2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

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17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.2%
  First party Second party
 
Leader John Lamb Ian Gilbert
Party Conservative Labour
Leader since 25 May 2014 Oct/Nov 2010
Leader's seat West Leigh Victoria
Last election 24 seats, 30.6% 10 seats, 19.0%
Seats before 28 9
Seats won 8 5
Seats after 29 11
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 15,658 11,412
Percentage 37.0% 27.0%
Swing Increase 6.4% Increase 8.0%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Ind
Leader n/a Carole Mulroney
Party Independent Liberal Democrats
Leader since n/a May 2017
Leader's seat n/a Leigh
Last election 13 seats, 21.0% 2 seats, %
Seats before 12 2
Seats won 3 1
Seats after 9 2
Seat change Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 8,269 5,357
Percentage 19.5% 12.7%
Swing Decrease 1.5% Increase 2.3%

Map showing the results of the 2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election


Leader before election

John Lamb
Conservative

Leader after election

John Lamb
Conservative

The 2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Composition

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Directly after the 2016 election the composition of the council was:

13 10 2 2 24
Ind Labour Lib Dem UKIP Conservative

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

12 9 2 28
Ind Labour Lib Dem Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

11 9 2 29
Labour Ind Lib Dem Conservative

Summary

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Election result

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2018 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 8 Increase 1 47.1 21 29 56.9 15,658 37.0 +6.4
  Labour 5 Increase 2 29.4 6 11 21.6 11,412 27.0 +8.0
  Independent 3 Decrease 3 17.6 6 9 17.6 8,269 19.5 –1.5
  Liberal Democrats 1 Steady 5.9 1 2 3.9 5,357 12.7 +2.3
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,184 2.8 –1.5
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 390 0.9 –13.8
  Psychedelic Future 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 42 <0.1 N/A

Ward results

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Belfairs

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Belfairs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Dear 1,329 50.4 +11.2
Independent Stephen McKiernan 445 16.3 –24.7
Labour Taylor Barral 423 16.0 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Risbin 163 6.2 +2.2
UKIP Frank Snell 155 5.9 N/A
Green Nick Brown 121 4.6 ±0.0
Majority 884 34.1 N/A
Turnout 2,191 35.2 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing Increase18.0

Blenheim Park

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Blenheim Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laurie Burton 906 35.1 +10.5
Conservative Floyd Waterworth* 835 32.4 +0.8
Independent Keith Evans 527 20.4 +15.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Grimwade 204 7.9 –6.1
UKIP Paul Lloyd 106 4.1 –16.9
Majority 71 2.8 N/A
Turnout 2,578 31.9 +2.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase4.9

No Green candidate as previous (−4.2).

Chalkwell

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Chalkwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Folkard* 981 40.8 +2.3
Independent Andy Crow 616 25.6 +2.0
Labour Sean Jones 535 22.3 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Jill Allen-King 272 11.3 +6.0
Majority 365 15.2 +0.3
Turnout 2,404 32.7 +2.6
Conservative hold Swing Increase0.2

No UKIP (−10.5) or Green (−5.8) candidates as previous.

Eastwood Park

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Eastwood Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Moring* 1,324 54.8 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Collins 780 32.3 +13.0
Labour Ros Sanders 311 12.9 +3.7
Majority 544 22.5 +6.8
Turnout 2,415 32.2 –0.3
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.4

No UKIP (−26.8) or Green (−2.1) candidates as previous.

Kursaal

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Kursaal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Dent 1,008 51.9 +9.8
Conservative Dave Clift 479 24.7 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Howard Gibeon 456 23.5 +19.0
Majority 529 27.2 +7.6
Turnout 1,943 24.4 +2.7
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase3.8

No UKIP (−19.0) or Green (−8.4) candidates as previous.

Leigh

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Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carole Mulroney* 1,077 39.6 –9.5
Conservative Paul Gilson 879 32.4 +8.6
Labour Michelle Williams 586 21.6 +10.3
Green Jon Mullett 175 6.4 –0.8
Majority 198 7.3 –18.0
Turnout 2,717 35.8 +3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease9.1

No UKIP candidate as previous (−8.5).

Milton

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Milton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Cheryl Nevin* 1,305 50.7 +5.4
Conservative Garry Lowen 832 32.2 +6.0
Independent Stephen Cummins 177 6.9 +1.4
Green Vida Guilford 146 5.7 –0.6
Liberal Democrats Bob Howes 116 4.5 +1.0
Majority 473 18.4 –0.6
Turnout 2,576 31.5 +1.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.3

No UKIP candidate as previous (−13.2).

Prittlewell

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Prittlewell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Buck 1,051 40.3 +10.2
Labour Jennifer Beck 794 30.5 +3.5
Independent Tino Callaghan* 435 16.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Adam Hutchins 193 7.4 –2.7
Green Simon Cross 134 5.1 +0.4
Majority 257 9.9 +6.8
Turnout 2,607 33.4 +0.6
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Increase3.4

No UKIP (−18.8) or Independent (−9.3) candidates as previous.

Shoeburyness

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Shoeburyness
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nick Ward* 1,332 49.1 +20.1
Conservative Val Jarvis 847 31.2 +7.1
Labour Greg Keane 477 17.6 +8.2
Liberal Democrats Granville Stride 55 2.0 ±0.0
Majority 485 17.9 +13.0
Turnout 2,711 28.5 –1.0
Independent hold Swing Increase6.5

No UKIP (−12.3), Green (−2.3) or Independent candidate (−21.0) as previous.

Southchurch

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Southchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Nelson 1,210 47.5 +12.4
Independent Derek Kenyon* 696 27.3 –5.3
Labour Martin Berry 476 18.7 +6.6
Green Jules Esposito 102 4.0 +0.7
Liberal Democrats John Batch 64 2.5 +0.4
Majority 514 20.2 +17.7
Turnout 2,548 33.3 +0.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing Increase8.9

No UKIP (−14.9) candidate as previous.

St. Laurence

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St. Laurence
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David McGlone 855 34.4 –3.8
Independent David Allen 779 31.3 N/A
Labour Janet Phillips 438 17.6 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Kev Malone 416 16.7 +6.6
Majority 76 3.1 –14.8
Turnout 2,488 31.8 +2.8
Conservative hold

No UKIP (−20.3) or Green (−3.0) candidates as previous.

St. Luke's

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St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Trevor Harp 850 37.4 +0.4
Labour Ian Pope 730 32.1 +11.2
Conservative Harry Mason 492 21.7 +1.2
Green James Thomas 87 3.8 –0.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Arnold 70 3.1 +1.7
Psychedelic Future Jason Pilley 42 1.8 N/A
Majority 120 5.3 –10.8
Turnout 2,271 27.7 –0.6
Independent hold Swing Decrease5.4

No UKIP (−15.6) candidates as previous.

Thorpe

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Thorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Martin Terry* 1,871 58.6 –4.5
Conservative James Moyies 935 29.3 +13.3
Labour Jack Reason 305 9.6 +3.4
Liberal Democrats James Clinkscales 80 2.5 +0.6
Majority 936 29.3 –17.8
Turnout 3,191 42.7 +2.7
Independent hold Swing Decrease8.9

No Independent (−63.1), UKIP (−10.0) or Green (−2.8) candidates as previous.

Victoria

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Victoria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Borton* 1,222 61.0 +6.3
Conservative John Harland 492 24.6 +9.3
Green Clare Fletcher 288 14.4 +7.9
Majority 730 36.5 +1.6
Turnout 2,002 25.3 +0.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.5

No UKIP (−19.8) or Liberal Democrat (−3.7) candidates as previous.

West Leigh

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West Leigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fay Evans* 1,489 49.2 +4.6
Liberal Democrats Ashley Thompson 1,041 34.4 +6.3
Labour Hilary Scarnell 367 12.1 +3.5
UKIP Lesley Martin 129 4.3 –7.1
Majority 448 14.7 –1.8
Turnout 3,026 42.8 +4.1
Conservative hold Swing Decrease0.9

No Independent (−4.0) or Green (−3.3) candidates as previous.

West Shoebury

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West Shoebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denis Garne 1,089 44.6 +8.6
Independent Peter Lovett 792 32.4 –1.7
Labour Tom Murray 367 15.0 +4.8
Liberal Democrats David Barrett 195 8.0 +5.6
Majority 297 12.2 +10.3
Turnout 3,042 32.7 +1.9
Conservative hold Swing Increase5.2

No UKIP (−15.3) or Green (−2.0) candidates as previous.

Westborough

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Westborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Robinson* 1,146 52.4 +18.5
Conservative Jack Warren 539 24.7 +9.2
Independent Alan Hart 194 8.9 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Billy Boulton 175 8.0 +2.2
Green Paul Mansfield 131 6.0 –0.1
Majority 607 27.8 +16.0
Turnout 2,185 28.5 +0.9
Labour hold Swing Increase4.7

No Independent (−22.1) or UKIP (−12.9) candidates as previous.

References

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  • "Election Results 2018". Southend-on-Sea City Council. Retrieved 3 April 2022.