2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 39 seats to Brentwood Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Leader Barry Aspinell Will Russell Tim Barrett Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Leader's seat Pilgrims Hatch Brentwood West Brentwood South Current seats 17 18 2 Seats needed 3 2 18
Incumbent Leader Barry Aspinell Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Brentwood 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 Brentwood Borough Council in Essex will be elected following boundary changes.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Brentwood has been a mostly Conservative-controlled council. The party held control until 1990, with the Liberal Democrats taking the council from no overall control in 1991. They controlled the council until 2003, with the Conservatives re-taking control in 2004.

The Conservatives held a majority on the council until the most recent election, where the council again fell into no overall control. In that election, the Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats with 43.7% of the vote, the Conservatives lost 3 with 37.5%, and Labour remained at 2 seats with 14.3%.

Boundary changes

Brentwood 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 increases the number of councillors by 2.

Old wards	No. of seats	New wards	No. of seats
Brentwood North	3	Blackmore and Doddinghurst	3
Brentwood South	3	Brentwood North	3
Brentwood West	3	Brentwood South	3
Brizes and Doddinghurst	3	Brentwood West	3
Herongate, Ingrave and West Horndon	2	Brizes, Stondon Massey and South Weald	3
Hutton Central	2	Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon	3
Hutton East	2	Hutton East	3
Hutton North	2	Hutton North	3
Hutton South	2	Hutton South	3
Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing	3	Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing	3
Pilgrims Hatch	3	Pilgrims Hatch	3
Shenfield	3	Shenfield	3
South Weald	1	Warley	3
Tipps Cross	2
Warley	3

Summary

Previous council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	17		Conservative	18		Conservative	19
	Liberal Democrats	17		Liberal Democrats	17		Liberal Democrats	17
	Labour	2		Labour	2		Labour	3
	Independent	1		Independent	0		Independent	0

Changes:

• June 2023: Andrew Wiles readmitted to Conservative group

Candidates by party

Conservative Party (39/39)

Liberal Democrats (39/39)

Labour Party (39/39)

Green Party (9/39)

Reform UK (2/39)

Ward Results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Brentwood Borough Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2024. The results of the election were announced on 3 May 2024.

Blackmore & Doddinghurst

Blackmore & Doddinghurst (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger McCheyne*	982	64.0	N/A
	Conservative	Keith Parker*	960	62.5	N/A
	Conservative	Cliff Poppy*	947	61.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Spiers	291	19.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Laplain	218	14.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Leathley	210	13.7	N/A
	Labour	Peter Dedman	180	11.7	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Kelly	180	11.7	N/A
	Labour	Thomas Acton	179	11.7	N/A
	Labour	Wendy Marshall	177	11.5	N/A
Turnout			1552	43.3	N/A

Brentwood North

Brentwood North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hannah Nelson
	Conservative	Ben Slade
	Conservative	Harrison Slade
	Green	Paul Jeater
	Labour	Carol Allen
	Labour	Niels Andersen
	Labour	Robert Marshall
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Fulcher*
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Mayo*
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Mynott*

Brentwood South

Brentwood South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Coolbergen
	Conservative	Peter Jakobsson
	Conservative	John Parrish
	Labour	Gareth Barrett*
	Labour	Tim Barrett*
	Labour	Elizabeth Jerrard
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Clarke
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Green
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Leathley

Brentwood West

Brentwood West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lucy Gelderbloem
	Conservative	Ethan Russell
	Conservative	Sandy Tanner
	Green	Marc Sardinha
	Labour	Kevin Brailey
	Labour Co-op	Richard Millwood
	Labour	Joanna Moncrieff
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Cloke
	Liberal Democrats	David Kendall*
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Naylor*

Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald

Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chrissy Gelderbloem*
	Conservative	Will Russell*
	Conservative	Soni Sunger
	Green	Rebecca Enifer
	Labour	David Jobbins
	Labour	Eric Watts
	Labour	Pauline Watts
	Liberal Democrats	Brenner Munden*
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Munden
	Liberal Democrats	Brent Smith

Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon

Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Baldock
	Conservative	Fiona Marsh*
	Conservative	Sheila Murphy*
	Labour	June Barrett
	Labour	Paul Barrett
	Labour	Gary Earle
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Long
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Maxius
	Liberal Democrats	Benedicta Worsfold

Hutton East

Hutton East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Chinnery
	Conservative	Jason Gibson
	Conservative	Sat Lal
	Labour	Ben Booker
	Labour	Malcolm Burgess
	Labour	Jacqueline Nyiro
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Caves
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Rigby*
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Ward
	Reform UK	Paul Godfrey

Hutton North

Hutton North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Barber*	861
	Conservative	Jay Patel	674
	Conservative	Jan Pound*	714
	Green	Michael Flood	181
	Labour	Philip Holland	444
	Labour	Noor Hussain	386
	Labour	Neil McAree	383
	Liberal Democrats	Florina Constanda	209
	Liberal Democrats	Henry MacDonnell	278
	Liberal Democrats	Elise Mayer	164

Hutton South

Hutton South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Hirst*
	Conservative	Mark Reed*
	Conservative	Mellissa Slade*
	Green	John Hamilton
	Labour	Jonathan Saunders
	Labour	Rowan Sumner
	Labour	Jane Winter
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Carey
	Liberal Democrats	John Chapple
	Liberal Democrats	Valdomiro Lourenco

Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing

Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bridge*
	Conservative	Lesley Wagland*
	Conservative	David Wylie
	Labour	Patricia Dedman
	Labour	Richard Enever
	Labour	Caroline Russell
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Gorton*
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Hyde
	Liberal Democrats	Darryl Sankey*

Pilgrims Hatch

Pilgrims Hatch (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Cowley
	Conservative	Geraldine Jakobsson
	Conservative	Louise Rowlands
	Green	David Hale
	Labour	Simon Ball
	Labour	Francisca Dapp
	Labour	Katie Hutton
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Aspinell*
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Davies*
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lewis*

Shenfield

Shenfield (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandy Brown
	Conservative	Thomas Gordon
	Conservative	Thomas Heard
	Green	Julian Goode
	Labour	Anna Cadzow
	Labour	Dick Carter
	Labour	Dominic Maddock
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Cuthbert*
	Liberal Democrats	John Singh
	Liberal Democrats	David Worsfield*
	Reform UK	Richard Briggs

Warley

Warley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Faragher
	Conservative	John Gibson
	Conservative	Jean McGinley
	Green	Olivia Ritson
	Labour	Michael Bernstein
	Labour	Jackie Gilbey
	Labour Co-op	Susan Kortlandt
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cuthbert*
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Haigh*
	Liberal Democrats	Jay Laplain*