2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
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The 2024 Castle Point 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 Castle Point Borough Council in Essex were elected following boundary changes.
Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being led by a coalition of two local parties, the Canvey Island Independent Party (which only contested seats on Canvey Island) and the People's Independent Party (which only contested seats on the mainland part of the borough). The election resulted in a clean sweep for the two local parties.[1] The Conservatives lost all their seats.[2] The People's Independent Party were left with a majority, but it was agreed that they would continue to form a joint administration with the Canvey Island Independent Party.[3]
Background
Castle Point was a traditionally Conservative council. The Conservative controlled the council from 1976 until 1995, when the Labour Party won a majority.[4] The Conservatives retook control in 2003. This majority lasted until 2022 (aside from a period of no overall control from 2014 to 2015),[5] when the council again fell into no overall control.
In the 2023 election, the People's Independent Party gained 6 seats with 35.4% of the vote, the Canvey Island Independent Party held the 6 seats they were defending with 20.2%, and the Conservatives lost 6 with 28.5%. Following the 2023 election, the CIIP and PIP had formed a majority coalition.[6]
Boundary changes
Castle Point usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[7] The change reduces the number of councillors by 2. The electoral system is due to change to whole council elections every 4 years following a vote by the council.[8]
Old wards[9] | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
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Appleton | 3 | Appleton | 3 |
Boyce | 3 | Canvey Island Central | 3 |
Canvey Island Central | 3 | Canvey Island East | 3 |
Canvey Island East | 3 | Canvey Island North | 3 |
Canvey Island North | 3 | Canvey Island South | 3 |
Canvey Island South | 3 | Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 3 |
Canvey Island West | 2 | Hadleigh St James | 3 |
Canvey Island Winter Gardens | 3 | St George's | 3 |
Cedar Hall | 3 | St Mary's | 3 |
St George's | 3 | St Michael's | 3 |
St James | 3 | Tarpots | 3 |
St Mary's | 3 | Thundersley North | 3 |
St Peter's | 3 | Thundersley South | 3 |
Victoria | 3 |
Previous council composition
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[10] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
CIIP | 16 | CIIP | 15 | CIIP | 15 | |||
PIP | 16 | PIP | 16 | PIP | 24 | |||
Conservative | 9 | Conservative | 8 | Conservative | 0 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 1 | Independent | 0 |
Changes:
- December 2023: John Payne (CIIP) dies
- May 2023: Godfrey Isaacs leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[11]
Results
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
CIIP | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 38.5 | 20.4 | 10,844 | +0.2 | |
PIP | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 61.5 | 44.1 | 23,432 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 14.5 | 7,679 | –14.1 | |
Labour | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0 | 9.3 | 4,972 | –4.0 | |
Canvey Residents' Alliance | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 10.3 | 5,472 | N/A | |
Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.7 | 357 | N/A | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.8 | 409 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Castle Point Borough Council following the close of nomination on 8 April 2024.[12] Thirteen of the thirty-five Conservative nominations were rejected as invalid.[13] An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Appleton
Electorate: 5,148[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert* | 854 | 60.4 | ||
PIP | Diana Jones* | 831 | 58.7 | ||
PIP | Lorraine Larman | 793 | 56.1 | ||
Conservative | Wayne Johnson | 504 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | Michael Dixon | 441 | 31.2 | ||
Conservative | Barry Webb | 420 | 29.7 | ||
Labour | Mark Maguire | 205 | 14.5 | ||
Labour | Charlie Young | 196 | 13.9 | ||
Turnout | 29.6 | ||||
PIP hold | |||||
PIP hold | |||||
PIP gain from Conservative |
Canvey Island Central
Electorate: 5,905[15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CIIP | Peter May* | 716 | 60.4 | ||
CIIP | Lorraine Breading | 683 | 57.6 | ||
CIIP | Jamie Huntman | 590 | 49.7 | ||
Canvey Residents | Mickey Finn | 479 | 40.4 | ||
Canvey Residents | Sean Quartermaine | 476 | 40.1 | ||
Canvey Residents | Lisa Megennis | 431 | 36.3 | ||
Labour | Terry Miller | 183 | 15.4 | ||
Turnout | 22.8 | ||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold |
Canvey Island East
Electorate: 5,839[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CIIP | Susan Brooke | 910 | 73.0 | ||
CIIP | Carole Sach* | 876 | 70.2 | ||
CIIP | Grace Watson* | 809 | 64.9 | ||
Canvey Residents | Michael Griffin | 435 | 34.9 | ||
Conservative | John Last | 263 | 21.1 | ||
Labour | Daniel Curtis | 225 | 18.0 | ||
Conservative | Rachel Ojo | 224 | 18.0 | ||
Turnout | 25.4 | ||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold |
Canvey Island North
Electorate: 5,890[17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CIIP | Dave Blackwell* | 834 | 56.2 | ||
CIIP | Michael Fuller* | 732 | 49.3 | ||
CIIP | Nick Harvey* | 715 | 48.2 | ||
Canvey Residents | Kevin Hobbs | 527 | 35.5 | ||
Canvey Residents | Paul Joiner | 500 | 33.7 | ||
Canvey Residents | Jade Pittman | 473 | 31.9 | ||
Conservative | Nikki Drogman | 187 | 12.6 | ||
Labour | Anita Duffield | 168 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative | Pat Haunts | 162 | 10.9 | ||
Labour | Brendan Duffield | 152 | 10.2 | ||
Turnout | 27.3 | ||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold |
Canvey Island South
Electorate: 5,786[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CIIP | Barry Campagna* | 851 | 62.2 | ||
CIIP | Barry Palmer* | 784 | 57.3 | ||
CIIP | Janice Payne* | 754 | 55.1 | ||
Canvey Residents | Scott Griffin | 426 | 31.1 | ||
Canvey Residents | Leah Griffin | 417 | 30.5 | ||
Canvey Residents | Jamie Coronado | 411 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | Joan Liddiard | 224 | 16.4 | ||
Labour | Heidi Cox | 122 | 8.9 | ||
Labour | Katie Curtis | 116 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 25.5 | ||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold |
Canvey Island Winter Gardens
Electorate: 5,688[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CIIP | David Thomas* | 551 | 48.6 | ||
CIIP | Peter Greig* | 548 | 48.3 | ||
CIIP | Graham Withers* | 491 | 43.3 | ||
Canvey Residents | Michelle Griffin | 335 | 29.5 | ||
Canvey Residents | Natalie Lawrence | 285 | 25.1 | ||
Canvey Residents | Praise Coronado | 277 | 24.4 | ||
Conservative | Darren Brown | 235 | 20.7 | ||
Labour Co-op | Moreblessing Chasiya | 178 | 15.7 | ||
Labour Co-op | Maggie McArthur-Curtis | 184 | 16.2 | ||
Green | Bob Chapman | 162 | 14.3 | ||
Conservative | Ivor Earl | 157 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 21.6 | ||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold | |||||
CIIP hold |
Hadleigh St James
Electorate: 4,604[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | Kate Knott | 949 | 71.3 | ||
PIP | Aimme Harbinson | 850 | 63.8 | ||
PIP | Duncan MacPherson | 791 | 59.4 | ||
Conservative | Simon Hart* | 464 | 34.8 | ||
Conservative | Jacqui Thornton* | 445 | 33.4 | ||
Labour | Dina Mehdi | 251 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Charlotte Reilly | 245 | 18.4 | ||
Turnout | 33.3 | ||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) |
St George's
Electorate: 4,859[21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | Nicola Benson* | 751 | 63.2 | ||
PIP | Dean Silk | 552 | 46.5 | ||
PIP | Nanine Pachy | 509 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Steven Cole | 409 | 34.4 | ||
Conservative | David Cross | 369 | 31.1 | ||
Conservative | Paul Harbord | 333 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | Jackie Reilly | 245 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Freddy West | 202 | 17.0 | ||
Green | Billy Brew | 195 | 16.4 | ||
Turnout | 28.4 | ||||
PIP hold | |||||
PIP gain from Conservative | |||||
PIP gain from Conservative |
St Mary's
Electorate: 5,357[22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | Russ Savage* | 1,360 | 78.5 | ||
PIP | Rob Lillis* | 1,351 | 78.0 | ||
PIP | Sharon Ainsley* | 1,322 | 76.3 | ||
Conservative | Roxanne Goldfinch | 390 | 22.5 | ||
Labour Co-op | Laurence Chapman | 285 | 16.5 | ||
Labour Co-op | Joe Cooke | 249 | 14.4 | ||
Labour Co-op | Georgina Morgan-Bates | 239 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 35.8 | ||||
PIP hold | |||||
PIP hold | |||||
PIP hold |
St Michael's
Electorate: 4,449[23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | John Knott* | 1,450 | 95.0 | ||
PIP | Warren Gibson* | 1,396 | 91.5 | ||
PIP | Tim Copsey* | 1,387 | 90.9 | ||
Labour | Amie Maguire | 179 | 11.7 | ||
Labour | Jacqueline Warner | 165 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 38.3 | ||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) |
Tarpots
Electorate: 5,575[24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | Michael Dearson* | 899 | 68.5 | ||
PIP | Kieron Bowker* | 730 | 55.6 | ||
PIP | Benn Wimbledon | 678 | 51.7 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Sheldon | 674 | 51.3 | ||
Conservative | Sunil Gupta | 504 | 38.4 | ||
Labour | Holly Foxen | 232 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Susan Foxen | 221 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 28.3 | ||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) |
Thundersley North
Electorate: 5,968[25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | Gareth Howlett* | 1,408 | 82.1 | ||
PIP | Steve Mountford* | 1,339 | 78.1 | ||
PIP | Tom Gibson* | 1,298 | 75.7 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Belford | 382 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | Vincent White | 300 | 17.5 | ||
Labour | Bill Emberson | 209 | 12.2 | ||
Labour | Helen Emberson | 209 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout | 31.8 | ||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) |
Thundersley South
Electorate: 4,128[26]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PIP | Allan Edwards* | 652 | 62.2 | ||
PIP | Matt Cortes | 648 | 61.8 | ||
PIP | Laurie Dixon | 634 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | James Cutler | 364 | 34.7 | ||
Conservative | Andy Thornton* | 321 | 30.6 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Roper | 316 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | Gwyn Bailey | 168 | 16.0 | ||
Labour | Andrew Darling | 144 | 13.7 | ||
Turnout | 27.9 | ||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) | |||||
PIP win (new seat) |
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