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2026 Colchester City Council election

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2026 Colchester City Council election
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7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
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17 out of 51 seats to Colchester City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderPaul DundasJulie YoungMartin Goss
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election19 seats, 30.0%14 seats, 32.5%15 seats, 22.9%
Current seats191414
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LeaderKemal Çufoğlu
Party Green Independent
Last election3 seats, 10.2%0 seats, 2.7%
Current seats31
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Map showing the wards of Colchester.
Incumbent Leader

David King
Liberal Democrats
No overall control [a]



The 2026 Colchester City Council election will be held on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Colchester City Council in Essex, England. This will be on the same day as other local elections. [1] [2]

Contents

Due to ongoing local government reorganisation, this will be the final election to Colchester City Council before it is abolished and replaced by a successor unitary authority. Elections to the successor authority are due to take place in 2027.

Summary

Background

Following the conclusion of the previous election, the council stayed under no overall control, with the Conservatives the largest party, but seven seats short of an overall majority. [3] For the 2024-2025 period, a Liberal Democrat minority ran the council, with informal support from Labour and the Greens. David King (Mile End) continued as council leader.

A few weeks after the previous election, Lesley Scott-Boutell (Stanway) left the Liberal Democrats group to sit as an Independent, becoming the first Independent councillor on the council since 2022. [4] This change put the Liberal Democrats and Labour on the same number of seats (14 each).

On 21 May 2025, a coalition was formed between the Liberal Democrats and Labour groups for the 2025-2026 period, with King being reconfirmed as council leader at the Annual Council Meeting on the same day. [5]

Election result

2026 Colchester City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 13
  Labour 9
  Liberal Democrats 9
  Green 2
  Independent 1
  Reform 0

Incumbents

WardIncumbent councillorPartyRe-standing
BerechurchMartyn Warnes Labour Co-op
CastleAmy Kirkby-Taylor Green
GreensteadElizabeth Alake-Akinyemi [b] Labour
HighwoodsJocelyn Law Labour
Lexden & BraiswickSara Naylor [c] Conservative
Marks Tey & LayerJackie Maclean Conservative
Mersea & PyefleetRobert Davidson Conservative
Mile EndDavid King Liberal Democrats
New Town & Christ ChurchKayleigh Rippingale Labour
Old Heath & The HytheLee Scordis Labour Co-op Yes [6]
PrettygateRoger Buston Conservative
Rural NorthWilliam Sunnucks Conservative
Shrub EndMick Spindler Liberal Democrats
St. Anne's & St. John'sPaul Smith Liberal Democrats
StanwayTracey Arnold Liberal Democrats
TiptreeRhys Smithson Conservative
WivenhoeAndrea Luxford-Vaughan Liberal Democrats

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the official candidates standing in each ward at the election, will be released following the close of nominations at 4:00pm on 10 April 2026. [7]

Berechurch

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Berechurch ward
Berechurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Castle

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Castle ward
Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Greenstead

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Greenstead ward
Greenstead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Highwoods

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Highwoods ward
Highwoods
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Lexden & Braiswick

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Lexden & Braiswick ward
Lexden & Braiswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Marks Tey & Layer

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Marks Tey & Layer ward
Marks Tey & Layer
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Mersea & Pyefleet

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Mersea & Pyefleet ward
Mersea & Pyefleet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Mile End

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Mile End ward
Mile End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

New Town & Christ Church

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New Town & Christ Church ward
New Town & Christ Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Old Heath & The Hythe

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Old Heath & The Hythe ward
Old Heath & The Hythe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour Co-op Lee Scordis* [6]
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Prettygate

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Prettygate ward
Prettygate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Rural North

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Rural North ward
Rural North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Shrub End

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Shrub End ward
Shrub End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

St Anne's & St John's

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St Anne's & St John's ward
St Anne's & St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Stanway

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Stanway ward
Stanway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Tiptree

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Tiptree ward
Tiptree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

Wivenhoe

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wivenhoe ward
Wivenhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative
Green
Independent
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Reform
Your Party

References

  1. ↑ Liberal Democrats/Labour coalition
  2. ↑ Elected at the 2024 Greenstead by-election.
  3. ↑ Elected at the 2022 Lexden & Braiswick by-election.
  1. ↑ "Colchester City Council". colchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Local elections to proceed in Colchester on 7 May 2026 | Colchester City Council". new.colchester.gov.uk. 22 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Colchester election result". bbc.com. BBC News . Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  4. ↑ Deady, Elliot (30 May 2024). "Colchester councillor Lesley Scott-Boutell quits Lib Dems". gazette-news.co.uk. Colchester: Daily Gazette. Archived from the original on 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "New Coalition Administration at Colchester City Council". new.colchester.gov.uk. Colchester: Colchester City Council. 21 May 2025. Archived from the original on 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  6. 1 2 Scordis, Lee (15 January 2026). "Colchester City elections to go ahead in May". facebook.com. Facebook. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "Elections 2026". colchester.gov.uk. Colchester: Colchester City Council. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
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