Uttlesford Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · East of England · 39 seats in 22 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Residents for Uttlesford run Uttlesford Council as a minority administration. The council has 39 councillors in 22 wards. Seats by party: Other 21, Conservative 12, Reform 3, Lib Dem 3. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

The government withdrew its plan to reorganise councils in Greater Essex on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Residents for Uttlesford (Minority)

39 seats - 20 for a majority

Reform 3Conservative 12Lib Dem 3Other 21

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Reform +3 Conservative +1 Lib Dem −1 Other −3

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (39 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Other38.2%24

Conservative29.7%11

Lib Dem15.8%4

Labour8.1%0

Green7.8%0

Reform0.5%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 39 seats up, then every four years

Largest group

Independents and others 21

21 of 39 seats; 20 needed for a majority

Closest result

The Sampfords

Residents for Uttlesford won by 4 votes over Conservative, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Great Dunmow North

Conservative gain from Local party, 30 July 2026 (3 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

51%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeLib DemReformIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 22 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Ashdon John Moran	4 May 2023 Conservative 41.2% lead 4.3 pts
Broad Oak & the Hallingburys Geof Driscoll, Neil Reeve	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 49.5% lead 15.5 pts
Clavering Edward Oliver	4 May 2023 Conservative 59.7% lead 35.7 pts
Debden & Wimbish Stewart Luck	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 42.2% lead 10.2 pts
Elsenham & Henham Bianca Donald, Petrina Lees	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 44.3% lead 25.8 pts
Felsted & Stebbing Richard Silcock, John Evans	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 36.6% lead 0.8 pts
Flitch Green & Little Dunmow Christian Criscione	4 May 2023 Conservative 61.8% lead 44.1 pts
Great Dunmow North John Davey, Will Church	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 39.4% lead 0.8 pts
Great Dunmow South & Barnston Thomas Loveday, Chris Martin, Brian Regan	4 May 2023 Conservative 41.1% lead 10.7 pts
Hatfield Heath Mark Lemon	4 May 2023 Conservative 71.8% lead 43.6 pts
High Easter & the Rodings Susan Barker	4 May 2023 Conservative 70.0% lead 53.2 pts
Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts Richard Pavitt, Neil Gregory	4 May 2023 Independent 36.3% lead 1.3 pts
Newport Judy Emanuel, Neil Hargreaves	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 51.8% lead 30.9 pts
Saffron Walden Audley Alex Reeve, Arthur Coote	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 38.1% lead 19.6 pts
Saffron Walden Castle Heather Asker, Richard Freeman	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 47.8% lead 32.5 pts
Saffron Walden Shire Jubeyuir Ahmed, Daniel McBirnie, Chloë Fiddy	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 35.9% lead 16.7 pts
Stansted North Geoffrey Sell, Alan Dean	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 57.4% lead 27.0 pts
Stansted South & Birchanger Ray Gooding, Nick Church	4 May 2023 Conservative 42.5% lead 7.4 pts
Stort Valley George Braeckman	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 57.6% lead 29.9 pts
Takeley Maggie Sutton, Mark Coletta, Geoff Bagnall	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 40.5% lead 10.5 pts
Thaxted & the Eastons Martin Foley, Richard Haynes	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 56.3% lead 33.3 pts
The Sampfords Mike Tayler	4 May 2023 Residents for Uttlesford 42.9% lead 0.5 pts

Ashdon

John Moran Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative41.2%

Residents for Uttlesford36.9%

Green21.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Michael Moran Elected	Conservative	289	41.2%
James Leon Herman De Vries	Residents for Uttlesford	259	36.9%
Paul Henry Allington	Green	153	21.8%

Broad Oak & the Hallingburys

Geof Driscoll Residents for UttlesfordNeil Reeve Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford49.5%

Conservative34.0%

Lib Dem12.2%

Reform4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Geof Driscoll Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	643
Neil Reeve Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	583
Bob Church	Conservative	442
Charlotte Domonique Salomon	Conservative	419
Thomas Richards	Lib Dem	159
Malcolm Cameron Featherstone	Reform	55

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Clavering

Edward Oliver Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative59.7%

Green24.0%

Lib Dem16.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Edward Oliver Elected	Conservative	493	59.7%
Debra Anne Gold	Green	198	24.0%
Alan Frank Barnes	Lib Dem	135	16.3%

Debden & Wimbish

Stewart Luck Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Residents for Uttlesford42.2%

Conservative32.0%

Labour11.1%

Lib Dem9.2%

Green5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Stewart Charles Luck Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	281	42.2%
James William Noble	Conservative	213	32.0%
Janet Elizabeth Grogan	Labour	74	11.1%
Sylvia Barrows	Lib Dem	61	9.2%
James Loxam Wilkinson	Green	37	5.6%

Elsenham & Henham

Bianca Donald Residents for UttlesfordPetrina Lees Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford44.3%

Lib Dem18.5%

Conservative16.3%

Labour7.7%

Independent6.8%

Green6.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Petrina Michelle Lees Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	690
Bianca Maria Donald Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	483
Sarah Frances MacKay	Lib Dem	288
Henry Edward Joseph Farrelly	Conservative	254
Fraser James	Conservative	193
Anna Katherine Mowbray	Labour	120
Bob Burlton	Labour	117
Garry McKay LeCount	Independent	106
Abi Saffrey	Green	100

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Felsted & Stebbing

John Evans Residents for UttlesfordRichard Silcock Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford36.6%

Lib Dem35.8%

Conservative27.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
John Evans Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	498
Richard Silcock Elected	Lib Dem	487
Sandi Merifield	Residents for Uttlesford	470
Grant Bailey	Conservative	376
Jonathan Lee Botten	Conservative	352
Frank Corr	Lib Dem	310

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Flitch Green & Little Dunmow

Christian Criscione Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative61.8%

Residents for Uttlesford17.7%

Lib Dem10.5%

Green10.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chris Criscione Elected	Conservative	352	61.8%
Liz Clark	Residents for Uttlesford	101	17.7%
Iris Janet Evans	Lib Dem	60	10.5%
Laura Fleur Thomas	Green	57	10.0%

Great Dunmow North

John Davey ConservativeWill Church Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford39.4%

Conservative38.6%

Labour12.3%

Lib Dem9.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alex Armstrong Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	528
John Edward Norris Davey Elected	Conservative	517
Will Church	Conservative	463
Vincent David Clarke	Residents for Uttlesford	368
Tina Sham	Labour	165
William Stephen Bortey Annang	Labour	152
Teddy Kimber	Lib Dem	131

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 30 July 2026

Conservative50.5%

Reform27.9%

Residents for Uttlesford9.9%

Labour9.0%

Lib Dem2.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Will Church Elected	Conservative	705	50.5%
Rod Jones	Reform	390	27.9%
Sandi Merifield	Residents for Uttlesford	138	9.9%
Oliver Rogers	Labour	126	9.0%
Lorraine Anne Flawn	Lib Dem	37	2.7%

Great Dunmow South & Barnston

Brian Regan IndependentChris Martin ConservativeThomas Loveday Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative41.1%

Residents for Uttlesford30.4%

Labour17.5%

Lib Dem11.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tom Loveday Elected	Conservative	653
Chris Martin Elected	Conservative	613
Brian John Regan Elected	Conservative	562
Rod Jones	Residents for Uttlesford	482
Patrick Lavelle	Residents for Uttlesford	477
Kerry Ann Herbert	Residents for Uttlesford	468
Ben Cavanagh	Labour	278
Gerard Darcy	Labour	257
Christopher James Muir	Labour	224
Philip Joseph Ronald Jones	Lib Dem	174

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hatfield Heath

Mark Lemon Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative71.8%

Residents for Uttlesford28.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mark Lemon Elected	Conservative	410	71.8%
Tracy Louen Williams	Residents for Uttlesford	161	28.2%

High Easter & the Rodings

Susan Barker Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative70.0%

Green16.8%

Labour13.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Susan Barker Elected	Conservative	479	70.0%
Margaret Ann Shaw	Green	115	16.8%
Faridah Mohamed Gullam	Labour	90	13.2%

Littlebury, Chesterford & Wenden Lofts

Neil Gregory IndependentRichard Pavitt Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Independent36.3%

Independent35.0%

Conservative14.1%

Green7.6%

Lib Dem6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Neil Stephen Richard Gregory Elected	Independent	1,025
Richard Stewart Leighton Pavitt Elected	Independent	988
Wazz Mughal	Conservative	399
Sam Slota-Newson	Conservative	386
David Radford	Green	213
Susan Roderick	Lib Dem	196

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Newport

Judy Emanuel Residents for UttlesfordNeil Hargreaves Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford51.8%

Conservative20.9%

Lib Dem14.0%

Green13.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Judy Emanuel Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	795
Neil Hargreaves Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	785
Roger Hugh Beeching	Conservative	320
Marion Elizabeth Dyer	Lib Dem	214
Madeleine Margaret Radford	Green	205

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Saffron Walden Audley

Alex Reeve Residents for UttlesfordArthur Coote Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford38.1%

Labour18.5%

Green17.3%

Conservative16.7%

Lib Dem9.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Arthur George Coote Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	666
Alex Reeve Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	648
Cherry Ellen Parker	Labour	324
Barbara Light	Green	302
Maria Pearson	Conservative	293
Howard Stephen Rolfe	Conservative	262
Mat Braddy	Labour	223
David Charles Perry	Lib Dem	165

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Saffron Walden Castle

Heather Asker ReformRichard Freeman Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford47.8%

Conservative15.3%

Labour14.4%

Green12.0%

Lib Dem7.4%

Reform3.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Heather Jane Asker Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	771
Richard Ford Freeman Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	610
David James Sadler	Conservative	246
Simon David Trimnell	Labour	233
Simon Alexander Bagni	Conservative	232
Edward Vernon Gildea	Green	194
John Gabriel Early	Labour	154
John Lefever	Lib Dem	119
Grant StClair-Armstrong	Reform	50

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Saffron Walden Shire

Chloë Fiddy Residents for UttlesfordDaniel McBirnie Residents for UttlesfordJubeyuir Ahmed Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford35.9%

Green19.2%

Conservative18.7%

Labour13.7%

Lib Dem12.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Melon Ahmed Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	879
Chloe Louise Fiddy Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	876
Daniel Ronald Mcbirnie Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	796
Paul Geoffrey Fairhurst	Green	470
Nick Osborne	Conservative	457
David Jason Phipps	Conservative	376
Adaeze Bowen	Conservative	367
Sally Ann Kaemer	Labour	336
Andrew Mark Sampson	Labour	325
Andrew John Baxter	Lib Dem	308
Sonia Sault	Lib Dem	301
Simon Ede	Lib Dem	288

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stansted North

Alan Dean Lib DemGeoffrey Sell Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem57.4%

Conservative30.4%

Labour12.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alan Dean Elected	Lib Dem	796
Geoffrey Sell Elected	Lib Dem	773
Lois Patricia Prior	Conservative	422
George Francis Peter Braeckman	Conservative	421
John Wadham	Labour	169
Stuart Valentine Dodgson	Labour	151

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stansted South & Birchanger

Nick Church ConservativeRay Gooding Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative42.5%

Lib Dem35.1%

Labour12.0%

Residents for Uttlesford10.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ray Gooding Elected	Conservative	480
Nick Church Elected	Conservative	421
Melvin Caton	Lib Dem	396
Ayub Khan	Lib Dem	370
Allen MacPherson	Labour	136
Plaxy Budzinska	Residents for Uttlesford	117
Tom van de Bilt	Labour	88
Jiri Wolker	Residents for Uttlesford	86

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stort Valley

George Braeckman Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem57.6%

Conservative27.7%

Labour9.0%

Reform5.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Janice Loughlin Elected	Lib Dem	366	57.6%
Joel Alexander Cairns	Conservative	176	27.7%
Sanjukta Ghosh	Labour	57	9.0%
Neil Roddis	Reform	36	5.7%

Last by-election, 25 June 2026

Conservative46.4%

Lib Dem31.9%

Reform21.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George Francis Peter Braeckman Elected	Conservative	255	46.4%
Paul Bamlett	Lib Dem	175	31.9%
Philip John Hoy	Reform	119	21.7%

Takeley

Geoff Bagnall ReformMaggie Sutton Residents for UttlesfordMark Coletta Reform

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford40.5%

Conservative30.0%

Lib Dem17.0%

Labour12.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Geoff Bagnall Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	630
Maggie Sutton Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	539
Mark Andrew Coletta Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	477
Jeanne Eileen Bradley	Conservative	466
Jim Gordon	Conservative	381
Madhu Disanayake	Conservative	303
Lorraine Anne Flawn	Lib Dem	264
Tracey Elizabeth Roberts	Labour	195
Maryanne Craig Fleming	Lib Dem	150
Oli Winters	Labour	133
Paul Kevin Kimber	Lib Dem	132

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Thaxted & the Eastons

Martin Foley Residents for UttlesfordRichard Haynes Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Residents for Uttlesford56.3%

Conservative23.0%

Lib Dem7.6%

Labour7.1%

Green5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Martin Liam Foley Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	893
Richard Henry Haynes Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	694
David Frederick Beverly	Conservative	364
Andrew John Pryer	Conservative	255
Antoinette Wattebot	Lib Dem	121
Alex Young	Labour	113
Patrick William O'Brien	Lib Dem	102
Trilby Fiona Roberts	Green	94

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

The Sampfords

Mike Tayler Residents for Uttlesford

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Residents for Uttlesford42.9%

Conservative42.4%

Green9.1%

Lib Dem5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mike Tayler Elected	Residents for Uttlesford	344	42.9%
George Maurice Smith	Conservative	340	42.4%
Sarah Jane Heaton Allington	Green	73	9.1%
Mike Dyer	Lib Dem	44	5.5%

Councillors

Changed party since the election

4 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Great Dunmow South & Barnston	Brian Regan	Conservative 2023	Independent
Saffron Walden Castle	Heather Asker	Residents for Uttlesford 2023	Reform
Takeley	Geoff Bagnall	Residents for Uttlesford 2023	Reform
Takeley	Mark Coletta	Residents for Uttlesford 2023	Reform

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 3 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
30 July 2026	Great Dunmow North	Conservative gain from Local party	50.5%
25 June 2026	Stort Valley	Conservative gain from Lib Dem	46.4%
22 January 2023	Great Dunmow South	Conservative gain from Other

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
North West Essex	84%	Conservative	Conservative 32%
Harlow	8%	Labour	Labour 34%
Braintree	8%	Conservative	Conservative 36%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Uttlesford

91,342 residents in 36,977 households

Voted Leave in 2016

51% 1 below GB

Degree or higher

37% 3 above GB

No qualifications

14% 4 below GB

Own their home

71% 10 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

13% 4 below GB

Rent privately

15% 5 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

25% 6 below GB

Aged 65 and over

25% 3 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.