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2023 Maldon District Council election
All 31 seats to Maldon District Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Maldon District Council election
Leader before election; Penny Channer; Conservative; No overall control	Leader after election ; Richard Siddall; Maldon Independents; No overall control

The 2023 Maldon District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Maldon District Council in Essex, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

The result at the 2019 election was 17 Conservative and 14 Independent councillors.^[2] Following resignations and splits amongst both the Conservatives and the Independent Group, and two by-elections, the political make up at January 2022 was 10 Conservative, 3 non-aligned Conservatives, 11 Independent Group, 6 non-aligned Independents, and one vacant seat.^[3] Penny Channer, a Conservative, was appointed leader of the council at a meeting on 18 January 2022, effectively leading a Conservative minority administration.^[4]^[5] She chose not to stand for re-election.^[6]

Prior to the 2023 election the council was under no overall control. The Conservatives ran the council, with the Maldon District Independent Group in opposition.^[7] The Liberal Democrats elected a first councillor in a by-election in 2022,^[8] and stood a record number of candidates in these elections.^[9]

After the election the council remained under no overall control. After some weeks of post-election discussions between the councillors, Richard Siddall, leader of the Maldon District Independent Group, was appointed leader of the council on 8 June 2023.^[10]

Election result

The overall results were:^[11]

2023 Maldon District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	24	10	2	9	7	32.3	33.9	8,705	–11.9
	Maldon District Independent Group	13	7	7	0	7	22.6	20.4	5,239	N/A
	Independent	14	7	2	9	7	22.6	15.5	3,973	–32.6
	Liberal Democrats	18	6	6	0	6	19.4	21.6	5,535	N/A
	Labour	8	1	1	0	1	3.2	7.0	1,784	+1.6
	Green	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	423	N/A

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Maldon District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.^[12]

Seat gains/losses are compared to the 2019 election and do not take into account by-elections or defections. The results for each ward were:^[13]

Althorne

Althorne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Maldon Independents	Tony Fittock	675	63.6	*N/A*
	Maldon Independents	Mark Bassenger*	512	48.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Clint Bardwell	390	36.8	–9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wynn	115	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,061	31.4	+2.0
Registered electors			3,382
	Maldon Independents gain from Conservative
	Maldon Independents gain from Independent

Burnham-on-Crouch North

Burnham-on-Crouch North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wendy Stamp*	927	76.4	–6.9
	Labour	Una Siddall-Norman	391	32.2	+17.2
	Conservative	Anne Hull*	362	29.8	–2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Blake Matthews	170	14.0	N/A
Turnout			1,214	31.1	–4.9
Registered electors			3,902
	Independent hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Burnham-on-Crouch South

Burnham-on-Crouch South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vanessa Bell*	531	50.5	–14.7
	Conservative	Doug Brown	358	34.0	+10.2
	Independent	Jennie Donnelly	296	28.1	N/A
	Labour	Jackie Brown	168	16.0	+4.5
	Maldon Independents	Stephen Stratton	105	10.0	N/A
	Green	Claire White	97	9.2	N/A
	Green	James Taylor	83	7.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Rowlands	67	6.4	N/A
	Independent	Joscelyn McInnes	42	4.0	N/A
Turnout			1,052	32.6	–2.0
Registered electors			3,223
	Independent hold
	Conservative gain from Independent

Great Totham

Great Totham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Maldon Independents	Richard Siddall*	670	53.3	*N/A*
	Maldon Independents	Jade Hughes	591	47.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Keyes*	427	34.0	–21.0
	Conservative	Nicholas Snelling	345	27.5	–28.3
	Green	Isobel Doubleday	243	19.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Deirdre Haslam	75	6.0	N/A
Turnout			1,256	42.0
Registered electors			2,994
	Maldon Independents gain from Conservative
	Maldon Independents gain from Conservative

Heybridge East

Heybridge East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Spenceley	504	51.3	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Nikki Swindle	441	44.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Anne Beale*	316	32.2	–17.0
	Maldon Independents	Colin Edmond	299	30.4	N/A
	Conservative	Bruce Heubner*	259	26.4	–27.6
Turnout			982	30.6	+3.0
Registered electors			3,206
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Heybridge West

Heybridge West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Spenceley*	539	67.0	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Burwood	475	59.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Hayley Board	195	24.3	–15.2
	Maldon Independents	Michael Edwards*	174	21.6	N/A
Turnout			804	23.5	+0.8
Registered electors			3,429
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Maldon East

Maldon East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Lay	153	37.9	*N/A*
	Independent	Christopher Swain*	130	32.2	–18.5
	Conservative	Robert Roe	121	30.0	+6.3
Majority			23	5.7	N/A
Turnout			411	22.8	–1.9
Registered electors			1,803
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Maldon North

Maldon North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Jennings	736	63.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Nigel Miller	401	34.3	+3.6
	Maldon Independents	Carlie Mayes*	375	32.1	N/A
	Labour	Robert Shrimpton	248	21.2	N/A
Turnout			1,168	34.9	+0.8
Registered electors			3,347
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Conservative gain from Independent

Maldon South

Maldon South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Lagan*	528	52.6	–12.5
	Maldon Independents	Jeanette Stilts*	424	42.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Martin Harvey	361	36.0	+4.4
	Conservative	Paul Hole	264	26.3	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Main	202	20.1	N/A
Turnout			1,004	33.3	+0.1
Registered electors			3,014
	Independent hold
	Maldon Independents gain from Independent

Maldon West

Maldon West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Driver	552	43.3	*N/A*
	Maldon Independents	Flo Shaughnessy*	550	43.1	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones	432	33.9	N/A
	Conservative	Jhual Hafiz	277	21.7	+3.0
	Maldon Independents	Lisa Cullumbine	271	21.2	N/A
	Labour	John Joyce	124	9.7	N/A
	Independent	Tom Kelly	89	7.0	N/A
Turnout			1,276	34.2	–5.9
Registered electors			3,734
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
	Maldon Independents gain from Independent

Mayland

Mayland (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Linda Haywood	617	61.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Wendy Laybourn	390	39.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Linda Pailing	278	27.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Eley	225	22.6	N/A
Turnout			997	29.3	N/A
Registered electors			3,407
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Purleigh

Purleigh (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue White*	558	61.1	–1.4
	Conservative	Lisa Wiffen	481	52.7	–14.0
	Labour	Pamela Calabro	185	20.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Harrington	180	19.7	N/A
	Maldon Independents	Ashley Jones	125	13.7	N/A
	Independent	Neil Page	86	9.4	N/A
	Independent	Bridget Eyre	41	4.5	N/A
Turnout			913	31.0	–3.0
Registered electors			2,950
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Southminster

Southminster (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Adrian Fluker	533	58.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Ron Pratt	339	37.3	+6.7
	Labour	Timothy Aves	182	20.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Bhattacharya	130	14.3	N/A
Turnout			802	22.6	–3.8
Registered electors			3,547
	Independent gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Tillingham

Tillingham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Matthew Neall	Unopposed
Registered electors			N/A
	Independent gain from Conservative

Tollesbury

Tollesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Maldon Independents	Emma Stephens*	468	75.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Deborah Keating	116	18.6	–53.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Woolfenden	39	6.3	N/A
Majority			352	56.5	N/A
Turnout			625	38.6	+1.8
Registered electors			1,621
	Maldon Independents gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Tolleshunt D'Arcy

Tolleshunt D'Arcy (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Morley*	607	58.8	–9.2
	Conservative	Maddie Thompson*	581	56.2	–15.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Beal	408	39.5	N/A
Turnout			1,033	30.3	–1.5
Registered electors			3,406
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wickham Bishops and Woodham

Wickham Bishops and Woodham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Durham*	644	58.2	+1.2
	Conservative	Simon Morgan	635	57.4	–7.8
	Labour	Jane Williams	260	23.5	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Church	245	22.1	N/A
	Labour	David Baker	226	20.4	N/A
Turnout			1,107	37.7	–3.5
Registered electors			2,933
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Changes 2023–2027

Sue White, elected as a Conservative, left the party in June 2023 to sit as an independent.^[14]
Jeanette Stilts, elected for the Maldon District Independent Group, subsequently sat instead in the 'District Support Group' of independent councillors.^[15]