Local Election Results 2005
Essex
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
Other results for Essex:
2009
2013
2017
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)
Results for district councils — Basildon 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
— Braintree 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Brentwood 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
— Castle Point 2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
— Chelmsford 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— Colchester 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
— Epping Forest 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
— Harlow 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
— Maldon 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Rochford 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
— Tendring 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
— Uttlesford 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
285899 |
44.5% |
52 |
| Labour |
156561 |
24.3% |
13 |
| Liberal Democrat |
147561 |
22.9% |
8 |
| Green Party |
35696 |
5.6% |
0 |
| Community Representatives Party |
6003 |
0.9% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
4112 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Loughton Residents Association |
2734 |
0.4% |
1 |
| Independent |
2070 |
0.3% |
0 |
| British National Party |
1391 |
0.2% |
0 |
| English Democrats Party |
825 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Veritas |
158 |
0.0% |
0 |
| Margaret Fisher |
LD |
3384 |
42.9% |
| Scott Harris |
Lab |
1846 |
23.4% |
| David Adams |
C |
1806 |
22.9% |
| Peter Lynn |
Grn |
852 |
10.8% |
| William Archibald |
Lab |
6707 |
48.3% |
| Rachel Liebeschuetz |
Lab |
5349 |
|
| Terry Fleet |
C |
4107 |
29.6% |
| Terri Sargent |
C |
3904 |
|
| Linda Williams |
LD |
1903 |
13.7% |
| Jonathan Myall |
LD |
1539 |
|
| Adam Ellis |
Grn |
1177 |
8.5% |
| Keith Bobbin |
Lab |
6968 |
45.6% |
| Paul Kirkman |
Lab |
6181 |
|
| David Abrahall |
C |
4910 |
32.1% |
| Andrew Baggott |
C |
4271 |
|
| Martin Howard |
LD |
2229 |
14.6% |
| Philip Jenkins |
LD |
1964 |
|
| David Wilkinson |
Grn |
1189 |
7.8% |
| John Schofield |
C |
3654 |
37.9% |
| Geoffrey Williams |
LD |
2753 |
28.6% |
| Swatantra Nadanwar |
Lab |
2489 |
25.8% |
| Kim Gandy |
EDP |
457 |
4.7% |
| Ernest Humphries |
Grn |
283 |
2.9% |
| Anthony Hedley |
C |
10933 |
58.3% |
| Kay Twitchen |
C |
8418 |
|
| Gilda Bellard |
LD |
3868 |
20.6% |
| Geoffrey Raylor |
LD |
3718 |
|
| Patricia Reid |
Lab |
2674 |
14.3% |
| Margaret Viney |
Lab |
2369 |
|
| Annie Humphries |
Grn |
1269 |
6.8% |
| Lynn Watson |
Lab |
3231 |
40.1% |
| Jean Schmitt |
C |
3010 |
37.4% |
| Terrence Brooks |
LD |
1362 |
16.9% |
| Wendy Partridge |
Grn |
449 |
5.6% |
| Nigel Edey |
C |
3688 |
43.0% |
| Eileen Davidson |
Lab |
2878 |
33.6% |
| Peter Braley |
LD |
1251 |
14.6% |
| Duncan Stewart |
Grn |
414 |
4.8% |
| Barbara Coutts |
UKIP |
338 |
3.9% |
| Elwyn Bishop |
Lab |
2700 |
35.9% |
| Graham Butland |
C |
2485 |
33.1% |
| Douglas Rice |
LD |
1730 |
23.0% |
| Philip Hughes |
Grn |
327 |
4.4% |
| Heather Sheehan |
UKIP |
273 |
3.6% |
| John Roberts |
C |
5734 |
57.8% |
| Richard Davies |
LD |
2292 |
23.1% |
| Bernadette Pavitt |
Lab |
1332 |
13.4% |
| Derek Camp |
UKIP |
563 |
5.7% |
| Philip Baker |
C |
4102 |
46.7% |
| Doris Suckling |
LD |
2687 |
30.6% |
| Michele Wigram |
Lab |
1143 |
13.0% |
| Frank Seckleman |
Grn |
431 |
4.9% |
| Yvonne Maguire |
UKIP |
419 |
4.8% |
| Roger Dyson |
C |
4751 |
49.7% |
| Barry Aspinell |
LD |
3060 |
32.0% |
| Vicki Hann |
Lab |
834 |
8.7% |
| Michael Heaslip |
UKIP |
616 |
6.4% |
| Beryl Lankaster |
Grn |
298 |
3.1% |
| Lionel Lee |
C |
3281 |
41.0% |
| David Kendall |
LD |
2711 |
33.9% |
| Michael Le-Surf |
Lab |
1356 |
16.9% |
| Jeanette Gulleford |
UKIP |
332 |
4.1% |
| Dean Swift |
Grn |
325 |
4.1% |
| Derek Robinson |
C |
4157 |
45.1% |
| Colin Olivier |
Lab |
2327 |
25.2% |
| Gary Scott |
LD |
2258 |
24.5% |
| Nicholas Scales |
Grn |
478 |
5.2% |
| John Aldridge |
C |
4271 |
45.4% |
| John Hunnable |
LD |
2565 |
27.2% |
| Prudence Jones |
Lab |
1603 |
17.0% |
| Andrew Tinsley |
Grn |
513 |
5.4% |
| Charles Cole |
UKIP |
464 |
4.9% |
| Colin Finn |
C |
4780 |
48.8% |
| Ann Haigh |
LD |
3438 |
35.1% |
| Paul Bostock |
Lab |
1580 |
16.1% |
| Mark Howard |
C |
3944 |
45.3% |
| Dennis Williams |
Lab |
3645 |
41.9% |
| Deborah Wood |
LD |
718 |
8.2% |
| Christopher Keene |
Grn |
397 |
4.6% |
| Raymond Howard |
C |
3727 |
50.8% |
| Vincent Heatherson |
Lab |
2782 |
37.9% |
| Shirley Howe |
LD |
556 |
7.6% |
| Irene Willis |
Grn |
269 |
3.7% |
| Peter Martin |
C |
5364 |
53.5% |
| David Whiteing |
LD |
2280 |
22.7% |
| David Howell |
Lab |
1737 |
17.3% |
| Eleanor Burgess |
Grn |
650 |
6.5% |
| Keith Francis |
LD |
2785 |
38.0% |
| David Lee |
C |
2584 |
35.3% |
| John Leslie |
Lab |
1531 |
20.9% |
| Douglas Copping |
Grn |
430 |
5.9% |
| Tom Smith-Hughes |
LD |
3276 |
39.1% |
| Delmas Ashford |
C |
2726 |
32.6% |
| Joan Bliss |
Lab |
2031 |
24.3% |
| Angela Thomson |
Grn |
341 |
4.1% |
| Ian Gale |
LD |
2876 |
36.0% |
| Amar Bajaj |
C |
2365 |
29.6% |
| Neil Spurgeon |
Lab |
2161 |
27.1% |
| Clifford Hughes |
Grn |
426 |
5.3% |
| Stephen Stratton |
Veritas |
158 |
2.0% |
| Michael Tomkins |
C |
3748 |
49.8% |
| Thomas Owen |
Lab |
1551 |
20.6% |
| Peter Spencer |
LD |
1349 |
17.9% |
| Thomas Richardson |
BNP |
623 |
8.3% |
| Gillian Askew |
Grn |
255 |
3.4% |
| Pierre Oxley |
C |
4330 |
51.3% |
| Roy Raby |
Lab |
2427 |
28.8% |
| Victor Brown |
LD |
1206 |
14.3% |
| Cheryl Gerrard |
Grn |
263 |
3.1% |
| Fraser Leeks |
CRP |
207 |
2.5% |
| Clive Baker |
Lab |
2809 |
39.4% |
| Paul Honeywood |
C |
2200 |
30.8% |
| Harold Shearing |
LD |
1746 |
24.5% |
| Kevin Watson |
CRP |
204 |
2.9% |
| Patricia Brunton |
Grn |
174 |
2.4% |
| Roy Smith |
CRP |
2109 |
30.8% |
| Christopher Griffiths |
C |
1988 |
29.1% |
| Maurice Alexander |
Lab |
1863 |
27.2% |
| Susan Shearing |
LD |
747 |
10.9% |
| Rachel Brunton |
Grn |
136 |
2.0% |
| Anthony Clover |
C |
4943 |
50.1% |
| John Stevens |
LD |
2333 |
23.6% |
| John Wood |
Lab |
1925 |
19.5% |
| Roger Bamforth |
Grn |
673 |
6.8% |
| Jeremy Lucas |
C |
4049 |
43.9% |
| Gwendoline Ilott |
LD |
3030 |
32.9% |
| David Hough |
Lab |
1517 |
16.5% |
| Timothy Glover |
Grn |
618 |
6.7% |
| Susan Flack |
C |
5498 |
55.8% |
| Richard Harris |
LD |
3520 |
35.7% |
| Michael Earley |
Grn |
842 |
8.5% |
| Terence Spencer |
C |
3496 |
41.9% |
| Janet Whitehouse |
LD |
3375 |
40.4% |
| Michael Sellears |
Lab |
827 |
9.9% |
| Robin Tilbrook |
EDP |
368 |
4.4% |
| Korinna Willis |
Grn |
284 |
3.4% |
| Michael Page |
C |
6112 |
56.8% |
| Richard Hebborn |
Lab |
2633 |
24.5% |
| Charles Harrison |
LD |
1658 |
15.4% |
| Walter Schwarz |
Grn |
358 |
3.3% |
| Maureen Miller |
LD |
3774 |
39.3% |
| David Stevenson |
C |
3571 |
37.2% |
| Peter Dixon |
Lab |
1803 |
18.8% |
| Colin Budgey |
Grn |
449 |
4.7% |
| Jillian Reeves |
C |
4998 |
55.6% |
| Jacqueline Reilly |
Lab |
2229 |
24.8% |
| Elizabeth Jones |
LD |
1028 |
11.4% |
| Vikki Copping |
Grn |
735 |
8.2% |
| Joseph Pike |
C |
4378 |
47.0% |
| Moia Thorogood |
Lab |
2486 |
26.7% |
| Christine Bayley |
LD |
1887 |
20.3% |
| Nelson Brunton |
Grn |
560 |
6.0% |
| Paul Sztumpf |
Lab |
3863 |
42.1% |
| Jane Steer |
C |
3095 |
33.8% |
| Christopher Millington |
LD |
1716 |
18.7% |
| Miles Willis |
Grn |
495 |
5.4% |
| Edward Johnson |
C |
3552 |
41.5% |
| Patricia Larkin |
Lab |
3224 |
37.6% |
| Linda Pailing |
LD |
1479 |
17.3% |
| Michael Gould |
Grn |
311 |
3.6% |
| Anthony Durcan |
Lab |
6568 |
40.4% |
| Jenny Holland |
Lab |
6499 |
|
| Christopher Ford |
C |
5807 |
35.7% |
| Joshua Jolles |
C |
5640 |
|
| Robert Thurston |
LD |
2696 |
16.6% |
| Nicholas Macy |
LD |
2477 |
|
| Robert Wight |
Grn |
1205 |
7.4% |
| Leslie Double |
Lab |
3847 |
42.3% |
| Steven Henderson |
CRP |
2847 |
31.3% |
| Denzil Watson |
C |
1887 |
20.7% |
| Katherine Bamforth |
Grn |
519 |
5.7% |
| David Finch |
C |
4959 |
52.5% |
| Stephen Bolter |
LD |
2182 |
23.1% |
| John Kotz |
Lab |
1722 |
18.2% |
| Robert Kenney |
Grn |
590 |
6.2% |
| Rodney Bass |
C |
5305 |
51.4% |
| Norman Hunt |
Lab |
2162 |
21.0% |
| Gerald Townshend |
LD |
1905 |
18.5% |
| Jonathan King |
Grn |
943 |
9.1% |
| Christopher Pond |
Loughton |
2734 |
35.2% |
| Matthew Hayday |
C |
2175 |
28.0% |
| Margaret Owen |
Lab |
1331 |
17.2% |
| Patricia Richardson |
BNP |
768 |
9.9% |
| Lucille Thompson |
LD |
483 |
6.2% |
| Jennifer Hart |
Grn |
269 |
3.5% |
| Brian Mead |
C |
4588 |
49.2% |
| Michael Bentley |
Lab |
2461 |
26.4% |
| Janetta Sosin |
LD |
1603 |
17.2% |
| Michael Cole |
Grn |
672 |
7.2% |
| Richard Bourne |
Lab |
2226 |
34.8% |
| Bill Frame |
LD |
2035 |
31.8% |
| Robert Davidson |
C |
1837 |
28.7% |
| Philippa Lane |
Grn |
299 |
4.7% |
| Christopher Manning-Press |
C |
4129 |
44.7% |
| Audrey Spencer |
Lab |
1916 |
20.8% |
| Craig Sutton |
LD |
1491 |
16.2% |
| Jon Longman |
Ind |
1263 |
13.7% |
| Howard Mettler |
Grn |
428 |
4.6% |
| Anne Turrell |
LD |
2646 |
38.1% |
| Donald Henshall |
C |
2619 |
37.7% |
| Richard Bingley |
Lab |
1282 |
18.4% |
| Mary Bryan |
Grn |
403 |
5.8% |
| Anthony Jackson |
C |
5301 |
58.3% |
| Kelvin Morris |
Lab |
1654 |
18.2% |
| Janet Hedges |
LD |
1623 |
17.9% |
| Peter Goldsmith |
Grn |
511 |
5.6% |
| Gerard McEwen |
C |
4397 |
59.6% |
| Derek Jacobs |
LD |
1729 |
23.4% |
| Sheila Spring |
Lab |
1254 |
17.0% |
| Theresa Higgins |
LD |
3312 |
43.4% |
| Simon Smith |
C |
2280 |
29.9% |
| Kim Naish |
Lab |
1647 |
21.6% |
| Maria Iacovou |
Grn |
390 |
5.1% |
| Stephen Castle |
C |
3815 |
44.7% |
| Christopher Black |
LD |
2908 |
34.1% |
| Stephen Hinde |
Lab |
1382 |
16.2% |
| Neil Kirsh |
Grn |
432 |
5.1% |
| Mavis Webster |
C |
4180 |
53.9% |
| Keith Budden |
LD |
1617 |
20.9% |
| Hilary Dyer |
Lab |
1577 |
20.3% |
| Peggy-Jane Smith |
Grn |
376 |
4.9% |
| Tracey Chapman |
C |
4262 |
51.8% |
| Allan Davies |
Lab |
1809 |
22.0% |
| Victor Leach |
LD |
1555 |
18.9% |
| Andrew Vaughan |
Grn |
607 |
7.4% |
| Roy Pearson |
C |
3324 |
46.8% |
| Graham Fox |
Lab |
2460 |
34.6% |
| John Masek |
LD |
867 |
12.2% |
| Robin Hume |
Grn |
453 |
6.4% |
| Elizabeth Hart |
C |
4788 |
52.8% |
| Michael Hoy |
Lab |
2276 |
25.1% |
| Mark Pearson |
LD |
1406 |
15.5% |
| Gabrielle Yeadell |
Grn |
595 |
6.6% |
| Robert Chambers |
C |
4299 |
41.9% |
| Joan Dawson |
LD |
3237 |
31.5% |
| Simon Trimnell |
Lab |
1570 |
15.3% |
| Trilby Roberts |
Grn |
700 |
6.8% |
| Raymond Tyler |
UKIP |
462 |
4.5% |
| Colin Riley |
C |
4226 |
50.4% |
| Lorna Trollope |
Lab |
2627 |
31.3% |
| Barry Newman |
LD |
1357 |
16.2% |
| Nanine Pachy |
Grn |
175 |
2.1% |
| Norman Hume |
C |
3950 |
51.5% |
| Robert Jones |
Lab |
1403 |
18.3% |
| Jenifer Goldfinch |
LD |
1260 |
16.4% |
| Ian Roberts |
Ind |
807 |
10.5% |
| Valerie Thompson |
Grn |
251 |
3.3% |
| Robert Boyce |
C |
5729 |
53.0% |
| Mary Feakins |
Lab |
2612 |
24.2% |
| James Hutchon |
LD |
1725 |
16.0% |
| Robert King |
Grn |
736 |
6.8% |
| Michael Mackrory |
LD |
4095 |
41.5% |
| John Spence |
C |
3778 |
38.3% |
| William Horslen |
Lab |
1996 |
20.2% |
| Raymond Gooding |
C |
3932 |
43.6% |
| Peter Wilcock |
LD |
3779 |
41.9% |
| Betty McGregor |
Lab |
904 |
10.0% |
| Sanjukta Ghosh |
Grn |
411 |
4.6% |
| John Jowers |
C |
4036 |
44.3% |
| Hannah James |
LD |
2739 |
30.1% |
| John Spademan |
Lab |
1825 |
20.0% |
| Pat Rogers |
Grn |
514 |
5.6% |
| Lord Hanningfield |
C |
5944 |
65.7% |
| Angela Robinson |
LD |
2232 |
24.7% |
| Dawn Holmes |
Grn |
867 |
9.6% |
| Mark Cossens |
C |
3805 |
40.5% |
| Lawrence Payne |
Lab |
2951 |
31.4% |
| Robert Bevan |
LD |
2142 |
22.8% |
| Samuel Elliott |
Grn |
289 |
3.1% |
| John Brown |
CRP |
208 |
2.2% |
| Sarah Candy |
C |
3929 |
45.9% |
| Ann Elvin |
LD |
3315 |
38.7% |
| Michael Mealing |
Grn |
884 |
10.3% |
| David Smy |
CRP |
428 |
5.0% |
| Simon Walsh |
C |
4366 |
52.6% |
| Robert Wingard |
LD |
2188 |
26.4% |
| Yvonne Morton |
Lab |
1113 |
13.4% |
| Susan Halsted |
Grn |
629 |
7.6% |
| Roger Walters |
C |
4045 |
51.9% |
| William Edwards |
Lab |
1682 |
21.6% |
| Lesley Beckett |
LD |
1475 |
18.9% |
| Kevin Peterson |
Grn |
316 |
4.1% |
| Michael Baker |
UKIP |
278 |
3.6% |
| William Dick |
C |
3879 |
48.8% |
| Joseph Cooke |
Lab |
2902 |
36.5% |
| Paul Westlake |
LD |
811 |
10.2% |
| Eileen Peck |
Grn |
360 |
4.5% |
| Elizabeth Webster |
C |
4622 |
56.6% |
| Peter Sheen |
Lab |
1974 |
24.2% |
| Patricia Brooks |
LD |
1170 |
14.3% |
| Barry Johns |
Grn |
393 |
4.8% |
| Donald Morris |
C |
8841 |
53.9% |
| Iris Pummell |
C |
8421 |
|
| Wendy Aitken |
Lab |
3927 |
24.0% |
| Christopher Wilson |
Lab |
3873 |
|
| Vivien Howard |
LD |
2444 |
14.9% |
| Michael Woods |
LD |
2369 |
|
| Dean Hall |
Grn |
1183 |
7.2% |
| Michael Lager |
C |
3108 |
35.0% |
| Philip Barlow |
Lab |
2878 |
32.4% |
| James Abbott |
Grn |
1376 |
15.5% |
| Martin Ashby |
LD |
1154 |
13.0% |
| Bryan Smith |
UKIP |
367 |
4.1% |
| Derrick Louis |
C |
3539 |
40.7% |
| Jacqueline Martin |
Lab |
3155 |
36.2% |
| Barry Fleet |
LD |
1431 |
16.4% |
| Stephen Hicks |
Grn |
581 |
6.7% |
| Julie Young |
Lab |
2756 |
37.1% |
| Jeremy Jacobs |
LD |
2119 |
28.5% |
| Neil Stock |
C |
1881 |
25.3% |
| Christopher Fox |
Grn |
668 |
9.0% |
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