2019 Braintree District Council election
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Map showing the results of the 2019 Braintree District Council election: Conservative Green Independent (Green and Independent group) Halstead Residents Labour Other Independent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Braintree District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Some minor ward boundary changes were made in February 2019.[4] 49 members were elected from 26 wards.
Before the election, an alliance was formed between the Liberal Democrats, Greens and the two Independent candidates standing in Coggeshall, such that the two parties did not stand against each other in most wards, and neither stood in Coggeshall. The elected Green and Independent councillors formed a political group on the new Council.[5]
The election returned a much reduced Conservative majority, down from 39 in 2015 to 19. The Green and Independent group became the largest opposition for the first time, with 8 seats, entirely in the southeast of the district.
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]2019 Braintree District Council election | |||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 46 | 34 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 69.4 | 45.5 | 28,600 | −1.7 | ||
Green and Independent group | |||||||||||
Green | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 12.2 | 17.8 | 11,165 | +6.5 | ||
Independent | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 2,269 | +3.6 | ||
Group total | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 16.3 | 21.4 | 13,434 | +10.1 | ||
Halstead Residents | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8.2 | 4.3 | 2,722 | +1.3 | ||
Labour | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 21.1 | 13,278 | +1.3 | ||
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1,451 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2,540 | +1.4 | ||
UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 771 | −14.3 | ||
Total | 138 | 49 | Turnout | 31.2 | 34,696 | −36.3 |
Results by ward
[edit]Bocking Blackwater
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Wendy Schmitt | 862 | 43.4 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | Trevor McArdle | 844 | 42.5 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Lyn Walters | 813 | 40.9 | +9.3 | |
Green | John Malam | 579 | 29.1 | +20.1 | |
Labour | Agnes Bishop | 487 | 24.5 | +6.7 | |
UKIP | Leo Jenner | 479 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Merle Morris | 384 | 19.3 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Richard Parsons | 359 | 18.1 | +4.8 | |
Turnout | 1,995 | 26.5 | −39.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bocking North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Labour | David Mann | 593 | 51.1 | +17.1 | ||
Labour | Tony Everard | 569 | 49.0 | +18.1 | ||
Conservative | Philip Rawlinson | 445 | 38.3 | −1.8 | ||
Green | Dawn Holmes | 251 | 21.6 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,187 | 28.6 | −37.6 | |||
Rejected ballots | 26 | 2.2 | +1.8 | |||
Labour hold | ||||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Bocking South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Baugh | 511 | 46.8 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Ian Pritchard | 399 | 36.5 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Moia Thorogood | 377 | 34.5 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Lynn Jefferis | 369 | 33.8 | +6.6 | |
Green | Simon Attwood | 282 | 25.8 | +16.4 | |
Turnout | 1,115 | 25.1 | −32.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 2.1 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Braintree Central and Beckers Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Hensman | 596 | 35.5 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Justin Wrench | 512 | 30.5 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Saif Rehman | 504 | 30.0 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Celia Shute | 494 | 29.4 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Antony Jones | 477 | 28.4 | −2.3 | |
Labour | Bill Edwards | 461 | 27.4 | +2.0 | |
Green | Dormer Andrews | 459 | 27.3 | +10.2 | |
Independent | Colin Riches | 451 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Independent | David Mansell | 382 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,702 | 26.2 | −31.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 22 | 1.3 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Braintree South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kevin Bowers | 539 | 49.5 | −4.2 | |
Conservative | Dean Wallace | 528 | 48.5 | +6.5 | |
Labour | Martin Green | 327 | 30.1 | −5.2 | |
Labour | Edith Aganoke | 317 | 29.1 | −5.4 | |
Green | Nicholas Scales | 237 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,117 | 24.0 | −35.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 29 | 2.6 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Braintree West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mary Cunningham | 804 | 55.1 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | John McKee | 780 | 53.5 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Andy Beatty | 369 | 25.3 | +4.8 | |
Green | Edwyn Gerrard-Abbott | 363 | 24.9 | +13.1 | |
Labour | Keiran Martin | 253 | 17.3 | −1.8 | |
Turnout | 1,480 | 31.4 | −36.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.4 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bumpstead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diana Garrod | 628 | 76.2 | +14.4 | |
Labour | Jacqueline Thurgood | 196 | 23.8 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 432 | 52.4 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 854 | 36.4 | −39.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 30 | 3.5 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Coggeshall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Nick Unsworth [n 1] | 1,210 | 61.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Tom Walsh [n 1] | 1,059 | 53.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alan Dunn | 559 | 28.2 | −23.1 | |
Conservative | Lynette Bowers-Flint | 552 | 27.9 | −14.1 | |
Labour | Gary Knights | 228 | 11.5 | −8.0 | |
Labour | Eileen Davidson | 198 | 10.0 | −5.8 | |
Turnout | 1,989 | 43.3 | −33.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.5 | -0.4 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Gosfield and Greenstead Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Schwier | 445 | 51.6 | −16.1 | |
Green | Jenny Bishop | 297 | 34.4 | +20.6 | |
Labour | Deborah Warren | 121 | 14.0 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 148 | 17.1 | −32.1 | ||
Turnout | 908 | 41.4 | −36.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 45 | 5.0 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -18.3 |
Great Notley and Black Notley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Butland | 1,191 | 59.6 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | Tom Cunningham | 1,053 | 52.7 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | Francesco Ricci | 1,044 | 52.2 | +1.9 | |
Green | Freddie Gerrard-Abbott | 536 | 26.8 | +13.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Sheppard | 336 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Toombs | 303 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Juliet Walton | 298 | 14.9 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Collette Gibson | 269 | 13.5 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | Bronislaw Jagniaszek | 211 | 10.6 | −2.4 | |
Turnout | 2,039 | 28.2 | −43.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 40 | 2.0 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Halstead St Andrews
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Halstead Residents | David Hume | 701 | 52.9 | +11.5 | |
Halstead Residents | Mick Radley | 628 | 47.4 | +22.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Kirby | 301 | 22.7 | −12.3 | |
Conservative | Rob Pye | 265 | 20.0 | −7.9 | |
Labour | Stephen Knight | 184 | 13.9 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Pauline Amos | 174 | 13.1 | +3.2 | |
Green | Daniel Shadbolt | 157 | 11.9 | +3.9 | |
Turnout | 1,358 | 30.6 | −34.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 29 | 2.1 | -0.1 | ||
Halstead Residents hold | |||||
Halstead Residents gain from Conservative |
Halstead Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Halstead Residents | Jackie Pell | 800 | 64.5 | +18.9 | |
Halstead Residents | Andy Munday | 593 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Malcolm Fincken | 329 | 26.5 | −1.4 | |
Labour | Garry Warren | 290 | 23.4 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Julia Allen | 256 | 20.6 | −19.6 | |
Turnout | 1,252 | 26.8 | −33.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 12 | 1.0 | -0.7 | ||
Halstead Residents hold | |||||
Halstead Residents gain from Conservative |
Hatfield Peverel and Terling
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joanne Dervish | 955 | 63.4 | +21.5 | |
Conservative | David Bebb | 901 | 59.8 | +7.7 | |
Green | Jonathan Barker | 355 | 23.6 | +13.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Hooper | 174 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Tony Bennett | 148 | 9.8 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Nick Fogden | 127 | 8.4 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Wheeler | 102 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,547 | 33.6 | −39.7 | ||
Rejected ballots | 40 | 2.6 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Hedingham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jo Beavis | 618 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hylton Johnson | 607 | 45.8 | +4.9 | |
Green | Stephanie Bills | 374 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nigel McCrea | 363 | 27.4 | −21.6 | |
Labour | Matt Creamer | 190 | 14.3 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Denis Franklin | 104 | 7.8 | −8.8 | |
Turnout | 1,344 | 30.0 | −36.6 | ||
Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.3 | +0.8 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Kelvedon and Feering
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jennifer Sandum | 857 | 50.0 | +29.4 | |
Green | Paul Thorogood | 717 | 41.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Mitchell | 672 | 39.2 | −17.9 | |
Conservative | John Elliott | 629 | 36.7 | −23.3 | |
Labour | Ian Marshall | 281 | 16.4 | −6.2 | |
Labour | Bob Powers | 175 | 10.2 | −11.4 | |
Turnout | 1,729 | 40.3 | −36.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.8 | -0.3 | ||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Rayne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Euesden | 430 | 54.3 | −7.5 | |
Green | Poppy Gerrard-Abbott | 260 | 32.8 | +26.1 | |
Labour | Nigel Gibson | 102 | 12.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 170 | 21.5 | −19.8 | ||
Turnout | 805 | 35.8 | −37.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 13 | 1.6 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -16.8 |
Silver End and Cressing
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | James Abbott | 1,334 | 76.9 | +27.6 | |
Green | Bob Wright | 1,059 | 61.1 | +33.1 | |
UKIP | Sean Perkins | 292 | 16.8 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Becky Karaman-Naci | 248 | 14.3 | −17.5 | |
Labour | Ann Griffin | 121 | 7.0 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Richard Tuff | 100 | 5.8 | −3.8 | |
Turnout | 1,740 | 37.5 | −31.1 | ||
Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.3 | -0.0 | ||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Stour Valley North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iona Parker | 716 | 84.3 | +21.8 | |
Labour | Peter Long | 133 | 15.7 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 583 | 68.7 | +28.0 | ||
Turnout | 901 | 39.1 | −37.5 | ||
Rejected ballots | 52 | 5.8 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.9 |
Stour Valley South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Wendy Scattergood | 565 | 61.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Bolter | 274 | 29.9 | +14.8 | |
Labour | Fredrick Hearn | 77 | 8.4 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 291 | 31.8 | −11.6 | ||
Turnout | 948 | 38.9 | −39.9 | ||
Rejected ballots | 32 | 3.4 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.8 |
The Colnes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Courtauld | 755 | 65.4 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Gabrielle Spray | 721 | 62.4 | +13.5 | |
Green | Alan Sheppard | 517 | 44.8 | +26.0 | |
Labour | Tamsin Cleeve | 216 | 18.7 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Cornelius Coughlan | 122 | 10.6 | +0.4 | |
Turnout | 1,181 | 26.5 | −46.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 26 | 2.2 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Three Fields
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Tattersley | 1,021 | 69.8 | +16.2 | |
Conservative | Vanessa Santomauro | 901 | 61.6 | +15.5 | |
Green | Andrea Phillips | 585 | 40.0 | +28.7 | |
Labour | Margaret Lynch | 260 | 17.8 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Barry Foskett | 255 | 17.4 | +5.8 | |
Turnout | 1,498 | 33.0 | −42.2 | ||
Rejected ballots | 35 | 2.3 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Witham Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Angela Kilmartin | 552 | 45.7 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Susan Wilson | 439 | 36.4 | −8.9 | |
Green | Nelson Brunton | 384 | 31.8 | +15.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Fleet | 373 | 30.9 | +14.6 | |
Labour | Kathie Tearle | 202 | 16.7 | −5.6 | |
Labour | Jack Coleman | 192 | 15.9 | −3.1 | |
Turnout | 1,228 | 28.0 | −32.8 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 1.7 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Witham North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Michelle Weeks | 596 | 39.6 | +18.4 | |
Green | Stephen Hicks | 539 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Labour Co-op | Philip Barlow | 479 | 31.8 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Jack Bayford | 443 | 29.4 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | JoAnn Williams | 437 | 29.0 | −8.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Leanora Headley | 366 | 24.3 | −0.6 | |
Turnout | 1,536 | 30.0 | −31.3 | ||
Rejected ballots | 31 | 2.0 | +0.2 | ||
Green gain from Labour Co-op | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Labour gained one of the Conservative seats in a 2016 by-election.
Witham South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Coleridge | 587 | 54.5 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Ronald Ramage | 542 | 50.3 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Onions | 312 | 28.9 | +20.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Ryland | 282 | 26.2 | +18.9 | |
Labour | Pamela Carlaw | 252 | 23.4 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Tom Hewitt | 235 | 21.8 | +3.2 | |
Turnout | 1,117 | 24.0 | −38.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 39 | 3.5 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Witham West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Bill Rose | 633 | 43.6 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Patrick Horner | 599 | 41.2 | −5.7 | |
Green | Philip Hughes | 427 | 29.4 | +14.8 | |
Labour | Lucy Barlow | 376 | 25.9 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Antony Gore | 256 | 17.6 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Fleet | 202 | 13.9 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Waring | 182 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,463 | 29.1 | −33.4 | ||
Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.7 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Yeldham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard van Dulken | 453 | 72.1 | +16.2 | |
Labour | Noel Owen | 175 | 27.9 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 278 | 44.3 | +14.0 | ||
Turnout | 663 | 31.1 | −42.0 | ||
Rejected ballots | 35 | 5.3 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 |
By-elections
[edit]Hatfield Peverel and Terling
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Darren White | 1,009 | 61.4 | +1.6 | |
Green | Jonathan Barker | 315 | 19.2 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Jack Coleman | 195 | 11.9 | +2.1 | |
Independent | David Hodges | 124 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 694 | 42.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,650 | 35.6 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.0 |
Witham South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Korsinah | 623 | 51.5 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Paul Heath | 339 | 28.0 | +4.6 | |
Green | Philip Hughes | 157 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Ryland | 91 | 7.5 | −18.7 | |
Majority | 284 | 23.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,217 | 26.5 | +2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Braintree South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Green | 372 | 45.2 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Canning | 317 | 38.5 | −10.4 | |
Green | Simon Attwood | 134 | 16.3 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 55 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 823 | 17.4 | −6.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 13.0 |
Coggeshall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dennis Abram | 576 | 43.5 | −17.1 | |
Conservative | Christopher Siddall | 451 | 34.1 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Robert Powers | 297 | 22.4 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 125 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,324 | 28.3 | −15.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | 11.6 |
References
[edit]- ^ Braintree D. Council (2 May 2019). "Overall turnout in Braintree District Local Elections is 31.22% #LocalElection2019 #BDelections". @BraintreeDC. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "New alliance 'delighted' after winning eight seats on Braintree Council". Braintree and Witham Times. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Arthur, Will. "District Election Results 2019". www.braintree.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "The Braintree (Electoral Changes) Order 2019". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "CMIS > Councillors". braintree.cmis.uk.com. Retrieved 26 May 2019.