Election Campaigns & Results in Chelmsford

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General Election: the Prime Minister could call an election any time from now to mid May (last legally possible date for an election is 3 June). There are no council elections planned for Chelmsford in 2010, though some other areas in Essex and elsewhere will have them on 6th May. So that is a likely day for the General Election too.

Stephen Robinson will be bidding to become the first Liberal MP for Chelmsford since Sydney Robinson (no relation!).

Liberal Democrats were a close second in the last General Election, and ahead of the Conservatives in the 2009 local elections. The Lib Dems will build on that to win at the coming election.

Labour and other minor parties are out of the race and have no councillors elected here. Labour won only 10% of the vote here in 2007 and just 7% in 2009. In the Chelmsford constituency, the Lib Dems just need a 4% swing from the 2005 result to win the seat from the Conservatives. Labour are in a poor third place.

Recent election results

4th June 2009: The European Parliament election result is here (euro result). The Essex County Council result in Chelmsford constituency was:

Lib Dems 5 seats; Conservative 0.5 seats (half outside the constituency); Others None

• Lib Dem 12,505 (42.5%)

• Cons 10,987 (37.3%)

• Lab 2126 (7.2%)

• Green 2024 (6.9%)

• BNP 1785 (6.1%)

• Other 785 (2.7%)

* Liberal Democrat candidates for the Essex County Council election in Chelmsford .

* Liberal Democrat manifesto for the Essex County Council election.

* Liberal Democrat candidates & manifesto for the European Parliament election.

Chelmsford Borough Council elections 2007

The most recent full set of elections for Chelmsford Borough Council were on 3 May 2007. In those elections, Liberal Democrats gained five seats and two more in by-elections since. So the Council is currently 31 Conservatives and 26 Liberal Democrats, with no other party represented.

Read about the election results, May 2007.

Moulsham & Central by-election, December 2007.

Broomfield/Walthams by-election, Sept.07.

List of election candidates, May 2007.

General Election and Essex County Council Elections - 5 May 2005

Parliamentary Results in Chelmsford

• Liberal Democrats up to second place in West Chelmsford

• Across the Chelmsford seats, Lib Dem vote up 3.5%

• Also in Essex: Lib Dems hold Colchester with increased majority

Chelmsford (new constituency result)

Conservative: 18686 (39%)

Stephen Robinson (LD): 14328 (30%)

Labour: 12749 (27%)

Others: 1599 (3.4%)

Essex County Council Results

• Liberal Democrats win five seats across the Borough

• Conservatives win just four Chelmsford seats

• Labour lose their only seat to Liberal Democrats

List of elected Lib Dem County Councillors.

Manifesto for Essex County Council elections.

Little Baddow, Danbury + Sandon by-election - 11 November 2004

In the by-election for a new Councillor, the Liberal Democrats secured a 9% swing from the Conservatives and Labour slumped to FIFTH place. Full details here: www.chelmsford-libdems.org.uk/news/21.html

European Parliament - 10 June 2004

On 10 June 2004, there was an election for our Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) but no local council elections in Chelmsford Borough. Andrew Duff was re-elected as our Liberal Democrat MEP.

The Liberal Democrats in Chelmsford outpolled Labour for the first time ever in a European election. Labour seemed to think this meant they were doing well: http://www.chelmsford-libdems.org.uk/news/12.html

In local elections across the country, Labour fell to THIRD place in share of the votes cast - www.cmld.org.uk/news/10.html

Results

The turnout across the Borough was 40642, which is 32.42%, quite a bit higher than last time. For more information about the elections, email office@chelmsford-libdems.org.uk

Con 12937 31.9%

UKIP 8596 21.2%

Lib Dem 6929 17.1%

Labour 5071 12.5%

Green 2082 5.1%

Bell 1792 4.4%

BNP 1766 4.4%

4 Others 1394 3.5%

Chelmsford Borough Council - 1 May 2003

In 2003, in the Chelmsford Borough elections, the number of seats won was: 20 Liberal Democrats; 35 Conservatives and just 2 Labour. In the West Chelmsford constituency, Lib Dems were a close second in votes cast, with Labour in a poor third place. The total number of votes cast was

• Liberal Democrats 9375

• Conservative 10481

• Labour 3988

Our manifesto for those elections is on this website: www.chelmsford-libdems.org.uk/manifesto