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2010 UK local government election

The 2010 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Unitary Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

2010 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	58.8	18	28	54.9	28,859	36.6	–4.2
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	29.4	7	12	23.5	20,257	25.7	+6.5
	Independent	1	1	5.9	6	7	13.7	9,595	12.2	–3.1
	Labour	1	2	5.9	3	4	7.8	11,815	15.0	+2.7
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,986	5.1	–5.6
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,297	4.2	+2.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	979	1.2	+0.7
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	57	0.1	New
	Alliance Southend	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	±0.0

Ward results

Belfairs

Belfairs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fay Evans	1,994	39.4	–4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Archell	1,477	29.2	+18.3
	Independent	Garry Sheen	829	16.4	New
	Labour	Teresa Merrison	520	10.3	+4.0
	BNP	Elliott Munro	235	4.6	–7.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blenheim Park

Blenheim Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Russell	1,949	39.9	–0.3
	Conservative	Howard Briggs	1,668	34.2	–5.3
	Labour	Ami Willis	609	12.5	+3.4
	UKIP	Tino Callaghan	390	8.0	New
	BNP	Beradette Jaggers	264	5.4	–5.8
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chalkwell

Chalkwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,997	43.0	–13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Mallam	1,046	22.5	+6.1
	Independent	Lucy Courtenay	586	12.6	New
	Labour	Lars Davidsson	553	11.9	–1.9
	UKIP	Keith McLaren	193	4.2	–2.8
	Green	Michael Woodgate	153	3.3	New
	BNP	David Newman	118	2.5	–3.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastwood Park

Eastwood Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Moring	2,319	46.3	–11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Maguire	1,422	28.4	+5.5
	Labour	Charles Willis	530	10.6	+4.1
	UKIP	Carol Cockrill	350	7.0	New
	BNP	Laurence Deacon	218	4.4	–8.7
	Independent	Vernon Wilkinson	170	3.4	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kursaal

Kursaal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Burdett	1,067	29.8	–8.6
	Labour	Judy McMahon	1,043	29.1	–9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Betson	613	17.1	+6.3
	Independent	Kash Trivedi	399	11.1	New
	BNP	David Armstrong	232	6.5	–6.2
	UKIP	Lawrence Davies	174	4.9	New
	English Democrat	Adrian Key	57	1.6	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Leigh

Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Godwin	2,287	46.1	–7.1
	Conservative	James Courtenay	1,892	38.1	+5.0
	Labour	Linda Cook	605	12.2	+5.3
	BNP	Raymond Weaver	182	3.7	–3.2
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Milton

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Caunce	1,502	38.2	–9.7
	Labour	Simon Morley	905	23.0	–2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Howes	901	22.9	+6.3
	Independent	Julian Lowes	243	6.2	New
	UKIP	Wayne Mearns	207	5.3	New
	BNP	Stanley Adie	171	4.4	–5.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prittlewell

Prittlewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Grimwade	1,947	40.2	+1.8
	Conservative	Ray Davy	1,566	32.3	–3.4
	Labour	Tony Borton	507	10.5	+2.5
	UKIP	Garry Cockrill	499	10.3	–0.6
	BNP	Craig Pace	180	3.7	–3.4
	Green	Andrea Black	150	3.1	New
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Laurence

St. Laurence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Lewin	1,928	41.2	+3.1
	Conservative	David Garston	1,706	36.4	–6.1
	Labour	David Carrington	647	13.8	+5.7
	BNP	Keith Barrett	403	8.6	–2.7
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Carr	1,197	25.7	–5.6
	Independent	Paul van Looy	1,164	25.0	+0.4
	Labour	Mike Royston	1,051	22.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Ayling	601	12.9	+7.6
	BNP	Fenton Bowley	300	6.4	–8.7
	UKIP	Len Lierens	229	4.9	+2.1
	Green	Cris Ramis	110	2.4	+0.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Hadley	1,782	38.5	+8.6
	Independent	Anne Chalk	1,132	24.5	New
	Labour	Chris Gasper	579	12.5	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Dresner	556	12.0	+8.6
	BNP	Roger Gander	265	5.7	–3.9
	UKIP	Bruce Halling	242	5.2	New
	Green	Julian Esposito	73	1.6	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southchurch

Southchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Kelly	1,762	37.6	+0.5
	Independent	Mike Wilson	1,108	23.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Lewin	630	13.4	+8.8
	Labour	Denis Garne	609	13.0	+5.6
	UKIP	Bob Smith	291	6.2	New
	BNP	Geoff Strobridge	289	6.2	–4.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alex Kaye	2,198	42.3	*New*
	Conservative	Verina Weaver	1,686	32.5	+1.3
	Labour	Matt Zarb-Cousin	541	10.4	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davis	373	7.2	+3.9
	UKIP	James Mills	239	4.6	New
	BNP	Lisa Simmonds	158	3.0	–1.5
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Victoria

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margarey Borton	1,304	35.4	–2.4
	Conservative	Ahmad Khawaja	1,032	28.0	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ronella Streeter	817	22.2	+11.4
	BNP	Alisdair Lewis	341	9.2	–9.2
	Green	Stephen Jordan	194	5.3	–2.6
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

West Leigh

West Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Holdcraft	2,541	46.6	–11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bailey	2,060	37.8	+9.3
	Labour	Darius Ware-Lane	377	6.9	+1.6
	BNP	Antony Winchester	185	3.4	–4.7
	Green	Barry Bolton	170	3.1	New
	Independent	Christine Hills	123	2.3	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Shoebury

West Shoebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Cox	2,142	46.3	–10.1
	Independent	Evelyn Assenheim	730	15.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cohen	627	13.5	+0.1
	Labour	Joyce Mapp	597	12.9	+1.5
	UKIP	James Moyies	308	6.7	New
	BNP	Russell Speller	227	4.9	–13.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westborough

Westborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	1,023	23.8	+15.3
	Conservative	Melvyn Day	1,006	23.4	–1.7
	Independent	Tania Painton	913	21.2	New
	Labour	Kevin Robinson	838	19.5	+10.0
	BNP	Lancelot Martin	218	5.1	–6.9
	UKIP	Lucky Siyafa	175	4.1	New
	Green	Rita Wood	129	3.0	New
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Alliance Southend		Swing

References

"Local Elections Archive Project - 2010 - Southend-on-Sea". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

v t e Council elections in Essex
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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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