2024 Castle Point Borough Council election

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2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
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All 39 seats to Castle Point Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Warren Gibson Dave Blackwell
Party PIP CIIP
Last election 16 seats, 35.4% 16 seats, 20.2%
Seats before 16 16[a]
Seats won 24 15
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 1
Popular vote 23,432 10,844
Percentage 44.1% 20.4%
Swing Increase 8.7% Increase 0.2%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Beverley Egan
Party Conservative Independent
Last election 9 seats, 28.5% 0 seats, 0.8%
Seats before 8 1
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 8 Decrease 1
Popular vote 7,679 409
Percentage 14.5% 0.8%
Swing Decrease 14.1% Steady 0.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
Leader before election

Dave Blackwell
CIIP
No overall control

Leader after election

TBD
PIP

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.

The election resulted in a clean sweep for two local parties, with the Canvey Island Independent Party winning every seat in Canvey Island and the People's Independent Party taking the remainder of the borough.

Background[edit]

Castle Point was a traditionally Conservative council. The Conservative controlled the council from 1976 until 1995, when the Labour Party won a majority.[1] The Conservatives retook control in 2003. This majority lasted until 2022 (aside from a period of no overall control from 2014 to 2015),[2] 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 election, the CIIP and PIP formed a majority coalition.[3]

Boundary changes[edit]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Old wards[6] No. of seats New wards No. of seats
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[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[7] After 2024 election
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[8]

Results[edit]

Castle Point Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections.
2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  CIIP 15 15 0 0 Decrease 1 38.5 20.4 10,844 +0.2
  PIP 24 24 0 0 Increase 8 61.5 44.1 23,432 +8.7
  Conservative 22 0 0 0 Decrease 7 0.0 14.5 7,679 –14.1
  Labour 25 0 0 0 Steady 0 9.3 4,972 –4.0
  Canvey Residents' Alliance 13 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 10.3 5,472 N/A
  Green 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.7 357 N/A
  Independent 1 0 0 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0.8 409 ±0.0

Ward results[edit]

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.[9] Thirteen of the thirty-five Conservative nominations were rejected as invalid.[10] An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Appleton[edit]

Appleton
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[edit]

Canvey Island Central
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[edit]

Canvey Island East
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[edit]

Canvey Island North
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[edit]

Canvey Island South
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[edit]

Canvey Island Winter Gardens
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[edit]

Hadleigh St James
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[edit]

St George's
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[edit]

St Mary's
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[edit]

St Michael's
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[edit]

Tarpots
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[edit]

Thundersley North
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[edit]

Thundersley South
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)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Including one vacant seat at Canvey Island North last held by CIIP.
  1. ^ "Castle Point Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Conservatives lose power in Castle Point after a decade". ITV News. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ Niewinska, Lina (5 May 2023). "'Incredibly honoured' - Elected Independents celebrate Castle Point victory". Echo. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ The Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  5. ^ Meyler, Piers (5 February 2024). "Council agrees change in voting system". Essex Live. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  6. ^ "The Borough of Castle Point (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/2440, retrieved 27 March 2024
  7. ^ "Councillors". Castle Point Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  8. ^ "CASTLE POINT". www.localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  9. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED". Castle Point Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  10. ^ Dedman, Simon (10 April 2024). "Thirteen Tory election nominations are 'invalid'". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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