2008 Colchester Borough Council election
By-elections between 2008 and 2010

2008 Colchester Borough Council election

Section Title: By-elections between 2008 and 2010
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Conservative	Andrew Ellis	745	58.1	12.1

Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Longman	423	33.0	+14.1

Labour	James Spencer	83	6.5	+0.4

Green	Katherine Bamforth	32	2.5	2.5

Majority	322	25.1

Turnout	1,283	29.3

Conservative hold	Swing

Sentence(s)

Andrew Ellis retained the seat for the Conservatives by a majority of 322 votes.

final_sentence: Andrew Ellis retained the seat for the Conservatives by a majority of 322 votes.