2018 Colchester Borough Council election information
2018 UK local government election
2018 Colchester Borough Council election
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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.
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