One third of Colchester

Colchester (borough)

Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, the district is named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south.The borough was formed...

 District

Non-metropolitan district

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 Council in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

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England

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 is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 60 councillor

Councillor

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s have been elected from 27 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

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Political control

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

Party in control	Years
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1973 - 1976
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	1976 - 1986
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1986 - 1994
Liberal Democrats	1994 - 1998
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1998 - present

Council elections

Colchester Council election, 1998

Colchester Council election, 1999

Colchester Council election, 2000

Colchester Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)

Colchester Council election, 2003

Colchester Council election, 2004

Colchester Council election, 2006

Colchester Council election, 2006

The 2006 Colchester Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Colchester District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control....

Colchester Council election, 2007

Colchester Council election, 2008

Colchester Council election, 2010

By-election results