Rayleigh West

Essex · polled Thursday 18 June

Reform UK defending

Reform UK won the ward's last contest in May 2026 with 40 per cent. 7 candidates are standing.

Result

Conservative gain from Reform UK

Party	Share
Conservative	35.4%
Liberal Democrats	29.5%
Reform UK	24.4%
Green	5.3%
Ind+Ind	3.5%
Labour	2.0%

How this ward has voted

Result	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Green	Reform UK	Independents and others
May 2026	18%	4%	27%	6%	40%	6%

Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground. The independents-and-others share includes Rochford District Residents (6% in May 2026).

On the ballot

Stuart Belton (Conservative)
35% of the vote, elected
James Newport (Liberal Democrats)
29% of the vote
Denise Martin (Reform UK)
24% of the vote
Liam Edward Lonergan (Green)
5% of the vote
Mike Webb (Independent)
3% of the vote
Stephen James Cooper (Labour)
2% of the vote
Jamie Clive Burton (Independent)
1% of the vote

The council

Essex is a county council: it runs schools, social care and highways. Current control: Reform UK.

Current composition of 78 seats

Conservative 14Labour 1Liberal Democrats 6Green 1Reform UK 52Independents and others 4

Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by Residents for Uttlesford, The People's Independent Party and independents at elections since 2022.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.