🗳️ Essex local election

Rayleigh West division by-election

This election was held on Thursday 18 June 2026.

This by-election was called because the elected member resigned.

7 candidates stood in the Rayleigh West division by-election.

Electorate	13,503
Ballot Papers Issued	4,302
Spoilt Ballots	15
Turnout	31%

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• Stuart Belton

  🌟 Elected

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  1,515 votes

  

• James Newport

  Liberal Democrats
  1,262 votes

  

• Denise Martin

  Reform UK
  1,046 votes

  

• Liam Edward Lonergan

  Green Party
  225 votes

  

• Mike Webb

  Independent
  117 votes

  

• Stephen James Cooper

  Labour Party
  85 votes

  

• Jamie Clive Burton

  Independent
  35 votes