The 2023 Uttlesford District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Uttlesford District Council in Essex, England.[2][3][4] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Prior to the election the residents' association 'Residents for Uttlesford' held a majority.[5][6]
The election saw Residents for Uttlesford retain their majority. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat group leaders both lost their seats. The Greens lost all their seats on the council (the three seats it held prior to the election having all been councillors elected for Residents for Uttlesford but who later defected).[7][8]
Garry LeCount was a Residents for Uttlesford councillor until the election but was deselected as a candidate for re-election and stood as an independent instead.[10]
Seat recorded as three Conservative gains from Residents for Uttlesford to allow for comparison with the 2019 results. One of the seats had been won by Conservative Tom Loveday in a by-election in January 2023.
Arthur Coote represented Saffron Walden Shire ward before the election. Seats recorded as two Residents for Uttlesford holds to allow for comparison with 2019 results. One of the incumbent councillors, Barbara Light, had been elected as Residents for Uttlesford in 2019 but later that year joined the Greens instead.[11]
Seats recorded as three Residents for Uttlesford holds to allow for comparison with 2019 results. One of the incumbent councillors, Paul Fairhurst, had been elected as Residents for Uttlesford in 2019 but later that year joined the Greens instead.[11]
Seats both recorded as Residents for Uttlesford gains from the Liberal Democrats to allow comparison with 2019 election. The two Liberal Democrats elected in 2019, Mike Tayler and Martin Foley, had both left the party in May 2020 and joined Residents for Uttlesford in March 2021.[12][13]
Mike Tayler had been the incumbent for Thaxted & The Eastons ward before the election. Seat recorded as a Residents for Uttlesford hold to allow for comparison with the 2019 election, but George Smith had won the seat for the Conservatives in a by-election in 2021.
References
^"Uttlesford local elections: Make sure you have your say on May 4". Saffron Walden Reporter. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^Uttlesford District Council - Notice of Election - District elections 4 May 2023 https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/media/11910/Notice-of-election-election-of-district-councillors-on-Thursday-4-May-2023/pdf/District_NoE-_FINAL1.pdf?m=638158606616200000
^Uttlesford District Council - Statement of Persons Nominated - District elections 4 May 2023 https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/media/11916/Statement-of-persons-nominated-Election-of-district-councillors/pdf/SoPN_District.pdf?m=638162886375670000
^"Just four Tories left in Uttlesford after district council rout by opposition". Bishop's Stortford Independent. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^"Conservatives lose council to local residents' association". BBC News. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
^Ridler, Charlie (8 May 2023). "Uttlesford District Council election results in full". Saffron Walden Reporter. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^"Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose control of Brentwood Council". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^"Election of district councillors on Thursday 4 May 2023". Uttlesford District Council. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^Ryder, Hollie (3 May 2023). "Uttlesford District Council election: Elsenham and Henham member Garry LeCount deselected by R4U and asked to step down as chair of standards committee while complaint against councillor was heard". Bishop's Stortford Independent. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^ abBoothroyd, David (18 October 2019). "Grave news for Labour". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
^Maciuca, Andra (20 May 2020). "Liberal Democrat district councillors defect to newly-formed independent group". Saffron Walden Reporter. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
^Dunderdale, Louise (17 March 2021). "Two district councillors join R4U". Saffron Walden Reporter. Retrieved 12 June 2023.