Link to >>> Council Election Results May 2016 - April 2017
Braintree, Bumpstead - Conservative hold
Swing UKIP to Conservative ~3½% and Labour to Conservative ~6½% since 2015
Council now 43 Conservative 3 Labour, 2 residents, 1 Green
| 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))
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))
