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Tendring 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

8 ward races
8 seats
2 elected below the proportional quota
25.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 8 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 8 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party18,56150.3%675.0%562.5%+1
Labour Party6,15816.7%112.5%112.5%0
Independent4,26111.6%112.5%112.5%0
Liberal Democrats3,2518.8%00.0%112.5%-1
TF2,0295.5%00.0%00.0%0
Green Party1,4173.8%00.0%00.0%0
HOSEM5541.5%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK4641.3%00.0%00.0%0
Workers Party of Britain940.3%00.0%00.0%0
FBM780.2%00.0%00.0%0
Total36,867100.0%8100.0%8100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Clacton East · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,492

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Stephenson M.E.Independent1,90242.3%Elected
2Amos C.Conservative and Unionist Party1,45432.4%
3King K.T.HOSEM55412.3%
4Ely G.K.Labour Party3006.7%
5Dodds R.Green Party1172.6%
6Hammond K.Reform UK892.0%
7Pitkin M.E.Liberal Democrats761.7%

Electorate 13,439 · Ballots cast 4,492 · EC ward code E58000424 · Back to ward index

Brightlingsea · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 5,438

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Goggin A.Conservative and Unionist Party2,42644.6%Elected
2Barry M.Independent1,58029.1%
3Scott G.G.I.Liberal Democrats1,05619.4%
4Saunders M.Labour Party3766.9%

Electorate 15,803 · Ballots cast 5,438 · EC ward code E58000414 · Back to ward index

Clacton North · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.6 pts Valid ballots 2,774

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Skeels M.Conservative and Unionist Party1,40450.6%Elected
2Bolton D.J.Labour Party48317.4%
3Placey G.TF34912.6%
4Wood A.Independent2629.4%
5Osben N.Green Party1465.3%
6Pemberton A.Reform UK1304.7%

Electorate 12,887 · Ballots cast 2,774 · EC ward code E58000425 · Back to ward index

Tendring Rural West · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.3 pts Valid ballots 5,224

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Guglielmi C.Conservative and Unionist Party2,89155.3%Elected
2Barrett T.Liberal Democrats1,28924.7%
3Fowler M.Labour Party57711.0%
4Maltby B.A.Green Party3737.1%
5Caruana I.Workers Party of Britain941.8%

Electorate 14,905 · Ballots cast 5,224 · EC ward code E58000463 · Back to ward index

Frinton & Walton · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.7 pts Valid ballots 6,079

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Platt M.E.Conservative and Unionist Party3,38355.7%Elected
2Allen T.TF1,31021.5%
3El-Safty N.Labour Party5949.8%
4Clutterbuck S.Green Party3535.8%
5Mayzes S.Independent3145.2%
6Bensilum M.C.Liberal Democrats1252.1%

Electorate 16,438 · Ballots cast 6,079 · EC ward code E58000431 · Back to ward index

Harwich · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.8 pts Valid ballots 4,406

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Henderson I.J.Labour Party2,50356.8%Elected
2Callender R.Conservative and Unionist Party1,68338.2%
3Banks S.G.Liberal Democrats2205.0%

Electorate 13,964 · Ballots cast 4,406 · EC ward code E58000438 · Back to ward index

Clacton West · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.0 pts Valid ballots 3,423

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Honeywood P.B.Conservative and Unionist Party1,98658.0%Elected
2Hammond S.A.Labour Party51815.1%
3White A.TF37010.8%
4Morgan A.Reform UK2457.2%
5Osben T.L.Green Party1514.4%
6Duffy S.P.Liberal Democrats1424.1%
7Sohail M.F.FBM110.3%

Electorate 12,789 · Ballots cast 3,423 · EC ward code E58000426 · Back to ward index

Tendring Rural East · single-seat

Marginal winner 66.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −16.3 pts Valid ballots 5,031

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Land D.Conservative and Unionist Party3,33466.3%Elected
2Henderson J.Labour Party80716.0%
3Pitkin K.J.S.Liberal Democrats3436.8%
4Southall C.Green Party2775.5%
5Mayzes D.Independent2034.0%
6Sohail C.F.R.FBM671.3%

Electorate 15,687 · Ballots cast 5,031 · EC ward code E58000462 · Back to ward index