2026 Brentwood Borough Council election

In 2024, the council remained under no overall control.^[2] The Liberal Democrats have run the council as a minority with Labour since 2023.^[3] In 2023, the Conservatives lost their majority.^[4]

After 2024 election			Before 2026 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrats	17		Liberal Democrats	17
	Conservative	19		Conservative	16
	Labour	3		Labour	3
	Reform	0		Reform	1
	Independent	0		Independent	2

Changes 2024–2026:

• April 2025: Sheila Murphy (Conservative) and Fiona Marsh (Conservative) leave party to sit as independents^[5]
• July 2025: Mark Reed (Conservative) dies – by-election held October 2025^[6]
• October 2025: Russell Quirk (Reform) gains by-election from Conservatives^[7]

Blackmore & Doddinghurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liam Czop
	Reform	Peter Gregory
	Green	Nicholas Kelly
	Conservative	Cliff Poppy*
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Spiers

Brentwood North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Hamilton
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Mayo*
	Labour	Joanna Moncrieff
	Conservative	John Parrish
	Reform	John Roberts

Brentwood South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Sophie Aaron
	Green	Samuel Andreetti
	Labour	Elizabeth Jerrard*
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Leathley
	Conservative	Paola Sanders

Brentwood West (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Brant
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Clarke
	Conservative	Adrianus Coolbergen
	Reform	Matt Corr
	Green	Natalie Dench
	Labour	Michael McQuaid
	Liberal Democrats	Brenner Munden
	Labour	Sean O'Sullivan
	Reform	Scott Poole
	Green	Marc Sardinha

Brizes, Stondon Massey & South Weald

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Ball
	Liberal Democrats	John Chapple
	Green	Rebecca Enifer
	Conservative	Soni Sunger*
	Reform	Craig Thomson

Herongate, Ingrave & West Horndon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Omar Bakhsh
	Green	Charlotte Bradford
	Labour	Kevin Brailey
	Independent	Fiona Marsh*
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Maxius
	Conservative	Sim Owolabi

Hutton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nina Allan
	Conservative	Thomas Bridge
	Reform	Paul Godfrey
	Green	Jamie Miller
	Labour Co-op	Richard Millwood

Hutton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Holland
	Reform	Chris Hossack
	Green	Adam Hoxha
	Liberal Democrats	Nita Jhummu
	Conservative	Jay Patel*

Hutton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Hale
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Leathley
	Reform	Philippa Nicholson
	Conservative	Mellissa Slade*
	Labour	Jane Winter

Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Donno
	Green	Paul Jeater
	Reform	Martin Lonergan
	Labour	Caroline Russell
	Conservative	Lesley Wagland*

Pilgrims Hatch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Cowley
	Reform	Samuel Gascoyne
	Green	Dom Graham
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lewis*
	Labour	Ankie Saunders

Shenfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Thea Antoniou
	Labour	Paul Barrett
	Conservative	Thomas Gordon*
	Reform	Paul Joyner
	Liberal Democrats	John Singh

Warley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Oliver Andrews
	Green	Jo Brown
	Labour Co-op	Susan Kortlandt
	Liberal Democrats	Jay Laplain*
	Conservative	Louise Rowlands