2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

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2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
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17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 9 2
Seats after 28 10
Seat change Steady Decrease 2
Popular vote 17,596 8,203
Percentage 35.9% 16.7%
Swing Decrease 0.7% Decrease 9.0%
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 4 2
Seats after 9 4
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 8,681 9,887
Percentage 17.7% 20.2%
Swing Increase 5.5% Increase 5.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2011 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Summary

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Election result

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2011 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election[1][2]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 9 Steady 52.9 19 28 54.9 17,596 35.9 –0.7
  Liberal Democrats 2 Decrease 2 11.8 8 10 19.6 8,203 16.7 –9.0
  Independent 4 Increase 2 23.5 5 9 17.6 8,681 17.7 +5.5
  Labour 2 Steady 11.8 2 4 7.8 9,887 20.2 +5.2
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,208 6.5 +2.3
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,118 2.3 +1.1
  BNP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 238 0.5 –4.6
  National Front 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 122 0.2 N/A

Ward results

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Belfairs

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Belfairs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lesley Salter* 1,624 51.7 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Cadman 600 19.1 –10.1
Labour Matthew Zarb-Cousin 506 16.1 +5.8
UKIP James Mills 409 13.0 N/A
Majority 1,024 32.6 +22.4
Turnout 3,139 42.8 –25.7
Registered electors 7,414
Conservative hold Swing Increase11.2

Blenheim Park

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Blenheim Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Courtenay 1,017 34.2 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats James Clinkscales* 959 32.3 –7.6
Labour Tony Borton 553 18.6 +6.1
UKIP Tino Callaghan 442 14.9 +6.9
Majority 58 2.0 N/A
Turnout 2,971 38.4 –24.4
Registered electors 7,796
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase3.8

Chalkwell

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Chalkwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Habermel* 1,256 47.3 +4.3
Independent Lucy Courtenay 634 23.9 +11.3
Labour Lars Davidsson 481 18.1 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Maguire 285 10.7 –11.8
Majority 622 23.4 +2.9
Turnout 2,656 36.9 –26.1
Registered electors 7,275
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.5

Eastwood Park

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Eastwood Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Trevor Byford 1,554 52.3 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Linda Wells 542 18.3 –10.1
Labour Liam Overy 498 16.8 +6.2
UKIP Keith McLaren 375 12.6 +5.6
Majority 1,012 34.1 +16.3
Turnout 2.969 39.4 –26.6
Registered electors 7,572
Conservative hold Swing Increase8.1

Kursaal

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Kursaal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith McMahon 969 44.5 +15.4
Conservative Neil Austin 681 31.3 +1.5
UKIP Lawrence Davis 182 8.4 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Betson 174 8.0 –9.1
Independent Joseph Saunders 172 7.9 N/A
Majority 288 13.2 N/A
Turnout 2,178 29.5 –17.4
Registered electors 7,443
Labour hold Swing Decrease7.0

Leigh

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Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Wexham* 1,230 43.8 –2.3
Conservative Georgina Phillips 936 33.3 –4.8
Labour Iain Blake-Lawson 497 17.7 +5.5
UKIP Luckmore Siyafa 148 5.3 N/A
Majority 294 10.5 +2.5
Turnout 2,811 38.7 –28.8
Registered electors 7,345
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase1.3

Milton

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Milton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Garston* 998 40.5 +2.3
Labour Julian Ware-Lane 800 32.5 +9.5
Independent Christine Hills 446 18.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Cohen 221 9.0 –13.9
Majority 198 8.0 –7.2
Turnout 2,465 33.8 –17.7
Registered electors 7,371
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.6

Prittlewell

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Prittlewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Morgan* 1,161 37.9 –2.3
Conservative Melvyn Day 941 30.7 –1.6
Labour Helen Symons 494 16.1 +5.6
UKIP Garry Cockrill 467 15.2 +4.9
Majority 220 7.2 –0.7
Turnout 3,063 40.3 –23.0
Registered electors 7,649
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease0.2

St. Laurence

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St. Laurence
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adam Jones 976 35.3 –1.1
Liberal Democrats Carole Roast* 878 31.7 –9.5
Labour Reginald Copley 500 18.1 +4.3
UKIP Robert Smith 279 10.1 N/A
Green Daniel Lee 134 4.8 N/A
Majority 98 3.5 N/A
Turnout 2,767 37.1 –24.7
Registered electors 7,520
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase4.2

St. Luke's

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St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul van Looy 1,225 41.7 +16.7
Labour Anne Jones 624 21.2 –1.4
Conservative Anna Waite* 574 19.5 –6.2
Independent Anthony Chytry 212 7.2 N/A
BNP Alisdair Lewis 128 4.4 –2.0
Green Cristian Ramis 91 3.1 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Case 83 2.8 –10.1
Majority 601 20.5 N/A
Turnout 2,937 36.4 –21.0
Registered electors 8,121
Independent gain from Conservative Swing Increase9.1

Shoeburyness

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Shoeburyness
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anne Chalk 1,326 48.7 +24.2
Conservative Verina Weaver 960 35.2 –3.3
Labour Christopher Gasper 328 12.0 –0.5
Green Louise Dempsey 110 4.0 +2.4
Majority 366 13.4 N/A
Turnout 2,724 34.3 –23.6
Registered electors 7,985
Independent gain from Conservative Swing Increase13.8

Southchurch

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Southchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Holland* 1,125 48.7 +0.4
Independent Michael Wilson 1,096 37.1 +13.5
Labour Ian Pope 387 13.1 +0.1
Green Julian Esposito 134 4.5 N/A
BNP Geoffrey Strobridge 110 3.7 –2.5
Liberal Democrats David Betson 105 3.6 –9.8
Majority 29 1.0 –12.9
Turnout 2,957 39.8 –24.3
Registered electors 7,463
Conservative hold Swing Decrease6.6

Thorpe

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Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ronald Woodley* 2,735 73.5 +31.2
Conservative Peter Melville 677 18.2 –14.3
Labour David Carrington 677 18.2 –5.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Davis 115 3.1 –4.1
Majority 2,058 55.3 +45.4
Turnout 3,719 50.2 –20.2
Registered electors 7,431
Independent hold Swing Increase22.8

Victoria

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Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Norman* 1,054 48.7 +13.3
Conservative Raymond Davy 578 26.7 –1.3
Green Ian Hurd 214 9.9 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Ronella Streeter 196 9.1 –13.1
National Front Bernadette Jaggers 122 5.6 N/A
Majority 476 22.0 +14.6
Turnout 2,164 29.8 –19.7
Registered electors 7,335
Labour hold Swing Increase7.3

West Leigh

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West Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gwendoline Horrigan* 1,769 50.0 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bailey 1,157 32.7 –5.1
Labour Jane Norman 400 11.3 +4.4
UKIP Leonard Lierens 214 6.0 N/A
Majority 612 17.3 +8.5
Turnout 3,540 50.2 –26.5
Registered electors 7,109
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.3

West Shoebury

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West Shoebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Jarvis* 1,517 51.7 +5.4
UKIP James Moyies 692 23.6 +16.9
Labour Stacey Phillips 496 16.9 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Row 232 7.9 –5.6
Majority 825 28.1 –2.4
Turnout 2,937 40.1 –22.3
Registered electors 7,406
Conservative hold Swing Decrease5.8

Westborough

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Westborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Martin Terry* 835 35.5 +14.3
Labour Kevin Robinson 623 26.5 +7.0
Conservative Roger Weaver 415 17.6 –5.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Howes 265 11.3 –12.5
Green Douglas Rouxel 217 9.2 +6.2
Majority 202 9.0 N/A
Turnout 2,355 31.6 –24.8
Registered electors 7,566
Independent hold Swing Increase3.7

References

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  1. ^ "Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results 2011 - Southend-on-Sea". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 13 February 2024.