2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

2024 Brentwood Borough Council election - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

← 2023

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

2026 →

All 39 seats to Brentwood Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

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	1		1
Popular vote	21,647	21,952	9,528
Percentage	39.4%	39.9%	17.3%
Swing	1.9%	3.8%	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

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

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

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

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

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

Ward Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

v t e Council elections in Essex
Essex County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1965 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Basildon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Braintree District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Brentwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Castle Point Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chelmsford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Colchester City Council	1950 1951 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Epping Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Harlow District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Maldon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rochford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Southend-on-Sea City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tendring District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Thurrock Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Uttlesford District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2023 ←) 2024 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2025)
Combined Authority Mayors	East Midlands Liverpool City Region Greater Manchester London North East South Yorkshire Tees Valley West Midlands West Yorkshire York and North Yorkshire
Single Authority Mayors	Salford
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Dorset Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
District councils	Adur Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Crawley Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Harlow Hart Hastings Havant Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor St Albans Stevenage Stroud Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing
Other elections	London Assembly Police and crime commissioners Blackpool South by-election

Categories:

Hidden categories: