2019 Braintree District Council election

The 2019 Braintree District Council election took place on 2May2019 to elect members of Braintree District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Some minor ward boundary changes were made in February2019. 49members were elected from 26wards.

Before the election, an alliance was formed between the Liberal Democrats, Greens and the two Independent candidates standing in Coggeshall, such that the two parties did not stand against each other in most wards, and neither stood in Coggeshall. The elected Green and Independent councillors formed a political group on the new Council.

The election returned a much reduced Conservative majority, down from 39 in 2015 to 19. The Green and Independent group became the largest opposition for the first time, with 8 seats, entirely in the southeast of the district.

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Labour gained one of the Conservative seats in a 2016 by-election.