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2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

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2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

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All 39 seats to Brentwood Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Will Russell Barry Aspinell Tim Barrett
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 17 seats, 37.5% 17 seats, 43.7% 2 seats, 14.3%
Seats before 18 17 2
Seats won 19 17 3
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 21,647 21,952 9,528
Percentage 39.4% 39.9% 17.3%
Swing Increase 1.9% Decrease 3.8% Increase 3.0%

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

Leader before election

Barry Aspinell
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

Leader after election

Barry Aspinell
Liberal Democrats
No overall control


The 2024 Brentwood 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 Brentwood Borough Council in Essex were elected following boundary changes.

The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The Conservatives were the largest party, but the council was being run by a Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition. The election saw a very similar distribution of seats, and the Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition continued to run the council.

Background

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Since its creation in 1974, Brentwood has been a mostly Conservative-controlled council. The party held control until 1990, with the Liberal Democrats taking the council from no overall control in 1991.[1] They controlled the council until 2003, with the Conservatives re-taking control in 2004.

The Conservatives held a majority on the council until the most recent election, where the council again fell into no overall control.[2] In that election, the Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats with 43.7% of the vote, the Conservatives lost 3 with 37.5%, and Labour remained at 2 seats with 14.3%.

Boundary changes

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Brentwood usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[3] The change increases the number of councillors by 2.

Old wards[4] No. of seats New wards No. of seats
Brentwood North 3 Blackmore and Doddinghurst 3
Brentwood South 3 Brentwood North 3
Brentwood West 3 Brentwood South 3
Brizes and Doddinghurst 3 Brentwood West 3
Herongate, Ingrave and West Horndon 2 Brizes, Stondon Massey and South Weald 3
Hutton Central 2 Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon 3
Hutton East 2 Hutton East 3
Hutton North 2 Hutton North 3
Hutton South 2 Hutton South 3
Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing 3 Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing 3
Pilgrims Hatch 3 Pilgrims Hatch 3
Shenfield 3 Shenfield 3
South Weald 1 Warley 3
Tipps Cross 2
Warley 3

Summary

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Despite all seats being up for election, the resultant seat numbers were very similar after the election. The Liberal Democrats kept the same number of seats, the Conservatives and Labour each having a net gain of one.[5]

Previous council composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election[6] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 17 Conservative 18 Conservative 19
Liberal Democrats 17 Liberal Democrats 17 Liberal Democrats 17
Labour 2 Labour 2 Labour 3
Independent 1 Independent 0 Independent 0

Changes:

  • June 2023: Andrew Wiles readmitted to Conservative group[7]

Election result

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Brentwood Council's composition after the 2024 local elections
2024 Brentwood Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 39 19 0 1 Increase 1 48.7 39.4 21,647 +1.9
  Liberal Democrats 39 17 0 0 Steady 43.6 39.9 21,952 –3.8
  Labour 39 3 1 0 Increase 1 7.7 17.3 9,528 +3.0
  Green 9 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.5 1,382 +0.7
  Reform UK 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 464 +0.4

Ward Results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Brentwood Borough Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2024.[8] The results of the election were announced on 3 May 2024.[8]

Blackmore & Doddinghurst

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Blackmore & Doddinghurst (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger McCheyne* 982 64.0
Conservative Keith Parker* 960 62.5
Conservative Cliff Poppy* 947 61.7
Liberal Democrats Mary Spiers 291 19.0
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Laplain 218 14.2
Liberal Democrats Heather Leathley 210 13.7
Labour Peter Dedman 180 11.7
Green Nicholas Kelly 180 11.7
Labour Thomas Acton 179 11.7
Labour Wendy Marshall 177 11.5
Turnout 1,552 43.3
Registered electors 4,703
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Brentwood North

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Brentwood North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Fulcher* 879 60.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Mynott* 868 59.8
Liberal Democrats Steve Mayo* 840 57.9
Conservative Hannah Nelson 326 22.5
Labour Carol Allen 279 19.2
Conservative Ben Slade 279 19.2
Conservative Harrison Slade 241 16.6
Labour Niels Andersen 233 16.1
Labour Robert Marshall 229 15.8
Green Paul Jeater 181 12.5
Turnout 1,531 30.4
Registered electors 5,051
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Brentwood South

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Brentwood South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gareth Barrett* 770 49.4
Labour Tim Barrett* 758 48.6
Labour Elizabeth Jerrard 649 41.6
Liberal Democrats Nigel Clarke 573 36.7
Liberal Democrats Arthur Leathley 526 33.7
Liberal Democrats Toby Green 497 31.9
Conservative Adrian Coolbergen 314 20.1
Conservative Peter Jakobsson 301 19.3
Conservative John Parrish 292 18.7
Turnout 1,636 36.8
Registered electors 4,448
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Brentwood West

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Brentwood West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Cloke 713 52.6
Liberal Democrats David Kendall* 702 51.8
Liberal Democrats Dominic Naylor* 660 48.7
Conservative Lucy Gelderbloem 425 31.4
Conservative Ethan Russell 418 30.9
Conservative Sandy Tanner 376 27.8
Labour Kevin Brailey 252 18.6
Labour Joanna Moncrieff 211 15.6
Labour Co-op Richard Millwood 176 13.0
Green Marc Sardinha 130 9.6
Turnout 1,471 28.9
Registered electors 5,197
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald

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Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chrissy Gelderbloem* 730 52.2
Conservative Will Russell* 727 51.9
Conservative Soni Sunger 604 43.2
Liberal Democrats Brenner Munden* 566 40.4
Liberal Democrats Brent Smith 518 37.0
Liberal Democrats Nicola Munden 512 36.6
Labour David Jobbins 179 12.8
Green Rebecca Enifer 142 10.1
Labour Pauline Watts 114 8.1
Labour Eric Watts 107 7.6
Turnout 1,564 34.2
Registered electors 4,573
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon

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Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila Murphy* 701 69.2
Conservative Adrian Baldock 660 65.1
Conservative Fiona Marsh* 639 63.0
Liberal Democrats Gary Maxius 246 24.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Long 233 23.0
Liberal Democrats Benedicta Worsfold 196 19.3
Labour June Barrett 131 12.9
Labour Paul Barrett 121 11.9
Labour Gary Earle 114 11.2
Turnout 1,146 28.4
Registered electors 3,559
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hutton East

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Hutton East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Chinnery 672 48.8
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Rigby* 636 46.2
Conservative Jason Gibson 597 43.3
Liberal Democrats Sharon Ward 534 38.8
Liberal Democrats Francis Caves 515 37.4
Conservative Sat Lal 510 37.0
Reform UK Paul Godfrey 237 17.2
Labour Ben Booker 154 11.2
Labour Malcolm Burgess 145 10.5
Labour Jacqueline Nyiro 133 9.7
Turnout 1,545 34.0
Registered electors 4,538
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Hutton North

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Hutton North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Barber* 861 60.2
Conservative Jan Pound* 714 49.9
Conservative Jay Patel 674 47.1
Labour Philip Holland 444 31.0
Labour Noor Hussain 386 27.0
Labour Neil McAree 383 26.8
Liberal Democrats Henry MacDonnell 278 19.4
Liberal Democrats Florina Constanda 209 14.6
Green Michael Flood 181 12.6
Liberal Democrats Elise Mayer 164 11.5
Turnout 1,570 33.8
Registered electors 4,640
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Hutton South

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Hutton South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Hirst* 757 51.1
Conservative Mark Reed* 752 50.7
Conservative Mellissa Slade* 698 47.1
Labour Jane Winter 464 31.3
Labour Jonathan Saunders 461 31.1
Labour Rowan Sumner 428 28.9
Liberal Democrats Laura Carey 263 17.7
Liberal Democrats John Chapple 260 17.5
Green John Hamilton 183 12.3
Liberal Democrats Valdomiro Lourenco 180 12.1
Turnout 1,623 29.7
Registered electors 5,202
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing

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Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Darryl Sankey* 999 58.3
Liberal Democrats Hugh Gorton* 818 47.7
Conservative Lesley Wagland* 809 47.2
Liberal Democrats Susan Hyde 781 45.6
Conservative Thomas Bridge* 743 43.3
Conservative David Wylie 607 35.4
Labour Patricia Dedman 136 7.9
Labour Caroline Russell 130 7.6
Labour Richard Enever 120 7.0
Turnout 1,838 36.9
Registered electors 4,985
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Pilgrims Hatch

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Pilgrims Hatch (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Aspinell* 1,015 74.5
Liberal Democrats Vicky Davies* 996 73.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Lewis* 892 65.5
Conservative Gordon Cowley 223 16.4
Conservative Geraldine Jakobsson 215 15.8
Conservative Louise Rowlands 205 15.0
Labour Simon Ball 162 11.9
Labour Katie Hutton 150 11.0
Labour Francisca Dapp 133 9.8
Green David Hale 97 7.1
Turnout 1,453 31.2
Registered electors 4,662
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Shenfield

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Shenfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Worsfold* 835 50.0
Liberal Democrats Nicky Cuthbert* 801 47.9
Conservative Thomas Gordon 692 41.4
Liberal Democrats John Singh 676 40.4
Conservative Thomas Heard* 652 39.0
Conservative Sandy Brown 621 37.2
Reform UK Richard Briggs 227 13.6
Green Julian Goode 148 8.9
Labour Anna Cadzow 141 8.4
Labour Dominic Maddock 111 6.6
Labour Dick Carter 110 6.6
Turnout 1,808 41.8
Registered electors 4,323
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Conservative hold

Warley

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Warley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Cuthbert* 630 59.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Haigh* 617 58.0
Liberal Democrats Jay Laplain* 605 56.8
Conservative Jean McGinley 243 22.8
Conservative Paul Faragher 241 22.6
Conservative John Gibson 239 22.5
Labour Michael Bernstein 171 16.1
Labour Jackie Gilbey 167 15.7
Labour Co-op Susan Kortlandt 140 13.2
Green Olivia Ritson 140 13.2
Turnout 1,147 28.9
Registered electors 3,963
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

References

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  1. ^ "Brentwod Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose control of Brentwood Council". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  3. ^ "The Brentwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/732, retrieved 10 March 2024
  4. ^ "The Borough of Brentwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2441, retrieved 10 March 2024
  5. ^ Meyler, Piers (3 May 2024). "Essex Local Elections 2024: Brentwood results announced with 'frustrating' outcome for Lib Dems". Essex Live. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Brentwood Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ^ Boothroyd, David. "WARNING OF GALES IN SOUTH HAMPSTEAD". Local Councils. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Elections in 2024". Brentwood Borough Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.