1994 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election

The 1994 Southend-on-Sea Council election took place on 5 May 1994 to elect members of Southend-on-Sea Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election.

Results summary

1994 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	5	30.8	15	19	48.7	17,376	35.2	–18.6
	Liberal Democrats	6	4	46.2	6	12	30.8	19,563	39.6	+12.7
	Labour	3	1	23.1	4	7	17.9	12,138	24.6	+9.9
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	0	0.0	±0.0
	Liberal	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	340	0.7	–0.7

Ward results

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Belfairs

Belfairs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Petchey	2,121	47.1
	Conservative	G. Horrigan	1,945	43.2
	Labour	J. Grindley	435	9.7
Majority				3.9
Turnout				51.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Blenheim

Blenheim

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	G. Longley	2,399	57.6
	Conservative	P. Longden	1,181	28.4
	Labour	R. Merton	585	14.0
Majority				29.2
Turnout				46.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chalkwell

Chalkwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Latham	1,686	45.1
	Liberal Democrats	H. Lister-Smith	1,568	42.0
	Labour	J. Mapp	481	12.9
Majority				3.1
Turnout				40.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastwood

Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	N. Goodman	2,384	49.4
	Conservative	H. Briggs	1,809	37.5
	Labour	M. Pether-Longman	551	11.4
	Liberal	T. French	83	1.7
Majority				11.9
Turnout				46.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leigh

Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A. Crystall	2,408	57.9
	Conservative	B. Isaacs	1,314	31.6
	Labour	P. Circus	435	10.5
Majority				26.3
Turnout				47.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Milton

Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Lee	1,232	42.9
	Conservative	K. Cater	1,102	38.4
	Liberal Democrats	W. Petchey	535	18.6
Majority				4.5
Turnout				35.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Prittlewell

Prittlewell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Miller	2,369	60.8
	Conservative	R. Brown	943	24.2
	Labour	D. Garne	585	15.0
Majority				36.6
Turnout				44.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Shoebury

Shoebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Ascroft	2,082	41.4
	Labour	I. Pope	1,944	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	E. Erlick	1,002	19.9
Majority				2.7
Turnout				35.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southchurch

Southchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Haine	1,578	45.4
	Labour	W. McIntyre	1,104	31.8
	Liberal Democrats	A. Miller	538	15.5
	Liberal	V. Wilkinson	257	7.4
Majority				13.6
Turnout				39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Smith	1,573	54.6
	Conservative	A. Holland	715	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	R. McMullan	591	20.5
Majority				29.8
Turnout				35.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Thorpe

Thorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. White	1,788	49.5
	Liberal Democrats	M. Hooton	1,122	31.1
	Labour	C. Smith	703	19.5
Majority				18.4
Turnout				37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Dandridge	1,866	61.3
	Conservative	R. Davy	673	22.1
	Liberal Democrats	G. Stride	507	16.6
Majority				39.2
Turnout				33.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Westborough

Westborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Sibley	2,019	62.6
	Labour	M. Royston	644	20.0
	Conservative	J. Lambert	560	17.4
Majority				42.6
Turnout				38.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Election Results 1973-1996" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 August 2018.