Colchester
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
53 councillors elected across cycles 2022, 2023, 2024, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2024 17 races · 18 seats 50.0% below quota
- 2023 17 races · 17 seats 29.4% below quota
- 2022 17 races · 18 seats 27.8% below quota
- 2021 26 races · 28 seats 50.0% below quota
Only one cycle of data for this council so far — no between-cycle comparison possible yet.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey | 45% | |||
| Berechurch | 68% | 69% | 66% | 79% |
| Castle | 38% | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| Constable | 67% | |||
| Drury | 56% | |||
| Greenstead | 52% | 59% | 59% | 32% |
| Highwoods | 35% | 41% | 47% | 45% |
| Lexden & Braiswick | 36% | 52% | 58% | |
| Lexden and Braiswick | 56% | |||
| Marks Tey & Layer | 67% | 57% | 55% | |
| Marks Tey and Layer | 53% | |||
| Maypole | 50% | |||
| Mersea & Pyefleet | 70% | 65% | 40% | |
| Mersea & Tiptree | 72% | |||
| Mersea and Pyefleet | 36% | |||
| Mile End | 65% | 66% | 61% | 68% |
| Mile End & Highwoods | 40% | |||
| New Town & Christ Church | 43% | 23% | 42% | |
| New Town and Christ Church | 57% | |||
| Old Heath & The Hythe | 53% | 64% | 59% | |
| Old Heath and The Hythe | 59% | |||
| Parsons Heath & East Gates | 41% | |||
| Prettygate | 39% | 46% | 42% | 51% |
| Rural North | 64% | 57% | 56% | 58% |
| Shrub End | 37% | 39% | 39% | 38% |
| St Anne's & St John's | 42% | 52% | 54% | |
| St Anne's and St John's | 45% | |||
| Stanway | 46% | 54% | 59% | 40% |
| Stanway & Pyefleet | 51% | |||
| Tiptree | 72% | 62% | 54% | 45% |
| Wivenhoe | 38% | 57% | 74% | 52% |
| Wivenhoe St. Andrew | 39% |