Castle (Colchester electoral ward)

Castle
Electoral ward for Colchester Borough Council
Castle ward (in red) displayed within Colchester Borough
Ward Information
Created Unknown
Councillors 3
Electorate 7,615 (2015)
Created from Unknown
St. Marys (2002)
Overlaps
Parliament constituency Colchester (Unknown-1983; 1997-present)
Colchester North (1983-1997)
County division Abbey
European Parliament constituency East of England

Castle ward is an electoral ward in Colchester and is within the Colchester Borough Council boundary, to which it elects 3 councillors.

The ward covers central Colchester, including the Town Centre, the historic Dutch Quarter neighbourhood and Colchester Castle, which lends its namesake to the ward.

History

Castle ward has existed since at least 1976 and is still in use today. The boundaries of the ward have seldom changed, with the exception of the amalgamation of the St. Marys neighbourhood (from St. Marys ward) into the west of Castle following boundary changes from the 2002 election.

The ward was originally held by the Labour Party and then changed hands between the Conservatives, Labour and the SDP-Liberal Alliance (later Liberal Democrats) until the 1990 election, when the Liberal Democrats solidly held the ward for the next 25 years. Recently, it has become a marginal ward, last won by the Conservatives at the 2015 election.

Castle has the highest vote share for the Green Party in a Colchester ward.

Ward Councillors

Current

Name Party Years in Office
Bill Frame Liberal Democrats 2010–present
Josephine Hayes Liberal Democrats 2012–present
Darius Laws Conservative 2015–present

Former

Name Party Years in Office
Kenneth Cooke Labour 1978-1992; 1995-1999
D. Dunn Labour 1979-1983
D. Goodchild Labour 1980-1984
E. Humphrey Conservative 1983-1987
R. Cole Conservative 1984-1988
as above Liberal Democrats 1988-1990
Chris Hall Liberal Democrats 1987-2010
J. Carter Liberal Democrats 1990-1995
William Spyvee Liberal Democrats 1990-2012
Kenneth Jones Liberal Democrats 1999-2007
Nick Barlow Liberal Democrats 2007-2015

Elections

Election Results

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
2015 election
Electorate: 7,615
Turnout: 4,642 (61.0%) +23.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority: 496 (10.6%) N/A
Swing: 6.2% from Lib Dem to Con
Darius LawsConservative1,66735.9+11.8
Owen Howell Liberal Democrat1,17225.2-0.5
Andrew Canessa Green98221.2+4.0
Andrew Murphy Labour82117.7-0.1
2014 election
Turnout: 2,683 (38.0%) +8.0
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 46 (1.7%) -20.2
Swing: 10.4% from Lib Dem to Con
Bill FrameLiberal Democrat69325.8-14.6
Darius Laws Conservative64724.1+6.2
Ben Howard Labour47817.8+4.4
Peter Lynn Green46217.2-1.4
Ron Levy UKIP40315.0+5.3
2012 election
Turnout: 2,129 (30.0%) -9.5
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 466 (21.9%) +7.6
Swing: 4.2% from Green to Lib Dem
Jo HayesLiberal Democrat86140.4+0.3
Peter Lynn Green39518.6-7.1
Mohammed Rashid Conservative38217.9-3.1
Robert Fisher Labour28513.4+0.2
Ron Levy UKIP2069.7N/A
2011 election
Turnout: 2,779 (39.5%) -19.6
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 398 (14.3%) -1.3
Swing: 3.0% from Lib Dem to Green
Nick BarlowLiberal Democrat1,11340.1-1.7
Peter Lynn Green71525.7+4.2
Bruce Halling Conservative58321.0-5.2
Luke Dopson Labour36813.2+2.6
2010 election
Turnout: 4,248 (59.1%) +21.0
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 662 (15.6%) +2.1
Swing: 6.0% from Lib Dem to Con
Bill FrameLiberal Democrat1,77441.8-3.4
Lucy Cramer Conservative1,11226.2+8.6
Peter Lynn Green91321.5-10.2
Adam Fox Labour44910.6+5.1
2008 election
Turnout: 2,460 (38.1%) +0.7
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 332 (13.5%) +4.8
Swing: 2.2% from Green to Lib Dem
William SpyveeLiberal Democrat1,11145.2+4.2
Peter Lynn Green77931.7-0.6
Darius Laws Conservative43417.6-2.9
John Cooke Labour1365.5-0.7
2007 election
Turnout: 2,291 (37.4%) +1.4
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 200 (8.7%) -17.3
Swing: 8.7% from Lib Dem to Green
Nick BarlowLiberal Democrat94041.0-7.7
Peter Lynn Green74032.3+9.7
Glenn Granger Conservative46920.5+2.4
Michael Powell Labour1426.2-1.9
2006 election
Turnout: 2,306 (36.0%) +0.6
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 600 (26.0%) -4.2
Swing: 15.9% from Lib Dem to Green
Chris HallLiberal Democrat1,12248.7-9.2
Peter Lynn Green52222.6N/A
Benjamin Twitchen Conservative41818.1-9.6
Mark Warner Labour1878.1-6.4
Stephen Miller Independent572.5N/A
2004 election
Turnout: 2,047 (35.4%) +6.8
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 619 (30.2%) +0.1
Swing: 0.1% from Con to Lib Dem
William SpyveeLiberal Democrat1,18557.9+3.5
Pauline Lucas Conservative56627.7+3.4
Malcolm Cannon Labour29614.5+1.8
2003 election
Turnout: 1,660 (28.6%) -3.4
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 499 (30.1%)
Swing: 1.3% from Lib Dem to Con
Kenneth JonesLiberal Democrat90354.4-2.0
Pauline Lucas Conservative40424.3+4.8
Malcolm Cannon Labour21012.7-1.4
Walter Schwarz Green1328.0-2.0
2000 election
Turnout: 31.0% (-1.0)
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 263 (14.3%) -4.4
Swing: 3.8% from Lab to Lib Dem
William SpyveeLiberal Democrat78842.9-1.4
N. Stock Conservative52528.6+8.6
Kim Naish Labour48626.4-10.8
L. Basker Natural Law392.1N/A
1999 election
Turnout: 32.2%
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 8.9%
Swing: 3.5% from Lib Dem to Lab
Kenneth JonesLiberal Democrat83444.3
J. Thomas Labour66635.4
M. Coyne Conservative38420.4
1998 election
Turnout: 34.0%
Liberal Democrat hold
Majority: 15.8%
Swing: 4.6% from Lab to Lib Dem
Chris HallLiberal Democrat90744.5
Chris Pearson Labour58528.7
N. Stock Conservative51425.2
L. Basker Natural Law321.6
1996 electionLiberal Democrat hold
Majority: 7.7%
Swing: 4.2% from Lab to Lib Dem
William SpyveeLiberal Democratunopposed

Charts

Vote Share: 1976-2000

  Conservative
  Labour
  SDP-Liberal/Liberal Democrat
  Green Party
  Natural Law
  Independent

Vote Share: 2000-2015

  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal Democrat
  Green Party
  UK Independence Party (UKIP)
  Independent

Polling districts

Electorate in brackets (as of 2015):[1]

References

  1. "Colchester Borough Council Draft Polling District and Polling Place Review 2015". Colchester Borough Council. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
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