2024 Castle Point Borough Council election

2024 Castle Point Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 39 seats to Castle Point Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Warren Gibson Dave Blackwell Party PIP CIIP Last election 16 seats, 35.4% 16 seats, 20.2% Seats before 16 16   Third party Fourth party   Leader Beverley Egan Party Conservative Independent Last election 9 seats, 28.5% 0 seats, 0.8% Seats before 8 1
Leader before election Dave Blackwell CIIP No overall control Leader after election TBD

The 2024 Castle Point Borough Council election is scheduled to be 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 will be elected following boundary changes.

Background

Castle Point was a traditionally Conservative council. The Conservative controlled the council from 1976 until 1995, when the Labour Party won a majority. The Conservatives retook control in 2003. This majority lasted until 2022 (aside from a period of no overall control from 2014 to 2015), when the council again fell into no overall control.

In the most recent 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.

Boundary changes

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. 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.

Old wards	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

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	CIIP	16		CIIP	15		CIIP
	PIP	16		PIP	16		PIP
	Conservative	9		Conservative	8		Conservative
	Independent	0		Independent	1		Independent

Changes:

• December 2023: John Payne (CIIP) dies
• March 2024: Godfrey Isaacs leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent

Results

2024 Castle Point Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	CIIP	15
	PIP	24
	Conservative	22
	Labour	25
	Canvey Residents' Alliance	13
	Green	2
	Independent	1

Candidates

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

Appleton

Appleton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Dixon
	Conservative	Wayne Johnson
	PIP	Diana Jones*
	PIP	Lorraine Larman
	Labour	Mark Maguire
	PIP	Lynsey McCarthy-Calvert*
	Conservative	Barry Webb
	Labour	Charlie Young
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Canvey Island Central

Canvey Island Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Lorraine Breading
	Canvey Residents	Mickey Finn
	CIIP	Jamie Huntman
	CIIP	Peter May*
	Canvey Residents	Lisa Megennis
	Labour	Terry Miller
	Canvey Residents	Sean Quartermaine
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Canvey Island East

Canvey Island East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Susan Brooke
	Labour	Daniel Curtis
	Canvey Residents	Michael Griffin
	Conservative	John Last
	Conservative	Rachel Ojo
	CIIP	Carole Sach*
	CIIP	Grace Watson*
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Canvey Island North

Canvey Island North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Dave Blackwell*
	Conservative	Nikki Drogman
	Labour	Anita Duffield
	Labour	Brendan Duffield
	CIIP	Michael Fuller*
	CIIP	Nick Harvey*
	Conservative	Pat Haunts
	Canvey Residents	Kevin Hobbs
	Canvey Residents	Paul Joiner
	Canvey Residents	Jade Pittman
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Canvey Island South

Canvey Island South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Barry Campagna*
	Canvey Residents	Jamie Coronado
	Labour	Heidi Cox
	Labour	Katie Curtis
	Canvey Residents	Leah Griffin
	Canvey Residents	Scott Griffin
	Conservative	Joan Liddiard
	CIIP	Barry Palmer*
	CIIP	Janice Payne*
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Canvey Island Winter Gardens

Canvey Island Winter Gardens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Brown
	Green	Bob Chapman
	Labour Co-op	Moreblessing Chasiya
	Canvey Residents	Praise Coronado
	Conservative	Ivor Earl
	CIIP	Peter Greig*
	Canvey Residents	Michelle Griffin
	Canvey Residents	Natalie Lawrence
	Labour Co-op	Maggie McArthur-Curtis
	CIIP	David Thomas*
	CIIP	Graham Withers*
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Hadleigh St James

Hadleigh St James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PIP	Aimme Harbinson
	Conservative	Simon Hart*
	PIP	Kate Knott
	PIP	Duncan MacPherson
	Labour	Dina Mehdi
	Labour	Charlotte Reilly
	Conservative	Jacqui Thornton*
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

St George's

St George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PIP	Nicola Benson*
	Green	Billy Brew
	Independent	Steven Cole
	Conservative	David Cross
	Conservative	Paul Harbord
	PIP	Nanine Pachy
	Labour	Jackie Reilly
	PIP	Dean Silk
	Labour	Freddy West
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

St Mary's

St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PIP	Sharon Ainsley*
	Labour Co-op	Laurence Chapman
	Labour Co-op	Joe Cooke
	Conservative	Roxanne Goldfinch
	PIP	Rob Lillis*
	Labour Co-op	Georgina Morgan-Bates
	PIP	Russ Savage*
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

St Michael's

St Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PIP	Tim Copsey*
	PIP	Warren Gibson*
	PIP	John Knott*
	Labour	Amie Maguire
	Labour	Jacqueline Warner
Turnout
	The People's Independent Party hold		Swing
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Tarpots

Tarpots

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PIP	Kieron Bowker*
	PIP	Michael Dearson*
	Labour	Holly Foxen
	Labour	Susan Foxen
	Conservative	Sunil Gupta
	Conservative	Andrew Sheldon
	PIP	Benn Wimbledon
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Thundersley North

Thundersley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Belford
	Labour	Bill Emberson
	Labour	Helen Emberson
	PIP	Tom Gibson*
	PIP	Gareth Howlett*
	PIP	Steve Mountford*
	Conservative	Vincent White
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)

Thundersley South

Thundersley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwyn Bailey
	PIP	Matt Cortes
	Conservative	James Cutler
	Labour	Andrew Darling
	PIP	Laurie Dixon
	PIP	Allan Edwards*
	Conservative	Adrian Roper
	Conservative	Andy Thornton*
Turnout
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)
	win (new seat)