Castle Point Borough Council elections

One third of Castle Point Borough Council in Essex, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Until 2003 the whole council was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 41 councillors have been elected from 14 wards.[1]

Map showing the composition of Castle Point Borough Council as of December 2014. Conservatives in blue, Canvey Island Independent Party in light grey, UK Independence Party in purple and independent in dark grey.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973 - 1976
Conservative1976 - 1995
Labour1995 - 2003
Conservative2003 - 2014
No overall control2014
Conservative2014–present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 election increasing the number of seats by 2.[4]

Year Conservative Canvey Island Independent UK Independence Party Independent Labour Notes
1973[5] 19 0 0 0 20
1976[5] 36 0 0 0 3
1979[5] 38 0 0 0 1 New ward boundaries[6]
1983[5] 38 0 0 0 1
1987[7] 39 0 0 0 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[8]
1991[9] 36 0 0 0 3
1995[10] 5 0 0 0 34
1999[11] 15 0 0 0 24
2003[4] 39 0 0 0 2 New ward boundaries[12]
2004[13] 35 6 0 0 0
2006[14] 29 11 0 0 1
2007[15] 26 15 0 0 0
2008[16] 25 15 0 0 1
2010[17] 25 16 0 0 0
2011[18] 25 16 0 0 0
2012[1] 25 15 0 1 0
2014[2] 20 16 5 0 0
2015 22 13 3 3 0
2016 22 14 3 0 0
2018 27 14 0 0 0
2019 25 16 0 0 0

Borough result maps
  • 2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2010 results map
  • 2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[19] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Cedar Hall 10 April 1997 Labour Labour
Canvey Island East 22 October 1998 Labour Labour
St. Georges by-election 19 July 2001 Labour Labour
Boyce by-election 30 September 2004 Conservative Conservative
Canvey Island North by-election 8 September 2005 Conservative Labour
St Marys by-election (first seat) 20 December 2007 Conservative Conservative
St Marys by-election (second seat) 20 December 2007 Conservative Labour
Canvey Island East by-election 30 October 2014 Canvey Independent Independent

References
  1. "Councillors". Castle Point Borough Council. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. "Castle Point". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. Mansfield, Katie (5 November 2014). "Defector gives power back to Conservatives". The Echo. NewsBank.
  4. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  5. "Council compositions by year". Elections Centre.
  6. The District of Castle Point (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  7. "Results in Thursday's local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 9 May 1987.
  8. The Basildon and Castle Point (Areas) Order 1984
  9. "Complete round-up of results from Thursday's local council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1991.
  10. "Complete list of results from thursday's council elections - Council elections". The Times. NewsBank. 6 May 1995.
  11. "Castle Point". BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  12. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  13. "Castle Point : Council election results, June 10". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 11 June 2004.
  14. "Local elections: Castle Point". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  15. "Voting for us was a matter of trust". Essex County Publications. NewsBank. 7 May 2007.
  16. "Castle Point". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  17. "Castle Point". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  18. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  19. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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