| Election Name: | 2019 Colchester Borough Council election |
| Country: | Essex |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Colchester Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Colchester Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | 17 out of 51 seats to Colchester Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Turnout: | 32.6% (0.5%) |
| Leader1: | Darius Laws |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Castle (defeated) |
| Last Election1: | 25 seats, 40.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 25 |
| Seats1: | 6 |
| Seats After1: | 23 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,387 |
| Percentage1: | 35.2% |
| Swing1: | 5.2% |
| Leader2: | Mark Cory |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Wivenhoe |
| Last Election2: | 12 seats, 19.9% |
| Seats Before2: | 12 |
| Seats2: | 6 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 11,638 |
| Percentage2: | 26.6% |
| Swing2: | 6.7% |
| Leader3: | Tim Young |
| Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader Since3: | 1992 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Greenstead |
| Last Election3: | 11 seats, 25.3% |
| Seats Before3: | 11 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seats After3: | 11 |
| Popular Vote3: | 7,740 |
| Percentage3: | 17.7% |
| Swing3: | 7.6% |
| Leader4: | Beverly Oxford |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Leaders Seat4: | Highwoods |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 7.1% |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,775 |
| Percentage4: | 6.3% |
| Swing4: | 0.8% |
| Leader5: | Mark Goacher |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Leaders Seat5: | Castle |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 7.0% |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 5,939 |
| Percentage5: | 13.6% |
| Swing5: | 6.6% |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| Before Election: | Mark Cory |
| Before Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| After Election: | Mark Cory |
| After Party: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 2 May 2019. Seventeen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were up for election, one from each of the 17 wards.[1]
Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:
| 12 | 11 | 3 | 25 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Labour | Ind | Conservative |
Following the election, the composition of the council was:
| 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Labour | Ind | G | Conservative |
The Statement of Nominated Persons was released on 4 April 2019 detailing the persons standing as candidates at the Borough Council election.[2]
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk*
No Independent candidate as previous (−1.8).
No Independent candidate as previous (−2.3).
No Independent candidate as previous (−3.8).
No Independent candidate as previous (−3.8).
No Independent candidate as previous (−3.5).