Local Election Results 2023
Colchester
One-third of council up for election.
Other results for Colchester:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2021
2022
2024
By-elections for Colchester (may be incomplete): 22nd April 2004 (Wivenhoe Quay)
— 21st October 2004 (Berechurch)
— 4th December 2008 (Birch & Winstree)
— 2nd May 2013 (West Mersea)
— 3rd July 2014 (Wivenhoe Quay)
— 22nd October 2015 (Dedham & Langham)
— 7th September 2017 (Shrub End)
— 28th July 2022 (Lexden & Braiswick)
— 8th December 2022 (Highwoods)
— 21st September 2023 (Highwoods)
Results for Essex county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
13216 |
30.5% |
6 |
| Liberal Democrat |
13116 |
30.3% |
6 |
| Labour |
10610 |
24.5% |
4 |
| Green Party |
4412 |
10.2% |
1 |
| Independent |
1368 |
3.2% |
0 |
| Reform UK |
568 |
1.3% |
0 |
| Christopher Pearson |
Lab |
1234 |
66.1% |
| Amir Anbouche |
C |
292 |
15.6% |
| Simon Collis |
LD |
171 |
9.2% |
| John Clifton |
Grn |
99 |
5.3% |
| Diane Baker |
RUK |
71 |
3.8% |
| Mark Goacher |
Grn |
1374 |
50.4% |
| Simon Crow |
C |
655 |
24.0% |
| Charlie Jasper |
Lab |
492 |
18.0% |
| Martin Gillingham |
LD |
206 |
7.6% |
| Tim Young |
Lab |
1128 |
59.3% |
| David Crees |
C |
356 |
18.7% |
| Chantelle-Louise Whyborn |
LD |
199 |
10.5% |
| Lisa Cross |
Grn |
124 |
6.5% |
| Kevin Blair |
RUK |
94 |
4.9% |
| Alison Jay |
LD |
1029 |
46.5% |
| Pauline Bacon |
Lab |
722 |
32.7% |
| David Linghorn-Baker |
C |
375 |
17.0% |
| Ryan Meadows |
Grn |
85 |
3.8% |
| Lewis Barber |
C |
1569 |
58.1% |
| Thomas Stevenson |
LD |
492 |
18.2% |
| Sarah Bruce |
Lab |
380 |
14.1% |
| Roger Bamforth |
Grn |
258 |
9.6% |
| Andrew Ellis |
C |
1314 |
54.8% |
| John Spademan |
Lab |
517 |
21.6% |
| Lydia De-Col |
LD |
285 |
11.9% |
| Amy Sheridan |
Grn |
283 |
11.8% |
| Carl Powling |
C |
1244 |
40.1% |
| John Akker |
Ind |
994 |
32.0% |
| William Hayton |
Lab |
306 |
9.9% |
| John Knight |
LD |
202 |
6.5% |
| Sophie Hall |
RUK |
193 |
6.2% |
| Reinhilde Kirkby-Taylor |
Grn |
163 |
5.3% |
| Venessa Moffat |
LD |
1624 |
61.2% |
| Phoebe Butcher |
C |
435 |
16.4% |
| James Pey |
Lab |
352 |
13.3% |
| Amanda Kirke |
Grn |
244 |
9.2% |
| Samuel McLean |
Lab |
1301 |
41.9% |
| Catherine Spindler |
LD |
990 |
31.9% |
| Christopher Piggott |
C |
399 |
12.9% |
| Ian Partridge |
Ind |
208 |
6.7% |
| Robert Brannan |
Grn |
207 |
6.7% |
| Fay Smalls |
Lab |
1383 |
59.3% |
| Richard Martin |
C |
366 |
15.7% |
| Shaun Boughton |
LD |
235 |
10.1% |
| Andrew Canessa |
Grn |
181 |
7.8% |
| Jeffrey Drew |
Ind |
166 |
7.1% |
| Leigh Tate |
C |
1301 |
42.0% |
| John Loxley |
LD |
1279 |
41.3% |
| Richard Bourne |
Lab |
366 |
11.8% |
| Natalie Edgoose |
Grn |
152 |
4.9% |
| Thomas Rowe |
C |
1625 |
55.9% |
| Karen Maxwell |
LD |
481 |
16.5% |
| Barbara Nichols |
Lab |
405 |
13.9% |
| John Burgess |
Grn |
398 |
13.7% |
| Natalie Sommers |
LD |
1370 |
53.6% |
| Rowan Knight |
C |
681 |
26.6% |
| Abigail Chambers |
Lab |
346 |
13.5% |
| Sebastian Dwyer |
Grn |
161 |
6.3% |
| Samuel McCarthy |
LD |
835 |
39.3% |
| Luke Hayes |
Lab |
720 |
33.9% |
| Angela Linghorn-Baker |
C |
455 |
21.4% |
| Sara Ruth |
Grn |
117 |
5.5% |
| Lesley Scott-Boutell |
LD |
1375 |
59.0% |
| Janice Seabrook |
C |
698 |
30.0% |
| Ian Yates |
Lab |
180 |
7.7% |
| Pamela Nelson |
Grn |
77 |
3.3% |
| Paul Dundas |
C |
1329 |
54.5% |
| Elizabeth Holford |
Lab |
419 |
17.2% |
| Jennifer Stevens |
LD |
260 |
10.7% |
| Clare Burgess |
Grn |
222 |
9.1% |
| Ashley Girling |
RUK |
210 |
8.6% |
| Mark Cory |
LD |
2083 |
73.6% |
| Heather Lowe |
Lab |
359 |
12.7% |
| Jo Wheatley |
Grn |
267 |
9.4% |
| Andrew Higginson |
C |
122 |
4.3% |
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