2024 Colchester City Council election

2024 Colchester City Council election
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18 out of 51 seats to Colchester City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29.9% (Decrease1.1%)
  First party Second party
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Leader Paul Dundas Martin Goss
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 19 seats, 30.5% 15 seats, 30.3%
Seats before 19 16
Seats won 7 4
Seats after 19 15
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 13,080 9,972
Percentage 30.0% 22.9%
Swing Decrease 0.5% Decrease 7.4%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Julie Young Mark Goacher
Party Labour Green
Last election 15 seats, 24.5% 2 seats, 10.2%
Seats before 13 2
Seats won 6 1
Seats after 14 3
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 14,180 4,447
Percentage 32.5% 10.2%
Swing Increase 8.0% Steady 0.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Colchester City Council election
Leader before election

David King
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

Leader after election

David King
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

The 2024 Colchester City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 alongside other local elections across England.[1] Eighteen members of the council were elected, one from each of the wards, with an additional by-election in Greenstead ward.[2][3]

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The Conservatives were the largest party, but the council was being run by a Liberal Democrat minority administration with informal support from Labour and the Green Party. Only two seats changed party at the election, and after the election the Liberal Democrats continued to form a minority administration, with Labour and the Greens lending their support on a case-by-case basis.[4]

  1. ^ "Election timetables for scheduled local government elections in England". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Colchester City Council. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Colchester City Council upcoming elections". Colchester Council. 2023-12-30. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  4. ^ Hensel, Natalie (16 May 2024). "Colchester Council confirms new administration and cabinet". Daily Gazette and Essex County Standard. Retrieved 4 July 2024.