2023 Tendring District Council election

2023 Tendring District Council election
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All 48 seats to Tendring District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Independent Labour
Last election 16 seats, 33.3% 9 seats, 18.6% 6 seats, 14.3%
Seats before 21 12 6
Seats won 19 16 8
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 5 Increase 2
Popular vote 18,675 13,105 12,246
Percentage 33.1% 23.3% 21.7%
Swing Decrease 0.2 pp Increase 2.6 pp Increase 7.7 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Tendring First
Last election 2 seats, 13.1% 4 seats, 5.9%
Seats before 2 4
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3
Popular vote 7,142 2,231
Percentage 12.7 4.0%
Swing Increase 0.2 pp Decrease 1.6 pp
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tendring District Council election
Leader before election

Neil Stock
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Mark Thompson
Independent
No overall control

The 2023 Tendring District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 48 members of Tendring District Council in Essex, England.[1][2] This would be on the same day as other local elections across England and parish council elections in the district.[3]

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being led by Conservative councillor Neil Stock, who had been leader of the council since 2015. He chose not to stand for re-election.[4]

After the election the council remained under no overall control. A coalition of independent councillors, Labour and the Liberal Democrats formed to take control of the council. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 23 May 2023, independent councillor Mark Thompson was appointed leader of the council, Labour group leader Ivan Henderson was made deputy leader of the council, and Liberal Democrat group leader Gary Scott was made chair of the council.[5][6]

  1. ^ "District and Parish local elections 4 May 2023". Tendring District Council. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ Meyler, Piers (11 April 2023). "Tendring local election candidates 2023 – full list". Essex Live. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  3. ^ Dwan, James (5 April 2023). "Tendring Council election 2023: Names of candidates revealed". Clacton Gazette. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  4. ^ Dwan, James (17 March 2023). "Tendring Council leader Neil Stock to stand down". Basildon, Canvey and Southend Echo. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  5. ^ Dedman, Simon (24 May 2023). "Colchester: Power-sharing ends between Labour and Lib Dems". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Council minutes, 23 May 2023". Tendring District Council. Retrieved 8 June 2023.