2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

2019 UK local government election

2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

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2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

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17 out of 51 seats to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

31.7%

	First party	Second party	Third party
			Ind
Leader	James Courtenay	Ian Gilbert	n/a
Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent
Leader since	8 March 2019	Oct/Nov 2010	n/a
Leader's seat	Blenheim Park (defeated)	Victoria	n/a
Last election	29 seats, 37.0%	11 seats, 27.0%	9 seats, 19.5%
Seats before	28	11	10
Seats won	4	5	5
Seats after	20	14	12
Seat change	8	3	2
Popular vote	11,265	8,962	10,097
Percentage	27.0%	20.8%	24.2%
Swing	10.0%	6.2%	4.7%

	Fourth party	Fifth party
		Green
Leader	Carole Mulroney	n/a
Party	Liberal Democrats	Green
Leader since	May 2017	n/a
Leader's seat	Leigh	n/a
Last election	2 seats, 12.7%	0 seats, 2.8%
Seats before	2	0
Seats won	3	0
Seats after	5	0
Seat change	3
Popular vote	5,848	3,126
Percentage	14.1%	7.5%
Swing	1.4%	4.7%

Map showing council seats results contested during the election

Leader before election

John Lamb
Conservative

Leader after election

Tony Cox
Conservative
No overall control

Elections to Southend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The election led to the majority Conservative administration being replaced by a "rainbow coalition" between the Independents, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which was voted in by a vote of 27-20.

Composition

Directly after the 2018 election the composition of the council was:

↓
11	2	9	29
Labour	Lib Dem	Ind	Conservative

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

↓
11	2	10	28
Labour	Lib Dem	Ind	Conservative

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
14	5	12	20
Labour	Lib Dem	Ind	Conservative

Result summary

2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	8	23.5	16	20	39.2	11,265	27.0	–10.0
	Independent	5	2	29.4	7	12	23.5	10,097	24.2	+4.8
	Labour	5	3	29.4	9	14	27.5	8,962	20.8	–6.2
	Liberal Democrats	3	3	17.6	2	5	9.8	5,848	14.1	+1.4
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,126	7.5	+4.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,960	4.7	+3.8
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	344	0.1	New
	Psychedelic Future	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	51	0.0	±0.0
	Women's Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	38	0.0	New

Results

Belfairs

Belfairs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Pamela Salter	862	34.5	–15.9
	Independent	Bob Hazell	795	31.9	New
	Labour	Rachel Louise Charman Dalton	232	9.3	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Russel Grimwade	138	5.5	–0.7
	UKIP	David Arthur Darling	286	11.5	+5.6
	Green	Nick Brown	183	7.3	+2.7
Majority			67	2.7	–38.7
Turnout			2,496	33.6	–1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.9

Blenheim Park

Blenheim Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Evans	883	34.1	+13.7
	Labour	Maxine Sadza	755	29.1	–6.0
	Conservative	James Courtenay	688	26.5	–5.9
	Green	Peter Walker	148	5.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Grosvenor	119	4.6	–3.3
Majority			128	5.0	—
Turnout			2,593	32.6	+0.7
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	–9.9

No UKIP candidate as previous (−4.1).

Chalkwell

Chalkwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen John Habermel	974	38.3	–2.5
	Labour	Aston Line	703	27.6	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Allen-King	322	12.7	+1.4
	Independent	Andy Crow	306	12.0	–13.6
	Green	Nathaniel William Love	200	7.9	New
	Women's Equality	Vinice Bridget Cowell	38	1.5	New
Majority			271	10.7	–4.5
Turnout			2,543	35.3	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.9

Eastwood Park

Eastwood Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Collins	1,182	46.0	+13.7
	Conservative	Judith McMahon	580	22.6	–32.2
	UKIP	Lynne Joyce Lawer	350	13.6	New
	Independent	Trevor Byford	248	9.7	New
	Labour	Ruth Jones	140	5.4	–7.5
	Green	Thomas Love	68	2.6	New
Majority			602	23.4
Turnout			2,568	34.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	+23.0

Kursaal

Kursaal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Kelly	693	35.0	–16.9
	Green	Simon Cross	384	19.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Gibeon	341	17.2	–6.3
	Conservative	Brian Beggs	282	14.2	–10.5
	Independent	Anthony Dillon	279	14.1	New
Majority			309	15.6	–11.6
Turnout			1,979	25.0	+0.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	–14.0

Leigh

Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Thompson	1,052	40.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Bernard Arscott	701	27.0	–5.4
	Labour	Hilary Scarnell	413	15.9	–5.7
	Green	Daniel Garrun	228	8.8	+2.4
	UKIP	Romney Sheilds	155	6.0	New
	Psychedelic Future	Jason Pilley	51	2.0	New
Majority			351	13.5	+6.2
Turnout			2,600	34.5	–1.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

Milton

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kay Mitchell	1,101	49.1	–0.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Garston	634	28.3	–3.3
	Green	Vida Guildford	285	12.7	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carol White	223	9.9	–3.2
Majority			467	20.8	+2.5
Turnout			2,243	27.7	+7.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.3

Results compared to the 21 March 2019 Milton by-election.

Green party compared to 2018 election, no For Britain candidate (−5.3) as previous.

Prittlewell

Prittlewell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Meg Davidson	994	41.0	+0.7
	Independent	Simon Wakefield	536	22.1	+5.4
	Labour	Jes Phillips	463	19.1	–11.4
	Green	Reece Learmouth	217	8.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Howes	215	8.9	+1.5
Majority			458	18.9	+9.0
Turnout			2,425	31.3	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	–2.4

Shoeburyness

Shoeburyness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steven Wakefield	771	33.5	–15.6
	Conservative	Roger Hadley	736	32.0	+0.8
	Labour	Tricia Cowdrey	385	16.7	–0.9
	For Britain	James Quail	191	8.3	New
	Green	Jon Mullet	137	6.0	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Granville Stride	80	3.5	+1.5
Majority			35	1.5	–16.4
Turnout			2,300	26.5	–2.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	–8.2

Green candidate compared to 2016 election

Swing and majority compared to independent victory in 2018

Southchurch

Southchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Shead	839	34.1	+6.8
	Conservative	Martin Skam	810	32.9	–14.6
	Labour	Colin Nickless	338	13.7	–5.0
	UKIP	Grant Dennison	274	11.1	–3.8
	Green	Jules Esposito	110	4.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Batch	92	3.7	+1.2
Majority			29	1.2	—
Turnout			2,463	32.7	–0.6
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.7

UKIP candidate compared to 2016 election.

St. Laurence

St. Laurence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Cowan	725	26.0	+8.4
	Independent	Kimberly O'Connell	686	24.6	–6.7
	Conservative	Steve Buckley	662	23.7	–10.7
	UKIP	John Rowlandson	347	12.4	–7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Lansley	296	10.6	–6.1
	Green	Tanya Rayment	72	2.6	–0.4
Majority			39	1.4	—
Turnout			2,788	35.5	+3.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.6

UKIP and Green candidate compared to 2016 election.

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul van Looy	1,257	54.6	+17.2
	Labour	Ian Pope	500	21.7	–10.4
	Conservative	Laura Moyies	316	13.7	–8.0
	Green	James Vessey-Miller	154	6.7	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jessie Skinner	77	3.3	+0.2
Majority			350	15.2	+9.9
Turnout			2304	28.3	+0.6
	Independent (politician) hold		Swing	+13.8

No Psychedelic Future (−1.8) candidate as previous

Thorpe

Thorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Woodley	2,232	72.4	+13.8
	Conservative	Azeem Raja	380	12.3	–17.0
	Labour	Janet Phillips	234	7.6	–2.0
	Green	Jo Bates	154	5.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Clinkscales	84	2.7	+0.2
Majority			1,852	60.1	+30.8
Turnout			3,084	41.7	—
	Independent hold		Swing	+15.4

Green party compared to 2016 election.

Victoria

Victoria ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Beck	943	50.2	–10.8
	Conservative	James Moyies	308	16.4	–8.2
	UKIP	Daryl Peagram	283	15.1	–4.7
	Green	Denis Walker	238	12.7	–1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Austin	108	5.7	+2.0
Majority			635	33.8	–2.6
Turnout			1,880	22.8	—
	Labour hold		Swing	–9.5

UKIP and liberal democrat candidates compared to 2016 election.

West Leigh

West Leigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Hooper	1,203	39.9	+5.7
	Conservative	Georgina Phillips	1,048	34.8	–14.1
	UKIP	Lesley Martin	265	8.8	New
	Green	Leonie Fleischmann	167	5.5	+2.2
	Independent	Tony Ayre	166	5.5	New
	Labour	Michael Ekers	163	5.4	–9.6
Majority			155	5.1	—
Turnout			3,012	42.5	—
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.9

Green party candidate compared to 2016 election.

West Shoebury

West Shoebury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Cox	950	41.7	–2.9
	Independent	Freddie Dawkins	574	25.2	–7.2
	Labour	Joseph Saunders	317	13.9	–1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Barrett	164	7.2	–0.8
	For Britain	James Quail	153	6.7	New
	Green	Fiona Clapperton	122	5.4	+3.4
Majority			376	16.5	+4.3
Turnout			2,280	30.8	—
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.2

Green candidate compared to 2016 election.

Westborough

Westborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Willis	857	40.2	–12.2
	Independent	Dr Vel	391	18.3	New
	Conservative	Jack Warren	340	15.9	–8.8
	Green	Stephen Jordan	259	12.1	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Billy Boulton	152	7.1	–0.9
	Independent	Alan Hart	134	6.3	–2.6
Majority			466	21.8	–7.0
Turnout			2,133	28.0	—
	Labour hold		Swing	–15.3

Notes

References

"James Courtenay elected Conservative leader at Southend Council". echo-news.co.uk. Southend Echo. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
"Guide to May 2019 local elections" (PDF). Your Vote Matters. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
"Southend Council: Leader voted out as coalition takes over". BBC News. 4 June 2019.

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