2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

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17 out of 51 seats toSouthend-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[1] 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 toSouthend-on-Sea Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019. This was on the same day as otherlocal elections across theUnited Kingdom.^[2]

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.^[3]

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

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election, the composition of the council was:

2019 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election[4]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	8	23.5	16	20	39.2	11,265	27.0	–10.0
	Labour	5	3	29.4	9	14	27.5	8,962	20.8	–6.2
	Independent	5	2	29.4	7	12	23.5	10,097	24.2	+4.8
	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	N/A
	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	N/A

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Pamela Salter*	862	34.5	–15.9
	Independent	Bob Hazell	795	31.9	+15.6
	UKIP	David Arthur Darling	286	11.5	+5.6
	Labour	Rachel Louise Charman Dalton	232	9.3	–6.7
	Green	Nick Brown	183	7.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Russel Grimwade	138	5.5	–0.7
Majority			67	2.7	–38.7
Turnout			2,496	33.6	–1.6
	Conservativehold		Swing	15.8

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	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Grosvenor	119	4.6	–3.3
Majority			128	5.0	N/A
Turnout			2,593	32.6	+0.7
	Independentgain fromConservative		Swing	9.9

No UKIP candidate as previous (−4.1).

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	N/A
	Women's Equality	Vinice Bridget Cowell	38	1.5	N/A
Majority			271	10.7	–4.5
Turnout			2,543	35.3	+2.6
	Conservativehold		Swing	3.9

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	N/A
	Independent	Trevor Byford*	248	9.7	N/A
	Labour	Ruth Jones	140	5.4	–7.5
	Green	Thomas Love	68	2.6	N/A
Majority			602	23.4	N/A
Turnout			2,568	34.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democratsgain fromIndependent		Swing	23.0

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	N/A
	Psychedelic Future	Jason Pilley	51	2.0	N/A
Majority			351	13.5	+6.2
Turnout			2,600	34.5	–1.3
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing	3.2

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kay Mitchell	1,101	49.1	–1.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Garston*	634	28.3	–3.9
	Green	Vida Guildford	285	12.7	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carol White	223	9.9	+5.4
Majority			467	20.8	+2.4
Turnout			2,243	27.7	–3.8
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	1.2

No For Britain candidate (−5.3) as previous.

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	–2.1
	Conservativehold		Swing	2.4

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	N/A
	Green	Jon Mullet	137	6.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Granville Stride	80	3.5	+1.5
Majority			35	1.5	–16.4
Turnout			2,300	26.5	–2.0
	Independentgain fromConservative		Swing	8.2

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	N/A
	Green	Jules Esposito	110	4.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Batch	92	3.7	+1.2
Majority			29	1.2	N/A
Turnout			2,463	32.7	–0.6
	Independentgain fromConservative		Swing	10.7

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	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Karl Lansley	296	10.6	–6.1
	Green	Tanya Rayment	72	2.6	N/A
Majority			39	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,788	35.5	+3.7
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	9.6

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			2,304	28.3	+0.6
	Independenthold		Swing	13.8

No Psychedelic Future (−1.8) candidate as previous.

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	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Clinkscales	84	2.7	+0.2
Majority			1,852	60.1	+30.8
Turnout			3,084	41.7	–1.0
	Independenthold		Swing	15.4

Victoria

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	N/A
	Green	Denis Walker	238	12.7	–1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Austin	108	5.7	N/A
Majority			635	33.8	–2.7
Turnout			1,880	22.8	–2.5
	Labourhold		Swing	1.3

West Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Hooper	1,203	39.9	+5.5
	Conservative	Georgina Phillips*	1,048	34.8	–14.4
	UKIP	Lesley Martin	265	8.8	+4.5
	Green	Leonie Fleischmann	167	5.5	N/A
	Independent	Tony Ayre	166	5.5	N/A
	Labour	Michael Ekers	163	5.4	–6.7
Majority			155	5.1	N/A
Turnout			3,012	42.5	–0.3
	Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative		Swing	10.0

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	N/A
	Green	Fiona Clapperton	122	5.4	N/A
Majority			376	16.5	+4.3
Turnout			2,280	30.8	–1.9
	Conservativehold		Swing	2.2

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