Election Name: | 2023 Braintree District Council election |
Country: | Essex |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2019 Braintree District Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2027 Braintree District Council election |
Next Year: | 2027 |
Seats For Election: | All 49 seats to Braintree District Council |
Majority Seats: | 25 |
Leader1: | Graham Butland |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 34 seats, 45.5% |
Seats Before1: | 33 |
Seats After1: | 26 |
Seat Change1: | 8 |
Popular Vote1: | 26,211 |
Percentage1: | 39.8% |
Swing1: | 5.7pp |
Leader2: | David Mann |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 2 seats, 21.1% |
Seats Before2: | 3 |
Seats After2: | 9 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 17,677 |
Percentage2: | 26.8% |
Swing2: | 5.7pp |
Leader3: | n/a |
Party3: | Independent politician |
Last Election3: | 3 seats, 5.9% |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats After3: | 7 |
Seat Change3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 6,727 |
Percentage3: | 10.2% |
Swing3: | 4.3pp |
Leader4: | James Abbott |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election4: | 6 seats, 17.8% |
Seats Before4: | 6 |
Seats After4: | 4 |
Seat Change4: | 2 |
Popular Vote4: | 10,187 |
Percentage4: | 15.5% |
Swing4: | 2.3pp |
Leader5: | Jackie Pell |
Party5: | Halstead Residents Association |
Last Election5: | 4 seats, 4.3% |
Seats Before5: | 4 |
Seats After5: | 3 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 2,330 |
Percentage5: | 3.5% |
Swing5: | 0.8pp |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Graham Butland |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Graham Butland |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2023 Braintree District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Braintree District Council in Essex, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The Conservatives retained control of the council, but with a reduced majority.[2]
Prior to the election the Conservatives had a majority of 17 seats on the council. They had held a majority since 2007. There were four registered political parties represented on the council plus three independent councillors. The three independents formed a political group with the Greens called the "Green and Independent Group", led by Green councillor James Abbott.[3]
After the election, the Conservatives retained their majority but it was reduced to just 3 seats. Conservative group leader Graham Butland continued to serve as leader of the council, a position he had held continuously since 2004.[4] The Greens and independents continued to form a group after the election, but renamed the "Independent and Green Group" and with the group leadership passing to independent councillor Jo Beavis. The Labour group also changed their leader after the election; their previous leader David Mann had not stood for re-election so Lynn Jefferis was appointed to that role.[5]
2023 Braintree District Council election | ||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |||
Conservative | 49 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 53.1 | 39.8 | 26,211 | –5.7 | |||
Green and Independent group (G&I) | ||||||||||||
Green | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.2 | 15.5 | 10,187 | –2.3 | |||
Independent | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14.3 | 10.1 | 6,663 | +6.5 | |||
G&I total | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22.4 | 25.6 | 16,850 | +4.2 | |||
Labour | 49 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18.4 | 26.8 | 17,677 | +5.7 | |||
HalsteadResidents | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 2,330 | –0.8 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2,298 | –0.5 | ||||
Reform UK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 321 | N/A | ||||
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 68 | –1.1 | ||||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 64 | –2.2 | ||||
Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 51 | N/A | ||||
Total | 149 | 49 | Turnout |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Braintree District Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.[6] The results of the district council election were released on 5 May 2023.[7]
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk *.
Martin Green previously gained the seat in the 2022 by-election.
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