2022 Colchester Borough Council election

2022 Colchester Borough Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2023 →
18 out of 51 seats to Colchester Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	32.1% (1.8%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Paul Dundas Martin Goss Adam Fox Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Co-op Leader's seat Stanway (defeated) Mile End Old Heath & The Hythe Last election 23 seats, 44.8% 12 seats, 19.7% 11 seats, 22.5% Seats before 23 11 11 Seats won 6 5 6 Seats after 19 14 13 Seat change 4 2 2 Popular vote 16,308 13,731 13,311 Percentage 34.5% 29.1% 28.2% Swing 10.3% 9.4% 5.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Steph Nissen Beverley Oxford Party Green Independent Leader's seat Castle Highwoods Last election 2 seats, 10.7% 3 seats, 1.7% Seats before 2 3 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 3 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 3,909 0 Percentage 8.3% 0.0% Swing 2.4% 1.7%
Results map of the Borough Council election
Leader of the Council before election Paul Dundas Conservative Leader of the Council after election David King Liberal Democrats

Elections to Colchester Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022.^[1][2] Eighteen members of the council (one-third of the whole) were elected: one from 16 of the 17 wards, and two councillors from New Town & Christ Church ward, following the death of incumbent councillor Nick Cope (Liberal Democrat),^[3] elected in 2019 and due to serve until 2023.

At the election, the Conservative–Independent coalition lost control of the council, with the Conservatives losing seats to the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. Paul Dundas, the leader of the council, lost his seat in Stanway to challenger Tracey Arnold.

Labour gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats and won the vacated Independent seat in Highwoods, giving them their largest share of representation on the council since the 1990s.