# 2024 Brentwood Borough Council election

The 2024 Brentwood Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 39 members of Brentwood Borough Council in Essex were elected following boundary changes.
The council was under no overall control prior to the election. The Conservatives were the largest party, but the council was being run by a Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition. The election saw a very similar distribution of seats, and the Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition continued to run the council.

## Background

Since its creation in 1974, Brentwood has been a mostly Conservative-controlled council. The party held control until 1990, with the Liberal Democrats taking the council from no overall control in 1991. They controlled the council until 2003, with the Conservatives re-taking control in 2004.
The Conservatives held a majority on the council until the most recent election, where the council again fell into no overall control. In that election, the Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats with 43.7% of the vote, the Conservatives lost 3 with 37.5%, and Labour remained at 2 seats with 14.3%.

## Boundary changes

Brentwood usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. The change increases the number of councillors by 2.
| Old wards | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
| Brentwood North | 3 | Blackmore and Doddinghurst | 3 |
| Brentwood South | 3 | Brentwood North | 3 |
| Brentwood West | 3 | Brentwood South | 3 |
| Brizes and Doddinghurst | 3 | Brentwood West | 3 |
| Herongate, Ingrave and West Horndon | 2 | Brizes, Stondon Massey and South Weald | 3 |
| Hutton Central | 2 | Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon | 3 |
| Hutton East | 2 | Hutton East | 3 |
| Hutton North | 2 | Hutton North | 3 |
| Hutton South | 2 | Hutton South | 3 |
| Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing | 3 | Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing | 3 |
| Pilgrims Hatch | 3 | Pilgrims Hatch | 3 |
| Shenfield | 3 | Shenfield | 3 |
| South Weald | 1 | Warley | 3 |
| Tipps Cross | 2 | | |
| Warley | 3 | | |

## Summary

Despite all seats being up for election, the resultant seat numbers were very similar after the election. The Liberal Democrats kept the same number of seats, the Conservatives and Labour each having a net gain of one.

### Previous council composition

| After 2023 election | After 2023 election | After 2023 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | Before 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election | After 2024 election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | Party | Party | Seats |
| | Conservative | 17 | | Conservative | 18 | | Conservative | 19 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 17 | | Liberal Democrats | 17 | | Liberal Democrats | 17 |
| | Labour | 2 | | Labour | 2 | | Labour | 3 |
| | Independent | 1 | | Independent | 0 | | Independent | 0 |
Changes:
* June 2023: Andrew Wiles readmitted to Conservative group

### Election result

2024 Brentwood Borough Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 39 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48.7 | 39.4 | 21,647 | +1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 39 | 17 | 0 | 0 | | 43.6 | 39.9 | 21,952 | –3.8 |
| Labour | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 17.3 | 9,528 | +3.0 |
| Green | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1,382 | +0.7 |
| Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 464 | +0.4 |

## Ward Results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Brentwood Borough Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2024. The results of the election were announced on 3 May 2024.

### Blackmore & Doddinghurst

Blackmore & Doddinghurst (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger McCheyne* | 982 | 64.0 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Parker* | 960 | 62.5 | |
| | Conservative | Cliff Poppy* | 947 | 61.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Spiers | 291 | 19.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Laplain | 218 | 14.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Leathley | 210 | 13.7 | |
| | Labour | Peter Dedman | 180 | 11.7 | |
| | Green | Nicholas Kelly | 180 | 11.7 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Acton | 179 | 11.7 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Marshall | 177 | 11.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,552 | 43.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,703 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Brentwood North

Brentwood North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alison Fulcher* | 879 | 60.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Mynott* | 868 | 59.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Mayo* | 840 | 57.9 | |
| | Conservative | Hannah Nelson | 326 | 22.5 | |
| | Labour | Carol Allen | 279 | 19.2 | |
| | Conservative | Ben Slade | 279 | 19.2 | |
| | Conservative | Harrison Slade | 241 | 16.6 | |
| | Labour | Niels Andersen | 233 | 16.1 | |
| | Labour | Robert Marshall | 229 | 15.8 | |
| | Green | Paul Jeater | 181 | 12.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,531 | 30.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,051 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Brentwood South

Brentwood South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gareth Barrett* | 770 | 49.4 | |
| | Labour | Tim Barrett* | 758 | 48.6 | |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Jerrard | 649 | 41.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Clarke | 573 | 36.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Leathley | 526 | 33.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Toby Green | 497 | 31.9 | |
| | Conservative | Adrian Coolbergen | 314 | 20.1 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Jakobsson | 301 | 19.3 | |
| | Conservative | John Parrish | 292 | 18.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,636 | 36.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,448 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Brentwood West

Brentwood West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Cloke | 713 | 52.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Kendall* | 702 | 51.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dominic Naylor* | 660 | 48.7 | |
| | Conservative | Lucy Gelderbloem | 425 | 31.4 | |
| | Conservative | Ethan Russell | 418 | 30.9 | |
| | Conservative | Sandy Tanner | 376 | 27.8 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Brailey | 252 | 18.6 | |
| | Labour | Joanna Moncrieff | 211 | 15.6 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Richard Millwood | 176 | 13.0 | |
| | Green | Marc Sardinha | 130 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,471 | 28.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,197 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald

Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chrissy Gelderbloem* | 730 | 52.2 | |
| | Conservative | Will Russell* | 727 | 51.9 | |
| | Conservative | Soni Sunger | 604 | 43.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenner Munden* | 566 | 40.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brent Smith | 518 | 37.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Munden | 512 | 36.6 | |
| | Labour | David Jobbins | 179 | 12.8 | |
| | Green | Rebecca Enifer | 142 | 10.1 | |
| | Labour | Pauline Watts | 114 | 8.1 | |
| | Labour | Eric Watts | 107 | 7.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,564 | 34.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,573 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon

Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sheila Murphy* | 701 | 69.2 | |
| | Conservative | Adrian Baldock | 660 | 65.1 | |
| | Conservative | Fiona Marsh* | 639 | 63.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Maxius | 246 | 24.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Long | 233 | 23.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benedicta Worsfold | 196 | 19.3 | |
| | Labour | June Barrett | 131 | 12.9 | |
| | Labour | Paul Barrett | 121 | 11.9 | |
| | Labour | Gary Earle | 114 | 11.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,146 | 28.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,559 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Hutton East

Hutton East (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Adam Chinnery | 672 | 48.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Rigby* | 636 | 46.2 | |
| | Conservative | Jason Gibson | 597 | 43.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Ward | 534 | 38.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis Caves | 515 | 37.4 | |
| | Conservative | Sat Lal | 510 | 37.0 | |
| | Reform UK | Paul Godfrey | 237 | 17.2 | |
| | Labour | Ben Booker | 154 | 11.2 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm Burgess | 145 | 10.5 | |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Nyiro | 133 | 9.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,545 | 34.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,538 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Hutton North

Hutton North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Barber* | 861 | 60.2 | |
| | Conservative | Jan Pound* | 714 | 49.9 | |
| | Conservative | Jay Patel | 674 | 47.1 | |
| | Labour | Philip Holland | 444 | 31.0 | |
| | Labour | Noor Hussain | 386 | 27.0 | |
| | Labour | Neil McAree | 383 | 26.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry MacDonnell | 278 | 19.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Florina Constanda | 209 | 14.6 | |
| | Green | Michael Flood | 181 | 12.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elise Mayer | 164 | 11.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,570 | 33.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,640 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Hutton South

Hutton South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Hirst* | 757 | 51.1 | |
| | Conservative | Mark Reed* | 752 | 50.7 | |
| | Conservative | Mellissa Slade* | 698 | 47.1 | |
| | Labour | Jane Winter | 464 | 31.3 | |
| | Labour | Jonathan Saunders | 461 | 31.1 | |
| | Labour | Rowan Sumner | 428 | 28.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Carey | 263 | 17.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Chapple | 260 | 17.5 | |
| | Green | John Hamilton | 183 | 12.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valdomiro Lourenco | 180 | 12.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,623 | 29.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,202 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing

Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darryl Sankey* | 999 | 58.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Gorton* | 818 | 47.7 | |
| | Conservative | Lesley Wagland* | 809 | 47.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Hyde | 781 | 45.6 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Bridge* | 743 | 43.3 | |
| | Conservative | David Wylie | 607 | 35.4 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Dedman | 136 | 7.9 | |
| | Labour | Caroline Russell | 130 | 7.6 | |
| | Labour | Richard Enever | 120 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,838 | 36.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,985 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Pilgrims Hatch

Pilgrims Hatch (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Aspinell* | 1,015 | 74.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vicky Davies* | 996 | 73.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Lewis* | 892 | 65.5 | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Cowley | 223 | 16.4 | |
| | Conservative | Geraldine Jakobsson | 215 | 15.8 | |
| | Conservative | Louise Rowlands | 205 | 15.0 | |
| | Labour | Simon Ball | 162 | 11.9 | |
| | Labour | Katie Hutton | 150 | 11.0 | |
| | Labour | Francisca Dapp | 133 | 9.8 | |
| | Green | David Hale | 97 | 7.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,453 | 31.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,662 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Shenfield

Shenfield (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Worsfold* | 835 | 50.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicky Cuthbert* | 801 | 47.9 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Gordon | 692 | 41.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Singh | 676 | 40.4 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Heard* | 652 | 39.0 | |
| | Conservative | Sandy Brown | 621 | 37.2 | |
| | Reform UK | Richard Briggs | 227 | 13.6 | |
| | Green | Julian Goode | 148 | 8.9 | |
| | Labour | Anna Cadzow | 141 | 8.4 | |
| | Labour | Dominic Maddock | 111 | 6.6 | |
| | Labour | Dick Carter | 110 | 6.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,808 | 41.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,323 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Warley

Warley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Cuthbert* | 630 | 59.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Haigh* | 617 | 58.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jay Laplain* | 605 | 56.8 | |
| | Conservative | Jean McGinley | 243 | 22.8 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Faragher | 241 | 22.6 | |
| | Conservative | John Gibson | 239 | 22.5 | |
| | Labour | Michael Bernstein | 171 | 16.1 | |
| | Labour | Jackie Gilbey | 167 | 15.7 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Susan Kortlandt | 140 | 13.2 | |
| | Green | Olivia Ritson | 140 | 13.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,147 | 28.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,963 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |