2023 Uttlesford District Council election

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2023 Uttlesford District Council election
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All 39 seats to Uttlesford District Council[1]
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Petrina Lees George Smith Melvin Caton
Party R4U Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 26 seats, 38.3% 4 seats, 28.2% 7 seats, 22.5%
Seats before 23 6 5
Seats won 22 11 4
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 7 Decrease 3
Popular vote 17,098 14,447 6,910
Percentage 36.3% 30.7% 14.7%
Swing Decrease 2.0% Increase 2.5% Decrease 7.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Richard Pavitt Paul Fairhurst
Party Independent Green
Last election 2 seats, 4.4% 0 seats, 2.7%
Seats before 2 3
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,119 2,211
Percentage 4.5% 4.7%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Increase 2.0%
Leader before election

Petrina Lees
R4U

Leader after election

Petrina Lees
R4U

The 2023 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England.[2][3][4] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the residents' association 'Residents for Uttlesford' held a majority.[5][6]

The election saw Residents for Uttlesford retain their majority. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat group leaders both lost their seats. The Greens lost all their seats on the council (the three seats it held prior to the election having all been councillors elected for Residents for Uttlesford but who later defected).[7][8]

Election result[edit]

2023 Uttlesford District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  R4U 32 22 2 6 Decrease 4 56.4 36.3 17,098 –2.0
  Conservative 38 11 7 0 Increase 7 28.2 30.7 14,447 +2.5
  Liberal Democrats 27 4 1 4 Decrease 3 10.3 14.7 6,910 –7.8
  Independent 3 2 0 0 Steady 5.1 4.5 2,119 –0.6
  Labour 23 0 0 0 Steady 0 8.7 4,114 +5.2
  Green 13 0 0 0 Steady 0 4.7 2,211 +2.0
  Reform UK 3 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.3 141 N/A

Ward Result[edit]

The results for each ward were as follows, with sitting councillors marked with an asterisk(*).[9]

Ashdon[edit]

Ashdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Michael Moran 289 41.2 +6.3
R4U James Leon Herman De Vries* 259 36.9 -4.6
Green Paul Henry Allington 153 21.8 +11.6
Turnout 704 44.06
Registered electors 1,598
Conservative gain from R4U

Broad Oak & The Hallingsburys[edit]

Broad Oak & The Hallingsburys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Geof Driscoll* 643 51.5 +3.6
R4U Neil Reeve* 583 46.7 +2.7
Conservative Bob Church 442 35.4 +1.5
Conservative Charlotte Dominique Salomon 419 33.6 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Richards 159 12.7 +1.5
Reform UK Malcolm Cameron Featherstone 55 4.4 N/A
Turnout 1,248 38.42
Registered electors 3,248
R4U hold
R4U hold

Clavering[edit]

Clavering
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Morgan Oliver* 493 59.7 +3.2
Green Debra Anne Gold 198 24.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Frank Barnes 135 16.3 -0.8
Turnout 831 44.44
Registered electors 1,870
Conservative hold Swing

Debden & Wimbish[edit]

Debden & Wimbish
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Stewart Charles Luck* 281 42.2 +1.5
Conservative James William Noble 213 32.0 -0.5
Labour Janet Elizabeth Grogan 74 11.1 +7.4
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Jane Barrows 61 9.2 -9.6
Green James Loxam Wilkinson 37 5.6 +1.2
Turnout 668 39.04
Registered electors 1,711
R4U hold Swing

Elsenham & Henham[edit]

Elsenham & Henham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Petrina Michelle Lees* 690 53.9 -10.2
R4U Bianca Maria Donald 483 37.7 -4.6
Liberal Democrats Sarah Frances MacKay 288 22.5 -13.9
Conservative Henry Edward Joseph Farrelly 254 19.8 +10.0
Conservative Fraser James 193 15.1 N/A
Labour Anna Katherine Mowbray 120 9.4 +3.9
Labour Bob Burlton 117 9.1 N/A
Independent Garry McKay LeCount* 106 8.3 -34.0
Green Abi Saffrey 100 7.8 N/A
Turnout 1,283 34.80
Registered electors 3,687
R4U hold
R4U hold

Garry LeCount was a Residents for Uttlesford councillor until the election but was deselected as a candidate for re-election and stood as an independent instead.[10]

Felsted & Stebbing[edit]

Felsted & Stebbing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U John Charles Evans* 498 37.8 -7.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Silcock 487 37.0 +8.6
R4U Sandi Merifield* 470 35.7 -10.2
Conservative Grant Bailey 376 28.6 +4.2
Conservative Jonathan Lee Botten 352 26.7 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Frank Corr 310 23.6 +13.1
Turnout 1,318 37.29
Registered electors 3,534
R4U hold
Liberal Democrats gain from R4U

Flitch Green & Little Dunmow[edit]

Flitch Green & Little Dunmow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christian Augusto Criscione* 352 61.8 +3.0
R4U Liz Clark 101 17.7 -10.4
Liberal Democrats Iris Janet Evans 60 10.5 -2.6
Green Laura Fleur Thomas 57 10.0 N/A
Turnout 570 29.40
Registered electors 1,939
Conservative hold Swing

Great Dunmow North[edit]

Great Dunmow North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Alex Armstrong* 528 43.3 -20.6
Conservative John Edward Norris Davey 517 42.4 +11.4
Conservative William Anthony Church 463 38.0 +14.1
R4U Vincent David Clarke 368 30.2 -23.2
Labour Tina Sham 165 13.5 N/A
Labour William Stephen Bortey Annang 152 12.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Teddy Kimber 131 10.7 +1.4
Turnout 1,229 31.35
Registered electors 3,920
R4U hold
Conservative gain from R4U

Great Dunmow South & Barnston[edit]

Great Dunmow South & Barnston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Loveday* 653 43.4 +10.3
Conservative Chris Martin 613 40.7 +12.3
Conservative Brian John Regan 562 37.3 +11.0
R4U Rod Jones* 482 32.0 -26.8
R4U Patrick Charles Lavelle* 477 31.7 -26.6
R4U Kerry Ann Herbert 468 31.1 -20.9
Labour Ben Cavanagh 278 18.5 N/A
Labour Gerard William Darcy 257 17.1 +5.0
Labour Christopher James Muir 224 14.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Philip Joseph Ronald Jones 174 11.6 N/A
Turnout 1,522 30.38
Registered electors 5,010
Conservative gain from R4U
Conservative gain from R4U
Conservative gain from R4U

Seat recorded as three Conservative gains from Residents for Uttlesford to allow for comparison with the 2019 results. One of the seats had been won by Conservative Tom Loveday in a by-election in January 2023.

Hatfield Heath[edit]

Hatfield Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Lemon* 410 71.8 -5.1
R4U Tracy Louen Williams 161 28.2 N/A
Turnout 577 32.25
Registered electors 1,789
Conservative hold Swing

High Easter & The Rodings[edit]

High Easter & Rodings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Barker* 479 70.0 -0.5
Green Margaret Ann Shaw 115 16.8 +3.5
Labour Faridah Mohamed Gullam 90 13.2 +7.2
Turnout 690 35.20
Registered electors 1,960
Conservative hold Swing

Littlebury, Chesterfords & Wendens Loft[edit]

Littlebury, Chesterfords & Wenden Lofts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil Stephen Richard Gregory* 1,025 60.1 +3.1
Independent Richard Stewart Leighton Pavitt* 988 57.9 +2.6
Conservative Wazz Mughal 399 23.4 -2.5
Conservative Sam Slota-Newsom 386 22.6 -2.8
Green David Radford 213 12.5 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Susan Roderick 196 11.5 -0.3
Turnout 1,709 48.37
Registered electors 3,533
Independent hold
Independent hold

Newport[edit]

Newport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Judy Emmanuel* 795 61.6 -5.8
R4U Neil Hargreaves* 785 60.8 -14.4
Conservative Roger Hugh Beeching 320 24.8 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Marion Elizabeth Dyer 214 16.6 +5.0
Green Madeleine Margaret Radford 205 15.9 N/A
Turnout 1,293 40.06
Registered electors 3,228
R4U hold
R4U hold

Saffron Walden Audley[edit]

Saffron Walden Audley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Arthur George Coote* 666 43.7 -1.3
R4U Alex Reeve 648 42.5 -2.2
Labour Cherry Ellen Parker 324 21.2 +12.0
Green Barbara Ann Light* 302 19.8 -24.9
Conservative Maria Pearson 293 19.2 +4.5
Conservative Howard Stephen Rolfe 262 17.2 +3.4
Labour Mat Braddy 223 14.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Charles Perry 165 10.8 -24.5
Turnout 1,533 43.51
Registered electors 3,523
R4U hold
R4U hold

Arthur Coote represented Saffron Walden Shire ward before the election. Seats recorded as two Residents for Uttlesford holds to allow for comparison with 2019 results. One of the incumbent councillors, Barbara Light, had been elected as Residents for Uttlesford in 2019 but later that year joined the Greens instead.[11]

Saffron Walden Castle[edit]

Saffron Walden Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Heather Jane Asker* 771 56.1 +1.3
R4U Richard Ford Freeman* 610 44.4 -5.3
Conservative David James Sadler 246 17.9 +2.5
Labour Simon David Trimnell 233 17.0 +9.0
Conservative Simon Alexander Bagni 232 16.9 -2.5
Green Edward Vernon Gildea 194 14.1 +4.4
Labour John Gabriel Early 154 11.2 +4.8
Liberal Democrats John Newman Lefever 119 8.7 -5.2
Reform UK Grant John Maxwell St Clair-Armstrong 50 3.6 N/A
Turnout 1,383 38.47
Registered electors 3,595
R4U hold
R4U hold

Saffron Walden Shire[edit]

Saffron Walden Shire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Jubeyuir Ahmed
(Melon Ahmed) 		879 42.1 -9.9
R4U Chloe Louise Fiddy 876 41.9 -9.9
R4U Daniel Ronald McBirnie 796 38.1 -12.1
Green Paul Geoffrey Fairhurst* 470 22.5 -27.7
Conservative Nick Osborne 457 21.9 +6.0
Conservative David Jason Phipps 376 18.0 -3.9
Conservative Adaeze Bowen 367 17.6 +1.4
Labour Sally Ann Kaemer 336 16.1 +5.2
Labour Andrew Mark Sampson 325 15.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew John Baxter 308 14.7 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Sonia Sault 301 14.4 -2.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Maurice Ede 288 13.8 +2.0
Turnout 2,105 37.92
Registered electors 5,551
R4U hold
R4U hold
R4U hold

Seats recorded as three Residents for Uttlesford holds to allow for comparison with 2019 results. One of the incumbent councillors, Paul Fairhurst, had been elected as Residents for Uttlesford in 2019 but later that year joined the Greens instead.[11]

Stansted North[edit]

Stansted North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Dean* 796 56.5 -4.2
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Sell* 773 54.8 -3.6
Conservative Lois Patricia Prior 422 29.9 -2.5
Conservative George Francis Peter Braeckman 421 29.9 -0.5
Labour John Wadham 169 12.0 +5.8
Labour Stuart Valentine Dodgson 151 10.7 +5.4
Turnout 1,417 39.12
Registered electors 3,622
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Stansted South & Birchanger[edit]

Stansted South & Birchanger
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ray Gooding 480 43.0 +6.5
Conservative Nick Church 421 37.8 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Melvin Henry Caton* 396 35.5 -22.0
Liberal Democrats Ayub Khan* 370 33.2 -15.2
Labour Allen Macpherson 136 12.2 +3.7
R4U Plaxy Budzinska 117 10.5 N/A
Labour Thomas Albert Van de Bilt 88 7.9 +0.8
R4U Jiri Wolker 86 7.7 N/A
Turnout 1,117 33.43
Registered electors 3,341
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Stort Valley[edit]

Stort Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Irene Loughlin* 366 57.6 -14.7
Conservative Joel Alexander Cairns 176 27.7 ±0.0
Labour Sanjukta Ghosh 57 9.0 N/A
Reform UK Neil Roddis 36 5.7 N/A
Turnout 635 38.98
Registered electors 1,629
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Takeley[edit]

Takeley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Geoff Bagnall* 630 47.8 -13.3
R4U Maggie Sutton* 539 40.9 -19.2
R4U Mark Andrew Coletta 477 36.2 -16.5
Conservative Jeanne Eileen Bradley 466 35.3 +7.1
Conservative Jim Gordon 381 28.9 -0.2
Conservative Madhu Disanayake 303 23.0 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Anne Flawn 264 20.0 N/A
Labour Tracey Elizabeth Roberts 195 14.8 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Maryanne Craig Fleming 150 11.4 N/A
Labour Olive Kumar Winters 133 10.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Kevin Kimber 132 10.0 +0.8
Turnout 1,320 26.01
Registered electors 5,074
R4U hold
R4U hold
R4U hold

Thaxted & The Eastons[edit]

Thaxted & The Eastons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Martin Liam Foley* 893 64.1 -9.3
R4U Richard Henry Haynes 694 49.8 N/A
Conservative David Beverly 364 26.1 +4.4
Conservative Andrew John Pryer 255 18.3 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Antoinette Magdeleine Wattebot 121 8.7 -66.7
Labour Alex Young 113 8.1 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Patrick William O'Brien 102 7.3 -66.1
Green Trilby Fiona Roberts 94 6.7 N/A
Turnout 1,395 35.24
Registered electors 3,959
R4U gain from Liberal Democrats
R4U gain from Liberal Democrats

Seats both recorded as Residents for Uttlesford gains from the Liberal Democrats to allow comparison with 2019 election. The two Liberal Democrats elected in 2019, Mike Tayler and Martin Foley, had both left the party in May 2020 and joined Residents for Uttlesford in March 2021.[12][13]

The Sampfords[edit]

The Sampfords
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
R4U Mike Tayler* 344 42.9 -4.4
Conservative George Maurice Smith* 340 42.4 +9.6
Green Sarah Jane Heaton Allington 73 9.1 -1.8
Liberal Democrats Mike Dyer 44 5.5 -3.5
Turnout 802 45.51
Registered electors 1,766
R4U hold Swing

Mike Tayler had been the incumbent for Thaxted & The Eastons ward before the election. Seat recorded as a Residents for Uttlesford hold to allow for comparison with the 2019 election, but George Smith had won the seat for the Conservatives in a by-election in 2021.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Local elections 2023". Uttlesford District Council. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ Uttlesford District Council - Notice of Election - District elections 4 May 2023 https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/media/11910/Notice-of-election-election-of-district-councillors-on-Thursday-4-May-2023/pdf/District_NoE-_FINAL1.pdf?m=638158606616200000
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