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Braintree District Council elections

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Braintree District Council in Essex, England is elected every four years. Since the last comprehensive boundary changes in 2015, 49 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.^[1]

Changes between elections

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Year
Year	Con	Lab	LD^{[n 1]}	Grn	Ind	Oth
2023	26	9	-	4	7	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2019	34	2	-	6	3	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}
2015	44	2	-	1	-	2^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Ward boundary changes; seats reduced from 60 to 49
2011	44	10	-	2	1	1^{[lower-alpha 4]}
2007	42	9	1	2	1	5^{[lower-alpha 5]}
2003	27	20	4	2	2	5^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Ward boundary changes
1999	17	31	3	2	4	3^{[lower-alpha 7]}
1995	10	37	6	-	5	2^{[lower-alpha 8]}
1991	23	21	6	-	6	4^{[lower-alpha 9]}
1987	30	13	5	-	8	4^{[lower-alpha 10]}
1983	28	16	3	-	10	3^{[lower-alpha 11]}
1979	28	17	3	-	7	3^{[lower-alpha 12]}
Ward boundary changes
1976	39	8	1	-	8	2^{[lower-alpha 13]}
1973	15	22	3	-	15	3^{[lower-alpha 14]}
Local authority reorganisation; interim council created

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	583	65.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	165	18.5	-3.1
	Conservative	119	13.4	-1.2
	Green	23	2.6	+2.6
Majority		418	47.0
Turnout		890	17.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	466	53.8	+0.6
	Conservative	260	30.0	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	140	16.2	-0.6
Majority		206	23.8
Turnout		866	16.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	587	50.4	-2.5
	Conservative	344	29.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	192	16.5	-4.6
	Green	42	3.6	+3.6
Majority		243	20.9
Turnout		1,165	17.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	328	69.5	-5.1
	Labour	144	30.5	+5.1
Majority		184	39.0
Turnout		472	32.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	694	52.1	-1.1
	Conservative	475	35.7	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	124	9.3	-7.5
	Green	38	2.9	-5.6
Majority		219	16.4
Turnout		1,331	24.1
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	671	39.0	+5.0
	Conservative	666	38.7	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	261	15.2	-20.5
	Independent	66	3.8	+3.8
	Green	39	2.3	+2.3
	Legalise Cannabis	19	1.1	+1.1
Majority		5	0.3
Turnout		1,722	30.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	758	61.0	+7.8
	Conservative	278	22.4	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	144	11.6	-5.2
	Green	62	5.0	-3.5
Majority		480	38.6
Turnout		1,242	21.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	664	45.8	+21.1
	Conservative		625	43.1	-3.0
	Labour		160	11.0	-4.1
Majority			39	2.7
Turnout			1,449	29.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Banthorpe	289	49.5	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Fish	272	46.6	-4.2
	Green		23	3.9	+3.9
Majority			17	2.9
Turnout			584	34.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Smith	668	50.7	+17.4
	Labour	Agnes Bishop	406	30.8	-4.6
	Green	Wendy Partridge	125	9.5	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lemon	119	9.0	-6.0
Majority			262	19.9
Turnout			1,318	27.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Elliston	782	78.1	+0.1
	Labour	Carole Hine	138	13.8	-8.2
	Green	Agnes Wells	81	8.1	+8.1
Majority			644	64.3
Turnout			1,001	30.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Cohen	508	40.9	+1.2
	Labour	Kathleen Tearle	373	30.1	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Reekie	182	14.7	-2.2
	Green	Wendy Partridge	178	14.3	-2.1
Majority			135	10.8
Turnout			1,241	24.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Siddall	647	77.0	+24.5
	Labour	Richard Tincknell	121	14.4	+4.1
	Green	Wendy Partridge	72	8.6	+8.6
Majority			526	62.6
Turnout			840	21.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Maclure	446	44.3	-13.2
	Labour	Paul Heath	376	37.4	+10.8
	Green	Stephen Hicks	184	18.3	+12.0
Majority			70	7.0
Turnout			1,014	23.0	-38.9
	Conservative hold

Witham North by-election, 20 October 2016^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Barlow	339	37.5	+4.2
	Conservative	Lorne Campbell	308	34.0	-11.0
	Green	Michelle Weeks	227	25.1	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Scott	31	3.4	-6.0
Majority			31	3.4
Turnout			906	18.3	-43.0
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bumpstead by-election, 20 October 2016^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Garrod	350	64.6	+2.7
	UKIP	Debbie Shaw	84	15.5	-4.1
	Labour	William Edwards	45	8.3	-10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bolter	40	7.4	+7.4
	Green	Anne Bishop	23	4.2	+4.2
Majority			266	49.1	+6.8
Turnout			542	23.2	-52.5
	Conservative hold

Bocking North by-election, 3 May 2018^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Everard	619	48.3	+9.0
	Conservative	Dean Wallace	540	42.2	+3.1
	UKIP	Samuel Cowie	78	6.1	-10.6
	Green	Dawn Holmes	44	3.4	-1.5
Majority			79	6.2
Turnout			1,281	30.7	-35.4
	Labour gain from Conservative

Hatfield Peverel and Terling by-election, 3 May 2018^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Coleridge	965	64.7	-3.0
	Green	Jonathan Barker	293	19.6	+9.7
	Labour	Lucy Barlow	234	15.7	-6.3
Majority			672	45.0
Turnout			1,496	32.2	-41.2
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren White	1,009	61.4	+2.9
	Green	Jonathan Barker	315	19.2	-2.6
	Labour	Jack Coleman	195	11.9	+2.8
	Independent	David Hodges	124	7.5	+7.5
Majority			694	42.2
Turnout			1,643
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Korsinah	623	51.5	+0.5
	Labour	Paul Heath	339	28.0	+6.1
	Green	Philip Hughes	157	13.0	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Ryland	91	7.5	-19.6
Majority			284	23.5
Turnout			1,210
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Turnout			823
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dennis Abram	576	43.5	+43.5
	Conservative	Chris Siddall	451	34.1	+6.1
	Labour	Robert Powers	297	22.4	+11.0
Majority			125	9.4
Turnout			1,324
	Independent hold		Swing