2011_Braintree_District_Council_election
2011 Braintree District Council election
Local election held in the United Kingdom
The 2011 Braintree District Council Elections took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. All 60 councillors in 30 wards were up for election.
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Quick Facts 60 seats 31 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Candidates by party
Labour Party (58/58)
Conservative Party (57/58)
Green Party (22/58)
Liberal Democrats (8/58)
Independent (6/58)
Halstead Residents (5/58)
UKIP (5/58)
BNP (1/58)
Results
More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 44 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 73.3 | 52.2 | 47,063 | ||
Labour | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 31.3 | 28,186 | |||
Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 6,788 | |||
Halstead Residents | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 2,582 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1,927 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 2,082 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 1,440 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 132 |
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Black Notley
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Galione | 789 | 55.8 | ||
Conservative | Tom Cunningham | 767 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | Juliet Walton | 231 | 16.3 | ||
Labour | Andrew Bennett | 217 | 15.3 | ||
UKIP | David Hodges | 200 | 14.1 | ||
Independent | John Clark | 163 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Toombs | 149 | 10.5 | ||
Green | Freddie Gerrard-Abbott | 115 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,414 | 46.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Bocking Blackwater
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Canning | 1,243 | 50.1 | ||
Conservative | Jean Schmitt | 1,059 | 42.7 | ||
Conservative | Vanessa Santomauro | 999 | 40.2 | ||
Labour | Agnes Bishop | 796 | 32.1 | ||
Labour | Allan Millam | 623 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | Richard Parsons | 622 | 25.1 | ||
UKIP | Gordan Helm | 418 | 16.8 | ||
Green | Simon Attwood | 334 | 13.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,483 | 41.2 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Bocking North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Mann | 709 | 49.4 | ||
Labour | Anthony Everard | 657 | 45.8 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Wilkinson | 493 | 34.3 | ||
Conservative | Nigel McCrea | 376 | 26.2 | ||
UKIP | Michael Ford | 215 | 15.0 | ||
Green | Dawn Holmes | 116 | 8.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,436 | 40.7 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
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Bocking South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Davis Baugh | 701 | 46.9 | ||
Labour | Moia Thorogood | 689 | 46.1 | ||
Labour | Lynn Watson | 626 | 41.9 | ||
Conservative | Abiodun Olumbori | 508 | 34.0 | ||
Green | John Malam | 204 | 13.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,495 | 36.2 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
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Bradwell, Silver End and Rivenhall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | James Abbott | 969 | 53.0 | ||
Green | Bob Wright | 689 | 37.7 | ||
Labour | Jeremy White | 422 | 23.1 | ||
Labour | Daniel Wright | 358 | 19.6 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Nimmons | 323 | 17.7 | ||
UKIP | Brain Wood | 284 | 15.5 | ||
Conservative | Paul Ryland | 266 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,828 | 49.8 | |||
Green hold | |||||
Green hold | |||||
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Braintree Central
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John McKee | 1,123 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | Marlene Shepherd | 957 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | Ronald Ramage | 888 | 37.7 | ||
Labour | Nigel Gibson | 805 | 34.2 | ||
Labour | Celia Burne | 789 | 33.5 | ||
Labour | William Edwards | 734 | 31.2 | ||
Green | Daniel Shadbolt | 327 | 13.9 | ||
UKIP | Roger Lord | 323 | 13.7 | ||
BNP | Paul Hooks | 132 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,355 | 38.8 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
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Braintree East
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Elwyn Bishop | 762 | 42.3 | ||
Conservative | David Messer | 759 | 42.2 | ||
Labour | Colette Gibson | 756 | 42.0 | ||
Labour | Eric Lynch | 710 | 39.4 | ||
Conservative | Luke Harrington | 691 | 38.4 | ||
Conservative | Rikki Williams | 668 | 37.1 | ||
Green | Wendy Partridge | 297 | 16.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,800 | 36.0 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
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Braintree South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Sandbrook | 844 | 42.3 | ||
Conservative | Lyn Walters | 806 | 40.4 | ||
Labour | Douglas Rice | 780 | 39.1 | ||
Labour | Gordon Currie | 711 | 35.7 | ||
Labour | Martin Green | 709 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | Syedun Noor | 605 | 30.3 | ||
Independent | Andrew Beatty | 408 | 20.5 | ||
Green | Timothy Reeve | 291 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,994 | 37.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
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Bumpstead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Cadman | 713 | 70.0 | ||
Labour | Stephen Trumm | 306 | 30.0 | ||
Majority | 407 | 40.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,035 | 51.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Coggeshall and North Feering
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patricia Newton | 1,254 | 63.1 | ||
Conservative | Susan Wilson | 1,114 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | Catherine Joyce | 493 | 24.8 | ||
Labour | Cherry Cornish | 478 | 24.1 | ||
Green | Stephanie Bills | 289 | 14.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,986 | 50.0 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Cressing and Stisted
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Lynette Flint | 600 | 76.9 | ||
Labour | Greta Tew | 180 | 23.1 | ||
Majority | 420 | 53.8 | |||
Turnout | 804 | 45.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Gosfield and Greenstead Green
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John O'Reilly-Cicconi | 688 | 64.5 | ||
Labour | Adrian Gibson | 254 | 23.8 | ||
Green | Howard Reed | 124 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | 434 | 40.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,078 | 53.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Great Notley and Braintree West
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Butland | 1,435 | 67.0 | ||
Conservative | Claire Sandbrook | 1,418 | 66.2 | ||
Conservative | Roger Walters | 1,211 | 56.5 | ||
Labour | David Green | 407 | 19.0 | ||
Labour | Christina Bennett | 362 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | Stephen Goodfellow | 306 | 14.3 | ||
Green | Howard Bills | 274 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,142 | 41.3 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Halstead St. Andrew's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jennifer Sutton | 895 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Julia Allen | 827 | 38.8 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Kirby | 762 | 35.7 | ||
Halstead Residents | David Hume | 720 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | Grahame McCoyd | 573 | 26.9 | ||
Halstead Residents | Kenneth Paisley | 571 | 26.8 | ||
Halstead Residents | Howard Messenger | 405 | 19.0 | ||
Labour | Stuart Gilbert | 388 | 18.2 | ||
Independent | Michael Gage | 310 | 14.5 | ||
Labour | Stuart Scrivens | 297 | 13.9 | ||
Independent | Beryl Gage | 291 | 13.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,132 | 40.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents | |||||
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents | |||||
Conservative gain from Halstead Residents |
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Halstead Trinity
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Halstead Residents | Jacqueline Pell | 552 | 41.9 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Fincken | 456 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | Stephen Knight | 376 | 28.5 | ||
Conservative | David Sharp | 352 | 26.7 | ||
Halstead Residents | Linda Hilton | 334 | 25.4 | ||
Conservative | Yvonne Warren | 325 | 24.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,317 | 37.4 | |||
Halstead Residents hold | |||||
Labour gain from Halstead Residents |
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Hatfield Peverel
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Beeb | 1,062 | 65.3 | ||
Conservative | Derrick Louis | 981 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Lauren Whitnell | 357 | 21,9 | ||
Labour | Katherine Watts | 288 | 17.7 | ||
Green | Cheryl Gerrard | 220 | 13.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,627 | 47.2 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Hedingham and Maplestead
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joanne Beavis | 1,345 | 58.9 | ||
Conservative | Hylton Johnson | 1,197 | 52.4 | ||
Conservative | Wendy Scattergood | 1,044 | 45.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bolter | 661 | 28.9 | ||
Green | Susan Ransome | 387 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | Noel Owen | 386 | 16.9 | ||
Labour | John Kotz | 350 | 15.3 | ||
Labour | Betty Kotz | 339 | 14.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,285 | 44.3 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Kelvedon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Foster | 1,202 | 60.4 | ||
Conservative | Robert Mitchell | 1,084 | 54.4 | ||
Labour | Ian Marshall | 537 | 27.0 | ||
Labour | Anthony Lewis | 508 | 25.5 | ||
Green | Robert McCracken | 280 | 14.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,991 | 50.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Panfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Tattersley | 522 | 64.8 | ||
Labour | David Rice | 183 | 22.7 | ||
Green | Lynne Maynard | 101 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 339 | 42.1 | |||
Turnout | 816 | 47.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Rayne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Banthorpe | 652 | 81.2 | ||
Labour | Cornelius Coughlan | 151 | 18.8 | ||
Majority | 501 | 62.4 | |||
Turnout | 817 | 46.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Stour Valley North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Julian Swift | 686 | 76.0 | ||
Labour | Robert Green | 217 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | 469 | 52.0 | |||
Turnout | 915 | 51.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Stour Valley South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Shelton | 711 | 78.6 | ||
Labour | Frederick Hearn | 194 | 21.4 | ||
Majority | 517 | 57.2 | |||
Turnout | 936 | 53.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Three Fields
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Finbow | 1,125 | 71.1 | ||
Conservative | David Reid | 1,029 | 65.0 | ||
Labour | Maureen Bennett | 343 | 21.7 | ||
Labour | Cynthia Woodhouse | 298 | 18.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,582 | 50.3 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Upper Colne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Bolton | 599 | 73.3 | ||
Labour | Peter Long | 218 | 26.7 | ||
Majority | 381 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 834 | 48.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Witham Chipping Hill and Central
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sandra Howell | 662 | 44.2 | ||
Conservative | Michael Lager | 652 | 43.5 | ||
Labour | Francis MacDonald | 396 | 26.4 | ||
Labour | Eileen Davidson | 382 | 25.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Fleet | 296 | 19.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Waring | 181 | 12.1 | ||
Green | Nelson Brunton | 176 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,499 | 41.7 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Witham North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Evans | 613 | 46.7 | ||
Labour | Philip Barlow | 603 | 45.9 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Thompson | 422 | 32.1 | ||
Conservative | John Cunningham | 363 | 27.6 | ||
Green | Robert Nicholls | 246 | 18.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Clifford Livermore | 158 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,314 | 38.0 | |||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
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Witham South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Janet Money | 997 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Corrine Thompson | 937 | 43.3 | ||
Conservative | John Elliott | 930 | 43.0 | ||
Labour | Paul Heath | 719 | 33.2 | ||
Labour | Olatunde Biyi | 713 | 32.9 | ||
Labour | Alan O'Shea | 672 | 31.0 | ||
Green | Agnes Wells | 352 | 16.3 | ||
Green | Stephen Hicks | 290 | 13.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Dearlove | 239 | 11.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,165 | 34.3 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Witham West
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Rose | 841 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Patrick Horner | 824 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | Cheryl Louis | 736 | 36.2 | ||
Labour | Lucy Barlow | 697 | 34.3 | ||
Labour | Anthony Bennett | 649 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | Kathleen Tearle | 640 | 31.5 | ||
Green | Andrew Bunn | 362 | 17.8 | ||
Green | Philip Hughes | 345 | 17.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Fleet | 231 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Hooper | 167 | 8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,031 | 40.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Yeldham
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iona Parker | 426 | 58.2 | ||
Independent | Trevor Revell | 155 | 21.2 | ||
Labour | Richard Green | 151 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 271 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 735 | 44.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Braintree East (March 2012)
A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr David Messer (Conservative).
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eric Lynch | 554 | 49.0 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Stephen Nimmons | 338 | 29.9 | -11.8 | |
UKIP | Phil Palij | 131 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Green | Wendy Partridge | 76 | 6.7 | -9.6 | |
Independent | Paul Lemon | 32 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 216 | 19.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,131 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 9.5 | |||
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Braintree South
A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Stephen Sandbrook (Conservative).
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin Green | 596 | 50.2 | +16.6 | |
Conservative | Abi Olumbori | 476 | 40.1 | +3.8 | |
Green | Timothy Reeve | 116 | 9.8 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 120 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,188 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.4 | |||
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Great Notley and Braintree West
A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Claire Sandbrook (Conservative).
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frankie Ricci | 532 | 54.3 | -13.5 | |
Labour | Juliet Walton | 232 | 23.7 | +4.5 | |
UKIP | Gordon Helm | 155 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Green | Lynne Maynard | 61 | 6.2 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 300 | 30.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 980 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 9.0 | |||
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Braintree East (July 2013)
A by-election was called due to the death of Cllr Eric Lynch (Labour). Percentage changes compared to the 2012 by-election.
- "Braintree District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- "Local Election Results 2011 - Braintree". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 February 2024.