2026 Colchester City Council election

The 2026 Colchester City Council election is due to take place on 7 May 2026 to elect members of Colchester City Council in Essex, England. This will take place on the same day as other local elections.
Due to ward boundary changes, all fifty-one councillors will be up for election.
Background
Following the previous election, a minority Liberal Democrat administration continued to run the council under the leadership of David King (Mile End), with Labour and the Green Party providing support on a case-by-case basis.
On 30 May 2024, the newly appointed Mayor of Colchester, Lesley Scott-Boutell (Stanway) left the Liberal Democrat group to sit as an Independent.
This will be the first Colchester local election since the 2024 general election, at which Labour's Pam Cox won the Colchester constituency from the Conservatives. This is the first time a Labour MP has representated part of the City since the 1945 general election.
Boundary changes
Ward boundary changes will take place at this election, leading to all fifty-one councillors being elected from seventeen, three-member wards. This will be the first whole council election since the 2016 election.

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