2021 Colchester Borough Council election

2021 Colchester Borough Council election
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19 out of 51 seats to Colchester Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33.9% (Increase 1.3%)
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Paul Dundas Martin Goss Tina Bourne
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Leader's seat Stanway Mile End Greenstead
Last election 23 seats, 35.2% 13 seats, 26.6% 11 seats, 17.7%
Seats before 23 13 11
Seats won 9 4 4
Seats after 23 12 11
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Steady
Popular vote 23,413 10,264 11,763
Percentage 44.8% 19.7% 22.5%
Swing Increase 9.9% Decrease 6.9% Increase 4.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader Beverley Oxford Mark Goacher
Party Independent Green
Leader's seat Highwoods Castle
Last election 3 seats, 6.3% 1 seat, 13.6%
Seats before 3 1
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 3 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 912 5,592
Percentage 1.7% 10.7%
Swing Decrease 4.6% Decrease 2.9%
Results map of the Borough Council election

Elections to Colchester Borough Council were held on 6 May 2021. They were originally planned for 7 May 2020,[1] but postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Seventeen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were up for election, one from each of the 17 wards. There were also two additional by-elections in Prettygate and Lexden & Braiswick wards, bringing the total number of elected members to nineteen.

  1. ^ "Information Categories · Colchester Borough Council". www.colchester.gov.uk.
  2. ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.