2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
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The 2024 Castle Point Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 39 members of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex were elected following boundary changes.
The election resulted in a clean sweep for two local parties, with the Canvey Island Independent Party winning every seat in Canvey Island and the People's Independent Party taking the remainder of the borough.
Background[edit]
Castle Point was a traditionally Conservative council. The Conservative controlled the council from 1976 until 1995, when the Labour Party won a majority.[1] The Conservatives retook control in 2003. This majority lasted until 2022 (aside from a period of no overall control from 2014 to 2015),[2] when the council again fell into no overall control.
In the 2023 election, the People's Independent Party gained 6 seats with 35.4% of the vote, the Canvey Island Independent Party held the 6 seats they were defending with 20.2%, and the Conservatives lost 6 with 28.5%. Following the election, the CIIP and PIP formed a majority coalition.[3]
Boundary changes[edit]
Castle Point usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[4] The change reduces the number of councillors by 2. The electoral system is due to change to whole council elections every 4 years following a vote by the council.[5]
Old wards[6] | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
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Appleton | 3 | Appleton | 3 |
Boyce | 3 | Canvey Island Central | 3 |
Canvey Island Central | 3 | Canvey Island East | 3 |
Canvey Island East | 3 | Canvey Island North | 3 |
Canvey Island North | 3 | Canvey Island South | 3 |
Canvey Island South | 3 | Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 3 |
Canvey Island West | 2 | Hadleigh St James | 3 |
Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 3 | St George's | 3 |
Cedar Hall | 3 | St Mary's | 3 |
St George's | 3 | St Michael's | 3 |
St James | 3 | Tarpots | 3 |
St Mary's | 3 | Thundersley North | 3 |
St Peter's | 3 | Thundersley South | 3 |
Victoria | 3 |
Previous council composition[edit]
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[7] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
CIIP | 16 | CIIP | 15 | CIIP | 15 | |||
PIP | 16 | PIP | 16 | PIP | 24 | |||
Conservative | 9 | Conservative | 8 | Conservative | 0 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 1 | Independent | 0 |
Changes:
- December 2023: John Payne (CIIP) dies
- May 2023: Godfrey Isaacs leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[8]
Results[edit]
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
CIIP | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38.5 | 20.4 | 10,844 | ||
PIP | 24 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 61.5 | 44.1 | 23,432 | |||
Conservative | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14.5 | 7,679 | ||
Labour | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 4,972 | |||
Canvey Residents' Alliance | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 5,472 | |||
Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 357 | |||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.8 | 409 |
Candidates[edit]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Castle Point Borough Council following the close of nomination on 8 April 2024.[9] Thirteen of the thirty-five Conservative nominations were rejected as invalid.[10] An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Appleton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert* | 854 | 20.08 | ||
PIP | Diana Jones* | 831 | 19.54 | ||
PIP | Lorraine Larman | 793 | 18.65 | ||
Conservative | Wayne Johnson | 504 | 11.85 | ||
Conservative | Michael Dixon | 441 | 10.56 | ||
Conservative | Barry Webb | 420 | 9.88 | ||
Labour | Mark Maguire | 205 | 4.82 | ||
Labour | Charlie Young | 196 | 4.61 | ||
Turnout | 4,252 | ||||
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Canvey Island Central[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Peter May* | 716 | 20.12 | ||
CIIP | Lorraine Breading | 683 | 19.2 | ||
CIIP | Jamie Huntman | 590 | 16.58 | ||
Canvey Residents | Mickey Finn | 479 | 13.46 | ||
Canvey Residents | Sean Quartermaine | 476 | 13.38 | ||
Canvey Residents | Lisa Megennis | 431 | 12.11 | ||
Labour | Terry Miller | 183 | 5.14 | ||
Turnout | 3,558 | 22.8 | |||
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Canvey Island East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Susan Brooke | 910 | 24.32 | ||
CIIP | Carole Sach* | 876 | 23.41 | ||
CIIP | Grace Watson* | 809 | 21.62 | ||
Canvey Residents | Michael Griffin | 435 | 11.62 | ||
Conservative | John Last | 263 | 7.03 | ||
Labour | Daniel Curtis | 225 | 6.01 | ||
Conservative | Rachel Ojo | 224 | 5.99 | ||
Turnout | 3,742 | 25.4 | |||
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Canvey Island North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Dave Blackwell* | 834 | 18.74 | ||
CIIP | Michael Fuller* | 732 | 16.45 | ||
CIIP | Nick Harvey* | 715 | 16.07 | ||
Canvey Residents | Kevin Hobbs | 527 | 11.84 | ||
Canvey Residents | Paul Joiner | 500 | 11.24 | ||
Canvey Residents | Jade Pittman | 473 | 10.63 | ||
Conservative | Nikki Drogman | 187 | 4.2 | ||
Labour | Anita Duffield | 168 | 3.78 | ||
Conservative | Pat Haunts | 162 | 3.64 | ||
Labour | Brendan Duffield | 152 | 3.42 | ||
Turnout | 4,450 | 27.3 | |||
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Canvey Island South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CIIP | Barry Campagna* | 851 | 20.73 | ||
Canvey Residents | Jamie Coronado | 411 | 10.01 | ||
Labour | Heidi Cox | 122 | 2.97 | ||
Labour | Katie Curtis | 116 | 2.83 | ||
Canvey Residents | Leah Griffin | 417 | 10.16 | ||
Canvey Residents | Scott Griffin | 426 | 10.38 | ||
Conservative | Joan Liddiard | 224 | 5.46 | ||
CIIP | Barry Palmer* | 784 | 19.1 | ||
CIIP | Janice Payne* | 754 | 18.37 | ||
Turnout | 5,786 | 25.5 | |||
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Canvey Island Winter Gardens[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Darren Brown | 235 | 6.91 | ||
Green | Bob Chapman | 162 | 4.76 | ||
Labour Co-op | Moreblessing Chasiya | 178 | 5.23 | ||
Canvey Residents | Praise Coronado | 277 | 8.14 | ||
Conservative | Ivor Earl | 157 | 4.61 | ||
CIIP | Peter Greig* | 548 | 16.1 | ||
Canvey Residents | Michelle Griffin | 335 | 9.84 | ||
Canvey Residents | Natalie Lawrence | 285 | 8.37 | ||
Labour Co-op | Maggie McArthur-Curtis | 184 | 5.41 | ||
CIIP | David Thomas* | 551 | 16.19 | ||
CIIP | Graham Withers* | 491 | 14.43 | ||
Turnout | 5,688 | 21.6 | |||
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Hadleigh St James[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Aimme Harbinson | 850 | |||
Conservative | Simon Hart* | 464 | |||
PIP | Kate Knott | 949 | |||
PIP | Duncan MacPherson | 791 | |||
Labour | Dina Mehdi | 251 | |||
Labour | Charlotte Reilly | 245 | |||
Conservative | Jacqui Thornton* | 445 | |||
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St George's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Nicola Benson* | 751 | |||
Green | Billy Brew | 195 | |||
Independent | Steven Cole | 409 | |||
Conservative | David Cross | 369 | |||
Conservative | Paul Harbord | 333 | |||
PIP | Nanine Pachy | 509 | |||
Labour | Jackie Reilly | 245 | |||
PIP | Dean Silk | 552 | |||
Labour | Freddy West | 202 | |||
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St Mary's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Sharon Ainsley* | 1322 | |||
Labour Co-op | Laurence Chapman | 285 | |||
Labour Co-op | Joe Cooke | 249 | |||
Conservative | Roxanne Goldfinch | 390 | |||
PIP | Rob Lillis* | 1351 | |||
Labour Co-op | Georgina Morgan-Bates | 239 | |||
PIP | Russ Savage* | 1360 | |||
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St Michael's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Tim Copsey* | 1387 | |||
PIP | Warren Gibson* | 1396 | |||
PIP | John Knott* | 1450 | |||
Labour | Amie Maguire | 179 | |||
Labour | Jacqueline Warner | 165 | |||
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Tarpots[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Kieron Bowker* | 730 | |||
PIP | Michael Dearson* | 899 | |||
Labour | Holly Foxen | 232 | |||
Labour | Susan Foxen | 221 | |||
Conservative | Sunil Gupta | 504 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Sheldon | 674 | |||
PIP | Benn Wimbledon | 678 | |||
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Thundersley North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Belford | 382 | |||
Labour | Bill Emberson | 209 | |||
Labour | Helen Emberson | 209 | |||
PIP | Tom Gibson* | 1298 | |||
PIP | Gareth Howlett* | 1408 | |||
PIP | Steve Mountford* | 1339 | |||
Conservative | Vincent White | 300 | |||
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Thundersley South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Allan Edwards* | 652 | |||
PIP | Matt Cortes | 648 | |||
PIP | Laurie Dixon | 634 | |||
Conservative | James Cutler | 364 | |||
Conservative | Andy Thornton* | 321 | |||
Conservative | Adrian Roper | 316 | |||
Labour | Gwyn Bailey | 168 | |||
Labour | Andrew Darling | 144 | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ Including one vacant seat at Canvey Island North last held by CIIP.
- ^ "Castle Point Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Conservatives lose power in Castle Point after a decade". ITV News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Niewinska, Lina (5 May 2023). "'Incredibly honoured' - Elected Independents celebrate Castle Point victory". Echo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ The Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Meyler, Piers (5 February 2024). "Council agrees change in voting system". Essex Live. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "The Borough of Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2440, retrieved 27 March 2024
- ^ "Councillors". Castle Point Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "CASTLE POINT". www.localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED". Castle Point Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Dedman, Simon (10 April 2024). "Thirteen Tory election nominations are 'invalid'". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.