2018 Colchester Borough Council election

2018 Colchester Borough Council election

← 2016 3 May 2018 2019 →
17 out of 51 seats to Colchester Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.1%[1]
First party Second party   Leader Darius Laws Paul Smith Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Castle St. Anne's & St. John's (defeated) Last election 22 seats, 37.5% 15 seats, 22.6% Seats before 23 14 Seats won 10 2 Seats after 25 12 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 17,780 8,770 Percentage 40.4% 19.9% Swing 2.9% 2.7%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tim Young Beverly Oxford Party Labour Independent Leader's seat Greenstead Highwoods Last election 11 seats, 22.2% 3 seats, 4.1% Seats before 11 3 Seats won 4 1 Seats after 11 3 Seat change Popular vote 11,131 3,130 Percentage 25.3% 7.1% Swing 3.1% 3.0%
Map of Colchester Borough showing wards won
Leader of the council before election Paul Smith Liberal Democrats Leader of the council after election Mark Cory Liberal Democrats

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 3 May 2018. Seventeen members of the council - one-third of the whole — were elected, one from each of the seventeen wards. It was the first standard election to take place following comprehensive boundary changes in 2016. This set of seats were last up for election in 2016, with the third-placed elected candidates being up for election in 2018.