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Braintree, Bumpstead Council by election result 20th October 2016

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Braintree, Bumpstead - Conservative hold

Party  2016 votes    2016 share      since 2015  
Conservative
350
64.6%
+2.7%
UKIP
84
15.5%
-4.1%
Labour
45
8.3%
-10.3%
Liberal Democrat 
40
7.4%
 from nowhere 
Green
23
4.2%
 from nowhere
Total votes
542

31%

Swing UKIP to Conservative ~3½% and Labour to Conservative ~6½% since 2015

Council now 43 Conservative 3 Labour, 2 residents, 1 Green


Bumpstead - Braintree DC - Robert Bolton (Conservative) resigned due to moving out of the district. He was a councillor since 1991, representing Upper Coyne before 2015 and was the Chair of the Halstead Area Committee.

2015: Con 1082, UKIP 343, Lab 325

Jenny Bishop (Green Party Candidate) 
Steve Bolter (Liberal Democrats)
Bill Edwards (Labour Party)
Diana Garrod (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Debbie Shaw (UK Independence Party (UKIP))