2018 Castle Point Borough Council election

The 2018 Castle Point Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Castle Point Borough Council in England.

Results summary

2018 Castle Point Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	5		17	26		10,414	51.1
	CIIP	5			9	14		4,518	22.2
	Labour	0			0	0		4,075	20.0
	UKIP	0	5		0	0		881	4.3
	Independent	0			0	0		259	1.3
	Liberal Democrats	0			0	0		246	1.2

Results from all wards are listed below:^[1]

Appleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Johnson	1,055	64.4	+15.1
	Labour	Freddy West	345	21.1	+4.0
	UKIP	Alan Bayley	237	14.5	−19.0
Majority
Turnout			1,637
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Boyce
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Smith	1,241	72.7	+25.0
	Labour	Gwyn Bailey	307	18.0	+1.6
	UKIP	Linda Bayley	159	9.3	−26.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Peter May	790	61.0	+14.8
	Conservative	Jessica Terry	287	15.3	+6.8
	Labour	Abbie Young	219	16.9	+7.7
Majority
Turnout			1,296
	CIIP hold		Swing

No UKIP (-28.0) or Liberal Democrat (-1.4) candidates as previous.

Canvey Island East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Alan Acott	756	55.3	+18.3
	Conservative	Susan Richardson	466	34.1	+15.2
	Labour	Maggie McArthur-Curtis	144	10.5	+1.2
Majority
Turnout			1,366
	CIIP hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-34.9).

Canvey Island North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Nick Harvey	975	67.3	+30.8
	Conservative	James Cutler	345	23.8	+3.6
	Labour	Jackie Reilly	128	8.8	−0.8
Majority
Turnout			1,448
	CIIP hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-33.7).

Canvey Island South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Barry Palmer	890	62.9	+12.0
	Conservative	Barry Graves	396	28.0	+17.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Anderson	130	9.2	+4.1
Majority
Turnout			1,416
	CIIP hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-26.6).

Canvey Island West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jay Blissett	445	42.5	−8.1
	CIIP	Jane King	444	42.4	+4.8
	Labour	Kieran Smith	158	15.1	+3.3
Majority
Turnout			1,047
	Conservative hold		Swing

Canvey Island Winter Gardens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CIIP	Peter Greig	663	56.1	+10.0
	Conservative	Reg Dover	317	26.8	+8.9
	Labour	Mark Maguire	201	17.0	+4.7
Majority
Turnout			1,181
	CIIP hold		Swing

Cedar Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Haunts	987	64.5	+16.2
	Labour	Brendan Duffield	367	24.0	+5.8
	UKIP	John Hudson	177	11.6	−21.9
Majority
Turnout			1,531
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Wood	739	52.8	+10.5
	Labour	Joe Cooke	480	34.3	+6.6
	UKIP	Brian Lee	181	12.9	−17.1
Majority
Turnout			1,400
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Isaacs	1,112	64.8	+16.0
	Labour	Leah Rowe	358	20.9	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Prankerd	246	14.3	+3.1
Majority
Turnout			1,716
	Conservative hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-26.5).

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Sheldon	1,035	62.8	+23.2
	Labour	Ian Maddison	486	29.5	+3.6
	UKIP	Sam Aubrey	127	7.7	−26.8
Majority
Turnout			1,648
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nikki Drogman	914	61.6	+14.3
	Labour	Christine Shaw	311	21.0	+7.4
	Independent	Ron Hurrell	259	17.5	New
Majority
Turnout			1,484
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Varker	1,075	70.9	+15.9
	Labour	Tom Harrison	441	29.1	+11.1
Majority
Turnout			1,516
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-27.0).