Braintree

  • Council Control: Con
  • Conservatives 25
  • Labour 9
  • Liberal Democrats 0
  • Green 4
  • Reform UK 1
  • Other 10

Independents 7, Halstead Residents’ Association 3. Market towns (Braintree, Witham, Halstead) and rural north Essex.

The government proposes to merge the council with Colchester and Tendring to create a new unitary North East Essex council in 2027. Reform UK gained a seat from the Green Party in Coggeshall at a byelection on 5 March.

Next local elections
2027

Election cycle
Full

Local authority type
District

Address
Causeway House, Bocking End, Braintree CM7 9HB

Phone
01376 552525

Website
http://www.braintree.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2280.34

Upper tier authority
Essex