2019 Chelmsford City Council election

The 2019 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in England [1]. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Chelmsford City Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 57 seats to Chelmsford City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative SWFCTA Last election 5 52 0 Seats before 5 52 0 Seats won 31 21 2 Seat change 26 31 2 Popular vote 39,067 39,766 2,327 Percentage 39.8 40.5 2.4 Swing 19.4 11.5 0.5
Map showing the results of the 2019 Chelmsford City Council election

Results summary

The Liberal Democrats made their largest gains in the country in Chelmsford, gaining 26 seats.[2][3] These 26 gains were all to the expense of the Conservatives who lost 31 seats during the elections here. The other 5 Conservative losses went to three independent and two South Woodham Ferrers Council Taxpayers Association candidates.[4]

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2019 Chelmsford City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	51	31	26	0	+26	54.4	39.8	39,067	+19.4
	Conservative	57	21	0	31	-31	36.8	40.5	39,766	-11.5
	Independent	6	3	3	0	+3	5.3	4.3	4,266	+4.0
	SWFCTA	3	2	2	0	+2	3.5	2.4	2,327	-0.5
	Labour	27	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.7	6,537	-5.7
	Green	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.1	5,008	+2.3
	UKIP	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	1,223	-7.9

Ward results

Source: Chelmsford City Council website[5]

Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield

Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Poulter	927	73.2	4.7
	Conservative	Sue Dobson	833
	Liberal Democrats	Jenni Goldfinch	373	26.8	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Sant	321
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boreham and The Leighs

Boreham and The Leighs (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Galley	834	68.4	3.3
	Conservative	James Raven	690
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Wilson	275	22.4	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Stevens	224
	Labour	Kevin Adair	204	9.2	5.8
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broomfield and The Walthams

Broomfield and The Walthams (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Wendy Daden	1,226	20.0	New
	Conservative	Mike Steel	788	35.7	9.1
	Conservative	Barry Knight	713
	Conservative	Phillip Wilson	685
	Green	Elizabeth Clark	613	26.0	16.7
	Green	Angela Faulds	529
	Green	Annette Swift	452
	Labour	Desmond Sterne	409	6.7	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lyndsey Knox	356	11.5	0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Hay	349
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park

Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Moore	1,150	45.9	33.2
	Conservative	Neil Gulliver	1,012	42.6	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Clark	985
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Havell	944
	Conservative	Susan Sullivan	931
	Conservative	Graham Mcghie	918
	UKIP	Nigel Carter	305	4.5	10.7
	Labour	Steven Haigh	234	7.0	7.0
	Labour	Harrison Dalby	233
Majority
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chelmsford Rural West

Chelmsford Rural West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nicolette Chambers	626	76.0	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Fenwick	198	24.0	12.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Galleywood

Galleywood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Janette Potter	697	50.5	0.8
	Independent	Richard Hyland	571	23.2	New
	Conservative	David Stevenson	546
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Isherwood	273	19.9	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gale	216
	Labour	Elizabeth Surrey	159	6.4	11.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Goat Hall

Goat Hall (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Mascot	947	61.3	28.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Willis	819
	Conservative	Jane Edwards	496	33.8	4.4
	Conservative	Anthony McQuiggan	476
	Labour	Benjamin Poulton	141	4.9	5.5
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Great Baddow East

Great Baddow East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Shaw	1,287	48.3	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sosin	1,169
	Liberal Democrats	Nora Walsh	1,018
	Conservative	Liz Ahmed	634	24.9	14.1
	Conservative	Stephanie Scott	629
	Conservative	Sunil Gupta	531
	Independent	Maurice Hyde	536	7.5	New
	Independent	Angela Hyde	515	7.2	New
	Independent	Sebastian Bodera	510	7.1	New
	Labour	Andrew Moir	189	5.0	7.3
	Labour	John Devane	173
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Great Baddow West

Great Baddow West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Young	684	41.8	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jannetta Sosin	637
	Conservative	Billy Taylor	588	35.9	8.4
	Conservative	Bob Villa	476
	UKIP	Mike Parker	222	13.5	3.7
	Labour	Jonathan Legg	140	8.5	6.2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Wright	1,431	69.0	15.3
	Conservative	Bob Shepherd	1,421
	Conservative	Richard Ambor	1,230
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteing	553	23.6	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Longford	447
	Green	Colin Budgey	435	9.6	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Baker	394
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marconi

Marconi (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Deakin	729	47.5	25.4
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Finnecy	626
	Conservative	Yvonne Spence	395	27.1	0.2
	Labour	Paul Bishop	388	25.4	4.0
	Conservative	Ben Mcnally	377
	Labour	Penny Richards	337
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Moulsham and Central

Moulsham and Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Marie Goldman	1,424	43.5	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Lager	1,255
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Pooley	1,139
	Conservative	Ayman Syed	1,047	33.8	3.3
	Conservative	Kim Gisby	1,009
	Conservative	Seena Shah	911
	Green	Lloyd Williamson	508	5.8	6.6
	Labour	Rita Appleby	442	13.7	1.6
	Labour	Edward Massey	408
	Labour	Sean O'Sullivan	352
	UKIP	Michael Boyd	546	3.2	9.0
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Moulsham Lodge

Moulsham Lodge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Springett	997	61.0	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Jones	906
	Conservative	Simon Cook	450	26.6	12.6
	Conservative	Callum Macconnachie	378
	Green	Claire Bone	250	8.0	1.6
	Labour	Elaine Baldwin	137	4.4	5.3
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Patching Hall

Patching Hall (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Ayres	1,254	51.4	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Davidson	1,185
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Goldman	1,108
	Conservative	Jon De Vries	837	35.5	0.2
	Conservative	Mike Holoway	813
	Conservative	David Everest-Ring	801
	Green	Angela Thomson	284	4.1	new
	Labour	Joan Bliss	230	9.0	8.3
	Labour	Jennie Duffy	204
	Labour	David Howell	188
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Rettendon and Runwell

Rettendon and Runwell (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Paul Clark	908	32.2	New
	Conservative	Lance Millane	800	56.4	0.5
	Conservative	Raymond Ride	791
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Pennicard	323	11.4	8.3
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting

South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ian Grundy	1,070	77.2	3.5
	Conservative	Roy Whitehead	973
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie O'Connor	324	22.8	15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Neville	278
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Woodham - Chetwood and Collingwood

South Woodham - Chetwood and Collingwood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bob Massey	667	51.3	1.4
	Conservative	Ashley John	605
	Conservative	Malcolm Sismey	591
	SWFCTA	John Miller	522	14.4	9.0
	Green	Ian Hammond	392	28.8	18.7
	Green	Juliette Rey	349
	Green	David Rey	304
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Powling	201	5.5	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Woodham - Elmwood and Woodville

South Woodham - Elmwood and Woodville (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SWFCTA	Keith Bentley	919	52.5	26.4
	SWFCTA	Ian Roberts	886
	Conservative	Patrica Hughes	436	36.7	6.4
	Conservative	Bob Denston	417	26.1
	Conservative	Linda Denston	409
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Powling	373	10.8	New
Majority
Turnout
	SWFCTA gain from Conservative		Swing
	SWFCTA gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Springfield North

Springfield North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Fuller	1,175	55.5	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Mackrory	1,167
	Liberal Democrats	Chloe Tron	1,051
	Conservative	Paul Hutchinson	757	32.3	8.8
	Conservative	Brian Jeapes	658
	Conservative	John Pioli	570
	Green	Paul Wilson	339	5.5	New
	Labour	Karen Kennedy	222	6.9	7.0
	Labour	Russell Kennedy	199
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Andrew's

St. Andrew's (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Robinson	1,289	60.6	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Ashley	1,258
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Davidson	1,225
	Conservative	Peter Cousins	545	24.2	7.5
	Conservative	Stephen Fowell	492
	Conservative	Jake Smith	471
	Labour	Susan Myers	320	15.2	2.2
	Labour	Peter Dixon	319
	Labour	Colin Farquhar	304
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The Lawns

The Lawns (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Natacha Dudley	969	57.0	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lee	951
	Conservative	Christine Garrett	671	38.9	7.8
	Conservative	Julia Jeapes	639
	Labour	Ruth Sabey	140	4.1	6.4
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Trinity

Trinity (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Bracken	787	46.8	22.9
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Frascona	747
	Conservative	Graham Seeley	429	25.1	24.4
	Conservative	James Tyrrell	393
	Green	Ben Harvey	281	16.9	7.1
	Green	Peter Fowler	272
	UKIP	Damien Francis	150	4.6	New
	Labour	John Duffy	118	6.6	10.1
	Labour	Angelica Medici	99
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Waterhouse Farm

Waterhouse Farm (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Lardge	908	63.5	43.3
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Sampson	852
	Conservative	Matt Flack	390	27.5	10.9
	Conservative	Chloë Ahmed	371	20.2
	Labour	Sandra Massey	248	9.0	13.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Writtle

Writtle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tim Roper	829	61.2	3.5
	Conservative	Malcolm Douglas	662
	Liberal Democrats	Birgit Baker	537	38.8	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Chaplin	410
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-Elections

A by-election was held in Marconi ward on 7th November 2019 after the resignation of Cllr Catherine Finnecy.

Marconi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Smita Rajesh	563	48.1	0.6
	Conservative	Ben McNally	311	26.6	0.5
	Labour	Paul Bishop	156	13.3	12.1
	Independent	Steven Chambers	72	6.1	N/A
	Green	Ben Harvey	69	5.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections". Chelmsford City Council. Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
2. Hooper, Alasdair (3 May 2019). "The Essex local election results in full - who won in your area?". essexlive. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
3. "Local elections: Results in maps and charts". BBC News. BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
4. "Chelmsford City Council". BBC News. BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
5. "Local council election results". Chelmsford City Council. Chelmsford City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2019.