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2019 Chelmsford City Council election

The 2019 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 2019 Chelmsford City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Chelmsford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Liberal Democrats made their largest gains in the country in Chelmsford, gaining 26 seats. These 26 gains were all to the expense of the Conservatives who lost 31 seats during the elections here. The other five Conservative losses went to three independent and two South Woodham Ferrers Council Taxpayers Association candidates.

2019 Chelmsford City Council election
Liberal Democrats	51	31	26	0	26	54.4	39.8	39,067	+19.4
Conservative	57	21	0	31	31	36.8	40.5	39,766	-11.5
Independent	6	3	3	0	3	5.3	4.3	4,266	+4.0
South Woodham Ferrers Independents	3	2	2	0	2	3.5	2.4	2,327	-0.5
Labour	27	0	0	0		0.0	6.7	6,537	-5.7
Green	13	0	0	0		0.0	5.1	5,008	+2.3
UKIP	4	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	1,223	-7.9

Source: Chelmsford City Council website

Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Conservative	927	75.6	+2.3
Conservative	833	67.9	−5.4
Liberal Democrats	373	30.4	+21.3
Liberal Democrats	321	26.2	+19.2
33.4	−38.6

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	834	74.9	−17.5
Conservative	690	61.9	+6.6
Liberal Democrats	275	24.7	+7.5
Liberal Democrats	224	20.1	+4.2
Labour	204	18.3	−1.0
28.6	−40.4

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	1,226	60.1	N/A
Conservative	788	38.6	−12.6
Conservative	713	35.0	−14.0
Conservative	685	33.6	−12.8
Green	613	30.0	+19.3
Green	529	25.9	+15.8
Green	452	22.2	N/A
Labour	409	20.0	+3.6
Liberal Democrats	356	17.5	+4.9
Liberal Democrats	349	17.1	+5.6
35.7	−35.3
Independent gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	1,150	51.4	+34.8
Conservative	1,012	45.2	−17.1
Liberal Democrats	985	44.0	+31.6
Liberal Democrats	944	42.2	+32.4
Conservative	931	41.6	−25.5
Conservative	918	41.0	−14.8
UKIP	305	13.6	−6.3
Labour	234	10.5	−6.4
Labour	233	10.4	−5.3
30.9	−38.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	626	76.0	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	198	24.0	+12.7
428	52.0	−14.8
824	36.7	−39.3
	Conservative hold	7.4

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	697	56.6	−14.0
Ind. Network	571	46.4	N/A
Conservative	546	44.4	−2.2
Liberal Democrats	273	22.2	+4.0
Liberal Democrats	216	17.5	+1.7
Labour	159	12.9	−11.2
32.1	−38.9

Ind. Network gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	947	65.8	+27.4
Liberal Democrats	819	56.9	+19.9
Conservative	496	34.4	+0.2
Conservative	476	33.1	−11.6
Labour	141	9.8	−2.4
33.9	−39.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	1,287	53.7	+17.7
Liberal Democrats	1,169	48.8	+16.1
Liberal Democrats	1,018	42.5	+10.2
Conservative	634	26.4	−17.8
Conservative	629	26.2	−15.3
Conservative	531	22.2	−23.1
Independent	536	22.4	N/A
Independent	515	21.5	N/A
Independent	510	21.3	N/A
Labour	189	7.9	−6.4
Labour	173	7.2	−6.3
39.5	−31.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	684	49.8	+30.2
Liberal Democrats	637	46.4	+26.3
Conservative	588	42.8	−11.6
Conservative	476	34.6	−2.7
UKIP	222	16.2	−4.9
Labour	140	10.2	−7.8
32.3	−32.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	1,431	72.6	+0.5
Conservative	1,421	72.1	+0.9
Conservative	1,230	62.4	−9.9
Liberal Democrats	553	28.1	+14.7
Liberal Democrats	447	22.7	+11.6
Green	435	22.1	+9.2
Liberal Democrats	394	20.0	+9.0
34.4	−39.6

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	729	51.1	+19.5
Liberal Democrats	626	43.9	+18.4
Conservative	395	27.7	−3.9
Labour	388	27.2	−3.4
Conservative	377	26.4	−4.7
Labour	337	23.6	−5.7
27.2	−29.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	1,424	50.7	+29.7
Liberal Democrats	1,255	44.7	+24.6
Liberal Democrats	1,139	40.5	+21.1
Conservative	1,047	37.3	−16.7
Conservative	1,009	35.9	−14.0
Conservative	911	32.4	−12.7
Green	508	18.1	+0.1
Labour	442	15.7	−4.0
Labour	408	14.5	−7.8
Labour	352	12.5	N/A
UKIP	284	10.1	−7.6
36.8	−31.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	997	64.0	+27.7
Liberal Democrats	906	58.1	+24.5
Conservative	450	28.9	−18.3
Conservative	378	24.2	−8.8
Green	250	16.0	+8.2
Labour	137	8.8	−3.0
39.0	−33.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	1,254	54.5	+15.0
Liberal Democrats	1,185	51.5	+15.1
Liberal Democrats	1,108	48.2	+15.9
Conservative	837	36.4	−7.4
Conservative	813	35.3	−3.5
Conservative	801	34.8	−0.5
Green	284	12.3	N/A
Labour	230	10.0	−11.5
Labour	204	8.9	−8.1
Labour	188	8.2	−7.8
36.7	−30.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	908	64.4	N/A
Conservative	800	56.7	+1.5
Conservative	791	56.1	−0.6
Liberal Democrats	323	22.9	+19.6
35.6	−36.4
Independent gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	1,070	80.9	+7.9
Conservative	973	73.5	−0.8
Liberal Democrats	324	24.5	+16.2
Liberal Democrats	278	21.0	+14.5
35.6	−38.4

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	667	55.1	−12.5
Conservative	605	50.0	−11.5
Conservative	591	48.8	−6.9
SWFCTA	522	43.1	+13.0
Green	392	32.4	N/A
Green	349	28.8	N/A
Green	304	25.1	+12.2
Liberal Democrats	201	16.6	N/A
23.7	−40.3

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
SWFCTA	919	53.4	+19.7
SWFCTA	886	51.5	+21.5
Conservative	436	25.3	−24.5
Conservative	417	24.2	−31.5
Conservative	409	23.8	−28.6
Liberal Democrats	373	21.7	N/A
24.0	−42.0
SWFCTA gain from Conservative
SWFCTA gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	1,175	57.4	+22.5
Liberal Democrats	1,167	57.0	+21.5
Liberal Democrats	1,051	51.4	+23.1
Conservative	757	37.0	−14.8
Conservative	658	32.2	−9.9
Conservative	570	27.9	−8.8
Green	339	16.6	N/A
Labour	222	10.9	−5.8
Labour	199	9.7	−5.8
32.2	−34.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	1,289	62.2	+30.5
Liberal Democrats	1,258	60.7	+26.3
Liberal Democrats	1,225	59.1	+33.8
Conservative	545	26.3	−15.7
Conservative	492	23.7	−12.6
Conservative	471	22.7	−10.1
Labour	320	15.4	−7.7
Labour	319	15.4	−5.7
Labour	304	14.7	−5.4
33.3	−31.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	969	57.5	+21.4
Liberal Democrats	951	56.4	+18.3
Conservative	671	39.8	−10.7
Conservative	639	37.9	−6.5
Labour	140	8.3	−3.1
42.9	−33.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	787	48.0	+22.9
Liberal Democrats	747	45.6	+18.1
Conservative	429	26.2	−17.0
Conservative	393	24.0	−32.9
Green	281	17.2	+5.9
Green	272	16.6	N/A
UKIP	150	9.2	N/A
Labour	118	7.2	−12.0
Labour	99	6.0	−10.7
36.9	−33.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	908	65.6	+41.7
Liberal Democrats	852	61.5	+41.1
Conservative	390	28.2	−17.1
Conservative	371	26.8	−12.0
Labour	248	17.9	−8.2
32.8	−32.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	829	68.0	+5.4
Conservative	662	54.3	+1.5
Liberal Democrats	537	44.1	+9.4
Liberal Democrats	410	33.6	+5.3
32.6	−38.4

A by-election was held in Marconi ward on 7 November 2019 after the resignation of Cllr Catherine Finnecy.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	563	48.1	+0.6
	Conservative	311	26.6	−0.5
	Labour	156	13.3	−12.1
	Independent	72	6.1	N/A
	Green	69	5.9	N/A
252	21.5
1,171
	Liberal Democrats hold	0.6

A by-election was held following the resignation of Cllr. Mark Springett in March 2020.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	790	43.0	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	652	35.5	−25.5
	Independent	183	10.0	N/A
	Labour	122	6.6	+2.2
	Green	89	4.8	−3.2
138	7.5
1,836	42.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	21.0

A by-election was held in Writtle ward on 1 July 2021 following the death of sitting Councillor Malcolm Watson. The major issues during the campaign were the proposed 850-home Warren Farm development within Writtle parish and the City Council's proposal to charge for parking at Hylands Park.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	716	50.0	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	572	39.9	+1.1
	Green	78	5.4	N/A
	Labour	67	4.7	N/A
144	10.1
1,433	35.0
	Conservative hold	6.2

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Bob Shepherd.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,494	69.3
	Liberal Democrats	480	22.3
	Labour	183	8.5
1,014	47.0
2,157	33.4
6,458
	Conservative hold

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