Elections: Braintree

* denotes sitting councillors.

Majority for wards with more than one seat equals difference between winner and first runner up. Overview

Braintree Council: How the parties stand (last year in brackets):

Lab 31 (37)

Con 17 (10)

Ind 7 (7)

Lib Dem 3 (6)

Grn 2

Av turnout: 32.66 Results

Black Notley

Peter Turner * (Lib Dem) ......673

Peter Goddard (Con) ...............399

Bronislaw Jagniaszek (Lab) ...145

Maj ..........................................274

Lib Dem hold

Turnout .....................32.3 per cent

Bocking North (3 seats)

David Mann * (Lab) ...................847

Malcolm Allard * (Lab) ............761

Frederick Card * (Lab) ............738

Patricia Walsh (Con) .................341

Elizabeth Gask (Lib Dem) ..........207

Peter Braley (Lib Dem) ............189

Maj .............................................506

Lab hold

Turnout ...........................28 per cent

Bocking South (3 seats)

George Warne * (Lab) ..............786

Lynn Green * (Lab) ...................744

Derek Taylor (Lab) ...................703

George Field (Con) .....................345

Neil Birks (Con) ...........................336

Michele Martin (Lib Dem) ............175

Stewart Seymour (Lib Dem) ......135

Hilda Seymour (Lib Dem) ............125

Wendy Partridge (Grn) ..................96

Duncan Stewart (Grn) .....................83

Maj ................................................441

Lab hold

Turnout ...24.5 per cent

Braintree Central (3 seats)

Pansy Keeble * (Lab) ..................655

Allan Millam * (Lab) ...................636

James Unsworth (Lab) ................591

Ian Roel (Con) ..............................265

Lyn Walters (Con) .......................257

Stephen Dennis (Lib Dem) ...........207

Terence Graystone (Lib Dem) ....206

Robert McDermott (Lib Dem) .....187

Dormer Andrews (Grn) ..............105

Maj ...............................................390

Lab hold

Turnout ......................21.41 per cent

Braintree East (3 seats)

Elwyn Bishop * (Lab) ............764

David Green * (Lab) ..............654

Alisdair Thompson (Lab) .......644

David Messer (Con) ................376

David Reid (Con) .....................362

Pauline Brooks (Lib Dem) ......305

Paul Lemon (Lib Dem) ............290

Terence Brooks (Lib Dem) ...283

Maj ..........................................388

Lab hold

Turnout ..................20.3 per cent

Braintree West (3 seats)

Roy Cavinder * (Lib Dem) ......638

Barbara Buchan * (Lab) .........609

Christopher Bacon (Lab) ........607

Lesley Beckett (Lib Dem) .......591

Andrew Martin (Lib Dem) ......564

Michael Shirvington (Lab) ......552

Godfrey Killick (Con) .............542

John McKee (Con) ...................532

Brian Kirsch (Con) ................526

Maj .............................................47

Lab gain 1 from Lib Dem

Turnout .....................30.7 per cent

Bumpstead

John Collar (Con) .....................376

Jonathan Marsden (Lab) ..........241

Maj ...........................................135

Con gain from Lab

Turnout ..................32.61 per cent

Castle Hedingham

Henry Allfrey * (Con) ............475

Stuart Scrivens (Lab) .............162

Maj ...........................................313

Con hold

Turnout ..................39.53 per cent

Coggeshall (3 seats)

Nigel Edey (Con) ......................730

Catherine Joyce (Lab) ............714

Emma Jones (Lab) ...................702

Thomas McMillan (Con) ..........684

Peter Smith (Lab) ..................663

Joyce Papworth (Lib Dem) ....335

David Sibley (Lib Dem) ..........283

Maj .............................................46

Con gain 1 from Lab

Turnout ..................37.37 per cent

Colne Engaine & Greenstead Green

Anthony Shelton (Con) ............367

Stephen Knight (Lab) ...............137

Maj ...........................................230

Con hold

Turnout ..................40.06 per cent

Cressing

Lynette Flint * (Ind) ..................271

Ashley Final (Lab) .....................106

Maurice Boutell (Lib Dem) ..........53

Maj .............................................165

Ind hold

Turnout ...........................33 per cent

Earls Colne (2 seats)

Sheila Boyce * (Ind) ..................645

Arthur Mascall (Ind) ..................568

Teresa Fyfe (Lab) ......................248

Stephen Heppolette (Lab) ...........212

Maj ..............................................397

Ind gain 1 from Lab

Turnout ...........................25 per cent

Gosfield

Barry Broyd * (Con) ..................436

Lucy Webb (Lab) .........................163

Maj ..............................................273

Con hold

Turnout .....................51.32 per cent

Halstead St Andrew's (2 seats)

Beryl Gage (Hal Res) ..................522

Michael Gage (Hal Res) ...............515

Barbara Carr (Lab) .....................396

Grahame McCoyd * (Lab) ............345

Leonard Dye (Con) ........................240

Margaret Mison (Con) .....................211

Oliver Forder (Lib Dem) ................149

Julie Barnes (Lib Dem) ..................128

Maj ...................................................126

Hal Res gain 1 from Lab

Turnout ...........................32.65 per cent

Halstead Trinity (3 seats)

Jacqueline Pell * (Hal Res) ..................702

Ruth Mayes * (Lab) ..............................629

Malcolm Fincken * (Lab) ......................535

Garry Warren (Lab) .............................440

Trevor McArdle (Con) .........................234

Bernard Mison (Con) ............................208

Clive Whybrow (Lib Dem) ....................148

Caroline Forder (Lib Dem) ...................122

Monna Clayton (Lib Dem) .....................112

Maj .........................................................262

No change

Turnout .................................30.87 per cent

Hatfield Peverel (2 seats)

Keith Bigden * (Con) ..............................633

John Jarvis (Con) ...................................621

Edith Royffe * (Ind) ...............................368

John Glasman (Lab) ................................329

Paul Heath (Lab) .....................................227

Maj ..........................................................265

Con gain 1 from Ind

Turnout .......................................32 per cent

Kelvedon (3 seats)

Eileen Davidson * (Lab) ............................779

Ian Marshall * (Lab) .................................779

James Fyfe * (Lab) ..................................711

Simon Gibbs (Con) ....................................663

Sarah Openshaw (Con) ..............................610

John Hackworth (Con) ..............................609

Geoffrey Raison (Ind) ..............................508

Martin Ashby (Lib Dem) ...........................211

Philip Leatherdale (Grn) ...........................138

Maj ............................................................116

Lab hold

Turnout ....................................41.86 per cent

Panfield

Simon Walsh (Con) ....................................308

Violet Carnell (Lab) ..................................237

Maj ...............................................................71

Con gain from Ind

Turnout .......................................41.1 per cent

Rayne

Anthony Meadows * (Lib Dem) ..................355

Graham Lees (Con) .....................................207

Richard Parsons (Lab) .................................88

Maj ...............................................................148

Lib Dem hold

Turnout .......................................32.47 per cent

Sible Hedingham (2 seats)

Clive Tanner (Con) ..........................................316

James Brown (Con) ........................................314

Trevor Ellis * (Lib Dem) ................................248

Janet Turner (Lib Dem) ..................................173

Noel Owen (Lab) ..............................................126

Frederick Hearn (Lab) .....................................118

Maj .....................................................................68

Con gain 2 from Lib Dem

Turnout ..........................................23.73 per cent

Stour Valley Central

David Finch * (Con) ..........................................273

Peter Owen (Lab) .............................................189

Maj ......................................................................84

Con hold

Turnout ...................................................35 per cent

Stour Valley North

Nigel Harley (Con) ................................................348

Lorraine Scrivens (Lab) .......................................185

Maj .........................................................................163

Con hold

Turnout ......................................................42 per cent

Stour Valley South

Vincent Acheson (Con) ..........................................444

Colin Kotz (Lab) ......................................................131

Carol Savill (Lib Dem) ............................................115

Maj ...........................................................................313

Con hold

Turnout ......................................................39 per cent

Terling

Margaret Galione (Con) ..............................................280

Marion Williams * (Lab) ............................................242

Diane Barber (Lib Dem) ................................................51

Maj .................................................................................38

Con gain from Lab

Turnout ............................................................46 per cent

Three Fields (2 seats)

Ronald Hawkins * (Con) ................................................736

John Finbow * (Con) ......................................................714

Peter Johnson (Lab) .......................................................270

Adrian Axtell (Lab) ........................................................244

Maj ..................................................................................466

Con hold

Turnout ...............................................................31 per cent

Upper Colne

Robert Bolton * (Con) ......................................................429

David Dyson (Lab) .............................................................179

Maj .....................................................................................250

Con hold

Turnout ..................................................................42 per cent

Witham Central

Helen Pitchforth * (Ind) ...................................................385

Michael Lager (Con) ..........................................................285

Michael Jones (Lab) ..........................................................162

Maj .....................................................................................100

Ind hold

Turnout ............................................................33.13 per cent

Witham Chipping Hill (2 seats)

Philip Barlow * (Lab) .........................................................432

Kerin Boylan * (Lab) ..........................................................423

Nathan Andrews (Con) .......................................................162

George Peck (Con) ..............................................................145

Pamela Verrall (Lib Dem) ...................................................129

Keith Verrall (Lib Dem) ......................................................116

Susan Ransome (Grn) ............................................................56

Nelson Brunton (Grn) ............................................................52

Maj .......................................................................................270

Lab hold

Turnout ...............................................................23.22 per cent

Witham North (3 seats)

Robert Evans * (Lab) ............................................................605

John Gyford * (Lab) ..............................................................586

Ian Pointon * (Lab) ................................................................567

Brenda Farrow (Con) .............................................................191

Patricia Brunton (Grn) ..........................................................134

Joan Jones (Grn) .....................................................................102

Kevin Peterson (Grn) .................................................................93

Maj ..........................................................................................414

Lab hold

Turnout ........................................................................22 per cent

Witham Silver End & Rivenhall (2 seats

James Abbott (Grn) ..................................................................715

Philip Hughes (Grn) ...................................................................554

Basil Tate (Lab) .........................................................................551

Greta Tew (Lab) ........................................................................496

Eileen Fierheller (Lib Dem) .......................................................204

James Dean (Ind Christian Soc) ..................................................84

Maj .............................................................................................164

Green gain 2 from Lab

Turnout .....................................................................40.03 per cent

Witham South (2 seats)

Jacqueline Martin (Lab) ...............................................................583

Richard Tincknell (Lab) ...............................................................526

Desmond Haggerty (Con) ............................................................271

Nigel Lightfoot (Con) ...................................................................265

Barry Fleet (Lib Dem) .................................................................174

Christine May (Lib Dem) .............................................................144

Anne Pickett (Grn) ........................................................................78

Nicholas Scales (Grn) ....................................................................73

Maj ................................................................................................312

Lab hold

Turnout ...........................................................................21.7 per cent

Witham West (2 seats)

Kathleen Tearle (Labour) ...............................................................432

Joy Reekie * (Labour) ...................................................................426

Jennifer Jarvis (Con) .....................................................................260

Roger Wacey (Con) .........................................................................237

Christopher May (Lib Dem) ............................................................124

Cheryl Gerrard (Grn) ........................................................................77

Carolyn Hobbs-Waller (Grn) .............................................................77

Maj ...................................................................................................172

Lab hold

Turnout ............................................................................29.8 per cent

Yeldham

John Kotz * (Labour) ...uncontested

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