain from UKIP]

June Lumley	C	2090	50.3%
Jamie Burton	Rayleigh	655	15.7%
Christopher Stanley	LD	495	11.9%
Keith Gibbs	UKIP	459	11.0%
Samantha Reed	Lab	328	7.9%
Andrew Strutt	Grn	132	3.2%

Rochford North

Terry Cutmore	C	1897	44.6%
John Mason	Rochford	1400	32.9%
David Lench	Lab	403	9.5%
Nicholas Cooper	UKIP	402	9.5%
Daniel Irlam	LD	148	3.5%

Rochford South

Mike Steptoe	C	1683	45.6%
Mark Daniels	Lab	870	23.6%
Neil Hookway	UKIP	668	18.1%
Robert Green	Ind	173	4.7%
Tracy Arnold	LD	170	4.6%
Simon Cross	Grn	128	3.5%

Rochford West [C gain from Grn]

Carole Weston	C	2281	48.1%
Michael Hoy	Grn	1736	36.6%
David Flack	Lab	386	8.1%
Tina Hughes	UKIP	336	7.1%

Saffron Walden [C gain from Ind]

John Moran	C	2468	35.6%
Heather Asker	R4U	2201	31.8%
Joan Shibata	LD	1211	17.5%
Simon Trimnell	Lab	619	8.9%
Sarah Allington	Grn	246	3.6%
Raymond Tyler	UKIP	182	2.6%

South Benfleet [C gain from UKIP]

Andrew Sheldon	C	2820	64.4%
Alan Bayley	UKIP	711	16.2%
Jack Rawlings	Lab	644	14.7%
Francesca Sawle	LD	202	4.6%

South Woodham Ferrers

Bob Massey	C	1554	45.7%
Jackie Birch	SWFInd	732	21.5%
Kyle Jannece	UKIP	566	16.6%
Mike Robertson	Lab	185	5.4%
Noel Sutcliffe	LD	142	4.2%
Chris Cheater	Ind	117	3.4%
David Rey	Grn	106	3.1%

Southminster

Ron Pratt	C	2570	44.5%
Wendy Stamp	Ind	1498	26.0%
Beverley Acevedo	UKIP	754	13.1%
Leslie McDonald	Lab	526	9.1%
Ray Kay	LD	243	4.2%
Peter Lote	Grn	181	3.1%

Springfield

Mike Mackrory	LD	2464	46.1%
Jean Murray	C	1991	37.2%
Russell Kennedy	Lab	480	9.0%
Mark Gough	UKIP	286	5.3%
Angela Thomson	Grn	126	2.4%

Stansted

Ray Gooding	C	2317	37.4%
Melvin Caton	LD	1711	27.6%
Anthony Gerard	R4U	1573	25.4%
Thomas van de Bilt	Lab	284	4.6%
David Allum	UKIP	175	2.8%
Karmel Stannard	Grn	132	2.1%

Stanway and Pyefleet

Kevin Bentley	C	2842	54.9%
Jessica Scott-Boutell	LD	1190	23.0%
Alan Mogridge	Lab	565	10.9%
John Pitts	UKIP	289	5.6%
Susan Allen	Grn	287	5.5%

Stock

Ian Grundy	C	3277	68.2%
Paul Clark	Ind	710	14.8%
Elaine Baldwin	Lab	348	7.2%
Tom Willis	LD	307	6.4%
Steve Betteridge	Grn	160	3.3%

Tendring Rural East [C gain from UKIP]

Andy Erskine	C	2388	51.1%
Jeff Bray	UKIP	1035	22.1%
Maria Fowler	Lab	762	16.3%
Matthew Bensilum	LD	279	6.0%
Chris Southall	Grn	212	4.5%

Tendring Rural West

Carlo Guglielmi	C	2668	59.5%
Maison Urwin	Lab	552	12.3%
Rain Welham-Cobb	LD	536	12.0%
Mary Newton	UKIP	388	8.7%
Duncan Gordon	Grn	340	7.6%

Thaxted

Simon Walsh	C	2710	57.7%
Antoinette Wattebot	LD	954	20.3%
Peter Simmons	Lab	405	8.6%
Lorna Howe	UKIP	325	6.9%
Paul Allington	Grn	304	6.5%

Three Fields with Great Notley

Graham Butland	C	2545	63.0%
Juliet Walton	Lab	486	12.0%
Graham Sheppard	LD	404	10.0%
Sean Carter	UKIP	319	7.9%
Bob Wright	Grn	286	7.1%

Thundersley [C gain from UKIP]

Beverley Egan	C	2406	64.6%
Joe Cooke	Lab	786	21.1%
Sharon Ainsley	UKIP	533	14.3%

Waltham Abbey

Ricki Gadsby	C	2283	59.7%
Robert Greyson	Lab	590	15.4%
Ron McEvoy	UKIP	448	11.7%
Dave Plummer	Grn	325	8.5%
Timothy Vaughan	LD	177	4.6%

Wickford Crouch (2) [1 C gain from UKIP]

Tony Ball	C	4723	54.3%
Malcolm Buckley	C	4316
David Harrison	Wickford	1503	17.3%
Eunice Brockman	Wickford	1455
Louise Catling	Lab	1068	12.3%
Mark Conroy	UKIP	1009	11.6%
Peter Towler	Lab	899
Anne Waters	UKIP	850
David Radley	LD	390	4.5%

Witham Northern

James Abbott	Grn	1743	37.9%
Tom Cunningham	C	1650	35.8%
Philip Barlow	Lab	722	15.7%
David Hodges	UKIP	343	7.5%
Mark Scott	LD	145	3.2%

Witham Southern

Derrick Louis	C	2114	51.1%
Antony Gore	Lab	811	19.6%
Christopher Darbon	UKIP	500	12.1%
Barry Fleet	LD	437	10.6%
Philip Hughes	Grn	276	6.7%

Wivenhoe St Andrew

Julie Young	Lab	2054	48.0%
Mark Cory	LD	1077	25.2%
Michael McDonnell	C	662	15.5%
Chris Hill	Ind	315	7.4%
Janita le Fevre	Grn	170	4.0%

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