The 2026 Colchester City Council election is due to take place on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Colchester City Council in Essex, England.[2] This will take place on the same day as other local elections.
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Due to ward boundary changes, all fifty-one councillors will be up for election.
Background
editFollowing the previous election, a minority Liberal Democrat administration continued to run the council under the leadership of David King (Mile End), with Labour and the Green Party providing support on a case-by-case basis.[citation needed]
On 30 May 2024, the newly appointed Mayor of Colchester, Lesley Scott-Boutell (Stanway) left the Liberal Democrat group to sit as an Independent.[3]
This will be the first Colchester local election since the 2024 general election, at which Labour's Pam Cox won the Colchester constituency from the Conservatives. This is the first time a Labour MP has representated part of the City since the 1945 general election.
Boundary changes
editWard boundary changes will take place at this election, leading to all fifty-one councillors being elected from seventeen, three-member wards.[4] This will be the first whole council election since the 2016 election.
References
edit- ^ "Councillors". Colchester City Council. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Colchester councillor Lesley Scott-Boutell quits Lib Dems". Elliot Deady. Colchester Gazette. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Consultation launched on review of local election boundaries in Colchester". Local Government Boundary Commission. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.